234 Hitler's cannon fodder
When the Soviet tanks approached, German soldiers held a large number of anti-tank grenades and explosives, ready to wait for the Soviet tanks to approach and throw them at the tanks to block the approach of the torrent of steel. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, the Soviet armored commanders were not stupid and not blind. When he saw the German soldiers holding so many grenades and explosives, he felt that something was wrong, so he ordered all the tanks to stop advancing, keep a distance from the German positions, and shoot the Germans in front with tank guns and machine guns.
The Germans, who had already prepared explosives and grenades, were immediately disheartened when they saw such a situation. It was supposed to be a big fight with grenades, explosives and Soviet tanks, but the Soviet tanks stopped, strafed with machine guns from a distance of a few hundred meters, and bombarded with tank guns.
In order to avoid being killed by machine guns and tank guns, these Germans had to obediently stay in the trenches, like turtles, and retract their heads into them.
Seeing this, the commander of the Soviet army now is not a way to shoot at the trenches, after all, the Germans are hiding in it, and no matter how they shoot, they can't kill anyone, so they asked for air support, concentrated firepower, and attacked the German trenches by air.
Less than five minutes later, a large and neatly formed group of flying planes appeared in the sky. As soon as the air force commander gave the order, dozens of La-7 fighters swooped down from a high altitude to attack the German troops on the ground, while the remaining 60 fighters pounced on the German fighter group.
And the Soviet fighter group, which was superior in quantity and quality, soon shot down a dozen BF-109 fighters, and the German fighter group suffered heavy losses, ran out of fuel and had to retreat to the base.
Dozens of fighters, flying low in front of the German positions, quickly lined up, locked on their respective targets, and then strafed the enemy with 20 mm cannons, dropping 100 kg bombs one after another.
Although the German soldiers hid in the trenches and evaded the strafing and shelling of Soviet tanks, they could not escape the strafing and bombing of aircraft because they were not covered from above.
The first wave of planes just left, and then the second wave came. This time, the number of Soviet aircraft was much larger than in the first wave, with not only hundreds of fighters, but also dozens of bombers large and small (mainly consisting of Pe-2, Tu-2 and Pe-8).
Under the cover of fighters, the bomber group dropped bomb after bomb on the positions of the Germans. The German troops in the trenches were blown into meat sauce by bombs, which further dealt a blow to the living force of this ace unit.
Subsequently, Soviet soldiers brought in a number of mortars and, under the cover of tanks in front, launched a burst of intensive artillery shelling on German positions.
This shelling, along with the previous round of bombardment, not only caused losses to the Germans, but also detonated the grenades and explosives in the trenches that the Germans used against Soviet tanks, further triggering an even larger explosion that blew up the German forward trenches.
Subsequently, the commander of the Soviet army, seeing that the time was ripe, decisively gave the order for a general attack. A torrent of steel from dozens of tanks rolled in, the sound of tank engines, gunfire, and soldiers' shouts of "Ula!" "For the Motherland! and other sounds converge into a powerful symphony.
Soviet tanks broke through the German trenches without any pressure. All the German soldiers who stood up to resist were sent to Marx by Soviet guns.
The Soviet Red Army was immense, both in strength and morale, far above the Great German Divisions. Seeing the main force of the Soviet army rolling in, both the commander of the 46th Army, Vikinghoff, and the commander of the Greater German Division, Holren, felt bad.
They keenly predicted that this time, there was no hope for them, and the most elite ace units of the German army would soon be wiped out and disappear from this world.
As a soldier, a German soldier, Vikinghofer felt that the time had come for him to do his military duty.
He took out his pistol and prepared to rush out of the headquarters and fight the enemy to the death, but when he thought of his family, he suddenly hesitated.
At this moment, his feelings are extremely complicated, if he goes forward to fight the enemy and dies, what will happen to his family? How will the wife and lovely children at home live in the future? When he thought of his wife's crying for himself and the grief of his children after losing their father, he thought of surrendering to the Soviet army again.
But thinking that he was a soldier, a good soldier, he also knew the consequences of being a deserter, or being captured by enemy troops. His reputation will be swept away, and his sense of responsibility as a soldier will not allow him to do so.
Just as he hesitated, the tank units of the Soviet Red Army had already broken through the German defenses, and a large number of soldiers rushed forward and defeated the Germans with overwhelming firepower, overwhelming momentum, occupying the positions of the Greater German Division.
The gunfire had stopped, the gunfire was getting louder and closer, and the three generals in the command - Guderian, Vikinghoff, and Holren, finally realized that they had lost.
They thought about it for a long time, and finally made up their minds to wake up, picked up their pistols, and prepared to do their duty as soldiers. But it was too late, and by this time, more than 20 Soviet troops had already rushed in and surrounded them.
"Put down the gun!" A Soviet soldier with a PPD submachine gun spoke in a semi-threatening tone in German with a heavy Russian accent.
When faced with the threat of life and death, the three officers made a choice between life and death in their hearts. They looked at each other, and none of them dared to put down their guns. Holrenne was afraid that Guderian would disgrace the German army by scolding him for not being a qualified soldier, and Guderian was also afraid that Holren, a subordinate, would look down on him.
Until the Soviet army led by the Soviet army deliberately fired a few shots and fired bursts of gunfire, the three German generals knew that if they did not cooperate, they would not have the opportunity to see their families in the future, so they had to obediently put down their weapons and take them together.
In this way, the legend of the German army, a famous general who was supposed to advance to the front of Moscow and fight the Soviet army, was captured by the Soviet army in the battle of Belarus.
"How so?" Guderian was smiling bitterly, a month ago, he was still majestic, leading his troops to approach, threatening to capture Moscow and eliminate Soviet power, but before Moscow arrived, before the Russian border entered, he was captured by the Soviet army.
The expressions of Vikinghof and Holren's expressions were also very helpless, one was the commander of the Greater German Division, and the other was the commander of the two ace troops - the Greater German Division and the Imperial Division, but now they have been reduced to the point of being captured, which really damaged the face of the German army, and in retrospect, I feel that I am not quite worthy of my military identity.
However, in the face of life and death, in front of their families, how can they choose. If death is exchanged for honor just for the sake of the so-called "military honor", then what will happen to his family? Although I will be proud of myself, my family has lost my support, my wife and children have lost my loved ones, and I am heartbroken, how will I live in the future?
Besides, this war is not justifiable, and neither Guderian, nor Holren, nor Vikinghofer were fanatical, irrational Nazis.
This war was said to allow the Germans to fight for the so-called "living space", but in the final analysis, it was not to satisfy Hitler's personal desires, as well as the private interests of arms dealers?
Thinking of this, the three officers couldn't help but be disheartened, it turned out that they were just Hitler's cannon fodder!