"Trode, it's ten o'clock!"

Seeing a large number of enemy troops attacking, Hans, who was in charge of this direction, immediately reported the situation to Trode.

Since Hans did not provide the exact number of enemies, he still had to let Trode see for himself, but the situation was okay, so Trode put his mind at ease and said: "The number is not too much, resist it first, and don't use too many heavy weapons for the time being." ”

"The first line of defense of the infantry is almost overwhelmed, and we need cover!" Wave after wave of unsettled, and the communication from Vincent's side made Trode hurry up and deal with the problem.

After discerning the priorities of several things, Trode immediately decided: "Good! The whole team immediately used all their firepower to support the infantry of the first line of defense. ”

"Boom!" As soon as the infantry of the first line of defense was withdrawn, the explosives planted in this trench exploded, and the trench was immediately blown to a depth of only twenty centimeters, leaving the Soviet soldiers who were still hoping to use the German trenches immediately feel dead.

Of course, this was not the end of the story, the Soviets had thought of taking the trench immediately and using it as a new front, the trench was blown up, and the Germans took advantage of the weakness of the enemy's line to hit all the firepower that had now been used in the faces of the charging infantrymen, and the damage done in this moment was completely more than the results of these few minutes.

However, compared with the huge number of Soviet troops, this does not seem to be a great thing, put down one enemy, and two enemies will pounce; Defeat one team, and two teams will come up; Eliminate one attack, and there will be one offensive after another. Trood even felt that these Soviet troops were completely endless, although his losses were not large, but the consumption of ammunition was even more terrible than expected, whether it was AP or HE, they were all shooting at full load, even if they didn't worry about whether Stein would collapse. I will also worry about whether the only 80-odd shells will be suddenly consumed at a certain moment, and when the time comes, when facing this tidal army, there will really be no drama.

Seeing that the enemy had already set up a formation in front of him, and he had nothing to keep, Trode directly pulled out the 88 guns and attacked the Soviet tanks with full firepower. With the addition of 88 guns, Trood's firepower directly increased by a notch, but this was not enough to stop the infantry coming from all directions.

The machine-gun firing points in the rear were no longer hidden, and strafing was carried out in all directions, and the aim was not to destroy many enemies. If the enemy continues to get close, and the two sides completely start a war of attrition in the form of a life-swapping battle, in terms of the number of troops in Trode, they can't afford to fight this kind of war of attrition at all, and if the number of people is reduced by about a quarter to a third, they will definitely not be able to maintain the front. Trode didn't want to be the first team to be broken through in such a big battle.

"Detonate the first explosive!" Under the command of the infantry captain, the operator next to him pressed the operating lever, and a row of pre-embedded **** was all detonated in an instant. Exploding at the bottom of the tank, many tanks were scrapped on the spot, plus the exits at the bottom had been destroyed, and the surviving members had to find a way out from the turret exit at the top. However, the infantrymen's guns did not let them go, and most of the members of the destroyed tanks did not escape their fate.

Compared to tanks, the impact of this explosion on infantry was not small. It was not the ordinary infantry that was damaged here, but the tank cavalry who accompanied the tanks and formed each other with the tanks. The explosion from the bottom of the tank knocked them all to the ground, some of the quick-reacting ones were able to find craters to dodge, and those who were badly injured or bombed became fixed targets.

As the tank assault was blocked by the Trouds with explosives, the infantry slowed down, and while waiting for the second tank assault, many of the infantry stopped advancing and hid in the craters, avoiding German fire. However, the Germans were not helpless with these Soviet troops who were hiding, when there were too many infantry hiding in some craters. Another, lighter weapon came in handy - the 34 80-mm mortar [Granatwerfer-34].

The barrel of this mortar is 1143 mm long and weighs 57 kg, of which the barrel weighs 19 kg. Firing 3.5 kg Type 34 mortar shells with a muzzle velocity of 172 m / s, a maximum firing range of 2400 meters and a maximum dispersion diameter of 65 meters. There are four gunners operating the gun, compared with other mortars, the biggest advantage is the caliber, the large caliber brings the advantage of power, although the depth of penetration is still not optimistic, but for the infantry is a real nightmare.

Although it is not easy to accurately hit the infantry in the crater with a mortar, if the shell falls directly into the crater, the infantry inside can be said to have almost no chance of survival. Compared with other long-range firepower, the ammunition of this 80mm mortar is quite sufficient, and there are two of them on the Trood's position, which are under the operation of eight gunners, and they are covering the area where the infantry is hiding with full firepower, which can effectively reduce the HE consumption of the 88 gun.

However, the use of this mortar is not without hesitation, the infantry captain has repeatedly told the gunners before firing, they are only allowed to aim at the enemy at a distance, because the accuracy of the mortar is not as good as other direct-fire types of artillery, it is easy to deviate from the target, if you aim at a target too close, it is likely to detonate unused mines and explosive traps, which is a real loss.

Of course, after suffering a loss, the Soviets will of course also increase their corresponding memory, seeing that there is still some distance from their main position in Trood and detonating the first explosion trap, then there are likely to be several explosion traps on the road behind, and if they rush forward, it will definitely cause the same effect as before.

However, it was obviously impractical to dispatch minesweepers in front of enemy lines, let alone minesweepers, which were estimated to be destroyed by concentrated fire as soon as they entered the range of the German army. However, this is not really impossible, since the Germans are trying to avoid it, then they can take advantage of this...... (To be continued.) )