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The soldiers of the German Volunteer Army slowly cleared the enemy in front of them and advanced steadily.

Suddenly, they heard the roar of heavy machine guns nearby, the screams of Lithuanian soldiers, and the various orders of Lithuanian officers, and they immediately understood what was going on with them. It's a secret fluke.

The Soviet commander sent his last reserve to the south to hold back the advancing German volunteers. They relied on barricades, houses converted into fortresses, inch by inch of land to resist.

Naturally, the German commander did not charge hard regardless of casualties, and he immediately put his troops on the defence and let the artillery attack.

The artillerymen, under the command of the front-line observers, constantly adjusted the firing parameters of the people. A shell quickly landed next to the barricades of Soviet soldiers.

The Soviet machine gunner felt a grain of debris from the explosion hit his clothes, and he was very painful, and even more terrified. But he couldn't escape, just waited for death to come.

The machine gunner fired frantically at the German soldiers not far away, but the German soldiers all hid behind the obstacles, and the machine gun bullets only left rows of bullet holes in the walls in vain.

A few seconds later, boom, another shell landed next to the barricade, and the blown stones rattled on the barricade next to the machine gunner.

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A few seconds later, with a bang, a shell fell directly on the barricade, and the machine-gun fire suddenly stopped, and the machine gunner and his heavy machine gun were blown to pieces.

Accompanied by the correction of the German artillery observers, one shell after another landed accurately on the Soviet fortress. These makeshift forts, built on the houses and streets of towns, were completely unable to withstand the shelling of 75mm guns, and were soon completely destroyed by shells one by one.

However, the Soviet soldiers could only hold on to the defensive line, and once the Germans continued to advance, they were able to relieve the Lithuanian army attacking from the southwest and east.

"Sir, you can rush!" A non-commissioned officer hurriedly asked, seeing that the Soviet fortifications had been cleaned by artillery fire.

"Don't worry, let the artillery bombard me again where everything can be done, and there must not be a fortress left, otherwise everyone will be asked to fill it with their lives." The German commander said sternly.

The German commander, seeing the constant annihilation of the Soviet army by artillery, directed the unit to move on.

"Sir, the Germans are about to rush over when they break through our lines. If you don't leave, it's too late! A soldier with blood on his clothes ran up and reported.

The Soviet commander looked at the Lithuanian troops who were being pressed by the Soviet troops, and was very unwilling, perhaps in just a few minutes, his troops would be able to annihilate all these Lithuanian troops.

With a bang, German shells fell near the Soviet commander. He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Retreat, the whole army retreats." ”

Immediately, the Soviet soldiers abandoned the fortified fortresses and retreated to the northeast.

The German soldiers, under the restraint of the officers, advanced steadily, and when they saw the Soviet soldiers retreating, they only pursued slightly to the gate of the town, and did not move forward.

The Lithuanian army, on the other hand, was glad that the Germans had arrived in a very timely manner, and they were all busy treating the wounded, so they naturally did not pursue. The remnants of the Soviet army fled smoothly into the forests to the northeast.

General Zukauskas, seeing the success of the capture of Anikshchiai, had a radiant look on his face and happily followed his troops into the town.

The German soldiers were all standing on the side of the road, energetically on guard. Further on, Lithuanian soldiers walked slowly on the street with their wounded comrades, and some Lithuanian soldiers were lying on the side of the road, and German medical personnel were busy bandaging them.

Worst of all, turning the corner of a street, General Zukauskas saw a pile of Lithuanian soldiers' corpses lying on the ground.

The smile on General Zukauskas's face grew lighter and lighter as he went, and finally disappeared without a trace. General Zukauskas said with a serious expression: "Quickly mobilize all the medical personnel to treat our soldiers, they are all the precious treasures of our country. ”

General Golz walked majestically all the way, greeting the German officers next to him along the way, his ease and comfort were in stark contrast to General Zukauskas.

"General, congratulations to Lithuania on recovering Anikschiai." General Goltz said with a smile.

"This is also thanks to the help of General Golz and the German Support Army. The combat effectiveness of the German support forces is truly amazing, and the Soviet troops are completely unable to stop your army. General Zukauskas complimented with a grin.

After this battle, he finally understood the combat effectiveness of the Lithuanian army. In the past, it may have been possible to rely on the command of a few of their officers to contain the Soviet army, but in such a big war, the shortcomings of the Lithuanian army's lack of qualified officers of all ranks were undoubtedly revealed.

Soldiers can be pulled into the battlefield after a month or two of training, but this time is far from enough to train a group of qualified officers. And the scene of the German army destroying and crushing the Soviet army also made him feel a deep awe of the German volunteers.

"We accept the employment of you, the General, and the Lithuanian government, and only let the general do their best. As long as the Lithuanian government is willing to maintain good relations with Germany, you will certainly support the Lithuanian government in resisting the threat of Soviet Russia. General Goltz said.

"Of course, the Germans did a great job. We, the Lithuanian government, also attach great importance to our friendship with Germany. General Zukauskas hurriedly said: "It's just that our army has suffered heavy casualties today, and we need to rest and recuperate, and we will continue to attack tomorrow, and I hope that the general can continue to help me." ”

"Okay, then we'll leave tomorrow." General Goltz said.

General Zukauskas returned to the command, and he could not bear to continue looking at the Lithuanian soldiers who had been killed and wounded in battle, and at the time of command, they were just numbers, not living people in his eyes.

In the afternoon, all kinds of post-war matters were finally taken care of.

"Sir, this casualty report and material consumption report." An officer handed over a document and fled immediately.

General Zukoskas picked up the report of the casualties of the Lithuanian army, and his eyes suddenly widened like a brass bell, and the Lithuanian soldiers were killed in the battle of 300 and 600 wounded. Together with the one hundred and fifty people who died last time, the Lithuanian army has now lost a tenth of its strength in just one large town, and many soldiers will become disabled in the future.

In the next step, if the Soviet army is to be driven out of Lithuania, there are at least five or six such important towns to be recovered, and if such a heavy price is paid each time, I am afraid that there will be few men in this army by then, General Zukauskas thought secretly.

In fact, it was impossible for the Soviets to continue to defend five or six such rigid times, and they had already gathered a large army in the rear town of Utena, ready to fight to the death with the Lithuanian troops on the southern front.

General Zukauskas continued to pick up the material consumption report, and was immediately taken aback by the above data, 75mm shells consumed 2,000 rounds, almost half of the shells brought this time.

Thinking of continuing the battle, General Zukauskas immediately ordered the soldiers to send another two thousand shells by telegram to Makmergey. Thinking of the importance and protracted nature of this war, he sent a telegram to the Lithuanian government and asked them to hurry up and continue to buy artillery shells and other supplies from Germany.