Chapter 122: Shooting at close range
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Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire from above the city walls, and bullets fell from top to bottom among the unsuspecting Lithuanian troops below.
The Lithuanian officer looked at the Soviet soldiers on the city wall in surprise, and his mind went blank: "The West Gate is finished・・・・・・"
A series of bullets hit his body, and he fell reluctantly.
The Soviet soldiers on the city wall immediately poured fire into the soldiers guarding the gap in the city gate, and the heavy machine gun position blocking the city gate was immediately overwhelmed by bullets, and a machine gun squad was knocked down on the position before it could react.
As soon as the sound of heavy machine guns stopped, Soviet soldiers outside the city gates shouted "Ula! Ulla! "Rushed in.
The entire battalion of Soviet troops rushed into the city through the gates, and continued to advance along the walls towards the depth of the town.
The entire Soviet battalion was divided into three lines, two of which attacked in a roundabout way along the walls to both sides, all the way directly to the headquarters of the Lithuanian army.
"The enemy is in!"
"The city is broken!" There was a faint cry like this.
The Lithuanian officers on both sides commanded fifty soldiers and three hundred men to hold on to the walls, and once the Soviet troops broke through, the whole town was completely destroyed.
"Bring me the artillery! Aim at the enemy on the city wall and hit me hard! The Lithuanian officer said as he looked at the rushing Soviet troops.
With these men on hand could not defeat the wolf-like Soviet army on the opposite side in any case, only these 105mm cannons on the city walls could give him some confidence.
The Lithuanian artillery quickly adjusted the direction of the artillery, and the Soviet troops had rushed to a distance of four or five hundred meters in front of them, and the Lithuanian soldiers who resisted fell one after another.
"The muzzle of the gun is lowered and aimed directly at the enemy." The artillery officer commanded.
The Lithuanian soldier quickly opened the bolt, stuffed the shell, closed the bolt, and another soldier pulled the drawstring.
With a bang, the shell was discarded, and then exploded in the midst of the Soviet charge not far away.
At a distance of four or five hundred meters, aiming directly, the 105mm shell fell directly into the charging ranks of the Soviet troops, and the shell hit the city wall and exploded violently, and the fragments of the shell and the stones that exploded directly swept the entire area of twenty or thirty meters above the city wall. The entire Soviet charge suddenly appeared to be nearly a third smaller.
"The enemy has artillery, spread out, spread out!"
"Fire suppression, machine gun, quickly suppress the opposite side for me! And what about light machine guns? And what about heavy machine guns? Shooter give me aim artillery! ”
"Rush over in front, stay here to be a live target!"
The Soviet officers commanded their subordinates to react.
The Soviet troops immediately dispersed, and some Soviet shooters immediately lay on the edge of the city walls and fired accurate fire at the Lithuanian artillery.
"Light machine gunner? Where is the light machine gunner? A Soviet non-commissioned officer shouted.
A soldier suddenly saw an unmanned light machine gun on the wall in front of him, and it seemed that the hapless light machine gunner was blown away by the shell, and immediately ran over to pick it up and set it up on the wall and fired continuously at the artillery.
Boom, the Lithuanian artillery continued to bombard the Soviet troops on the city wall, and at a distance of four or five hundred meters, almost anywhere, each shell had to blow up more than a dozen Soviet soldiers.
The bullets of the Soviet soldiers who reacted kept hitting the cannon's shield, and a Lithuanian soldier turned to carry the shells, and a stray bullet hit him in the chest, and he fell to the ground without a sound.
The bullets of the light machine guns were constantly in the vicinity of the cannons, and when these guns were carried over, they were only ready to deal with the enemy forces outside the city, so there was almost no fortification cover for the city.
The Lithuanian soldiers had to brave a dense barrage of bullets to rush over to carry the shells, and from time to time someone fell to the ground.
After more than half a minute, the artillery of the Lithuanian soldiers opened fire again, and more than a dozen Soviet fighters were blown away.
Although this kind of close-range shooting is powerful, it undoubtedly abandons the range advantage of artillery and is extremely easy to target.
"Heavy machine guns, hurry up!" The Soviet officer shouted.
The heavy machine guns that fell behind were finally assembled on the city wall, and the three heavy machine guns continued to fire at the artillery of the Lithuanian army from a distance of five or six hundred meters, suppressing the artillery of the Lithuanian army.
The Soviet soldiers continued to attack forward, and the rifles and heavy machine guns of the Lithuanian soldiers could barely stop the Soviet charge. The men either lay motionless on the ground, or stood on top of the city wall and shot at the Soviet troops like a target, and were soon knocked to the ground. The remaining fifty Lithuanian soldiers, who withstood most of the fire of the Soviet soldiers, were suppressed by experienced Soviet troops.
The Soviet soldiers cooperated with each other, and with the cover of various obstacles, they constantly jumped forward and attacked.
"Fire! Open fire! The Lithuanian artillery officer shouted, and when he looked back, all the artillery had fallen to the ground nearby.
He had no choice but to rush over to carry the shell himself, but he was immediately hit by the bullet, and the strength of his body quickly lost, and the 105mm shell he was carrying fell to the ground.
Without the suppression of artillery, the Soviet soldiers threw all their fire on the Lithuanian soldiers on the city walls, and the bullets from the light and heavy machine guns knocked down all the civilians who showed their bodies.
"Climb up and shoot! Don't be a seed! The Lithuanian officer urged.
Inspired by the officer's words, a Lithuanian man stood up and raised his rifle, ready to aim at the enemy, when a bullet from a heavy machine gun struck him directly in the waist, breaking his body in two from his waist. As a result, he was not dead for a while, and was struggling on the ground screaming.
As soon as another Lithuanian soldier poked his head out, he was directly fired by a bullet, and his head exploded like a watermelon, and some kind of liquid was spilled on his comrade next to him.
When the people next to him saw such a cruel scene, they were immediately so frightened that they hid behind the obstacles one by one, and no longer dared to stick out their heads, but just pointed their guns into the sky and shot each shot. The screams of their wounded comrades made them feel like they were living in hell
When the Soviet officers saw that many of them were not wearing Lithuanian uniforms, they immediately learned from the captives that they were just a bunch of people. Immediately start a propaganda offensive for war: "Friends of the workers and peasants opposite, our Soviet army is the army of the proletariat, and we are here to liberate you!" Don't give your life to those capitalist masters・・・・・・"
At this moment, those Lithuanian people were reluctant to even shoot their guns, after all, they were about to lose this battle, and they were naturally unwilling to resist.
The Soviet troops rushed over, and several recalcitrant Lithuanian soldiers were directly killed, and the Lithuanian officers could not hold it anymore, so they had to abandon the city walls and retreat into the city.