Chapter 185: The Battle of Crossing the River (3)

The other Polish soldiers cheered in low voices, and several of them rushed forward with submachine guns in hand. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info turned out to be another obstacle made of sandbags, a heavy machine gun mount in the back, a Soviet machine gunner pressed the button, and dense machine gun bullets swept through the trench like a raging storm.

The three Polish soldiers who entered were at once beaten into rags with thousands of holes.

"Hold off the attack, let's figure out a way." Locke immediately stopped his subordinates' mindless assault.

Temporarily repelled the assault of the Polish troops, the Soviet soldiers behind the barrier suddenly raised their morale a little.

Several Soviet officers encouraged while adjusting the deployment of the soldiers: "These Poles will only carry out a sneaky attack, and they will not be able to defeat us at all!" Take the weapon in your hand and teach them a profound lesson! But they look at the strength of our Red Army! ”

Ivan saw that the troops had stopped the collapse of the troops, and immediately arranged for the troops to slowly outflank the two sides, while continuing to build sandbag defensive positions around the headquarters.

As long as this slowly reduces the range of movement of this Polish army and prevents them from breaking through to the front of the riverbank, they will be alone and will eventually be slowly exhausted. Ivan thought to himself.

Locke saw that the Soviet army did not rush out in pursuit, but strengthened the fortifications unhurriedly, and immediately frowned: although the assault in front of the first battalion was fierce and sharp, it looked unstoppable. But in fact, the strength of a battalion is far inferior to the enemy army in front of him, and once the enemy stabilizes his position, he can slowly grind the troops under his command to death bit by bit.

And the enemy's reinforcements may come at any time, so I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out. A chill ran through Locke's heart.

The two 65mm guns in ambush in the back kept firing at the positions of the Soviet troops behind, but the soldiers with twin shots were hiding in the trenches, and the power of the 65mm guns could not inflict serious damage on them.

Seeing that Locke's department was slowly falling into a desperate situation.

The 2nd Battalion on the Gava River was desperately trying to build bridges.

Two battalions of the Soviet army were holding on to their positions. The 2nd and 3rd Battalions under Koval also used the dug positions to open fire and suppress the fire on the opposite bank.

An MG-1910 heavy machine gun was constantly firing at the pontoon bridge in the river, the bullets splashed debris on the wooden rafts, and from time to time Polish soldiers were shot, and then floated silently down the river.

A Polish sniper quickly noticed this frantic point of fire, quietly aimed at the target's chest, pulled the trigger, and the machine gunner fell directly to the sky.

The firing of this machine gun stopped.

The Soviet deputy shooter next to him immediately set up a crane gun and retreated to the rear.

Not long after, the enemy machine guns rang out again.

Although the accurate fire of the Polish troops gained the upper hand in the counterfire, forcing the Soviet troops to constantly flank. But after the Soviet troops had retreated more than a hundred meters, the pressure on the Soviet troops was greatly reduced.

The distance between the two armies was stretched by about 400 meters, and at this distance, it was difficult for most soldiers to hit the target, even the accurate shooters in the Polish troops, and it was only to talk about how a few people could hit the target with three or four percent certainty without the help of an optical sight. In this way, the gap between the two armies in the level of shooting was pulled to almost the same level. It relies more on the power of light and heavy machine guns for the advantage of range.

After the Soviets had retreated some distance, most of the soldiers targeted the soldiers who had built a bridge in the middle of the Gava River.

All of a sudden, a dense stream of bullets made splashes in the river. The four 76.2mm guns of the Soviet army were also constantly bombarded, and several times the erected pontoon bridge was blown away.

Alex and his soldiers hid under the wooden platoon, slowly moving forward as they fought back.

Koval took the binoculars and saw the dense sound of submachine guns suddenly ceased after a period of confusion behind the Soviet position. Then came the intermittent sound of gunfire.

It seemed that Locke was entangled by the enemy army, and Koval knew in his heart.

Seeing that the Polish army in the river was suppressed to the death, it was difficult to build a bridge quickly. And once the enemy's reinforcements arrived, the opposite battalion was even more dead.

Koval snapped: "The artillery battery immediately took out the enemy's artillery and suppressed the enemy's heavy firepower. ”

"Yes, sir."

Ivanovsky had already adjusted the firing parameters of the artillery, and immediately after receiving the order, he ordered the soldiers to remove the camouflage from the muzzle and push the gun up.

Adjusting the angle of fire, pulling the lead, four huge roars rang out, and after a second or two, four huge sparks exploded above Ivan's artillery position.

"One shot hit the target, three misses."

"One more round." Ivanovsky ordered.

In Ivan's artillery position, four huge explosions blew up the people inside.

"Cannon No. 1 is finished, they're all dead." A soldier sobbed.

An artillery officer climbed to his feet, remembering four plumes of smoke rising from one spot on the other side of the bank, followed by a loud bang. He shouted, "Get back to your place, we're going to kill those sons of bitch!" Hurry up, do you still want to eat a round of shelling? ”

Saying that, he ran to the position of the Polish artilleryman who observed it at the lookout.

The two sides were across the river, only seven or eight hundred meters away, and with the memory in his head, he quickly saw his goal.

One by one, the Soviet artillerymen panicked and pushed the guns to the gun emplacements and adjusted the angles.

Everyone knows which side can play the next round faster and which side has a better chance of surviving.

The soldiers of the twin shots were bursting out at an unprecedented speed, opening the bolts, stuffing the shells, closing the bolts, and pulling the drawstrings.

Almost simultaneously, artillery rang out on both sides, and shells crossed over the river.

Boom, boom, explosions occurred almost simultaneously on the artillery positions on both sides.

Koval stood at the observation post, worried about the state of the battle.

"Report the situation!" Ivanovsky patted his ears and shook the dirt off his uniform, shouting loudly.

"No. 1 is normal!"

"Minor injury in position three!"

"Minor injury in position four!"

Ivanovsky looked towards the number two.

"Oh! The second position was destroyed! The other artillerymen exclaimed.

"Aim at enemy artillery positions and keep shooting!" Ivanovsky shouted.

The artillery positions of the Soviet troops were even more desolate, even though the Soviet troops had built strong artillery bunkers. However, these wooden and sandbag bunkers were never able to withstand the attacks of artillery above 100mm. Only a fortress built with enough cement and stone blocks was able to withstand close fire from 105mm howitzers.

But what little cement the Soviet army had had been used to build the fortifications in the city of Daugavpils, and there was simply not so much cement to build the fortifications along the river.

The Soviet artillery officer gritted his teeth and stood up against the wall, and the surrounding fortifications were already in pieces.