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Chapter 2015: Armageddon (4)

Due to the loss of communications, the Germans who were fighting on the front line did not know that their rear had undergone earth-shaking changes, and they still maintained a high fighting spirit, rushing left and right, and constantly exerting pressure on all fronts of the Anjia army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info (""")

On the Eastern Front, the German 56th Motorized Army had been attacking for two days in a row, and in this 24-hour uninterrupted offensive, the spirit and spirit of the officers and men on both sides had endured tremendous suffering.

"Boom-"

On the 30-kilometer front on the west bank of the Tigris River, where the 25th Division of the Ninth Group Army of the Anjia Army was responsible, there was dust everywhere as overwhelming as when a sandstorm crossed the border, but the air was filled with not the smell of dirt, but the strong smell of gunpowder and blood.

In the dense explosion, as the firelight flashed continuously, large masses of loess were lifted into the air by the air waves, and then sprinkled down like dense raindrops, and the officers and soldiers of Anjia who were in the bunkers and anti-artillery holes were all covered with sand and soil in the corners of their eyes, nostrils, teeth, ears and necks.

Looking out from the gap between the sand and smoke and dust, the defensive positions have changed their appearance, and there are tragic scenes of fire and smoke and shrapnel everywhere, and the snake-shaped barbed wire fence at the front of the position has been blown up in sections, and the huge crater is like the surface of the moon, which is shocking.

"Don't worry, wait a little longer and you'll be fine!"

Listening to the sound of the explosion, the young non-commissioned officer leaning on the wall of the anti-artillery cave wiped his black face, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and put it to his mouth, lit the cigarette with a smile and used the "Zhurong" brand windproof lighter, took a comfortable puff, and then continued to say to the newly replenished officers and soldiers: "The German artillery is afraid of our air force, so they generally have to move quickly after four or five minutes, otherwise they will not even think about leaving a single gun!" ”

A hint of pride appeared on the young non-commissioned officer's face: "At the beginning, the German devils were very arrogant and opened up their artillery, but as a result, our bombers and strong attack secrets flew over densely, and the Germans immediately burst into flames and exploded one after another, and then the intensity of the German artillery immediately weakened a lot. After being bombed many times in a row, the Germans learned to be smart, and the artillery almost always ran away with two hits, better than rabbits!

"But this is not pleasing either, generally the Germans launch an artillery bombardment for a minute, our artillery will accurately calculate their position according to their ballistics, and after a minute and a half, there will be dense shells fired at their artillery positions, completely suppressing their artillery fire!"

The non-commissioned officer patted the dust that fell on his body again, heard the sound of artillery outside gradually thinning out, and was very satisfied with his judgment, and raised his finger: "Listen, the artillery sound outside is about to stop, just in two or three minutes, our artillery is enough to kill one-third of the German artillery fire, it is estimated that the commander of the German army is already crying without tears at this time!" It was customary for the Germans to carry out artillery bombardment before the offensive, and now their tanks and infantry should already be on their way to the charge! ”

As soon as the non-commissioned officer's voice fell, the explosion outside the position stopped abruptly, but the "thump" sound of heavy artillery firing on the artillery position behind his position, the terrible screams of large-caliber shells passing over the position, and the roar of explosions in the distance were still coming.

"Fortunately, everything is coming to an end, and soon we will launch a counterattack on all fronts, and the Germans will be surrounded, annihilated, and dispersed by us in turn, and with the cooperation of our powerful air force and mechanized army, the Germans will have no choice but to surrender! Get ready to fight, guys! ”

After saying that, the non-commissioned officer threw away the cigarette butt, hugged the automatic rifle in his hand, and waited for the whistle to sound when entering the trench.

At this time, in the underground bunkers built four kilometers behind the position, trucks and armored personnel carriers were ready to go, and after the front line counterattack was launched, these vehicles would drive to the front line, load the officers and soldiers in the trenches, and sweep towards the Germans along with the tanks and armored fighting vehicles.

The only difference between them is that because of the different times they have entered the front-line position, the degree of mastery of the battlefield situation is different, after listening to the introduction of the non-commissioned officer who has been on the battlefield for two days and two nights, everyone nodded subconsciously, understanding that although the German army has been the main attack and defense of their own side before, the initiative has been firmly in the hands of their own troops from beginning to end, and they have more confidence in the next counteroffensive.

In the bunker ahead, the observer slowly moved the periscope to observe the battlefield covered with smoke and clouds, carefully searching through the black smoke that obscured the sky and the sun, lest he fall into a corner.

The hard work paid off, and soon the shadow of German tanks appeared in the periscope with the telescope effect, including the Tiger tank with a huge body and a mediocre appearance, the Leopard tank with a large inclination design for the bow and turret, and the No. 4 tank with a tilted bow and a square turret, all of which were full of ruggedness and strength.

Although they only saw these war monsters in the periscope, although they were still five or six kilometers away from each other, the observers in the front-line bunkers could still feel the powerful deterrence brought by the hundreds of tanks gathered together to charge and the powerful destructive power of the thick tank guns, and at the rear of the tank queue, followed by a large number of armored vehicles and motorcycles, as well as the German infantry with cats and guns close to the tanks and armored vehicles in front.

Since almost all the sections in front of the pre-war position were marked accordingly, when the German tanks successively entered the best firing distance of the artillery, the observer reported a series of numbers into the walkie-talkie and instructed the artillery in the rear to quickly determine the firing elements. 《》

"Boom-"

With the commander's order, the first wave of hundreds of 150 mm, 120 mm and 105 mm caliber shells exploded simultaneously in the German tank formation, and the German offensive line, which had been slowly advancing, was instantly enveloped in the flames and smoke generated by the violent explosion.

Not to mention how much damage can be caused to tanks and armored vehicles caused by the huge damage caused by the concentrated firing of hundreds of artillery pieces and the simultaneous explosion of shells in a relatively fixed range, just the killing and wounding of accompanying personnel is enough for the German army to drink a pot.

Wave after wave of shells fell continuously, and the German thin-skinned tanks and armored vehicles were bombarded into the sky by the huge potential energy generated by the explosion, and the turrets were blown away more than ten meters or even dozens of meters away with the explosion, and the black and reddish smoke clouds were everywhere, and the fiery and sharp shell fragments wantonly harvested the lives of the German soldiers, and the German columns that were originally on the offensive suffered devastating damage almost at the moment when the shelling arrived.

The well-trained German soldiers reacted unpleasantly, and at the moment when the shells exploded, they quickly dispersed vigilantly, jumping into the skirmishers dug up by the attacking Germans before or into the huge craters of the shells, and some simply lay down on the spot, holding the steel helmets on their heads tightly, and let countless fiery shrapnel shoot away from their bodies, destroying everything that dared to block their flight.

The shells that kept falling in the air were as dense as raindrops, the earth was constantly shaking like chaff, and one after another fireballs exploded in the air and on the ground, frantically devouring all targets, and the flames that sputtered caused the turbulent air currents to have bone-eroding heat, and the wilderness of Midwinter West Asia was almost ploughed by artillery fire, and the earth mixed with steel fragments was tossed into the air by the air waves, and then crackled and smashed, and the whole battlefield was unrecognizable in just a few seconds.

Due to the scorching air flow that continued to spread and diffuse due to the violent explosion, with the majesty and domineering spirit that destroyed everything, the large and small steel shrapnel roared, with the hideous smile of death, and the German officers and soldiers who were blown up into the sky were torn into pieces of stumps and severed arms, and then the stumps and broken arms scattered everywhere were twisted into flesh and blood by the next round of artillery fire, and finally fell on the loess that had been repeatedly ploughed and ploughed together with dust and steel fragments.

These dense shells were mixed with a large number of airburst shells using radio proximity fuses, and the German soldiers who escaped the shelling and hid in craters, foxholes, or lying on the ground barely had time to react before they were torn apart by the dense fragments of shells that exploded from a low altitude of three or four meters.

The continuous explosions in the air and on the ground converged into huge plumes of smoke that soared into the sky, leaving countless mutilated corpses on the ground that had been ruined, and the metallic roar of the shell fragments hitting the thick armor outside the tank reverberated back and forth on the battlefield for a long time.

The German medium and heavy tanks, which were struggling with the shock wave from round after round of explosions, were also suffering a nightmare blow, and the consequences of a large-caliber grenade hitting the top of the tank turret through the hatch were unbearable even for the Tiger tank with thick armor protection, and many German tanks still had a bad habit of driving with the roof open, so you can imagine what tragic things would happen.

Except for the Tiger and some Leopard tanks with thick armor protection, the huge potential energy impact caused by the violent explosion and the fierce shock wave through the armor were enough to make the tankers inside other types of tanks dizzy and even burst their internal organs.

Even if these medium and heavy tanks were not directly hit, but at low altitude they exploded the steel fragments that flew densely to the surface and had a muzzle velocity of up to 2,000 meters, which was enough to tear apart the weakest cooling fan on the tank.

When the surviving hundreds of German soldiers and more than 30 Tiger and Leopard tanks retreated in embarrassment, rumbling sounds came from the north and east, and many people subconsciously turned their heads to look, only to see a dense tank figure in the field of vision, and in the low altitude, a strange plane that had never been seen before, with a propeller, rushed towards the department at high speed.

In the higher airspace, an overwhelming fleet of planes rolled in from the east, and the huge fleet almost obscured the brilliance of the sun hanging high in the sky, and continued to move forward with an unstoppable momentum, leaving patches of shadows to the earth.

The German officers and men let out a terrified cry as if they had seen a ghost, and then grabbed their guns and ran to the starting position without a life, while the Tiger and Leopard tanks, whose outward armor had been pitted by the previous shelling, also dispersed and accelerated.

Every German officer and soldier knew that in this sparsely wooded and flat plain area of the Two Rivers, only by hiding in the fire network of anti-aircraft artillery could the catastrophe be avoided.

However, everyone has a question in their hearts: can the other side dispatch so many tanks and planes, with the air defense and ground firepower of this combat cluster, withstand it?

As the attack planes swooped down and swept from low altitudes, the German tanks were fired at by rockets and 37-mm guns, and the tanks that escaped the blow were dive-bombed by the B2 bombers that followed the attack planes.

There are no fighters to chase and kill the infantry, more than 1,800 Tiger and Leopard II tanks of the first armored group of the Anjia Army, three tank divisions, two armored infantry divisions, and five ** heavy tank regiments, like tigers out of the cage, rushed towards the German positions, when they approached the German defense line for three or four kilometers, the German artillery began to cover the front of the position, trying to block the assault of the Anjia army's armored group, but the German artillery positions were quickly attacked by the bombers of the Anjia Army, as for those anti-aircraft guns that were firing wildly in the air, Attack planes and helicopter gunships were used to deal with them, and like a storm of rockets flying down from the sky, the classified rain of bullets quickly swallowed up the German air defense troops on the German air defense positions.

Seeing the torrent of steel rolling in, the commander of the German 56th Motorized Corps, Erhard. Lieutenant General Rouse had to send the remaining 80 or so tanks to the battle, but at this time, the tank unit of the Anjia Army came to a strange halt, and just as the Germans were surprised to guess what was happening, more than 400 rocket artillery vehicles accompanying the attack of the Anjia Army's tank cluster had already opened fire.

"Whoosh-"

"Boom, boom—"

A terrible roar and a succession of violent explosions suddenly appeared, and almost instantly, the German forward positions were attacked like a storm.

If it is night, many people may see this as a colorful fireworks display, countless comet-like rockets, dragging a long tail to the German tank group and the defensive positions behind, more than 400 130 mm 19-tube rocket launchers, a salvo can fire more than 7,000 shells, of course, the gunners will not be so wasteful, they use seventy or eighty vehicles as a wave, manipulating the rockets, the German position from front to back, meticulously, every bit of careful "combing" over.

Specially designed concrete destruction bombs and napalm incendiary bombs turned German defensive positions into mountains of flames, and at the center of the explosion points of those napalm incendiary bombs, even the steel bars used by German sappers to support bunkers were burning, and the molten iron ignited the wooden planks and emitted black smoke that obscured the sky.

After the devastating blow, the gunfire and artillery on the German positions quickly fell silent, and the tank army of the Anjia Army regained its vitality and continued to advance into the depth of the German army.

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