Chapter 5: The Bloody Battle of Smolensk (3)
When they returned to the position with three mortars and shells, the soldiers were very happy, the firepower on the position was seriously insufficient, and the artillery was short of ammunition.
And the captured German guns can also be replenished to the troops, and Andrei also knows that after suffering such a loss, the German army will never give up, and when he returns to the position, Andrei first finds a place to sleep, yes, sleep, after all, it is very important for people who kill on the battlefield to be energetic, so it is good to have this moment of rest, and Andrei quickly fell asleep. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
At half past nine in the morning, "Boom, Boom, Boom" Andrei woke up in the sound of the plane's bombing, "Nima, the Germans are crazy, they directly sent planes to bomb them!" The roaring Stuka frantically dropped bombs on Soviet positions, and in the early morning of June 22, 1941, the Germans invaded the Soviet Union. On that day, 1,945 aircraft were put into operation, including 290 dive bombers (mainly Ju87). In the first wave of attacks, the Ju87 mainly carried 306 SD-2 spherical bombs, known as the "Devil's Egg", which dived and dropped bombs on Soviet airfields from an altitude of 4000 meters, and then withdrew at a low altitude. The SD-2 weighs 2 kg, has a small control wing, touches the ground or explodes a few meters from the ground, has a kill radius of 12 meters, and can scatter 50 large fragments and 250 small fragments. Due to the large amount of throwing and the wide spread area, the destruction efficiency of the aircraft arranged in the airfield is extremely high. On the first day of the war, the Luftwaffe destroyed a total of 1,811 Soviet Air Force aircraft, of which 1,489 were destroyed on the ground. After a successful attack on the airfield, which inflicted huge losses on the Soviet Air Force, the Luftwaffe seized strategic air supremacy in the Soviet-German theater. In 1941, the Luftwaffe played the most prominent role in the close support of the Army. The German Army, supported by the Air Force, could operate in conditions that did not hesitate to attack the Soviet Air Force. The Ju87 was the most used aircraft for close support on the Soviet-German battlefield. After the Stalingrad counterattack, the air engagements in Leningrad, the North Caucasus, the Kuban, the Kursk and the Dnieper, the Soviet Air Force gradually regained strategic air supremacy. The continued use of the Ju87 as a dive bomber gradually lost its possibility, so it was used as an anti-tank fighter until the end of the war. And after the bombing of the planes, the German artillery bombardment also came as scheduled, and it was the planes, and the artillery of the Germans were really anxious, and they used all the means, because of Andre's guidance, the position dug anti-artillery holes and cat's ear holes, so the commanders and fighters on the position all hid in the holes, so now the casualties are not large, and when the shelling stopped, only to hear the secret whistle shouting: "The Germans are coming!" ”
So everyone rushed to the combat position! André looked through Mosin Nagant's scope and gasped! The German infantry and the tanks and armored vehicles in the head of the Ukrainian army are really more spectacular than the attack in front! Indeed, Andrei's night attack last night angered the other side, and the Germans were really angry when they found out that a company had been touched the next day, and the Soviets actually played a night attack and touched a company at night, but the commanders and fighters on the position were not afraid of last night's victory and capture, which boosted their morale now!
The German tank guns also opened fire, directly aiming at the Soviet fire, and the shells accurately smashed into the Soviet positions and exploded.
A 3.8-kilogram high-explosive shell fell to the ground, and a fireball suddenly jumped from a heavy Teshka that was firing fiercely, and the heavy machine gun broke in two and flew into the air before being torn to pieces. Half of the shooter, who operated the heavy machine gun, flew into the sky with the heavy machine gun, his hands still holding the grip of the machine gun.
The deputy shooter on the side was killed on the spot, and the steel helmet was smashed open by shrapnel, leaving Bai Huahua's brains all over the ground. Sharp shards flew in all directions, and many fighters were either killed or wounded.
The roaring tanks ran over the Soviet positions, and the metal projectiles from the heavy machine guns pierced through the flesh and blood of the Soviet soldiers, and a spray of blood sprayed through the air.
German soldiers rushed towards the breakthrough with rifles with bayonets in hand.
"Brethren! It's time for us to make a move! Andrei roared.
Andrei's position was arranged on the flanks of the brothers' company, and at the same time his position was in the first trench, so his firepower was in the second trench. In this way, his position was recessed compared to the brother's position, so that it was not only less vulnerable to German fire, but also could attack the opponent with powerful fire from the side.
The most reasonable machine gun position should be placed on the flank at the back, rather than on the front, because then the two machine guns can form a dense crossfire, and it is not easy to be hit by the opponent's fire. At the same time, when the opponent is attacking, the front of the impact is often an evacuation formation. But when viewed from the side from a certain angle, it is dense! In this way, you can effectively ensure that the machine gun firepower is maximized!
In particular, the Germans often adopted a straggler formation of three or five people, and from the front, three was very loose, but from one side of the triangle as the angle of attack, in fact, at least two people were almost in the same line! In this way, the machine gun can receive good results with a sweep!
With Andrei's roar, the heavy machine guns behind the position roared, and bullets rained down like arrows on the flanks of the German front. And the three mortars also roared
The "whoosh" sweep of heavy machine guns knocked down more than a dozen German soldiers in one fell swoop.
Immediately afterwards, a burst of accurate short bursts from Czech light machine guns drove the German soldiers who were about to rush into friendly positions into the trenches one by one.
André was not idle, he and his snipers were sniping Mosin Nagant, specifically looking for German machine gunners, grenadiers, military cao, and officers for a "safari".
A sergeant with a bayonet on his rifle, already rushing to the position of a friendly soldier, was about to stab a soldier with a knife in his hand, when a "snap" of a gunshot, and a bullet fired by Andrei pierced the sergeant's steel helmet.
The high-speed spinning bullet drilled a small hole in the helmet and pierced the skull from above the temple, and the powerful kinetic energy of the bullet flew out with the skull fragments and the helmet.
The German sergeant fell headlong to the ground, white flowers' brains and dirty blood sprayed on the ground, looking like tofu brains with tomato sauce added.
André turned his gun again at a German second lieutenant who had drawn his pistol and shouted and rushed to friendly positions, his scope covering the German lieutenant's head.
'That's you!' Andrei said secretly in his heart.
His fingers gently pulled the trigger, and with a "snap" of the gunshot, the hot bullet made a small hole in the cap, burrowed into the cranial cavity, and then burst out from the other side of the cap, leaving a large hole in the head, and the white brains and flying blood mist sprayed on the face of a German soldier next to him.
"Ahh
The German soldier, who was clearly a new recruit, was so frightened at the horrific sight of his commander's tragic death that he dropped his rifle and ran to the back.
Supported by the strong fire of the friendly forces on the flanks, the soldiers of the brother company quickly used all kinds of weapons, the soldiers blocked them with bayonets in front, the squad leaders behind them operated submachine guns, and the officers drew their pistols and fired them in the back, and soon the German troops who rushed up fell one after another in the trench.
German tanks have also been discovered, and the greatest threat to their infantry is the position of Andrei on the flank!
The tank roared and rushed over, and Andrei gave the order in time: "Hurry up and transfer the machine guns!" ”
The light machine gunner put away the DP machine gun and quickly shifted his position.
The two Deshka heavy machine guns were hidden in the strong bunker, and the German tank's 57mm guns could not help the heavy machine gun bunker for a while, so the tankmen had to strafe the machine guns while rumbling forward, trying to get close to the bunker firing hole and destroy the bunker with direct bombardment at close range.
The tank ran over the first trench, and the lieutenants hiding in the ditch held their breath, not even daring to come out of the atmosphere.
"Attention! Listen to the sound to judge the distance of the German tank! ”
The German tanks were so murderous that they ran over Andrei's position, and the German tank crews did not notice that there was a trench in front of them.
Just as the tank was about to approach, the lieutenant shouted: "Throw! ”
Several fighters poked their heads out of the ditch, lit the incendiary bombs in their hands, and threw them at the German tanks.
The glass bottle smashed on the tank and shattered its bones, but the extremely viscous napalm was adsorbed on the tank's iron sheet like a gecko, and the black powder exploded, igniting the gasoline.
There was a "bang" of gasoline, and the thin-skinned tank caught fire.
One after the other, gasoline bottles rained down on the German tanks, and soon the cocktail flames joined together and turned into a raging flame surrounding the tank.
The inside of the tank is already as hot as an oven, and what is even more serious is that the ammunition inside the tank can explode at any time!
The German tankmen could no longer stay and climbed out of the tanks that were on fire. But as soon as they came out of the hatch, they were shot one by one by Andre and the others like targets.
"I took out the German tanks! I took out the German tanks! A recruit got carried away, poking his head out of the trench and dancing. But he didn't notice at all that behind the three burning German tanks there was a tank and two armored vehicles! Before he could be happy enough, a string of machine-gun bullets had already smashed the recruit's head into a cloud of blood.
Seeing that his friendly car was destroyed, the tank no longer dared to rush forward, but stopped in front of the trench and acted as a mobile pillbox, using tank guns and machine guns to suppress the Soviet troops.
"! Give me the tank to take out! The lieutenant yelled.
More than a dozen figures tragically jumped up from the trench and rushed towards the German tank parked not far away.
The German tanks and the infantry behind them discovered the intentions of the Red Army soldiers, and the dense bullets fell on the front and back of the Red Army soldiers, stirring up flying sand and rocks on the ground. Some people were shot and fell, and some people were injured but continued to hit the shell of the tortoise spitting tongues of fire.
The brothers who rushed out fell one by one in a pool of blood, and the German tanks retreated and strafed, making the road for the warriors to charge even longer.
"Watch out for suppressing the German infantry!" Andrei yelled.
The bullets fired from two heavy machine guns and four light machine guns pounced on the German soldiers like a wasp that had exploded a nest, and the German soldiers fell one by one wherever the snake-like tongues of fire went.
The German signal corps, officers, and machine gunners were again given "special care" by Andrei and several of them, and the machine guns and grenadiers were surrounded by corpses shot in the head, and the sharpshooters who picked up their rifles and fired received Andrei's "most special care", and it is no longer known how many German sharpshooters were killed under Andrei's guns.
Taking advantage of the fact that their comrades were holding down the German infantry, the two warriors swooped down on the German tanks from both flanks of the tanks in two directions. The tank turned its turret, and a vicious tongue of fire pierced the chest of a warrior, who was shot tragically in a pool of blood.
Another warrior took advantage of the fact that the tank turret had no time to turn back, and had already rushed to the tank, stuffed the cluster grenade in his arms under the tank, and the "boom" of the tank was over, and the Germans who lost the tank finally retreated helplessly, and Andre
And Andrei received an order, Commander Lukin wanted to see him, is it just for that map, in fact, the intelligence value of that map is not so great, because after all, it is only a company-level map, but it is not completely useless, at least there will be information on some of the dynamics of the German army, and the map was indeed sent to the headquarters as soon as possible, as a famous general meteor praised by later generations, it can be said that Lukin now does understand that it is impossible to stop the pace of the German offensive in the Smolensk region, Now what he can do is to try his best to delay the speed of the German offensive to buy time for the preparation of the rear, Lukin knows that as long as the German army can be delayed, then Moscow can transfer the troops from the Far East and Central Asia to the Western Front, now the war is tight, and Lukin can't help but think of Andrei, when the officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to his headquarters to persuade himself to prepare, now think about those preparations can be regarded as not allowing the 16th Army not to be caught off guard and put into the battlefield, and the front sent a map, Andrei went to attack the Germans at night to obtain, so Lukin decided to meet Andrei and listen to his analysis of the battle situation, and when he came to the headquarters, Andrei found that General Lukin probably hadn't slept well for a long time, and his eyes had turned black, but Lukin's spirit was still very good, and when Andrei used the memories of his previous life to analyze the battle situation, Lukin also agreed, and when Lukin agreed with his opinion, Andrei took the opportunity to say that he was not manpowered, Lukin generously agreed to hand over the fighters of the night raid team to Andrei's command, and now he also gave Andrei an important task to go to the city of Smolensk to get logistics supplies for the army, and now the 16th Army is short of supplies, and Andrei's special status as the Ministry of Internal Affairs may help to get more supplies, and Andrei understands the importance of logistics for an army.
So he set out with his warriors.