The icy rain on your face is a biting cold, and it's even worse than the falling snowflakes! Almost all of them crowded into covered and canvas-covered bunkers, leaving only a few cordons in raincoats in the trenches. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"This year's rain came a little early." Kodelinkov said as he looked at the rain falling in the night outside, in a trench covered with a tarpaulin.

"It's not early, it's about this time every year. Soon, the dirt outside will be soaked, and the first rain of the year in Vilnius will basically be endless, intermittent for many days. ”

It was Martin who spoke, and as a local he was well aware of the climate in Vilnius, "It is very rare that it doesn't rain until April." ”

"You said the muddy season was going to be coming soon?"

"Well, it won't take two days. We should find more rain protection from the city, but this alone will not do. Martin pointed to the canvas above his head, "Otherwise, if the fascists don't come and beat us, this rain will make us all sick." ”

At this time, Tozic, who was wearing a pullover raincoat, squeezed in, "It's okay, at least the German tanks don't want to be powerful for a while." "Get ready, the Germans will come in the evening, or they will have to toss in the mud for the next two months, just like us, and they will be worse than us!" ”

Wetland hunters, this is not a pleasant taste.

A little behind the trenches, the 80mm German-made mortar had been moved out of its bunker in favour of the new M40 50mm mortar. The bunker was covered with several large door panels that could be opened quickly, and the soldiers had found them from the ruins of the station building.

Benjamin felt a little cold, but he didn't dare to leave here to take shelter from the rain on the street at the station behind him.

"Old comrade, how do we adjust?"

Reserve gunners were promoted to "advisers", because the new reinforcements had not yet experienced real battles, and especially had no experience of the fierce battles that could break out in the dark - Benjamin talked a lot about the things that had been in the trenches of the Western Front, and it was definitely a living dictionary of trench warfare in the current situation in the position!

"Adjust the range to 130 meters, and the ammunition will be used with a basic charge, and we don't need to deal with targets 200 meters away before dawn." Benjamin smoked the tobacco handed over by the young gunners, as if he were teaching a group of recruits.

"On such a rainy day, you can't see anything far away, and it's a waste to shoot shells indiscriminately. In the dark night, the infantry has a maximum of 150 meters of killing zone, and most of them are a little accurate when they reach a position of 100 meters, and they are blindly shooting their guns at a distance. When we fire, we just give the infantry close fire support after they start exchanging fire. ”

Benjamin's thoughts seemed to go back to a long time ago, "There were always flares in the sky, and the ground was full of barbed wire and craters, and sometimes damn gas bombs!" Those are not annoying, the most troublesome mud all over the ground, everyone's feet are soaked, the pain is terrible, and the only ones that don't hurt are amputation! ”

"By the way, are there any flares?"

A senior soldier spread his hands: "No." ”

"It's good to have a few, otherwise the enemy often doesn't know when they touch the eyes, and that damn sniper can fight at night! If your feet have been soaked in the mud for a long time, you have to wipe them with wine after washing, and your dry socks will keep your feet! ”

Benjamin's teachings were still well understood, and the young men immediately looked at the spare socks in their pockets - they all said that the veterans in the army were treasures, let alone those like Benjamin who had fought in the trenches of the First World War!

Earlier today, when the assault sappers laid minefields, Benjamin said that he had several points of experience, and the assault sappers carried them out, and those suggestions were really ruthless and poisonous! But for real trench warfare, those mines on the positions are still trivial!

"We have to let the logistics find a way to get some serpentine barbed wire, so that if it is laid in front of the position, the German infantry will not be able to pass at once, and it will become a living target! Also, a few of you have sapper shovels ready and on your waists, and the kind of assault rifle that is sometimes not as good as a sapper shovel in the trenches. ”

Old experience, old to old - the brain is still stuck in the era of single-shot rifles, but there is still a little truth, at least when the bullets are out of time to change the magazine, the sapper shovel will be better than the bayonet assault rifle!

As the minutes ticked by, the trenches were already waterlogged - but this was originally a trench reconstructed, and the muddy water in it was flowing, and it was not yet full.

Shuklin's two gun emplacements are high in the front and low in the rear, and the water can flow away, while the other bunkers are basically covered with a retaining wall of dirt around them, which can not be said to be dry, but the water has not yet flooded in.

Tozić grabbed a handful of dirt from outside and rubbed it in his hands: it was already wet, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier.

Presumably due to poor visibility, howitzers at the top of Mount Gediminas fired flares from time to time, and on the north side of Station Street, a company of 82mm mortars fired one or two flares over the open space south of the station almost every 30 seconds.

Like a light in the night, a flare suddenly lit up in the air, and as the parachute slowly descends, a large area is illuminated, and the shadows of trees and abandoned tanks can be seen in the open area, as well as the corpses in the muddy water.

Suddenly, there was a rush of machine-gun fire!

"Enter the position, the Germans are coming up!"

There is no need for the officers to shout, with the screaming of whistling shells, explosions everywhere! In the firelight, the warriors quickly entered their positions, and the people in the bunker opened the canvas and wooden shelves that were a little in the way!

In the light of the fire of the explosion and the flares that had not yet been extinguished, it seemed that people could be seen in the woods in the distance, and the German infantry was probably waiting for the artillery bombardment to end before charging.

This is the chance for the Germans, if they do not take a part of the city today, they will either toss in the mud, or retreat to a few transport hubs and settlements in the rear, and wait on both sides for the arrival of summer.

Under the rain, the sighting devices of various direct-fire weapons seemed to be useless, and the gray patch was basically unclear! Coupled with the dim light, it is no wonder that Benjamin said that an effective range of 150 meters is good, and set the distance of the mortar shelling at 130 meters, which is almost exactly 100 meters from the first line of trenches.

Finally, the artillery fire was extended, and the Germans also charged in a skirmisher line!

"Damn, it's good to have a good Makqin!" Benjamin seemed to have become the artillery commander again, swearing in his mouth, poking his head out to see the figure of the German army more than a hundred meters away, and the Red Army commanders and fighters in the trench bunker had already begun to shoot intensively!

"Rapid fire, give me enough strength to fight!"

This M40 fires much faster than the German 80mm mortar, and the gunners, although they have not experienced real combat, have a fairly high level of training! The shells were fired one after another, and the sound of "bang, bang" was very dense, and from 130 meters away, there were continuous explosions, blowing up the nearby human body into a blur of flesh and blood!

Signaling a pause, Benjamin poked his head and saw that the left wing seemed to be under more pressure!

"80 meters to the left, hit me!"

The gunners immediately adjusted the angle of fire, and with the dense and uninterrupted explosion of the shells, the Germans who rushed to the trenches on that side fell in large swath!

Benjamin's mortar is like a fire brigade, which can give strong support to the soldiers as quickly as possible on the entire battlefield, and reacts much faster than the artillery in the rear.

Tozić was in the first trench, and a light machine gun in his hand continued to fire long bursts, and he had already finished firing two 100-round round cartridge chain loading drums, and the rain poured on the hot barrel and burst of water vapor!

In the firelight, the Germans were seen to be knocked down like alfalfa, and a few dozen meters to the slightly left, the Germans were already approaching the edge of a heavy tank that had been blown up.

There was a push-button shock switch box next to the sergeant's machine gun, and when he saw the situation there, he put down the machine gun that had run out of bullets, grabbed the box, and twisted the switch one by one!

There was a bang, like something swept across the battlefield! Three directional mines in a line exploded, and more than 2,000 steel balls swept across the entire wide frontal like a steel storm!

Dozens of human bodies were hit and knocked down in an instant! And farther away, diagonally more German troops were blown up by this sudden explosion, and the wounded fell to the ground screaming!

Directional mines, deadly steel rain, well deserved!

Suddenly, the pressure on the position on the south side of the station building was greatly reduced, and the Germans had to drag the wounded back, and although the attack also killed many Russians, it was obviously not much point to continue.

Under the call of the infantry, their long-range artillery fire began to extend to the south side, and in the light of the explosion, you can constantly see the human body being ruthlessly blown away!

However, after the distance exceeded 250 meters, even if there was an explosion and fire, it was hazy.

The gunfire and artillery fire ceased for a moment, but then none of the commanders dared to take it lightly, because they could faintly hear distant sounds.

Benjamin crawled out of the mortar bunker and ran along the traffic trench to the first line of trenches to find Tozic, who was changing drums.

"Sergeant, find a way to build an obstacle in front of the position overnight, you can use anything, and you can't do anything after dawn!"

Tozić wiped the rain from his face, "Why?" ”

"Listen, the Germans are not far away, they are digging trenches. Although there are not many trees there, the ground on the left flank is relatively high, basically the same as ours. A simple trench system can be built in one night, and it is estimated that they will come prepared, and by daybreak any of us who dare to show our heads will be a target for German snipers! ”

"Also, we have to move our cannon positions back, the tanks will not be able to rush up during this time, and the artillerymen will become targets if they are too close."

Benjamin's fears were not unreasonable - the Germans had moved the first line of trenches to a position 300 meters from the station, and they would be working hard to build the fortifications!

Toziqi hurriedly reported the veteran's judgment to the superiors, but there would be no barbed wire, what should I do?! Who would have thought that the Germans would come for a period of trench warfare?!

Let's bury mines! All the mines that could be found were planted in front of the position, while the rest of the men worked hard to strengthen the fortifications, cover them, and improve the drainage conditions.

People on both sides have invariably become construction engineering teams: dig hard!

The Germans could not withdraw all their troops to those settlements ten or twenty kilometers away from Vilnius, but had to build a road position on the front line to survive this damn rainy season; There is no way to do it on the side of the Red Army, dig it!

One side can't beat down, retreat and second; The other side rushed to deal with it and found all the materials that could be used.

All night, people on both sides were digging! When the morning dawned, through the sparse freezing rain, people on both sides saw that the haze on the opposite side had changed a little in the distance, and no one was idle!

The Germans dug almost the entire trench system in one night, and added waterproof covering, and it seems that there are quite a few of them who are skilled in trench warfare! The Red Army had moved all the artillery positions out of sight of the Germans, and some of the trenches were covered, and the machine gun positions, which were originally half-exposed, were basically invisible from the opposite side.

The people on both sides were exhausted, and the Red Army station was even more straightforward, and two-thirds of the people went to sleep in the half-destroyed station building!

It's muddy, it's a smart person who won't launch an infantry attack, it's too late for everyone to roast the fire, and it's complete death in the field! The Germans had already tasted a beating last night, and as for the Red Army, which had no intention of attacking, they relied on the comfort of the city buildings to prepare for the rainy season.

It's like an appointment, except for the single gunshot that appears coldly, both sides only dig out of each other's field of vision, and it seems that they have lost interest in the other side.

It's good that at least both sides can rest their tired bodies and have a hot meal.

In the collapsed waiting room, the soldiers found that the building was sturdy, at least enough to withstand the bombardment of German 75-mm field guns - safer than in the trenches.

The collapsed corner became a new entrance, just along a broken wall to the front trench. The frosted floor in the hall was dry, not to mention the dusty couches, and compared to the damp bunkers outside, it was a paradise!

The companies were transferred to a good place like the waiting building to rest and recuperate, and to regain their strength, which had caused more than one-tenth of the people to fall ill after a night's ordeal last night, and it was all caused by the cold rain.

There was still a place to rest on the side of the Red Army, and the Germans would have to wait until tomorrow if they wanted to be more comfortable, and their bunkers were not yet finished, and they would not be able to escape the damn cold rain, and the Germans would have to be busy.

The people left behind in the trenches carefully paid attention to the situation on the other side: if they were not careful, they were really said by Benjamin, and two people were killed by cold guns in the morning, and they were both accidentally exposed and one shot was fatal!

Kodelnikov took a borrowed telescope and looked carefully, Benjamin on the side tossed for a while, and handed him a rectangular box, "Sergeant, use this." ”

"What?" Turning his head to ask.

"Periscopes, it works, don't poke your head out, their snipers are very good."

A simple periscope made of cardboard, Benjamin's old craft: stick the upper half out of the bunker, and when you look down, you can really see clearly.

"Moses, be careful!"

After observing for a while, I saw that the banker was holding his 98K and was aiming at the south side - it was a deliberately left hole for observation, but it seemed that Moses really thought of himself as a sniper.

Ordinary 98K, the posture is stable and motionless, but Moses is really smart, only the muzzle of the gun is exposed, and the whole person is one section away from the edge of the cover. In addition, the gap is very small, and the sniper on the opposite side is to find that there is an anomaly here, and the chance of hitting the person behind the hole is also very small.

Moses did not answer the sergeant's words, but gave his full attention!

Seeing the banker's expression, Kodelnikov thought he must have been staring at something, and took the periscope and looked in the direction Moses was aiming.

"Right in front, 350 meters, there were two birch trees next to each other. The one on the left is the second German trench, and they're still building a top cover, so let's take a look. ”

It's hard for Kodelnikov now, everything seems to have become smaller with the periscope, and it took a long time to determine the position.

"You watch here first, I'll borrow a cannon mirror."

As far as he knew, there were two 82-mm mortar companies, and it seemed that one of them was given by the infantry units to the Germans, which Kodhelnikov had seen, and the artillerymen threw it aside.

Along the communication trenches, the artillery positions were reached in a few minutes, and as soon as it was said that the front-line trenches needed artillery mirrors that could protect against snipers, the artillery comrades generously gave Kodelnikov the extra one.

Carrying the artillery team back to the front-line bunker, he met Toziqi who had rested enough to return to the front-line to take a look.

"Where did it come from?"

"The artillery gave it, and our bankers considered themselves snipers."

When he returned to the bunker and set it up, he asked, "How is it, have you found it?" ”

"I just showed half of my head, but the timing was not good."

"I'm going to give you a sniper rifle." One of Tozic's men was a sniper armed with a Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle, but he had already died, and the sniper rifle was blown up to the sky with a shell!

Suddenly, Moses pulled the trigger!

Kodelikov had already set up the artillery mirror, and just in time to see why Moses was shooting—a German soldier carrying a corrugated steel plate exposed half of his body, and in an instant fell into the trench!

"Hit!" Kodelnikov shouted excitedly - the human body disappeared in a throwing posture, not lying down or stumbling on its own, but obviously being hit.

"How?"

Tozić also leaned in front of the artillery team mirror to take a look, through the 15x magnification image, the target area is very clear, but there is no human figure, only a little exposed corrugated board and the two birch trees, and a section of retaining wall piled up on the north side of the traffic trench.

Moses had already sat down along the bunker wall with his gun in hand, "It doesn't matter, I'm a volunteer, a militia at most." ”

The banker didn't care if he could be sure that another one would be killed, the muddy water from the muzzle of the gun made it difficult for him to see the effect of his shot, but at least half of the time the target had been hit, so he didn't know if he was dead or wounded.

Hearing what the banker said, Tozić was a little upset: "What's wrong with the volunteers? You're also a warrior, you've killed at least 15 fascists, and you'll get at least one medal for bravery! Even the Order of the Red Banner can! ”

Civilians can also be awarded medals for their contributions.

"I should get you a sniper rifle, or it will be wasted!"

The tactical thinking of the Red Army has always been to treat snipers mainly as support firepower directly under the company platoon, and sharpshooters like Moses are wasted if they don't use them! Moreover, he is only 38 years old this year, and he has not yet reached the upper age limit of 40 years for assault engineers, and Toziqi wants to pull him into his own unit: it is not without precedent, and the regimental headquarters can recruit "stragglers," guerrillas, and civilians can also do it -- if they are strong men, they can be arrested, and in the future, a procedure will be completed.

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