Chapter 503: Waiting for the Opportunity (II)

The earth-shaking explosions wantonly tore everything on the first line of defense, destroying everything, and the tanks were covered by such fierce artillery fire, no different from tofu scum, they could only be living coffins, and the Soviet tank assault group was finished, completely disappearing without a trace. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Fortunately, the Soviet infantry was disconnected from the Soviet tanks, and the Soviet infantry at this time had just arrived between the first line of defense of the German army and the first line of defense of the Soviet army.

Croft listened to the reports of the front-line artillery observers at any time, but the front-line reported that his tactics were successful, and Croft's spirit suddenly became excited, the Germans had no counteroffensive plan, and the Germans with the advantage did not want to launch a counterattack against the Soviet troops at night.

But now that the Soviets have lost all their tanks, the opportunity for the Germans to counterattack is ripe, and if they do not counterattack at this time, they will definitely let these attacking Soviet troops retreat calmly under the cover of the night.

Isn't this what Croft wants to see, and the Soviets themselves don't eat the "fat" they send to their mouths? Isn't that stupid, this is not the character of the German SS, Croft followed Rommel to fight in the north and south, he never ate pork, he still saw pigs run, and the reason that the fighter plane was fleeting still understood.

Croft did not hesitate at all, and hurriedly sent a telegram to Vlasov, asking for an immediate attack. For the request of the commander of the front, especially the request of the German army, Vlasov, the interspersed commander-in-chief, would not generally refuse, and Vlasov quickly agreed to Croft's request.

"Buzz...... Buzz ......"

At this time, night bombers that had been cruising in the air for a long time flew between the first line of defense of the German army and the first line of defense of the Soviet army, and this area was now gathered several corps of Soviet infantry, and all of them were elite infantry, and there were about a thousand artillery pieces, of course, among them there was a Soviet air defense division.

As soon as the Soviet front commander Oliver saw that his Panzer Corps had been wiped out by German artillery in a short time, he was immediately discouraged and hurriedly reported the situation here to Zhukov.

Although Zhukov vomited blood in a hurry, what could he do, in this case, Zhukov hurriedly ordered Oliver to command the remaining forces to retreat immediately, the most important thing is to keep the thousands of cannons, and if necessary, sacrifice those elite infantry.

Zhukov can't be blamed for being cruel, the Soviet army is this tradition, no matter how elite the infantry, it can be used as cannon fodder when necessary, Zhukov is a famous general after all, and the courage of a strong man to survive with a broken arm will definitely not be less.

Zhukov and Chuikov hurriedly ordered all the Soviet infantry participating in the attack to defend on the spot first, let the artillery units retreat first, and the Soviet artillery was towed by trucks, as long as the cannon was hung on the truck, as long as there was no traffic jam.

It is conservatively estimated that it will take about two hours for the Soviet army to withdraw all the artillery, and the current time is two o'clock in the morning, which is at least four hours away from the sky, and the Soviet army has enough time to withdraw the artillery and infantry. If the Germans did not attack at this time, Zhukov's retreat plan would still be successful.

It's a pity that the Germans are not fools, how could they let the Soviet troops slip away calmly like this, after receiving Vlasov's order, Croft attacked the German armored assault group that had been waiting for the order for a long time, and Croft also asked the night bombers cruising in the air to come to support.

These night bombers flying over the Soviet army did not start dropping bombs, and countless pillars of light were shot out from the ground, and you don't need to think about it to know that this is the Soviet army's air defense searchlight, and there is a whole Soviet air defense division waiting for it below.

In an instant, countless light bombs dragged a long light trajectory, cutting through the dark night sky, like a continuous fire whip constantly stirring in the air, and the German bombers swept by the fire whip were of course shot down.

The roar of the "woo-woo-woo......" plane was mixed with the sound of "boom" explosions.

Because the Soviet anti-aircraft fire appeared very suddenly, and at the same time, a large number of anti-aircraft weapons suddenly attacked, and more than a dozen German night bombers were shot down in an instant, and those night bombers that were hit whimpered and fell to the ground.

The bomber carrying a few bombs crashed to the ground and exploded, the power was very amazing, a plane went down, it was a large crater with a diameter of 200 meters, and the Soviet infantry 500 meters away from the point where the armored plane fell had no hope of survival, they would all be shattered and die, and the Soviet infantry of 500 to 1,000 meters would also be injured by concussion, and this concussion injury depended on the distance, and of course it had something to do with the terrain.

The front of the defensive section of Croft is a Soviet infantry corps, which is prepared to attack the first line of defense of the German army, the density of Soviet soldiers is quite high, a bomber crashing and exploding will kill at least 200 Soviet soldiers, and at the same time, the aviation fuel of the aircraft or the wreckage of the aircraft will burn, which undoubtedly gives the subsequent night bombers the role of indicating the target.

"Boom...... 簌簌......"

"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang...... Woowoo woo ......"

The Soviet troops were shooting desperately, and the German night bombers that found the target began to desperately drop bombs, and the aerial bombs used by the German night bombers were small aerial bombs weighing 50 kilograms, which were more powerful than a 155-mm shell, and the projectile of the 155-mm shell was only 45 kilograms.

But the speed of the shell is very high, and the aerial bomb is free-falling, although the 50-kilogram aerial bomb is a few kilograms heavier than the 155-millimeter shell, but the power is only a little greater.

The German bombers carried 80 aerial bombs and weighed three tons at night, and the German bombers carried this amount were all used tactically, but this was enough for the Soviet army to complain.

Countless aerial bombs fell like hail in the air, and of course, some planes were beaten down by Soviet anti-aircraft fire, and some planes were hit and exploded in the air.

The Soviet army had enough anti-aircraft artillery and searchlights, so the German planes suffered heavy losses, and more than 20 night bombers were beaten down in just two or a quarter, and those that were not shot down were desperately dropped in the air, and 80 aerial bombs only took five minutes to drop bombs, as long as the German bombers insisted on dropping bombs for one or two minutes.

"Boom...... Boom...... Woowoo woo ......"

The sound of the explosion of the aerial bomb completely drowned out the sound of the Soviet anti-aircraft artillery, and the German night bombers began to drop bombs, and the Soviet troops on the ground were miserable, and countless Soviet infantry were killed in the bombing, and at least several thousand or so Soviet troops were killed. (To be continued.) )