Chapter 368: Battle on the Ground (Medium)
Claes leaned out of the top hatch of the tank, looked at the hellish Soviet position, and couldn't help cursing a few words to his own artillery, and he didn't know if Claes was scolding his own artillery for not having a few Soviet soldiers left! Or scolded the German artillery for being too cruel. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Claes, who finished scolding the artilleryman, immediately picked up the microphone and began to report the situation:
"The 13th Armored Assault Group calls the division headquarters, please answer when you hear it."
"The division headquarters has received it, please tell me about the situation of your department."
"We have successfully occupied the positions of the first line of Soviet troops, the positions here have been completely destroyed by artillery, there are almost no living Soviet troops, there is no value of guarding here, the report is complete."
"Then your troops continue to advance according to the established attack route and objectives, and I wish you success...... Toot Toot ......"
The staff of the First Armored Division of the Nineteenth Armored Army, where Claes is located, is the staff of the First Armored Division, and he hung up directly after speaking, and the First Armored Division is also busy at this time, and the staff officers have time to chat with people, and hang up the line after giving the order, so as not to occupy the line, so as not to make the troops in the situation unable to get in touch with the division headquarters.
"Phew...... Drive...... Go on the offensive. ”
I don't know if Claes really wants to spit or if he wants to complain about the hanging staff officers at the division headquarters.
"Woooooooooo......oo Buzz Woo Woo ...... "The armored assault group, under the command of Claes, began to continue the attack and advance.
The second line of defense of the Soviet army was better than the first line of defense, and the degree of shelling was slightly slighter, although there were a few living people in the second line of defense of the Soviet army, but most of them were people who lacked arms and legs.
The Soviet paratroopers lay helplessly on the ground, wailing and crying for help. Although Klaas did not give the order to shoot at those Soviet soldiers, he would definitely not stop for those Soviet wounded soldiers.
Claes led the 13th Armored Assault Group, which rushed directly past the broken second line of defense of the Soviet army, and then rushed towards the third line of defense of the Soviet army.
Tanks roared, armored vehicles roared, planes chanted, and the 13th Armored Assault Group galloped across the Soviet land, like a sharp sword, piercing the heart of the Soviets.
Claes prayed in his heart that the Soviet troops on the third line of defense must not destroy their own artillery, and that they had entered the territory of the Soviet Union and had not yet started the war!
The third line of defense of the Soviet army was already almost thirty kilometers from the German-Soviet border, which seemed to be beyond the range of its own artillery.
Behind the third line of defense of the Soviet army is the provincial capital of Ukraine - Chichnau, if the Soviet army is not killed, they will definitely choose to hold on, Stalin will never allow the Soviet army to abandon a provincial capital.
It was impossible for Stalin to understand that "if there is a man who loses land, there is a man and a land; If you lose your land, you will lose your land". Throughout the history of the Soviet-German war, the Soviet Union has never taken the initiative to abandon any city, even if it was surrounded by millions of troops, Stalin did not hesitate.
Not to mention the strategic and tactical problems of the Soviet army, only talk about Stalin himself, and say that Stalin is a tyrant and ****, and it is really not wrong to him.
No matter how many Soviet troops were killed and captured, in Stalin's eyes, it was a cold number, and even if there were many people who died, Stalin would not frown.
There is also an incredible thing, that is, Stalin ordered that his own prisoners should not be recognized, and the families of soldiers who surrendered to the Soviet army would also be sent to Siberian labor camps.
The Germans captured more than 5 million Soviet prisoners, and the inhuman torture of these 20 million people was absolutely indescribable.
Stalin is a tyrant plus ****, and he really deserves it......
When the German "Barbarossa" plan was launched, although the third line of defense of the Soviet army was not bombarded by German artillery, the range of artillery at this time reached 30 kilometers, which was still very unrealistic, and German artillery was the best in the world, and the firing range did not exceed 25 kilometers.
Although the Soviet troops in the third line of defense were not attacked by artillery fire, the German planes in the sky were not idle, and they bombarded the third line of defense of the Soviet army indiscriminately.
This time, Army Group South installed more than 2,700 planes, and about 1,000 planes were used to bomb Soviet airfields, and such a huge group of planes, all the airfields in the Soviet Union 600 kilometers close to the German border could absolutely not escape the fate of destruction, of course, German planes will also be lost, but the number will definitely not be large.
Another 1,700 German planes, their task is to clear all major obstacles for the advancing German armored forces, because it was the beginning of the war, the German air force did not know where the Soviet army would pose a threat to the German armored forces, so they could only bomb indiscriminately, as long as the pilots felt that this place should be bombed, then bombed.
The flying German planes bombed the Soviet army's three lines of defense indiscriminately, causing great losses in the fortifications and personnel of the Soviet army's third line of defense, especially the German JU87 dive bomber, whose death-like scream was terrifying.
After the Great Purge of the Soviet Army, its combat effectiveness fell to the lowest point in history, and such a fierce bombardment did not collapse entirely as a result of the shooting of deserters by the political commissars.
Chekov was still a second lieutenant platoon commander in 38 years, but in 37-40 years, Chekov's division began a purge, and all divisional and regimental officers were taken away by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
These people who were taken away by the Ministry of Internal Affairs never appeared again, there was no trial, no notice, it was as if they had disappeared out of thin air, in fact, everyone understood that they were secretly shot by the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Other junior officers, such as battalion commanders and company commanders, were also doomed, not removed from their posts and sent to labor camps or shot directly, Chekov's division was written every day with whistleblowing letters, Chekov was already numb, and only prayed that he was not the next to be taken away by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Because Chekov was unambitious and cautious, and Chekov himself did not have any great skills, Chekov escaped the purge, and in two years he rose from second lieutenant to colonel and became a Soviet commander.
Since Chekov became the commander of the regiment, he did not dare to train the troops at all, and if the soldier was dissatisfied with his training, a whistleblower letter could kill Chekov at any time.
I thought it would go on like this, but the war broke out suddenly, which caught Chekov off guard, and Chekov's regiment was hastily pulled to the front without any training.
Chekov's regiment defended about a three-kilometer defensive line, with a total of three trenches, each of which had a full battalion, and the defensive strength was still very sufficient, the whole regiment had 6 37 anti-tank guns, 12 75-mm infantry guns, a lot of light and heavy machine guns, and even more anti-tank grenades.
The equipment of Chekov's regiment is still very good, an infantry regiment has so many artillery and light and heavy machine guns, and the weapons and equipment of the Soviet army at this time are relatively advanced except for Germany.
[On the last day of this month, don't waste it if you have tickets! ] (To be continued.) )