The intensive artillery fire of the Germans also fell on the Vltava River. Because www.biquge.info density of shelling was too dense, several pontoon bridges erected by the Ming army would be damaged by hits from time to time. Many officers and soldiers of the Ming Army's engineering units died in the German artillery fire and the raging river in order to repair the pontoon bridge.

The armored forces of the Germans were basically concentrated in the armored forces, because their output was really small compared to the Ming army. The armored units in the infantry units are basically light combat vehicles. These vehicles were largely defenseless in the face of the Ming army's anti-tank artillery.

However, the Germans used heavy Grizzly assault guns in the attack. This assault gun with a 150 mm caliber main gun will cause huge damage when using concrete blasting shells, and bring considerable losses to the Ming troops guarding the position.

Because the Grizzly assault guns have a high mobility ability, it is difficult for the artillery units of the Ming Dynasty to catch them. Watch as one position after another is destroyed by powerful shells. The commander of the 251st Infantry Division of the Ming Army immediately organized a large-scale counterattack.

About 5,000 officers and men of an infantry regiment and an operational brigade directly under the division headquarters as a reserve attacked from the bridgehead position under German artillery and machine-gun fire, and after several kilometers of assault, they reached the vicinity of the German Grizzly assault gun position. At the cost of thousands of casualties, an entire company of twelve Grizzly assault guns was blown up.

The German offensive had to be halted by the Ming counterattack. Although Boke had organized several attacks on the Ming army's bridgehead positions before, he also knew that the resistance of the Ming army was very strong. However, he did not expect that the greatly strengthened Fifth Army, with the support of powerful artillery fire, not only did not seize the position of the Ming army, but was beaten by the Ming army and repaired it fiercely. This made him angry at once.

At noon on June 8, it was raining in the sky. After a fierce battle in the morning, the officers and men of both sides had returned to their respective positions and hid for lunch. The Germans are breaded with artificial butter and bacon. The Ming army, on the other hand, was canned fruits, chocolates, and military rations.

The aroma of food wafted back and forth between the positions, and the harassment and shelling of the artillerymen on both sides flew in the sky from time to time, bringing a hint of discord to this rare peaceful scene.

Even more discordant lies in the center of the positions of both sides. Several wounded German soldiers screamed feebly in the open position. Their bodies were covered with blood, and their strong desire to survive forced them to desperately call for help from their positions, but unfortunately no German officers and soldiers would come to their rescue.

It was not the Germans who were so indifferent and wanted to break their morale. It's because it's a trap set by the snipers of the Ming army. As long as someone dares to rescue the wounded who are destined not to be saved, the snipers of the Ming army will wound the people who go to save people and become the next bait.

In fact, the German officers and soldiers who were now lying in the pool of water soaked in the rain, wailing in pain, had wanted to save people before, but unfortunately they not only failed to save people, but they put themselves in it.

In this case, the only way to save people is to be solved by the German snipers who don't know where to hide the Ming snipers on the opposite side.

But in just over ten minutes, the Germans had already lost four snipers. The Ming snipers on the opposite side have never been found. Perhaps some German snipers have found them, but unfortunately they are all dead.

The reason why the Ming army did such a thing that seemed to be dehumanizing was that during the battle in the morning to launch a counterattack to destroy the German Grizzly assault guns, some officers and soldiers who were left behind were captured by the Germans and became prisoners of war when the Ming army retreated.

Being captured as a prisoner of war is a thing that happens almost every day on the battlefield, and it's the same on both sides, and there's nothing to say about it. However, perhaps because their precious Grizzly assault guns were destroyed, the embarrassed Germans actually shot and killed many prisoners of war in front of the Ming positions. Now it's a hornet's nest.

Angry Ming army revenge is imminent.

First, a large number of German prisoners of war were brought up from the rear, and under the muzzle of the gun, they ran over the open area between the two positions towards the opposite German position. Then the Ming army opened fire. Under the dense rain of machine-gun bullets, more than 100 German prisoners of war fell in pools of blood. The angry howls of the German officers and soldiers on the opposite side did not help.

And it doesn't end here. The Ming army occupies a strong position, and it has always been the Ming army that bullies others to take advantage, where can it be counted when someone is slapped in the face? In addition to the routine shelling, the Ming snipers successively overturned several German soldiers who ran up to the ground in an attempt to take the wounded on the ground. And then there's the scene from before.

Ten minutes later, the screams of the German wounded gradually faded. The wounds on their bodies killed them, even if they bleed. And it's still raining, and the icy temperatures alone are deadly.

The brutal scene that took place in front of this position was just a very common scene in this war.

The ferocity and brutality of human beings in the midst of war towards their own kind is difficult to describe in words. In order to put an end to this kind of human brutality against human beings of their own kind, Zhang Cheng has already made up his mind to bring the whole world under the same banner no matter what, and completely end the war years on this planet.

After a short lunch break, the bombardment in the sky, which had not been fired at all, suddenly exploded into a rage in a short time. Orange-red spots of light rose from the artillery positions of both sides, and then smashed into the opposite positions like a storm.

No soldier could have been able to stand within the range of artillery fire. Get hit by a cannonball in an unsheltered or undug trench, unless you're unlucky. Otherwise, no one will be spared death.

Many people are not wrong to believe that the main casualties of shelling come from their shrapnel. It's just that artillery shells, especially high-explosive shells, in addition to shrapnel, have another important means of killing people, that is, the shock wave generated when it explodes.

High-energy military explosives that are detonated by a fuse will excite a powerful shock wave. This almost physical shock wave can destroy the internal organs of the human body in an instant, resulting in various symptoms such as internal organ rupture and internal bleeding. There are definitely no fewer people who die on the battlefield from the shock wave of artillery shells than from shrapnel.

At this time, in this area of Prague, which is actually not very large, the artillery used between the two sides has reached hundreds of guns. Before the main forces of both sides arrived, both sides were thinking about inflicting as much damage on the other as possible to achieve their own goals.

Bock was thinking of recapturing the important bridgehead position and cutting off the hand of the Ming army across the Vltava River, so as to improve his own defense. Lu Mo wanted to use that bridgehead to attract the energy and strength of the Germans, so as to cover his operational intention of trying to take the initiative to encircle and annihilate the German army in the Prague area.

In the Ming army, front-line commanders like Lü Mo, who were authorized by the General Staff to attack operations, had the right to do so. After all, they are all party members in the real sense, front-line generals with heavy troops. Although the order given to him by the General Staff was an appropriate attack, Lu Mo, as the commander of the group army, could conduct a large-scale military operation under a conventional rule.

Of course, this kind of thing must be reported to the Supreme Command. This is a battle with the strength of an entire army group. If you lose, it will have a detrimental effect on the situation of the battle. Under normal circumstances, if it were not for the obvious failure factors in the battle plan and prospects, Zhang Cheng would never have made an order that could easily refute the demands of the front-line commanders. After all, in Huaxia, which pays attention to human feelings, it is extremely face-damaging to do so.

For example, it was risky for Lu Mo to do this, because he took advantage of the loopholes in the General Staff about giving him the right to attack. After all, the entire Prague area is within its attack range. In this case, if you win the battle, everything is fine, everyone is good, I am good, everyone is good, and no one will accuse Lu Mo of not obeying military orders. But if he loses, he will have to bear all the consequences. Unless Zhang Cheng gave him a formal order, then he would not fight on his own, but follow the order.

Zhang Cheng was also very surprised after receiving the battle plan sent by Lu Mo, after all, the strength of the two sides in the Prague area was actually about the same. Moreover, the Ming army did not have a strong armored force here. In this case, Lü Mo asked to take the initiative to seize the city of Prague before the arrival of large-scale reinforcements from the German army, and it has to be said that he was really courageous.

After careful analysis and consultation with a number of high-ranking army officials, Zhang Cheng issued an order in the name of the Supreme Command to carry out the Prague operation. In other words, Zhang Cheng took the initiative to endorse Lu Mo. Even if his attack fails, no one will blame him, because he is carrying out Zhang Cheng's orders.

The reason why Zhang Cheng did this was to calm the morale of the army, and since he decided to fight, he had to do his best to fight. As supreme commander-in-chief, he had to take care of the burden on the army at the front.

For the whole day of June 8, the two sides engaged in fierce fighting around the bridgehead in the city of Prague. The fighting was so fierce that both sides were forced to use their reserves and go into battle.

In this small area, the corpses of the officers and soldiers killed between the two sides were almost covered with the ground, many of which were distorted and swollen by the rain.

In the evening, General Bock received information from the German General Staff that many armored units of the Ming army were rapidly advancing towards the Prague area, and it was expected that the Ming army would launch a fierce attack on the Prague area in two days at most. (To be continued.) )