Chapter 254: Bloody Orsk (6)
There is definitely the next attack, Piper ordered all his soldiers to enter the anti-artillery hole, and then sent the wounded to the field hospital in Orsk City for treatment, at the same time Piper also asked each company to count the casualties, the result was quickly reported, Piper's troops killed more than 30 people, seriously injured more than 10 people, these 50 people were basically killed by Soviet artillery, and there were also two anti-tank gun personnel, this is the first battle, Piper's command did not make any mistakes, and still killed so many people, which made Piper's heart ache.
Soon after Piper ordered his soldiers to retreat into the defensive artillery hole, the Soviet army began shelling again, each time the Soviet army shelled more than ten minutes before stopping, and then the tanks and infantry attacked in turn, Piper's rookie battalion basically had no time to rest, each attack was about an hour, there was a period of interval, from morning to night, the rookie battalion had sacrificed a third, a full eighteen hours of attack, the rookie battalion was still alive all exhausted, and fell asleep directly in the trenches.
Piper had no choice but to ask the division headquarters to immediately replenish the troops and ammunition, and these replenished men came to repair and strengthen the fortifications, and now the SS ammunition was not lacking, but the people were too tired.
On the first day of the large-scale offensive, all the defensive lines were attacked by the Soviet army in turn, and Vasilevsky, relying on his advantage of being large in numbers and unrestricted in supply, was to fight a war of attrition and fatigue with the well-equipped SS troops in Orsk, and Vincent really had nothing good to think of.
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The casualty statistics were quickly sent to Vincent, and on the first day of the attack, the defenders of Orsk lost more than 3,000 dead and more than 2,000 seriously wounded, not counting minor injuries, and the first astronomical cents were reduced to more than 5,000 men, according to which Vincent could only hold out for twenty days at most.
The first astronomical cent did not use his three panzer divisions, and all the artillery, Vincent was observing the other side's command and tactical methods, although the casualties were heavy today, but without the support of tanks and large-caliber artillery, the SS still held the line, and let Vincent know the opponent's methods thoroughly.
The Soviet army attacked from 6 o'clock in the morning to 24 o'clock in the evening, a full eighteen hours, Vincent knew that his defensive infantry had reached the limit of physical fitness, during the day the Soviet army had air superiority, Vincent's tanks and artillery could not move, they could only hide, now that the Soviet army has collected its troops and returned to the camp, how can Vincent only be beaten and not fight back!
It is not Vincent's character to only be beaten and not to return the hand, during the day the Soviet army has aircraft support, and its own tanks cannot move, but at night you always have no aircraft support, right, and it is more difficult for the Soviet artillery to cover the charging armored cluster at night.
"Order, the first division of the 1st Panzer Corps of the Italian SS will attack from the east, the second division will attack from the southeast, and the third division will attack from the south, after breaking through the Soviet defense line, they will converge in the southeast direction, the purpose of this operation is to completely destroy the Soviet army in the southeast direction, the maximum distance of the assault cannot exceed 50 kilometers, each armored division is equipped with 1,000 sandbag trucks, a reminder, carry more sandbags, and prepare to fill the anti-tank trenches of the Soviet army."
From 24 o'clock in the evening to 6 o'clock in the morning, Vincent's attack time was only six hours, and the total strength of the Italian armored division was more than 30,000 people.
The 1st Panzer Corps of the Italian SS always watched other troops fight this day, and his hands were already itchy, and now the commander-in-chief ordered the battle, which was full of morale, at this time Weitmann was already the commander of the 1st Division of the Italian SS, and Weitmann, who received the order, immediately began to deploy combat missions, and Weitmann, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, had already made all these preparations, and now that the order came, Weitmann only needed to mobilize those hidden tanks and sandbag trucks.
The 1st Panzer of the Italian SS Army was assembling, and Vincent gave them time to launch an attack in an hour, in fact, it didn't take long, and after half an hour everyone was basically in place, Vincent began to order his artillery units to bombard the positions of the Soviet southern defense line fiercely.
The entire position of the Soviet army suddenly turned red, Vincent's ammunition was consumed, there was no place to supply, only a short ten minutes of shelling, and then all the artillery was replaced with incendiary bombs, the Soviet position was on fire, Vincent fired incendiary bombs, of course, he also wanted his armored assault group to see clearly the situation of the Soviet position without turning on the lights.
"Offensive ......"
Weitmann's order was very brief, the 1st Panzer Division of the Italian SS, which could be said to have been trained by Weitmann, contained 2,000 German veterans, who were the core and backbone of this force, and Weitmann could proudly announce to everyone that his Panzer Division was no worse than the Panzer Division of the German SS, and now was the time to test the unit that Weitmann had trained.
All the troops of the Soviet army attacked all day, and they were also very tired, but they were attacking in turns, and had plenty of time to rest, in fact, once people went to the battlefield, they were highly nervous, very tired, and the continuous sound of guns and cannons also made it difficult for the Soviet army to sleep, and finally the battle stopped, and suddenly the Germans' shells fell down like a storm, and there were countless Soviet troops who were blown to pieces in their sleep, and the Soviet army's fortifications were also very rough, which is the character of the ** son, and now it has finally eaten the bitter fruit.
This is not over, after the SS shelling, a large number of incendiary bombs came over, originally the Soviet fortifications were built of logs, and now the entire position burned, and countless Soviet soldiers were splashed by the liquid after the explosion of the incendiary bombs, so that the whole body was on fire, in this case, even if his comrades wanted to save him, it was impossible to end his life with one shot, so as not to endure the boundless pain.
"Boom...... Boom ......"
The ground shook and the roar of tanks came again, it seemed that the German tanks had begun to attack, and now the Soviet positions were in a panic, and all the officers quickly gathered their soldiers, and at the same time found the anti-tank guns that had not been destroyed by the shelling, and those tanks that had not been destroyed also hurriedly started.
"Boom, boom...... Boom ......"
The Soviet artillery began to counterattack the German artillery positions, and the German artillery had already shifted their positions after the firing, and the Soviet artillery counterattack was doomed to be ineffective.
Wittmann's armored division charged to the side of the Soviet anti-tank trench after more than ten minutes, and behind it was the Soviet position, and the Soviet troops on the position could not see the situation on the side of the anti-tank trench clearly, so they could only shoot blindly, Wittmann knew that his armored division must act as soon as possible, otherwise it would be a live target for Soviet artillery fire, Wittman's method was very simple and rude, and he directly ordered the trucks transporting sandbags to rush directly into the anti-tank trenches, and dozens of sandbag trucks could definitely fill in the passage more than 1,000 meters wide.
"Snort...... Sneer......"
The Soviets finally reacted and began firing flares, but Wittmann had already begun to direct the tanks to charge over the trenches and towards their positions.
“…… Click...... Click...... Boom ......"
Tucker, led by Wittmann, began to fire fiercely at the Soviet troops, and the Soviet troops, under the supervision of political commissars at all levels, also began to desperately counterattack, what anti-tank guns, "Bazooka" 60mm rocket launchers, machine guns, rifles, submachine guns, and German tanks were fired desperately.
It's a pity that they can't penetrate the front of the German Tiger tanks at all, and these "Bazooka rocket launchers" have just arrived in the hands of the Soviet army, and many soldiers have just learned how to launch, as for how to hit the German tanks and what parts to attack, they don't know at all, and as a result, ammunition is wasted.
The machine guns on the armored vehicles that followed the tanks and the machine guns and cannons on the tanks were thrown out in bursts of continuous bullets at the Soviet positions, and many Soviet troops who desperately fought back were killed, but still no Soviet troops dared to escape, and as soon as they fled, the political commissar immediately shot the person who fled.
"Boom...... Click......"
The Soviet Union was dumbfounded, and the garbage weapons sent by the United States threw the "Bazooka" to the ground, and the Soviet troops who threw the weapons in their hands were ordered by the political commissar to pick up anti-tank grenades.
When Wittmann's tank group was thirty meters away from the Soviet trenches, hundreds of anti-tank grenades were suddenly thrown out of the trenches, and as a result, the members of the tanks in the front were stunned, and so many anti-tank grenades only blew up the tracks of a few tanks in the front row.
When the Soviet troops stuck their heads out of the trenches to check the situation, they ushered in another rain of bullets, and the Soviet troops in the trenches were desperate and collapsed directly, and even the political commissar had no way to prevent a comprehensive collapse, and the political commissar was of course also coerced by the collapsed crowd and fled together.
"Click...... Bang bang bang...... Boom...... Ahh!!!hhhhh ”
Wittmann's armored assault group stormed the Soviet positions and began a killing frenzy, at this time the armored vehicles and sandbag trucks played a better role, of course, there were always a few Soviet troops who were not afraid of death, and fired "bazooka" at the SS sandbag trucks.
The result was to blow up the zipper sandbag truck, of course, the final fate of the Soviet shooter was to be beaten into a sieve, in general, Wittman's assault was still very smooth, the Soviet army was not familiar with the performance of the advanced weapons of Britain, France and the United States in their hands, and did not know how to use these weapons reasonably.
Wittmann's Soviet positions were rampage, and Wittmann's final direction was to the southeast, of course, the previous assault of thirty kilometers was saying that the SS suddenly launched an attack, and the Soviets had no way to stop it, and Vasilevsky had no way to ...... (To be continued.) )