194 Behind Enemy Lines (Part I)
There is no need for Rokossovsky to lie, he said that if there is a way, there must be a way, but for the time being, I will be allowed to sell the pass, put aside the Sixth Army for the time being, and turn my head to look at Petrovsky's "prison escape" career.
With Beloborodov's order, this improvised armored cluster launched an attack on Shedelce, and it was T-888 T-54 of the old Hemstra that rushed to the front.
For the old man, these days are depressing, others are looking forward to rest, but he is always looking forward to war. When there is no battle, he is like a withdrawal reaction, and he is really uncomfortable.
Finally, once again he could go on a killing spree, and the old man was simply overjoyed, and ordered the driver to rush forward as fast as he could, and was the first to break into the city of Sukhozhebre. However, the old man was soon disappointed, and the German army in the city was very few in number, and completely lost its vigilance, and was easily defeated. As for the footcloth in West Poland, after discovering that the Red Army was coming, it was scattered as soon as possible.
All in all, the old man is not at all addicted. However, Beloborodov was satisfied, and wished that it would be as easy as possible. And after the capture of Sukhozhebre, Beloborodov marched non-stop to Shedelce.
It must be noted here that Shedelce is a transport hub on the railway line from Warsaw to Belarus, but it is a small city with a population of less than 60,000 in the 21st century. At that time, there were only 350,000 people.
It is a small city in typical Eastern European style, with Gothic architecture everywhere, after the bloody battles of East Poland. A significant part of the population fled to Belarus as refugees. At this time. There are just over 10,000 people left in this small city. It looks so desolate.
However, desolation also has the advantage of desolation, whether it is for the Red Army or the German army, you can do it without any scruples.
"Ten o'clock in the bush," exclaimed old Hemstra, holding up a large telescope, "anti-tank guns!" ”
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the hidden enemy opened fire, and after a puff of smoke, an armor-piercing bullet whistled down on No. 888, digging a small hole in the front armor. And then it was crushed. Flying projectile fragments shattered all the glass of the surrounding buildings, and a sturdy wooden door even had a hole opened.
"What are you doing in a daze, fire!" Old Hemstra kicked the gunner, expressing his strong displeasure, because just now a piece of shrapnel flew past his tank cap and almost shot him in the head.
The old man was not a good-tempered man, on the contrary, he had a very fiery temper, and pursued the principle of a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye, and the enemy fired a shot at him. He's going to have to tear his enemies to shreds!
Boom!
At the urging of the old man, the artillery commander came with a shot. The grenade exploded in the bushes, and two German devils were blown into the sky.
"Idiot, missed!"
But the old man was not satisfied, because this cannon did not destroy the enemy's anti-tank guns, but only killed two bomb carriers.
However, the gun commander also had something to say: "I aimed at that gun, but the distance is too far, and the long-range accuracy of our gun is not good!" ”
The old man kicked him again: "Then don't complain, if you have this kung fu, you will do it again!" ”
The elder Hemstra pursued the principle of physical action, he shook the 12.7-mm anti-aircraft machine gun on the side, aimed it in the direction of the enemy's anti-tank gun, and fired a shuttle shot, and the tracer bullet once again pointed out the enemy's position.
A few seconds later, No. 888 roared again, this time the grenade accurately destroyed the anti-tank gun, and the old man happily took out a small notebook from his coat pocket and recorded his new victory in detail.
According to the old man's estimate, with the results he recorded, it was enough to get at least two Red Banner Medals, and if he could be a little more powerful in the future, the Order of Lenin would be trivial.
After doing the recording work, the old man ordered to move on, he really wanted to meet the enemy in the city, after all, the current situation is that there are more monks and less porridge, and such a little enemy soldier is really not enough for ten T-54 points.
However, the old man's actions attracted the attention of Beloborodov, and he ordered: "Let No. 888 pay attention to the position, he is too abrupt!" ”
For Beloborodov, the only remaining ten T-54s are all treasures, treasures of the town, and cannot be lost in Sedelce.
Soon old Hemstra received this instruction, but the old man complained: "The top knows to be cautious, and don't you have to go forward in battle?" Cowering doesn't look like a man! ”
However, the difference between the old Hemsstra and the armored train is that the old man is brave and brave, but he will carry out the orders of his superiors without compromise, and will never only care about his own monster farming and killing his teammates. The old man can control his inner impulses very well.
Soon, No. 888 stopped at an intersection, and the old man ordered the gun commander to be on guard while raising a telescope to observe the situation in the city.
It should be said that Beloborodov took the Germans by surprise, and most of the Germans did not think that they would be attacked, thinking that Sedelce was completely safe, so their vigilance was really low. At the time of the attack, only a few German soldiers remained at their posts, the others were either sleeping or deserting.
This is still the German army, as for the Imperial Allied Army of Western Poland, the table is even more unsightly, this group of moths bullying men and women is a good hand in the country, but when it comes to the real battle, it is faster than the rabbits, and in the blink of an eye, these goods will drop their weapons and scatter as birds and beasts. What's even funnier is that these guys only cared about running for their lives, and they didn't even think about informing their godfather.
Soon Beloborodov's main force easily entered the city, and fought until near the railway station before encountering some decent resistance, and the German troops stationed here resisted with all their might for two hours, but in the face of the absolute superiority of the Red Army in strength and firepower, they were finally defeated and had to surrender with their hands raised.
At this time, Beloborodov breathed a sigh of relief, he had been worried that the enemy's reinforcements would arrive soon, and now the situation showed that the enemy did not have reinforcements.
"The infantry immediately began to count the supplies. Bring as much fuel as you can along with food and medicine. Everything else will be destroyed! In addition, let the sappers prepare explosives. Blow up the railroad embankment for me! ”
It was clear that Beloborodov was planning to cause more trouble for the Germans, and he wanted to paralyze this vital railway line as much as possible.
"Comrade Afanasi, the local leader of the Polish partisans and the underground resistance group has asked to meet you!"
Just as Beloborodov was working methodically, an unexpected person came, and his impression of the East Polish partisans was not very good, and their appearance in the previous battles was so bad that to put it mildly, these guys could ask for something except for it. The other tables are very much that.
Originally, Belborodov was not going to meet with this so-called leader, but on second thought, his task was to cause trouble for Germany, although the Poles could only be regarded as a small trouble, but a small trouble was also a trouble, wasn't it?
Besides, it doesn't matter if the Poles really came to ask for something, the Shedelce station is full of arms and other supplies, and Belorodov simply can't take them all, and it doesn't matter if you are generous.
Belorodov guessed right. The Poles had indeed come to ask for something, if it had not been for Beloborodov to stop and refuse. These footcloths even wanted to empty Shedelce.
Looking at the expression on the Poles' faces as they left in a huff, Beloborodov sighed: "I hope these guys can cause some trouble for the Germans!" ”
Then he quickly adjusted his feelings and asked, "Is there any movement of the Germans?" ”
According to Beloborodov's estimate, the attack on Shedelce will certainly arouse the great attention of the German army, and the German reinforcements will come to "regain the lost territory" in a day or two at the latest, or more than ten hours at the earliest, and at that time he will have to show himself well.
The so-called good performance is to hurt the reinforcements of the Germans, attract the main German army to the south to cover Petrovsky's main force to the north. But to Beloborodov's surprise, the Germans didn't seem to move!
Why? It can only be said that his previous appearance was too good, and the attack on Shedelce was too sudden, and suddenly the command of the German army was terminated, so that the information about the attack on Shedelce was not transmitted. Marshal Bock thought he was in control!
I think that the calm Germans are carrying out their work tasks in an orderly manner, but I have to say that sometimes these overly "sophisticated" and "conscientious" guys seem a little dull. It wasn't until the third day after the incident, when Beloborodov was a little unable to sit still and was ready to go out again, that the German troops "rescued" Shedelce and set out on the road.
Even Beloborodov couldn't help but complain: "Damn the German young master soldier, make trouble for Lao Tzu!" ”
However, since the Germans had already arrived, the first qiē continued to perform according to the script, in order to impress the Germans and to give them time to ask for help, Beloborodov deliberately controlled the scale of the first wave of blows.
"It's unpleasant to fight like this!"
Old Hemsstra muttered, because the higher authorities required them to hurt the enemy, but not to kill the enemy at once, I'll take it, this Nima is a flirtatious style of play of Chiguoguo, right?
The troops of the Germans who came to regain Shedelce had about one reinforced company, what kind of reinforced company? It was a company of German infantry plus a tank platoon with a battalion of the Western Polish Imperial Allied Army.
This time, the Imperial Conlilides of Western Poland were at the forefront, and German tanks and infantry kept watch over the allies with cannons and bayonets to ensure that they were obediently advancing.
"Distance 2000, grenade, air explosion, put!"
The Red Army tanks fired their first shots at a distance of about two thousand meters, and a black grenade flew over and exploded in the footmover of Western Poland. In an instant, flesh and blood flew sideways, and the footcloth of West Poland, which was forced to rush to the front, was immediately in disarray, and immediately the skilled man immediately threw away his weapon and began to turn backwards.
Seeing that this group of footcloths was about to be scattered, the German company commander couldn't help but bared his teeth and ordered: "Shoot, sue the Poles, continue to advance, and those who flee will be shot!" ”
However, the Poles in a mess obviously did not intend to carry out this order, and they ran away in groups of three or five, directly taking the German godfather's order as air.
In desperation, the German company commander could only enforce battlefield discipline: "Machine gun fire!" ”
MG34 immediately let out a characteristic roar, and the muzzle of the gun sprayed orange-red flames continued to devour the fleeing West Polish soldiers, knocking them down stubble after stubble like wheat harvesting.
At this moment. The Red Army did not need to open fire. Because the Germans replaced them to better complete the task of destroying the puppet army in West Poland. It was only when the German machine gunners finished firing a cartridge belt that they were able to stop the footcloth escape in West Poland. The surviving footcloths were again driven to a mass and then ordered to move on.
For the West Poles, this was a true tragedy, as if there was only one way ahead of them - a dead end. Either they were killed by the German father, or they were slaughtered by Russian butchers.
In order to fight this unfortunate fate, the footcloths moved forward at the slowest speed, not much faster than the turtle anyway. But it still didn't work, and when both the German dad and the Russian butcher were impatient, their fate was decided.
In this battle, the infantry battalion in West Poland was almost completely slaughtered, except for a few lucky ones who escaped by hiding in the crowd and pretending to be dead. So much so that some scholars in exile in West Poland declared: "The Soviet Red Army and the Nazi bandits tacitly agreed to persecute the Polish people by all kinds of cruel and appalling means, and the Underzerce offensive and defensive war was the most striking example!" ”
However, neither Germany nor the Soviet Union denied this accusation, and the Germans produced all kinds of evidence to prove that the living standards of the people of Poland had improved unprecedentedly during the years of German rule. The Wehrmacht of West Poland was even closer to the German armed forces, and there was no abuse or massacre at all. Even if there were, it was humanitarian abuse and massacre, and it was not morally condemnable.
The Soviet side, on the other hand, replied more directly and simply: "We are eliminating the accomplices and doglegs of the fascist bandits, clearing the door for Poland, and anyone who sympathizes with these scum is probably inseparable from the fascist bandits." We welcome people from all countries to report these debris, and KGB will clean them up soon! ”
Let's put it this way, wiping the footcloth is like a fart, and I'm afraid no one really cares except themselves.
Back on the battlefield, when the Poles were dead, the Germans and the Reds were satisfied, and the obstacles that prevented them from fighting like men were finally gone, and they could then compete with confidence.
The Red Army's armored forces attacked first, and No. 888 once again rushed to the front, the Polish plain was too suitable for an armored cluster charge, anyway, old Hemsstra had a feeling of relaxation.
After entering 1,500 meters, the three German No. 3 tanks opened fire first, but the 50-mm tank guns were really not powerful, not to mention 1,500 meters, even if it was 150 meters, it could only scratch the T-54. What's more, these second-line troops are not high, and all the shells are missed.
Of course, the Red Army's side was not bad, the accuracy of the 100 mm low-pressure tank gun was really that, in fact, the Red Army artillery commanders did not aim at the enemy's tanks to shoot, but loaded grenades to scare the German infantry at a long distance.
Don't you say it, the effect is very good, the German infantry is quite depressed, they don't understand at all, obviously they have tanks on their side, but why the enemy directly ignores these No. 3 tanks, and instead focuses on attacking them, the infantry who are honestly lying on the ground and not moving?
For this question, the German tankers had their own explanation: "The defense of the T-54 is too strong, it can completely ignore any of our tank guns and anti-tank guns, for them, our tanks can be completely ignored, it is better to pioneer and disperse our infantry brothers, and then slowly clean us up...... To be honest, we are very angry and disappointed about this situation! ”
Within a thousand meters, the T-54s switched to armor-piercing shells and began to take care of the No. 3 tank that had just fired heavily, but the hit rate was still not high, and only a few tankers with good gunnerry or good luck could make a difference.
For example, the old Hemstra's No. 888 hit the bull's-eye directly in one shot, and the poor No. 3 tank quickly turned into a big fireball, and then, the two remaining German tanks and infantry turned around and fled.
"Stop the pursuit!"
Beloborodov was forced to give this order, because he found that if the T-54s were allowed to have fun, this wave of enemies would be wiped out in minutes, and this was not what he wanted.
Under the release of the Red Army, the Germans luckily picked up a small life, and then they asked their superiors for reinforcements in a tone of 100,000 urgency, and greatly exaggerated the size of the Red Army!
"At least 30 T-54s, and at least 50 T-34s and T-35s, this is a fully loaded tank division! Yes, definitely a tank division, please hurry up and come to reinforce us, we won't hold out for long! ”
A fully loaded tank division appeared out of thin air at an important transportation hub, Bock did not believe that this was true, for more than a month, the Red Army scattered in eastern Poland large forces have been basically wiped out, where did the fully loaded tank division come from? There must be a mistake!
But what made Bock depressed was that the fall of Shedelce was an indisputable fact, Guderian was already jumping to his feet, and strongly asked him to ensure the supply of the second tank group, and the battle on his side had entered the most critical moment, and he really couldn't afford to delay!
"One regiment from Warsaw, then two regiments from Verkhni-Maukinia, and three or five more regiments from the Poles, should be about the same?" Bock said to himself.
To be honest, Bock was also nervous at hand, and in the previous stage of the battle, although the German army made heavy progress and successfully entered Belarus and Ukraine, to be honest, the losses were not small. In order to cope with the large-scale counterattack of the Red Army, most of the reserves were transferred, and the country could not provide too many troops for the time being.
In other words, Bock can only use the little force at hand to fight, and the vast majority of this force is on the front line, and the logistics line is really very tight, and it can only ensure the safety of key transportation line nodes. At this time, if you want to reinforce Shedelce, then the skylight will inevitably be opened in other directions.
Bock comforted himself: "Perhaps this is the last living force of the enemy in East Poland, destroy it in one fell swoop, and settle down in the future!" (To be continued......)
PS: Bow and thank you to the old students and Comrade Sycamore's ashes!