The situation was very troublesome now, according to the previous tactical arrangement, the old Hemsstra was in charge of the front with the main anti-armor force, while the remaining combat sappers were responsible for finding the missing prince, and guarding the flanks and rear on the other. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The situation now was that the main forces were fixed in place by the E-100s, and the flanks, lacking cover from anti-armor forces, were worse for the German raids. It is very likely that the result will be inaction on the front and the flanks will be blown up, and the result will probably be quite unpleasant.

"Do you want to go and support the combat engineer comrades?" Zherelov asked.

Old Hemsstra was speechless, he was pondering, and after a few seconds he replied categorically: "No, that doesn't make any sense." Tell the company commander to let them deal with the enemy as much as possible, try to buy time, and if they can't do it, they can abandon their positions and retreat to the department store! After a pause, he stomped his foot firmly and said, "This is the most important thing, we must defend the department store!" ”

Yes, the department store was like a nail, wedged into the German positions to make it very uncomfortable for the Germans, and after losing this commanding height, the Germans were quite limited in their movements. That's why they have to take it back urgently.

Old Hemstra decided: "To take out this nasty super-heavy tank, to knock it out, is to break the backbone of the Germans!" Quick, let's do it again! ”

However, the old Hermstra's operation was interrupted by the German artillery bombardment, and Schwarzberg was not a fool, he quickly figured out the old Hermstra's intentions, as long as the E-100 broke down, it would be a success for the Russians, how much of a threat could a non-moving E-100 stay a block away, and how much of a threat could you bombard the department store by yourself?

Obviously, this is impossible, and even as long as it is paralyzed, the E-100 can be easily destroyed next, so in order to interrupt the old Hemstra's attempt, Schwarzberg decisively called for artillery cover and let the artillery fire fiercely at the area where the T-54 was located, driving them away.

The shells rained down like drops, and the elder Hemstra had to temporarily retreat, because it was easy to get headshots if left in place, and the Germans shelled so hard that it took only five minutes to turn the road into potholes.

"Intensify the sweeping of buildings on both sides of the street."

Schwarzberg issued a new order, after all, it is absolutely impossible to stay where he is, he needs to drive the E-100 to the department store, as long as it occupies that street, he can compress the space of the Red Army's armored forces to the maximum, forcing the opponent to fight with him head-on, instead of fighting like just now.

The German grenadiers and the Red Army's bazooka squad inevitably exchanged fire, and although the combat engineers had the advantage in firepower: the ASM-30 short assault rifle was much better than the submachine gun in a small room, but the Germans had the advantage in strength and could fight more and less, so even if the bazooka team stubbornly resisted, it still could not change the outcome.

"Retreat! Don't fight hard! ”

When the elder Helmstra witnessed a valiant bazooka man trying to fire at the E-100 under a hail of enemy bullets, only to be instantly knocked down by a hail of bullets, his deputy continued to raise the bazooka, but was once again covered by enemy fire. These two heroic sacrificed soldiers interpreted what it means to be fearless and heroic with practical actions.

"Damn the crumbs!"

Zherelov knew very well who the crumbs in the old man's mouth were, the Germans would definitely not be able to escape, and the prince who made everything so bad probably would not be able to run away. And I'm afraid the old man hates the damned prince even more.

E-100 moved slowly, everything seemed to be as good as Schwarzberg had expected, and if he had only to go another hundred and fifty meters, he would be able to see the department store.

At this time, he was finally in the mood to ask about the progress of the E-50: "What is the situation on 201 and 274?" ”

"Not bad, the Russians were taken by surprise, they are steadily advancing!"

Schwarzberg nodded, this result made him very satisfied, he wanted this result, and it could be regarded as revenge for yesterday's arrow. However, he was not too proud, but ordered: "Let them fight carefully, don't take too many risks, we can't afford more losses!" ”

Yes, for the German army, they are already the turtle in the urn, don't look at super-heavy tanks like the E-100 are very good, powerful and majestic, but if you knock out one, you will have one less, or so to speak, the Germans are hanging one less than one tank or personnel, and they have no way to replenish the losses when they are surrounded.

And the Soviet Red Army was the opposite, almost all of their losses that took the initiative were compensable, and if one T-34 or T-35 was destroyed, then ten or even a hundred, and see how long you Germans could hold out.

Therefore, for the German army in the defense circle, not only must they work hard to destroy the enemy, but they must also find ways to protect themselves, otherwise, sooner or later, they will die!

"We must destroy the super-heavy tanks of the Germans!" Old Hemstra temporarily summoned the other two crew commanders for a small meeting, "If we don't kill it, we will always be passive!" ”

The commanders agreed, but they thought that the other two E-50s were also worth paying attention to, so could they consider dealing with the E-50s first?

Old Hemsstra categorically denied: "Then you just fell into the trap of the Germans, boys, the department store is more important, if we go, the monster on the opposite side will drive straight in, no one here can stop it, the Germans can easily seize the department store." And what's the point of losing the department store, even if the E-50 is eliminated? Have you forgotten what a terrible price we have paid to take this place? ”

These words made the commanders lower their heads, in order to capture the department store, the combat engineers and ordinary infantry lost more than 200 people together, and the next time they recapture it, I'm afraid the cost will not be less, right?

The elder Hemsstra concluded: "It's more dangerous for us to stay here, but it's also more meaningful, so we have to stay!" ”

Old Hemstra's words were non-negotiable, and the commanders agreed with his persuasion. But how do you get that E-100?

"It's still the old way, there are a lot of us, let's see how it copes! You two take a platoon of infantry to go around from the side, I stay on the front to attract its attention, don't be afraid of losses, even if we are all glorious, it will be worth killing it. ”

Two T-54s with the infantry are on the road, and they will go around the back of the E-100 from another street, and this is a simultaneous race. Because neither the E-100 nor the T-54 can drive straight into the street regardless of the threat on both sides of the street, if you want to move forward, you must first clear the threat on both sides of the street. The difference was that Germany took the lead.

Of course, the Soviet side was not without advantages, and the two T-54 anti-aircraft machine guns in the commander's position had long been replaced by fully automatic grenade launchers, which could more quickly cooperate with the infantry to clear the road. And old Hemstra would also continue to cause problems for the Germans and delay their advance.

"Contact the 120mm recoilless gun team and let them calm down, they are the only trump cards that we can penetrate the opponent from the front, we must not expose them too early, tell them that without my direct order, even if the enemy rushes in front of them, they are not allowed to fire!"

The recoilless artillery team, hiding behind the destroyed siege guns, had a rather aggrieved life, and the German shelling had wounded some of them, but more of course they were embarrassed, and the snow, mud and rubble from the shelling fell on their heads, and they had no way to fight back, which was too much for a real soldier.

"Hold back, if you don't bear it, you will make a big plan!" Old Hemsstra yelled angrily at the recoilless gun commander, and then hung up the communication fiercely.

"Get ready," reminded old Hermstra, "let's go ahead and make trouble for the enemy, Zherelov, don't continue to attack the enemy's tanks, there's no point, aim at the buildings on both sides of the street and hit the German infantry." Delay their progress! ”

On the other hand, Schwarzberg was still satisfied with the situation in this section, the troops were advancing steadily, the casualties were within an acceptable range, and the most important thing was that the enemy's tanks did not appear for the time being, and he hoped that the Red Army's tanks would be attracted away by the E-50, so that he would save much trouble.

"Captain, the enemy tanks are here again!"

As soon as the gun commander's words fell, the German infantry who were advancing with the E-100 were attacked by Zherelov, and the grenade landed accurately on their advance path, although it did not kill and wound them, but they were forced to abandon the advance and scatter to find cover.

"Damn it!" Schwarzberg scolded angrily. The worst happened, the Russian tank did not fall for it, but resolutely stayed where it was, which made him very helpless, "Aim at the possible position of the enemy tank and destroy it as soon as possible!" ”

In Schwarzberg's view, the old Helmstra's tactics of using himself as a decoy are problematic, and you can only appear from both sides of the street anyway, and after a shot, quickly hide on the other side, and he can wait and wait. Static shooting was not a difficult task for his gunner.

"Do you want to go back the way you came?" The driver asked old Hemstra.

"Idiot!" The old man scolded him, "That's death, be smart, take advantage of the obstacles around you, and don't return from where you are, then the Germans will soon send us to hell!" ”

That's true, and for the 888, there are quite a few obstacles that can be used on this battlefield, such as the destroyed T-34, T-35, E-75 and other German tanks. Don't underestimate these obstacles, if the drivers have experienced operation skills, they can be used to make continuous leaps on the battlefield. And the elder Hemsstra had his driver do just that.

"Damn it!"

Schwarzberg thumped the periscope, and just now, right under his nose, the T-54 walked in front of him with its tail wagging easily, and even fired a shot at the poor grenadiers in front of him, causing the guy who had just probed his head out of the cover to shrink back immediately.

"Fire! Destroy those who get in the way! Schwarzberg gave the gun commander an order, and soon the conscientious gun commander opened fire like the destroyed steel garbage on the battlefield, and one armor-piercing shell after another was sent out of the barrel, and he was engaged in whipping corpses over and over again.

It's just that the work doesn't make a lot of sense, the destroyed steel junk can't be blown away by the shells, and it's great enough to make one or two explosions, but at most it's just blowing up the turret, and the broken chassis is still on the street.

In fact, Schwarzberg also knew that there was not much point in destroying the steel waste, but he wanted to gamble his luck if the armor-piercing bullet penetrated the steel waste and could still threaten the T-54 hiding behind? Anyway, being idle is idle, it's better to put a little pressure on the Russians.

But what gave Schwarzberg a headache was that the driver of No. 888 was also an old fritter, and his hiding position was so good that he could not see the outline of No. 888 clearly in the sight of the German gunner. In other words, even if the Germans opened heavy fire, it was impossible to penetrate a tank and still pose a threat to No. 888.

On the contrary, No. 888 frequently greeted the German grenadiers with grenades, which greatly interfered with their clean-up operations and bought a lot of time for the other two T-54s. If this rhythm continues, it is estimated that Schwarzberg has no hope at all, but at this moment, another unexpected factor appeared on the battlefield.

Suddenly there was a roar in the sky, and a squad of Stuka suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and in this snowflake weather, the Luftwaffe actually performed a miracle.

"Great!" Schwarzberg jumped in excitement, and he immediately activated the walkie-talkie and began to call the Stuka pilots in the air, ready to order the vultures to attack 888, which was hiding among the many steel junks.

In fact, at this time, the old Hemsstra was also pale, at this time the enemy's air force came to join in the fun, it was really not a good thing, he ordered the driver: "Reverse, reverse immediately, hide in the department store!" ”

On the other side, Schwarzberg was constantly calling the air force pilots, but to his frustration, no matter how much he called the other party, there was no response. The vultures circled over the department store a few times, as if to confirm their target, and to see that the posture was about to attack!

"Damn, can anyone tell me why I can't get in touch!"

Schwarzberg was so angry that he almost smashed the radio, but he didn't have to be so angry, because it was normal to not be able to get in touch, and not everyone could get air support like American GIs in Hollywood movies. The vast majority of air strikes or support operations have to be escalated, or at the beginning of the mission, your superiors will allocate you a share of air support. It's hard to get temporary support.

"Shoot smoke grenades, quick, fire smoke grenades!"

Schwarzberg thought of another trick, he could indicate the target! Soon a smoke bomb landed on the square in front of the department store that was not satisfied with the steel garbage, the red smoke bomb should be so conspicuous, but to Schwarzberg's dismay, these vultures ignored the smoke bomb on the ground, and went straight to the department store and the surrounding buildings.

"What's the use of that?" Schwarzberg was stunned, bombing that building made no sense to him now, even if it wasn't to bomb that pesky T-54, help him clean up the buildings on both sides, and waste precious aerial bombs on department stores?

It later became known that the German pilots had been instructed to destroy the department store, and naturally they would only follow orders. This bombing did cause certain losses on the side of the Red Army, but it had no decisive impact on the overall situation of the battlefield, anyway, the department store had been blown up in repeated battles between the two sides, and now what is the difference between a few more bullet holes and two more collapsed walls?

The elder Hemstella, who was hiding under the department store to hide from the air raids, let out a long breath, and he found that the bombing turned out to be good news for him, the bombing had almost completely collapsed the walls of the department store, and thank God it was a reinforced concrete frame structure, and the wall was not fatal if it fell. Instead, No. 888 can be used, hiding on the first floor of the department store, through the collapsed half of the wall, the old man can vaguely see the E-100 in the distance, but on the other hand, E-100 is difficult to observe it, which means that No. 888 can hide in the department store and work with peace of mind.

"Put the artillery mirror on the second floor to help us observe and identify targets!"

The elder Hemsstra quickly gave instructions, and then, guided by the artillery observation post on the second floor, No. 888 selected three firing positions, each of which fired a few short bursts with AGS-42 automatic grenade launchers and then immediately moved.

This trick is so easy to use, the Germans can't shoot accurately because they can't see the target clearly, and a few meters away from the armor-piercing bullet is equivalent to hearing it, and the T-54 is not afraid of 128mm grenades, even if the Germans bombard the department store with a grenade, it will not help.

The only thing that made old Hemstra depressed was that the 40-mm grenade was too powerful and caused limited damage to the German infantry. Why not shoot from the main gun, you ask? Man, are you kidding? At such a close distance, the trajectory of the 100-mm grenade was almost straight, and it was impossible to pass over the obstacle in the square and hit the Germans behind.

Probably some comrades are going to say again, isn't it possible to reduce the ****** and adjust the muzzle elevation angle to make the trajectory more curved? Theoretically, yes, but in practice it's not possible. Because the D-10T, whether it is a grenade, armor-piercing bullet or armor-piercing projectile, is a full load, unlike the split ammunition or cartridge fired by some howitzers, the charge can be adjusted, but the former cannot.

Of course, old Hemstra was lucky enough for the poor Germans, who at least had grenade launchers at their disposal, while the Germans really could only shoot blindly, and could only shoot suspicious targets with grenades, and because the distance was too close, their adjustment range was smaller, so most of the shells missed.

"Cunning Russians!"

Schwarzberg was on fire, and his infantry was suppressed badly during this period, and the Russians bombarded his infantry with accurate mortars, making the clearance operation slower and more troublesome. What's worse is that he can't destroy these pesky small-caliber mortars yet, because they can't be seen at all!

When another shell staggered into the house, blowing up the German grenadiers who had just occupied the room, Schwarzberg knew it couldn't go on. Looking at the more than a hundred meters of street, he decided to gamble his luck.

"We rush over in one go, as long as we can rush to the opposite square, we will win!"

Yes, Schwarzberg is ready to charge, as long as he moves fast enough, he should be able to rush to the square before the enemy bazooka man attacks, as long as he can send the E-100 to the square, even if he is paralyzed, he can play the role of a point of fire, and he can cover the infantry to retake the department store.

The E-100's engine made a dull roar, and little by little the driver increased the engine power to the maximum, and after a while they had to rush forward as fast as they could, as long as they could get through this section of the street, it would be considered a victory!

Old Hemsstra was very cool with AGS-42 here, and if he had known that this trick would work, why risk some kind of dance on the tip of a knife? This feeling of hiding in the shadows is so good.

Of course, the only problem is that hiding in the shadows does not fully grasp the dynamics on the battlefield, and when the E-100 charges, the old man does not know anything. But soon the observation post set up upstairs and the recoilless gun crew set up in the square informed him: "Daddy, the enemy is rushing over, whether you can fight or not!" ”

Rushed over? Old Hemstra was shocked at first, he didn't expect the enemy to be so decisive, so he was a little unprepared, and he was ready to continue to accompany the enemy to grind slowly! Now the enemy has rushed over, which fully shows that the enemy is jumping over the wall in a hurry!

This was indeed an opportunity, but the more times like this, the less he could panic, and he immediately instructed the recoilless gun crew: "Stay calm, without my orders...... Holy! ”

Old Hemsstra could not help but curse the street, the recoilless gun crew did not calm down, and after discovering that the enemy was beginning to charge, they decisively rushed out of the concealment point, began to set up artillery, and then aimed at the E-100 that was rushing towards 'fast' with a shot.

It's just that their accuracy is really limited, and the overly excited gunners failed to hit the target, and the rockets grazed the turret of the E-100 and flew away!

"It's over!"

Old Helmstra was suddenly cold, and sure enough, the Germans immediately returned fire, and the 128-mm grenade accurately hit the recoilless gun crew, and after a violent explosion, all the crew members were killed...... (To be continued.) )