81_81266 The enemy army had at least one battalion of troops, which was undoubtedly bad news for the German defenders, who had only two companies of disengagement. And the other bad news is that the enemy forces of this battalion are not second-rate opponents with only quantity and no quality, like other Soviet units.

From the fact that they knew to deploy their forces in advance and prepare for an attack, at least they were a little stronger than the Soviet opponents they had encountered earlier, which was certainly not a good sign, after all, the stronger Su zhì table xiàn proved that this Soviet force was their main force - the main Soviet army fought a bit like the SS, and belonged to the model of not dying.

"If I die, will the Führer award me an Iron Cross like Lieutenant Wren?" a soldier asked his comrade vaguely as he pressed the aiming gap of his G43 semi-automatic rifle against the body of a Soviet Red Army soldier in the distance.

His comrades-in-arms were squatting in the trenches checking the bullets in the magazine of the MP-44 assault rifle, and replied without raising their heads: "Don't think too much, even if you kill all the Soviets on the other side, you won't get the Knight's Iron Cross with Oak Leaves!"

Deliberately biting the accent on the words oak leaf and knight, the soldier armed with an MP-44 assault rifle stood up, lay on the wall of the trench, poked out half of his head to look at the approaching opponent on the opposite side, and retracted with a sneer: "It's really been a long time since I encountered such a Soviet unit rushing up, and the last time was in Poland......"

"Boom!" a shell hit an open field not far from the German position, followed by the second and third. The German commanders of the company immediately frowned, these large-caliber shells were not the 60 mm mortars they brought, apparently the Soviets were supported by at least 3 cannons, and the caliber was not small, at least 122 mm.

With the support of these cannons, the German grenadiers, who are good at fighting against the wind, have not yet been taken seriously, but what is represented behind these cannons makes people have to take it seriously. The Soviet troops with heavy artillery must have been more numerous, and if they could not get at least one regiment or even one division, this would obviously not be an opponent that a hundred or ten German grenadiers could block.

"Hurry up! Hurry up and call for reinforcements to the battalion headquarters! Tell them that if the reinforcements can't get here within half an hour, the town of Y107 may not be able to hold it!" The company commander put down the binoculars in his hand and said to the radio operator next to him: "Air support should also be as fast as possible! If you can find any reinforcements, you can find any reinforcements!"

As soon as he finished speaking, more Soviet shells fell on the open space in front of the German positions, kicking off thick columns of smoke covered with black dirt. The Soviets had at least 5 cannons firing, and it looked like they had quite plenty of ammunition. The grenadier company commander immediately judged the size of the Soviet Red Army opposite, at least one regiment of troops, and also increased artillery fire.

Pray that they are infantry regiments, so that the Germans still have the armor advantage of at least 3 tanks, and these tanks can repel at least one attack of the opponent at a critical moment, buying precious time to retreat or wait for reinforcements. He prayed in his heart that his wish would come true.

But it seems that the goddess of fate is here to play with the Germans today, and the more things they don't want to see, the more they will appear in front of their eyes. While the German company commander was praying, a Soviet T-26 tank appeared behind the Soviets, and at that moment, the heavy machine guns on the Soviets' flanks opened fire, and the bullets hit the German positions, sounding as dense as raindrops hitting the eaves.

"Bah!" the German sniper was not polite at this time, and fired directly at it, and a Soviet soldier who was charging at the front fell down in response, letting out the first scream on the battlefield.

The Soviet heavy machine guns were covered with a shield, a steel plate that made it impossible for German snipers to play, but it was clear that this shield protected the safety of Soviet shooters, but it also limited the angle at which the heavy machine gun's fire could be adjusted horizontally. Of course, the increased weight also allowed these heavy machine guns to be transferred very rarely.

"Boom!" Sure enough, the German mortar team, which had long memorized the shooting elements in every corner of the frontal battlefield, did not let its comrades wait too long, and a clean shell immediately silenced the roaring Soviet heavy machine gun position, and the light smoke rising there seemed to have explained it.

At this time, the German hidden G42 machine gun opened fire, sweeping over a group of Soviet Red Army soldiers who were already approaching a distance of 300 meters. The Soviet Red Army's heavy machine guns inexplicably fired early mainly because of the problem of inexperience, while the German machine guns fired because of the time when the Soviet suppressive fire was interrupted, and it was undoubtedly safer for them to fire at this time.

These Soviet soldiers shouted the slogan of Ulla, and rushed to the German defensive positions without retreating, perhaps a machine gun was obviously not enough to deter, and they still charged forward in dense lines, until the distance between the two sides was 200 meters away.

At this time, the German forward machine gun position had to be moved, and if they continued to stay there, the tanks behind the Soviets would fire on them, so the two machine gunners carried their machine guns through the guò communication trench and retreated, leaving the front machine gun position, which was dusted by the bullets of the Soviet infantry, to the Soviets who wanted to take revenge but had nowhere to vent.

However, just a few seconds later, the German position was lively, G43 semi-automatic rifles and MP-44 assault rifles opened fire together, and the bullets flew densely towards the Soviet Red Army, and in an instant, at least 50 Soviet soldiers were shot and fell, and then almost 20 more screamed and were killed by the bullets.

Counting the previous German machine guns, the Soviet Union was killed by the Germans in almost 100 seconds. However, these Soviet soldiers did not seem to be afraid of death at all, and still attacked the German positions without hesitation. Unfortunately, as the fighting continued, the casualties of these Soviet soldiers became more and more heavy.

For example, for an untrained and combat-ready unit, the critical point of collapse is about 5 to 10 percent, which means that a 100-strong army will be defeated as long as it loses 10 men. If you have training, this ratio can be strengthened to 20 or even 25 percent. Of course, if this force is firm in its beliefs and has been on the battlefield for a long time, this proportion may extend to 30 to 50 percent. There have been many times when more than half of the troops have lost more than half of their troops and have survived to the death, but this is generally rare.

Normally, casualties occur after a rout, which means that the actual battle is not the heaviest. Therefore, raising the training level of the troops and making the other side unable to bear the losses and suffer a rout when the real fight breaks out is actually an important way to reduce casualties. Because often a force may lose only ten men in battle, but in the process of escaping, it is pursued and killed by the enemy, and thirty or even three hundred people are scattered.

After the battle lasted for more than ten minutes, the Soviet unit in front of the German army finally could not bear its losses. The strength of a battalion of 500 infantry has lost almost 200 people in just ten minutes, which is already the limit of normal endurance.

These Soviet soldiers began to retreat, and the distance they had paid for with countless blood and lives was gradually ceded to the Germans. Compared to when they came, these retreating soldiers were still hesitant now, and seemed to be very unwilling. After all, the war can't rewrite the ending because people on a certain side are unwilling, and they finally retreated, a little wolf.

The Germans also did not have extra forces to countercharge, and they were really not in the mood to catch up and take advantage of them, at this time they needed to sort out their ammunition, strengthen their positions, and prevent the Soviets from continuing to shell, many things were waiting for them to prepare, each of which was more meaningful than chasing down the retreating Soviet army.

"You are all the most heroic fighters of the great Soviet leader, Comrade Stalin! You cannot retreat! If you do not continue to charge, you will be tried for treason! If you retreat, we will shoot!" Just as everyone was relieved that the battle was over, the back of the Soviet contingent shouted this Russian sentence over a loudspeaker.

Of course, the Germans did not understand what they meant, but then they understood the meaning of the sentence from the way the other side did. Because the Soviet soldiers in the rear were machine-gun their own soldiers, driving them to continue the desperate attack.

"Oh my God, they're shooting at their own people!" a German soldier looked at the farce playing out across from him, a little unconvinced of what his eyes were seeing.

"Prepare for battle! Check and organize your ammunition! Use this time to reload the magazine! Hurry up! Move fast! They're rushing again!" a veteran shouted, pressing the scattered bullets into the magazine of the MP-44 assault rifle one by one.

Everyone began to get busy, and the Soviet artillery fire began again, and along with this round of artillery fire, hundreds of Soviet soldiers joined the attack. The Soviet T-26 tank, which had been falling at the end of the line, also began to accelerate and rushed quickly towards the German position.

"Anti-tank group! Prepare for battle! Soviets tanks are coming! Be careful!" A platoon commander lying on his stomach saw the approaching tanks on the opposite side and shouted loudly: "All attention! Listen to my orders and open fire!"