Chapter 164 Raid

Seeing the retreat of the German tanks, cheers erupted in the Soviet defense line.

Originally they thought it would be difficult to win this battle due to the huge disparity in strength between them and the enemy, but they didn't expect to repel an enemy attack so easily.

"Those tanks looked majestic and majestic just now, but they immediately became homeless dogs!"

"I still want to see what they look like, but I ran away unexpectedly!"

"Come on! Comrade Leonyev, I just noticed you were shaking!"

Leonyev smiled embarrassedly, and replied: "If I know they are retreating like this, I won't tremble!"

The soldiers laughed together, and some even touched Leonyev's head.

But the instructor looked serious.

It's okay if he just looks serious, but it's weird if he's not serious, the problem is that his eyes are still a little dazed.

"What happened?" Shulka asked.

"Nothing, Comrade Shulka!" replied the instructor, but then lowered his voice and replied: "The Germans blew up the train coming to reinforce us from Moscow!"

Shulka couldn't help opening his mouth for a long time but couldn't close it.

He should have thought of this a long time ago... If the Germans want to attack Tula, of course they will not allow Soviet troops from other directions to reinforce Tula, including Moscow.

On the other hand, the rain may have made it difficult for German pilots to bomb the railways at low altitude, but it was much easier to bomb the trains.

"Are they going to send another reinforcement?" Shulka asked.

The instructor shook his head and replied, "Remember we came through a tunnel?"

"Did they blow up the tunnel?"

The instructor nodded.

Shulka's heart couldn't help sinking to the bottom of the valley, which meant that not only would the 50 anti-tank guns reinforced from Moscow not be in place, but it would also be impossible for the reinforcements to arrive within five hours.

But Shulka had no time to think about it that much,

Because someone shouted: "They are attacking!"

I poked my head out of the trench, and sure enough, I saw the German army rushing up.

This time they did not prepare artillery fire but directly attacked... This is a wise approach, because in this case, the artillery shells will not solve the problem but may cause more trouble. On the other hand, they have not even been able to confirm Su The location of the defense line.

So firing a cannon is a fool's errand, so why waste the hard-earned shells? !

The tanks are still advancing in a row.

The difference from before was that the tank stopped when it advanced a distance of about 300 meters, that is, outside the trap.

Shulka knows why... they are used as cover fire units, which means they have to attack with infantry!

Shulka guessed right, a few flares went up into the sky (the sky was overcast at this time, flares can increase visibility to a certain extent), and then the tanks fired rows of shells in the direction of the Soviet army, and then the German infantry passed by. The tank moved forward.

but……

Did the Germans really just want to storm with infantry?

Shulka believed that this might not be the case. He raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the railway. Sure enough, he saw a group of German infantrymen clearing obstacles along the railway... They were not so eye-catching among the attacking infantry formations. Pay attention and take it for granted that they are also part of the attacking force.

"Anti-tank guns ready!" Shulka said.

"Anti-tank guns are ready!" The communications soldier immediately conveyed the order over the phone.

"They want to launch a surprise attack with tanks!" Shulka said: "The infantry is used to attract our attention from the front, and the tanks suddenly penetrate our defense line along the railway..."

The instructor nodded and said, "Let them come, then! See if your tank ambush works!"

Just as he was talking, the frontal battle began.

To be honest, even the German infantry attack without tanks covering the front was quite threatening.

The reason is that the equipment of the German army can be closely and effectively coordinated.

The 50MM mortar is responsible for suppressing the enemy's machine guns and mortars... This is very important, and it is also a manifestation of the high quality and high training of the German army.

This aspect is a bit like the Japanese army against the national army in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War.

There is a tried and tested artifact in Japanese combat: the grenadier.

When attacking, the Japanese army always used grenades to suppress the firepower of the national army's machine guns, and once the national army's machine guns were suppressed...there was nothing that could stop the Japanese army from charging like wolves and tigers.

After that, the national army also seized the grenadiers from the Japanese army and even imitated a large number of grenadiers. Although the performance was poor due to crude manufacturing, they were still beaten by the Japanese army on the battlefield without any power to fight back.

It is said that even if the performance is not good enough, it will not be labeled as "powerless to fight back".

The reason is in "people" rather than in "weapons".

There are also differences between grenades in the hands of different people, and the differences are very large:

The grenadier shooters of the Japanese army have been carefully selected and have undergone long-term professional training. It is almost unnecessary to look at them on the battlefield. The quasi-response is still slow, so it is quite normal to be completely suppressed by the enemy.

At this time, the battlefield between the German army and the Soviet army was almost the same.

The German army has a farther firing range and higher accuracy, while the Soviet army's shovel-shaped mortars are crudely shaped...a mortar, if its barrel is usually used as a shovel handle, it will be dug in the trenches It was poked again, and sometimes I smashed it with the butt of the gun and stepped on it a few times. What kind of accuracy can I hope it can have? It would be nice to be able to shoot the shells out!

So shells hit the Soviet machine gun fire and mortar positions, and the hit rate was quite high.

That's when something happened to Long Legs.

He went up when the squad machine gunner was wounded...Longlegs was the squad leader, and one of the squad leader's main responsibilities was to keep the machine guns in combat mode during combat.

Although it is only a machine gun, Shulka, who once served as the squad leader, knows that it is not easy, because it not only needs to ensure the supply of ammunition and direct the shooting, but also needs to be able to stand up to the squad leader in an emergency.

That's what the long legs did, and then a mortar shell was precisely blasted onto the machine gun position, and the machine gun was blown up into the sky and became a spare part.

When Shulka dug his long legs out of the mud, he found that he had lost his hands, and his face couldn't tell whether it was mud or blood. It was a mess and completely inhuman, only his mouth was still open and he was breathing hard.

"Comrade Company Commander!" Long Legs said with difficulty, "I don't have... how much time, do you understand? Do you understand... go and find, my mother... please..."

Long Legs reached out to take something out of his pocket, but found that he couldn't do it at all.

"I know!" said Shulka, "I know, I will do it!"

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