USSR 1941

Chapter 416 Retreat

The tanks "cracked and cracked" came up, and the German soldiers took out anti-tank grenades from the ammunition box in a panic.

The PWM anti-tank grenade can be said to be the anti-tank weapon of the German army.

After all, there is almost no effective individual anti-tank equipment in this era... When everyone still generally uses cluster grenades, explosive kits and even incendiary bottles to deal with enemy tanks, PWM anti-tank grenade is undoubtedly a very effective anti-tank weapon.

Although its attack distance is not far, if the infantry has a large number of such anti-tank grenades in their hands, it is still a terrible thing for the attacking tanks.

Just imagine, whenever a tank is close to its trench, a few anti-tank grenades open a small umbrella at a high place and then land on its armor with a burst of explosion, and then the tanks are paralyzed in front of the position.

But this situation will not happen when the 1st Guards Tank Brigade attacks, because they have rocket launchers in their hands, anti-infantry rocket launchers...

Just as the German soldiers were holding anti-tank grenades one by one and getting ready to throw them, they suddenly heard the screams of rockets in the smoke, and then there was a burst of "boom" and screams. .

Anti-infantry rockets are often not lethal, because when they explode, they explode steel balls like the German S-type mines.

But this is often the most effective, because the steel balls are shot everywhere in front of the trenches, and even hit the armor or stones of the tank, and they will bounce back, just like a piece of soybeans, they can come from all kinds of unexpected directions. , Angle shot into the enemy's trenches.

And it only needs to be hit by a few steel balls, and the enemy will at least temporarily lose their combat effectiveness or their ability to respond will be reduced.

At this moment, the tank broke into the attack range of the enemy's anti-tank grenade.

Of course, the Soviet army would not give them a chance to throw anti-tank grenades. When the German army was beaten at a loss, they threw rows of grenades into the trenches, and then rushed up with a shout.

The bayonet saw red, and bullets and shrapnel flew everywhere.

The German 46th Infantry Division fought very bravely. They still did not take half a step back under such circumstances, but relied on trenches and fortifications to fight hand-to-hand with the Soviet army.

If they were facing other troops, they might be intimidated by their arrogance and persistence, but their opponent was the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, which had experienced many battles. The heroic troops of the Battle of Moscow, such a bloody battle is nothing but a piece of cake for them.

Especially at this time, the equipment of the Soviet army is still fully dominant: tanks, rocket launchers, Bobosha submachine guns...

Row after row of German soldiers fell under the fire,

Corpses were crushed under the tracks of the tanks, and the anti-tank guns were blasted into the sky by rockets before they could fire.

The fight was easy, at least for Shulka, as he only had to use the cover of the tank and lean out to take down a few enemies.

Some of them were Romanian soldiers.

For them, Shulka sometimes didn't know how to face them. After all, these Romanian soldiers had done a great favor to the Soviet army, and killing them at this time felt like "crossing the river and tearing down the bridge".

If there is one side that is the saddest on this battlefield, it is undoubtedly the Romanians who are caught in the middle and are not human. Their deaths may not even be called "sacrifices" because they never To some extent, it is "escape" and "rebellion".

However, the war is so cruel, every Romanian soldier falls under Shulka's gun, unless one of them raises a white towel and shouts: "Don't shoot, I'm a Russian!"

At this time, the Soviet soldiers will lead it to the back and put on the Soviet uniform, so as not to be accidentally injured by others.

Going further back, what I saw was the corpses of German soldiers.

There were very few wounded, for even if they were wounded they would have crawled through the trenches looking for grenades and explosives, and some of them even managed to detonate tanks as they rolled over them.

There were fewer prisoners, only a few soldiers who looked like children squatted on the ground trembling with their heads under the control of the Soviet soldiers.

This is not because the Soviet army did not keep prisoners, it was possible to keep prisoners in this battle.

It's because not many German troops surrendered, although they knew it was pointless to continue to resist like this.

It can also be seen from this that the 46th Division is not a unit that is greedy for life and afraid of death.

They have been treated unfairly in history... because of Sponek, they were banned from all rewards, medals and rank promotions for combat.

And they didn't even know what happened, because the order was given by Lieutenant General Sponek, and most officers and soldiers didn't know that it was "disobedience."

Sponek's headquarters was set up five miles behind the line of defense, and he received a telegram from the front line immediately.

"General!" The adjutant reported anxiously: "The Russians have broken through our defense line, retreat quickly!"

"Yes, we really want to retreat!" Sponek replied, looking at the map: "But we can't just retreat like this. Otherwise, the troops behind us will be caught off guard by the enemy... Zhankoy is only a hundred miles away from here. They only need one day to arrive, we need to buy time for them!"

Therefore, Lieutenant General Sponeck led the remnants of the 46th Division to lay an ambush and lay mines all the way while retreating.

This caused a little trouble for the 1st Guards Tank Brigade.

The reason why it is called "little trouble" is that mine-laying is of little significance, and the 1st Guards Tank Brigade has mine-sweeping tanks.

The trouble mainly came from the ambush set up by the German army. Suddenly a few people appeared from the snow on the side of the road and threw anti-tank grenades in the direction of the tanks, or fired a few cold shots from a distance.

Objectively speaking, Lieutenant General Sponek's tactics are the most beneficial to the entire battlefield. He can see the whole battle and take the initiative to buy time for other troops.

It's just that what he paid didn't seem to have much effect, because behind them was the Romanian 8th Cavalry Brigade.

Most of the cavalry in this era have been transformed into armored troops. They are no longer riding horses but tanks and armored vehicles. They are just called cavalry.

The reason why the Soviet Union still has cavalry is more for snow maneuvering, and the performance of cavalry on the battlefield is still very bad... After the appearance of machine guns, cavalry has no meaning for existence. The greater role of horses in the army is to be able to Ship some supplies.

The Romanian cavalry brigade is a veritable cavalry, that is, a cavalry equipped with horses and even sabers, hoping to charge the enemy with the fastest speed.

Its nature dictates that such troops are more suitable for offense than defense... and indeed offense is not suitable, because they are all targets.

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