Eight Hundred and Thirty-Four Unfinished Poems
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A German sniper is leaning in his trench. He is not the kind of super sniper who specializes in hunting distant targets, but a "sharpshooter" who is responsible for medium and long-range attacks in his own troops. Role. The Mauser 98K rifle in his hand has only a 3x optical magnifying glass, which is convenient for production and easy to use and save.
Because of this weapon, the German army has popularized this kind of sniper-like infantry in many front-line combat troops on a large scale. Maybe their combat capabilities are not enough to deal with enemy snipers, but they can be used by ordinary infantry of the opponent. , causing considerable damage.
Moreover, the German army is gradually popularizing their individual combat weapons. It is a bit similar to the gun family design concept proposed by weapon experts after World War II. There is a branch in France, and it has begun to install individual weapons that use the same ammunition and common parts.
These include the MP-44 assault rifle that can mount individual grenade launchers; the MP-44 assault rifle that can use infrared night vision; the MG45 squad light machine gun, the G44 new semi-automatic rifle, and the G44 with a scope A semi-automatic rifle for snipers.
This series of weapons can greatly simplify the maintenance of German gun parts, and also simplify the logistics production. It is considered by the German army to be an epoch-making product that can replace the existing individual weapons and completely eliminate weapons such as the Mauser 98K rifle. These weapons have already begun to be installed on a large scale, but they have not yet been fully popularized because of production capacity issues. After all, it is not something that can be done in a day or two to arm more than 5 million people.
So now the German army is still using a variety of weapons mixed with fish and dragons, Mauser rifles similar to those used in World War I, more advanced G43 semi-automatic rifles, and MP-44 assault rifles.
The German infantry shooter held his weapon and saw a Soviet soldier trying to fire with the scope. The opponent was obviously not familiar with his weapon. He fired a shot from behind a low wall and was shocked by the recoil of his weapon. Almost fell.
He sneered, and then pointed his rifle at the Soviet soldier who fired, because after all, the Soviet soldiers on the front line had already collapsed under the threat of tanks, and there was no need for him to focus on the frontal battlefield. What he has to do is to kill the sporadic Soviets who dare to resist, so as to ensure that his troops can occupy this infiltrated bridgehead.
So he held the rifle in his hand and waited for the Soviets behind the low wall to show their heads again. At this time, he would be very envious of those soldiers who were promoted to front-line snipers. They had their own assistants and could choose to fight. It can be regarded as a very enviable way of fighting.
You know, Marshal Rundstedt didn't suddenly go crazy, so he ordered his troops to start rushing into Smolensk regardless of the cost of casualties.
Fighting a street fight that I am not good at. It's just that an infantry battalion of the German army was equipped with new guns for experimentation, and after being equipped with a large number of veterans and snipers familiar with urban warfare, it was ordered to infiltrate into the city of Smolensk to experiment with new special urban street warfare tactics.
This unit is formed with reference to the special operations unit of the special forces. It has more advanced individual infantry walkie-talkies and a dedicated channel radio station under the battalion. It can call the air force under the group army and the artillery directly under the headquarters for support. It relies on short assaults and precise cooperation to achieve The purpose of clearing the enemy in street fighting emphasizes the use of firepower and the killing of the enemy's vital forces.
The plan was proposed by the Supreme Command where the head of state was, so Rundstedt agreed to experiment with this combat mode in one of his infantry divisions. For this reason, he also deliberately allocated various caliber cannons, helicopters and attack aircraft.
As for why he ordered the attack on Smolensk so impatiently, the main reason was that he wanted to get rid of the surrounded Soviet corps behind his defense line and stabilize his defense line before the focus of the German attack shifted to the southern line. After all, once the military supplies are inclined to the southern line, there is still a city occupied by the Soviet Union behind his defense line, which is definitely not good news.
So he ordered to use the experiment as an excuse to launch an assault on Smolensk, hoping to clear the Soviet defenders here and completely occupy Smolensk with less casualties.
The first step plan is very simple, which is to use the superiority of German firepower to compress the Soviet troops in the city. Because soon, the last large-scale bombing of the Luftwaffe will begin-and this time the bombing will use a large number of napalm bombs, and the effect must be much better than the previous ordinary aerial bombs.
The German rifleman who waited on the fence aimed at the low wall, waiting for his target to appear. After all, even if he was a Soviet recruit, the Soviet recruit who dared to shoot was still worth shooting. But soon an advancing German tank blocked his vision, so he had to continue to wait patiently.
Behind the low wall, the teacher from the Soviet Union loaded his rifle with ammunition. As soon as he poked his head out, he found a German tank painted with white camouflage lying in front of his eyes. The machine gun was spouting flames ferociously, causing sparks to fly from some of the surrounding walls. A Soviet soldier wanted to get close to the German tank, but was quickly sieved by the grenadiers following the tank.
"Boom!" The "tank" covering the German charge opened fire, and shells spewed out of its long-barreled 75mm cannon. It is actually not a real tank, but a German No. 3 assault gun. Unfortunately, in the eyes of Soviet soldiers, these steel monsters are called tanks, and they are very deadly.
The shells fired by the No. 3 assault gun just hit the building behind the Soviet army. The huge explosion caused thick smoke, so that the surrounding Soviet soldiers had to close their eyes and keep their helmets. The situation behind the low wall was not much better either. The shock wave swept over here with gravel and dust, making the curled up Mr. Teacher very sad.
After coughing a few times, the unpleasant choking dust finally passed away, and everything seemed to have returned to a calm state. The buzzing in the ears gradually returned to calm, and the sound of guns that seemed to have gone away began to continue again and again. . He struggled to get up from the ground, picked up the helmet and buckled it on his head, then grabbed his rifle and poked out his head.
These damned enemies, their tanks are like monsters, devouring people's lives, and their weapons look so powerful that they cannot be resisted at all. But as a Soviet, he must stop the aggressors from raging and prevent them from continuing to occupy the Soviet territory behind him.
His eyes had just poked out of the low wall and saw the German tank move away from his position. His hands just wanted to move, and he set up the rifle in his palm to the edge of the low wall. He was sure that he would be able to hit the enemy with one more shot, after all, he already knew how terrible the recoil was.
He saw a bright light suddenly flashed in an inconspicuous corner on the opposite position, and before he could remember what this light meant, he felt a huge force hitting his chest With the helmet on, his head fell back, and the piercing pain came from his forehead.
All this happened in a flash, and in his last consciousness he remembered the old soldier's warning to him, saying that the Germans had some very powerful snipers who hid in the dark to attack the enemy. These snipers shoot very accurately, and often when they know they are there, someone has already been shot and fell down.
"Damn!" He thought he murmured, but in fact, his body didn't move at all, and he fell on his back to the ground, his legs twisted into a strange angle because of the posture of squatting against the wall just now. Before he could close his eyes, he seemed to be unwilling to leave this ecstatic world.
Is that poem not finished yet? Seems a bit too short for the length. What's next? What wonderful sentence? Yes...snipers, yes, machine guns...
"Sniper bullets,
Howling in a straight line;
Heavy machine guns began to return,
Mow down the hordes.
between the living and the dead,
Only the snow is lingering;
The battle flag full of holes,
Wearing a military cap with bullet holes.
On that cold helmet,
Only the national emblem is shining;
In this realm of death,
Countless souls are burning. "
It's a pity that his body is already cold, and it's a pity that those cold leather boots are passing by his side. These German soldiers in white smocks are so young and have immature faces. What drove them to come so far away, to fight some innocent people, to take their lives?
In the sky, densely packed bombers passed by overwhelmingly, covering the boundless azure blue like dark clouds. These planes carried terrible bombs and were about to sweep across the entire Smolensk. This battle is far from over, or has just begun. Every inch of land here has to be scorched by the fire, and every life here has to struggle in the cruelest environment, struggling to survive.
On March 17, 1939, the Luftwaffe dropped 300 tons of napalm bombs in Smolensk, burning the entire city into scorched earth. Tens of thousands of civilians were lost, more than 700 houses were destroyed on the spot, and more than 1,100 buildings were destroyed in the ensuing fire. The Soviet army persisted in fighting in desperation, and the casualties continued to increase. The German army invested various advanced weapons, and the tragic Smolensk street fighting kicked off.
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