Nine Hundred and Twenty-Four Obituaries

Akado, who walked out of the ward, felt his sadness. The people he knew left him one by one, such as the old man "Poison" who could not remember clearly; Stresemann in the plane crash; Hitler, who was well-known in his memory even though he was his enemy; and General Sickert, who used to be his boss but died in a foreign land in the end; Old Man Augustus...

These people are no longer there, they have all gone away from him. Akado is more and more like a lonely dancer, on the stage of the World War, performing for those who have left the scene with the passion they have devoted their lives to. He didn't know if there would be someone who would continue to perform for him when he left the stage.

Just when Akado was feeling sad for these people who left, the head of state seemed to have forgotten that there were many, many people he didn't even know and had never met before, who were thrown into the cruelest battlefield by him, where they became a group of people. With a cold corpse. These men died without a Führer sitting beside them, and without their relatives dragging their hands.

In fact, at this time, to be able to die peacefully on the sickbed is already a different kind of happiness. Because when many people die, they are accompanied by corpses or cold soil. It is a gift from God that you don't need to search for your arms or intestines when you are dying.

So, while Accardo mourned for those he knew well, countless German grenadiers were facing enemy bullets. The tracks of the Soviet tanks rolled up the mud and ran over them. There were bullets flying everywhere and the sound of shells exploding everywhere.

A shell flew rapidly in the distance, and then destroyed a Soviet kv1 tank that was crossing the trench. The huge explosion shocked the German troops in the surrounding trenches to the ground, and everyone's eardrums were buzzing from the loud noise.

When the hearing has not recovered, and when the tinnitus is still continuing, some Soviet soldiers jumped into the trenches. They held the Mosin Nagant rifles with bayonets inserted, and opened their mouths to pounce on those staggering soldiers. German soldiers.

A German grenadier lay on his back before he got off the crawler, and started shooting with his mp44 assault rifle, smashing the Soviet soldiers who jumped into the trenches beside him into a sieve. Behind him, another Soviet soldier turned into the trench, and was also shot by the German army not far away.

More Soviet troops rushed up, and a German soldier pulled the safety ring of the grenade, and then threw the grenade into a trench full of Soviet troops in the distance. There was a loud bang, and the sand was splashed high and high. Then everyone's tinnitus continued, but they still couldn't hear what the friendly soldiers around them were shouting.

The grenadier struggled to get up from the bottom of the trench, then pushed off the magazine on the assault rifle, pulled out a new magazine from the tactical vest on his chest, and inserted it skillfully into the body of the gun with a click. Then he pulled the bolt hard, and a bullet was pushed into the chamber, and he was in a state of being ready to shoot.

He picked up his gun, then leaned against the wall of the trench, stood up abruptly, and pulled the trigger pressed by his finger in the direction of the enemy. Then his muzzle flared, and the shell casings flew out of the ejection window one after another, and landed on the ground in front of him and beside his worn-out boots.

Bullets flew out of his gun, knocking down the Soviet Red Army soldiers who were already close at hand one by one. Some of these Soviet soldiers were hit in the knee, and some were hit in the stomach, and they fell down indiscriminately. Because there was no time to aim, this strafing only created a lot of wounded soldiers for the opponent.

Without the slightest hesitation, the German grenadier retreated into the trench, then took one of the two grenades hanging on his chest, and pulled off the safety ring on it. Immediately afterwards, without even looking at it, he threw the grenade out of his trench and covered his ears.

"Boom" there was another explosion, and the dust flew everywhere again, because he blocked his ears, and the buzzing ears just now finally recovered some functions. He heard the shouts of friendly soldiers in the trenches, not far away. The howls and screams of the Soviets.

"Hans, I need reinforcements." In the distance of the trench, in the chaotic German position, someone called for his companions loudly. But the answer to his shout was: "Which Hans are you looking for, bastard?"

There are too many Hans here, there are wounded Hans, there are dead Hans, and there are Hans who are firing fiercely at the enemy. If there are more names on this battlefield than this damn name , that is nothing more than "Ivan" in the Soviet army on the opposite side.

As the Soviet KV1 tank not far away was destroyed, a German Leopard tank slowly drove out from the side of the road embankment in the distance. The defense system deployed by the German army in the vicinity was stabilized by the arrival of the armored troops, and the Soviet attack was contained.

Many Soviet soldiers who had rushed into the trenches were still competing with the Germans for their positions. Some German soldiers were killed in their foxholes and trenches by the superior Soviets. Roaring in the trenches, soldiers from both sides exchanged fire violently at close range.

Time went backwards bit by bit, and as the second German tank appeared on the position, the Soviet army knew that this attack was unlikely to succeed. Because their tanks were destroyed one after another, the battlefield was full of wrecked Soviet tanks.

Although the Soviet Red Army tried hard to catch up with the German army in terms of the three major performance indicators of tanks, it did give birth to relatively advanced T34 tanks and Stalin, but these tanks are still a small number after all, and can only be equipped with the most elite armored units. Therefore, most of the Soviet armored forces are still using outdated modified kv1 tanks and t26s, which has become an important basis for the German army to distinguish the elite level of the Soviet army.

Guderian's unit is the most elite armored unit of the German army. Except for some armored units temporarily assigned to him, he has about 1,000 tanks of various types in his hands. Now because of the northward attack, many of the largest tank destroyer battalions and some surrounding armored divisions have been temporarily assigned to him, allowing him to command a large armored battle of 1,700 tanks.

With so many armored units, the composition of this German army is not suitable for defensive operations. Guderian did not intend to shrink behind the defensive position and passively resist the attack of the Soviet Red Army. He planned to speed up the transition of offense and defense on the entire battlefield, allowing everyone to attack each other in mobile warfare.

Like two boxers who only know how to attack, they both gave up defense and kept attacking to knock down their opponents first. Therefore, the entire battlefield is full of collisions between the troops of the two sides. Everyone only builds a simple defensive position, and then waits for the opponent to break through or break through the opponent's simple defensive position.

However, due to a certain degree of disadvantage in terms of military strength, the German army began to slowly become passive in the counterattack. In most cases, it invested in armored forces for defense, and rarely counterattacked by armored forces. This is also the rhythm that Guderian deliberately changed. , he knew that the Soviet army would inevitably choose to attack, so he began to delay with a defense with fewer casualties.

Those who don't know the record of the German armored forces in defensive battles in another time and space will not know how terrible the German armored forces are in defensive battles. The commanders of these elite armored units knew when and where they should appear on the battlefield, and they often played an exaggerated record of more than ten to zero against the Soviet army.

With the participation of the German Panther tanks, the remaining Soviet tank units began to retreat. Under the cover of smoke, the follow-up Soviet infantry also began to retreat. The Soviet troops on the German positions collapsed because of this retreat. , They fought desperately but could only watch their friendly troops retreat, and were finally annihilated by the German army on the ground.

The German grenadier kicked the calf of the lying Soviet soldier, allowing the opponent's toes to sway twice with the rhythm of his kicks, then he withdrew the magazine on the weapon and fired another New magazines were inserted into the body of the gun. But this time he didn't pull the bolt immediately, but leaned against the wall of the trench with his rifle in his arms.

"Collect the magazines under your feet and find as many useful materials as possible." The platoon leader and company commander over there shouted loudly at the end of the battle. This is the homework that the German army must do, similar to cleaning the battlefield. class work. This can save a lot of materials, so that the rear does not have to waste precious raw materials on consumables.

Compared with the United States, which is really rich and powerful, although the German army has a complete victory in combat effectiveness, it has to insist on a frugal style in some details. After all, many things in Germany are not as good as the United States at this stage, so these details are more distinctive and more important.

"This is not the opponent's main force. I think their main force should be on the flank." In the division headquarters of a mechanized division near the front line, a staff officer pointed to the defensive front of his army and said to his superior division commander: "Just sent back According to the news, when the Soviet army attacked, there were only kv1 and a small amount of t34, so we need to remind the friendly forces on the flank."

"Well, let's do what you want. Send a telegram to the nearby troops and tell them that our side has defeated the enemy's attack." The division commander stared at the map with his hands behind his back, and then, for some reason, suddenly He opened his mouth and said to the chief of staff who was about to get out of the command vehicle: "The domestic radio station announced the news just now, saying that the former imperial prime minister Augustus died of illness yesterday."

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