Chapter 1372: Door of Death

The road to Hill 239 is not far. Considering the extremely high degree of mechanization of the Stalinist Guards 1st Tank Division, it can be solved by just stepping on the accelerator.

As usual, Malashenko sent the division's reconnaissance company as a guide to explore the situation in front. At least before really entering the battlefield, we must find out what the specific situation is under Hill 239, how the German armored army and the Viking Division are deployed, and whether there are any weaknesses. Even if the troops are combined, they must be combined with the location of the headquarters.

The larger the scale of the troops, the more Malashenko values ​​the importance of battlefield reconnaissance information in the battle.

The battlefield reconnaissance intelligence of this year is not as advanced as the satellite photos of later generations, so there is a certain lag.

For example, the news that Malashenko got from the front headquarters was that the Germans were temporarily at a disadvantage and were launching continuous fierce attacks on Hill 239. But in fact, Malashenko was not sure what the situation would be like after arriving at Hill 239. Perhaps the time difference of one or two hours was enough for the Germans to reverse the situation and attack the hill.

If so, Malashenko could no longer use the current tactics to deal with the Germans.

It would be unrealistic to want to get rid of the Germans under the hill. Once the Germans, who were high above and occupied Hill 239, occupied Hill 239, they could not only jump out of the encirclement and escape at high speed.

Moreover, even if Malashenko wanted to chase, he had to close Hill 239 first. He knew that the Germans would not let Comrade Lao Ma chase so easily. Even the powerful Stalin Guards First Tank Division had to think carefully before attacking from above.

Malashenko had always been worried about such a sudden change, but fortunately, the news sent back by the front-line reconnaissance troops quickly dispelled Comrade Lao Ma's doubts.

"Comrade Division Commander, the Germans are gathering a new wave of offensives to launch an attack on the high ground. I see that our high ground artillery fire is covering the enemy and is still extending backwards. The German offensive is estimated to be ineffective and even difficult to assemble."

The Red Army is currently the owner of the strongest field artillery group on the planet. This is well known and beyond doubt.

The Red Army, which has no use for the high ground, has fully utilized its tactical advantages. The artillery positions built on the high ground have a range bonus due to the height difference advantage, which is enough to cause deep artillery coverage for the Germans who are making small moves on the high ground.

The situation faced by the German army is actually very difficult. Staying in the encirclement is almost the same as waiting to die. The Red Army is constantly compressed and pushed up from all directions. In the end, they can only be squeezed to death, killed or captured.

If you don't want to sit and wait for death, you have to find a way to break through. However, to the north of this best breakout point, there is Hill 239, which is built with powerful artillery positions, which is stuck in your neck.

The Red Army's powerful long-range artillery is simply a headache! The German armored corps and the Viking Division, which tried to break through, were bombarded by the Red Army artillery from the beginning of their movement to Hill 239 and tried to get close.

However, it seems that the Germans were deliberately hanging and playing with them.

The artillery bombardment encountered by the German army during the movement was not strong. Even after reaching the base of Hill 239 and entering the attack position, the artillery bombardment encountered was only slightly stronger than that encountered during the movement. This gave the German commander a hopeful illusion: the strength of the Soviet artillery unit on Hill 239 should not be strong, and this battle can still be fought.

However, the unexpected happens and people are subject to misfortunes at any time. What the German army never expected was that the Soviet artillery, who played a trick, actually deceived people and took action at the last moment when the German army on the 239th high ground began to gather troops and prepare to launch an offensive.

A large number of armored units and infantry gathered together, and the overwhelming Katyusha rockets with 152 and 122 grenades smashed down.

The unprepared German offensive preparation troops were directly covered by the artillery barrage. Under this level of artillery fire, let alone flesh and blood people, even armored tanks with steel and iron bones could not withstand such fierce artillery fire.

The flying corpses and iron pieces were the most real situation. After a wave of artillery bombardment ended, the German army, which had originally planned to attack and assembled troops, could only sadly find that the offensive troops that had just assembled for a while, or had not yet been fully assembled, were like a cheesecake that had been bitten by a mouse, and a whole piece was missing.

If they fight, they will only be sent to the high ground with this amount of troops, and they will be used by the Russians to brush up their records.

If they don't fight, it means that this wave of offensive that has been assembled with great difficulty will be wasted. The precious time has been wasted to the point where there is little left. Who knows when the Russians from some unknown direction will suddenly attack and beat their people into pieces together with the group of Russians on the high ground.

The German army is entangled, as if it is not good to do this or that, anyway, there will be big problems no matter what they do.

With the idea that it is better to take action than to sit and wait for death, the German army on the high ground was really forced to have no choice, and finally they could only continue to forcefully launch an attack under the Soviet artillery barrage, and they were so stubborn that they could not do it.

Behind the 239th high ground was originally a door of freedom, full of hope of escaping.

But now it seems to the German army that it has become the door of death. Every step forward and attack has to pay an unimaginable, huge and heavy price.

The battle has not made any progress since morning, and it has caused a lot of corpses and casualties. The Russians on the opposite high ground are still holding their positions and fighting to the death. The German tanks and infantry who rushed to the position several times were driven out in the end. They didn't get any harvest but ended up with a mess.

Thinking about it carefully, the German army always felt that victory was within reach no matter how high the price was.

There were actually not many enemies on the 239 high ground. After several battles, the German army estimated that in addition to the artillery, at most one or two regiments of infantry equipped with heavy weapons were deployed. As for the tank unit, there was no tank unit at all. The anti-armor was supported by the anti-tank guns deployed on the position. Of course, there were also Il-2 attack aircraft in the sky to cause trouble, but this was only secondary.

Try harder and it will be done!

With the idea of ​​persisting to the end and no retreat, the German army, which had just tasted the taste of failure, gathered another wave of attacks. However, they did not expect that the real disaster had just begun at this time.