Chapter 1757 God only Favors the Brave

The German army's retreat was very fast and without any delay. Even Lavrinenko, who was holding the commander's periscope, couldn't react for a while and couldn't figure out what the Germans on the opposite side were doing. Read

When Lavrinenko finally realized the problem and its seriousness, he cursed.

"These bastard Germans! Just send the vanguard to die, and the people behind will all get away?!"

Judging the quality of a tactic is not up to the decision-maker of the tactic, and it has nothing to do with the troops implementing the tactic.

The enemy who is the target of the tactic is the most qualified to evaluate the true quality of a tactic.

Only when the enemy is annoyed, angry, and bored, and produces the most real and primitive negative emotions of human beings, and the enemy faces a difficult situation, can it be called a qualified tactic.

If this is the case, judging from Lavrinenko's current performance, the German tactics are undoubtedly qualified and can even be regarded as the best under the circumstances.

After all, even if you are forced into a desperate situation and have no other options, there must always be a distinction between high and low, noble and humble, good and bad, right?

The retreat speed of the second echelon and reserve German troops deployed in the rear was so fast that Lavrinenko was surprised to see it. It seemed that the Germans had already made preparations in advance and were always ready to run away. ₆₉ₛₕᵤₓ.cₒₘ

Now that the enemy's action plan has been discovered, it is obvious what to do next.

How to stop the Germans from running away has become Lavrinenko's top priority that must be solved as soon as possible.

"Third Battalion, you are the closest! Tear open the German defense line at all costs! Go up and intercept those bastards!"

The Third Heavy Tank Battalion, located on the right wing of the offensive formation, is the closest to the German retreating troops and has the shortest straight line. It is also the only hope that Lavrinenko can rely on and depend on at the moment.

The commander of the Third Battalion, who received the order from the deputy division commander, was quick and agile. The Third Battalion, which had been maintaining a high-pressure situation against the enemy, immediately strengthened the offensive after receiving the order, and used all its skills to start attacking the German defense rear troops without reservation.

The Third Battalion is a main force with superior combat effectiveness in the entire Third Regiment's combat forces, second only to the First Battalion led by Lavrinenko himself. There is certainly no problem in tearing open the German defense of the enemy in front of them. The only uncertainty is how long the whole process will take.

The huge IS6 heavy tanks roared and spewed black smoke, using their maximum horsepower and rolling forward, while the German troops left behind continued to fight to the death. Both troops seemed to have entered a state of killing.

"Reload! Armor-piercing bullets, quickly! The Russian tanks are rushing up!"

"Machine gun, we need a machine gun here! I have bullets here, come and fill the position with a machine gunner!"

"Anti-tank soldiers, get ready! Lift up the iron fist and chimney, quickly!"

The armored grenadiers assigned to the Grossdeutschland Division can be regarded as the most elite infantry unit of the Wehrmacht. Whether in terms of fighting will, actual combat power, or personnel composition, they can be regarded as the elite of the elite in the current Wehrmacht in 1944.

As one of the most elite top troops of the Wehrmacht, the Grossdeutschland Division is naturally qualified to have the most sophisticated weapons and equipment and priority supplies.

Before he entered the enemy's firing range and rushed to the position, the third battalion commander, who led the team to the front, had already seen from his tank commander's periscope that the German infantry on the opposite side had a lot of long guns and short guns, all kinds of which were almost dazzling.

Not only was there the German army's own iron fist and the annoying new "tank killer" chimney, but the third battalion commander, who had excellent eyesight and almost became a fighter aviation soldier, even saw that the German infantry on the opposite side was holding his own Simonov anti-tank rifle, a heavy infantry weapon that had long been extinct in Stalin's First Guards Tank Division.

Perhaps the 5mm special armor-piercing bullet of the Simonov anti-tank rifle was nothing to the thick-skinned IS6 heavy tank, not even enough to tickle it.

But this situation reflected from the side how abundant and rich the anti-tank firepower of the Germans on the opposite side was. Not only can the Iron Fist and Tank Killer be used, but even Simonov has been taken out and distributed to ordinary infantry.

Even if the captured Soviet weapons are like tickling, they are much better than tickling the steel monsters on the opposite side with the Mauser 98K. After all, tickling has different levels of severity, that's roughly what it means.

"There is no time, just charge! First deal with the German tanks, let the infantry operate the roof machine guns to suppress the German infantry, don't worry about casualties! Before I call for a stop, step on the accelerator to the bottom, tear open the German defense line and go straight through!"

The roaring order of the third battalion commander spread throughout the radio channel and was heard clearly by all the Red Army tank crews.

The infantrymen accompanying the Third Battalion in the attack were also risking their lives. They ignored the various bullets that were raining down on them, and half-crouched behind the turret, holding the dual-purpose heavy machine gun on the top of the turret with both hands and firing recklessly.

In the storage box hanging on the back of the turret, there were boxes of heavy machine gun ammunition specially prepared for the infantrymen, enough to cope with a high-intensity and brutal battle.

Boom, boom, boom, boom——

The water-splashing bullets of the DShK 7mm heavy machine gun sounded like drums. The unique heavy gunshots mixed with the crimson tracer bullets formed dazzling fire dragons, sweeping back and forth over the heads of the German infantrymen who were either crawling or squatting in the craters, pressing them tightly.

There were hot machine gun flames above my head, licking my scalp constantly, and the temperature of the scalding hot wind seemed to be clearly felt through the helmet.

The ground under my feet was shaking regularly, and the broken soil was bouncing. The scorching battlefield atmosphere was mixed with this terrifying atmosphere of death, and even the particles floating in the air were about to ignite and suffocate.

In such a situation, leaning out and firing at the enemy was definitely a suicidal act.

But even if you don't fire and just stand there doing nothing, the roaring Russian steel monsters will still turn you into a pool of meat paste. If you risk your life, you may still have a chance. The Great German Division has never lacked those who dare to risk their lives.

God only favors the brave. This is the case in every battle from ancient times to the present. The absolute truth of human warfare will be fulfilled again today, on this land soaked in war and blood.