Chapter 1765 Heavy Artillery and Bait

The young adjutant died, sacrificing his life to protect his immediate superior.

For every adjutant on the front line of the war, such a result would not be surprising, and it would be no problem to say that he died for a good cause.

But even if such a situation would not be surprising, everything still came too suddenly.

Colonel Klose had never expected the result to be like this, as if a living person was standing next to you in the last second, and suddenly fell down on the spot and died in the next second, so fast that you almost had no time to react, let alone accept it calmly.

"Have you confirmed it? Is he really dead? Is he really dead?"

Colonel Klose rarely questioned the truth and showed reluctance, but this time was an exception.

The two German soldiers who did not have much interaction with the young adjutant and only knew that there was such a person would not care about these things. If a person was still alive after being riddled with shrapnel, it could only be said to be a medical miracle.

"Don't ask these useless questions, Colonel. You have to stay alive! You have to continue to lead us!"

In this way, they carried Colonel Klose to a dirt slope far away from the dirt road without saying a word and immediately put him down and hid.

A medical soldier who had been prepared for a long time rushed forward, opened his portable medicine bag, and simply packed the most commonly used things from it and immediately prepared to bandage Colonel Klose's wound. The back of the division commander's right hand was almost completely cut off by shrapnel, and blood was oozing out of it.

"Where are the other people in the division headquarters? Where is the staff? Give me a staff!"

Before the medical soldier finished bandaging, Colonel Klose, who was enduring the severe pain of applying medicine, began to scream loudly. He couldn't wait to get the latest first-hand intelligence and resume his command of the troops.

"Major Odheim reports, sir, what are your orders?"

The first person who rushed forward to listen to the order was a communications staff officer directly under the division headquarters, and he was the kind of person that Colonel Klose needed at the moment. It can be said that he came at the right time.

"Have you figured out the situation? What is going on now?!"

Colonel Klose, who had spent some time to recover, had already woken up from the aftermath of the bombardment. His head was no longer groggy and he was no longer dizzy. He was basically 80% to 90% away from fully recovering his command ability.

Faced with Colonel Klose's loud question, Major Odheim, who knew how urgent the situation was, did not dare to delay too much. After organizing his words a little, he immediately responded.

"It's the enemy's large-caliber heavy artillery direct fire! The range of the artillery fire is estimated to be within three kilometers or even closer. The time from the firing to the falling of the shells is too short. Sir, the Russians are now installing bayonets on the heavy artillery and firing almost at our faces! The artillery fire is very fierce. The enemy has mobilized at least one heavy artillery battalion! We are trapped here!"

The 122mm main guns equipped on the Russian heavy tanks are indeed of large caliber, but they are not large enough to fire the power that is almost like field artillery coverage.

Obviously, the only weapons that can make such a noise are the large-caliber field heavy artillery of the Russians, which must be at least 152mm.

Being able to push the heavy artillery to this distance and fire directly at close range at least shows that the Russians think they have a sure victory and don't need to consider the withdrawal of the artillery, or they are really going all out to maximize the damage to the enemy regardless of tactical risks.

In short, no matter what the reason is, it's not good for the current Great German Division.

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After hearing the report, Colonel Klose frowned. He had expected that the situation might be like this, but he never expected that the real situation would be worse than he expected. The Russians put the heavy artillery group directly on their faces to ambush. How crazy must the commander of the Soviet army on the opposite side be to do such a thing?

Isn't he afraid that he will fight to the death and lead his troops to counterattack and eat up his heavy artillery group on the spot in front of the position? You must know that he still has most of the strength of the Great German Division and the main force is still there. I dare not say that I can completely defeat the enemy, but if I say that I can counterattack and eat up a certain unit of the enemy placed in the front, it is still very easy and completely doable.

"Damn Russians, it seems that we must dampen their spirit before we can evacuate"

It is not crazy to have such an idea. After all, no one can march and evacuate under the heavy artillery bombardment and the barrage of bullets. If the Russian heavy artillery continues to be placed here, it will only delay time. It is better to counterattack and take down the Russian artillery before taking action, which will be effective and save time.

But such a seemingly smart idea only existed for a moment in Colonel Klose's mind, and was instantly replaced by another ominous thought.

Why did the Russians put the heavy artillery group in such a prominent position in the front? Don't they know that it is very dangerous to do so? Once the enemy goes crazy, there is a high probability that the precious heavy weapons will be lost?

No, the truth should never be as simple as it seems on the surface. Colonel Klose doesn't believe that the Russians on the opposite side will be so careless and stupid.

So far, all the assaults have been aimed at themselves, and they are definitely initiated by the elite troops of the Russians, plus an experienced and strong commander. The enemy's ambush troops cannot be unaware of what kind of opponents they are facing. They are very clear about the strength of the German fleeing troops.

However, under the premise of being so clear about the enemy's situation and having realized that the enemy had a large number of armored units with high assault power, they still placed the heavy artillery group so far forward, as if a fool and a rookie had committed a taboo in the military. This situation can be explained. If it works, there is only one last possibility left: the Russians are cheating, using the heavy artillery group as bait to lure their own side to charge and achieve a certain goal.

What could be the purpose?

Colonel Klose couldn't figure it out for a while, and he didn't even have the heart to think about it carefully. There were countless abnormal, weird, outrageous, and unfortunate things he encountered in just half a day today, and he didn't care about them all. Then you want to make your head explode? At the moment, all we need to do is confirm that the Russian guy on the other side has a high probability of deceiving our side and setting up a trap to try to lure him into taking the bait.

As for other issues, they are not important right now.

"What do we do, sir!?"

Seeing that Colonel Klose just kept observing with his telescope in his hand and did not respond for a long time, the anxious communications staff asked questions repeatedly. Colonel Klose, who had already thought of a countermeasure, issued another order.