Chapter 1277 Pies Fall From the Sky

"That is to say, the people who rushed into our city were not some stragglers, nor the German airborne troops, but the main armored division?" Twenty minutes later, Timoshen got the exact news. This news made him excited instead: "The Germans dare to go deep alone, just so we can encircle them!"

Brother Timoshen looked at the map in front of him with joy in his eyes: "Prepare me a plane, I want to go back to Moscow immediately, I want to get soldiers!"

Timoshenko insisted that he did not slip away before the Germans arrived. He wanted to invite Stalin and give himself more reserves in the rear, so that he could have enough troops to implement the anti-encirclement. .

It's just that he didn't know that once he left Smolensk, he never came back, and the fall of Smolensk also heralded the precariousness of Moscow.

Brother Timoshen knew that the troops he had at hand were just enough to defend the current line of defense, and he would be breached by the enemy from time to time. He was simply incapable of carrying out counter-encirclement. If he had sufficient troops, why should he let Lukin organize the people? The corps guards the city.

Now, there must be a new reserve team in the rear, and I can just get those reserves.

With this thought in mind, Timoshenko left Smolensk, and before leaving, he urged Lukin again.

"General Lukin, Smolensk will be handed over to you. Don't just think about defending the Beicheng District, but think about counterattacking." Timoshenko's order, in Lukin's eyes, is absolutely nonsense.

Counterattack? What do you have in your hand to counterattack? Relying on two or three people, one gun, one infantry squad and one grenade to counterattack? What a joke!

Lukin frowned and brought his own guards to the northern suburbs of Smolensk in person. He had no other choice. Now, as long as it was passing troops, he had to stop and guard the city.

For him, attacking south is nonsense. How to prevent the Germans from crossing the river to attack the northern city is his main task.

Lukin didn't know that his luck was so good.

When he came to the northern suburbs, the pie happened.

"Which part are you from?" Lukin shouted, looking at the dark crowd in front of him.

These people wore fairly neat military uniforms and held weapons in their hands. It seemed that they were not beaten back, but were transferred to the present. If the other party has a military order, Lu Jin will also grab it.

Especially when Lukin looked behind these people, there were cannons there!

"We are the 38th Division of the 19th Army. Right now, our division has no orders. I am Yezhov, the head of the infantry regiment," Yezhov said.

There was panic on his face, and his heart was full of fire.

Their teacher, now there is no order, no task, this is the most speechless.

In the past few days, they had received several orders a day, one said to the east, the other said to the west, and they were exhausted. As a result, they were surrounded by Germans in the northwest of Smolensk.

In fact, they were not surrounded. The Germans did not find them. The Germans were on their way. The Germans ran ahead of them. As a result, they were passively behind the enemy.

After discovering this situation, they did not dare to retreat at first. After all, even Pavlov was shot, and the commanders were very scared.

However, after watching a group of German soldiers surpass them, they could not contact their superiors. Finally, each regiment made its own choice and retreated.

They successfully escaped and ran to Smolensk, but at this time they were still a little scared, would they be regarded as deserters?

Hearing Ye Ruofu's answer, Lu Jin felt a little star in front of his eyes, which is really good news, he actually picked up such a big bargain!

Formed troops, 3 infantry regiments and 2 artillery regiments, a whole fully loaded division!

With these people, I can defend the north of the city by myself.

Lukin said immediately: "I am General Lukin. Now, I am in charge of the defense of Smolensk. I order you to immediately accept my command. All troops, drive into the city and defend along the banks of the Dnieper River. , hindering German troops from crossing the river."

"Yes!" Yezhov agreed immediately. Now that someone is commanding them, they continue to fight, so they don't have to worry about being held accountable for evacuating the position. A famous soldier sat up from the ground, trotted all the way, and headed for the city. .

Lukin took his strongest reinforcements and rushed to the crossfire area. When he came here, it was the fiercest battle.

The Germans didn't waste time at all. Just after discovering that the bridge had been bombed, they immediately opened up an offensive field, one after another of infantry fighting vehicles, ready to float over. At the same time, behind them, the main tanks were also preparing. .

They can't wait to build the bridge. After they crossed the river last time, they have been attacking all the time, leaving the bridge-building equipment behind. It will take at least a day for those equipment to come.

However, their main tank still has a unique ability. They can install a snorkel and walk to the bottom of the river.

The river here is relatively gentle, and at the same time the depth is just right, which fully meets the conditions for the snorkel to cross the river.

It's just that when the tanks cross the river like this, they have no combat capability and are very fragile. They must rely on wheeled infantry fighting vehicles to establish a stable landing field on the opposite side, so that the tanks can cross the river with confidence.

And now, the crossing of the river by the wheeled infantry fighting vehicle has begun.

The set of propellers was thrown away after crossing the river last time, and they were still using propellers for water navigation, one after another of infantry fighting vehicles, sailing towards the opposite side.

"Molotov cocktails!" Here, Xiao Er, who was guarding the river bank, was very anxious. In his hands, the best weapon was the Molotov cocktails. He couldn't even get the grenades together, so he could only try his best to buy time.

"Tom tom, tom tom tom!" Seeing the incendiary bottle thrown down, the German infantry fighting vehicle did not hesitate to use the 40mm chariot gun of Bofors to open fire. Go away and smash it into ruins.

This is simply a suicide attack!

A wheeled infantry fighting vehicle came up wet from the river water. When it touched the river bank, it took a lot of effort. The front tires fluttered on the rocks on the river bank for a long time, and the rear propellers worked together. , and then climbed up.

It is not like a beach here. Both sides of the strait are built vertically with stones, which is very difficult. And it finally came up, which also means that Germany is about to open up a landing position on the opposite side!

"Boom!" At this moment, a voice sounded here.