Chapter 475 T34

The Soviet soldiers fell down in rows, including Captain Vladimir, who was knocked down by a grenade when he rushed to the German position... Just as Vladimir said, the German defense was very tight, with mortars and machine guns farther away and rifles and submachine guns closer. Those who were lucky enough to rush to the trenches would be bombarded by dense grenades from the German army.

Under this firepower configuration and the well-paced and orderly defense of the German soldiers, the Soviet soldiers surged up and fell down in batches, and soon the river was filled with the bodies of Soviet soldiers.

Almost without waiting, the German army immediately launched a counterattack... At this time, even a fool could see that the Soviet army's previous attack was a spent force, and even the artillery shells and machine gun bullets were almost gone because of this attack. This was the perfect time to launch a counterattack.

The German attack was different from the Soviet attack. They covered each other and advanced forward. There was no shouting or artillery cover, only a few simple commands.

However, from the Germans' leaping movements and the coordination between them, the Soviets could feel a threat and pressure of death, which made the Soviet soldiers have the urge to escape at the first time, and some of them really did it.

Yegorsh shouted at the fleeing Soviet soldiers in a rage: "Don't run away, you cowards!"

As he said that, Yegorsh raised his pistol and fired a few shots at the deserters, but Yegorsh's shooting skills were not good enough, and several deserters still stumbled and fled the battlefield.

"We have no shells, Comrade Political Commissar!" A soldier shouted: "There are not many of us left, and most of them are artillery and machine gunners!"

"We should retreat!" another soldier shouted.

"No one is allowed to retreat!" Yegorsh waved his pistol and screamed hysterically: "Stop them! When the shells are used up, there are rifles, and when the bullets are used up, there are bayonets!"

But it was too late. The German army first fired a 50MM mortar shell at the Soviet position, and then threw a wave of grenades. The Soviet army had almost no chance to breathe or fight back... The German army rushed up and fired a burst of MP40.

Yegorsh, who was stunned by the explosion of the grenade, struggled to get up from the ground and wanted to resist, but a rifle butt knocked him to the ground.

Yegorsh fell down, and the rest of the Soviet soldiers raised their hands and surrendered in shock.

"The Soviets don't look scary!" After taking the prisoners back to their positions, Werner controlled the Soviets to squat behind the trenches and joked, "Look at them, I don't understand how they defeated our army!"

"It's just a battalion!" Dominic said, "and it's just a ski battalion equipped with light weapons. What if they are a regiment, a division, or even more people attacking us?"

Dominic had fought with the Soviets before, so he knew the situation when fighting with them.

Werner was stunned when he heard this, and then asked back, "Will they? Ignore casualties at all?"

"Otherwise..." Dominic spread his hands and said, "What do you think the Soviets are like?"

Dominic's words were soon verified...

German soldiers rubbed their hands and feet in the wind and snow. This kind of cold is really unbearable. No matter when, they will always be frozen and shiver. The food is as hard as stone. Sometimes even the bolt will be frozen, so they have to be broken and checked from time to time.

"Dominic!" Kuhn couldn't help asking, "You've dealt with them before, can't you share some experience to deal with this nasty weather?"

"Lieutenant!" Dominic replied, "I was fighting here in July, and it was still summer here."

"Tell me something you know!" Kuhn said.

Dominic turned his head and raised his head to Yegorsh among the prisoners, saying, "I only know that if they encounter people with red collar badges like this, they usually don't have a good end!"

"Why?" Kuhn asked.

"Because as long as they are there, the Soviets will not surrender!" Dominic replied, "The best way to defeat the Soviets is to kill these people with red collar badges first!"

"I'll remember it!" Kuhn patted his sniper rifle.

At this time, a strange "whoosh" sound suddenly came from the sky, and Dominic shouted "Get down".

The soldiers hurriedly buried their heads in the trenches, and then a violent explosion "boom" blew the trenches into a flame.

Ten seconds later, the surroundings fell into silence again.

"What is that?" Kuhn asked.

"No, I don't know what it is!" Dominic said: "We have been bombed by this thing before!"

Qin Chuan knew what it was... It was the famous Soviet "Katyusha" rocket launcher.

This equipment is still a secret weapon of the Soviet Union, so the German army didn't even know what kind of artillery could launch such intensive bombings on their positions in a short time.

It should be said that Qin Chuan and others were very lucky. At this time, the Soviet army had a road closure due to heavy snow, so the logistics were not smooth. Otherwise, dozens of "Katyushas" lined up on the opposite side and fired at the First Infantry Regiment... I'm afraid that this infantry regiment would be gone in an instant.

However, this also seems to indicate that the enemy's main force is not far from here.

Sure enough, the "rumbling" sound of the motor was heard a few minutes later.

"Tanks!" The German scouts on the other side of the river shouted as they ran back: "They have tanks, at least two regiments!"

"Prepare for battle!" Colonel Slaine ordered loudly.

The sound of the motors became louder and louder, and a strange smell of exhaust drifted in the air... Soviet tanks use diesel, which smells a little different from the gasoline smell of German tanks.

Then, a gun barrel appeared on the other side of the river, followed by the tank turret, and finally the entire tank appeared in front of the German soldiers.

It was a T34, a tank with better performance than the existing "No. 3" and "No. 4" tanks of the German army... This can also be said to be a miracle. The Soviet industry can be described as "rough" in all aspects. They always pursue quantity rather than quality, but they have a way to use some seemingly rough things to piece together something with excellent performance and very practical.

The T34 tank is one of them, and so is the "Katyusha".

With a "boom!", the T34 fired a shell at the German troops on the other side of the river, and then two more appeared to join the battle...

Originally, the German soldiers thought that the Soviets would launch an attack under the cover of the T34, but they did not expect a roar from the opposite side, and Soviet soldiers crossed the tanks and rushed towards the German positions like a tide.