Chapter 122 – Breakthrough
Chapter 122 Breakthrough
Shuerka hid in the anti-tank trench for another ten minutes, when he heard three gunshots from the direction of the Soviet army.
Second Lieutenant Davydov and Shulka both know what this means. This is a secret signal agreed upon by both parties, which means that the signaler has successfully passed the information to the regiment commander and is ready for coordination…Soviet military communication equipment Backward, there is no radio station at the first level, so we can only use this stupid method to transmit information.
“Get ready to fight!” Second Lieutenant Davydov ordered in a low voice.
“Ready to fight!”
“Ready to fight!”
…
The order was passed down, including several tanks hiding in the trenches also received the order to prepare for battle.
Soon, the roar of artillery shells from the direction of the Soviet army rang out in groups. Some of the shells hit the German artillery positions on the highlands on both sides, and more of them hit the German defense lines.
The artillery shells exploded on the German positions one after another. While blowing up the barbed wire fences deployed by the Germans in front of the positions, they also provided cover for the third company… The tank restarted at this time, and the sound of the motor was completely covered by the explosion.
On the other hand, the infantry beside the tank also moved. They used engineer shovels, sandbags and stones to pave a path for the tank, and then the tank slowly climbed up from the anti-tank trench and drove towards the German defense line.
At this time, the German army hadn’t even noticed this. The smoke and explosions and the rain made them completely unaware that the danger was approaching them step by step.
The sound of the guns stopped suddenly… The tanks were already approaching the German trenches, and the shells were likely to be accidentally injured.
A German soldier poked his head out, and then saw several terrifying shadows faintly appearing in the gunpowder smoke and rain ahead.
“Tanks, Russian tanks!” The German soldiers shouted in panic.
“Stop them!” Colonel Marcus ordered loudly, he had no time to think about why these tanks and enemies suddenly appeared in front of him without warning.
But it was too late to react.
“Grenade!” Major Davidov ordered loudly.
Rows of grenades were thrown towards the rain curtain by the soldiers, rolling in the void, carrying a cloud of smoke and a little spark, and then fell into the German trenches like a stone… The German soldiers only had time to panic when they found it I had to yell, and then I was covered by a loud bang.
At the same time, the Soviet mortar gunners also fired rows of shells… That is the Soviet shovel-style 37MM mortar. Although the accuracy and range are insufficient, it is a very good fire suppression equipment.
The shell exploded at about 100 meters, blowing up the German army who had just recovered from the shelling and the anti-tank gunners who were preparing for it.
“Comrades, go!” Second Lieutenant Davydov shouted.
“Come on!” The soldiers yelled and got up from their hiding places and rushed towards the enemy’s position.
Different from previous Soviet charges, the soldiers did not rush across the tanks.
Because they know that the enemy in front of them has a regiment.
Even if a company of Soviet troops can rush into the German positions and cause chaos, it is very limited.
But it would be different if there were tanks covering it. After all, no matter how backward a tank is, it would be a nightmare for infantry, because its armor is impenetrable to machine guns and rifles, but its firepower will become a sickle that harvests the lives of infantry.
Just like now, a few T26s broke into the German positions like tigers entering the flock, and the tracks crushed the German troops hiding under the trenches into a pulp. The enemy bombed the sky…
The infantry behind the tank, their targets are those enemies that pose a threat or potential threat to the tank.
“Bang!” With a gunshot, Shulka killed an enemy.
Shulka noticed that the German soldier was holding a cluster grenade in his hand… Needless to say what the function of the cluster grenade is, of course it is to blow up tanks.
He hid behind a dead body and estimated the direction of the tank’s heading and adjusted his position slightly.
This requires considerable courage, because it often means that there is no return. The weight of the cluster grenade determines that even if he successfully blows up the tank, it will be difficult for him to escape.
Shuerka saw in his eyes the determination to see death as home, and the focus on waiting for the “prey”.
At that moment, Shulka was shocked by this German soldier. He seemed to have no regard for his own life and death, but only thought about bombing tanks.
His mistake was to put the cluster grenade beside him too early… Shulka felt the danger from this bundled thing, so he shot a bullet at its owner’s head.
In the end, the cluster grenade failed to explode. When Shulka followed the tank and passed by him, he saw a bullet hole in his helmet, and a piece of blood was washed out from the bottom of his helmet. He was still holding the grenade handle in his hand until he died. In one hand, he was pulling a bundle of fuses.
“Bang!” Another shot, and Shulka knocked a German soldier to the ground.
This is a rifleman, but his rifle is on his back.
At this moment his rifle should be in his hand, and there must be some other reason behind it, so Shulka made him his next target without thinking.
Sure enough, when he jumped out of hiding and rushed towards the tank, Shulka spotted an anti-tank grenade in his hand.
The Germans have a very interesting anti-tank grenade. The Germans called it the “armored throwing mine”, and the Soviets called it the “parachute”.
The reason is that after it is thrown out, the tail will open like a parachute…this is to ensure that the firing pin located in the warhead hits the tank and detonates.
Although this thing is just a grenade, it can blow through 150MM armor, and its power is quite amazing.
But of course, the grenade failed to explode in the end.
A bullet from Shulka knocked him to the ground, but obviously missed the mark, as he struggled for a while and continued to crawl towards the tank.
The old soldier next to Shulka spotted him and took another shot.
“Bang!” The shot knocked down an anti-tank gunner.
Anti-tank guns are often the most troublesome, because they pose the greatest threat to tanks and can penetrate tank armor at a long distance. Advantage. ,
On the other hand, anti-tank generally has a shield. If the shield is facing the infantry, the infantry will have nothing to do with it.
Shuerka had nothing to do with this target at first, but he poked his head out to observe the target in order to hit the target more accurately, so Shuerka used a bullet in time to stop his next move.
As if with a tacit understanding, the thief ignited a grenade, then ran a few steps and threw it into the anti-tank artillery position.
Following a “boom”, the anti-tank gun was completely wiped out.
(end of this chapter)