The brutal close-quarters hand-to-hand combat in hand-to-hand combat is the exclusive battlefield for infantry. In this kind of "mass brawl" battlefield involving tens of thousands of people face to face, nose to nose, and even punching and kicking, tanks have already been driven onto the German positions.
Rashenko, however, could not do much to help his friendly forces.
A single shot of a 76mm grenade can ensure that there are no humans or animals left within a radius of 20 meters. Even if a vehicle-mounted 7.62mm DT light machine gun is used to strafe the Germans, it is very likely to injure friendly forces.
From his commander's position, Malashenko, who was looking at the infantrymen of the two armies who were already struggling with each other and turned into a complete mess in front of him, holding the commander's periscope with a look of helplessness on his face, was really powerless.
"All vehicle crews remain on standby! It is forbidden to fire without certainty that it may injure friendly forces. It is only allowed to fire cautiously without injuring friendly forces."
When Malashenko, who commanded his own independent 1st heavy tank breakthrough battalion, issued such an order on the battalion-level radio communication channel. In the infantry trenches where blood and sword light were constantly flashing, the eyes of those who had been killed were red.
Ernst Bachmann and several SS soldiers beside him were resisting the Soviet troops surrounding him from all sides.
After emptying the MP38 submachine gun in his hand and the four magazines he carried with him, he realized that this kind of full-automatic firepower like water splashing was simply not enough to support a cruel and prolonged close-quarters hand-to-hand combat, so he threw away the gun in his hand.
Buckman, who was holding an MP38 submachine gun that was smoking and hot, immediately picked up a Mauser 98k rifle with a bayonet from under a corpse beside him and held it in his hand.
The three SS soldiers leaning against each other back to back all held Mauser 98k rifles with bayonets in their hands, looking warily at the Soviet infantry surrounding them from all sides. It was emphasized that the firepower output capability of the infantry squad did not represent the hand-to-hand combat of the German infantry.
On the contrary, the close combat ability of the SS, who were armed with a fanatical fighting will after applying the standard militarized training of the Wehrmacht, is naturally conceivable.
The clash of hateful eyes between each other finally turned into a final roar after a few seconds.
The Soviet infantry with bayonets in their hands, Mosin-Nagant, took the lead in charging towards the three surrounded SS soldiers with an absolute numerical advantage. The three SS soldiers, who had begun to breathe a little faster, were still able to barely survive in the face of danger.
In the chaos, the famous Leopard King in later generations began to fight for his life as an infantryman with his comrades beside him.
Frankly speaking, although Ernst Bachmann, who officially joined the army and joined the Waffen-SS in 1936, was young, he was still a veteran with relatively rich practical experience.
Buckman, who has served as a rifleman, machine gunner, and now a submachine gunner, is familiar with almost all the various infantry-standard light weapons of the German army. He once again picked up the Mauser 98k rifle that had been away for a long time. Such rapidity
The familiar feeling of returning to the state soon drove Buckman to grasp the blood-stained gun with both hands and stab it forward.
Buckman, who was on the defensive side in the close-range hand-to-hand combat and did not need to consider the forward running movement of his feet, undoubtedly had the upper hand in the attack. Counting the thrust distance of his arms from the front, the tip of the bayonet hanging under the Mauser 98k rifle happened to be accurately inserted into this man.
The Soviet infantry had their throats cut before they could stop.
The precise timing of the attack meant that the Soviet soldier who was stabbed in the vital part did not even have time to raise his gun to fight back. Due to the inertia of the body running forward, the spine of the throat was instantly penetrated by the bayonet and was stabbed out of the back.
The Soviet infantryman whose spinal nerves were damaged immediately lost control of his body and fell to the ground on his back with blood gushing from his throat.
Backman, whose face was sprayed with hot blood from his throat, didn't even bother to wipe the blood on his face. The bayonet blade stuck in his spine was still pulled out by Buckman despite some difficulty.
The supreme principle of cold weapons "one inch longer, one inch stronger" in close-range hand-to-hand combat is by no means groundless. Buckman, who is well aware of this principle, will never give up the bayonet 98k rifle in his hand until the critical moment. Compared with the Soviet bayonet,
The Mosin-Nagant rifle was more than twice as short as the German engineer shovel. In this case, there was no advantage at all.
The three SS soldiers, standing together in a back-to-back covering position, killed the enemy closest to each of them with a single blow.
However, this repeated process of stabbing and pulling bayonets and rifles will undoubtedly take time, and this seemingly insignificant time is enough for other Soviet infantry who are surrounding them at the same time.
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The numb sound of the bayonet penetrating into the flesh sounded in Buckman's ears like fingernails scratching across a blackboard. An SS soldier leaning on the right side of Buckman's back was the first to be hit by a Soviet infantryman.
After sending the bayonet into the chest of the intruder, the Soviet infantry still could not understand his hatred. With an expression of angry hatred, he immediately grasped the barrel of the gun with both hands and slashed the bayonet through the SS soldier from below the chest.
The most vulnerable part of the chest along the center of the ribs was slashed with a bayonet. Many organs, including the stomach and liver, were cut in half. The SS infantry immediately fell to the ground with a look of pain on his face, and the blue-gray intestines were mixed with it.
Blood flowed from the wound and spread all over the floor like a butcher shop that had been knocked over.
After a successful blow, the Soviet infantry picked up the bloody bayonet and turned back the Mosin-Nagant rifle, preparing to pursue the victory and deliver a fatal blow to Backman, who had his back completely exposed and exposed his weakness.
But at this moment, the disemboweled SS infantryman who should have been certain to die was struggling with his last strength to be able to die on the spot. He dragged his intestines all over the ground and threw himself forward to hug the Su.
Army infantry legs.
"Bachman! You idiot! Behind your back, behind your back! Kill this Ivan!"
Buckman, who had just come to his senses after drawing out the bayonet, turned around when he heard the screams of his comrades behind him. The bloody rifle bayonet in his hand was violently moved almost subconsciously.
The ground is sent forward.
Da da da da——
A crisp burst of submachine gun fire sounded almost at the same time as the sound of the bayonet in Buckman's hand. An entire infantry squad of the Wehrmacht of the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment immediately rushed forward to support them after realizing that the friendly forces were surrounded. There were not many left.
The last few half-full submachine gun magazines were poured almost all at once onto the surrounding Soviet soldiers without any hesitation.
Looking at the middle-aged SS veteran at his feet who had exhausted his last bit of strength and died, the bloody face that had reached out to hand him a cigarette an hour ago seemed to the panting Bachmann.