The young adjutant died, having sacrificed his life to protect his immediate superior.
For every lieutenant on the front line of the war, such a result would not be a surprise. It would not be a problem to say that he died a worthy death.
But...even if this situation is not surprising, everything still happened too suddenly.
Colonel Klose did not expect the result to be like this. It was as if a living person was standing next to you one second, and suddenly fell down and died suddenly in the next second. It was so fast that you were almost too late.
reaction, let alone accept it calmly and immediately.
"Have you confirmed it? Is he really... dead? Is he really dead?"
Colonel Klose rarely questioned the truth and showed his unwillingness, but this time was an exception.
They didn't have much interaction with the young adjutant. They just knew that there was such a person. How could the two German soldiers care about this? If the person is still alive after being beaten by shrapnel, it can only be said to be a medical miracle.
"Stop asking these useless questions, Colonel, the important thing is that you have to live! You have to continue to lead us!"
In this way, he carried Colonel Klose wordlessly to the back of a dirt slope far away from the dirt road and immediately put him down to take cover.
A medical soldier who had been prepared for a long time immediately rushed forward, opened his medical bag, simply packed up the most commonly used things from it, and immediately prepared to bandage Colonel Klose's wound. The division commander's right hand was hit by shrapnel on the back.
Almost a large piece of skin was cut off, and blood was pouring out in a steady stream.
"Where are the rest of the division? Where's the staff? Give me a staff!"
Before the medical soldiers had finished bandaging, Colonel Klose, who was enduring the severe pain of applying the medicine, had already started shouting at the top of his voice. He couldn't wait to learn the latest first-hand intelligence and resume his command of the troops.
"Major Oldham reports, sir, what are your orders?"
The first person to rush forward to listen to the order was a communications staff officer directly under the division headquarters. He was also the type of person Colonel Klose needed right now. It could be said that he came at the right time.
"Have you figured out the situation? What on earth is going on now!?"
Colonel Klose, who took some time to recover, has woken up from the aftermath of the shelling. His head is no longer groggy and his ears are no longer dizzy. He is basically 80 to 90 percent away from fully regaining his command ability.
Facing Colonel Klose's loud question, Major Oldham, who knew how urgent the situation was, did not dare to delay too much, and immediately responded after organizing his words for a while.
"It's a direct-aimed artillery strike from the enemy's large-caliber heavy artillery! The range of the artillery strike is estimated to be within three kilometers or even closer. The time from firing to falling of the artillery shells is too short. Sir, the Russians have now installed bayonets on the heavy artillery, which almost hit it.
There's fire in our faces! The fire is fierce, and the enemy has mobilized at least one heavy artillery battalion! We're trapped here!"
The 122mm main guns equipped on the heavy tanks of the Russians are indeed of a large caliber, but they are not large enough to produce the power that is almost as powerful as field artillery coverage.
Obviously, the only weapons that can make such a noise are the Russians' large-caliber field heavy artillery, which must at least start with 152 mm.
Being able to advance heavy artillery to such a distance and fire directly at close range, at least shows that the Russians think they have a chance of victory and do not need to consider the artillery retreat, or they are serious about maximizing damage to the enemy regardless of tactical risks.
All in all, no matter what the reason is, it is not good for the current Grossdeutschland Division.
"...."
After hearing such a report, Colonel Klose frowned. He had already expected that the situation might be like this, but he never expected that the real situation was worse than he expected. The Russians directed the heavy artillery group directly
How much of a crazy bastard does the commander of the Soviet army on the opposite side have to be to do such a thing?
Isn't he afraid that he will fight to the death, lead a counterattack, and eat his heavy artillery group on the spot in front of the position? It should be noted that he still holds most of the strength of the Grossdeutschland Division in his hands, and the main force is still there. He dare not say that he will completely defeat the enemy.
But if you want to make a counterattack and eat one of the enemy's units in the forward position, it is still very easy and completely possible.
"Damn the Russians, it seems that it is necessary to dampen their spirit before they can evacuate..."
It's not crazy to have such an idea. After all, no one can march and evacuate under the heavy bombardment and barrage. If the Russians' heavy artillery continues to be placed here, it will only delay more time. It is better to launch a counterattack.
Once the Russian artillery is ready, the action will be immediate and save time.
But such a seemingly smart and good idea only existed in Colonel Klose's mind for a moment before he was instantly overturned by another ominous thought.
Why would the Russians place their heavy artillery group in such a conspicuous position? Don't they know that doing so is very dangerous, and if the enemy goes crazy, they will most likely lose valuable heavy weapons?
No, the truth should never be as simple as it seems on the surface. Colonel Klose did not believe that the Russian guy opposite could be so careless and stupid.
All the assaults so far have been against us, and they were definitely launched by the Russians' elite troops, plus an experienced and powerful commander. It is impossible for the enemy's ambush troops not to know what they are facing.
The opponents, they knew very well what kind of strength the German retreating troops had.
However, under the premise of being so aware of 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, and could explain this situation.
If it works, there is only one last possibility left: the Russians are deceiving, using the heavy artillery group as bait to lure their own side into charging to achieve a certain goal.
What would 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. He didn't care about them all.
Then you still want to make your head explode? For now, you just need to confirm that there is a high probability that the Russian guy on the other side is trying to deceive your side and lay a trap to try to lure you into taking the bait.
As for other issues, they are not important right now.
"What should 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.