"Artillery attack! Russian mortars! Hurry up and take cover! Take cover!!!"
The Russian heavy mortar is really a terrible weapon. Not to mention the extremely long range, it is also very powerful. The sound of the roaring heavy artillery shells can scare people away. Compared with our own equipment,
Those junk cannons are simply too powerful, at least that’s what most people in the German infantry regiment stationed in the village think.
The fierce fighting in the village that lasted for two days made the German infantry regiment stationed here realize one thing: they must not underestimate the mortar firepower in the hands of the shabby-looking Russians on the opposite side, who should be just ordinary infantry troops. This may be their hands.
The only thing that can be called a treasure and has an absolute advantage over one's own side.
In the continuous fierce battles in the past few days, as long as the sound of artillery is fired, the German troops stationed in the village can be blasted to pieces. The mortars that are not possessed by the soul are indeed very powerful. The official equipment name is the M1943 120mm heavy mortar.
German soldiers are more accustomed to calling it "Zhukov's cigarette", and some Red Army soldiers affectionately call it "Smart Fat Man".
The reason for this strange nickname is mainly because the weight of this thing does not match its definition of "heavy artillery". Can you imagine that in World War II, when artillery-making technology was far less developed than in the 21st century, the Russians
Is it actually possible to turn a 120mm mortar, which is a heavy artillery, into a bare gun that only weighs 280 kilograms?
Anyway, for those Germans who waste tons of traditional arts no matter what they do, they really don’t understand what Zentraedi black technology the Russians used to reduce the weight of the entire gun to such a light weight, even one
A small carriage can carry this gun and the gun crew everywhere.
The caliber is large enough but so light. The high-explosive bomb weighing 16 kilograms contains a full 1.4 kilograms of warhead charge. Once the bomb is fired, there will be no human or animal within a radius of 30 meters. In terms of power alone, it is even the same as the 122
The howitzers are not much different, they are on the same level, and their effective range of up to 5,700 meters puts the shabby little steel cannons in the hands of the German infantry to shame.
The group of Russians they faced didn't have many decent offensive heavy weapons. This was one of the main reasons why the German army was able to defend the village with only one light infantry regiment. Only these were small in number and could withstand the sky with just one cannon.
The company-sized heavy mortars really blew up the German troops in the village.
If you don't have any weapons to fight back, and you can't leave the village and take the initiative to destroy the enemy's mortar positions, what else can you do? If you get bombed, other than hiding and being bombed, all you can do is scold your mother.
Although the German infantrymen who were bombed in the village already felt that they were quite stifled, the opponent's artillery fire was really "fierce".
However, at a hidden starting point not far away from the village, there were also people who complained and felt dissatisfied after witnessing the same scene.
"This artillery fire preparation is the weakest I have seen this year, Comrade Company Commander. Our division randomly pulled out half an artillery battalion. No, even a single artillery battery is many times stronger than this kind of firepower. I would have known it was like this.
If we prepare for artillery fire, we should rush over directly, maybe this way we can catch the Germans by surprise."
"..."
Kirill, who was holding a telescope to observe the situation in the village, was noncommittal and did not immediately answer. It was not until he had taken in all the bombing scenes in and outside the village at this moment that he put down the telescope in his hand.
He opened the telescope and opened his mouth slowly.
"It's not useless. Look, there were signs of enemy activity in the blind area to the west of the village after the bombardment started. There seemed to be a lot of them, and they looked panicked."
"My guess is that the German reserve team in the village was placed in this hidden position. Unfortunately, it was bombed and disturbed these Germans. It is much better to find out in advance than to bump into them in the battle after we rush over.
At least we can prepare countermeasures in advance.”
When the deputy company commander, who was originally "whoring for nothing", heard this, he immediately raised the telescope hanging around his neck and looked in the direction of the company commander's finger. Sure enough, he saw a group of frightened rabbits at a glance.
The German stick suddenly appeared out of nowhere and was blown up in the middle of the bombardment.
"Oh! I saw it! There seems to be a lot of people, at least half a battalion in size. It seems that these German guys haven't used their full strength before, so they fought quite easily."
There was no hint of nervousness or unexpected panic in the tone of Comrade Deputy Company Commander. Kirill, who was at the same place next to him, followed up with the same tone, but there was more of an unusual tone in it.
The calmness and determination after experience.
"That's why we need to go up..."
"Get in the car and start charging!"
The German troops stationed in the village cannot be so stupid that they only stick to the village and do not build peripheral positions. Everyone knows that an isolated village cannot hold on for too long.
The German infantry stationed in the trenches outside the village were also blasted miserably by the roaring and falling large-caliber mortar shells.
Although there were not many artillery shells fired from the opposite side, several days of fierce fighting and multiple rounds of unilateral bombardment had already made the Red Army mortar crews familiar with their skills, found a good state, and knew exactly where to bomb.
Even more disgusting are those German guys who are being abused unilaterally.
Therefore, even though the amount of artillery fire was small, almost every shell was not completely blown up when it fell, and even half a person's head could not be recovered.
At least one or two Germans were blown away with their arms and legs flying around, and they were all separated from each other crying for their fathers and mothers. At most, a whole squad of German infantrymen drove westward before they could realize what was going on, and their souls were lost to the Kaiser.
This group of unlucky German infantrymen who thought their own side was already miserable enough would not have imagined that the so-called real nightmare has just begun now.
"Tanks! Russian tanks! They brought tanks to attack us!!!"
When the ground beneath your feet began to tremble, when the screams of your comrades rang out.
The surviving German infantrymen on the positions outside the village saw what they least wanted to see and was also the most terrifying thing: those Soviet troops that had long been equated with the words "indestructible" and "all-conquerable"
Heavy tank.
"Eliminate the anti-tank fire as soon as you find it. Machine guns suppress the German infantry. Don't let them raise their heads! Cover the infantry and press forward. Attack!"
The stunned German infantrymen didn't even have time to recover from the bombardment. The Russian heavy armored troops on the opposite side, whose attack speed was incredibly fast, had already rushed all the way to the position at full speed.
In a very close position, and after putting down the infantry, they continued to attack fiercely.
For a time, the battlefield was filled with main guns and coaxial machine guns, roof-mounted machine guns, roaring artillery shells and tracer bullets flashing in all directions. This was far beyond the reach of the old opponents who had fought before, and it was not at the same level at all.
The firepower did not even give these German troops any chance to fight back.