Under Lieutenant Colonel Doppler's forced order, the German armored forces, which were still in a wait-and-see state, once again launched their attack towards the small village in front of them.
Those "corpses" lying on the ground, wondering if they were still alive, were like fresh meat thrown into a meat grinder. The rapidly grinding tracks easily crushed any flesh they touched into pieces.
piece.
The blood splashed everywhere like a water balloon filled with water that was burst by a kick, spewing out a scarlet viscous semi-solid liquid. A large pile of fragmented human organs and muscles hung on the track pads, dripping with blood, and continued at full speed.
The advancing German tanks soon left many bloody traces behind them.
"Hell, these German guys are really capable of doing this kind of thing! I don't know what it would be like if the person lying on the ground was not completely dead."
The words spoken by Lavrinenko were not absolutely impossible. After the battlefield had just been cleaned and the corpses of our own side were cleaned up, there were indeed many wounded German soldiers still alive.
It’s just that Malashenko, who himself was short of medical treatment, didn’t have the capital or the mood to pretend to be a good person and rescue the wounded. The wounded German soldiers who were left on the grassland and groaned in pain could still crawl on the ground and make pleading sounds at first.
Trying to summon help.
But just over half an hour later, the humming of the wounded German soldiers could no longer be heard. The only thing that could not be determined was whether the wounded soldiers were really dead or if they simply had no strength to continue humming.
However, when the current German tanks ran over the bodies of their comrades, the question of life or death was no longer important.
Malashenko, who clearly saw this scene through the telescope, couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that the German commander he was opposing should be a decisive and ruthless character. This disgusting obstacle that he deliberately left behind only delayed the German army.
The attacking force had less than half an hour, which inevitably made Malashenko, who wanted to delay as much time as possible, feel a little disappointed.
"Whether he was dead or not before, he is definitely dead now. Get in the car and prepare to fight!"
Already gearing up to fight the Germans who were facing the enemy, Lavrinenko got up from the ground and rushed straight towards the car after being led by Malashenko.
The activation and attack of the tanks required some preparation time, but as the opponent, the German army obviously would not leave the Soviet army this time to prepare. The German tanks, which had already assaulted less than 400 meters away from the position, took the lead in aiming at the position and firing directly.
The wave of German air raids just now destroyed most of the limited anti-tank weapons in the village. It is difficult for the Red Army soldiers who only have a few anti-tank guns left in their hands to challenge these dozen German tanks face to face.
Even the thin-skinned and heavily stuffed Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks could not be easily penetrated by the Simonov 14.5mm anti-tank gun. It became quite difficult to target the frontal weaknesses of the tanks under the fierce suppression of the German direct fire.
A succession of 75mm and 50mm tank gun shells hit the position very close to the position with direct fire. The soldiers who relied on the trenches to cover most of the projected area of their bodies could not protect their heads and faces from the shells flying towards their faces.
The fragments claimed many lives in a short time.
"Fire! Comrades! Destroy these fascist lackeys and resist their offensive!"
"Uhhh!!!"
Before the words of the slogan shouted by the political commissar Petrov had finished, a militia soldier just a few steps away covered his face and screamed, leaning back and falling in the trench.
A militia soldier who seemed to have a good relationship immediately ran forward and hurriedly checked the injuries of his comrades. The scene after he opened the bloody hands covering his face was quite shocking.
A shell fragment that flew from an unknown place cut open the entire upper part of the skull lengthwise along the face, and the fuzzy flesh and blood rolled out from the newly formed sharp wound. The gurgling blood like a stream instantly cut the entire skull.
The whole head was dyed with the color of life.
Not only did these militia soldiers whose hands were equipped with captured German weapons and equipment not be up to standard, they did not even have the most basic protective equipment such as helmets.
The small canvas hat he used was of no use on the battlefield except for bringing some psychological hints that were better than nothing.
Commissar Petrov, who witnessed this scene with his own eyes, frowned but had no extra time to be emotional. Knowing that this militia soldier would definitely not survive, Commissar Petrov once again raised the Mosin-Nagant rifle in his hand.
Today, many years later, the feeling of holding a rifle to kill the enemy again is not unfamiliar to Commissar Petrov.
With the help of the slowly pressing tanks as cover, the German infantry who had entered the effective range and were less than 300 meters away from the position began to lean out from behind the tanks and fired every shot at the Soviet soldiers holding the position.
Hold the trigger.
The German army, accustomed to using fierce assault and blitzkrieg tactics, changed their combat tactics this time. The feeling of gradually pressing towards the Soviet position was thick, silent, and step by step, almost like a huge mountain lying in front of people, about to crush them.
asphyxia.
They were not able to learn all the military skills from Lieutenant Vasily, but these militia fighters led by Lieutenant Vasily had a sincere heart and a relatively firm will to serve the motherland.
The timidity and fear of people are undeniably real in this heavy oppressive environment, but the difference lies in the response to this oppression and any corresponding actions.
The soldiers who held their position without retreating even a step fulfilled their promises to the deceased with their actual actions. Lieutenant Vasily's instructions and example to everyone still play an irreplaceable role to this day.
The German army, which had broken through to a position two hundred meters away from the first trench, was a little puzzled.
From the earlier aerial reconnaissance reports, they clearly understood that the opponent's Soviet army had a large number of tanks, and according to the pilots who did not know whether they could distinguish the specific models of Soviet tanks, those Soviet tanks
The tanks are all heavy tanks that are large and boxy.
The German army judged that the Soviet tank force, which had always been conservative, would probably use the tanks as fixed forts to consolidate the defense line. The Soviet army had done this more than once in previous battles to attack fortified positions, but in most cases.
Facing the Soviet position where no tank had appeared so far, Major Edman was a little puzzled. A bad thought suddenly occurred to Major Edman, who then heard a loud blast of artillery fire.