Chapter 1053 The Last Battle of the Tank Soldiers (Part 2)

  The 15th Armored Regiment of the German Army immediately split into two groups after receiving a call from Balck.

   All the way to the east, concealed on the only way for the Soviet army to retreat, preparing to catch the Soviet tank troops by surprise.

  The other road covered the infantry and launched an attack on the Soviet army's original defense area. The direction they attacked happened to be the location of the 19th Independent Tank Brigade of the Soviet Army.

  Twenty tanks of the Soviet army are hidden in the woods on the side. Behind the tanks, there are two companies of infantry, who are hiding in the grass and preparing to fight.

Rukhlie exposed half of his body from the turret, raised his binoculars and looked into the distance, and saw about 20 tanks rushing towards the original position of the Soviet army. Behind the tanks, the same number of armored vehicles followed. A troop carrier full of German soldiers. He counted the time silently in his heart, according to the current advance speed of the German army, in five minutes, he would pass in front of the forest where he was hiding. He hastily passed the combat order to his subordinates through the microphone in his throat.

"Attention everyone, no one is allowed to fire without my order. I repeat, no one is allowed to fire without my order." He repeated this order several times because he was worried that some tanks would not hear him. all over.

  Five minutes later, German tanks and armored vehicles tried from more than two hundred meters in front of the forest. Seeing that the time for shooting was ripe, Ruhlie decisively gave the order to fire. As the order was issued, the tanks hidden in the forest fired one after another, and the roaring shells fell among the German tanks and armored vehicles and exploded, raising clouds of flames and gunpowder smoke. Unfortunately, in the first round of shooting, none of the shells hit the target.

Seeing that the first round of shooting did not work, Ruhlie quickly issued new instructions to his tank soldiers through the microphone in his throat: "Don't worry, aim and shoot. It may take a while for the German army to find our hiding place. We must kill them all before the Germans fire their guns."

  The shooting results in the second round did not disappoint Ruhlie. Two tanks and three armored vehicles were blasted into fireballs. Ruhlie clearly saw that none of the tank soldiers inside the two destroyed tanks could escape. On the contrary, after the armored vehicle full of soldiers was shot and caught fire, the soldiers covered in fire immediately jumped out of the vehicle and ran around dancing and dancing. For a while, he ran wildly, and for a while, he threw himself and rolled in the snow, trying to extinguish the flames on his body.

"Good job, brothers." Seeing that the second round of shooting had achieved such a result, Ruhlie couldn't help being overjoyed, and said repeatedly, "I will ask for credit for you, and for every comrade who participated in the battle. Keep firing, shoot out all the shells, and make sure to wipe out this fast column of the German army."

  German tanks and armored vehicles, after being bombarded by two rounds, immediately realized that there was a Soviet anti-tank position nearby, and immediately turned around and fired into the forest. Due to the aimless shooting, the covering infantry got out of the armored vehicles and seized favorable terrain.

  The German soldiers who jumped out of the armored vehicles thought that there were only Soviet artillery in the forest, so they formed into scattered formations, bent over, put the **** of their guns on their stomachs, and trotted forward.

"The Germans are coming up." Seeing that the German infantry rushed to a place more than 100 meters away from the ambush point, Ruhlie hurriedly shouted into the microphone in his throat: "Machine gun, use the machine gun to fire at the enemy immediately!" Suppression. Also, Chief of Staff, you immediately tell the infantry not to sleep, get ready for battle, and come over to bayonet the Germans."

  The chief of staff was originally in the tank. Hearing Ruhlie's order, he immediately got out of the tank and ran to find the infantry who were still resting behind. They would deal with the German infantry and anti-tank fighters.

After the German tanks fired two shots, they discovered the hiding position of the Soviet tanks, and their shooting accuracy became higher and higher. Many tanks were hit by the flying shrapnel. It didn't pose any threat, but it also made them feel terrified. Therefore, at some point, a German artillery shell flew over and could directly hit their own tank, blowing the tank into a ball of fire.

  As the German tank guns became more and more accurate, Ruhlie could no longer stay outside. He quickly retracted into the car and closed the top hatch of the turret casually. He still ordered his subordinates: "Shoot, shoot at the fastest speed, and be sure to knock out the tanks that threaten us the most."

  As soon as his voice fell, a nearby tank was directly hit by a German tank gun and exploded into a fireball. Of the four tankers in the car, only one driver, covered in fire, escaped. After receiving the order, the infantrymen who rushed over saw their comrades running around covered in fire, and hurried forward to help him extinguish the fire.

  As soon as the German infantry rushed into the forest, the Soviet infantry who were waiting for work rushed forward. The German infantry, who originally thought there were only tanks in the forest, was caught off guard by being killed. The battle lasted only a few minutes before retreating in despair. The Soviet infantry followed closely behind the German infantry and rushed towards the place where armored vehicles and tanks were parked.

  Seeing the infantry rout, the German tanks and armored vehicles were wary of shooting at them. They were afraid of accidentally injuring their own people, so they didn't dare to fire. They could only watch two or three hundred Soviet commanders rushing towards them with weapons.

  But how could the German tank soldiers sit still and quickly target the Soviet tanks in the forest. The enemy tanks fired desperately, destroying the Soviet tanks hiding in the forest from time to time. And they were not much better, they destroyed more tanks.

  After the battle lasted for a quarter of an hour, the German commander realized that if he continued to fight, his small fast column might be in danger of annihilation, so he quickly ordered the troops to withdraw from the battle.

  The battle ended, the Soviet army lost six tanks and three were wounded. However, it destroyed the excellent results of 15 German tanks and 9 armored vehicles, and also killed more than 100 German soldiers.

  After the battle, the chief of staff came over and reported to Ruhlie: "Comrade Brigadier, we have run out of ammunition. What should we do next? Should we stay here, or should we move on foot after blowing up the tank?"

  Ruhlie knew very well that if the ammunition had not been exhausted, I am afraid that none of the German tanks would be able to escape. After hesitating for a moment, he said to the chief of staff: "Tell the soldiers to blow up all the tanks and move immediately."

   "Comrade Brigadier, what should we do if we encounter soldiers who disagree with bombing tanks?" The chief of staff asked cautiously: "Send someone to drag them away, and the overall situation cannot be affected by personal actions."

  (end of this chapter)