Chapter 1310 Anti-Tank Operations (Part 2)

   Before Yegor could probe to see the situation outside, the soldier continued to shout: "Comrade company commander, there are about forty enemy tanks, two kilometers away from us."

  Egor hurriedly poked his head out to look around. Even though he didn’t use the binoculars, he could still see clearly behind the tank, followed by armored vehicles, and the densely packed line of German infantry and skirmishers.

He estimated in his mind when the German tanks would arrive, and quickly shouted to the soldiers in the left and right bomb craters: "Everyone, pay attention to concealment, and be careful not to be discovered by the enemy. After the leading tank passed by us, everyone will come forward." Knock out the tanks that follow."

  Because the enemy is still far away, no matter how loud you shout, you don’t have to worry about being heard by the enemy. Therefore, when Yegor gave the order, the soldiers in the nearby bomb craters could hear clearly.

  They waited for Yegor to finish speaking, and they replied loudly in unison: "Understood!"

  The German tanks moved much faster than the infantry, but within five minutes, they approached the area where the second company was ambushing.

Yegor, who was lying in the crater, heard the roar of the tank engine and the sound of the track turning from above his head, and felt the ground tremble slightly under him. Can't hold back, opened fire on the German tanks in advance, exposing everyone's ambush position.

  After noticing four or five tanks passing by his crater, Yegor patted the anti-tank man lying on the side with his hand, and told him loudly: "Get ready to shoot!"

  The anti-tank fighter who heard Yegor's order immediately got up from the ground, carried the loaded rocket launcher on his shoulders, and aimed at a rumbling No. 4 tank in a kneeling position, and decisively pulled the trigger.

  The armor-piercing projectiles roared and flew towards the oncoming tanks, and the anti-tank blocking battle officially kicked off.

  The German tanks approaching tens of meters away were the best targets for Soviet anti-tank fighters, and they were quickly hit by armor-piercing projectiles. A small hole was pierced in the frontal armor, and soon a puff of smoke rose from it. Based on his rich anti-tank experience, Yegor knew that this German tank had already been reimbursed.

  The soldiers in the nearby bomb crater saw a good start from the bomb crater where Yegor was located, and they did not dare to show weakness. They got up and aimed at the approaching German tanks and opened fire.

  The soldiers did not live up to Yegor's expectations. The six armor-piercing shells they fired successfully reimbursed three German tanks and broke the track of another tank.

  After finishing the first round of shooting, the soldiers didn't waste any time. After reloading, they opened fire on the German tanks that continued to drive over.

This round of shooting is more effective than the previous one. After all, the enemy tanks are constantly approaching. If they can’t hit such a huge monster at a distance of tens of meters, these anti-tank fighters in the army can return. The family went to pick up the baby.

Another five tanks were destroyed. Some of them were covered in flames. After driving forward for a certain distance, they stopped where they were burning; The window, but kept billowing smoke outside.

  The tanks moving behind saw that the tanks in front of them were shot one after another and caught fire, and immediately realized that there were Soviet anti-tank fighters ambushing nearby. They all slowed down, found a suitable place to stop, and fired at the place where Yegor and the others were hiding.

The shells whizzed towards the crater where Yegor and the others were hiding, and exploded around the crater. Regardless of the German artillery fire, they continued to attack the enemy tanks with bazookas with all their heart and soul.

  As more and more tanks were destroyed, the German army realized that the army in front of it seemed a little different from the opponent it had fought against a few hours ago, because the opponent had many more long-range anti-tank weapons. In order to avoid greater losses, the tanks that stopped firing and bombarded randomly for a while, then put into reverse gear and tried to withdraw from the battlefield.

And the dozen or so tanks that had just crossed Yegor's hiding place and rushed towards the Soviet army's position knew through the on-board radio that the tanks following them were ambushed by Soviet anti-tank fighters. After paying the price, he had to choose to retreat.

  The follow-up troops have already retreated, and a lone army going deep is tantamount to death. The dozen or so tanks that are on the move have also given up their plan to continue attacking. Some tanks directly put on reverse gear and retreated, while others turned around on the battlefield and headed in the direction they came from.

  Seeing the enemy tanks returning, Yegor yelled loudly to the left and right: "Everyone listen to my order, deal with the oncoming tanks first, and put the tanks in reverse gear at the end."

  When the anti-tank fighters heard Yegor's shout, they locked on to their targets one after another. As soon as they came into range, they decisively pulled the trigger and fired.

  The five oncoming tanks were all wiped out in the first round of shooting by the anti-tank fighters. The infantrymen responsible for covering the safety of the anti-tank fighters used the assault rifles in their hands to destroy the tank soldiers who had escaped from the tanks.

   "Comrades, next, we should clean up those tanks in reverse gear." Yegor waved his fist and shouted excitedly: "Let none of them go back..."

  Unexpectedly, before he finished shouting, a shell landed near him and exploded. He felt as if his head had been hit hard by something, and then felt a little dizzy, so he squatted down slowly.

"Comrade company commander," said a soldier beside him. Seeing Yegor squatting down suddenly, he hurriedly stepped forward to check, just in time to see a stream of blood flowing from Yegor's helmet down his forehead, and he burst into tears Turned pale in shock: "Are you injured?"

   "It's okay." In order to prevent panic, Yegor waved his hands at the other party, pretending to be calm and said: "A little skin trauma, it doesn't matter."

  The soldier took off Yegor's helmet without any explanation, took out a first-aid kit from his rucksack, and bandaged Yegor: "No, Comrade Company Commander, the wound must be bandaged immediately, otherwise it will be infected."

   "Comrade company commander," at this moment, another soldier in the pit shouted loudly at Yegor: "The enemy's infantry has appeared, and they are less than 500 meters away from us."

  Yegor's heart sank suddenly, thinking that his small unit, torturing the German tank unit was okay, but if it encountered the German infantry, it probably wouldn't be enough for others to bite their teeth. He quickly raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the German army's attack. Sure enough, he saw hundreds of infantry rushing towards his position with their weapons in their hands.

  The tanks that were driving in reverse also stopped at the rear at a distance of more than 150 meters from the ambush position, turned their turrets around, and aimed at Yegor and the others.

   "Comrade Company Commander," a soldier said in a panic, "we can't stop the enemy's infantry. I think we should retreat?"

"Retreat, where to retreat?" Yegor said with a wry smile: "As soon as we leave the current hiding place, the enemy can bombard us with tanks and machine guns. Do you think we can survive under the enemy's intensive firepower? Run back to the position five hundred meters away?"

  The soldier heard what Yegor said, thought about it secretly, and found that his group was within the range of the German army's firepower, and it would be impossible to safely withdraw to the position. Thinking of this, he became even more flustered: "Comrade Company Commander, so we are all going to die here?"

"Comrades," after Yegor saw what the soldiers said, the other soldiers in the crater all turned their eyes to themselves, feeling that it was necessary to stabilize the morale of the army so as not to cause unnecessary panic: "Although our situation seems very It’s not good, but I believe that Captain Guchakov will never give up on us, and he will definitely find a way to save us.”

  Although Yegor’s words are not credible, they are still a glimmer of hope. They all hope that the company commander is right and that the battalion commander will find a way to save himself soon.

  When the German infantry was less than 200 meters away from Yegor's hiding place, the German tanks in the distance fired. They used artillery fire to suppress the Soviet army in the crater, making it impossible for them to prevent effective resistance.

  Although the tank guns of the German army could not directly hit the crater where Yegor and the others were hiding, the shrapnel flying around prevented the soldiers from poking out of the crater at will. And the shells that exploded around them threw countless soil into the crater, threatening to bury everyone alive.

   Without the firepower of the Soviet army to stop them, the German infantry advanced very fast. In just a few minutes, they reached a position less than 100 meters away from Youngor. With the two sides at such a close distance, the German tanks in the distance stopped shooting for fear of accidentally injuring their own people.

  Seeing that the enemy's artillery fire stopped, the infantry in the crater shook off the mud from their bodies one after another, leaned out and shot at the approaching German infantry with assault rifles, knocking them down one after another.

  Although the power of the assault rifle is not small, due to the small number, it is difficult for the twenty or so guns to form an overwhelming firepower against the German army. So even though the Soviet soldiers were shooting non-stop, the German infantry were still approaching their hiding places little by little.

At this critical moment, a strange sound suddenly came from the air. Soon, Yegor saw many familiar rockets, drawing arcs in the air, and then fell in the German queue, sending out a burst of fire. Earth-shattering explosion.

  After the smoke cleared, Yegor saw that the densely packed German infantry lineup just now disappeared, only huge craters, and the stumps and arms and weapon parts still smoking inside.

"Comrade company commander," the anti-tank officer saw that the enemy's infantry suffered heavy losses from rocket attacks, and he couldn't help shouting excitedly at Yegor: "You are right, comrade battalion commander really hasn't forgotten us , and ordered people to launch new rockets to provide us with fire cover."

   As a company commander, Yegor must know much more than ordinary soldiers. Since the troops have been fighting, the number of new rockets issued by the superiors is now no more than thirty. In the bombardment of the German army just now, Guchakov must have exhausted all his stocks.

  However, Guchakov's actions moved Yegor quite a bit. It was Sokov's old subordinates who could make such a decision. If they were to change troops, they might choose to sacrifice them in order to keep the precious rockets, and watch them be wiped out by the Germans.

  The German infantry who were bombed by Soviet rockets did not dare to continue to attack Yegor and the others, but chose to retreat one after another. They knew that the small Russian units ambushing their own tank units had no heavy weapons other than anti-tank weapons, and as long as they retreated a few hundred meters away, they would be helpless against themselves.

  Yegor looked at the German infantry retreating to the rear, and felt bitterness in his mouth. He thought to himself: If he carried a mortar, he could completely destroy more enemies with artillery fire. But now, I can only watch the enemy's infantry leave the battlefield, but I can't do anything.

  The German infantry retreated to the position where the tanks were, and stopped retreating, but they did not dare to continue to attack. They were worried that they would be attacked by rockets again. In the round of attack just now, hundreds of officers and soldiers were killed or injured.

   What to do next, the German commander in charge of directing the attack was caught in a dilemma.

Let’s retreat, the German commander is not reconciled, retreating at the beginning of the attack, it’s a shame to throw home; attack, the Russians have powerful anti-tank weapons and rockets designed to deal with infantry, if you continue to attack, I’m afraid it will suffer greater losses.

Seeing that the enemy stopped attacking, Yegor was not in a hurry. He knew that the safest way now was to stay in the crater and not move, so that the enemy would have nothing to do with them; To be bombarded to death is to be smashed into a sieve by machine guns.

   Yegor thought optimistically: If this stalemate continues, he will benefit the most. After all, more and more troops are rushing here. After gathering enough troops, not to mention using them for defense, even if they attack again, there should be no problem.

"Comrade Company Commander," the soldier who had just bandaged Yegor's wound saw the enemy nesting in the distance, neither advancing nor retreating, so he asked Yegor curiously: "You said the enemy will attack us again?" ?"

   "I don't think it will be for the time being." Yegor said carefully: "The enemy can't figure out our terrain, so they dare not act rashly."

   "What if the enemy wants to take the risk of attacking?" The soldier said worriedly, "Aren't we in danger?"

   "No." Yegor shook his head and said, "They attack with tanks, and they are worried about our anti-tank weapons; attack with infantry, and they are afraid that our new rockets will give them another fire coverage."

  (end of this chapter)