Steel Soviet Union

Fierce and chaotic gunshots were still roaring in the small hills and ravines.

It was originally thought that our side, which took the lead in launching an ambush and sneak attack from the secret, would be able to kill all these Germans who knew nothing about the danger in the car and end the battle in just one cigarette.

But as the saying goes, ideals are beautiful, but reality is skinny.

Lieutenant Serov, who had always served in the regular field troops of the Soviet Red Army, never expected that the combat quality of these guerrillas who had just put down their hoes and picked up weapons would be so poor.

These people have obviously been taught the basic tactical movements of first pulling the bolt and then loading the bullet, and how simple the three-point-one-line aiming method is.

However, even if these guerrillas with extremely different psychological qualities launched a sneak attack first, it would be difficult for them to deliver a fatal blow to the Germans in the first time. Most of the rifle bullets were not even known to be used by these first-time combatants. Where were the guerrillas launched?

Lieutenant Serov, who was young and came from a regular field force of the Soviet Army, was obviously still new to leading guerrillas and lacked experience.

The ambush battle, which directly copied the tactical command methods of the regular Soviet army, caused the Soviet guerrillas who failed to inflict heavy damage to the German army immediately, but were suppressed by the reverse firepower of the Germans who recovered immediately after the sudden attack. There were heavy casualties.

This escort escorted the German troops who had just jumped out of the supply transport truck convoy after the attack. Even though they were from the logistics supply unit, their combat effectiveness was still in the order of battle of the regular German front-line troops, no matter how poor they were.

It ranges from a Ruger pistol in the hands of a convoy commander to a Mauser P38 submachine gun or even an MG34 general-purpose machine gun in the hands of ordinary soldiers.

The small arms firepower in the hands of this SS infantry platoon responsible for escorting the escort vehicle can be said to be all kinds and comprehensive. Compared with the one hundred-man guerrilla commanded by Lieutenant Serov, which has all Mosin Nagant rifles and several Tokarev's small pistol is many times more powerful.

Lieutenant Serov, who originally thought that the German logistics baggage convoy was a soft persimmon, did not expect that these SS guys, even the logistics troops, were as easy to deal with as frightened wasps, and the guys in their hands were as good as the Germans. The frontline troops are extremely sophisticated.

Lieutenant Serov, who overestimated the combat capabilities of this newly established guerrilla force, obviously got off to a bad start and was kicked into trouble. But now the SS soldiers who got off the bus were full of firepower like explosive hedgehogs and even wanted to bite back. The posture put Lieutenant Serov, who wanted to retreat, in a dilemma.

"Comrade Lieutenant, the firepower of those Germans is so fierce! They have portable machine guns, as well as larger machine guns mounted on trucks, all of which can fire continuously! We, our troops are no match at all!"

The breathless exclamation of the militia captain next to him, who couldn't even name the German weapons, immediately made Lieutenant Serov, who was already in a bad mood, feel even more annoyed.

Immediately ordering a retreat would be tantamount to abandoning and condemning the guerrillas and wounded who were still suppressed by German machine gun fire and unable to move in ambush positions further forward.

This will undoubtedly be a big blow to his future leadership and personal prestige in this new guerrilla force. The low morale and lack of unit cohesion are wounds that cannot be repaired in a short period of time.

But if the situation continues like this, Lieutenant Serov, who clearly realizes that his side has no possibility of victory, does not think that the Germans will just let him go.

The German army would never let a winnable battle slip away from its hands. This could only be intensified for the SS who were more ferocious and aggressive than the Wehrmacht.

"No, we can't go on like this! We'll recruit them later when the team members are gone, and slowly do political work to make up for the loss of military morale. If we lose our lives here, it's really all over!"

Just as Lieutenant Serov had made a decision in his mind and was about to give an order to the frightened militia captain beside him, the sound of a heavy engine roared all the way across the earth. But at this moment, he forced his way into the battlefield and suddenly rang out.

"The first company and I launch an assault! The second and third companies go around from both sides and don't let these Germans escape! Use the main gun fire carefully, don't blow up those German trucks, use machine guns and tracks as much as possible to solve the battle !”

"Also, pay attention to the Germans who are officials. Don't beat them to death. I will capture them alive!"

The First Heavy Tank Breakthrough Battalion, which was specially designed for frontal position breakthroughs in army-level battles, undoubtedly possessed incredibly powerful offensive energy in 1941.

This unparalleled offensive energy is difficult for even the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment, an elite division of the Wehrmacht, to withstand. What will happen to this SS logistics supply unit, which is just a second-line force, after encountering Malashenko? The result is of course one can imagine.

Unexpectedly, a rampaging Soviet heavy tank force would suddenly appear. The SS commando commander of this supply convoy immediately panicked.

The MG34 general-purpose machine gun that dominates the infantry can't even scratch the thick turret armor of the KV1 heavy tank.

This SS convoy, equipped only with some basic small arms, only conducted a token resistance of less than five minutes. Amidst the roar of diesel engines surrounded by KV1 heavy tanks from three sides, the SS commando leader quickly gave up his last hope when he realized that everything was in vain.

Soon, Malashenko, who was commanding the troops to continue to put pressure on the German convoy, looked through his commander's periscope and saw a Mauser 98K rifle with a white canvas hanging on the head, from the compartment of a truck headed by it. Poke out.

"I'm quite sensible that I actually surrendered."

After being slightly surprised, Malashenko was actually not too surprised by the surrender of this group of German light infantry.

In the history of human wars that have spread for thousands of years from ancient times to the present, logistics and transportation troops have always been composed of some second-line or even third-line troops with not very strong combat effectiveness.

After all, these troops who mostly run errands and deliver supplies will rarely appear on the frontal battlefield, so they naturally do not need strong combat capabilities. As for attributes such as fighting will, they are naturally inferior to those of front-line combat troops. One and a half stars.

The German convoy carrying a total of 14 Lightning Opel trucks and two SDKFZ251 half-track vehicles was escorted by only one platoon of infantry. Under such circumstances, it was natural for Malashenko to guess exactly what was contained in the compartments of those Opel Lightning trucks covered with canvas.