Steel Soviet Union

A crazy fighting scene was unfolding in front of him. Lavrinenko, who insisted on directing the battle from his position as commander, saw this scene clearly. ReadМ

It was only at this time that Lavrinenko finally determined one thing. He might have underestimated the opponents in front of him and underestimated the fighting will of this group of Grossdeutschland divisions known as the elite of the Wehrmacht.

If we fight too many battles with the wind, it will inevitably lead to some misconceptions. For example, none of the rubbish in the Wehrmacht can cause trouble to our own side. They are far worse than the lifeless scum of the SS.

But judging from the real situation he has encountered so far, Lavrinenko clearly knows that he must have been wrong, and the wrong was quite outrageous and thorough.

Even in the current year of 1944, there are still existences in the Wehrmacht that make me feel troublesome and troublesome. You must not treat all the Wehrmacht equally. These bastards in front of you still have the courage to fight to the death and the ability to fight to the death. will.

The Grossdeutschland Division is very capable, but this does not mean that the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division, which is also an elite division, cannot defeat it. Otherwise, Colonel Klose would not have to lead the large army in such a panic to grease their soles and run away.

To put it bluntly, they were scared away by Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division's three-pronged offensive posture. But Colonel Klose didn't know that the enemy he was facing was the famous and notorious "Iron Butcher" Malashenko.

If he had known about it, he would have been scared away faster and earlier.

But the key to the problem lies precisely in time.

Lavrinenko was convinced that the offensive troops he led, even without assistance from Malashenko and Kulbalov, could easily kill the scum in front of them who were left behind to die, but This obviously took longer than expected.

The frantic flight and evacuation of the large German troops is still continuing. What Lavrinenko lacks most now is time.

The enemy possesses mobility that is not inferior to our own, or even better. The Grossdeutschland Division, which has abandoned all burdensome baggage and supplies, has already used the fastest escape speed, using highly mechanized wheeled vehicles and armor. The vehicle blessing makes its escape speed extremely fast.

Lavrinenko could now see almost no trace of the German army, and could only see the distant dust rising on the horizon.

If the current stalemate continues and no new breakthrough is achieved, Lavrinenko knows very clearly that this will inevitably lead to his inevitable failure in the next battle. At least Malashenko has issued an order. The mission goal of "holding the enemy back" given to me cannot be completed.

Being anxious is the most realistic interpretation of Lavrinenko's state of mind at this moment, but some things cannot be solved by being anxious and angry.

The desperate resistance of the rear troops of the Grossdeutschland Division continued. The Third Battalion, which had received the task of expediting a breakthrough, could not break through this damn defense no matter how hard it tried.

Facing the Soviet heavy tanks that had roared onto the position, the infantrymen of the Grossdeutschland Division, who were almost in a state of madness, tried their best to block everything they could.

The weapons used to perform anti-tank attacks are no longer limited to the Iron Fist and the Tank Killer at this moment.

Panzergrenadiers with sufficient experience in anti-tank combat are divided into multiple combat groups, with tacit cooperation and division of labor.

The support group, which was specifically responsible for suppressing the Soviet infantry and with machine guns as the core firepower, stopped and went, changing places almost as quickly as a shuttle, scattering like guerrillas scurrying in the fields, forcing this scene to end. The defensive and blocking war turned into a regional guerrilla war.

The Red Army soldiers who were following their own tanks were overwhelmed by the German army's hammers here and there, and their fire in all directions, almost as if they were shooting black guns in secret.

It’s not that the firepower of the Red Army infantry is inferior to that of the German infantry. It’s just that the German infantry’s tactics of using various bunkers and newly dug shallow trenches to run around in blind areas of vision and sneaking cold shots with their heads down really frightened the Red Army soldiers. They are too passive, giving people a sense of frustration and powerlessness that they have firepower advantages but cannot use them.

You have just concentrated your firepower and killed a German machine gunner. Two more German machine gun teams can appear at the same time from places far apart on the left and right. The Red Army soldier who leaned out of the cover of the tank and opened fire didn't even have time to flash back. The splashing barrage from the extremely fast-firing MG42 machine gun would knock him down on the spot and kill him in a pool of blood.

The result was that the Soviet army, which launched the attack and had an absolute advantage, suffered considerable losses, while the German army, which was a passive and disadvantaged defender, suffered even greater losses.

To put it bluntly, the current close-quarters battle is a battle of pure attrition.

Whichever side loses all its people first or dies first until morale collapses and loses combat effectiveness, whichever side will be the first to withdraw from the battle as the loser.

The small-arms fighting between infantrymen is so cruel and bloody, not to mention the German Panzergrenadier teams who specialize in anti-tank. The collision of flesh and steel will only become more brutal without exception.

A German infantryman holding a magnetic anti-tank grenade is waiting for an opportunity. The huge, bulky, cone-shaped heavy anti-tank grenade looks extremely huge compared to his thin and short body, at least bigger than his head with a manure spoon on it. Much bigger.

But even so, this armored grenadier who faced the gunfire and steel body still showed extraordinary composure, fully understood the situation at hand and tried to analyze the best moment to attack.

When the roaring IS6 heavy tank was about to run over the crater where he was, the short and thin armored grenadier not only did not duck immediately, but instead instantly moved his body like an artillery attack. Completely prostrate, clinging to the ground motionless.

The driver of the IS6 heavy tank, whose field of vision was not very good, was completely unaware that there was a person hiding in the slope of the blind spot of the crater in front of him. The crater that was earlier caused by the long-range bombardment of the Soviet field artillery group was most likely blasted out by the 203mm heavy howitzer. The cross-section of the crater was so large that it was beyond the power of an ordinary howitzer.

But it was precisely this huge crater that demonstrated how powerful the Soviet field artillery group was, and it became the German accomplice in the burial of this IS6 heavy tank.

The thin armored grenadier hiding on the slope of the crater found the right opportunity, and the moment the IS6 heavy tank roared over his head, he flew up, held up the anti-tank magnetic mine in his hand, and quickly smashed it.

The Red Army soldiers following the IS6 heavy tank could be said to have responded quickly after a brief moment of astonishment.

The long guns and short cannons in his hands were all aimed at this "sudden corpse" at the fastest speed, but in the end it was too late.