Chapter 1372 Door of Death

The road to Highland 239 is not that far. Considering the extremely high degree of mechanization of the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division, it would be an exaggeration to say that it can be solved with just a kick of the accelerator.

As in usual operations, Malashenko still sent the division's reconnaissance company as a leader to detect the situation ahead. At least before entering the battlefield, we must understand the specific situation below Hill 239, what is the deployment status of the German armored corps and Viking division, and whether there are any weaknesses. Even if the troops are integrated, they must be combined. location.

The larger the troop establishment, the more Malashenko attaches importance to the importance of battlefield reconnaissance information in combat.

The battlefield reconnaissance intelligence of this year is not as advanced as the satellite photos of later generations, so there is a certain lag.

For example, the news that Malashenko received from the front army headquarters was that the Germans were temporarily at a disadvantage and were launching successive fierce attacks on Hill 239. But in fact, Malashenko was not sure what the situation would be like after arriving at Highland 239. Maybe the time difference of just one or two hours was enough for the Germans to reverse the situation and attack the high ground.

If this is the case, it will no longer work for Malashenko to use the current tactics to deal with the Germans.

It would be unrealistic to try to deal with the Germans below the high ground. Once the Germans, who are condescending and occupying the magpie's nest, occupy Highland 239, they can not only jump out of the encirclement and speed up to escape.

Moreover, even if Malashenko wanted to pursue him, he would have to block Hill 239 first. Thinking about it, he knew that the Germans would not let Comrade Ma chase him so easily. Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division also had to weigh it carefully.

Malashenko had been worried about such a sudden change, but fortunately, the news returned from the forward reconnaissance force quickly dispelled Comrade Ma's doubts.

"Comrade Division Commander, the Germans are gathering a new wave of offensive to prepare to launch an attack on the high ground. I see that our highland artillery fire is covering the enemy and is still extending backwards. This wave of German offensive is probably ineffective and may even be difficult to complete. "

The current Red Army is the holder of the strongest field artillery group on the planet. This fact is well known and beyond doubt.

The Red Army, which would no longer use the high ground, gave full play to its tactical advantages. The artillery positions built on the high ground relied on the range gain brought by the height difference advantage, which was enough to cause deep artillery fire coverage on the Germans who were making small moves underground.

The situation faced by the German army was actually very difficult. Staying in the encirclement was almost the same as waiting for death. The Red Army was constantly compressing and pushing up from all directions. In the end, they could only be squeezed to death, either killed or captured.

If you don't want to sit back and wait for death, you have to find a way to break out, but to the north of the best breakout point, there is the No. 239 highland where a powerful artillery position has been built, which is stuck on your neck, like a fishnet in your throat.

The Red Army's extremely powerful long-range artillery made people's scalp numb! The German Armored Corps and the Viking Division, which were trying to break through, began to move near Hill 239 and tried to get closer. The Red Army artillery, which was within the range, was baptized with heavy artillery and bombarded from the ground up.

However, it seemed as if he was deliberately trying to trick the German guy.

The shelling the German army encountered during the movement was not that strong. Even after they arrived under Hill 239 and entered the attack position, the shelling they encountered was only slightly stronger than that encountered during the movement. This gave the German army The commander created a hopeful illusion: the Soviet artillery unit on Highland 239 should not be strong, and this battle could still be fought.

However, things are unpredictable. What the Germans never expected was that the Soviet artillerymen, who were playing dirty tricks, actually deceived people. The Germans under Hill 239 began to gather troops and prepare for the final offensive. Be ruthless at the critical moment.

A large number of armored units and infantry gathered together, and the overwhelming Katyusha rockets smashed down with 152 and 122 grenades.

The unprepared German offensive preparation troops were directly covered by artillery barrages. Under such a level of artillery fire, let alone flesh and blood people, even armored tanks with steel and iron bones would never be able to withstand such fierce artillery fire.

The flying corpses and iron pieces were the most real situation. After the wave of shelling ended, the German army, which had originally planned to attack and assembled its troops, could only find out sadly. The attacking force that had just been assembled, or that had not yet been completely assembled, was like a cheesecake that had been chewed by a mouse, with a whole chunk missing.

Let's fight. If we attack the high ground with this small force, I'm afraid it will only be used to sacrifice people's lives to improve our achievements.

If we don't fight, it will be equivalent to the fact that this offensive that was finally assembled is in vain again. The already precious time was wasted to the point where there was very little left. Who knew when someone would suddenly attack from an unknown direction, and together with the group of idiots on the highlands, they would hammer the whole group into skinny shrimps.

The German army is entangled, as if it is not good to do this or that, and no matter what they do, there will be a big problem.

Based on the idea that it is better to take action than to sit still and wait for death, the German troops on the high ground and underground were really forced to have no choice. In the end, they could only continue to launch a forcible attack despite the Soviet artillery barrage, and they were so stubborn that they simply did not want to do it.

Behind Hill No. 239 was originally a door to freedom, full of hope of escape.

But now it seems to be the door of death in the eyes of the German army. Every time they take a step forward and launch an attack, they have to pay an unimaginable and increasingly huge and heavy price.

The battle has made no progress since the morning, not to mention causing corpses and casualties all over the place. Maozi on the high ground opposite is still holding on to his position and fighting to the death. The German tanks and infantry that rushed into the position several times were driven out in the end, and they were left with nothing but chicken feathers.

Thinking about it carefully, the German army always felt that victory was close at hand no matter how high the cost.

There were actually not many enemies on Highland 239. After several battles, the Germans estimated that in addition to artillery, they would only put one or two regiments of infantry with heavy weapons at most. As for the tank troops, there are no tanks at all. Anti-armor relies entirely on anti-tank guns deployed on the positions. Of course, there are Il-2 attack aircraft in the sky that come to cause trouble, but this is only secondary.

You can do it if you work harder!

With this idea of ​​persevering to the end and no retreat, the German army, which had just tasted a taste of failure, gathered another wave of attacks, but they really didn't expect that the real catastrophe would only just begin at this time.