Chapter 1866 What the Germans can’t understand

Boom boom boom——

"Artillery attack! Russian mortars! Hurry and take cover, take cover!!!"

The Russian heavy mortar is really a terrible weapon. Not to mention the long range, it is also very powerful. The sound of the roaring heavy artillery shells can scare people away. Compared with the weapons of our own equipment, Those junk cannons are simply too powerful, at least that’s what most people in the German infantry regiment stationed in the village think. read

The fierce fighting in the village that lasted for two days made the German infantry regiment stationed here realize one thing: they must not underestimate the mortar firepower in the hands of the shabby-looking Russians opposite, who should be just ordinary infantry troops. This may be their hands. The only thing that can be called a treasure and has an absolute advantage over one's own side.

In the continuous fierce fighting in the past few days, as soon as the sound of artillery was fired, the mortars that could blast the German troops stationed in the village to pieces and lose their consciousness were indeed very powerful. The official equipment name is the M1943 120mm heavy mortar. German soldiers are more accustomed to calling it "Zhukov's cigarette", and some Red Army soldiers affectionately call it "the clever fat man".

The reason for this strange nickname is mainly because the weight of this thing does not match its definition of "heavy artillery". Can you imagine that in World War II, an era when artillery-making technology was far less developed than in the 21st century, the Russians could actually make a 120mm mortar, which was a heavy artillery, weigh only 280 kilograms?

Anyway, for those Germans who waste tons of traditional skills no matter what they do, they really don’t understand what kind of Zenith Star black technology the Russians used to actually reduce the weight of the entire gun to such a light weight, even one A small carriage can carry this gun and the battery around.

The caliber is large enough but so light. The high-explosive bomb weighing 16 kilograms contains a full 4 kilograms of warhead charge. Once the bomb is fired, there will be no humans or animals left within a radius of 30 meters. In terms of power alone, it is not much different from the 122 howitzer. It is on the same level. The effective range of up to 5,700 meters puts the shabby small steel cannons in the hands of the German infantry to shame.

The group of Russians they faced did not have many decent offensive heavy weapons. This was one of the main reasons why the German army was able to defend the village with only one light infantry regiment. Only these small numbers and one cannon could break the sky. The company-sized heavy mortars really blew up the German troops in the village.

If you have no weapons to fight back, and you can't leave the village and take the initiative to destroy the enemy's mortar positions, what else can you do? Being bombed, apart from hiding and being bombed, the only thing left is to curse.

Although the German infantrymen who were bombed in the village already felt that they were quite stifled, the opponent's artillery fire was really "fierce".

However, at a hidden starting point not far away from the village, there were also people who complained and felt dissatisfied after witnessing the same scene.

"This artillery fire preparation is the weakest I have seen this year, Comrade Company Commander. Our division randomly pulled out half an artillery battalion, no, even a single artillery battery is many times stronger than this kind of firepower. If I had known it was like this If we prepare for artillery fire, we should rush over directly, maybe this way we can catch the Germans by surprise."

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Kirill, who was holding a telescope to observe the situation in the village, was noncommittal and did not immediately answer. It was not until he had taken in all the bombing scenes in and outside the village at this moment that he put down his telescope. He opened the telescope and opened his mouth slowly.

"It's not useless. You see, there are signs of enemy activity in the blind area to the west of the village after the shelling started. It seems that there are quite a lot of them, and they look panicked."

"My guess is that the German reserve team in the village was placed in this hidden position. Unfortunately, it was bombed and disturbed the Germans. It is much better to find out in advance than to bump into them in the battle after we rush over. At least we can prepare countermeasures in advance.”

Upon hearing this, the deputy company commander, who originally thought he was a prostitute for free, immediately raised the telescope hanging around his neck and looked in the direction of the company commander's finger. Sure enough, he saw a group of frightened rabbits at a glance. The German stick suddenly appeared out of nowhere and was being blown up by the bombardment.

"Oh! I saw it! There seems to be a lot of people, at least half a battalion in size. It seems that these German guys haven't used their full strength before. They fought quite easily."

There was no hint of nervousness or unexpected panic in the tone of Comrade Deputy Company Commander. Kirill, who was at the same place next to him, followed up with the same tone of voice, but there was more of an unusual tone in it. The calmness and determination after experience.

"That's why we need to go there"

"Get in the car and start charging!"

The German troops stationed in the village cannot be so stupid that they only stick to the village and do not build peripheral positions. Everyone knows that an isolated village cannot hold on for long.

The German infantry stationed in the trenches outside the village were also blasted miserably by the roaring and falling large-caliber mortar shells.

Although there were not many artillery shells fired from the opposite side, several days of fierce fighting and multiple rounds of unilateral bombardment had already made the Red Army mortar crews familiar with their skills, in good condition, and knew exactly where to bomb. It's even more disgusting to those German guys who are abused unilaterally.

Therefore, even though the amount of artillery fire was not large, almost every shell fell without being completely blown up, and half of the head was not recovered.

At least one or two Germans were blown away with their arms and legs flying, and they cried for their fathers and mothers. At most, an entire squad of German infantrymen drove westward and died in the Kaiser's death before they even realized what was going on.

This group of unlucky German infantrymen who originally thought that their side was already miserable enough would not have thought that the so-called real nightmare had just begun now.

"Tanks! Russian tanks! They brought tanks to attack us!!!"

When the ground beneath your feet began to tremble, when the screams of your comrades rang out.

The surviving German infantrymen on the positions outside the village saw what they least wanted to see and was also the most terrifying thing: those Soviet troops that had long been equated with the words "indestructible" and "all-conquerable" Heavy tanks.

"When anti-tank firepower is discovered, eliminate it as soon as possible. Machine guns suppress the German infantry. Don't let them raise their heads! Cover the infantry and press forward. Attack!"

The stunned German infantrymen didn't even have time to recover from the shelling. The Russian heavy armored troops on the opposite side, who were attacking at incredibly fast speeds, had already rushed all the way to the position at full speed. At a very close position, and after putting down the infantry, they continued to attack.

For a time, the battlefield was filled with the sound of main guns, coaxial machine guns, and roof-mounted machine guns. Artillery shells roared and tracer bullets flashed in all directions, dancing in unison. This kind of firepower is far beyond the reach of the old opponents who fought before. It is not at the same level at all. It does not even leave any chance for these German troops to fight back.