Iron Cross Fire

At 5:30 in the morning, Vasara took about 100 Austrian elites and prepared to carry out more detailed reconnaissance according to the plan.

He took out a well-maintained submachine gun from the warehouse, opened the barrel and saw that it was full of gun oil, which was very sticky and disgusting. It was hard to believe whether it could fire bullets.

After careful cleaning, the sticky gun oil that was originally yellow and red was no longer there, and the inner wall without dirt and rust leaked out. The whole gun looked like it was brand new from the factory. Vasara was relieved to reassemble the gun.

Not only did he do this, but all the soldiers who were called up also went to get a new gun.

In theory, these extra equipment should be given to friendly forces with old weapons for them to use. Many people think that he is Kuster's son and should be taken care of more.

In fact, the reconnaissance troops are very important in Kuster's eyes, so their logistics supply has always been the most sufficient, and they are equipped with a lot of advanced equipment. Only when the full-line combat is launched will the excess weapons of the reconnaissance troops be distributed to various troops.

Now that the main army is enjoying the good life in the back, the reconnaissance battalion is fighting alone in the front, so it is not excessive to equip them with some good weapons.

Those who can become a member of the reconnaissance battalion have been tempered by wars and carefully selected by the top leaders. Their combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of other country people who are temporarily exiled. The idea of ​​loyalty to the monarch gives them endless energy to fight. They will not scold how tiring their work is, but will feel sacred and glorious.

They are indeed worthy of these honors. A hundred people quickly gathered together without any delay.

This operation is equipped with a total of ten machine guns (operated by two people), sixty-eight submachine guns, and semi-automatic pistols that everyone will carry.

Among them, eighty-eight people equipped with main weapons will serve as the main force of the battle, and the remaining twelve people will carry ammunition, treat the wounded, and use the radio.

After the main responsibilities were assigned, Vasala asked for a map from the local residents, put it in his military coat, and then led a hundred soldiers into the darkness.

Vasala, who was walking in the front, was cautious and alert until he reached the Russian-controlled area. He said to the people around him:

"You go and pass the order, ten people in a squad, let everyone disperse, each squad and each group is responsible for a different combat area, and must not overlap, and fall into the tunnel phenomenon."

The soldier then repeated this sentence to the people behind him, and the soldiers whispered to each other, and soon the troops quickly dispersed, forming their own small squads, and spread out in a relatively spacious alley.

Vasala nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and ordered the entire army to continue moving forward, while constantly paying attention to the surrounding environment, a cautious look different from the contemporary reckless officers.

What's more special is that their way of moving forward is completely different from the current popular human sea charge, and they use the method of alternating leaps (also known as frog jumps). The first squad will stop when it advances a certain distance under cover, and the second squad behind it will move forward in front of itself, and this cycle is called alternating leaps.

The advantage of this is that they will always have someone to cover them, and they will not suffer heavy losses due to surprise attacks, and they can quickly adapt to the environment of crossfire.

After Vasalai advanced about 200 meters, they could no longer maintain close contact, because the streets and alleys kept compressing the width of the battle, so they had to go into each alley in batches for reconnaissance.

Vasalai personally led the most elite squad in the battalion, which was called the "Galicia Squad". It was said that every member had survived the Polish campaign and was a well-known veteran. With them around, even if God was a Russian, he would be plucked out of a few pig hairs.

Then this squad encountered a scene that they would never forget in their lives: after a loud bang, a hole was suddenly blown out in the center of a 20-meter-high building in front of the queue, and endless Russians rushed in with all kinds of weapons, roaring and rushing towards them.

"Long live the Tsar! Drive these disgusting human sins out of our sacred land! For glory! Long live!"

"Long live!"

"Long live! Glory!"

Waves of roars proved that there were at least a hundred or even thousands of Russians in front of them.

Similar explosions could be heard faintly elsewhere, but the sound was different.

Vasala, who was a little dazed by the shock, lay in a muddy ditch. After reacting, he quickly squatted and ordered his subordinates:

"Quick! Set up the machine gun, and the assault soldiers cover! Kill them back!"

The team members quickly found all available shelters, and after ensuring their own safety, they poured ammunition on the charging Russians.

The two machine gunners hurriedly carried their machine guns and ran to the best shelter reserved for them by their comrades: a few bricks.

After setting the machine gun on the bricks in front of them, an ammunition man came and threw the two boxes of machine gun belts in his hand to the machine gunner, then pulled out the submachine gun from his waist, hid beside them and shot the Russians.

The main gunner aimed the barrel at the Russians, and the deputy machine gunner methodically pulled out a magazine of belts and inserted it directly into the side of the machine gun.

After pulling the trigger, a series of sparks burst out from the muzzle of the machine gun instantly, so fast that one could only hear the sound of "sizzling", and a group of Russians fell down.

When the M1914 (MG34) was used against Russia, the Russian offensive was obviously much weaker. Their intensive attack fully demonstrated the strength of the Austrian machine gun, and a single machine gun bullet could knock down a large group of people. The crack in the building was quickly closed again, forming a "human wall".

But even so, the Russians still did not give up the attack. They kept coming out of the human wall, holding halberds and bayonets and continued to charge, and then formed a human wall again to block their compatriots who were charging behind them.

Vasala had never seen such a scene before, and he was shocked and sighed:

"Oh my God! How many of these lunatics are there! We have killed nearly a few hundred people, but they are still attacking. They are really a bunch of lunatics!"

Suddenly, the particularly harsh explosion almost shattered the eardrums of everyone on the battlefield. A few drops of blood hit Vasala's face, forcing him to look at the explosion with his eyelids pressed down.

Then Vasala was shocked to see that the two machine gunners who had been fighting well just now were already a pile of minced meat, and the ammunition man not far away was also affected. Although the artillery fire did not kill him, the bodies of his comrades who were blown to pieces were almost all on him.

What was even more terrible was that a wall was also blown up and collapsed, crushing him; his thigh bone was cracked, exposing the white, dirt and blood forming a weird color.

"No!" The ammunition man screamed horribly, but more of it was unwillingness.

Vasara wanted to help him, but without the suppression of the machine gun, the Russians attacked more fiercely.

Seeing that the defense line was about to collapse, the ammunition man asked Vasara to give him a cluster grenade so that he could take the machine gun and die with the Russians.

Vasara did not agree, but shouted: "You are crazy!" Then he changed the magazine of the submachine gun and continued to shoot the Russians. At first, he had no mood to kill the Russians, and instead begged the Russians to withdraw.

But the Russians, who were also red-eyed, didn't care about these. They attacked frantically, and did not give up even if there were corpses everywhere, forcing the Austrians to retreat step by step.

At this time, the solid iron door behind Vasalai suddenly opened, and a Russian inside ran out and shouted to him:

"Come in quickly!"

The Austrians in front had been forced back nearly ten meters, and the unlucky ammunition handler who was crushed by the wall became the person in the front, and it was impossible to save him.

Looking at the stormtroopers fighting around him, and then looking at the ammunition handler struggling to grab a handful of explosives, Vasalai was filled with grief and indignation.

After letting all the stormtroopers enter the building, Vasalai took a deep look at the ammunition handler, then retreated back into the house and closed the iron door.

After closing the door, everyone in the house could still hear the whistling sound of bullets outside and the screams of the Russians.

Then, a loud noise echoed in the alley, and everyone in the house burst into tears.

Led by Kuster, the eight surviving Austrians saluted a wall, and behind that wall was the direction of the ammunition handler.

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