The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Werner was talking about a paradox that is prevalent on the battlefield.

Soldiers sometimes couldn't tell whether to enjoy good things like chocolate first or save them until they were needed more.

Enjoy it first and then, like Werner, you won't have it when you really need it.

If you leave it until you need it more, you will be like the thirty-five people who sacrificed it... and you will have no chance to enjoy it.

This is a trivial matter for people living in a peaceful society, but on this battlefield where supplies are extremely scarce, many soldiers will think about it and hesitate for a long time before making up their mind to eat some.

Qin Chuan will be better in this regard, because compared to those soldiers who don't need to think about it when the war stops, he still has to think about how to proceed or persist in the next battle.

But it seems like there’s no need to think about it now.

Because Kuhn, who was holding a telescope and looking out through the observation hole of the bunker, reported: "Major, the Soviets seem to be attacking!"

The reason why Kuhn said "seemingly" is because the Soviet artillery shells exploded layers of smoke outside the bunker... In fact, more of them were shells exploding in the river, and the evaporated water vapor was like a layer of fog. The enemy was shrouded around the sandbar, making it difficult for the Germans to see clearly the movements of the Soviet troops on the east coast.

Qin Chuan raised his binoculars and looked outside. Sure enough, he could faintly see the busy shadows of a group of Soviet troops in the billowing smoke.

"Get ready to fight!" Qin Chuan ordered loudly.

As soon as the soldiers turned over, they sat up from the corner and scrambled to place their guns on the perforations... The Soviet bunker fortifications were obviously built for anti-landing purposes. In addition to larger heavy machine guns and artillery perforations, they also There are rifle perforations for individual soldier use.

It's just that these rifle perforations are designed for the Soviet Mosin Nagant, which is relatively short, and the MP43 used by the German army has a higher aiming baseline, and part of the field of view is not very clear.

Of course, this does not affect the combat effectiveness of the German army.

Anti-aircraft machine guns and small high-caliber anti-aircraft guns were also prepared, with their muzzles pointed at the river in front and a beach in front of them that was already full of craters.

The sound of the artillery gradually became quieter and disappeared completely after a while... This is another advantage of the sandbank defense. Because it is closer to the east coast, the Soviet army has to stop the artillery bombardment if it wants to launch an attack, otherwise the artillery shells will hit it immediately. The Soviet troops crossing the river caused accidental damage.

There were several faint sounds of wood paddling in the smoke. The Soviet soldiers had obviously entered the water and were slowly approaching the sandbank... They did not dare to make too much noise for fear that it would draw the enemy's fire. To myself.

However, this didn't make much difference, because soon the sun's rays penetrated the mist and cast dark shadows in it.

Qin Chuan was stunned the moment he saw the Soviet offensive formation. They were rafts and small fishing boats, and there were even kayaks among them. The Soviet army actually tried to use these things for landing operations. They could not stop the German camp at all. bullets fired.

But the vulnerability of the Soviet army was a good thing for the German army.

Qin Chuan did not hesitate and shouted: "Fire!"

In an instant, gunshots rang out, and bullets flew into the smoke with bullets like a gust of wind. Screams and the sound of broken boards soon began.

The Soviet army shouted and accelerated their rowing speed. Some assault boats and rubber boats even started their motors.

Obviously, the Soviet army hoped to break through the German fire blockade quickly, but this was just a luxury hope... The anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns in the German bunkers soon started ringing.

The bullets fired from the anti-aircraft machine guns created a string of water splashes on the river, and the water splashes hit the fishing boat at the end of the extension.

Sawdust flew everywhere and blood splattered.

The fishing boat was immediately punched with rows of cup-sized bullet holes. What’s even more terrifying is the penetrating power of these bullets... A 12.7 mm caliber bullet can penetrate a 15 mm steel plate at a distance of 500 meters, and These Soviet fishing boats are only two hundred meters away, and most of them are wooden structures. There is no doubt that bullets will penetrate and hit the Soviet troops who are bent down and hidden in the hull.

Some anti-aircraft machine guns even fired a few more bullets at a fishing boat, cutting it in half like cutting tofu.

Even more terrifying is the anti-aircraft gun... The shells of anti-aircraft guns are delayed fuzes, and German soldiers with rich combat experience know to aim the muzzle slightly above the target.

The reason is simple. Shells aimed directly at the target are more likely to penetrate and explode into the water, which will obviously cause much less damage to the enemy.

But if aimed at the target, the shell will explode in the air and send shrapnel flying towards the Soviet troops below.

After the black smoke was seen, not to mention the Soviet soldiers, even the fishing boats were damaged by shrapnel. Some shells happened to penetrate the target ship and then exploded inside, which was even more tragic. .

The Soviet wooden boats rushed up one after another, one after another, and then were penetrated and broken into pieces under the powerful German firepower, and then drifted along the river. Drifted and sank.

After a while, the river was full of half-sunken and half-floating wooden shipwrecks and the bodies of Soviet soldiers. Occasionally, there were a few ships whose engines might have been blown out. The leaked gasoline ignited raging fires on the water, and immediately started to burn again. It was a burst of screams and cries.

The Soviet army's first attack was repelled without any suspense. Although it only lasted for more than 20 minutes, the Soviet army suffered at least thousands of casualties... This is the ship where the Soviet army launched the charge. The team size is estimated.

The exact number is more than 1,300 people, because 300 of them are armed swimming troops.

Compared with those who charged with wooden boats, these armed Soviet troops who swam across were much luckier... The wooden boats were too big and were destroyed as soon as bullets hit them. And most of the Soviet troops on them couldn't swim, so they were beaten. Countless people died and drowned.

On the contrary, the soldiers who were armed and swimming had smaller targets, and it was difficult to detect their presence in the smoke and mist.

So some of them even attacked the sandbank.

But these people are obviously not smart enough. At a glance, they know that attacking the sandbank will have no meaning except to die: the outside of the bunker is covered with mines, barbed wire, etc., and there are machine guns and MP43s pointing at the wide and wide area. There are no hidden riverbanks…

The irony is that these obstacles were built by the Soviet army, but they did not play a role when the German army attacked. At this time, they became an insurmountable barrier for the Soviet army.

With the explosions of mines and gunshots, the Soviet troops who rushed to the sandbank fell on the beach one by one. Their blood flowed back to the Volga River, adding streaks of dazzling red to the Volga River.