USSR 1941

In contrast to the German army, they have not guarded against Soviet tanks in the previous battles...

This was mainly determined by the fact that the 4th Tank Brigade withdrew soon after the capture of Kling, and that the 251st Division of the Ministry of the Interior came up with almost no tanks. [!Text novel!]

On the other hand, the German army has tanks and is mainly attacking, so there are not many tank obstacles on the German defense line, otherwise these obstacles will also block their own tanks from attacking.

Therefore, there are no anti-tank trenches, no anti-tank mines, only a few anti-tank guns and a dozen "Panzer III" tanks that were urgently pulled up by the German army to fight.

But these anti-tank guns and the "No. 3" tank can almost be ignored by the t34...they can't pose too much threat to the Soviet t34.

As a result, the tanks of the German army were destroyed by the t34, and the soldiers of the 333rd Infantry Regiment fired mortar shells at the German defense line... These mortar shells are the shovel-style 37mm mortars of the Soviet army. The medium is even better than the mortar with a longer range. The reason is that the large-caliber long-range mortar needs the guidance of the artillery observer, which also requires communication equipment, and the 37mm mortar can be directly seen on the front line. where.

At this time, the army of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who followed behind couldn't hold back anymore, and an officer shouted: "Comrades, for the sake of the motherland and for Moscow, go!"

"Come on!"

...

The soldiers of the 251st Division rushed over the tanks shouting.

At this time, it is still too early to charge, and it will be another matter if the Germans start to cover with artillery fire.

But of course, it is very difficult to cover with artillery fire at night, especially when the two sides have already fired artillery. The reason is that it is difficult for the artillery observer to judge the distance or even complete the test firing and guidance, because he does not know which shell is his own. Artillery hit.

More importantly, the distance between the enemy and us is very close at this time, and the tank has advanced to a distance of more than 100 meters. If it is covered with artillery fire, the shells will be blown to one's own position if you are not careful.

Therefore, the Soviet army with t34 tanks does not need to be so anxious. They can calmly knock down the Soviet machine gun positions and mortar positions one by one and then continue to advance or charge.

However, the troops of the 251st Division were not commanded by the 4th Tank Brigade, and Shulka couldn't help but let them charge forward.

In fact, this charge disrupted the entire rhythm, and the tanks that were still looking for the target had to stop firing... There is no doubt that the shells exploded and accidentally injured their own people.

The tank machine guns also stopped.

The soldiers of the 251st Division did not have the training of infantry and tank coordination. They didn't know how to get out of the way for the tank machine guns. Team after team of soldiers blocked the machine gun perforation with their backs.

In this regard, the 251st Division should not have been coordinated from the beginning.

Then, unsurprisingly, the charge of the 251st Division was again suppressed by the revived firepower of the German army.

Unbeknownst to Shulka, this was actually Colonel Chernytsev's pride at work.

Colonel Chernytsev was the commander of the 801st Regiment of the 251st Division, that is, the commander of the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that assisted the 1st Tank Battalion in the attack.

The education that Colonel Chernytsev received has always been "as long as you are brave enough to defeat the enemy", he also required and even supervised the operations of other troops. ” Disciplined and even executed by Colonel Chernytsev and Colonel.

Under these circumstances, Colonel Chernytsev felt that the situation of the battle was an insult to the 251st Division:

How can the 251st Division, which has been emphasizing and supervising the brave fighting of other units, fight under the protection of other units, especially retreating behind friendly tanks, how will the 251st Division supervise other units in the future?

More importantly, Colonel Chernytsev is still one of them. He has always put on a brave and fearless posture in front of his subordinates, but at this time he is hiding behind the tank with his subordinates...

No, this must not be allowed to continue!

Colonel Chernytsev said to himself in his heart: They should show the Fourth Tank Brigade that the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are the best. They don’t need the protection of others, they don’t need tanks. Break through enemy lines.

Thinking of this, Colonel Chernytsev yelled and directed the soldiers to rush up, including himself.

But the battlefield is a battlefield after all, and it will not be shifted by human subjective will. The charge commanded by Colonel Chernytsev was completely disorderly and random. They pressed tightly in front of the position.

The tank "rumbling" came up, and Colonel Chernytsev looked at the fourth tank brigade with incredible eyes and suppressed the German firepower again.

The scene at that moment gave Colonel Chernytsev a subversive feeling, almost overthrowing what he had believed all along, which even made him a little unacceptable.

After the war, Colonel Chernytsev wrote this passage in his diary:

"I don't know what's going on, why the battlefield is like this, it's nothing like what I imagined... Our courage and charge seem to have no effect at all, in fact, these are vulnerable to enemy fire, in the When I charged, I felt that what stood in front of me was an iron wall, and I could never cross the line of defense.

This doesn't seem to explain anything, because I can completely assume that other troops are in the same situation when they charge.

But this is not the case, because the 4th Tank Brigade is around, and in front of them, the enemies who stand in our way are like children who have made mistakes, waiting to be punished. come to surrender...

All I could think of at that moment was: 'Why did this happen, how did this happen? '! "

Colonel Chernytsev on the battlefield was still not reconciled, he got up from the ground, waved his pistol and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Get up, follow me..."

But as soon as a bullet came, it hit Colonel Chernytsev in the left arm. Colonel Chernytsev knelt on the ground, helplessly dodging the mortar shells that exploded nearby. Hopefully the shells will blow him to pieces.

At this time, a man jumped out from the hail of bullets and pushed him to the ground. A shell exploded not far away, and the colonel's military cap was even blown away by the shock wave.

The man dragged Colonel Chernytsev forward for a certain distance, then threw Colonel Chernytsev behind the sandbag, and ordered loudly in an unquestionable tone: "Stay here!"

Colonel Chernytsev kept panting heavily, and looked at the brave soldier in front of him with terrified eyes. At this moment, a flare went up into the sky. Colonel Chernytsev found that he was a second lieutenant. On his chest was the Order of the Red Star.