USSR 1941

"The enemy is coming up!" Okunev reminded: "Pick up your gun, Shulka, the instructor is staring at you, don't let him catch you anymore!"

Shulka looked in the direction of the instructor, and sure enough, he saw him looking at him fiercely.

Shulka felt helpless for a while, and Shulka believed that, apart from the Germans, the instructor wanted him to die the most.

Shulka picked up his rifle helplessly, and cautiously raised his head to look into the gunpowder smoke. Several figures came into view, then several more, and then more and more quickly formed a large area.

"Calm down!" The instructor ordered loudly: "Listen to the order before shooting, only cowards will be frightened by them and their fingers will tremble!"

This is obviously aimed at Shulka, and it seems that the instructor is really fighting him.

But Shulka didn't care about that.

Under such circumstances, no one would care about this, because it was nothing more than a trivial matter compared to the current predicament...Anyone who is a normal person should know that at this time, they should unite and unite to the outside world instead of targeting their own people.

But this seems to be the job of the instructor, and the position of the Soviet Army is to stare at its own people.

Taking a deep breath, Shulka tried to slow down his beating heart.

Then he generously observed and analyzed the situation on the battlefield:

Ahead is an open field that is very suitable for defense, and this should be the battlefield chosen by Gavrilov. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for the German army to attack from here to break through the defense line organized by the Soviet army.

Of course, this is just "in general".

At this time, the quality, strength, and equipment of the Soviet and German armies were too far apart... Shulka knew something about this battle, the Battle of Brest Fortress, in modern times.

When the Soviet-German War broke out, the German army was divided into three armies, the North, the Central, and the South, and launched a sudden attack on the Soviet Union from three directions in the form of "blitzkrieg". The Central Army was the main force of the German army, and its strategic goal was to point directly at the Soviet capital Moscow.

The Brest Fortress is the starting point of the Central Army.

In other words, the Brest Fortress is facing the most elite German army.

But the Soviet troops stationed at the fortress... are engineering soldiers, communications soldiers, guards and so on. (Note: Every summer, the Soviet army will pull troops out of the fortress for routine camping training, leaving only the regiment headquarters and the duty units in the fortress)

More importantly, Germany chose to attack on Sunday.

On this day, all Soviet officers were on vacation, and they went to spend the weekend with their families in Brest, dozens of miles away.

So, basically: this is a hopeless battle, one that was doomed from the start, and history has shown it.

Thinking of this, Shulka felt relieved.

But Shulka did not dare to relax a little, because he knew that relaxation meant death.

"Hit!" With an order, gunshots rang out.

The sudden order and gunfire startled Shulka, because at this time the enemy was still 600 meters away from the Soviet defense line.

But this seems to be correct... If the optimal combat distance is 500 meters, then fighting at 600 meters will give your side more time to react.

It is clear that Major Gavrilov took Shulka's advice.

The only downside is...

With a "bang", Shulka, who pulled the trigger, didn't know where his bullet flew. He didn't even know if he hit the target. He only saw someone fall in that direction, but Shulka wasn't sure if it was Hit by himself.

"Bang" another bullet flew out, and the situation was still the same. The visibility in the smoke was too low, and there was only one figure.

But this is not important. Shulka knows that at this time, more attention is paid to the pressure of firepower on the enemy.

So Shulka let go of the gun, and he shot the bullets out of the gun barrel one after another with the fastest speed.

Sometimes you don't even have time to aim.

The others were not much better, but the tactical success of the Soviet Army played a role...

First of all, the German army did not expect the Soviet army to start fighting at this distance, and the formation was a bit chaotic unexpectedly.

Secondly, as Shulka said, the 50MM mortars attached to the infantry by the German army were completely useless.

This is completely different from the last tentative attack of the German army: the German army thought that they could use mortars to suppress the firepower of the Soviet army, and then they could use grenades and submachine guns to win in close combat. Who knew that the Soviet army did not play their cards according to common sense this time.

As a result, the light and heavy machine guns in the hands of the Soviet army shot at the German army crazily, the Mark Mi heavy machine gun, the Jaggarev light machine gun... the bullets "squeaked" and poured towards the German army.

More importantly, perhaps reminded by Shulka, Major Gavrilov also told the machine gunners to keep an eye on the German mortarers.

As long as a German soldier is seen setting up a mortar, several machine guns will shoot bullets at that position until they are sieved.

For a while, the German army was pressed at a distance of about 500 meters and could not advance, and batch after batch of German soldiers who rushed forward fell in a pool of blood.

"Call the Air Force!" Captain Rolf, who was in command of the German attack, hurriedly ordered to the communications soldier: "Tell them not to watch from the sky, and use their hands to blow up the enemy's firepower points!"

After a while, the signalman responded: "Captain, the smoke is too heavy, and the Air Force cannot see the target!"

Captain Rolf couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words. He didn't expect that throwing gasoline barrels to blow up the enemy's building would also bring about this side effect.

"Captain!" Lieutenant Jonas suggested, "Maybe we can use a part to outflank the left flank!"

Rolf looked at the map, shook his head and said, "No, lieutenant, we have scouted the left flank, they have planted a lot of mines there, and we are not sure if there is anyone defending there!"

"So, what shall we do?"

After thinking about it, Captain Rolf replied, "Retreat, Lieutenant. We can wait!"

"Wait?" Lieutenant Jonas looked at Rolf puzzled.

"Yes, wait!" Captain Rolf raised his head: "We have time."

So the Germans retreated again.

Captain Rolf is right, the Germans do have time, because the Brest Fortress has been surrounded by the Germans and cannot pose a real threat to the Germans.

Not only that, the main force of the German Central Army is bypassing the Brest Fortress and driving straight into the hinterland of the Soviet Union as planned, all the way invincible while the Soviet army is defeated.

In other words, Brest, which was originally located on the border, has gradually become the rear of the German army. The Soviet army stationed here has become a lone army. No one even knows that they are still alive and fighting bloody battles in the fortress.

This also means that there will be no reinforcements, no supplies, no...

The Soviet troops stationed in the fortress did not know this yet.