Out of the trench in front of Position 19, two anti-tank guns, skillfully controlled by Soviet soldiers, fired shells that were enough to penetrate the side armor at the German tanks that came within the range of fire.
On the other hand, the Germans had already noticed the existence of this trench after the exchange of fire two days ago, so soon after the war started, almost all mortar shells hit it. Here, even the first goal of those tanks is to deal with this hugely destructive nail first.
But in this nail, in addition to the artillery specifically targeting tanks and a few soldiers using anti-tank guns, the rest of the machine gun firepower was aimed at the infantry following the tanks. .
Far behind the machine gun firepower point, there were several reserve artillery squads led by veterans hiding in thick bunkers. Once the two anti-tank guns that fired against the mortar bombardment appeared, If there were any casualties, they would immediately deal with them.
Even next to them, under the wreckage of the tank that served as a defensive circle, there were several soldiers holding explosive packs and even cluster grenades in their arms. Whenever a tank prepares to collide with the wreckage of these two tanks, and whenever their comrades with anti-tank guns fail to destroy the approaching tanks, they will rush out of the bunker in the order arranged in advance without hesitation. , die together with those tanks!
These soldiers who can be called death squads include new recruits who joined a week ago, and veterans who joined just a few days ago. Some of them have firm faces, some have tears streaming down their faces, and some even have tears in their waistbands. Smelly urine has oozed out.
But even so, whenever the whistle is heard, the soldiers waiting at the entrance and exit of the bunker will still rush out without hesitation, shouting slogans that perhaps only they can hear, and pull the gun without any hesitation. Light the fuse.
Amidst the violent explosions that sounded from time to time, more and more tanks were lying down or even dying in the trenches, while fewer and fewer soldiers were holding explosive bags in the bunkers.
Even those soldiers holding anti-tank guns or operating machine guns have jumped out of the trenches, using the remains of German tanks as shelters, hiding under the low and hot chassis, and targeting targets within easy reach again and again. Pull the trigger!
Whenever there is a casualty, someone will immediately push away the corpse of his companion before the barrel of the gun has cooled down.
On the other hand, in Position 19, the only remaining anti-tank gun and the surrounding soldiers holding anti-tank guns were not idle either. They almost used the two trapped anti-tank guns and the death squads as bait to specifically kill the tanks they had supported in the past.
As for the remaining enemies who rushed directly to Position 19, they were completely handed over to the simple mines that had been planted on the battlefield a week ago, and those who had to concentrate fire to attack the same tank. It is possible to successfully destroy the opponent's anti-tank gun!
Finally, a mortar shell hit an anti-tank gun in the forward trench. The shrapnel exploded by the bombing instantly destroyed this vital artillery and its crew members!
SpecializedVanya, who was in charge of the door and was staring here, clenched his fists and hammered hard on the sandbag wall in front of him, not even noticing that dark red blood was gushing out from the open wound on his temple.
As he and Wei Ran watched helplessly, the only anti-tank gun left in the trench did not last long before it was completely destroyed by the opponent's mortar that seemed to have eyes!
Wei Ran, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately shook the handle of the phone a few times. After waiting for two seconds, he immediately cut the phone line with pliers and connected it to a simple detonation control panel made of wooden boards. superior.
At the other end of the phone line, almost as soon as the crisp ringtone rang, a soldier who had been preparing for a long time immediately threw the detonating explosive into the bunker where the artillery shells were stored, and then tore off the phone line and took it with him. The detonating wires were connected together, and then he decisively blew the whistle he had been holding in his mouth.
With the crisp whistle, the remaining surviving soldiers immediately carried a shell on their backs, covering each other and retreating. At the same time, the last anti-tank gun in position 19 and the surrounding machine guns and anti-tank guns Guns and even submachine guns also began suppressive fire.
But even so, in the end, there were only less than ten soldiers who came back from the trenches alive! After they ran back to position 19 with a few usable shells, the last anti-tank gun that completed the covering mission immediately turned its muzzle and continued to fire at the tank that had almost rushed behind the barbed wire fence!
Looking at Weiran, Vanya grabbed his collar and asked loudly, "Answer me, you won't get the detonation sequence wrong, right?!"
" From small to large! From far to near!"
Wei Ran immediately responded in a loud voice, and at the same time, his mind couldn't help but think about the first night when he arrived at Position 19, Vanya's pistol. The cold expression when killing the collapsed soldier.
“Since you don’t plan to be a deserter, just defend your position. After all the blasting is completed, if you haven’t been blown to pieces by the opponent’s mortar, go look for it at the anti-tank gun. Aleut."
After Vanya finished speaking, he patted Wei Ran on the shoulder with satisfaction, then simply left the bunker and ran along the wide trench with the few members of the suicide squad who had just returned. In the direction of the Aleutian company commander's responsibility.
Looking back at Weiran, all the attention at this time was focused on the telescope fixed on the observation hole that was only as wide as a fist!
While he was waiting anxiously, in the field of vision of the telescope, a group of German soldiers passed through the piled tank wreckage, cheering and jumped into the front trench of position 19 that had been ravaged by mortars.
"Wait, wait!"
Wei Ran stared at the opponent's actions. At a distance of only 150 meters, with the help of a telescope, he could even see Clean the sludge on the helmets of the opposing soldiers!
Finally, a soldier raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the bunker, and at the same time, Wei Ran accurately pressed the wire he was holding in his left hand to the detonation control panel that he had only connected to it a few minutes ago. ofThat phone line!
Just as the numbness and tingling pain caused by the electric current at the fingertips was transmitted along the nerves to the brain, the farthest end of the trench exploded almost at the same time.
More than a dozen 76mm anti-tank shells and almost as many 120mm caliber mortar shells successfully exploded under the impact of detonating explosives.
The huge shock wave directly lifted the German soldiers who had just occupied it and even the wreckage of the two anti-tank guns into the air and splashed everywhere!
Driven by the shock wave, a bloody breeze blew along the shooting hole to the back of the sandbag wall.
Wei Ran, who was responsible for the detonation, was stunned, then closed his mouth tightly and put his eyes back to the eyepiece of the telescope. He didn't know if he was a veteran now, let alone how many lives had been taken away by the explosion that he had just decided.
But he knew that even though he could see very clearly in the telescope at the very beginning of the explosion, he would never be like the last time he stabbed to death with a bayonet in the city of Stalingrad. Just like when he was a German sniper, he uncontrollably vomited out bits and pieces of the boiled potatoes he had eaten in the past few days.