"Set up the launch tube." After Guchakov ordered the troops to stop advancing, the first order he issued was to set up the rocket launch tube and prepare for launch: "After locking the enemy's target, launch it immediately."
The soldiers were already familiar with the use of rocket launchers, and they were ready to launch in less than two minutes. Seeing that the soldiers were ready, Guchakov raised his hands high above his head, then swung his hands downwards and shouted loudly: "Launch!"
Following Guchakov's order, twelve rockets flew towards where the German troops were gathered. This batch of launches had just ended, and before there was time to see the results, Guchakov ordered to reload and prepare for the second launch.
The first batch of twelve rockets quickly landed in the enemy's ranks and exploded, killing the German officers and soldiers who were pushing the carts. Some of the trucks that were stuck in the mud were overturned by the blast of air; some tarpaulins caught fire and were burning; some were directly blown to pieces by rocket bombs, surrounded by all kinds of objects. Such corpse.
Before the enemy could escape, another batch of rockets flew over and landed again where they just exploded. After this explosion, the roads were littered with burning truck wreckage, emitting fire and billowing black smoke. Of the two to three hundred German officers and soldiers who were originally pushing trucks, after the two explosions, no more than 200 German soldiers could still stand up. ten people.
After Guchakov saw clearly the embarrassed appearance of the German army through the telescope, he immediately issued an order to attack to his subordinates. Suddenly, more than two hundred soldiers rushed out of the forest with their weapons in hand, walking on the muddy road, and rushed towards the chaotic German army ahead.
The area under attack was the area where the German infantry was located, while the tank column in front was intact. When they noticed that Soviet troops were rushing out of the nearby forest, many tanks parked on the road adjusted their muzzles and pointed in the distance. The charging Soviet commanders and fighters conducted artillery fire.
The artillery shell landed in the Soviet army formation and exploded, although Guchakov kept a sufficient distance between each soldier in order to reduce the casualties of the troops. However, the enemy's artillery shells landed in the queue and exploded. From time to time, soldiers were blown away by the air waves of the explosion, or knocked down by flying debris. In just one or two minutes, forty or fifty soldiers fell to the ground. Under enemy fire.
Fortunately, the anti-tank troops acted quickly. They quickly approached the German tanks, hid in the blind spot of the enemy's artillery fire, and opened fire while aiming at the enemy tanks.
The 41st Guards Division is issued with rocket launchers developed by Sokov, which are powerful weapons for attacking tanks. Even if they are 50 to 60 meters apart, they can still penetrate the side armor of German tanks even if they are 100 meters apart. Six rocket launchers fired simultaneously, and the rockets destroyed four tanks.
Due to the poor visibility inside the tanks, the remaining tanks did not notice that their companions' tanks were destroyed, and still aimed at the Soviet soldiers charging in the distance for artillery fire.
After destroying four German tanks, the anti-tank fighters continued to advance. Although these anti-tank fighters did not train for a long time, due to the short shooting distance, and the behemoths as big as German tanks were stuck in the muddy roads and could not move, and the distance was so close, it was strange that they could not hit them. In this way, the anti-tank crews launched two more attacks and wiped out all the remaining tanks.
Although the German army is usually aggressive and arrogant, once they lose the cover of tanks, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. The tanks were destroyed, and the firepower of the remaining armored vehicles was not enough to suppress the Soviet attack. Therefore, some soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and when they saw the Soviet army rushing over, they fled the battlefield in a hurry without even firing a shot.
This battle did not last long, but the results were not bad. A total of 20 German tanks, 14 armored vehicles and 25 trucks were destroyed, and countless enemies were killed and injured.
Sokov learned that the troops commanded by Guchakov had successfully severely damaged the enemy. While he was very happy, he also felt a little worried. In this battle, Guchakov's troops suffered more than half casualties. If such victories were repeated several times, he would lose all his capable commanders and fighters. At that time, it will be simply impossible to win with a group of new recruits.
After Hausser learned that the troops he sent had been attacked by the Soviet army and suffered almost all casualties, he immediately put away the coffee cup in his hand. This cup was given to him by someone in France who said it was a coffee cup used by Louis XVI. He liked it so much that he even cleaned it himself every time, fearing that the orderly would be clumsy while cleaning and break the cup.
But when he heard that the troops he sent had suffered heavy losses again, he couldn't help but become angry and prepared to send more troops south. However, his order was rejected by the commander of the 6th Armored Division. He sternly said: "The 2nd Battalion of my regiment equipped with half-track armored personnel carriers is currently the strongest unit in our division. But it can encounter the Russians. In the end, in less than an hour, we suffered heavy losses, and less than a quarter of the people escaped. If you still want to send my men south, I'm worried that it won't be long before my troops will have only one empty one left. number."
"What about you, General Ettling." Seeing that the commander of the 6th Armored Division refused to carry out his order, Hausser could only place his hope on the commander of the 17th Armored Division, Major General Ettling: "Can your troops fight against the enemy?" Russian city attack?”
"General Hausser, please forgive me." Seeing the heavy casualties of friendly forces, Etling was unwilling to easily let his troops take risks, so he said to Hauser: "The reason why the troops of the 6th Armored Division are so... It almost failed, and the reason is very simple. In the past two days, the outside has started to thaw, and the roads have become muddy. Our tanks and armored vehicles cannot move at all. Once they get stuck in the quagmire, they will become targets for Russian attacks, so We cannot act rashly until the roads become conducive to the passage of tanks."
The reason why Etling said this to Hauser was because he understood that he was in the Wehrmacht, while Hauser commanded the SS. From the analysis of the recent battle situation, the superiors are prepared to sacrifice the Wehrmacht to support the SS, allowing the Wehrmacht and the Russians to fight attrition. After the two sides have almost fought, the SS divisions will be thrown into the battle. In this way, the Wehrmacht suffered the most casualties, but it was the SS who won the victory and gained fame. He did not want his troops to serve as cannon fodder.
Seeing that the two armored division commanders of the Wehrmacht were unwilling to send their own troops to attack, Hausser could not force him too close. After all, after Sokov's troubles, his three SS divisions needed to go through a period of Time to rest before you can get back into the fight. Therefore, he could only say helplessly: "Okay, two generals, then I will give you two more days to rest. After two days, no matter what the road conditions are, you must attack the Red Army Village again."
