Chapter 1553 Azov Sea Offensive 3
The headquarters of the Donetsk Garrison District, which had received reinforcements, was also greatly emboldened. Relying on the reasonable railway network near Donetsk, after the first wave, the Russian army could still make up another 3 days. There were 2 dissatisfied editors.
Therefore, this brings together the strongest configuration of the Russians before the arrival of the second wave of German troops. Five dissatisfied divisions, a total of about 50,000 people, and about 200 artillery pieces of various types! This is the last chance for the Russians. If they have not driven the German troops into the sea after these five days, then once the second batch of more than 30,000 Bavarian and Austrian troops arrive, the Russians will really have nothing to jump on. Yes.
And what about the German army? 20,000 people seems to be a lot. If it is just defensive operations, relying on fleet firepower, and huddled in the city for point defense, then there will be no problem with more. However, because the docks and ports are outside the city, not only cannot the Russian army Occupation would even prevent the Russian artillery from covering the port, which required the German army to fight its opponents on the periphery, break away from the city, and engage in a large-scale battle in the wilderness with the Russian army, which was more than twice its own strength.
The Russians focused their attack on the Mariupol area, which is the closest to Donetsk and is connected to a river. If a large amount of supplies go upstream, the troops can quickly reach Donetsk. Therefore, the Russians The forces of 4 divisions were concentrated here, and the Germans also deployed the forces of 2 assault brigades in the outer ring position.
"Ula!" Accompanied by the Russian soldiers howling like a tsunami, a large group of Russian soldiers rushed out of the trenches from a position not far away. With the support of dozens of artillery and a large number of mortars, they attacked Mali An attack was launched on a dock northeast of Upol.
In this direction, the Russian 122mm howitzers completely overwhelmed the few light truck guns in the German army's hands in terms of performance and quantity. Under the cover of artillery fire, more than 2,000 Russian troops rushed to the already somewhat loose positions in the distance. The more than 1,200 German troops deployed here two days ago had repelled at least 8 large-scale attacks by their opponents, killing at least 4,000 people. There were many people, and the bodies of both sides were left scattered at the front of the position, gradually integrating with the broken fortifications.
"All machine gun teams aim to conceal themselves and not fire prematurely. The attached submachine gun team and riflemen aim to protect the machine gun team."
"The snipers take care of themselves and kill the leading officers. The others will join me in blocking the opponent in the trench!" Battalion Commander Connor wiped his face and said to his colleagues beside him.
As a veteran who participated in the Polish Pocket Battle, Connor promised that this was the most frustrating battle he had ever fought. This was the only battle in his memory where the opponent's firepower completely suppressed his own troops. He had to fight when he was not suitable. Fight with a large number of opponents in the field.
Under the cover of the absolutely superior artillery, they did not suffer too many attacks until they got close to the bunker, because the Russians were also very smart. They would deploy a small number of artillery forward to accompany the infantry for a period of time.
If any machine gun dares to fire rashly at this time, maybe tens of seconds later, a high-explosive round will turn the machine gun group into ashes!
When the Russians crossed the outermost cordon, accompanied by several loud noises, several tall smoke columns rose from the ground. Some detonating equipment that had been buried on the periphery at night exploded among the advancing Russian troops. ring. The explosion only caused some confusion among the Russians, who, under coercion from their officers, stood up and charged again.
If someone opens a God's perspective, they can find that at this time, the average distance between the two sides is only about 200 meters. The gray offensive line composed of Russian soldiers is about to overlap with the German defense line. At this time, the Russian army has fully deployed. Subsequent troops also followed up, and a large number of infantry blocked the firing range of the rear level support fire. At this time, the German counterattack began!
The sound of machine gun fire, like tearing oilcloth, first sounded on both sides of the position. The fierce side firepower was much better than the killing effect of machine guns deployed in the front! The machine gunner pressed his shoulder against the butt of the gun to make the machine gun fire more steadily.
The German machine gunners carefully turned the machine guns, and dense bullets flew out within a range of no more than 10 degrees from left to right, and then drew an elegant arc in the air, creating an oval danger in the Russian offensive queue. area, this time the German attack was mainly aimed at the second wave of troops in the rear of the Russian army. The density of tens of thousands of bullets per minute directly made a dent in the two wings of the Russian offensive troops. Caught off guard, many Russian soldiers were swept away by flying bullets, while the remaining people fell to the ground in panic, searching for unknown opponents.
Before the Russian artillery could react, several rounds of smoke grenades enveloped the machine gun position. The German troops who had knocked off the two bullet belts began to move quickly. The main shooter picked up the machine gun, the deputy shooter next to him took away the tripod, and the next to him took the tripod. The ammunition hand held strips of bullet bags, while the grenadiers attached to the side threw smoke bombs. The submachine gunners looked ahead vigilantly, ready to block the Russian charge at any time.
A short burst of firepower could not really stop the Russians. The first wave of troops successfully entered the trench. However, in this trench where they had attacked 8 times and fought for at least 4 times, they did not find an enemy. It was moldy. The corpses, flying mosquitoes and blood on the ground make people feel like they have entered a Shura field, and the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke makes people's noses want to malfunction.
At this time, people are sometimes lazy. After the Russians initially discovered that this place was safe and there were no enemies, it was difficult for them to break out of the trenches again and be exposed to the hail of bullets outside. They would rather fumble. Moving in the trench. However, invisibly, they were dragged into traps that had been set before!
A Russian soldier stepped on the muddy ground under his feet. The thick boots prevented him from feeling any foreign objects under his feet. With an imperceptible sound, when his colleagues behind him passed by, a round figure appeared. The thing suddenly jumped out of the soil. Before the Russians could react, a rain of death composed of hundreds of steel balls and fragments launched an indiscriminate attack within a 90-degree range from behind. The entire squad of Russian troops was shocked by this attack. Lei smashed his head, and even the upper body of the closer one was blown away. Dull explosions sounded in the trenches. The explosions, the broken arms and limbs of their companions, and the wailing before death made the Russians' morale drop again. Sometimes the invisible enemy is the most terrifying.
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