Chapter 566 Heavy Artillery
The 388th Division of the Soviet Army made Qin Chuan and others feel great pressure as soon as they came up.
First of all, they attacked differently from other Soviet armies. Although they also had a round of artillery fire from the rise, they attacked in a similar way to Europe and the United States, which was similar to that of each other and leaping forward.
From this we can also see that not every Soviet army charges without brains. Some troops are considered to be of strong quality and firm political stance have greater freedom. Otherwise, in other teams, such tactical actions will probably be considered to be greedy for life and fear of death.
Secondly, they can always cooperate with artillery fire when charging, that is, they charge while letting the mortars blow forward.
If this were other troops, I would probably not even have a walkie-phone for communication, let alone coordination.
Again, they were all wearing black military uniforms of the Soviet Navy, which gave them a good protective color in the darkness. If it weren't for the flares that were lit from time to time in the air, it would be difficult for Qin Chuan to spot the target.
But even so, the two consecutive attacks launched by the Soviet army were still beaten back by the German army without any surprise.
"What's going on?" Igor asked the commander in charge of the offensive angrily: "If we delay any longer, our power station will not be able to hold on. Do you know what this means?"
"Comrade Igor!" The commander with a bloody mark on his face replied: "The Germans have equipment we have in their hands!"
As he said that, the regiment commander took a pick-up mp43 from the soldiers and handed it to Igor, saying, "At first we thought it was a submachine gun, but it was obviously not!"
Igor took out the magazine and looked at it, then frowned.
"It seems that it is a new weapon!" Igor nodded and said, "No wonder they were able to defeat the 138th Brigade in such a short time, but we are not those idiots from the 138th Brigade! Do we have any turrets that can hit here?"
"Only Fort No. 16, Comrade Igor!" the regiment commander replied.
The fortress was roughly encircled half a circle outside Sevastopol. When the Soviet Union built a power station, it was built on the back slope in order to avoid enemy shells, which made it impossible for the Soviet army's own turret to explode here. Only one of the turrets built in the southwest corner was located just behind the highlands.
"What are you waiting for?" Igor shouted: "Let them taste the power of the 305mm cannon!"
"Yes, Comrade Igor!" The regiment commander responded and tried to contact Fort No. 16 using a walkie-talkie.
Some trouble arose during the contact process.
The reason was that at this time the Soviet commander had withdrawn part of the command and entered a semi-chaotic state, but in the end the command headquarters contacted Fort No. 16 and ordered it to cooperate with the 388th Division.
So, two screams soon came from the air, followed by two loud "boom" and the entire high ground was shaking.
Qin Chuan only felt a wave of vibration from the ground, and his internal organs rolled like falling from a few meters high. The high ground was blown up, and the shattered rocks made a terrifying sound in the darkness and rolled downwards. From time to time, a few screams came from the darkness. It was obvious that some soldiers were injured by the rolling stones.
"305mm cannon?" Werner asked.
"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "It should be the 'Maxim Gorky No. 2' fortress, which is the only one that can blow up the power station!"
The Soviets organized their forts as "No. 1" and "No. 2"..., and the Germans called these forts more resounding names. The northmost part was the "Maxim Gorky No. 1" fort, and the center part was "Molotov", "Cheka", and there were also "Lenin", "Stalin", "Siberian" forts, etc.
This shows that the German army has a deeper understanding of the Soviet Union... because in addition to some Soviet names and place names, there are also some organizational names that are not commonly used, such as "Cheka", which is the Russian abbreviation of the Soviet intelligence organization and has now been changed to the General Administration of State Security.
On the other hand, there is also an optimistic and self-deprecating element in it. Because in this way, their mission will no longer be cold numbers, but will become "attacking Lenin" and "fire at Chika!"...
Sometimes German soldiers would joke about these turrets, and Qin Chuan heard several German soldiers discussing whether "Gorky" or "Lenin" fell first in the next battle.
The baker asked Qin Chuan loudly: "Captain, aren't they worried about blowing up the power station too?"
"Maybe they believe that the power station can hold on!" Qin Chuan replied: "Or it is better to blow it up instead of going on like this to let the power station fall into our hands!"
"If they blow up the power station, are we going to complete the task?" Dominic asked.
"Forget it, Dominic!" Yakop tightened the strap of his helmet and said, "So what if we complete the task? Where else can we go?"
Yakop is right, this is a mission without a possible return because the troops have already penetrated deep behind enemy lines and it is impossible to go back on a fishing boat like when they came, which will only cause greater losses to the troops.
Werner looked at Qin Chuan and asked, "Captain, is that true?"
Before he finished speaking, two more shells hit the mountain and burst out loud.
"God, they will bury us all here!" said Werner. "If this continues, they will always hit our trenches, or the mountain will be blown up before that!"
"No!" Qin Chuan said: "As long as we can occupy the power station and cut off the power supply before this!"
As he said that, the Soviet army launched a new round of attacks. This time they even drove more than a dozen square armored vehicles like building blocks... Qin Chuan knew this thing, and it was called "Weijizhe No. 1" by the Soviet army. In fact, it was just an iron box on the tractor chassis, and then two machine guns were installed one by one and the other. It was done.
This is an emergency product when the Soviet Union was unable to produce more precise equipment during the industrial migration process, but it is still very effective if it is attacked by enemy infantry without armor and heavy weapons.
Just like now, they are parked about 300 meters away from the range of the German bazooka, and they are helpless with light weapons such as mp43 in the hands of the German army.
"Captain!" Werner shouted: "Our bullets are almost finished!"
Using mp43 means that there is this weakness, and the ammunition is consumed quickly, which is also the reason why the first infantry regiment needs to be divided into two teams. The second and third battalions not only bring reinforcements but also more ammunition to the troops.
Chapter completed!