"Boom!" A deafening explosion came from the east side where Niyansky was invading. What followed was the shrill whistle from the Soviet scouts' mouths. This was the horn of charge for every Soviet soldier.

According to Niyansky's previous arrangement, the first to launch the offensive should be the independent regiment on the east side. Their first combat mission was to destroy the German tanks at the forefront, thereby blocking the German tank troops' eastward route. At the same time, the 109th regiment on the west side should also immediately launch cooperative combat to block the enemy's westward return road, thereby encircling this German army on the narrow corridor and unable to advance or retreat.

However, when the battle was really launched, there was a problem with the independent regiments in the east who were responsible for intercepting the German army's advance. In order to implement interception operations most effectively, the hidden position of the independent regiments was relatively high, especially the two pairs of tank snipers operating anti-tank guns, who were almost on the edge of the woodland. In this way, the German search troops could easily find them.

When the German search troops wade along the edge of the woods, they didn't know whether it was helpless or because of tension, a group of anti-tank guns fired first, but the grenades shot did not hit the leading armored vehicle, but instead knocked an unlucky German motorcycle to the ground. Although the rolling smoke was quite loud, it was not enough to effectively stop the German army from advancing.

Regardless of whether the battle purpose of the eastern front was achieved or not, the 109th Regiment on the west side launched an impact on the German rear line as planned after the explosion. Amid the earth-shaking shouts and killing, yellow-brown figures swarmed out from the depths of the dense forest. For a moment, gunfire sounds burst into pieces, and the snow on the pine needle trees in the woods was also shaken and fell.

The first ones were the German infantry who entered the forest to search. They were originally small in number, but they were caught off guard. Many people were thrown into the ground by bullets shot by the Soviet charge soldiers without time to find cover. However, those German soldiers who temporarily escaped misfortune were not lucky, because what they had to face next would be enemies that flocked toward mountains and seas. In the snow-covered woods, they soon became the world of Soviet soldiers.

The person who commanded this German tank was a young officer in a dark black SS uniform. When the first explosion sounded, he had a premonition of the crisis. The battle at this location was extremely unfavorable for his tank troops. The narrow roads limited the performance of the tank's maneuverability. In order to prevent the Soviet army lying here and slept with his own troops here like a sheep, he issued three consecutive combat orders. The first was to order a part of the Suicheng infantry to build a defense line outside the forest land and use a dense firepower net to block the charge of the Soviet troops in the forest. Second, he organized a heavy firepower to retreat into the diversion channel on the roadside, form a second firepower net, and shoot and kill all Russians who dared to rush to the tank as much as possible. Third, he ordered the vanguard to speed up the march and rush out of the encirclement that the enemy was gradually blocking.

The battle can be said to have entered a white-hot stage since the start of the battle. Both sides wished to put all their ammunition on the other side within a second. On the other side, the soil stirred by firing bullets and explosive grenades, and the snow flew around. The German soldiers who were either crawling on the ground or hiding on the side of the tank, from time to time, fell to the ground in pain, twisted and struggled.

In the woods, the situation encountered by the Soviet soldiers who rushed out frantically seemed even more miserable. In addition to the defense line formed by German infantry in the forest, they also suffered from machine gun fire from tanks and armored vehicles. Machine gun bullets with powerful impact were shot on the hard pine trunks, and they could scrape the bark chips that splashed around, and hit people, and often knocked someone back and fell heavily to the ground.

Such a local small battle also profoundly explains a law of war - in war, the least valuable thing is human life, and a bullet as big as a little finger can easily be replaced.

Buynov was commanding the battle of the independent regiment on the east side. He was disqualified from commanding division-level combat because of his impact on the new commander of the Front Army, and was even scolded by the command headquarters. Fortunately, he had a good relationship with Niyansky, as a military commissioner, and Niyansky gave him a chance to turn things around and let him command the most difficult front in this battle. If he performed well, Chu Sinan, as the commander of the Front, would give him another chance, so that he would not give him a cruel punishment in the future.

It is precisely because of this that Buinov attaches great importance to this battle. He does not want to further disgust the commander of the front army because of his command problems. Then his fate will definitely be miserable. He has been in the position of the division commander for a long time and has seen many creepy facts. As a frontline commander, if he is involved in delaying opportunities, surrendering, unfavorable command, etc., it is a trivial matter for himself to be punished. If one is not done well, it will also affect his family. An infantry brigade commander he knew was executed because of his poor command in the border battle. His family was also punished by the local government - without waiting to enjoy any national welfare, he became a lower-class citizen in the actual sense.

Buynov didn't want him to fall to that field, so when the battle started, he followed his troops to the forefront of the battlefield. When he saw that his troops were unable to effectively prevent the German tanks from advancing, his eyes were red and he immediately gave the death order to the commander of the independent regiment. If he could not take down the German armored vehicle that had already begun to move, he would execute him on the spot.

Military law is cruel, but sometimes military law is very effective.

Under Buynov's death order, the attack of the independent regiment entered a crazy stage. Groups of Soviet soldiers rushed out of the woods in a rain of bullets and rushed out of the woods. Regardless of the German fire blockade, they rushed towards the two armored vehicles that were leading one after another.

"boom!"

Finally, in a dull explosion, the first armored vehicle was blown up by an anti-tank grenade thrown by a Soviet soldier before his death. After a thick smoke passed, the front wheel of the armored vehicle flew out and was completely paralyzed on the road ahead of the German tank troops.
Chapter completed!