Chapter 260 Self-esteem
In contrast to the German army, they have not guarded against Soviet tanks in the previous battles...
This was mainly determined by the fact that the 4th Tank Brigade withdrew soon after the occupation of Klin, and the 251st Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came up with almost no tanks.
On the other hand, the German army has tanks and is mainly attacking, so there are not many tank obstacles on the German defense line, otherwise these obstacles will also block their own tanks from attacking.
Therefore, there are no anti-tank trenches, no anti-tank mines, only a few anti-tank guns and a dozen "Pan" tanks that were urgently pulled up by the German army to fight.
But these anti-tank guns and "Panz 3" tanks can almost be ignored by the T34...they can't pose too much threat to the Soviet T34.
As a result, the tanks of the German army were destroyed by the T34, and the soldiers of the 333rd Infantry Regiment fired mortar shells at the German defense line... These mortar shells are the shovel-type 37MM mortars of the Soviet army. They were used in night battles. Even better than mortars with a longer range, the reason is that large-caliber long-range mortars need guidance from artillery observers, which also require communication equipment, and 37MM mortars can directly explode wherever they see on the front line .
At this time, the Army of the Ministry of Internal Affairs following behind couldn't hold back anymore, and an officer shouted: "Comrades, for the sake of the motherland and for Moscow, go!"
"Come on!"
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The soldiers of the 251st Division shouted and rushed over the tank.
At this time, it is still too early to charge, and it will be a different matter if the Germans start to cover with artillery fire.
But of course, it is very difficult to cover with artillery fire at night, especially when the two sides have already fired artillery. The reason is that it is difficult for the artillery observer to judge the distance or even complete the test firing and guidance, because he does not know which shell is his own. Artillery hit.
More importantly, the distance between the enemy and us is very close at this time, and the tank has advanced to a distance of more than 100 meters.
So, the Soviet army with T34 tanks does not need to be so anxious. They can calmly knock down the German machine gun positions and mortar positions one by one and then continue to advance or charge.
But the troops of the 251st Division were not commanded by the Fourth Tank Brigade, and Shulka couldn't scream, so they could only let them charge forward.
In fact, this charge disrupted the entire rhythm, and the tanks that were still looking for the target had to stop firing... The explosion of the shells will undoubtedly accidentally injure their own people.
The tank machine gun also stopped.
The soldiers of the 251st Division did not have the training of infantry and tank coordination. They didn't know how to get out of the way for the tank machine guns. Team after team of soldiers blocked the machine gun perforation with their backs.
In this regard, the 251st Division should never have been coordinated in the first place.
Then without any surprise, the charge of the 251st Division was once again suppressed by the revived firepower of the German army.
Shulka didn't know that this was actually Colonel Chernytsev's pride at work.
Colonel Chernytsev is the head of the 801st Regiment of the 251st Division, that is, the commander of the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs assisting the attack of the 1st Tank Battalion.
The education that Colonel Chernytsev received has always been "as long as you are brave enough to defeat the enemy", he also required and even supervised the operations of other troops. ” Disciplined and even executed by Colonel Chernytsev and Colonel.
In this case, Colonel Chernytsev felt that the situation of the battle was an insult to the 251st Division:
The 251st Division, which has been emphasizing and supervising the brave fighting of other troops, how can it fight under the protection of other troops, especially when it is retreating slowly behind friendly tanks, how will the 251st Division supervise other troops in the future?
More importantly, Colonel Chernytsev is still one of them. He has always put on a brave and fearless posture in front of his subordinates, but at this time he is hiding behind the tank with his subordinates...
No, this must not be allowed to continue!
Colonel Chernytsev said to himself in his heart: They should show the Fourth Tank Brigade that the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are the best. They don’t need the protection of others, they don’t need tanks. Break through enemy lines.
Thinking of this, Colonel Chernytsev yelled and directed the soldiers to rush up, including himself.
But the battlefield is a battlefield after all, and it will not be shifted by human subjective will. The charge commanded by Colonel Chernytsev was completely disorderly and random. They pressed tightly in front of the position.
The tank "rumbled" up, and Colonel Chernytsev looked at the fourth tank brigade with disbelief in his eyes and suppressed the German firepower again.
The scene at that moment gave Colonel Chernytsev a subversive feeling, almost overturning what he had believed all along, which even made him a little unacceptable.
After the war, Colonel Chernytsev wrote such a passage in his diary:
"I don't know what's going on, why the battlefield is like this, it's nothing like what I imagined... Our courage and charge seem to have no effect at all, in fact, these are vulnerable to enemy fire, in the charge At that time, I felt that what stood in front of me was an iron wall, which could never cross the line of defense.
This doesn't seem to explain anything, because I can completely assume that other troops are in the same situation when they charge.
But this is not the case, because the 4th Tank Brigade is around, and in front of them, the enemies who stand in our way are like children who have made mistakes, waiting to be punished. come to surrender...
At that moment all I could think about was: 'Why is this happening, how did this happen? '! "
Colonel Chernytsev on the battlefield was still not reconciled. He got up from the ground, waved his pistol and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Get up, follow me..."
But as soon as a bullet came over, it hit Colonel Chernytsev in the left arm. Colonel Chernytsev knelt on the ground, helplessly dodging the mortar shells that exploded nearby. Hopefully the shells will blow him to pieces.
At this time, a man jumped out from the hail of bullets, and he was pushed to the ground. A shell exploded not far away, and the colonel's military cap was even blown away by the shock wave.
The man dragged Colonel Chernytsev forward for a certain distance, then threw Colonel Chernytsev behind the sandbag, and ordered loudly in an unquestionable tone: "Stay here!"
Colonel Chernytsev kept panting heavily, and looked at the brave soldier in front of him with terrified eyes. At this moment, a flare went up into the sky. Colonel Chernytsev found that he was a second lieutenant. On his chest was the Order of the Red Star.
(end of this chapter)
