Chapter 862: Battle of the River

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As the first assault boat was sunk by the Soviets on the Don River, the German army's large-scale crossing of the river also kicked off. The reason why Guderian's troops fell behind Manstein was in attack. They carried a large number of tools for crossing the river in the troops of the second echelon. Its fundamental purpose is to cope with the possible defense of the Don River by the Soviet army.
In order to allow a large number of armored forces under the G Group Army to cross the Don River quickly, the German army prepared a large number of bridging tools. Unfortunately, it is not an easy task for the German Tiger tank or even the Tiger King tank to cross the Don River. , So the Germans carried a lot of equipment.
The pontoons being erected by the engineers are mainly used to provide armored forces to cross the river. They docked the ships side by side, fixed them with cables and bolts, and then the construction of the steel deck fell on these pontoons by engineering vehicles. Quickly build a solid pontoon.
While the engineers were building the pontoon, a part of the German assault boat had already reached the opposite bank of the Don River. German soldiers rushed to the river bank on the opposite bank and launched a heroic charge toward the Soviet station.
Not far away, another pontoon is also being built. This pontoon does not seem to have so many load-bearing requirements. Most of them use inflatable rubber boats as the load-bearing part of the pontoon. Obviously this pontoon was prepared for the infantry crossing the river, and the erection rate was faster. In a blink of an eye, it had extended to the center of the Don River.
More than a dozen German Stuka 2 dive bombers hovered in the sky, pouring their ammunition on the Soviet positions at any time. These planes covered the Germans' six battles and helped the Germans expand their already occupied positions on the other side.
An assault boat rushed up to the river bank on the other side, and gunfire and rain hit the surrounding of the assault boat, but the grenadiers leaped out of the assault boat fearlessly, and the bullets hit their feet. Reached them, but the Germans still carried their weapons and ran forward.
A soldier was hit by a bullet while running and fell to the ground. But more German soldiers rushed to the place where they could hide their bodies and began to erect their weapons with ease. A mg42 machine gun was placed on the edge of a crater on the beach, and a vengeful tongue was sprayed towards the slightly higher Soviet position.
"Suddenly! Suddenly!" With the unique German machine gun, the sound of tearing linen or sawn wood began to sound, and the bullet chain held in the palm of the German deputy shooter began to jump against the machine gun's body because of the pulling of the machine gun . The tracer flew to the Soviet machine-gun position, firing white smoke there.
More assault boats began to board 6 nearby. German troops were increasing and attacked on both wings. The Soviet infantry position was already lacking in strength because of the German attack. Many places could only rely on terrain. support.
A German grenadier leaned on a stone and replaced his assault rifle with a new magazine. Then he rolled over and jumped into the Soviet trench. He was the first to rush so close to the enemy The German soldiers in the position and the Soviet soldiers in the trenches were startled by the Germans who jumped in coldly.
There were n’t many Soviet troops in this trench. The grenade that had been thrown had just killed more than half of it. Now there are only two Soviets who can actually fight. The German soldiers raised their guns and the bullets were dense. Hit two enemies who were pulling the bolts of the Mosinagan rifle.
Two Soviet soldiers fell to the ground, and the second German soldier had already entered the trench. Two German troops occupied the position, and the nearby Soviet defense line suddenly appeared a loophole. Then more German soldiers followed into the trench, and Soviet troops were driven out of the German army by more positions.
A gap was made by the German Grenadier. This is something the Soviet army cannot tolerate. They are still hoping to stop the German offensive to ensure that the Don River line can hold the German army down. Therefore, when the German army was not stable, the Soviet troops launched a counterattack.
A Soviet soldier rushed to the trench that was occupied by the Germans with his weapons. Behind him, more Soviets also carried rifles with bayonet. After passing through the trenches they dug themselves, using the advantages of familiar terrain, they quickly approached the defensive positions occupied by the Germans.
They were suddenly killed from the side of the trench, attempting to catch the Germans by surprise, but the mp-44 assault rifles in the German hands and the g43 semi-automatic rifles' instant ammunition were much stronger than the Mosinnagan in the Soviets. Therefore, most of the Soviet soldiers who rushed out were overturned by bullets at the corners of the trenches.
A Soviet army rushed to the corner and took the sha submachine gun in his hand, and began to frantically fire at the German army. At such a short distance, the barrage formed by the sha submachine gun played a very good killing effect. The three German soldiers immediately fell to the ground, and blood ran out of their bodies.
"Suddenly! Suddenly!" A German grenadier did not let his comrades sacrifice in vain. He leaned on the wall of the trench on one knee, holding his assault rifle, and shot fiercely in the direction of the corner. bullet.
The Soviet gunman with the Sha submachine gun was hit by a bullet and screamed and fell to the ground with his back. The two Soviet troops who rushed out with him were also hit by the bullet and fell to their comrades with shaking On the body.
The rest of the Germans had no plans to fight the bayonet with the Soviets. Under the cover of several grenadiers carrying assault rifles, they threw two grenades and killed the Soviets who were crowded at the corner and charged the Germans. one slice. The Soviet army's charge was also defeated by the explosion of these two grenades.
"We must regain the lost position! We cannot retreat half a step!" A Soviet commander saw his troops defeated and shouted loudly: "Organize another attack! All soldiers must not retreat! I want to personally Take people up! If you do n’t drive the Germans down the river, everyone will die on the east bank of the Don River! "
It didn't take long for the second counterattack of the Soviets to unfold again, braving the German artillery, blocking the hovering and whistling of the aircraft above them, and thousands of Soviet soldiers rushed towards the German defensive positions with rifles. A newly-arranged mg42 machine gun began to growl, and bullets flew into the dense crowd of Soviet troops, knocking out many Soviet soldiers.
"Comrade Commander! The enemy's machine gun is coming! We have no way to rush over!" A Soviet soldier withdrew his helmet and returned to the trench when he was out, reporting loudly to his chief. His tone was full of pessimism and despair, after all, they were asked to stand still and not take a step back.
"Boo!" The commander, without talking to him, raised his pistol and pierced the soldier's chest: "I gave the order! Don't go back! How dare you go back?"
The soldier stared at his chief in disbelief, then fell down unwillingly, and finally lay straight at the bottom of the muddy trench, closing his eyes in despair, he didn't say anything from beginning to end Because he can feel the life passing from his body, no matter what he says, he can no longer change everything before him.
"Rush with me! Do not retake the position! Never retreat!" The Soviet commander waved his pistol and shouted wildly. Beside him, the Soviet soldiers who followed him were densely packed. Regardless of life and death, they charged forward and attempted to approach the German position.
The shells of a German cover fell into their crowd, exploding the surrounding soldiers and the broken arms of various soldiers. But the Soviets were still desperately moving forward, facing the German bullets desperately attacking.
However, on the river beach, more German assault boats arrived, and dozens of Germans joined the defensive positions of the friendly forces in the front. The new machine guns brought by these Germans also had ample ammunition. They reinforced the defensive positions and moved towards the Su. The army opened fire violently.
The Soviets on the opposite side did not have the idea of ​​retreating. They desperately wanted to compress the German positions. In some places, these Soviet soldiers who lacked ammunition even really started a white-blade battle with the Germans, and they also won the white-blade battle. They let the Germans shoot. In spite of the loss, he rushed into the trench and killed the German soldiers with a long bayonet.
The fighting was very bloody. In many places, the Germans were annihilated by the Soviets. The frontier positions of crossing the river were once retaken by the Soviets for two-thirds. However, in the end, the Soviets were still unable to deploy their troops to persevere, leading to their counterattack. In the end it was a loss.
Although the Soviets launched a full-scale counterattack in this breached area, the last German army that occupied some of the Soviet trenches relied on simple fortifications to desperately resist the Soviet Red Army's counterattack. The two sides fought their positions, and after more Germans rushed to the river bank, this massive counterattack was eventually repelled.
The Soviet commander finally fell on the road of the charge. He was hit by a shell from a howitzer and was killed in a trench along with the surrounding infantry. A simple pontoon connected the Don River, and German infantry began to cross the river on a large scale under the cover of the Air Force.
On the bank of the river, a German division commander reported the results of the battle to Guderian: "General! Although the Soviets are fighting stubbornly and want to defend the Dun River defense line, they are not strong enough. Organize troops to cross the river. "
"Very good!" Guderian replied: "Order the troops to speed up the offensive! I will reach the periphery of Stalingrad in two days!"