Chapter 798 German-Soviet War (97)

Bang, bang, bang! !

The American soldiers in the carriage were knocked unconscious by the sudden overturn of the carriage, and it was difficult for them to escape from the carriage in time. Moreover, they did not carry any weapons with them, and their weapons were still piled up in the Far East. Even if they left the carriage, they were unarmed. As a result, they could only squeeze together like sardines in a can and endure the baptism of bullets.

At this time, the nearby Soviet soldiers finally came to their senses and hurried over to support. However, these few Soviet soldiers were named by German snipers and fell to the ground one by one. By the time the Soviet troops farther away arrived, the German soldiers who had almost used up all their bullets had disappeared.

The Soviet company commander who arrived looked at the dense bullet holes on the carriages and the blood slowly flowing from the cracks in the carriages, and his face showed an extremely ugly expression. "Quick, save people!" The Soviet soldiers climbed onto the carriages, and the pungent smell of blood hit them. They saw that the carriages were already bloody and horrible.

Soon the news reached Moscow.

"What?!" Stalin was shocked and angry when he received the news. "Attacked by the main force of the German army?!" That was the rear of the Soviet Union, how could the main force of the German army appear there? !

"Yes, Comrade Stalin. It was the 11333 train that was ambushed by the main force of the German army."

A flash of anger flashed in Stalin's eyes. "Where are the soldiers guarding the railway?!" He had allocated three divisions of troops to guard this railway, and such a thing happened? !

The secretary spoke tremblingly. "The Germans suddenly launched an attack, and our soldiers were caught off guard."

Stalin slammed the table and said angrily. "Order the local garrison to go into the mountains immediately to wipe out these damn German troops!"

In the office next door, Rokossovsky found Konev. "Comrade Konev, have you heard the news?"

As for why he only found Konev and not Zhukov, it was because Zhukov did not have a good relationship with most of his colleagues. Even Zhukov's chief of staff, Sokolovsky, had some disagreements with him.

In the original time and space, Konev and Zhukov had an open conflict, and Rokossovsky and Zhukov also had a bad relationship, criticizing Zhukov many times in his memoirs.

As the saying goes, "No gold is pure, no man is perfect." Zhukov's character does have shortcomings such as bad temper and too rational and ruthless speech. He is not an easy person to deal with in life. In short, his emotional intelligence is not very high. Secondly, Zhukov is a famous "firefighter" in the Soviet Union, but "firefighting" also means dealing with "messes", and dealing with "messes" will definitely cause conflicts with the previous commander and his subordinates, and Zhukov's character is not good at dealing with them. For example, in the famous "Battle of Leningrad" in the original time and space, Zhukov had a conflict with the former commander-in-chief of Leningrad, the founding marshal of the Soviet Union, Voroshilov, because of differences in opinion; during the Battle of Moscow, Rokossovsky was a little emotional because of the order not to retreat. Finally, Stalin was also responsible for Zhukov's bad relationship with many other famous Soviet generals. For example, before the Battle of Berlin, Stalin transferred the supreme command of the front from Rokossovsky to Zhukov, which of course caused Rokossovsky's dissatisfaction.

At this time, Zhukov's personality naturally did not change much, so Rokossovsky would discuss anything with Konev and basically did not bring Zhukov with him.

Konev nodded. "It is obvious that the Germans dropped paratroopers. They want to cut off the transportation line of the Siberian Railway."

Rokossovsky nodded in agreement. "I think so too. Comrade Stalin ordered the local garrison to go into the mountains to wipe out these German troops, but the combat effectiveness of these German paratroopers is probably..." These German paratroopers hid in the deep mountains and forests, and their own tanks and armor could not get in at all. If only infantry were sent, the German paratroopers only needed to occupy favorable terrain, and they could defeat a hundred with one.

"Besides, the soldiers nearby are all new recruits with little combat experience. Even if we send a division to wipe them out, it may not be successful. But there is no other way, right? If there is any problem with the Trans-Siberian Railway, the supplies from the Far East will not reach Moscow." Konev sighed helplessly. "I hope they can wipe out these Germans as soon as possible."

Unfortunately, there is a saying that things go against one's wishes. The local garrison, which received the order from Moscow, immediately assembled a battalion of troops to search in the mountains.

The traces of the German army are not difficult to find. After all, a platoon of soldiers will always leave traces wherever they pass.

But before they advanced 500 meters, a Soviet soldier felt something strange coming from his feet. Before he could react, his feet had already moved forward a step.

Ka!

A black ball bounced from the ground into the air. The soldier following behind discovered this thing, his eyes widened, and his face was horrified.

Boom!

Before the unlucky guy could shout, the ball in the air suddenly exploded, and the steel balls sprayed out with a radius of 20 meters, carrying out an indiscriminate fire coverage, instantly knocking down several Soviet soldiers around.

Looking at these men rolling on the ground and screaming, the Soviet battalion commander gnashed his teeth in hatred. The shadow of the Germans has not been seen yet, and nearly a squad of soldiers has been lost. Who knows how many mines the Germans will bury in front? "Nikonov, take your platoon to send the wounded back. Go to the regiment commander and tell him that the Germans have buried mines, and ask him to send engineers over. The others stay on guard!"

In this way, they waited until the engineers arrived before continuing to move forward.

The engineers were detecting mines in front, and the others followed them cautiously.

boom!

Just after advancing more than fifty meters, there was a huge explosion, and several more unlucky people fell down.

The battalion commander suddenly became furious and cursed loudly. "Damn it, how did you idiots detect mines?! If one more person is missed, I will shoot you all!!"

In fact, these engineers are not to blame. The German army in the original time and space realized that traditional landmines were easily detected. Later, German engineers developed a glass mine. Except for TNT and black powder, all glass was used from the projectile to the fragments. It used a completely mechanical or chemical ignition method, so that the metal detector was completely lost. effect.

As a weapon made with almost no metal involved, glass landmines are not only difficult to detect, but the glass fragments that explode into the human body are also difficult to find. Even with X-ray examination, it is difficult to find glass fragments embedded in muscle tissue. Therefore, It will greatly reduce the possibility of the wounded receiving treatment, and is likely to cause large-scale wound infection. For the Allies, the large number of mine detectors they spent huge resources to manufacture were almost useless. They could only rely on dangerous manual demining or the use of big guys like the "Sherman Crab" to ensure the safety of the infantry. This invisibly puts tremendous pressure on the soldiers on the front line.

However, Yannick felt that this thing was indeed too cruel, and if the United States and the Soviet Union followed suit, it would be a big trouble for themselves, so he gave up glass and chose tempered porcelain. Although the cost of tempered porcelain landmines is more expensive than ordinary metal landmines, these tempered porcelain landmines are only supplied in small quantities to these paratroopers and special forces who perform special tasks, and are not mass-produced.