Man in World War II: The Fall of an Empire!

Chapter 60: The non-aggression pact is broken and the German army crosses the Vistula River

"What is going on? Why are the Germans attacking us? Don't we have a non-aggression treaty with them?"

A Soviet soldier asked, hiding behind the slope with a frightened look on his face.

"Needless to say, the German army must have torn up the treaty. Everyone, cheer up, raise your weapons and shoot."

The Soviet sergeant looked at the situation in front and immediately shouted loudly.

Wanting to mobilize the morale of the Soviet soldiers, a sporadic group of Soviet soldiers began to fire guns indiscriminately.

Although the German sneak attack caused a lot of chaos to the Soviet army.

But the face-to-face combat effectiveness is really not that good.

We can't blame them. The main reason is that at least more than 90 people were lost during the Great Purge.

It is conceivable that except for the big-headed soldiers, all officers with some ability have basically been fucked.

This resulted in the majority of subsequent officers being added to the ranks being novices.

Although they graduated from the military academy, they knew nothing about the situation on the frontal battlefield.

If we were to compete with Finland, we might be able to regain the disadvantage by relying on our equipment advantages.

But what is in front of them is the German army that Blue Star is currently most capable of fighting, not the Finnish army.

In terms of equipment, the German army is not bad at all, and in terms of combat level, the German army has also been upgraded.

There is a reason for being beaten up in the early stage. Look at the Russian troops who died in millions in World War I.

This seems to have been the case in both world wars, whether it was the era of Tsarist Russia ruled by Nicholas, or the Soviet Union ruled by the bearded man.

It’s all about the rhythm of millions of deaths.

Nearly 400 million troops were deployed on the entire Western Front of the Soviet Union. In just a few months, they were divided, surrounded and captured by the German army.

"The first squad is suppressing fire, and the second and third squads are outflanking them and eating them."

Sergeant Mueller ordered, holding a telescope in his hand.

After Sergeant Muller's order was given, the soldiers began to take action.

Mutual cover began to outflank the Soviet troops left and right.

"Sergeant, the Germans are coming from both sides!"

A Soviet soldier came to the Soviet sergeant with a panicked face and reported.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

After all, the command ability of the Soviet sergeant was limited. How could a sergeant command more than 50 people?

After he announced his retreat, Muller on the opposite side lowered his binoculars.

"Chase!"

Following the order, everyone immediately stood up and chased the Soviet soldiers from behind.

German troops were still building pontoon bridges on the Vistula River.

The half-track amphibious motorcycle has already sent another 30 people to the other side.

Although it takes 10 minutes to go back and forth, 30 people are delivered at a time. With the firepower and fighting will of the German army, even if it is besieged by a large army, it can hold on until the next wave of support arrives.

"Major, the troops led by Sergeant Muller have arrived at the outskirts of Lamu Fortress. On the way, they encountered a Soviet patrol and killed more than 20 people."

A company of soldiers summarized the situation ahead to William.

The three staff officers under William were young officers recruited by William.

They are all graduates of the Imperial Military Academy.

If you want to be a commander in a combined combat battalion, you must first serve as a staff officer at the battalion headquarters for more than half a year.

Otherwise, you will not be allowed to direct the battle as a white man.

William is still very satisfied with the current situation, and the advancement speed is very close to his expectations.

Five and ten minutes later the pontoon bridge was laid and tanks began to pass over it.

A 19-ton light tank can still run for a while.

No matter how heavy the tank is, it will need a more complete bridge.

At least steel columns should be installed underwater as support points, rather than relying solely on the buoyancy of the pontoon.

The frontal armor of the 19-ton light tank is much better than that of the Type 34 and Type 76. Although it is also a squishy one, at least for now, the T[-]-[-] tank can replace it with one or even more.

The craftsmanship of the E5 light tank is actually very rough.

The five pairs of road wheels are welded from the vehicle body. The main turret is directly built and milled to form a one-time shape. The gun barrel is installed and clicked upward to complete.

This is the craftsmanship of the E5 light tank, which is very different from traditional German craftsmanship.

It is precisely because there are no traditional processes that the E5 light tank only requires 8000 working hours.

A Panzer IV requires 15000 man-hours in Germany.

An E5 light tank lost a full 7000 man-hours.

But it is still far behind compared to the T34 tank.

At its peak, a T34 tank only required 3000 man-hours.

In other words, 3000/24=125 days.

It may seem long, but the plan actually lined up is not a tank.

Instead, thousands of tanks were put into production at the same time.

Compared with the 15000-hour Panzer IV tank, the E5 light tank already has a great advantage.

The only thing that is awesome is the distance of one thousand meters. The penetration power of the German 75mm L48 artillery is much stronger than the Soviet 76mm gun.

苏军目前的T34分为几个时期版本，首先是40年25.6吨T34坦克，装备的是76.2毫米L30.5倍径火炮。

其次就是41年26吨最常见的T34-76坦克，装备的是76.2毫米L42.5倍径火炮。

This type of artillery gun, the F34, can penetrate up to 1000 mm of armor at a depth of 66 meters.And it is the best data from the test, but if the force is not good, it may not be able to penetrate 66 mm armor.

而E5装备的德国75毫米L48倍径火炮即便是不用改进型的火炮也能够在2000米打穿86毫米装甲。

Coupled with the fire control systems and communication systems of both sides, it can be said that ten T34-76 tanks encountered 6 E5 light tanks.

One careless person can take away all ten T34-76 tanks.

With good communications, six tanks are equivalent to six extra eyes.

Nine out of ten T34-76s on the opposite side did not have communication devices, and they could not notify the others if they saw them.

When the E5 was rampant in 43, the E7 main battle tank had already been produced.

During this period, there was also the production of the E6 medium tank, equipped with an 88 mm L56 caliber gun. Who else?
If the T34 tank wants to destroy the E5 light tank, it must be at least about 700 meters away.

The probability of hitting a target at 34 meters is really a bit mysterious for the T[-] tank.

Destroying the opponent's tanks 2000 meters away is a legend created by German armored forces.

As the troops began to cross the river, the first company had already crossed more than half of the river.

Muller gave the order and took the lead in launching a fire test on Lamu Fortress.

A dozen German soldiers bent forward in a loose formation.

They all fell down immediately after encountering machine gun fire.

Sergeant Muller in the rear was recording the firepower in the front.

When all the artillery pieces arrive, they will be pulled out one by one.

After the pontoon bridge was set up, the light artillery pieces followed suit across the river.

Two M1940 infantry guns directly belonging to the first company came towards Lamu Fortress, pulled by half-track motorcycles.

After getting out of the car, the three began to play with the infantry cannon.

Because they often had to push forward, the mantlets on the infantry guns were retained.

If it is a defensive operation, remove the gun mantlet and wheels to make it more concealed.

360 meters ahead, there is a Maxim heavy machine gun at the second floor window.

The gunner quickly turned the winch and kept lowering the muzzle from the raised state.

I was ready to start shooting horizontally, just raising the angle a little bit.

In this way, you can fly directly into the second floor window.

"Load!"

A cannonball was inserted directly into the barrel.

Then he closed the breech and pulled the firing rope.

boom!
The second-floor window in the distance exploded instantly.

The entire room on the second floor was bombed with dust and bricks flying everywhere.

A machine gun group inside was torn apart in an instant, leaving behind only broken limbs and severed arms and the severely deformed Maxim heavy machine gun.

At the moment when the machine gun was destroyed, the German soldiers in front began to get up one after another and prepared to move forward.

Although the Soviet army was resisting, their will to resist was not very tenacious.

"Everyone, get up and cheer up. The Germans have already attacked. What's the use of hiding? Pick up your weapons and don't lie here like a coward."

Captain Victor shouted angrily at the soldiers.

Soviet Captain Viktor shuttled across the defense line.

When you see a soldier curled up and not moving, you will basically go up and give him two crotches.

With Captain Victor's personal visit to the front line, the Soviet soldiers who were resisting in the front seemed to have found their backbone and began to raise their guns to fight back.

"The firepower of these German troops is really fierce. When did the German army become so strong?"

Captain Victor just raised his head and glanced at the situation outside.

At least a dozen bullets flew from the window and hit the wall behind, causing stones and dust to fly continuously.

Seeing this scene also shocked Captain Victor.

boom!boom!
"Where did the shelling come from?"

Captain Victor found a gap and took out his binoculars to observe the situation outside and asked.

"I don't know, Captain. The sound of the German infantry artillery should be very close, but it is difficult to find where it is. We have already destroyed two machine gun nests. It will be difficult to defend it if it continues like this."

Looking at the situation in front of him, Victor already knew that there was no way to stop the German army.

It can be said that here we were hit hard by the German army without any preparation.

Just when Captain Victor hesitated, William's combined combat battalion had already begun a heavy artillery strike.

Boom boom boom!
Three 150mm high-explosive bombs flew directly into the Lamu Fortress.

The huge explosion directly caused the death of more than 20 Soviet soldiers.

The stumps and broken arms everywhere made the remaining Soviet soldiers who were still alive feel terrified.

As recruits, they had never seen such bloody scenes.

There were only a few troops that participated in the partition of Poland, and most of the follow-up troops were recruits who had never seen blood.

Who wouldn't be scared to see such a terrifying scene?

"Captain Victor, this is a 150mm heavy infantry gun, we can't defend it!"

Second Lieutenant Chichikov said with a horrified look on his face.

This is very obvious. Let’s not fight here anymore. This place will be your and my grave as long as we continue to fight.

Even the kind of cemetery with no bones left.

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