BXBX NOVEL Chapter 437: Influence
The positions arranged by the German 46th Division are very level. They used the terrain to build a semicircular line of defense one kilometer away from the col. The troops going out will naturally fall into their pocket array.
It is conceivable that if the attack is normal, even if the Soviet army has T34 tanks, they still cannot withstand the bombing of anti-tank guns from different directions at the same time, so when one goes out, one will be destroyed, and the result will be a tank Refueling tactics go up a little bit to target the enemy.
But not now.
When Shulka followed the tank out of the col, he found that the Romanian army had already fought with the German army in the front position... At this time, the German army was brutally attacking the Romanian army. They strafed, knocking row after row of Romanian soldiers to the ground, while mortars fired at them in bursts.
On the other hand, the German army found a loudspeaker from nowhere, and people shouted in Romanian: "Soldiers of the 4th Mountain Brigade, General Agapia ordered you to organize defenses on the spot. All actions will be severely punished! There is only one way for you to survive, take up your arms and hold the Russians back..."
But of course the Romanian soldiers would not listen to what the Germans said.
Sometimes the betrayal of an ally is more hateful than that of the enemy, and this is the state of the Romanian soldiers at this time... Although the German army is not actually a "betrayal", the Romanians don't know it, and of course they don't believe it.
They are like gangsters who are red-eyed, and they have to pull a back before they die anyway, especially when they see T34 tanks driving out from behind.
At this time, the T34 tank can be said to be well-known, and the reason goes without saying. The German army has almost no tanks or even anti-tank guns that can deal with the T34.
You must know that among the allies of the German army, the tanks and tactics of the German army can be said to be god-like. Of course, this is related to the German "blitzkrieg" sweeping across the European continent.
However, now, the god-like German army has nothing to do with T34 and has even been defeated by T34 many times... It is conceivable what kind of shock this T34 can produce among them.
In this situation, almost no Romanian soldiers believed the German propaganda: "There is only one way to survive, and that is to stop and block the Russian army!"
In the eyes of Romanian soldiers, using flesh and blood to block the Russian T34 is no different from a dead end. Instead, breaking through the German defense line has a chance of survival... In addition, there are "spy" provoking, so there is a cry, The Romanian soldiers pressed towards the German positions like a cloud of muddy water.
Fighting in the front was very enjoyable, and the 1st Guards Tank Brigade deployed troops one after another in the back. They even used tank guns, mortars and machine guns to provide fire cover for the Romanian soldiers who were charging... At this time, they were inseparable Clear who is the enemy and who is the friend.
"General!" The signalman reported to Sponek: "The Russians are coming up, their armored units! But we can't organize defense, because the Romanians are attacking our position!"
Sponek was silent for a while, and then ordered: "Order the artillery to get ready!"
"General!" The adjutant looked at Sponek nervously.
"Follow orders!" said Sponek.
"yes!"
Although the German army had been shooting at Romanian soldiers before, they had always left room for them, such as machine guns and mortars.
But if these are useless, then only artillery can be used.
"The artillery is ready!" In less than a minute, the messenger sent a message.
At this point Sponek hesitated.
The reason why he hesitated was not because he was soft-hearted, but because of the artillery coverage of his allies, it would have a series of side effects. For example, the cooperation with the Romanian army will definitely not be as close as before, and the Romanian army will keep a hand at any time in the future. Or perfunctory.
This cannot be compensated by diplomatic means or other interests, even if the German army's approach in this matter is indeed correct.
Even this kind of influence will continue to expand, because other allies will "click" in their hearts after hearing this incident... If the German army can deal with the Romanian army like this, will it deal with them like this one day?
These are even very likely to be used by the Russian army and further divide the German allies.
So, Shulka's victory using this alienation strategy was not only on this battlefield, but more of a follow-up shake of the entire German ally.
But after careful consideration, Sponek believed that the line of defense was more important than this. After all, the line of defense in front of him was not just a line of defense, it could be said to be the guarantee of the safety of the German army in the Crimea.
Thinking of this, Sponek squeezed out a word between his teeth: "Fire!"
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
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"Woo!" Amidst the whistling of shells, howitzers smashed into pieces at the front of the German positions and set off smoke and dust that radiated upwards.
This is the German army's non-moving interception shooting, that is, their artillery has calculated the parameters and tried firing early in the morning, so the shells hit the German defense line very accurately within a kilometer in front of the range.
The artillery shells one after another brought batch after batch of Romanian soldiers into the air.
The entire sky was blown black, flying corpses, stumps and dust everywhere, the sunlight was blocked by them, and the entire battlefield fell into darkness.
However, it was still too late for Sponek to make this decision. He should have decisively blasted those Romanian soldiers into the sky with artillery earlier.
At this time...
"Fire!" Katukov ordered.
The artillery fire from the Soviet positions sounded, and these shells went straight to the German artillery positions, and the German artillery fire was silenced after a few minutes.
Following the order of Lieutenant Colonel Zaha Kavic, the tank "rumbled" up in the smoke.
Because the German artillery fire stopped suddenly under the suppression of the Soviet army, the German army was not psychologically prepared. When they reacted, the sound of the motors of the Soviet army tanks was already close at hand.
"They are coming up!" The German commander yelled in panic, and at the same time whistles sounded everywhere, and the German soldiers stuck their heads out of the trenches and raised their weapons one by one.
But by now it was too late.
(end of this chapter)