USSR 1941

  Chapter 31 Crossing the River

   Shulka understood at that time why the Germans poured shells on the central fortress and not on the Kobrin fortress... That damned instructor, who told the Germans the whole plan, he betrayed everyone.

  Shuerka guessed right, and the German army urgently used two 600MM mortars for this reason.

Colonel Lucas couldn't help but praise the plan when he heard about it: "Who said those Ivans don't understand tactics and only know how to fight? This is a perfect plan. If there were no traitors among them and informers, we would have You must successfully escape from our encirclement!"

  Colonel Lucas was right. He himself believed that the direction of the Soviet breakout was in the northern forest and mobilized the main force to the corresponding position. Only now did he know that the news was intentionally released by the Soviets.

  At this time, of course, Colonel Lucas would not continue this mistake. He immediately ordered the artillery to bomb the possible positions of the Soviet army, and then immediately sent reinforcements to the east.

   As a result, the Soviet army that is gathering near the church will be in trouble.

  First of all, it is psychological.

If it was just an ordinary soldier who rebelled and surrendered, it would be nothing. After all, the Soviet army is indeed in danger at this time... Even if they can break through the siege and get rid of Brest's pursuers as planned, what is waiting for them ahead? It is an endless swamp.

  The Soviets knew the swamp, so they knew what they were about to face, not to mention that even passing through the swamp did not necessarily mean safety.

The problem is that it is the instructor who rebelled. The instructor who always stands on the commanding heights and speaks the truth will always be accused of traitors and cowards. traitor!

  The psychological blow to the soldiers was extremely heavy.

  Maybe considering this, Major Gavrilov was stunned for a while before denying: "No, this is an irresponsible rumor. You..."

  Major Gavrilov glanced around, and then ordered in an unquestionable voice: "No one is allowed to speak nonsense without knowing it clearly, understand?"

   "Yes, Comrade Major!"

"yes!"

  …

Major Gavrilov's approach is correct, although it is unfair to many soldiers, especially those soldiers who were shot or charged by the instructor... Why do the soldiers draw conclusions and even shoot them without careful verification of their charges, while The charge of the instructor is "rumour".

   But the battlefield has never been fair, it only has "right" and "wrong".

  Okunev was aggrieved, he couldn't help spitting, and said in a low voice: "I have an idea, Shulka, why don't we surrender to the Germans and kill that guy?"

   Shulka can understand Okunev's thinking.

  Compared to those enemies, the more hateful ones are those who usually ride on the soldiers' heads and domineeringly but turn back at critical moments. It would drive a man mad, and he would be desperate to find him and kill him, even if it meant infamy.

   But this approach is obviously not a wise choice.

   "Don't be stupid, actor!" Shulka said, "Even if you did, they wouldn't lock you up with the director!"

"Should we just let him live like this?" Okunev said: "Somewhere across the river, that guy may be leisurely watching us fall in pieces under the guns of the Germans." Down, bleeding, losing life..."

   "Don't worry, actor!" Shulka interrupted Okunev: "The Germans won't make it easy for him!"

  Shuerka said this because he knew that the Germans had a practice of shooting Soviet political workers.

  Of course, the war had just broken out at this time. The instructor didn't know this, otherwise he wouldn't have chosen to surrender.

  While speaking, the first group of attacking troops had already carried the raft and rushed to the river bank in the dark. They put the raft into the river, set up a machine gun and filled it with people, and rowed to the opposite bank.

There are a total of twenty-five rafts, each of which can carry ten people, and most of these ten people can swim... Most of the Soviet troops stationed in the Brest Fortress can swim, because the fortress is surrounded by rivers everywhere. It has become a habit to swim in the river for a while.

  The twenty-five ships are divided into three parts, with eight or nine ships in each part, spread out as far as possible from the top, middle and bottom to attack the opposite bank.

  If the plan is not leaked, there is no doubt that the probability of success is quite high... The first wave of attack is 250 people against a platoon of German troops on the opposite side, and it is a night attack. It is very likely that a single charge will take down the opposite position.

   Then, the Soviet army can build fortifications on the opposite bank to resist the enemy's reinforcements, and the raft will transport the follow-up personnel across the shore wave after wave.

but now…

  Not long after the raft was drawn out, several flares were fired from the opposite side, and the entire river surface was illuminated by magnesium, making it snow-white like a mirror.

Then dense bullets and artillery shells poured in from the darkness opposite, and the Bug River became a mess in an instant. The rain of bullets rolled over the raft like a whirlwind, knocking down the Soviet soldiers on it one by one in a pool of blood. When it entered the river, one of the ships hit by the mortar was directly blown to pieces.

But this is not bad. The Soviet army's offensive area is very wide. Although the German army on the opposite side has more than one platoon, its firepower is still slightly weak. If it can defend one side, it will not be able to stop the other side. Opportunity to attack ashore and break out.

   But this hope was quickly dashed...

   There were two loud bangs, and two "super shells" roared again.

This time, they were obviously corrected by the German artillery observers... To put it simply, the German soldiers who knew how to calculate the ballistics were lying on the opposite bank and observing with binoculars. After calculating the position of the first shell explosion, they quickly calculated the distance to the target. Then ask the artillery to correct it through the walkie-talkie.

Therefore, the two shells were shot quite accurately, and one shell exploded only a hundred meters away from the church. The violent shock almost made Shulka vomit blood. Nothing can be heard.

  The other shot accurately hit the church. The shell easily penetrated the outer wall and smashed into the foundation of the church, and then exploded with a "boom".

This thing was designed for the Maginot Line. During the initial test firing, a large crater with a diameter of 15 meters and a depth of 5 meters was blown out. Now the explosion inside the church is even more powerful. The glass windows are like bursting open. Like a balloon, it shattered into pieces like a "ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, pong."

  (end of this chapter)