Chapter 141 Forced Intervention

Intense and chaotic gunfire was still ringing in the small hills and gullies.

It was thought that the enemy who took the lead in the ambush and sneak attack from the dark could kill all the Germans who were unaware of the danger in the car and end the battle in less than a cigarette.

But as the saying goes, ideals are beautiful, but reality is very skinny.

Lieutenant Shelov, who had always served in the regular field troops of the Soviet Red Army, never thought that the combat quality of these guerrillas who had just put down their hoes and picked up weapons would be so poor.

These people had been taught the basic tactical actions of pulling the bolt first and then loading the bullets, and how simple the aiming method of three points and one line was.

But even if these guerrillas with extremely poor psychological quality launched a sneak attack first, it was difficult to give the Germans a fatal blow in the first time. Most of the rifle bullets were not even known where they were fired by these guerrillas who participated in the battle for the first time.

Lieutenant Shelov, who was young and came from the regular field troops of the Soviet Army, was obviously a novice and inexperienced in leading the guerrillas.

The ambush battle, which directly copied the tactical command methods of the regular Soviet Army, made the Soviet guerrillas, who failed to inflict heavy damage on the German army in the first place, suffer heavy casualties due to the reverse fire suppression of the Germans who immediately recovered after the sudden attack.

This escorting German army, which had just jumped off the baggage supply transport truck convoy after the attack, was from the logistics baggage unit. Even if its combat effectiveness was not good, it was still in the combat sequence of the regular front-line troops of the German Army.

From the Luger pistol in the hands of the convoy commander to the Mauser P38 submachine gun and even the MG34 general-purpose machine gun in the hands of ordinary soldiers.

The firepower of the light weapons in the hands of the SS infantry platoon responsible for escorting the vehicles is of all kinds and is well-equipped. Compared with the Mosin-Nagant rifles and several Tokarev pistols in the hands of the 100-man guerrillas commanded by Lieutenant Shelov, they are several times stronger.

Lieutenant Shelov thought that the German logistics and baggage convoy was a soft persimmon, but he did not expect that these SS guys, even the logistics troops, were as hard to mess with as frightened wasps, and the weapons in their hands were as good as the German front-line troops.

Lieutenant Shelov, who overestimated the combat capability of this newly established guerrilla team, obviously kicked the iron plate with a bad start, but now the SS who got off the car were like hedgehogs with full firepower and even wanted to bite back, which made Lieutenant Shelov, who wanted to retreat, feel very dilemma.

"Comrade Lieutenant, the firepower of those Germans is too fierce! They have portable machine guns, and even bigger machine guns mounted on trucks, all of which can fire continuously! We, our troops are no match at all!"

The panting exclamation of the militia captain next to him, who couldn't even name the German weapons, immediately made Lieutenant Shelov, who was already in a bad mood, even more annoyed.

Immediately ordering a retreat would be equivalent to abandoning and announcing the death penalty for those guerrillas and wounded who were still suppressed by the German machine gun fire and were in ambush positions further forward and could not move.

This was undoubtedly a big blow to his future leadership and personal prestige in this newly built guerrilla team. The low morale and lack of cohesion in the troops were injuries that could not be made up in a short time.

But if he continued to waste time like this, Lieutenant Shelov, who clearly realized that he had no chance of winning, did not think that the Germans would let him go.

The German army would never let a victory slip away, and this was even more severe for the SS, which was more brutal and aggressive than the Wehrmacht.

"No, we can't go on like this! We can recruit more members when we lose them, and slowly do political work to make up for the disintegration of the army. If we lose our lives here, it will be all over!"

Just as Lieutenant Shelov had made a decision in his heart and was about to give an order to the frightened militia captain beside him, a heavy engine roared from far away and shook the earth all the way, but at this time, it suddenly sounded and forced its way into the battlefield.

"First Company and I will launch an assault! Second and third companies will go around from both sides and don't let these Germans get away! Use the main gun firepower carefully, don't blow up the German trucks, and use machine guns and tracks as much as possible to resolve the battle!"

"Also, pay attention to the German officers, don't kill them, I want to catch them alive!"

The First Heavy Tank Breakthrough Battalion, which was specially created for the frontal position breakthrough of the army-level battle, undoubtedly possessed an incredibly powerful offensive energy in 1941.

This unparalleled offensive energy was difficult to withstand even for the Great German Infantry Regiment, which was an elite division of the Wehrmacht. It is natural to imagine what the result would be for this SS logistics and baggage unit, which was only a second-line unit, after encountering Malashenko.

The SS assault captain commander of this baggage supply convoy was panicked immediately because he had never expected that a Soviet heavy tank unit would suddenly rush out.

The MG34 general-purpose machine gun that was so powerful in front of the infantry could not even tickle the thick turret armor of the KV1 heavy tank.

This SS escort team, equipped with only some basic light weapons, put up a symbolic resistance for less than five minutes. Amid the roar of the diesel engines of the KV1 heavy tanks surrounding them on three sides, the SS assault captain, realizing that everything was in vain, quickly gave up his last hope.

Soon, Malashenko, who was commanding his troops to continue to put pressure on the German convoy, saw a Mauser 98K rifle with a white canvas hanging on the gun head sticking out from the leading truck compartment through his driver's periscope.

"They are quite sensible and actually surrendered."

After a little surprise, Malashenko was not too surprised by the surrender of this group of German light infantry.

In the thousands of years of human war history from ancient times to the present, the logistics and baggage troops have always been composed of some second-line or even third-line troops with not very strong combat effectiveness.

After all, these troops, who mostly run errands to deliver supplies, rarely appear on the front battlefield, so they naturally do not need strong combat capabilities. As for attributes such as fighting will, they are naturally not as good as those of front-line combat troops.

The German convoy carrying a total of 14 Opel Lightning trucks and two SDKFZ251 half-track vehicles was escorted by only one platoon of infantry. Under such circumstances, what exactly was in the cabins of those Opel Lightning trucks covered with canvas was naturally guessed by Malashenko.