Humans in World War II: Army Defeated by Beacon Fire

Chapter 54 Battle of Kursk, defensive battle of the second infantry company
In the middle of the night, Ina, carrying a miniature radio behind her back, directly called two Starscream helicopters.

When two armed helicopters arrived, Ina fired a tracer round.

Then multiple rockets were fired in the direction of the tracer fired by Ina.

"Despicable Kraut!"

Nightingale watched the multiple flaming rocket launchers flying towards her, knowing that she didn't even have a chance to escape.

He just cursed at the end.

Success or defeat, who cares how you die.

A cable was dropped from the gunship.

Ina stood up, picked up the cable, hung it on her body and disappeared into the night.

After the famous Nightingale was killed by the Germans, it was a serious blow to the morale of the Soviet army.

At the same time Edward sent a regiment of infantry from the north to join the battle.

Although it is only an infantry regiment, it is very well-equipped.

Each squad of ten people forms a tactical formation.

Three of the soldiers holding G43 semi-automatic rifles carried Panzerfaust rocket launchers on their backs.

The other two soldiers were holding the latest K7 shotguns, which are equipped with 7-round magazines and can shoot continuously.

A close-range artifact, a top-notch presence in the trenches.

It includes weapons for attacking buildings, as well as a tactical shield and a Walter pistol with an extended magazine.

The team no longer relies on machine guns as the core. The machine guns carry belts and drums for combat.

At the same time, all M24-style grenades were canceled and all the latest M43-style tactical grenades were used.

Small and easy to carry, each soldier can easily carry six grenades.

If you are carrying an M24 wooden handle grenade, it will be very troublesome and inconvenient to carry.

There are three MP40 submachine guns, and the Mauser 98K rifle equipment has been canceled in one team.

It can be used for training, but will no longer be equipped to soldiers.

An infantry regiment came by train towards Kursk.

After getting off the car, I received the mission to garrison Pidru Village.

As the vehicles stopped, everyone began to pour into the platform and then began to assemble under the leadership of their respective company commanders.

The regiment has a total of twelve companies, including nine infantry companies, one anti-tank company, one heavy firepower company, and one artillery company.

Therefore, they think it is simple to garrison a village.

But soon when facing the fierce attack of the Soviet army, I no longer felt that way.

After entering Pidru Village, Howard, as the regiment leader, chose the secret room under the church as his regiment headquarters.

Then he opened the aerial topographic map of the entire village of Pidru.

Although it is gray and white, the general panorama can still be seen clearly.

"The first and second companies are arranged on the front, the third and fourth companies are arranged on the left and right wings, the fifth company is in the center to support at any time, and the rest are used as reserves. The artillery company is arranged here, and here, and the heavy firepower company and the anti-tank company are arranged here. Between the first company and the second company"

Howard quickly issued the combat order without any hesitation or sloppiness.

It can be regarded as a true biography of Edward.

Edward often communicates and discusses with them about tactical deductions and arrangements.

Captain Horst, the commander of the first company, looked at the terrain in front of him and then looked at the nearby situation.

There was an open land in front of him, and there were a few isolated large trees and some bushes around him.

This kind of place can be hidden here, but suddenly I remembered Edward's teachings.

If you can tell the location at a glance, don't try to be smart and put people in it to seek death.

So I directly rejected the hidden snow area that looked very good in front of me.

"Build a defense line on the spot and cut down all these eye-catching trees."

Captain Horst pointed to some big trees behind him and said.

Edward said during the class with them that humans are visual animals, and the addition of these trees on such a flat terrain will make people look at it more.

It's like saying that an eye-catching rose growing on the endless green grassland will be noticed by people at a glance.

Then the seeds of doubt began to be planted.

The thinking of Westerners is different from that of Easterners.

Some people will be more rigid and follow dogma.

Therefore, these eye-catching targets make people alert. Once the other party is alert, it is easy for them to discover their own flaws.

Almost all of the 2 officers in the entire garrison division had attended classes hosted by Edward.

Therefore, the tactical thinking they understood was not the rigid and dogmatic way in Europe.

So the tactics designed are different from the trenches.

It can be said that trench warfare was the first to be developed in Europe, but what really reached its extreme was beating the rabbits in seventeen halls with bricks.

A company of all light weapons can hold a regiment, plus the firepower of a heavy artillery regiment to remain standing despite the bombardment.

This is a result that no one in the world expected.

The entire trench was dug two meters deep, and a cat-ear hole was dug out from under the feet to avoid shelling.

If conditions permit, you can continue to expand it further, just for resting.

How to make it more solid and defensive? All you need is wooden boards and wooden stakes to reinforce the ground.

At the same time, dig according to the arch, rather than digging horizontally and vertically.

Unless the 155mm howitzer shells this area continuously, it is impossible for the shelling to cause huge casualties.

There is a layer of sandbags laid on top of the trench, and a two-meter-thick layer of soil below. The depth of about 2.4 meters is where the Maoer hole is.Each soldier dug his own cat's ear hole.

These were soldiers recruited from the north, all trained by Edward.

At least Edward's thoughts were all conveyed to them. They did not need to be loyal to anyone, they only needed to be loyal to Germany and the Germanic nation.

The soldiers all wanted to return home alive, so they were not lazy at all in building fortifications. After all, this area belonged to their own pit. If it was not repaired properly, it would be their own who would be killed by a bomb.

With the rapid pulling of the saw, a large tree about 15 meters in size collapsed as it swayed.

Then the soldiers quickly stepped forward and began to disassemble it. They began to saw off sections of two meters each and then cut them in the middle. These will be used as reinforcement materials for the company headquarters bunker.

As for the heavy machine gun nest, it can be said that there are various hiding methods in full bloom.

One of them was dug down to a depth of 1.5 meters, then three layers of sandbags were laid on top, and finally 30 centimeters of rammed earth was laid on top.

As for the shooting surface, a shooting port more than one meter long was dug directly.

There are weeds at the exit as a cover. If you don't look carefully, you won't know that the machine gun position is here.

Of course, the machine gun position must be higher than the previous position.

Two MG42 machine guns were placed side by side, with a 250-round ammunition chain mounted on one on the left and one on the right.

It’s easy to imagine if this firepower continues!
The mortar teams also arranged their positions one after another.

In a circular mortar position with a diameter of one meter, a width and a depth of 80 centimeters.

Three boxes of 50mm artillery shells, totaling 30, are neatly arranged here.

An observer on the roof of the church looked around with a telescope.

Suddenly a T34-76 tank appeared in the distance, and then multiple T34-76 tanks appeared in the distance.

"The Soviet army is attacking! The Soviet army is attacking!"

After seeing clearly, he immediately shouted at the top of his lungs.

The soldiers below immediately started shouting at the top of their lungs after hearing this.

"The Soviet army is attacking! Get ready for battle!"

"The Soviet army is attacking! Get ready for battle!"

All the soldiers are ready for battle.

The anti-tank gun positions were even more prepared.

The anti-tank gun positions are all on slopes. A pit about 70 centimeters high is dug, and the anti-tank gun can be pushed directly into it.

Nothing is visible from a distance unless you look closely.

This height is almost close to the ground level. At the same time, the gun barrel can be raised and only needs to be raised slightly to hit the tank in the distance.

However, the accuracy of an anti-tank gun is not that of a sniper rifle.

Hitting a target within a range of 500 meters is pretty good.

So there is no need to ask for too much, and unless the tank's artillery uses high-explosive bombs, it is actually ineffective against unexposed positions.

As the sight of the tank got closer and closer, everyone became nervous.

After all, there were quite a few tanks rushing over, as many as seven or eight, and there were trucks following behind them, which were mechanized infantry.

There were six or seven soldiers on the tank.

After about 400 meters, the soldiers began to jump to the ground.

If the tank is hit, it will also be unlucky.

boom!boom!boom!
T34-76 tanks began to shell the village of Pidru.

But these are all bombardments against suspicious targets.

That's why we don't set up positions in the bush.

Because that kind of place will be bombarded by the other party first.

Among them were two Su76 self-propelled artillery vehicles, which fired continuously at the bushes.

"Hahaha! Hahaha!"

I don’t know who laughed first in the company bunker.

Then everyone laughed together.

After laughing, I feel in good spirits. This can be regarded as a way to relieve tension.

"Within 500 meters of the target! Load armor-piercing rounds! Fire two salvos!"

When an anti-tank gun targeted a T34-76 tank, the loader quickly loaded a 75mm armor-piercing projectile.

"emission!"

With an order, the gunner pulled the half-meter-long cable.

The firing device ignites directly at the primer and then erupts.

An armor-piercing projectile flew towards the T34-76 tank in the distance.

When they saw the armor-piercing bullets flying towards them, the members in the T34-76 tank were so scared that their souls scattered.

jump!
Naihe missed it and came out directly through a metal groove from the side.

Everyone in the car was so frightened by the harsh sound of metal friction that their backs wet.

The German anti-tank gunner here immediately took the shell handed over by the loader when he fired the shell.

Only six seconds passed before a new armor-piercing bomb was inserted.

When the Soviet tank crew did not respond, another 75mm armor-piercing projectile flew out.

boom!
There was a loud noise and it penetrated directly from the front of the T34-76 tank.

The metal jet directly killed all the tank crews inside.

　I can see my gratitude now. This is a novel. It is just made up randomly. If it is true, it will be meaningless, so I am normal.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)