Chapter 4 Quality PK Quantity
After a night of cruel massacre, Lynn's soldiers turned the valley of Salzburg to Bischoffshofen into a hell on earth. More than 10,000 Soviet officers and soldiers died here, and the remains and corpses and vehicles and equipment filled the long pass. The group of men who had left the team and tried to recapture Salzburg were not much better. On the way to attack the city, they fell into a fire trap set up by their opponents in advance. They suffered heavy losses under the cross-fire of machine guns and artillery fire. In the end, only a pitiful few two or three hundred people dispersed and evacuated.
Within a radius of fifty kilometers, no large Soviet troops approached, but Linn was not greedy for the spoils in the valley. He quickly led his main force to transfer to Salzburg, and the few seriously injured were scattered to nearby villages and houses. In Salzburg, a fairytale mountain city in the northern country, the imperial team, which successfully seized the city on the eve of the eve, seized an astonishing amount of combat supplies from the Soviet barracks and warehouses. According to Linn's plan, they issued electricity to the outside world early in the morning and announced that Salzburg had escaped from the Soviet occupation and became a battle fortress fortress. Then, while using the terrain characteristics of Salzburg's mountains and rivers to build fortifications, mobilizing local residents to evacuate the surrounding villages.
It was already noon when Lynn and his command arrived in Salzburg. In this short day that was about to pass, except for the tenacious Soviet pilots flying planes to conduct reconnaissance again and again, Salzburg has not yet been hit by any form of counterattack by the Soviet army. Even so, every soldier who actively prepared for the war dared not have a slight chance of luck. Now the Soviet Union has a million troops stationed in Germany alone, and the entire territory of Austria is also under the control of the Soviet army, and it is in power and boundless.
Although the steel torrents can not exert speed advantage anywhere, even if they come at the slowest speed, facing Salzburg, whose terrain advantage is not enough to form a natural barrier, it is enough to flatten the thousands of Lynn and the city with their unstoppable impact. In the case where the external situation is difficult to change greatly in the short term, defending an isolated city with limited forces is a dead end with no hope of victory. The failure of the Paris Commune is the best lesson.
A small group of fearless people challenged the Soviet Union, which even the allies could not defeat by force. This seemed as respectable as a mantis armed with a chariot and alasing that the power supply issued in the name of a free warrior did not receive any response or support from the outside world. It was like a rock sinking into the sea, making the officers and soldiers who had originally had fantasies clearly realize their real situation. In Lin N's opinion, such power supply was just a reminder, reminding those who were afraid of the strong combat power of the Soviet army: Look forward to it, a miracle is happening!
The particularly quiet winter night passed quietly, and when another destiny came, the wind and snow had already weakened significantly. In Heintegten, about 6 kilometers north of Salzburg, more than 200 imperial soldiers used the abrupt mountains to set up blocking positions. The first Soviet army from the north finally appeared on the white horizon. Dozens of white-painted T34 were like snow blocks moving along the river valley followed by a large number of Soviet soldiers wearing white cloaks and armored vehicles and trucks tow artillery. In this relatively open area, they could at least not repeat the tragedy of their companions.
"Come on, come on, let's see our strength!"
The Imperial Army Captain wearing a 6-type snow helmet leaned over in the snow hills and murmured alone. He wore a gray-white camouflage uniform suitable for snow marching and combat, wearing white warm leather gloves, and even the military telescope in his hand had a milky white shell. After the training of the northern country and the fighting of the Allied Team, the Imperial Guards' snow combat capabilities had been qualitatively improved. It is no exaggeration to say that if the German team had such an elite combat cluster in 1941, the victory of the war would have been won long ago.
Behind the side and rear of the captain are six heavy jeeps arranged in diagonal lines and covered with white camouflage nets. They each carry a 00mm recoil-free cannon, which is comparable to the L040 used by German paratroopers at that time.
Because it is equipped with specially developed armor-piercing bombs, its armor-piercing ability is no less than that of conventional anti-tank guns with medium caliber, and was equipped with a large number of Allied infantry on the European battlefield for 1-1 years. It played a certain role in fighting against Soviet armor clusters and was able to effectively deal with the thick armor of Soviet T34 at a relatively close range.
In front of these vehicles, the imperial soldiers who were skilled in mountain and cold zone combat built hidden and solid combat trenches. In terms of a single unit, the mg-42,50mm mortars and various anti-tank rocket launchers they equipped far exceed the proportion of the front battlefield, which is not an exaggeration to describe it as "armed to the teeth", but considering that they need to face the Soviet army that is well-equipped and good at "human sea tactics" can only barely meet the combat needs.
On the other side of the valley, the rolling snow hills seemed to show no sign of combatants' activity. However, under the double concealment of camouflage nets and snow, four mountain assault guns were patiently waiting for the opportunity to culminate in prey. Their turrets, shaped like tank No. 4, were equipped with 75mm long-barrel guns of the same type as the Black Panther tank. On the battlefield of World War II, this artillery has been proven to be an effective weapon against Soviet tanks. More importantly, its size and weight are suitable for use in a mountain combat vehicle with less than 10 tons. Around these mountain cheetahs, a platoon of imperial soldiers crawled in the dug defense trenches.
"All vehicles are careful. The target has entered the 500-meter area. No. 2 deals with the top three vehicles, No. 3 deals with the ones that are most reliant on the ice of the river, and No. 4 deals with the enemy's right wing. Remember, aim at the side of the vehicle body and attack!"
In the extremely quiet and closed space, the low and steady commands are enough to clearly reach every pair of ears.
From the appearance, this mountain chariot acting as a command vehicle has extremely distinct edges and gray snow camouflage paint. The right additional armor can maximize defense ability. In the direction pointed by the muzzle, the roar and the outline of the target are gradually becoming clear. The atmosphere before the battle is enough to make the heart of the novice jump to the throat, but it is obvious that there are experienced and highly qualified veterans here.
After waiting for half a cigarette, the low sound was once again transmitted to every mountain chariot through radio:
"All cars are careful. After the battle begins, determine the attack target in their own order, and strive to kill an enemy with each shell!"
In the ears, the rumbling sound of tracks gradually approaching, but the imperial elites who were on standby based on the terrain did not rush to open fire. They were like snow leopards ready to pounce on their prey at any time, waiting calmly and extremely calmly for the best time.
Just when the clear figure of the Soviet tank was reflected in the center of the optical scope, an extremely dull roar came faintly from the sky. Imperial soldiers who had experienced Allied air strikes could easily distinguish the sound effects of several enemy aircraft and fleet formations. They didn't have to look up to know that a considerable number of formations flew over their heads. Although the Soviet army left some air defense weapons in Salzburg, it was still a bit short of using them to resist large-scale air strikes. The air defense missiles proved amazing efficiency in actual combat, but due to their bulky structure and confidentiality, they were not included in the equipment list of the Imperial Team that fought in Europe this time. At present, the only thing they could count on was the wind and snow that had not completely stopped.
Boom...boom...
The roar of the anti-aircraft guns was the first to break the tranquil atmosphere of this snow country, and also made the officers and soldiers on both sides who had not yet entered the war more nervous. The Soviet tanks and accompanying infantry advancing along the river valley naturally opened the distance, which seemed to reduce the probability of being shot, but gave the opponents with relatively limited number and attack angles to break each...
whoosh...swock...
The recoilless cannon hidden behind the snow hill of Heintegten opened the prelude to the outpost battle with a strange roar. The strange-looking shell flew out of the muzzle with its shaky tail flames, and the gray-white smoke quickly drifted in the wind. A few seconds later, the armor-piercing shell accurately hit a Soviet tank at the front, and unceremoniously tore open the side armor of its body, and entered the body under the action of a delayed fuse before exploding. The white tank was still moving forward rapidly due to inertia, and it stopped a while later, and the muzzle was hanging down weakly. This scene easily reminded people of the warriors who died suddenly in an ancient battlefield...
Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!
Stepping on the wonderful battlefield rhythm, the Imperial Team fought in the snowy mountainous areas, and four mountain tanks that arrived in the Alps thousands of miles also opened fire. The 75mm cannon made an extremely different crisp sound, which sounded much softer than the 88mm cannon. After a while, the flames and black smoke of the armor-piercing shells burst out from the tanks. Although the Soviet tanks painted in cold zones had good protection colors, they still had the same end in front of the well-trained Imperial gunners. Some shells directly penetrated the armor, and then detonated the unused shells placed in the car. The violent explosion instantly swallowed the tank body and the crew inside!
After one round of artillery, before the Soviet tanks behind them could respond effectively, the firepower of the Imperial Team rushed to launch the second round of fire. With many targets, their results were still astonishing, and they were hit head-on. The Soviet tank cluster lost more than 20 tanks in just a few minutes. The tanks followed recklessly knocked away the wreckage of companions who had completely lost their combat capabilities, but exposed themselves to the opponent's muzzle. More Soviet tanks braked urgently, adjusted their muzzle and opened fire at the locations where the flashing flames were flashing. The shells roared across the battlefield less than 400 meters and fell in the hills and snow. The violent explosion caused countless snow pieces and ice chips, which was so beautiful that it was hard to believe that this happened at the most cruel moment of killing.
Chapter completed!