It's better to conquer them than to command the steel torrent

Chapter 111 Chapter | I will command from the front!

10月6日后半夜4时07分，蒂萨河水坝战斗打响，防守这一地段的伊凡罗斯军队是第232步兵团。

Judging from the terrain, the town is on the east bank of the river, and the hydropower station is also there.

The Imperial Russian Infantry Regiment was deployed dispersedly along the river. The regimental headquarters and an infantry battalion (minus one company) were located in the small town. The missing company was stationed directly at the dam and hydroelectric power station.

Two or three balls of light hung in the night sky like lanterns.

Those were flares fired by the Imperial Russian mortars. They emitted a dazzling light of more than 100,000 candela around them, illuminating the earth.

Major Bella personally led the officers and soldiers of Company A to advance towards the dam, but they were suppressed by intensive firepower in the open area, and 7.62mm machine gun bullets rained down from the front!

Seeing this, Shang Ke immediately turned around and instructed: "There are several machine guns over there, blow them up!"

Since Company A was responsible for the direct attack, its mortar platoon remained at the starting position of the attack and merged with the mortar platoon of Company B, thus having four 81mm mortars.

"Bang! Bang!"

The sound of the mortar firing was quite crisp, and the grenade hit the target in a beautiful parabola.

After three rapid shots, the enemy's machine gun fire suddenly stagnated amidst the continuous flashes of explosions!
Shang Ke, holding a telescope, carefully observed the battle situation.

He plucked a blade of grass to feel the wind direction, then continued, "Fire a round of smoke bombs at the front of the enemy position, then adjust the firing parameters towards the east bank traffic intersection and fire a single shot."

Then he shouted to a female sergeant beside him: "Tell the attacking team that we will use smoke bombs to cover their attack."

As the smoke bomb fell, the sulfur trioxide inside quickly released thick gray-white smoke, which drifted to the southeast under the influence of the breeze.

At this time, Major Bella led the soldiers to attack in two directions, with the main force advancing in the front and a platoon making a detour to the left.

Noticing that the enemy's firepower had greatly decreased, he immediately ordered, "Attach bayonets! Everyone, pay attention! Advance quickly! Forward! Forward! Forward!"

The soldiers shouted and launched an attack, and the distance of more than 200 meters was reached in the blink of an eye.

The light of the sword and the shadow of the sword!
The Hungarian soldiers who broke into the enemy camp engaged in a brief hand-to-hand combat with the enemy here and quickly cleared out the stronghold.

Without stopping, they split into many sections in groups and quickly moved towards the other side of the river along the narrow arched dam.

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This round of flares in the sky was about to burn out, and then a new round of flares burst into light.

I don't know how many rounds it has been, but the Ivan Ross army on the other side of the river has been firing continuously.

At this moment, someone next to Shang Ke exclaimed: "Enemy armored vehicles! Opposite! Two armored vehicles!"

Through the telescope, one could see two armored vehicles driving across the hydropower station road, followed by a group of enemies rushing to reinforce them.

"Suppress the enemy reinforcements and be careful not to waste artillery shells." Shang Ke reminded.

You can't carry many shells when marching on foot. One mortar shell weighs seven and a half pounds, and a wooden ammunition box contains three shells. In total, you can only carry a few dozen shells, so you have to use them sparingly.

Several 81mm shells whizzed down, and the 410g TNT filling inside exploded violently. The suddenly hit Imperial Russian soldiers fled in panic amid the flying fragments.

But the two BA-6 armored vehicles accelerated forward, rushed out for dozens of meters and stopped at the edge of the cliff, firing at the Hungarian officers and soldiers on the dam with 40mm tank guns and 7.62mm machine guns!
"what--"

Shang Ke saw with his own eyes that someone was blown down. The figure fell from the dam and landed dozens of meters into the river, splashing water and then disappeared without a trace.

The Tisalek Dam is an arch dam that looks like an arc when viewed from above, and the passage above is very narrow.

Under such a blockade of firepower, the Hungarian officers and soldiers were pinned down and unable to move.

"They're pinned to the dam! Bring the anti-tank guns!"

At the starting position of the attack here, the soldiers carried heavy anti-tank guns.

Generally speaking, only elite infantry units of the Hungarian army were equipped with imported Solothurn anti-tank guns.

Fortunately, the cavalry reconnaissance company happened to have two of them.

这种枪管修长的20毫米超轻型火炮便是苏罗通公司设计制造的S-18反坦克枪（炮），发射20×105毫米穿甲燃烧弹可在100米距离上击穿25毫米垂直钢板，侧面五发弹匣供弹。

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In Shang's opinion, this thing is too clumsy. It weighs hundreds of pounds and requires a team of three to work together. In fact, it is not a very good weapon because the most important thing about infantry weapons is that they are light and flexible.

"Pay attention to the target! Shoot the one in front on the left first!" Shang Ke pointed his hand diagonally into the distance and gave instructions loudly.

The shooter turned the handle with great effort, turning it three times before the thing was loaded.

"Damn armored vehicles! Go to hell!"

"Boom! Boom!"

There were two loud bangs in succession, and muzzle flames spurted out from both sides of the large muzzle brake, and armor-piercing tracer bullets flew towards the target at high speed!
The Russian-made BA-6 armored vehicle has a 9mm thick hull armor and a 15mm turret armor. It is as fragile as an eggshell in the face of fierce incoming armor-piercing tracer bullets.

The armor-piercing tracer bullet easily penetrated the thin steel plate. During this process, the aluminum-magnesium powder filled between the bullet jacket and the alloy steel core was squeezed violently and exploded, and the hot metal fragments penetrated into the interior of the armored vehicle!

After a series of concentrated fire, the armored vehicle was ignited like a torch and was engulfed in flames in the blink of an eye.

The advantages of semi-automatic weapons were fully demonstrated at this moment, and the shooter immediately changed the target and shot at another vehicle.

Smoking brass shells were thrown out from the side, and the two anti-tank guns fired two or three rounds in succession until their magazines were empty.

For a second, Shang Ke felt that the whole world had become quiet, with only the loud noise and buzzing sound of the anti-tank gun firing in his ears.

At 4:20 in the middle of the night, after being freed from the suppression of the armored vehicles, the officers and soldiers of Company A continued to advance, flying through the narrow top of the dam and rushing into the unrestrained open area.

Shang Ke, who was at the starting point of the attack, breathed a sigh of relief.

We finally made it through, but it’s far from time to relax.

Intelligence shows that the enemy in front of us has an infantry battalion and units affiliated with the regiment headquarters. It is hard to say whether we can stop the enemy's counterattack.

At this time, the Hungarian officers and soldiers approaching the hydroelectric power station engaged in fierce exchanges of fire with the enemy there, and the battle quickly evolved into hand-to-hand combat!

After a while, several armored vehicles appeared at another corner of the road near the hydropower station, and tanks were vaguely visible in the distance.

No way! Why are there tanks in this place?

Confused, Shang Ke didn't have time to figure out what was going on. The female sergeant next to him said in panic, "A large number of enemy infantry are moving to the north! Major Bella has been shot! Sir! They are under heavy fire!"

The situation has taken a turn for the worse!

Shang Ke looked around, took a deep breath, and immediately ordered: "Attention, Company B will stay in position to support the engineers, and the Cavalry Company will support Company A. I will take over the command now and command from the front!"

(End of this chapter)