Germany does not seek survival

The naval battle was still quite fierce. The German Navy's biggest losses came from mines. The old Russian ship Slava and the patrol ship Admiral Makarov also performed well, sinking many German minesweepers in the chaos, but they were immediately attacked by the German battleships and were damaged.

The Estonian beach was getting closer and closer. Faust lowered his gas mask, and the soldiers of the Grossdeutschland Regiment also lowered their masks to prevent the smoke from being stirred up by the intense artillery bombardment.

"Prepare to go ashore, comrades."

Faust raised his trench mace high: "National Socialists, lead the charge! Our victory will bring about the Russian Revolution, and the spark of the Russian Revolution will burn all the way to Berlin, and in the flames, Germany will be reborn!"

Chapter 74: The Viennese Libertine

On the open land of the Estonian coast, thick smoke billowed, and everywhere were bunkers and trenches destroyed by German naval guns. The beach was full of craters. The powerful Russian coastal defense heavy artillery defense system had been completely paralyzed. The soldiers hiding in bunkers and trenches were either killed by the explosion or deafened and drowsy.

The Großdeutschland Regiment, in landing craft, was approaching the beach, and the huge guns of the High Seas Fleet were still striking the Russian positions deep in the coast. Faust raised his head and saw, behind the cape, a cloud of smoke, the weeds on fire, and clouds of fireworks floating down from the cliffs beaten by the waves.

The landing troops could now see the coastal defense obstacles composed of barbed wire and wooden stakes, but the beach behind the obstacles was quiet and deserted, with no movement at all. The landing craft were getting closer and closer, until they were three or four hundred meters away from the beach, and there was still no enemy blocking fire.

Faust breathed a sigh of relief. The landing craft rushed forward through the waves more than 1 meter high, and the artillery fire of the High Seas Fleet extended to the targets inland and rear. The Russian defense system was really destroyed by the German artillery fire!

Faust had originally anticipated that the Grossdeutschland Regiment might face an "Omaha Beach"-style fierce battle on the beach, but the result was unexpected. The Russian army had no soldiers left to fight on the beach, and the Grossdeutschland Regiment easily landed without any interference.

One after another, landing craft rushed into the beach along with the tide, and the soldiers hurriedly unloaded the bicycles from the boats. Because the Estonian coastline had become like the surface of the moon after being covered by the naval guns of the High Seas Fleet, it was extremely difficult to travel. This was when bicycles and horses came into play.

The two bicycle companies of the Grossdeutschland Regiment were the first to break into Estonia. The man with the mustache stood up and pedaled hard, passing by. There were many machine gun firing points and bunkers along the way, all of which had been blown to pieces by naval guns. There were also some scattered guns and ammunition left by Russian soldiers inside. It can be seen that the Russian army had deployed garrisons on the coast, but their number was small. Under the attack of naval guns, they all abandoned their positions and fled.

More soldiers in the rear waded ashore. Rommel commanded his troops to use horses to transport artillery and machine guns to land first. The whole process was actually very cumbersome and time-consuming. If the Russian army retained even one regiment of garrison on the coastline at this time, it could cause great damage to the Grossdeutschland Regiment.

The reality is that there is not a single Russian soldier left here. During the entire landing operation, the Grossdeutschland Regiment suffered very few casualties. Some people fell into the water and were swept away by the tide and drowned. Several soldiers crashed into the reefs on the beach, bled, were washed away by the sea water, and died of severe inflammation.

Apart from this, the Grossdeutschland Regiment suffered no other casualties. The man with the mustache led two bicycle companies and advanced rapidly into the depths of the beach, encountering no resistance from the Russian army along the way.

The convoy of more than 200 bicycles was so huge that people who didn't know the situation thought it was an outing. It was not until the bicycle company approached the town of Haapsalu near the landing point that the mustache-wearing man's troops encountered sporadic resistance from the Russian army.

There was also a "Newport" plane flying in the sky. The man with the mustache was so excited that he immediately led the bicycle company to attack Haapsalu without caring that he had no heavy weapons.

The Russian troops stationed here were a naval unit. They lacked heavy weapons and even had few machine guns. They were attacked by the German army in a hurry and were very panicked. Both sides fought in a chaotic manner, bullets flew everywhere, and the surrounding seaside buildings were covered in smoke and dust.

Hitler's first wave of attacks failed. German soldiers rode bicycles directly into the town of Haapsalu, where they were immediately wounded by sailors. The mustache man was furious. He fixed the bayonet on his rifle and rushed to the front line:

"Do you want to be immortal? The Russians are unprepared. Where are the National Socialist Party members? Charge with me!"

Hitler used the tactic of bayonet charge and led dozens of people to charge the Russian positions. The soldiers of the Grossdeutschland Regiment were overwhelmed by the bullets fired by the Russians from the houses. Apart from stabbing to death several Russian sailors who did not have time to rush into the houses, Hitler had no results and was even shot and wounded by the Russians.

Hitler was so angry that he burst into tears on the spot: "What's wrong with you? The Russians are so bad, why can't we defeat them? It's so shameful!"

As a soldier, Hitler was very brave, but as an officer, his performance was very unsatisfactory. In other directions, the Great German Regiment made smooth progress. After the troops landed one after another, they expanded the landing field horizontally. When they encountered resistance from the Russian army along the way, they waited for heavy weapons to be transported to land before launching an attack, and successively removed the few remaining obstacles of the Russian army.

Only the bicycle company led by Hitler not only failed to complete the task of quickly occupying the Russian army's deep positions, but also blindly attacked the coastal town of Haapsalu, resulting in heavy casualties.

Faust was a little disappointed with Hitler's command on the battlefield. It seemed that the military talent of the man with a mustache was indeed average. Perhaps Hitler had some natural intuition in grand strategy, but he was really not good at micro-management on a small battlefield.

"Tito, take the cavalry to support Adolf."

Faust gave Tito an order that in order to achieve a quick breakthrough after the landing, the Great German Regiment was reinforced with a cavalry company, which were temporarily transferred from the Austro-Hungarian troops.

Tito was a handsome man. He rode on a tall black warhorse with a straight figure and heroic demeanor. It was hard to tell that he was from a working-class family. He looked like a knight who had traveled through time from the Middle Ages, or at least a hussar from an aristocratic family.

The horses of this cavalry unit were also equipped with mortars and machine guns. They galloped on all fours, trampling on the muddy tidal flats, and rushed towards the town of Haapsalu.

When the densely packed war horses arrived, Tito wiped away the tears from the mustache man and said, "Don't be too ridiculous, Comrade Adolf. How could you fight a war like this? You are not manly at all!"

Hitler raised his head, his eyes full of unwillingness: "Tito, you didn't see those Russians, they hid in the house, and the bullets were fired out like they were free. We rushed in several times but couldn't get in, and our brothers were injured..."

Tito and Hitler had a deep connection. One year before the outbreak of the war, Tito, like Hitler, was living in Vienna in 1913. They both wanted to relax in the oldest Central Café in the square in front of Schönbrunn Palace. Unfortunately, in the crowd, Tito had not yet met Hitler, nor had he met Stalin and Trotsky, who also loved to go to this café at the time.

Before the classical era of monarchs and aristocrats came to an end, there remained the twilight of Vienna, a prosperous and splendid place where talented people arose. In a small café, the exiled Trotsky wrote his manuscripts, the homeless Hitler sold his paintings, the renowned Freud interpreted the dreams of noble ladies, the downtrodden Stalin hid from the Tsar's spies, and Schumpeter tutored the Austrian emperor...

But at that time, no one knew about it except Stalin and Trotsky.

Tito was also in Vienna. His life at that time was much more comfortable than that of the homeless Hitler. Tito was a test driver for Mercedes-Benz. Taking advantage of the test drive opportunity, he fell in love with Lisa Spooner, the daughter of the largest clothing store in Vienna. Lisa Spooner paid for Tito to learn fencing and equestrianism. If it were not for the unexpected pregnancy that caused the two to break up, Tito might have really become the son-in-law of a wealthy family in Vienna.

Another officer of Tito's cavalry company, Putacek, jumped off his horse. He was a Czech, born into a poor noble family in Rataje on the Sazava River. Before the war, he had participated in the Austro-Hungarian Army Sports Competition and won medals like Tito. Tito won a silver medal in fencing in this competition, and Putacek won a silver medal in equestrianism.

"Company Commander, we have brought up the mountain artillery."

Ptacek used six horses to transport the Skoda 75mm mountain gun. The gun could be quickly disassembled into six parts, making it convenient for horses to carry it directly across rugged terrain without having to pull it.

Tito dismounted from his horse with remarkable agility. He turned around and stared at Hitler sharply: "Warfare isn't just about charging forward with brute force. Look at you, leading your bicycle company straight into the enemy's guns. How can you expect anything good? We need strategy."

Hitler gritted his teeth and clenched his fists: "I know, but I just can't swallow this breath. Watching my brothers get hurt, I... I can't wait to wipe out all those Russians immediately!"

Ptacek walked over quickly and saluted. "We have installed the mountain artillery."

Tito nodded and looked at Hitler: "See? This is the strategy. We will use artillery to stun the Russians first, and then you take your men and rush in. Don't be reckless, Comrade Adolf. Impulsiveness will not solve the problem."

After the German army set up their mountain artillery, they immediately began to bombard the town of Haapsalu. The Russian troops in the town lacked heavy weapons and were soon confused by the bombing. Tito drew his saber and pointed it at the town of Haapsalu: "Okay, let's see if we can completely defeat these Russians this time!"

The man with the mustache became more energetic. Under the cover of mountain artillery, the soldiers of the bicycle company attacked the town again. This time the Russian sailors could no longer resist and quickly collapsed. Tito's deputy Putacek immediately led the cavalry to chase them. The horses neighed and the hooves clattered. A large number of sailors were captured.

Chapter 75 You dispatch the armored train

After the German landing, all the troops of the Grossdeutschland Regiment made smooth progress. Except for the town of Haapsalu in Estonia, several other strongholds on the coast, from the towns of Ristí to Lihula, a coastline about tens of kilometers wide, were all controlled by the Grossdeutschland Regiment.

Because the Russian resistance was far weaker than expected, Faust immediately ordered the firing of flares and began to request the sea transport fleet to further carry out the landing mission and transport all three Polish divisions participating in Operation Albion to the landing site.

The main force of the High Seas Fleet was still exerting pressure in the direction of Riga. After the Russian garrison commander of the Gulf of Riga, Major General Chasny, had finally repaired the telephone lines, he received news that was worse than the last. The Russian Baltic Fleet had suffered heavy losses in the Gulf of Riga. After the Glorious battleship fought desperately, it was still severely damaged by the German Navy due to its old age and disrepair, and was forced to sink itself, blocking the waterway.

Major General Chasner was very worried that the German Navy would land directly in Riga, so he put all his energy into organizing the sinking operation. The Russian army began to find ways to sink many transport ships and old warships to the bottom of the sea, but under the fire of the High Seas Fleet, these operations were very inefficient.

The shores of Riga were constantly bombarded, and a large number of artillery positions, bunkers, outposts and warehouses were damaged. Explosions continued and smoke filled the air. In order to guard against the German landing, the Russian army also transferred part of the troops guarding the Dvina River back to Riga, weakening the defense forces facing the Dvina River.

On the west bank of the Dvina River, a group of people from the Eastern Front Commander-in-Chief's Office had climbed to a high place and were overlooking the battlefield. Prince Leopold still said nothing and allowed Chief of Staff Hoffman to give orders and command the army.

Manstein was not here. He had already started his mission with the Eastern General Planning Group. He would contact a large number of Russian revolutionaries and ignite Russia's internal conflicts as soon as the outcome of the Riga battlefield was decided.

Two and a half hours after the High Seas Fleet launched its attack on the Gulf of Riga, the German Army also launched an offensive on the west bank of the Dvina River. In preparation for this attack, Hutier mobilized 700 cannons and 550 heavy mortars. "Müller the Breaker" took over command of 134 artillery batteries of the German Linsingen Group, Woyersch Group and Prince Leopold Group on the Eastern Front.

The German artillery fire frequently switched from one target to another quickly, and then repeated this operation. This required strict and detailed command of each artillery piece to maximize the damage to the Russian command posts, telephone lines, outposts, trenches and artillery positions.

The Russian army was completely passive and the commander of the 12th Russian Army responsible for defending the Dvina River, Dimitri Paskin, concentrated all his main forces on a railway bridge across the Dvina River leading directly to Riga.

However, the German army would not do as Paskin wished. General Hutier had commanded the German Eighth Army to force a crossing of the Ukrainskir ​​Peninsula, which was formed by a bend in the northern Dvina River 30 kilometers east of Riga. The engineers quickly built three pontoon bridges within an hour, connecting the peninsula with the southern bank of the Dvina River, thereby transporting three divisions to build a bridgehead.

The Russian army realized the situation later and wanted to mobilize troops to block the attack, but all the troops' mobility was suppressed by German artillery fire. Light howitzers bombarded the Russian army in depth with high-explosive shells and gas, destroying a large number of Russian telephone lines and transportation networks. Huge mortars and heavy howitzers were responsible for destroying transportation lines. By the time a small number of Russian troops arrived at the German bridgehead under the barrage of artillery, the German army had already consolidated its position.

The Russian army was retreating everywhere and the situation was in chaos. Major General Chasne had no time to care about the Estonian direction. On the day the Grossdeutschland Group landed, it took only a few hours to clear the beach, and the transport fleet began to send the Polish Corps ashore.

Piłsudski and Colonel Sikorski, both on board the German Navy transport ship, had not expected the operation to go so smoothly. Colonel Sikorski was particularly excited:

"The Russians are completely defeated. Their army lacks supplies and morale. Not to mention compared to the past, even compared to a few months ago, it's much worse. It seems that the Polish hope of regaining their independence is growing."

Piłsudski was not so optimistic. The collapse of the Russians was indeed good for Poland, but it was also good for Germany and Austria-Hungary. If Russia was destroyed and Germany and Austria-Hungary remained strong, Poland's true independence would still be a long way off.

The Polish Corps also began to transfer to landing ships, and more artillery, machine guns and engineering equipment were transported to the beach. Now the speed of advance is the most important. The Great German Corps is still advancing inland into Estonia. The main goal is to control all the bridges along the way as soon as possible.

In the entire Estonian region, there are only three most important cities: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia; Pärnu, the port on the west coast of Estonia; and Tartu, which controls Lake Peipus and Lake Pskov.

Of these three cities, Tartu was still far away and out of Faust's reach, but Tallinn and Pärnu were both close at hand, with Tallinn in the north and Pärnu in the south. Because the most important task of the landing troops was to cut off the Russian army's retreat route, the Großdeutschland Regiment immediately began to attack Pärnu after consolidating the landing site in Haapsalu.

Tallinn was a big city in Tsarist Russia. There was also a troop stationed here, the 48th Division, which was reorganized from the Russian Army's pre-war Siberian Division. The division commander was Lavr Kornilov, a war hero in the Russian army and very famous. When the German army attacked Osovitzburg in 1915, the Tsarist Russian authorities expected that the area could only be defended for 48 hours, but Kornilov actually held on for six months.

Just a few months ago, Marshal Kornilov had just been promoted to commander of the 25th Infantry Army and was transferred elsewhere. The new commander of the 48th Division had not yet arrived at the front to take up his post. The division was leaderless and at this critical moment, it was unable to make a decision whether to hold on to Tallinn or to move the entire army south to retake the German landing site.

Inside the fortress of the Tallinn Garrison, the officers of the 48th Russian Division were in chaos again. There were great differences of opinion among them. Some wanted the troops to move south immediately, while others believed that the 48th Division should stay in Tallinn until the order from above arrived. Everyone started arguing and talking incoherently, and soon some officers started fighting.

In the chaotic situation, no one cared about the emergency situation on the Estonian front. Only the commander of the 226th Infantry Regiment, Zemlyansky, picked up two Fedorov semi-automatic rifles and fired a series of bullets at the ceiling.

"What the front needs now is reinforcements and ammunition! There's no time for quarreling!"

The officers of the 48th Division looked at each other in bewilderment. Without orders from their superiors, no one dared to mobilize the troops at will. Zemlyansky was deeply disappointed. How could the Russian Empire have become like this! It was about to become a laughing stock for all of Europe!

Zemlyansky kicked open the door and rushed to the front with the 226th Regiment. Someone tried to dissuade him from taking action, saying it was against military law. Zemlyansky raised his Fedorov rifle and fired randomly at the wall: "If you're any slower, you can all take a ride to Petrograd!"

The Russian army had more than 20,000 soldiers in Tallinn, but only 2,000 people from the 226th Regiment participated in the counterattack. Zemlyansky was not popular. This surname was the surname of Russian Jews, who mainly lived in the Krivoy Rog area on the Dnieper River. It was spelled Zemlyansky in Russian and Zelensky in Ukrainian.

Jews have always been discriminated against in the Russian army, so many Russian Jews participated in the rebellion. A small number of royalists, like Zemlyansky, became more fanatical due to the convert effect, and ordinary Russians became more fanatical.

This unit set out from Tallinn and rushed southward at full speed. When Zemlyansky arrived at the town of Risti, north of Haapsalu, only a small number of cavalry from the Grossdeutschland Regiment had entered the town. Due to limited manpower, the Russian 226th Regiment immediately opened fire. They used new artillery shipped by Britain from Murmansk, which had great explosive power.

The Great German Regiment had too few troops in the town of Ristyi, with only two cavalry platoons commanded by Lieutenant Ptacek, with less than 100 soldiers. However, this Russian unit attacked with great ferocity and dared to engage in close combat. They rushed into the town under the cover of artillery fire and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the German cavalry with the butts of their rifles.

Lieutenant Ptacek immediately sensed something was wrong, his hands clenching the binoculars until they were soaked. This enemy force must be an elite force, no small matter. He quickly sent back several cavalrymen for help.

He led the remaining cavalry, all of whom dismounted, and used the pre-built fortifications built by the Russian army in the town of Ristyi for defense.

Shells pounded down one after another, the intense firepower making it impossible to raise one's head. Lieutenant Ptacek's neck was covered in dirt, his belly pressed tightly against the ground. He swore fiercely, "Either one shell will kill me directly. If it doesn't kill me, I'll hold you here."

Before the smoke from the artillery fire had dissipated, a large number of gray Russian animals rushed up. This unit was obviously different from the ordinary Russian army. The morale was very high. Although the charging formation was dense, it was very methodical. It was in the form of human waves, one after another. There were also many officers who led the charge at the front of the column.

Lieutenant Putacek got up and looked around. The German soldiers who were still able to move were firing back. Fortunately, they brought several machine guns and had already loaded bullets and fired. The machine gun flames swept down a large number of Russian soldiers who were at the forefront. However, the Russian army had a huge numerical advantage and was still able to rush forward.

This is a tough enemy force!

The Russian army quickly rushed into the town and started close combat. Lieutenant Putacek also picked up his rifle, fixed his bayonet, and joined the other cavalry in hand-to-hand combat. Most of them were cavalry from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They had received special fencing training and were much better than the Russian army in hand-to-hand combat. They relied on hand-to-hand combat to withstand wave after wave of fierce Russian attacks.

Outside the town of Ristyi, Zemlyansky, commander of the Russian 226th Regiment, was extremely anxious. His troops had successfully rushed in several times, but were driven out by hand-to-hand combat by the Germans. This repeated cycle not only resulted in heavy casualties, but wasted a lot of time. He gritted his teeth and asked the artillerymen, "How many shells are left?"

"Captain, we only carry a basic amount of ammunition!"

Zemlyansky walked back and forth beside the cannon. He came in too haste and the number of shells he brought was seriously insufficient. This was a serious oversight. Shells, shells! He was going to fail because of the lack of shells!

"Throw all your shells in! Don't save ammunition!" Zemlyansky said angrily. "Time is more precious than anything else. Let's recapture the town of Risti first!"

"Also, armored trains. Use armored trains to bombard the town of Risti."

There is a railway line between Tallinn and Pärnu. Zemlyansky dispatched an armored train for this purpose. He originally regarded it as a trump card to retake the coastline, but now he is no longer stingy.

The whistle blew long, and a black locomotive sprayed with white steam, dragging three armored carriages, approached the town of Ristyi along the rails. There were densely packed shooting holes on both sides of the carriages.

All the available artillery pieces of the Russian army opened fire at the same time, and the town of Ristyi was suddenly shaken. A wooden house was destroyed by a cannon, and the collapsed rubble immediately crushed Lieutenant Ptacek. His eyes went dark, and he felt that he was going to be finished.

At this time, behind the town of Christi, the cavalry sent by Lieutenant Ptacek had hurriedly brought the news from the front line to Faust.

Faust was not surprised to hear the news of the Russian counterattack. It would have been surprising if the Russian army had not counterattacked.

The main force of the Great German Regiment is currently attacking the port of Pärnu in the south, and the Polish Corps is still landing. Faust does not have many mobile forces, and only a reserve company under Rommel's personal command can participate in the battle.

Can a reserve company repel a regiment of Russian ace troops with an armored train?

It's difficult, but this reserve company doesn't have an armored train, but it has Aryan supermen!

Chapter 76 I Send Out Superman

With the fire support of the armored train, the Russian 226th Regiment rushed into the town of Risty several times in a row, but was repelled several times by hand-to-hand combat led by Lieutenant Ptacek.

The Germans were too few in number, and their wounded were not leaving the front lines to participate in the battle. The Russians were also surprisingly tenacious. Usually, a Russian unit would charge a few times and then give up for the day. However, this unit charged seven times and was still roaring with energy with each attack.

The Russian armored train had a shovel-shaped ram at the front. Although the German army had set up obstacles on the railway, as long as the train started moving, the ram could clear everything on the track.

The train therefore quickly arrived at the train station in the town of Ristyi. The square welded turret on the carriage rotated, and the gun barrel extended from the train station, aiming at the houses and fortifications held by the German army. After a fierce bombardment, Lieutenant Putacek and his men were almost all injured.

In the carriages at the back of the armored train, machine gun barrels extended from the steel plates and fired continuously, filling the town with smoke.

Lieutenant Ptacek cried out to heaven and earth, but no one responded. He still snorted, "We all have to live, because the Grossdeutschland Regiment has greater ideals to achieve. How can we realize our ambitions if we die in an obscure town in Estonia? Hold the position. Major Faust will come to support us!"

Lieutenant Ptacek met Tito in Vienna before the war. One was a Croat and the other was a Czech, both were minorities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They hit it off immediately. They both suffered a lot from the poor life in Vienna, so they yearned for the blueprint of the ideal world described by Faust.

Seeing the Russian army rushing into the town again, Lieutenant Putacek crawled out from the ruins, drew his saber, and shouted: "There is nothing to say, resist to the end!"

Outside the town of Ristyi, Captain Zemlyansky did not expect that this small group of German troops would be so tough! It was just like the Battle of Osovitz two years ago, where the two sides exchanged identities!

He had a regiment of troops plus an armored train, and the amount of ammunition he carried was a little less, but after an hour or two of effort, he still couldn't defeat half a company of German troops.

Zemlyansky's famous battle was the Battle of Osovets, fought under Marshal Kornilov. At that time, the Russian army had only a few troops left, more than a thousand people, but they had to resist the 12 battalions of the German 11th Home Defense Division, a total of 7,000 troops.

Moreover, the German army used a large number of gas bombs in this battle. Most of the Russian officers and soldiers in Osovitzburg lost their ability to resist, and many soldiers died of poisoning. The survivors searched for towels everywhere, soaked them in water or urine, and then covered their mouths and noses with them, but it was no use. They coughed violently and vomited blood. Some even coughed up bloody lung fragments...

After the gas bombardment ended, German troops wearing gas masks walked into the fortress. They believed that the Russian army had completely collapsed. In fact, this was the case. At that time, almost all the Russian soldiers of the three companies of the 226th Regiment were killed. Zemlyansky led only less than 100 defenders, holding rifles with bayonets, staggered out of the trenches, and launched a staggering counterattack.

Due to the widespread gas, the German soldiers all carried gas masks and could not identify the number of Russian troops. In a hurry, a small number of German soldiers began to retreat. As a result, they were mistaken for Russian troops attacking by the German troops in the rear. As a result, they killed each other and the situation became chaotic. Marshal Kornilov arrived with reinforcements soon after and helped Zemlyansky achieve this miraculous victory.

The German army was very strong, but the Russian army was not entirely composed of weaklings. After all, Tsarist Russia was also a great power, with an industrialized population of nearly 250 million and an army of 15 million. It could still produce one or two heroes.

Zemlyansky decided to lead the team himself and rush into the town. At this time, in another direction west of the town of Rist, Faust and Rommel also brought the last reserve company of the Great German Regiment. Some people rode horses, some rode bicycles, and hundreds of people rushed towards the town of Rist.

Faust was riding a bicycle, and his speed was faster than that of a galloping warhorse. He rode alone hundreds of meters ahead of the entire army. This reminded Rommel of the "Miracle of Saint-Quentin". As long as Faust was there, Rommel really felt that there was nothing to be afraid of in battles below the regimental level.

Because no matter what, there is "Siegfried" to back you up.

The town of Ristyi had been turned into a vast ruin by the artillery of the armored train. The bodies of Russian and German soldiers were lying in the middle of the road. Lieutenant Putalek was leaning against the sandbag fortifications, gasping for breath. He had a wound more than ten centimeters long on his chest stabbed by a Russian bayonet, and the bleeding was profuse. He also killed two Russian soldiers with his bayonet and chopped down two more Russian soldiers with his saber, so he made up for his loss.

"Woo--Woo--"

The whistle of the armored train in the train station sounded again. The sound of the whistle was like a death warrant for this small German army. When everyone heard the sound, they knew that the armored train was about to rush out and fire machine guns at close range.