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- Now, let's end the Battle of Kharkov!
On April 22, 1942, Marshal Timoshenko, commander-in-chief of the Soviet Southwest Front, concentrated the 317th, 393rd and 250th Infantry Divisions, the 26th Cavalry Division, the 5th Guards Army and the 37th Tank Brigade in Barvinkovo A full-scale breakout operation was launched to the east.
On the same day, Marshal Ernst Brahm, the commander-in-chief of the German Kharkov Group, also put all his reserve forces into action and issued a general offensive order!
The battle between life and death broke out here!
Soviet Army, fight for survival! German army, fight for victory!
Wang Weiyi must meet the Soviet army's effective strength here to the greatest extent possible, win breathing time for the German army, and re-plan the war.
Even, it is to change the direction of history
He must force himself to do this!
The fanatical Soviet soldiers fighting for survival met the equally fanatical German soldiers fighting for victory and glory!
Under the order of Marshal Ernst Brahm, countless German fighter planes began to bombard the Soviet army indiscriminately. This is the greatest sorrow of the Russians!
They have courage and enthusiasm, but they have lost some of their weapon advantages.
They can only risk the enemy's fierce air attacks, focus in vain, and attack in vain again and again.
Perhaps the most tragic one was the Soviet 317th Infantry Division.
They were the first to arrive at the breakout location, but were the first to be strafed and bombed by the Luftwaffe.
Countless Soviet officers and soldiers fell in a pool of blood. They worked hard to gather and shoot in the air, but all this had no effect at all.
Before the 393rd Infantry Division arrived, one-third of the officers and soldiers of the 317th Infantry Division died in the hands of German air forces.
And the bombing and strafing are still going on
"Marshal Richthofen is so crazy!" General Kleist sighed as he looked at the large groups of German fighter planes that appeared in the sky again and again: "Since the Soviet-German war broke out, I have never seen such fierce air attack!"
Wang Weiyi said with a straight face: "If he could have bombed with such intensity at Dunkirk, maybe the current war situation would not be like this."
General Kleist shrugged
He had never heard that Marshal Richthofen was afraid of anyone, but when Marshal Ernst came back, the German Air Marshal was like a mouse meeting a cat.
The German army, fully engaged in the offensive, is ready to end the battle in Kharkov.
Tanks are domineering on the battlefield, assault guns are invincible on the battlefield, and soldiers are invincible on the battlefield!
The Soviet troops that broke through suffered multiple blows from the Germans. Unable to concentrate at all, they were forced to devote their soldiers to the attack one by one.
But this plays right into the hands of the Germans!
Their defensive units defended their positions with ease, and their offensive units happily annihilated their enemies.
The balance of the war has irresistibly tilted towards the German side
The Russians were obviously unwilling to fail in their breakout battle again. They were still working hard until the last moment.
Especially the 26th Cavalry Division commanded by Major General Nekkinsky.
This is a true cavalry division
With the cavalry force becoming increasingly unable to adapt to the battlefield and being rapidly eliminated, this force, composed entirely of cavalry, still stubbornly maintains its ancient and dignified tradition.
Opposite them is the German army¡¯s elite armed skeleton division Vandevene Battle Group.
When the German officers and soldiers of the 2nd Skeleton Infantry Regiment saw countless war horses appearing on the battlefield, they were briefly stunned and at a loss.
What's wrong? Why are there so many cavalry on the battlefield now?
Ah, they are real cavalry, not the kind of troops that just keep the cavalry designation.
What are these cavalry doing here without artillery cover?
"They are here to fight for their lives." Colonel Vandeveney shook his head helplessly.
He sympathized with these Russians. Such an attack would only turn this place into a big slaughterhouse.
But what can he do?
The German gunners entered the position, the German tanks entered the attack position, and the German machine gunners aimed ahead.
Major General Nekjinski pulled out his command sword and raised it straight forward:
¡°For the honor of the cavalry, the knights of the Soviet?, move forward! "
The knights on the war horses slowly drove their horses towards the front.
Artillery fire rang out among them, and each of the cavalrymen died in the artillery fire, but miraculously the team was not in chaos.
¡°God, these people really don¡¯t want to live anymore,¡± the German soldiers thought.
Suddenly, Nekkinsky shouted loudly:
"Cavalry, charge!"
The originally slow war horse suddenly accelerated and rushed forward like crazy.
March forward, cavalry! Forward, for the glory of the cavalry! Move forward, for that ancient dignity!
Although every one of them has no hope of victory, they are still charging forward without looking back.
There is something that cannot be thrown away, and that is dignity!
What they are maintaining now is the ancient dignity of the cavalry
All weapons on the German position began to fire!
There is no difficulty in this! The German machine gunners swore.
They could see the enemies falling down like fallen leaves from their horses one by one, and they could see the war horses neighing in pain.
However, the killing force of machine guns could not stop the suicidal charge of those cavalrymen.
Horses trampled on horses, horses trampled on corpses. The knights kept shooting at the opposite side with their carbines, waving the sabers in their hands, and shouting "Ula" loudly.
¡°Officers and soldiers are exactly the same in this team.
They are also charging and undergoing the test of death
German tanks appeared.
If possible, the German tank crews would rather not have such a victory. This is not the war they imagined at all.
But war is war, and they still joined in the massacre.
The earth is wailing, and the sun and moon are without light.
The color of blood wraps everything up
The horses that had lost their masters were searching sadly on the battlefield. The corpses were stacked one after another. The ones squirming in the pool of blood were the knights who were not dead yet.
No cheers of victory could be heard from the German positions.
This is nothing to cheer about. This is just a simple but most cruel killing.
The knights who once had the supreme glory of the cavalry unit and were invincible on the battlefield have become vulnerable to steel.
Their glory is passing away, but what has not passed away is their dignity that will never be erased!
From this point of view, all Russians in the 26th Cavalry Division are undoubtedly worthy of respect
"Colonel, we have captured a prisoner who seems to be their general"
After hearing the report, Vandeweney tidied up his military uniform and went to see the prisoner in person.
"Colonel Vandeweney of the 2nd Skeleton Infantry Regiment of the German SS Skeleton Division!"
"Major General Nekkinsky, commander of the 26th Cavalry Division of the Soviet Southwestern Front."
"General, hello!"
"Hello, Colonel!"
The two of them behaved so politely, as if they were long-lost old friends.
Vandevene noticed that Nekkinski¡¯s abdomen was bleeding. He called a military doctor and bandaged Nekkinski¡¯s wound.
"Thank you, Colonel." Nekkinsky said very politely: "I was injured and fell into a coma. When I woke up, I became your prisoner. Colonel, I make a request to you. Please allow me to commit suicide. Okay?"
"General, I'm afraid this will be difficult to do." Vandeweney said with some regret: "You know, you are a general, if you catch an enemy general but allow him to commit suicide."
"This is my last request." Niekkinsky interrupted: "You don't know what the cavalry means to me. All my soldiers are dead, but I am still alive. I can't face it. Even if you don't allow me to commit suicide now, I will look for every opportunity in the prison camp, but I still beg you to give me such a chance. This is a request from an old cavalryman to let me die with dignity! "
"Let me die with dignity, this is an old cavalry's request to you!"
Vandevene¡¯s heart was so shocked that he even became a little emotional.
"Give him a pistol and a bullet!" Vandeweney decided not to worry about anything. Even if he would be imprisoned or even demoted, he decided to fulfill the old cavalry's last request: "General, please allow me to give him Salute you, you are a true knight!¡±
As he spoke, he raised his hand and saluted the respectable old cavalry with a standard military salute.
"Thank you, Colonel, I will be grateful to you." Nekkinsky took the pistol and returned a military salute: "Long live the Soviets! Long live the Bolsheviks!"
"Long Live Germany!"
?Nekkinsky smiled and pointed the gun at his head
The last cavalryman on this battlefield ended his life in this way and maintained his dignity in this way.
During his lifetime, he and Vandeveney were enemies, but he used his own methods to win the respect of his enemies.
The cavalry is immortal, although it will be completely eliminated sooner or later.
This is an episode that happened on the battlefield in Kharkov, but it will definitely be remembered by everyone forever:
The dignity of the cavalry can be maintained with life!
The wind slowly blew across the battlefield.
The sobs in the wind came one after another! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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