The troops commanded by Sokov were soon discovered by German scouts during the march.
But fortunately, they were regarded as the 106th Infantry Division by the German scouts as the failure to attack Donetsk and were forced to retreat. Therefore, the scouts sent telegrams to their superiors without verification, reporting to them that the 106th Infantry Division was discovered.
After receiving the report from his subordinates, Paul Hauser immediately sent a telegram to the commanders of the three divisions: "The 106th Infantry Division, which retreated from the Donetsk direction, is moving towards Kharkov. To prevent misunderstandings, you should open the passage for them after sending people and contacting them."
Paul Haussel, who issued this order, may never have dreamed that it was because of his misjudgment that the three elite SSs suffered a devastating blow.
Coincidentally, in order to confuse the German army, Sokov let the commanders and fighters who were opening the way forward meet the German army, and once they met the German army, they said that they were from the 106th Infantry Division. The German army received an order from Paul Hauser to let them open a retreat passage for the 106th Infantry Division.
With the help of the night cover and the help of the German army's wrong order, the 41st Division of the Guards successfully passed several checkpoints set up by the Imperial Division and quietly approached the German regiment's headquarters.
The 122nd Regiment of Papchinko was opened in front of him. He reported to Sokov via telegram: "Comrade Commander, according to our reconnaissance, the German Regiment headquarters of the German Imperial Division and the garrison of an infantry battalion are just two kilometers ahead of us. What should we do, please instruct us?"
When he learned that the German army's garrison appeared in front of him, Sokov immediately ordered without hesitation: "Use rockets to attack the German army's garrison."
The huge explosion broke through the silence of the winter night.
Captain Braun, the company commander of the Ninth Company, has suffered severe insomnia recently. Although he took four sleeping pills before going to bed, the huge explosion still woke him up.
"Damn, we were bombarded by the Russians." Braun turned over and got out of bed, and had no time to put on his clothes, so he rushed out of the room with his clothes in his arms and shouted loudly: "Hans, Hans, where are you?"
"Mr. Captain," Order Hans, also woke up by the explosion. He rushed to Braun quickly and asked, "Do you have any instructions?"
"Bombardment, the Russians are about to bombard us." Braun yelled at Hans while wearing clothes in a hurry: "Immediately order the troops to hide."
"This is impossible." Hans said in a sceptical tone: "We are more than twenty kilometers away from the Russians' positions. Even if they have heavy artillery, they may not be able to hit us."
"You idiot." Braun shouted at his orderly man: "Didn't you hear the explosion just now? That's not the effect that the guerrilla mortar can achieve."
As soon as he finished speaking, another loud noise came from a distance, and the vibration of the ground almost made Braun fall to the ground.
"Damn, the Russian cannons can really hit us." Hans was completely awakened by the loud noise. He turned his head and ran towards the dense tents, shouting constantly: "Bombardment, the Russians have bombarded us. Everyone, hurry up and find a place to hide."
At this time, the Soviet army's test firing had been completed. The artillery observers calibrated the target based on the landing points of the previous two rockets and reported the new parameters to the rocket launcher two kilometers away.
Soon, countless rockets dragging the flame tail flew towards the German camp.
"Damn Russian..." Although Braun had never seen a new rocket equipped by the Guards Division before, he immediately realized something was wrong when he was looking for a place to hide, a rocket had already landed more than twenty meters away from him and exploded.
The huge shock wave caused him to fall to the ground. His ears were shaken so hard that he could not hear any sound. He only saw his orderly Hans running among the numerous tents, shouting something loudly.
However, everything was too late. The rockets fell one after another in the dense area of ​​the tent, making countless dazzling flames and deafening explosions, turning the location of the tent into a sea of ​​fire. Countless soldiers were blown to pieces in their sleep. A few soldiers escaped from the tent after hearing Hans' shouts, but they still did not escape the attack of the shells. They were either blown to pieces on the spot or ran around with fire. After knowing that they were exhausted, they lay on the ground and continued to burn without moving.
The tanks, armored vehicles and trucks that were docked nearby were also unrecognizable by the Soviet rockets. Braun sat on the ground in a daze. After a long time, he realized that he could not hear any sound at all. His ears were deafened by the explosion just now. A hot stream flowed out of his ears, flowing down his cheeks. When he reached out to wipe it, he realized that it was blood flowing out of his ears. Before Braun got up from the ground, a rocket landed directly in the position where he was sitting. When the smoke dissipated, Braun had long disappeared, leaving only a deep pit with blue smoke and darkness.
The area attacked by rockets was not only the location of the Ninth Company, but also the stations of the regiment headquarters and other nearby companies. After five minutes of bombardment, there was no one else to breathe in the entire camp, and replaced by the scorched earth on the ground and the wreckage of tanks, armored vehicles and trucks that were burning.
Papuchinko confirmed through a telescope that the German camp had been destroyed, and immediately reported the good news to Sokov via telegram: "Comrade Commander, our regiment has successfully destroyed the German camp with new rockets. According to my observation, there are almost no survivors."
Sokov was naturally very happy that the 122nd Regiment could achieve such a victory, but he was very worried that in order to eliminate the enemy, Papuchinko consumed too much of the new rockets he carried. Therefore, when he asked Cidolin to call back, in addition to verbally commending the 122nd Regiment, he also specifically asked about the consumption of the rockets.
This is not the first time that Papuqinko has used a new rocket. He naturally knows the power and importance of this weapon. He quickly replied: "In the battle that ended not long ago, we consumed a total of 63 rockets, destroyed a regiment headquarters and an infantry battalion of the German army, and achieved great results."
This time, when he went deep into the enemy's back, Sokov carried a total of 500 rockets. When he learned that the Papchinko regiment had consumed 63 rockets in the battle, Sokov still felt a little upset. After all, what he encountered was the Imperial Division, and behind him were the Skeleton Division and the Flag Guard Division, which were not easy to deal with.
But considering that the 122nd Regiment had just achieved such great results, if he criticized the regiment commander and said that they used too many rockets in combat, it would probably affect the morale and morale of the troops. Therefore, he did not have the problem of new rockets, but ordered Papchinko: "Continue to move forward and advance to the enemy's defense."
The attack on the Imperial Division's "Germany Regiment" regiment headquarters was soon reached Major General Val's ears. Major General Val, who had just woken up from his sleep, learned that he was attacked, and he must have made a mistake. This place is more than 20 kilometers away from the Soviet army's station, so how could the defenders in the city launch a shelling camp at such a distance? Therefore, he said to the adjutant who came to report the situation: "You go and verify whether this report is true or false. How could our German regiment be attacked from the Russian defense zone?"
"Sir, the Division," said the adjutant cautiously: "Can it be a guerrilla?"
"This is impossible." Major General Val immediately denied the adjutant's speculation: "Just with the equipment of the Russian guerrillas, even one of our platoons can't deal with it. Can they still attack a regiment headquarters and take a battalion?"
After saying that, he communicated with his staff: "Continue to call the German Corps and figure out what was going on there."
Although Major General Val questioned the attack on the German regiment, Paul Haussel learned about the attack on the German regiment through his own channels. He stared at the map in front of him and couldn't believe his eyes. This was impossible. This was night, how did the Russians know the location of the German regiment?
He called his chief of staff and asked, "Tell me, how did the Russians know the location of the German regiment and carried out a precise strike?"
After hearing this, the chief of staff said with embarrassment: "General, this matter is hard to say. Logically speaking, only the guerrillas can do it if they can carry out such an accurate strike. However, the broken guns of the Russian guerrillas are very difficult to deal with our company-level units. How dare you provoke a regiment headquarters of our army? I think this matter is definitely not done by the guerrillas."
"If it weren't for the guerrillas, who would it be?"
"His Excellency General," said the Chief of Staff cautiously: "Will it be the Russians who were defeated by our army regrouped in this area and carried out sneak attacks on us while the night was shining."
The Chief of Staff’s explanation was reasonable, but Paul Hausel thought for a moment and shook his head and denied it: “This is even more impossible. The Russian troops defeated by our army have long been out of ammunition and food. Even if they want to launch an attack, they will enter our camps by night attacks and engage in close combat and hand-to-hand combat with our soldiers. How could they use artillery fire to bombard them?”
"Will that be the Russians dispatched by Kharkov, looking at the Imperial Division's defense zone?" The Chief of Staff continued to analyze Paul Hauser: "Analysis from all signs, this is probably the biggest."
"I don't think it's possible." Paul Haussel once again denied the Chief of Staff's inference: "It is even more impossible for the Russians stationed in Kharkov to appear in the position where the German regiment is under attack, and they have to pass through the layers of our army."
Speaking of this, he pointed his hand at the Chief of Staff: "Call Major General Val and ask him why he didn't report to us about the attack on the German regiment in time."
"Yes, General, I will call him immediately." The phone was quickly connected. After hearing Major General Val's voice from the receiver, the Chief of Staff immediately handed the microphone to Paul Hausel.
Paul Haussel took the microphone and asked loudly: "Major General Val, why did the German regiment be attacked by the Russians, you did not report to me in time."
When Major General Val was stunned when he learned that Paul Hauser had already known about the attack on the German regiment, he thought that there was a special intelligence system in the army, so he could completely pass by himself to report to Paul Hauser, and quickly defended himself: "General, I think this matter is a bit incredible, so I am sending someone to conduct verification. I plan to report to you after the accurate results are obtained, but I didn't expect you to know it first."
"No matter whether this matter is true or false, you should report to me as soon as possible if the German regiment is attacked." Paul Haussel scolded Major General Val on the phone: "In this way, we can also verify the authenticity of this information through our own intelligence system."
"God of General," Major General Val said as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw when he heard Paul Haussel say, "I have sent someone to verify it, and it may take several hours to get the news. I wonder what you can do to understand what happened in the shortest time."
Paul Hauser did not speak, but looked at the Chief of Staff on the side, wanting to hear what he said. Seeing Paul Hauser's eyes fell on him, the Chief of Staff quickly replied: "Genuine General, our telecommunication listening part, before and after the attack, had found unknown radio waves near the attack site. They told me with certainty that they were definitely not the radio waves used by our army."
"So, there are really Russian troops who are deeply rooted in our rear?" Paul Haussel said with a frown: "Why are our frontier troops not aware of it at all?"
The Chief of Staff did not know the answer, so he could only smile bitterly: "Genius General, I will contact the frontier immediately to find out if there are any small Russian troops infiltrated."
"The army that can make such a big noise is definitely not a small army. I guess there is at least one regiment of troops." Paul Haussel frowned and said to the microphone: "Major General Val, I order you to send troops immediately to search that area. You must find out how many Russian troops have penetrated deep into my rear."
"God of General, my other troops are a little too far from the attack site." Major General Val said awkwardly: "Even if he starts gathering at this moment, he will probably have to wait until noon before he can get there."
Chapter completed!