Sokov and Belkin stood in the observation center at the foot of the mountain, lifted their telescopes and looked at the high ground that was being bombarded. The top of the mountain was like an erupting crater, with explosions everywhere and fire everywhere. The position was wrapped tightly by the rising smoke, and the explosions from the smoke came one after another, one after another.
Seeing this situation, Belkin's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. He raised his hand to wipe away the sweat from his forehead and said to Sokov with lingering fear: "Comrade Battalion Commander, you should be considerate. Let the Third Company retreat to the new fortifications on the north slope during the shelling to avoid the enemy's shelling. Otherwise, under such fierce artillery fire, not to mention that the entire army would be destroyed, at least half of the casualties would have been killed."
Thinking of the last successful night attack, Belkin couldn't help asking again: "Comrade Battalion Commander, see, can we do another sneak attack on the German artillery positions like last time?"
Sokov put down his telescope and looked at Belkin and said, "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, the Germans are not fools. They will learn from their lessons after they suffer a loss. Before the enemy's shelling began, Saviev reported to us that the enemy's artillery positions were set up five or six kilometers away this time. The positions were surrounded by minefields that were difficult to pass, and any roads that could pass were tied up with barbed wire. The enemy did this to prevent our sneak attacks."
When Belkin heard Sokov say this, he said with some regret: "That's a pity. If the German artillery positions cannot be eliminated, it means that our soldiers will be constantly bombarded by the enemy."
"The nameless highland is surrounded by forests. Although German tanks, armored vehicles and trucks are not accessible, the small troops can pass through the forest and reach the rear of our defense zone." Although the enemy's offensive focus was on the high ground in front of us, Sokov dared not take it lightly. He asked Belkin: "Have our guard troops been sent?"
"Everything was sent out." Although Sokov personally assigned the task of setting up alert troops near the highlands, Belkin still explained in detail when answering: "Except for the south, two squads were sent out in each of the other three directions. If an enemy was found, they could immediately enter the battle and persist until the reinforcements arrived."
After confirming that the guards were in place, Sokov nodded slightly and said, "Although the main target of the German army is the high ground that the third company is defended by the high ground, it is not ruled out that they will send a small group of troops to detour behind the high ground if they cannot capture for a long time. At this time, the guards we deployed can be used for a large purpose."
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As soon as the shelling was over, Saviev rushed out of the bunker on the north slope. He stood in the traffic trench, took out his whistle and blew it desperately, urging the soldiers who were still in the bunker to return to their positions as soon as possible and prepare for battle.
When he returned to the top of the mountain, Saviev found that his position had become disastrous long ago under the attack of German artillery fire. There were empty soil more than one foot deep everywhere. Once he stepped on it, he could feel the heat in the soil through his boots.
In the distance, four German tanks lined up in a row were heading towards the high ground. Behind them were German infantry in loose formations. "Get the time and repair the fortifications!" Seeing this situation, Saveyev shouted loudly: "Prepare for battle!"
Stepan, who finally entered the position, couldn't help but breathe a breath when he saw everything in front of him. He thought to himself: If the battalion commander had not ordered the construction of a new fortification on the north slope of the highland and let the soldiers stay inside to avoid shelling, after the round of shelling just now, there would be only a few living people left in the company.
Because the slope of the south slope exceeded the tank's climbing limit, the German tanks stopped at the foot of the mountain. The infantry crossed the tank and rushed towards the top of the mountain under the cover of tank artillery fire.
Seeing the enemy entering the range, Saviev shouted, "Get me on!" Then, the submachine gun in his hand opened fire at the enemy on the hillside. The gunshots were orders, and the machine guns, submachine guns and rifles on the position fired at the same time, blocking the German road forward with dense firepower.
As soon as the gunshot sounded, the German machine gunner quickly jumped into a crater, set up the machine gun to suppress and shoot at the top of the hillside. The other soldiers used the tactic of short-range leaping forward and approached the top of the hill step by step.
The German tanks parked at the foot of the mountain and saw that the Soviet army on the hillside began to shoot, they immediately fired to cover the infantry that were charging towards the top of the mountain. The Germans' guns were fired very accurately. In the first round of shooting, they destroyed a machine gun fire point on the top of the mountain. The machine gunner who was shooting was pulled out of the ground by the explosion of air waves, and after turning two fights in the air, they fell on the slope, rolling down the slope along the slope.
Saviev stared at the tanks at the foot of the mountain that kept causing casualties to his troops, and his eyes were almost spitting out of fire. He thought in pain: "If the five cannons seized last time were not handed over, as long as two rounds of artillery bombardment came, the German tanks could be blown into scrap iron."
The German infantry was getting closer and closer to the position. The soldiers who rushed in the front could rush into the trench within a few seconds with just one acceleration. In order to prevent the enemy from rushing into the position, the bullets shot out from the trench became more dense. The flames spewed by machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles were like an airtight fire net, causing the German soldiers to rush up to fall down in pieces.
Although the German army was only one step away from the trench, it was not necessarily a bad thing for the Third Company, which was stuck in the position. In order to prevent accidental injury of their own people, the tanks at the foot of the mountain had stopped shooting, so that the soldiers of the Third Company could lean out and shoot at the enemy in front of the trench with the weapons in their hands.
The German soldiers who lost the cover of artillery fire seemed to be unable to fight. They were unable to break through the Soviet fire net and could only hide in the bullet crater and fire fiercely with the other party.
The offensive and defensive battle in the highland lasted for almost an hour. After several attempts, the German army, which suffered heavy casualties, finally chose to retreat.
As soon as the German army retreated, the company's correspondent bent over and ran to Saviev, and said loudly: "Comrade Commander, your phone number is in the company command post, and it was called by the battalion commander."
"Comrades, hurry up and repair the fortifications and treat the wounded. Go a few more people on the hillside to collect weapons that can still be used from the German bodies." After explaining all this, Saviev turned around and said to the correspondent: "Let's go and take me to the company command post."
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