Seeing that the machine gun fire point on the Soviet position was destroyed, the German infantry who had just hidden got up from the ground one after another, in groups of three or five, using the tactic of short leap forward to quickly approach the Soviet position.
Although the machine gun fire point was destroyed, there were dozens of soldiers in the trenches. How could they watch the enemy soldiers approach the soldiers? Therefore, after the enemy entered a range of 150 meters, they fired one after another. The assault rifles fired at 150 meters away, forming a dense firepower net. The German soldiers trying to pass through the middle were shot into sieves.
Seeing that the infantry attack was frustrated, German tanks started to launch in time and headed towards the Soviet position. The tank chariot leader's idea was very simple. There were not many shells left now, so it was obviously unrealistic to use shells to eliminate the Russians hiding in the trenches. Now they can only cover the infantry charge, so that they can kill the Russian command.
The German tanks rushed towards the trench and hit the guard battalion commander's thoughts. He quickly called two soldiers and asked them to bring cluster grenades to climb out of the trench, looking for a suitable opportunity to blow up the enemy's tanks.
But the enemy tanks discovered the Soviet army's attempt. A MG42 machine gun had just been set up in the distance, aiming at two soldiers who had climbed out of the trenches and fired wildly. The dense bullets made the dirt around the two soldiers boil like a boil. Soon, one soldier was unfortunately shot and lay there covered in blood. However, another soldier still grabbed the cluster grenade and continued to climb forward bravely.
An officer came to the side of the guard battalion commander and said to him nervously: "Comrade Battalion Commander, the enemy's machine gun fire is too strong, and it seems that our soldiers cannot get close to the enemy's tanks at all."
"Behind us is the division headquarters," said the guard battalion commander with a serious expression: "Do you want the German tanks to collapse the division headquarters?"
The officer turned his head and looked at the wooden house more than a hundred meters away from him, and said in an uncertain tone: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I think the division commander saw that the situation here is not good, and it may have already moved."
"This is impossible." The guard battalion commander shook his head and said, "The attack of the main force in the north has not achieved any results. Even if the division commander wants to transfer, where can he move to? I think with the division commander's character, he must be commanding the battle in that wooden house at this moment."
The Guard Battalion Commander's guess was right. Grizenko was currently in his command center and was talking to a regiment commander at the forefront: "...what did you say? The position was taken down? But, ten minutes ago, you told me that our army could not seize the enemy's position at least before noon...what, what? Only when the Marine Brigade attacked from the enemy's flanks could you successfully seize the enemy's position?...Where did the Marine Brigade emerge?...I don't know? What did you do when you were the regiment commander, and you couldn't even figure out such a simple thing...I'll give you a quarter of an hour to figure out the origin of this force immediately and report to me."
Chief of staff of the division waited for Gricenko to put down the phone and asked quickly: "Comrade Commander, what happened at the forefront?"
"We fought the position that we could not capture all night and was taken down."
"What, the position was taken down?" Chief of Staff asked in surprise: "How did it be taken down?"
"The other party didn't say it clearly, just saying that their attack had just been repelled by the Germans, suddenly there were rockets attacking the enemy's position, and then there were sailors from the Marine Brigade who rushed out from the enemy's flanks and seized the enemy's position in one fell swoop. Now, they are rushing towards the enemy's defense depth, and it will probably not take long to meet with friendly troops heading south."
"Then do we need to transfer the command?" The Chief of Staff couldn't help but feel ecstatic after learning that the position that he could not capture for a long time had been seized, but he quickly regained his peace. Thinking of the danger facing the division headquarters, he reminded Grizenko: "The enemy's tanks are getting closer and closer to us."
When Grizenko heard the Chief of Staff say this, he hurried to the window and found that the three enemy tanks were approaching the trenches defended by his soldiers. In just one or two minutes, the tracks of the German tanks could be crushed through the trenches.
At this moment, a stream of soil suddenly rose up next to a moving tank. Seeing this, the Chief of Staff immediately shouted: "Hell, what's going on? Where are you firing a cannon?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a flame suddenly rose on the body of the German tank that was driving to the west. After a moment, the tank was wrapped in flames and smoke.
The Chief of Staff quickly searched around and shouted excitedly: "Comrade Commander, tank, our tank."
"Tank, what tank?" Gritzenko frowned and said unhappily: "Where did the tank come from?"
"Comrade Commander, please look west quickly." The Chief of Staff pointed his finger to the west and shouted excitedly like a child: "There are many tanks of our army on the west."
Major General Gricenko hurriedly looked in the direction pointed by the Chief of Staff, and saw more than a dozen T-34 tanks lined up in the distance and rushed out from the German flank. The soil he had just seen soaring into the sky and the destroyed German tanks were their masterpieces.
The tank had limited vision. The German tanks heading towards the Soviet trenches did not find any Soviet tanks emerging from the side. As a result, after a round of artillery attacks by the opponent, the two tanks became torches burning on the battlefield one after another.
Seeing the tanks covering the attack of German infantry, they were destroyed by friendly tanks. The guard battalion commander suddenly stood up from the trenches and shouted at the soldiers on both sides: "Comrades, rush with me!" After that, he climbed out of the trenches with his hands and feet, rushed towards the German soldiers in front with his assault rifle, running, and keep shooting, killing those enemies who seemed to be threatening to him.
The number of German soldiers was roughly the same as that of Soviet soldiers, but the chargers of Soviet soldiers had an assault rifle, which had an absolute advantage in firepower. Many German soldiers who were shooting with rifles were knocked to the ground by oncoming bullets after firing a shot.
In less than five minutes, the German army that rushed to the near division headquarters was killed by the guard battalion and the tank troops that rushed to the scene.
While cleaning the battlefield, a soldier came to the battalion commander with a tank soldier and reported to him: "Comrade Battalion Commander, this is the tank battalion commander of a friendly army."
"Hello, Comrade Battalion Commander." The tank battalion commander raised his hand and saluted, saying, "I am the battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 100th Tank Brigade. He was ordered to launch a feint attack on the enemy, but the scout reported to me that there was a battle here. I was worried that our troops would be in danger, so I brought the entire battalion over here."
"Comrade Major, thank you so much." The guard battalion commander held the other party's hand and said excitedly: "If you came half an hour later, I think we would definitely be destroyed."
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Zhukov, who was in charge of Shumakovo, saw that it was already dawn outside and the battle in Sokov was not over yet, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried. He quickly called Novikov, the commander of the Moscow Air Force, and asked directly: "Comrade General, I am Zhukov. I want to ask, how much air power can you use now?"
When Novikov heard Zhukov's question, he asked in surprise: "Comrade Marshal, you are now in the Voronezh Front, and they can have an air force group. Is the existing air force not enough?"
"It's not enough, it's far from enough." Zhukov knew Novikov could not see it, but he shook his head and said: "Yesterday, not only all the fighter jets of the Voronezh Front's Air Force 2nd Army took off to air and compete with the enemy for air supremacy, but even the 16th Army of the Air Force belonging to Rokosovsky's Central Front were all put into battle. If you want to completely grasp the air supremacy over Kursk, you need more aircraft."
"Comrade Marshal, I understand what you mean." Although Novikov was the commander of the Soviet Air Force, he is now a clever woman. All fronts need air forces. His subordinates no longer have air force to dispatch. The new air force is being formed, and the pilot is still studying in the aviation school. Even if he wants to enter the battlefield, he will have to wait until the end of the year. Therefore, he said tactfully: "If you really need more air force, you can contact the Supreme Commander himself directly to see if you can draw the air force from other fronts to strengthen Kursk."
Zhukov thought that he had promised Sokov to provide air support to his troops after dawn, so he asked cautiously: "How long will it take?"
"I think as long as the Supreme Commander agrees, we can complete the Air Force's transition in a maximum of one week."
"What, it takes a week." Zhukov frowned and said, "No, it's too long, I can't wait that long. I now need an air force to provide air support to Sokov's offensive forces."
After Zhukov finished speaking, he sighed softly and said, "Comrade Marshal, I really want to help you, but I'm really sorry. I, the Air Force Commander, are now a commander-in-law and have no air force that can be mobilized at all."
Zhukov asked a few more questions, and seeing that he really couldn't get the air support he wanted from Novikov, he could only sigh softly and said, "Okay, then I'll find another way."
Lunev, who was sitting next to him, was still feeling lucky when he heard Zhukov call Novikov. When he saw Zhukov put down the phone in disappointment, his heart was also cold. He asked tentatively: "Comrade Marshal, then, can we not provide any air support to Commander Sokov?"
Zhukov glanced at Lunev, but did not speak, but picked up the already cold tea on the table and took a sip. He frowned and thought for a while before he said to Lunev: "Give Mi Sofa a telegram and ask him how he is. Let him give me an accurate answer, how long will it take to eat the German imperial master?"
When Lunev heard Zhukov's orders, he dared not be negligent, so he asked the radio operator to send Sokov a telegram.
At this moment, Sokov was getting more and more panicked. He thought that the imperial division was rebuilt and suffered a heavy blow from him. It would not take much effort to eat him. But unexpectedly, when the battle entered dawn, the remaining German army was still resisting. According to Major General Gricenko's report, the division has now been reduced by more than half, and its attacking power has been severely weakened, and the enemy is still constantly counterattacking them. They cannot continue to move closer to the troops heading south.
After seeing Major General Gricenko's telegram, Sokov was so angry that he cursed. He didn't expect the battle to be like this. It seemed that he shouldn't have handed over the roundabout task to the 384th Division. If other divisions were allowed to participate in the war or invest more troops, the battle might have ended long ago.
But there is no regret medicine in the world. No matter how regretful Sokov regrets, he cannot change the status quo. Seeing Sokov walking back and forth in the house like an ant on a hot pan, Lieutenant Colonel Uzakov, the commander of the infantry brigade who had been resting for several hours, approached and asked with a smile: "Comrade Commander, our brigade rest has been long enough. Can you see if we can put us into the battle again? I promise you, don't look at how tenacious the Germans in front of us fight, as long as we brigade run, the battle can be solved at most an hour."
Lieutenant Colonel Uzakov's words made Sokov feel a little excited: the 62nd Brigade has never been able to break through the German defense, and the 84th Brigade, which deviates to the German left wing, has no news. Tweet Uzakov Brigade up and try it, maybe it can break the current deadlock.
Just as Sokov was about to make a decision, a staff officer suddenly came to him with a telegram and reported to him excitedly: "Comrade Commander, good news, good news. Colonel Chuwashov's 84th Marine Brigade has successfully deviated to the left wing of the German army and launched an attack unexpectedly. Now they have joined forces with the 384th Division and are actively moving northward. I believe that they can achieve a meeting with the troops from the south in a very short time."
At this time, the radio operator came to Sokov and said nervously: "Comrade Commander, I just received a telegram from the Military Commissioner."
Although Lunev seemed a little strange to send a message to himself, Sokov asked casually: "What is it on the telegram?"
"Ask when will we solve our current enemy?"
Chuwashov's troops met with the 384th Division, which gave Sokov a confidence. He took a deep breath and said to the radio operator: "Call back to the military committee member, we are expected to completely resolve the current enemy by 8 o'clock in the morning."
After Uzakov and other radio operators left, they raised their hand and looked at their watch and asked Sokov tentatively: "Comrade Commander, it's already six o'clock now. According to our current playing style, can the battle end before eight o'clock?"
"According to the current style of playing, it will definitely be difficult to end the battle before 8 o'clock." Sokov looked at Lieutenant Colonel Uzakov and said with a smile: "But if you put your brigade into the battle, will it greatly shorten the course of the battle?"
Chapter completed!