Sokov hurried back to his command post and contacted Chernesov by radio. Chernesov did not ask about the progress of the battle here, and said to Sokov directly: "Major Sokov, your battalion will hand over the position to the friendly troops who are receiving the defense before tomorrow evening, and then arrive at Suxinic."
"Transfer the position to friendly forces?" Sokov was stunned when he heard Chernesov say this, and then asked back: "Comrade Commander, can I ask which unit is here to take over our defense?"
"It is the 411th Infantry Division of the 10th Army." Chernesov replied: "The mission of sticking to the nameless highland will be completed."
Sokov originally thought that the troops who replaced the defense of the nameless highlands were drawn from Suxinic. He was worried that the other party would draw troops from him to supplement because of insufficient troops. At this moment, he learned that friendly forces from the left wing would take over the defense, and he felt much more at ease.
More than an hour later, the nameless highland that the Third Company defended was again shelled by the German army. The cunning German army took advantage of the shelling and sent a small team of eight tanks to advance along the simple road, trying to detour to the rear of the highland again. Behind the tank team were four armored personnel carriers loaded with soldiers.
The leading tank was driving and opened the top cover of the turret. A German tank soldier poked out half of his body and observed the surrounding environment vigilantly.
The artillery platoon leader Porochenko hid in the observation center on the west slope, staring at the tank squad with a telescope, and quietly calculating how far they were from the anti-tankre built by the engineers. When he saw the first tank getting closer and closer to the mine, he couldn't help but hold his breath and prepare to listen to the violent explosion.
But unfortunately, the track of the German first tank successfully drove over from the anti-tankrei. Seeing this scene, he was so angry that he punched the earth wall hard. He could only pin his hope on the second tank, hoping that the tank that followed could crush the buried mines. But he was soon disappointed, and the second tank passed through the mines unscathed.
"Damn, what's going on?" Porochenko muttered in his heart: "Does the anti-tankres buried by the engineers have failed, so that the tanks will not cause an explosion if they run over it?"
Just as he was thinking about it, a dull explosion suddenly came, and the third tank was wrapped in black smoke. When the smoke dissipated, Porochenko saw that one side of the tank had been blown off and the body was burning. As the tank touched the mine, not only the tanks following behind stopped, but the two tanks in front also stopped. An armored vehicle behind rushed up and stopped next to the burning tank.
Porochenko saw German soldiers jumping out of the armored vehicles, and based on the mine detectors they were holding, they could tell that they were engineers. Since the engineer platoon only buried two anti-tankres here, one of which had exploded and destroyed a German tank. Whether the remaining mine was discovered by the enemy's engineers was not his concern. He picked up the phone and shouted to the gunman who was commanding the anti-tank gun: "Comrade Sergeant, have you seen the enemy's tank?"
"See, Comrade Lieutenant." The cannon leader replied.
"Aim at the two tanks in front to fire," Porochenko ordered the gunner, "After destroying them, transfer the position immediately."
After the gunman dropped the phone, he immediately issued an order to the gunman: "Aim at the second German tank and fire!"
With a loud "boom", a dazzling ball of flame burst out from the body of the German second tank, and then a stream of black smoke emerged. Seeing the anti-tank gun hit the start, Porochenko in the observation center couldn't help but cheer.
The gunman ordered a gunner to aim at the first German tank and fired for the second time. The armor-piercing bullet fired into the inside of the tank and exploded, causing the ammunition to explode. The flames rushed straight from the open hatch to the sky, just like a fired oil well.
After completing two rounds of shooting, the gunner immediately ordered the transfer of the launch position. The soldiers did not dare to neglect and pulled the anti-tank guns to transfer to the new launch position.
When the German tanks behind saw the two tanks in the front, they were destroyed by anti-tank firepower from the hillside. They immediately turned the guns and fired at the fake positions on the hillside. Several fake positions that were deliberately exposed became targets of German tank guns. Amid the series of explosions, the cannons made of wood were blown to pieces.
At this moment, the anti-tank gun had been moved to a new place. This time, without waiting for Porochenko to give orders, the gunman commanded the gunner without any instructions: "Aim at the last tank on the road and shoot!"
Although the German tanks were all parked on the road, due to the slightly farther distance, the shells fired by the anti-tank gun fell into the air and exploded on the side of the last tank, and a mud pillar soared into the sky.
Seeing that the shell did not hit the target, the gunman couldn't help but glared at the gunman fiercely. Seeing that the shell had fallen due to an error in his aiming, the gunman suddenly turned his face to the base of his neck. In order to atone for his merits, he put his eyes close to the scope and carefully aimed at the farthest tank.
The fourth shell flew out and successfully hit the German tank again. Seeing the German tanks in the distance starting to burn, the gunner calmly issued an order to transfer to the new launch position.
The anti-tank gun had just been transferred, and the exposed launch position was bombarded by German tanks. Seeing all this, the gunman thought with lingering fear: "Fortunately, the position was transferred in time, otherwise this anti-tank gun would have been reimbursed."
Four shells reimbursed three German tanks, greatly increasing the confidence of the artillery soldiers. After they arrived at the new launch position, they immediately deployed anti-tank guns and aimed at the tanks parked on the road to continue firing. They fired seven shells in one breath, destroying three tanks and armored vehicles.
Although the enemy was left with only one tank and an armored vehicle, the three gunners responsible for loading the shells said to the gunmaster with a sad face: "Comrade Gunner, there is only the last shell left. Which target should we hit?"
"Is this a matter of course it's the enemy's tank." The gunman shouted at a gunner: "Aim at the enemy's tank and fire!"
The last shell hit the tank that was trying to escape. It dragged the fire for a while and then stopped on the road and started to burn. The armored vehicle sent by the engineers in front saw that the tanks and armored vehicles they were traveling with were reimbursed, so they dared not to stop there. They hurriedly carried the engineers and prepared to escape.
Chapter completed!