"Damn, what's going on?" Sokov thought to himself: his troops had been fighting in the east of the city for so long, and he should have attracted the enemy's main force long ago. Why would the friendly troops attacking from the north still make unfavorable progress? However, time was tight, and he didn't have to think too much. As soon as he put down the phone, he ordered a guard beside him: "Comrade Soldiers, go and call Lieutenant Colonel Ajik, the leader of the 1139th Regiment."
Ajik happened to pass by not far away. He heard that Sokov had something to look for him, so he rushed over immediately. Seeing him coming, Sokov immediately said to him: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the situation has changed now. The friendly forces attacking from the north of the city have been stubbornly blocked by the German army and cannot continue to advance. I now order you to turn north after entering the city and support the friendly forces blocked by the enemy."
With the order issued, Ajik led the troops of the 1139th Regiment to the north of the city to support the 322nd Division, which was in a difficult battle. Sokov only brought a guard squad to the joint command of the 1135th and 1137th Regiments.
Bindasov was calling the first battalion commander Jetrov and ordered him to lead his troops to advance to the south of the city and drive the enemy to the west of the city. When he saw Sokov walking in from outside, he quickly covered the microphone with his hands and asked in surprise: "Comrade Commander, why did you come to the city?"
He was staring at Pavel, who was looking at the map in front of him, and when he heard Bindasov's scream, he quickly turned his head and looked around. Seeing that Sokov had come to him, he quickly straightened his body to salute, and asked in surprise: "Comrade Commander, did you only have a guard squad when you entered the city?"
"Lieutenant Colonel Ajik's 1139th Regiment came to the city with me." After Sokov finished answering, he walked towards the window where only the window frames were left, and asked casually: "How is your situation here?"
"The progress is very smooth, comrade of the division command." Pavel quickly replied: "According to our division of labor, after seizing the temporary command of the German army, the troops of the 1135th Regiment developed to the west of the city, and our regiment continued to advance west..."
Bindasov quickly ended the call with Jetrov. He looked outside the door first, but did not find any trace of Ajik, so he walked to Sokov and asked curiously: "Comrade Commander, why didn't I see Lieutenant Colonel Ajik? I don't know where he went?"
"When you occupied the German temporary command, friendly troops in the north of the city also launched an attack on the city." Sokov turned his head and looked at Bindasov and continued: "But their progress was not going well and they were stubbornly blocked by the German army, so I sent Lieutenant Colonel Ajik's 1139th Regiment to support them."
"Strangely, General Orlov's infantry army was deployed in the north of the city." Hearing Sokov say this, Bindasov asked in confusion: "In addition to the cooperation of the tank brigade, they should be very smooth in their advancement. Why are the progress not going well?"
"I don't know what the specific situation is, the commander didn't tell me." Sokov was not very concerned about the progress of the friendly forces at this moment, but asked the two regiment commanders: "Did you encounter any problems during the attack?"
"No!" The two regiment commanders shook their heads at the same time, and then Pavel reported: "Comrade Commander, your deployment tactics are very effective in street fighting. The cooperation between infantry and tanks makes it difficult for the enemies hiding in buildings to cause major casualties to us."
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, are you saying true?" Although Sokov understands some of the street fighting theories of later generations, it is theory rather than reality. Therefore, when he heard Pavel say this, he asked curiously: "When you use Butanhui, did the defenders cause you any casualties?"
Although Pavel and Bindasov both reported the situation in the city to Sokov, the specific details were not so detailed. At this moment, when he heard Sokov's inquiry, Pavel quickly replied: "Yes, comrade Commander. The infantry who covered the tanks marched between the two tanks. They could promptly eliminate anti-tank hands that emerged from the buildings on both sides of the street; and the tanks could also kill the exposed firepower points in the shortest time..."
After listening to Pavel patiently, Sokov finally had a clear understanding of the tactics he had arranged in advance. He asked back: "How many tanks in the Tank Battalion have lost in the battle?"
When Pavel heard Sokov's question, he was stunned at first, then shook his head vigorously and said, "No, comrade, no one of them is lost, and now they are all parked intact in the square outside the church."
When Sokov learned that the tank battalion had not suffered any losses in the battle, he couldn't help but feel itchy. He planned to lead the troops to the north of the city to rescue friendly troops, so he asked the two regiment commanders standing in front of him: "How many troops can you two have in your hands?"
"We all have a battalion as a reserve team." After the report, Pavel suddenly asked in surprise: "Comrade Commander, don't you want to participate in the battle in person?"
"Don't worry, comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I won't lead the team to charge in person. After all, I am the division commander now." Sokov saw that Pavel guessed his thoughts, so he told the two truthfully: "Although I have sent Lieutenant Colonel Ajik to lead his troops to support friendly forces, he has no experience in street fighting. I am worried that the progress he can make will be very limited, so I want to use the reserve teams of your two regiments to teach the Germans a lesson."
"Comrade Commander," learned that Sokov really wanted to lead the troops to compete with the Germans himself, Bindasov hurriedly volunteered: "You are the commander of the first division, so why not stay here to command. As for the north direction of the city, I will lead two battalions to support. Don't worry, I already know how to use the tactic of Bandan's coordinated combat in the city."
Seeing that Bindasov took the initiative to ask for the fight, Sokov knew that if he persisted, even Pavel might have to stand up and persuade him, so he ordered Bindasov: "Okay, comrade Colonel, then I will hand over this task to you. Good luck!"
When Bindasov led two infantry battalions and tank battalions along the street towards the north of the city, Sokov asked Pavel: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, what was the result of your victory when you occupied the German command?"
"Comrade," Pavel replied with some shame when he heard Sokov say this: "We can only say that we have eliminated the German command rather than occupied him."
When Sokov heard Pavel say this, his heart skipped a beat and he asked quickly: "Why, don't you capture the commander of the German army?"
"Yes, comrade of the division commander." Pavel said with a red face: "The German army in the church was very tenacious. Although our army repeatedly persuaded them to surrender, none of them put down their weapons and fought to the last bullet. The German city defense commander was a colonel, but after our soldiers rushed into the room where he was, they saw him killing three officers and a female correspondent soldier with a pistol, and then committing suicide by drinking and drinking."
"It's a stubborn guy!" Sokov heard this and punched the windowsill with his fist. He felt sorry for the officers who were beaten to death by the garrison commander, but for the dead female communication soldier. In addition to being skilled in telecommunications, the female soldiers who could enter the garrison commander as a communication soldier must have a high appearance, but he met a boss who didn't know how to be polite and died in vain. He even thought to himself that if I were there at the time, I would definitely shoot two more guns at the garrison commander on the head.
The correspondent soldier who came to the city with Sokov suddenly said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, your phone number was called by the Chief of Staff of the Group Army."
When Sokov heard that Malining was looking for him, he hurriedly walked over and took the headphones and put them on his head, and said to the microphone: "Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff, I am Sokov. What instructions do you have?"
"How is the situation in the city?" Malining asked briefly.
"After capturing the German temporary command, the troops of Lieutenant Colonel Pavel's 1137th Regiment were developing westward; while Colonel Bindasov's 1135th Regiment is now clearing the enemies in the south of the city." Although Malining's question was very brief, Sokov knew very well what he wanted to know, so without waiting for him to ask, he took the initiative to report: "After Lieutenant Colonel Ajik's 1139th Regiment entered the city, he turned around and rushed to support friendly forces in the north of the city. In order to quickly crush the German resistance, I arrived at the temporary command in the city and ordered Colonel Bindasov to lead two infantry battalions and rushed to the north of the city with the cooperation of the tank battalions."
Rokosovsky's voice came from the receiver: "Major Sokov, why did you let Colonel Bindasov lead his troops to support the north of the city instead of leading the troops to rush there in person?"
Sokov knew very well that Rokosovsky said to him was just a slander, in order to warn himself not to make the last mistake again, and he left his command post without authorization. So he replied with a smile: "Don't worry, comrade Commander, I know that I am the commander of the first division, and the division command is his combat post, so he will never take the troops to charge in person..."
Pavel, who was standing aside, heard Sokov say this, quickly turned his head aside, raised his telescope and looked into the distance in a pretentious manner, and complained in his heart: "If Colonel Bindasov had not taken the initiative to ask for the troops to lead the troops to the north of the city to support, you would probably have led your troops to fight with the enemy in the north of the city at this moment."
First, Ajik, who led his troops to support the north of the city, had no experience in street fighting, so as soon as he entered the city, he urged the troops to quickly rush to the area where the north of the city was fighting. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered October Street in the north of the city, he was hit by fire from both sides of the street, and the officers and soldiers who were caught off guard fell in large numbers under the guns of the German army.
Ajik, who was following the team, saw that the troops were suppressed by the enemy's fire, couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise. He shouted at a battalion commander beside him: "Major, immediately order the soldiers to rush over and eliminate the enemy's firepower points."
"Comrade Commander," the battalion commander saw that the firepower formed by the machine guns and submachine guns on both sides of the street had been strictly blocked by the street. Not only the soldiers who rushed up would be knocked down by dense bullets; even the bodies lying on the street were jumping constantly under the blow of bullets. He even rushed up like this, except for the casualties, and said to Ajik with a bitter face: "The enemy's firepower is too strong, and our soldiers cannot rush forward."
Unexpectedly, Ajik did not listen to his explanation at all, but said in a stern tone: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I will give you two choices: one is to lead someone to rush forward immediately; the other is to find an officer who can rush forward to take over your position."
When the battalion commander heard Ajik say this, he couldn't help but blood surged up to his head. Regardless of the streets ahead being blocked by the German firepower, he stood up suddenly and shouted to the commanders and fighters lying nearby: "Brothers, come with me if you are not afraid of death! For Stalin! For the motherland! Forward~!"
Seeing the Soviet army launching a charge, the German army's shooting became even more fierce. The battalion commander and a group of soldiers who rushed in front soon fell on the street, but the soldiers following behind continued to cross the bodies of their comrades without fear and broke into the dense firepower net of the German army. The brave soldiers fell down in groups, and their bodies overlapped on the comrades who died, piled up like hills.
Seeing that Ajik ordered the troops to launch a charge regardless of everything, causing the soldiers to fall on the street in pieces, the blood of the martyrs dyed the stones on the ground red. A battalion commander could not bear it anymore, so he quickly said to the correspondent soldier beside him: "Get in touch with the division commander immediately and tell him what happened here."
The communications soldier was so scared that he fought with his legs when he saw his comrades-in-arms. When he heard the battalion commander order him, he quickly trembled and called the division headquarters. After contacting Sokov, the battalion commander said excitedly: "Comrade Commander, we were blocked by the German army on our way to the north of the city."
"Has been blocked by the German army?" Sokov immediately asked vigilantly after hearing the battalion commander's report: "Who are you? Why didn't Lieutenant Colonel Ajik report to me?"
"Comrade Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Ajik is crazy." The battalion commander reported in a crying voice: "The German army hiding in the buildings on both sides of the street has blocked the street with fire, and the regiment commander ordered us to rush over without any effort. In just a few minutes, the more than 600 people from the Third Battalion were almost exhausted."
"How did the damn Ajik command the battle? Even though he knew that the enemy's firepower was so strong, he ordered the soldiers to go up and die." Sokov scolded Ajik in his heart and asked the battalion commander: "Comrade Battalion Commander, what's your name?"
"Goria," the battalion commander heard Sokov's question and quickly replied: "I am Major Gooria, the second battalion commander."
Chapter completed!