To capture the town of Bile, it was necessary to have a guide who was familiar with the terrain. Therefore, when setting off, Sokov deliberately took Lieutenant Vanyusha with him, hoping that he could point out to him the weakest defense position in the town.
Sokov set up his temporary headquarters one kilometer away from the town of Bile. In the observation post, even without a telescope, Sokov could clearly see the outline of the entire town.
When Bely, three other infantry battalion commanders, and two tank battalion commanders who participated in the battle appeared, Sokov had already learned the location of the town's fortifications through Vanyusha, and said to everyone: "Comrades, Bely Town
Its main function is to defend Lugansk, and its defensive positions are all oriented to the south and west. There are basically no decent defensive positions in the north and east. Therefore, in the upcoming attack, we will launch from the northeast
The defense line launches an attack. Which of your battalions is willing to fight in the front line?"
"Comrade division commander," as soon as Sokov finished speaking, Captain Shamrih, commander of the third battalion of the 125th Regiment, stepped forward and asked Sokov for a fight: "Our third battalion is willing to take on the main attack mission!"
Captain Golia, commander of the second battalion of the 124th Regiment, did not dare to show weakness and continued: "Comrade Division Commander, our battalion also requests to conduct the main attack. Please approve it."
"Comrade Captain," the navy captain became anxious when he saw Captain Golya competing with him for the main attack task. "I think our battalion is more suitable for the main attack task. You know, we once fought with the enemy on the Mamayev Hill with red bayonets and killed each other.
The sky was dark and the earth was dark.”
Unexpectedly, Golia said disdainfully: "Comrade Navy Captain, I admit that the commanders and fighters of your battalion performed extremely tenaciously in the battle. But do you know that the battle loss ratio of the battle your battalion fought was
The lowest is actually only 1:1.45; as for our battalion, the battle loss ratio with the enemy is generally 1:8, and even reached 1:10 at the highest."
When Golya and Shamrih argued over who would take the main attack, another battalion commander from the second battalion of the 122nd Regiment stood nearby without saying a word. Sokov glanced at the other party and felt that his troops
If he was not suitable to serve as the main attacker, he was asked to go to the north of the city to contain the enemy and disperse the defenders in the town.
"Misha," Bely asked curiously when Sokov ordered the Second Battalion to feint to the north of the town, "Why did you ask the Second Battalion to feint to the north of the town? I think they can be placed in the south.
"
"Not from the south," Sokov waved his hand and said, "The troops of the 21st Army will attack from the south later. If we place a unit there prematurely, it will arouse the enemy's alert.
The attacking force pays a greater price."
"Okay, stop arguing." After Sokov explained to Bely, he stopped the two battalion commanders who were arguing: "Golia's battalion attacked from the northeast of the town; while Captain Shamrih's battalion
, then attack from the east."
The two of them couldn't help but beam with joy when they saw that Sokov had arranged the main attack mission for themselves. Sokov continued: "Although you are both in the same battalion, your numbers and equipment exceed that of a friendly regiment. In addition, there are also
With the cooperation of the two tank battalions commanded by Colonel Bely, I believe there won’t be much of a problem in capturing the city. Are you confident?"
"Yes!" the two battalion commanders replied in unison: "We are confident that we can capture the town of Bile, which is occupied by the enemy."
"Comrade Colonel," just as several participating commanders were about to leave, Vanusha suddenly said: "I vaguely heard gunshots and explosions in the direction of the town. It should be that our soldiers are still fighting. I
I hope you will try not to accidentally injure them when preparing artillery fire before the attack."
When Bely heard Vanyusha say this, he raised his eyebrows and asked with some surprise: "Comrade Lieutenant, who told you that we need to prepare artillery fire before attacking?"
"But," Vanyusha had never seen the battle of the 41st Guards Division, so he naturally didn't know that the division rarely carried out artillery preparations with little effect before attacking. Hearing Bely's question, he couldn't help but have a look on his face.
He replied blankly: "Comrade Colonel, don't our troops prepare for artillery fire before attacking the enemy?"
"Lieutenant Vanyusha," Sokov explained to him with a smile: "The purpose of artillery preparation before the attack is to destroy as many enemy fortifications as possible so that our army can break through faster after launching the attack.
The German defense line. As you just said, the town’s defenses are mainly for the south and west. There are no fortifications on the north and east. Since there are no defenses, why should we waste our precious artillery shells? "
"It's getting late. Let's all go back to our respective units to prepare." Sokov raised his hand and looked at his watch: "The attack will start in eight minutes."
When Bely left the observation post, Sokov took his hand and warned: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, you must pay attention to safety on the battlefield and never rush to the front of the entire team easily. Do you understand?"
"Don't worry, Misha, I won't risk my life." Bely knew that Sokov said this out of concern for himself, so he smiled and replied: "I will stay at the back to command.
, now you can rest assured.”
"Comrade Deputy Division Commander, as soon as the battle started, all the tanks rushed towards the town occupied by the enemy. As for the self-propelled artillery, don't let them enter the town. They should all stay five or six hundred meters away from the town to hide and discover the enemy's firepower points.
, just destroy it with artillery fire."
The 15th Infantry Division of the German General Buschenhagen occupied the town. In order to cut off the Soviet retreat route, the division's combat staff Lieutenant Colonel Villemer led several companies of the 88th Grenadier Regiment and entered in two columns.
Bile Town. He never dreamed that the station's defenses would be so lax. He barely injured a single soldier and occupied the entire station.
However, during the next operation to occupy the whole town, they were discovered by the defenders and exchanged fire. However, faced with the superior numbers and equipment of the German troops, the resistance of the defenders in the town was negligible. In less than half an hour, most of the
The town fell into the hands of the German army. However, the remaining Soviet army occupied the school's teaching building and continued to resist. Lieutenant Colonel Villemore organized three attacks, but they were all repelled by the defenders inside.
In order to eliminate the remaining Soviet troops in the town as soon as possible, Lieutenant Colonel Villemore called the battalion commander Captain Becker and told him: "Captain, now except for this damn school, the entire town has fallen into our hands.
.You immediately increase the intensity of the attack and be sure to eliminate the Russians in the school before the main force of the division arrives."
"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel." After Becker waited for Villemo to finish speaking, he quickly made his request: "I hope you can assign those tanks to my troops, so that I can completely eliminate them in the shortest possible time.
The stubborn Russians."
"No, Captain Becker, I cannot agree to your request." Unexpectedly, Villemore rejected Becker's request and said to him: "After the Russians learned that this town was lost, they would definitely send out large forces.
To launch a counterattack here, I must leave these tanks for defense."
"But, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, without the support of tanks, our infantry cannot destroy those strong teaching buildings." Becker reminded Villemo: "You know, the reason why several consecutive attacks launched by our battalion failed is completely
It's because the enemy resisted with the help of a strong teaching building, and our soldiers couldn't rush in. If there were tanks to cover it, we could easily destroy the Russian firepower in the teaching building."
Fortunately, Lieutenant Colonel Villemore was not a stubborn person. After listening to Becker's analysis, he thought for a while and then nodded and said: "Okay, then I will send you two tanks. I hope you won't let them go this time."
I'm disappointed."
"Don't worry, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel." Seeing that Villermo was willing to provide him with tanks, Becker couldn't help but be overjoyed. He quickly expressed his position: "If I can't take the teaching building, I will kill myself before you can deal with me."