Tansen learned that his motorcycle camp was under Soviet artillery fire and immediately ran out of the headquarters. Although he was five or six kilometers away from the camp, he could clearly see the camp even without a telescope.
The fire was soaring into the sky, and the faint sound of explosions could be heard.
"What the hell, what the hell." Seeing his camp turned into a sea of fire, Tansen stamped his feet angrily: "Where did the Russian artillery come from?"
The division chief of staff standing aside raised his telescope and looked into the distance, and replied: "Your Excellency, division commander, the Russians are on the hills on both sides. They are using their new rockets from high up to attack our army's camps."
Attack, it seems the motorcycle camp is in danger."
Tansen watched helplessly as his troops were destroyed, but he was helpless and stomped his feet in anger. The division chief of staff was much more sober. He quickly reminded Tansen: "Your Excellency, division commander, I have decided that we should transfer immediately..."
"Transfer, why transfer?" Tansen said through gritted teeth: "Immediately order the artillery to fire at those two hills. The artillery shells must kill all the damn Russians."
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I think even if the artillery fires, it may not have any effect?"
"Why?"
"According to the information I have, this new type of rocket used by the Russians can be launched in any environment, and it is also very convenient to transfer." The division chief of staff said helplessly: "When our artillery is ready, they will
We have moved our positions long ago, and our artillery shells can only hit the open ground."
"No, I can't just watch my troops being wiped out by the Russians." Tansen said angrily: "Order the artillery to fire immediately!"
Seeing Tansen's stubbornness, the division chief of staff had no choice but to accept his order. He turned around and ran back to the headquarters, notifying the artillery regiment to fire towards the Soviet position.
Those who attacked the German motorcycle camp were the commanders and fighters of the 548th Regiment of the 812th Division. They carried out the attack from a high position on a hill two kilometers away from the enemy camp. Seeing that the enemy camp had been plunged into a sea of fire, knowing that not many people could come out alive, they led them
The team commander immediately ordered the troops to withdraw from the battle and move to a new location.
As soon as the troops withdrew to the bottom of the hill, the enemy's artillery shells roared towards them, blowing up the slope and the top of the hill into a sea of flames. Hearing the movement from the top of the hill, the commanders and soldiers said with lingering fear: "Fortunately we were in time.
Withdraw, otherwise we will definitely suffer a lot of casualties from a barrage of enemy artillery shells."
Just as the commanders and fighters of the 548th Regiment completed their mission and retreated towards the defense zone, the troops of the 550th Regiment detoured back to the vicinity of the German Armored Regiment. Seeing that all the tanks were neatly placed in a corner of the camp, the Germans were very concerned about their own.
He didn't seem to notice the arrival at all, and the commander leading the team immediately issued an order to attack.
The soldiers set up the launch tube, and after simple debugging, they fired rockets directly towards the location of the enemy's tank regiment without even conducting a test launch. In just a few minutes, the tank regiment's camp also turned into a desert.
Purgatory on earth. There were fires and explosions everywhere. The German soldiers scurrying around like headless flies were either blown away on the spot or cut down by flying shrapnel.
Some tank soldiers braved artillery fire and rushed towards their tanks, hoping to drive their tanks away before being hit by Soviet artillery fire. However, the killing radius of rockets was fifty meters, and many tank soldiers rushed in front of their tanks.
However, before they could get into their tanks, they were knocked down by shrapnel or shocked to death. The tanks were surrounded by the corpses of dead soldiers in various postures.
When the first wave of Soviet attacks began, the commanders and soldiers hiding a few kilometers away heard explosions from this direction and billowing black smoke rising into the sky. They guessed that friendly forces were attacking the enemy.
Hearing that the fighting was lively in the distance, but the troops here were standing still, everyone couldn't help but feel anxious.
A battalion commander of the infantry brigade saw that the soldiers were a little unstable, so he went straight to the headquarters to find the brigade commander, Lieutenant Colonel Uzakov. As soon as he reached the door, he was stopped by several soldiers.
When the battalion commander saw that the soldiers in front of him all had unfamiliar faces, and based on their clothes, they were obviously not from the Marine Brigade, he asked displeasedly: "Who are you, and why are you blocking my way?"
"I'm sorry," Samoilov, who was leading the team on duty at the door, said expressionlessly: "Comrade Captain, who informed you that you came here?"
"No, no one informed me." The battalion commander shook his head and said, "I heard a fight in the distance and wanted to come over and ask the brigade commander when our brigade can be dispatched."
"When it's time for you to move out, you will naturally move out." Samoilov stood in front of the battalion commander and said: "You'd better return to the army immediately, maybe you will leave soon."
Looking at the commander in front of him who had a lower rank than himself, the battalion commander frowned and asked: "Which part are you from? Why have I never seen you?" As he said this, he touched his hand to his waist and tried to pull it out.
Take out the gun on your waist.
But how could Samoylov let him draw a gun? He reached out and grabbed the other person's hand and said sternly: "Do you want to use a knife or a gun on me?"
The battalion commander did not answer Samoylov's question, but asked: "Who are you and why are you here?"
"I'm sorry, Comrade Captain." Samoilov said in a humble tone: "I can't answer your question."
Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, a staff officer walked out of the headquarters. Seeing the officer confronting Samoilov, he asked in surprise: "Comrade Captain, why are you here?"
The battalion commander pointed at Samoilov and said: "I want to see the brigade commander, but he won't let me in. I said, where did they come from and they don't even know me?"
When the staff officer saw the other party's attitude, he was worried that something bad was going to happen. He quickly leaned into his ear and whispered: "Comrade Lieutenant, this lieutenant is the guard platoon leader who escorted Comrade Commander here. I advise you to return to the army as soon as possible."
Go ahead, if the brigade commander discovers that you had a conflict with the commander's guards, he will never spare you."
When the battalion commander heard this, he was immediately startled. What, the commander is in the headquarters? But after a brief panic, there was a burst of ecstasy in his heart. Since the comrade commander appeared here, it meant that an attack would be launched soon.
After he quickly thanked his staff, he apologized to Samoylov and said, "I'm sorry, Comrade Lieutenant, I was too reckless. I will go back to the army right now."
Not only Sokov, but also the brigade commander, Lieutenant Colonel Uzakov, didn't know about the incident that happened at the headquarters. Sokov raised his hand, looked at his watch, and said to the three brigade commanders: "Comrade Brigade Commander
Guys, friendly forces are attacking the enemy's camp with new rockets. You must immediately assemble your troops and move towards the starting point of the attack. While the enemy is in chaos, you must launch an attack resolutely and decisively."
"Yes!" the three brigade commanders replied in unison.
When the commanders and fighters of the infantry brigade heard the continuous artillery fire from the front, they could not hold back for a long time. After hearing the order to set off, they immediately completed the assembly in a short time. The infantry brigade, which was the first echelon, took over as the second echelon half an hour after setting off.
The 62nd Marine Brigade also set off. Sokov accompanied the 84th Marine Brigade and followed the large force at a distance.
"Comrade Commander," Colonel Chuvashov, the brigade commander, heard the sound of gunfire from the front and asked Sokov with a grimace: "Listen, how lively the fighting is in the front. I'm worried about our brigade rushing over.
At that time, I’m afraid I won’t even be able to drink soup.”
"Comrade Colonel," Sokov waited for Chuvashov to finish and then comforted him with a smile: "The Imperial Division is the elite force of the Germans. Even if they have just been rebuilt, their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. Don't see
Our rocket attack caused huge casualties to them, but it may not be easy to completely defeat them. Don't worry, when you and the Germans fight, I hope your performance will be...
Just don’t let me down."
After saying this, Sokov turned to the radio operator sitting in the back of the jeep and said: "Immediately get in touch with the 384th Division and order them to attack from the enemy's side and rear, forming a front-to-back pincer attack with our troops. Our army
Whether or not the Imperial Division can be completely annihilated depends entirely on whether your division can attack in time and cut off the enemy's retreat. If you delay the opportunity for fighting, you will have to resort to military tactics."
"Comrade Commander," Chuvashov asked tentatively after Sokov finished dictating the order: "Do you think General Gritsenko's troops can cut off the enemy's retreat?"
"Comrade Colonel, do you know why I only sent one division to bypass the enemy's rear, but only used three of your brigades for the frontal attack?" Sokov knew that the other party would definitely not be able to answer his question, so after raising the question,
He asked himself: "Because we are not fighting alone. Although the enemy has broken through Oboyan's defense line, the troops of the First Guards Tank Army commanded by General Katukov are still fighting a desperate battle with the enemy there.
.As soon as we compress the enemy to the Oboyan area, General Katukov's troops will come over to reinforce us."
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After the motorcycle camp was bombarded by Soviet artillery, Tansen still wished he could use artillery fire to destroy those damn Russians. But what he didn't expect was that all the artillery shells hit the open space, and even the Soviet commanders and soldiers were killed.
Not even a hair was hurt. What made him even more angry was that while the artillery regiment was still shelling the hill, bad news came that the armored regiment was attacked.
Tansen was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to do next. The division chief of staff reminded him: "Your Excellency, division commander, since the Russians have attacked our motorcycle battalion and armored regiment, will they attack our artillery regiment next?"
And the division headquarters? I think we should move quickly."
The senior commanders of the German army were very afraid of death, which can be confirmed by the fact that they usually set up their headquarters dozens of kilometers away from the front line. Tansen heard the division chief of staff say that the Russians might attack the artillery regiment and
The division headquarters carried out an artillery bombardment, and he was suddenly frightened into a cold sweat. He shouted at the top of his lungs: "Retreat, retreat immediately!"
Although he immediately issued the order to retreat after hearing the reminder from the division chief of staff, it was still a step too late. Another small Soviet unit had already appeared on a hill only three kilometers away from the German artillery regiment.
, are nervously installing rocket launchers in preparation for attacking the German artillery positions.
After receiving the order to retreat, the German artillery did not dare to neglect and quickly started to pack up their things, but they were still a step late. It only took the Soviet commanders two minutes to set up the launch tube, load the rockets, and aim in the general direction.
Attack. The rockets landed on the enemy's artillery position and exploded, quickly causing many artillery shells to explode. For a time, the artillery position was filled with flames and the explosion was deafening. Countless soldiers' limbs and arms and cannon parts were destroyed.
Waves of air rose into the air.
Tansen, who was escaping in a barrel truck, heard a huge explosion in the distance and quickly turned his head to look back. He saw a huge black mushroom cloud rising above the original artillery position. Seeing this situation
, the division chief of staff sitting next to him sighed softly and said: "It seems that the artillery regiment is doomed."
Tansen secretly regretted that Hauser ordered his troops to turn to Prokhorovka, but he insisted on going his own way and had to open a breakthrough from the direction of Shumakovo. Now even the enemy's position has not been broken through.
Having suffered such heavy losses, if the Russian ground troops took the opportunity to launch an attack, they would have no power to block their advance.
However, just when Tansen was regretting it, there was a faint cry of killing behind him. He asked the division chief of staff in a panic: "What is the sound? What is the sound coming from outside?"
The division chief of staff listened carefully and said to Tansen: "Your Excellency, division commander, I seem to hear their soldiers shouting 'Ula'. It seems that they have launched a ground attack on us."
Tansen fearfully moved towards the location of the division headquarters not long ago, thinking to himself: Fortunately, he followed the persuasion of the division chief of staff and withdrew in time, otherwise his division headquarters would have been the first target of attack by Russian soldiers.
"Your Excellency, division commander, don't worry. Listening to the sound, they are still at least one or two kilometers away from us. They can't catch up with us on two legs." When the division chief of staff said this, he was secretly relieved. Fortunately,
When he was persuading him, Tansen did not insist on staying at the division headquarters. If that was the case, he might have been surrounded by the Russians at this moment.
After calming down his emotions, the division chief of staff asked tentatively: "Your Excellency, division commander, shall we rush to join the 4th Grenadier Regiment?"
"No, no, no," Tansen said nervously, waving his hands desperately, "Let's go directly to the military headquarters to find General Hauser and hear what instructions he has for our division's next move?"