The two regiments fought together and successfully repelled the German attack.
But in this way, the hidden position of the 233rd Regiment was also exposed. It could no longer lurk there and could only withdraw to its original position.
After the acting commander of the 233rd regiment saw Colin, there was no joy of victory on his face at all. Instead, he asked with a sad face: "Comrade Colonel, our regiment suffered nearly a hundred casualties in the battle just now. If we continue to fight like this
, I think our group will become an empty number."
"Comrade Major," Colin raised his hand and patted the opponent on the shoulder and said to him: "You have completed your mission. I don't think you will be needed in the next battle. I will call the division commander immediately.
Call him and ask him to agree to your retreat to the rear for repairs."
Before Collim could call the division commander, Malankin called him first: "Colonel Collim, I have some good news for you. The 188th Division that will take over your defense is now only two or three kilometers away from us.
As soon as they arrive, you will immediately hand over the position to them, and then all retreat to the back to rest."
After putting down the phone, Colin said to the acting regimental commander: "Comrade Major, friendly forces will arrive soon to take over the defense of our two regiments, and then we can all retreat to the rear to rest and recuperate."
The vanguard of the 188th Division arrived very quickly. After Collim and the acting commander had chatted for a few words, a soldier came in from the outside and reported to him: "Comrade Colonel, there are two friendly commanders outside.
The officer wants to see you."
"Commander of friendly forces?" Colin was stunned after hearing this, and instinctively asked: "Which army is it from?"
Before the soldiers could answer, two commanders had already walked in from the outside. One carried a commander with the rank of captain, and reported to Colin: "Comrade Colonel, Captain Guchakov of the first battalion of the 562nd Regiment is here to tell you.
Report, our battalion has been ordered to take over your defense."
"Hello, Comrade Captain!" Colin raised his hand in return, then stepped forward to hold Guchakov's hand, and said excitedly: "Finally, I've been waiting for you to come. By the way, how many of you are here?"
"Report to Comrade Colonel." Guchakov replied respectfully in accordance with the regulations: "After this period of fighting, our battalion still has 198 people left."
"198 people!" After Corim repeated the number, he said with emotion: "The number is a bit small. It may be difficult to hold such a wide position." The reason why he had such emotion was entirely because
I have more than a thousand men guarding this position, and it is still full of dangers from time to time. Now it seems too childish for a force of less than two hundred men to take over the defense.
"Don't worry, Comrade Colonel." Guchakov replied with a smile: "Although we have a few fewer people, our commanders and fighters are well-trained, well-equipped, and have rich combat experience. Even if we face the two sides of the German army,
An attack with a full camp can completely stop them."
"Bragging is simply bragging." When Colin heard Guchakov say this, he immediately defined him in his mind, and at the same time he couldn't help but worry about the future of this position.
"Comrade Colonel," Guchakov urged Kolim when he saw that he didn't speak, "please hand over the defense to us as soon as possible. I will also arrange the next defense work."
"Okay, okay, I will immediately arrange for personnel to hand over the defense to you. Chief of Staff! Chief of Staff!!" After Collim shouted twice in a row, he remembered that his Chief of Staff had already been sent to the second hospital because he was injured.
Without a line of defense, he could only change his words and said: "It's better for me to hand over the defense to you personally."
Within ten minutes, Kolim handed over the defense to Guchakov, then withdrew his troops from the first line of defense and retreated to the second line of defense.
The acting regimental commander looked at the busy friendly commanders not far away and asked Collim worriedly: "Comrade Colonel, there are more than a thousand of us holding this position, and it is very difficult to block the enemy. Now they only have less than 200 people.
Can it really stop the enemy?"
Collim glanced at the acting regimental commander and said with a wry smile: "I don't think they can stop them, but our superiors ordered us to hand over the defense to them, and we can only obey the order. I think the German army may not start its next attack soon."
, our two regiments still need to rush over to reinforce them."
"Since we will come to reinforce them later, why do we need to retreat now?" The acting regiment leader said puzzledly: "You know, there are no communication trenches connecting the two lines of defense. In other words, we have to risk the enemy.
The shelling and machine gun fire passed through this open area, and we still don’t know how many casualties we will pay by then.”
"Comrade Major, these things are not something you and I can consider." After Colin finished speaking, he suddenly asked: "Have all your regiments withdrawn?"
"Yes, they have all been withdrawn." The acting regiment commander reported to Colin: "While you are still handing over the defense to the friendly commanders, I will order people to evacuate the wounded from the two regiments. When the handover of the defense is completed
, except for me, everyone in our regiment withdrew to the second line of defense."
Guchakov, who accepted the defense, immediately summoned his three company commanders to the original regiment command post in Kolim and began to assign tasks to them: "Comrades, the commander once said that we are targeting the Germans.
Defensive operations are anti-tank operations. In the early days of the war, why our army was retreating steadily was because the troops holding the position could not stop the German tank assault. Once the position was torn open by enemy tanks, there would soon be
The infantry swarmed forward to expand their breakthrough. Under such circumstances, it is surprising that our friendly forces can hold their positions."
Captain Narva, the commander of the first company, and Captain Yegor, the commander of the second company, both came with Sokov from the 27th Army. They are old members of the infantry brigade and have rich combat experience. The two of them are waiting for Guchakov.
After saying that, he rushed to ask: "Comrade Battalion Commander, which company do you plan to assign the task of anti-tank operations to?"
Guchakov's eyes swept back and forth between Narva and Yegor, wondering who should be sent to carry out this arduous task? Finally, his eyes stayed on Yegor: "Yegor
Captain Gore, I think it is up to you to carry out this arduous and glorious task."
Hearing that Guchakov assigned the task to his company, Yegor couldn't help but smile, thanked Guchakov repeatedly, and promised: "Comrade Captain, don't worry. As long as our company is here, the enemy's
Don't let the tanks get close to our position, we will control whether they come back or not."
"Comrade Captain," Narva, who did not get the assignment, said aggrievedly: "Why do you want to give this task to the second company? You know, our first company has the strongest combat effectiveness in the entire battalion."
"Yes, your company has the strongest combat effectiveness." Regarding Narva's statement, Guchakov did not refute, but affirmed it: "It is precisely because of this that I left your company to hold the position.
"
Seeing Narva shooting himself in the foot, Yegor couldn't help laughing. But when he saw Narva glaring at him, he quickly stopped the smile on his face, pretended to be serious, and waited for Gu
Chakov continued to assign tasks.
"Captain Yegor," Guchakov pointed to the map and said to Yegor: "I think you all saw the battle that ended not long ago in the telescope. The enemy relied on the lack of effective weapons of the 81st Guards Division.
Anti-tank weapons actually parked unscrupulously tens to a hundred meters away from the position, bombarding and machine-gunning the position. In order to effectively destroy the enemy tanks, Captain Yegor and your company must be deployed in a position where
Stay as far forward as possible."
"Stay as far forward as possible!" Hearing what Guchakov said, Yegor raised his eyebrows, and then asked tentatively: "I wonder where our company should be placed?"
"Here! Five hundred meters away from the position." Guchakov nodded at a certain location on the map with his finger and said: "The deployment of your company here is completely unexpected by the Germans. When
When the enemy attacks again, you can let go of some of the tanks, and then use rocket launchers to attack the tanks behind them. After destroying some of the tanks, you can then turn around and attack those tanks with their backs to you."
Guchakov's deployment made Yegor's face light up. He thought this arrangement was very interesting. When some German tanks passed through their defense area and then launched an attack, it would definitely cause confusion among the enemy tanks.
.If the smoke on the battlefield is too thick at that time, the enemies can even kill each other.
Just when Yegor was ecstatic, Guchakov poured cold water on him: "Captain Yegor, don't be too happy. Although such tactics can destroy as many enemy tanks as possible.
, but because your position is too far forward and you are out of touch with the troops in the trenches, once you are attacked by the German infantry, we will not be able to provide you with any support at all."
Yegor thought about it, right? If his company were really placed five hundred meters in front of the position, then it would be a lonely force going deep. Once the German infantry surrounded them, they would not be able to withdraw even if they wanted to.
.
"How's it going, Captain Yegor?" Seeing Yegor's expression become solemn, Guchakov asked specifically: "If you find it difficult, I can hand over this task to other companies."
When he said this, his eyes swept over the three company commanders in front of him, and finally stopped at the third company commander who had been silent. "I think the third company is qualified for this glorious and arduous task."
Hearing that Guchakov intended to hand over such an important task to his third company, the third company commander immediately blushed. He quickly organized vocabulary in his mind, preparing to wait for Guchakov's announcement.
The task is given to his own company, and he immediately expresses his determination to the other party.
Who knows that Guchakov just casually said that since the task has been given to the Second Company, he will not change his mind easily, which will affect his prestige. "Since there are no different opinions, let's start fighting immediately.
Get ready. I believe it won't be long before the enemy launches a new attack on us."
"First company commander, third company commander." Guchakov said: "Immediately hand over half of the rocket launchers in the company to the second company so that they have enough rocket launchers to deal with the German tanks."
Although the two company commanders were reluctant to hand over the rocket launchers in their hands, since it was the order given by the battalion commander, Captain Guchakov, they could only choose to obey: "Yes!"
"Captain Yegor!" Guchakov held Yegor's hand and said earnestly: "Whether we can hold our position depends on whether your company can destroy as many German tanks as possible. Do you understand?
?”
After Yegor took the order and left, Guchakov said to the two company commanders: "We have not been fighting the Germans for a day or two. We should know that they will definitely carry out violent attacks on our positions before attacking.
Artillery attack. When I just took over the defense, I walked around the position and found that the number of artillery-proof holes was seriously insufficient, and even the dug holes were not up to standard. Let our officers and soldiers stay in such artillery-proof holes.
, either hit by flying shrapnel, or buried by the collapsed soil."
Before Guchakov finished speaking, Narva understood what he meant and quickly replied: "Comrade Battalion Commander, you are not worried about this. The commander's old subordinates are best at this kind of soil work.
I will urge the soldiers to dig enough anti-gun holes as soon as possible."
Counting him, Yegor's company had a total of 35 people. He divided the company into seven combat groups according to groups of five. Each group consisted of an anti-tank operator, an ammunition operator and three
It is composed of infantry who serve as cover. The infantry is not only responsible for covering the safety of anti-tank soldiers, but also needs to carry ammunition on their backs.
They bent down and trotted to a position more than 500 meters in front of the position, where they prepared to set up an ambush position against the German tanks. Fortunately, there were bomb craters everywhere, and several anti-tank teams squatted in the craters, so they did not have to worry about being attacked.
The enemy found out.
After Yegor jumped into the crater, he quickly discovered a problem: the crater was very deep and was created by heavy artillery shells and aircraft bombs. When he stayed inside, he could neither see his comrades on the left or right nor hear any sounds.
It's easy to get the illusion that you're fighting alone.
After Yegor sat in the crater and thought for a while, he ordered the soldiers around him: "You dig a gap on the left and right sides of the crater, so that even if you stay in the crater, you can see your comrades on the left and right; then dig out the soil
, piled up in front and behind the crater, so that when enemy tanks drive over, they cannot detect us in time."
After the order was issued, the soldiers immediately took action and started digging on the left and right sides of the crater with the engineer shovels they carried with them, and patted the excavated soil on the front and rear sides.
After just half an hour, thick layers of soil were piled up on both sides of the crater, making it impossible for enemy tanks to discover the anti-tank team hidden in the crater while driving.
Just after the renovation work of the bomb crater was completed, the scream of artillery shells piercing the air came from the air. Countless artillery shells flew over their heads and landed on the position several hundred meters away, making an earth-shattering explosion.
Although the position several hundred meters away was under heavy shelling from the Germans, the commanders and soldiers staying in the bomb crater still felt that the ground beneath their feet was shaking slightly.
Looking at the position shrouded in gunpowder smoke in the distance, Yegor couldn't help but worry about his comrades there. He didn't know how much casualties this round of shelling by the German army would bring to the troops. He only hoped that when he led the company to retreat to the position, he could
See as many familiar faces as possible.
"Comrade Company Commander," just as Yegor was pitying himself in the crater, a soldier in a crater on the left shouted to him: "The enemy tanks are coming up."