The bullet did not hit the new soldier, but the gunshot sounded earth-shattering in the silent night. Although another soldier rushed over and killed the other soldier with a bayonet, it was still a step too late, and the gunshot alerted the other enemies.
Sporadic gunfire came from outside. This was the enemy who was awakened from their sleep and started fighting with the soldiers staying in the trenches. After a short time, the sparse gunfire became denser, and even the sound of grenades was heard.
Explosion.
The commander of the Soviet Army, who was approaching with his troops, heard the intensive gunshots and explosions halfway up the mountain. Knowing that his comrades and the enemy were engaged in a firefight, he couldn't help but raise his voice and shouted to the side: "Comrades, our comrades.
We are exchanging fire with the enemy, speed up to meet them, come with me!"
Following his shout, a "Ula" sound like a roaring mountain and a tsunami sounded all around. Just now, the commanders and soldiers were worried that they would make too much noise during their actions and alert the enemies on the mountainside, but at this moment, they could not care about it anymore.
Speeding up and rushing to the high ground.
Sokov, who had been staying in the Fisky collective farm, heard the gunshots and explosions coming from the direction of the highlands. He quickly walked out of the building and looked in the direction of the gunfire and explosions. Unfortunately,
Due to the cover of the woods, he couldn't see anything, and he couldn't help but feel extremely anxious.
Just as anxious as him was Lunev. Although he could only see the firelight above the woods, Lunev still stood on tiptoes and looked there. At the same time, he said to Sokov worriedly: "Commander
Comrade Comrade, it seems that we are fighting with the enemy, do you think the commanders and fighters of the 300th Division can successfully occupy the high ground?"
If the troops entering the battle were his direct descendants, Sokov would definitely answer without hesitation: "Absolutely no problem, my troops will definitely be able to capture the high ground." But the 300th Division currently involved in the attack could only take over a few steps.
Hours later, their combat effectiveness is still unknown.
Sokov could only pray secretly in his heart, hoping that the attacking commanders and soldiers could successfully break through the enemy's defense line, occupy the high ground, and prevent the arrival of the main force of the Viking division.
Sokov and Lunev were both standing outside, and Samoilov, who was in charge of their security, naturally followed them out. He listened to the gunshots and explosions from the other side of the woods and asked Sokov
The husband said: "Comrade Commander, the view here is blocked by the woods. You and the Military Commissioner should go back to the headquarters. It is too dangerous outside. If there are German snipers nearby, you may be in danger."
Lunev strongly agreed with what Samoilov said, and he also advised Sokov: "Comrade Commander, Lieutenant Samoilov is right, you can't see anything here, and nearby
There may be enemy snipers, so let’s go back to the headquarters.”
Sokov knew very well in his heart that if he still stayed here, not only Samoylov would be worried about his safety, but even Samyko from the army headquarters would be worried, so he said to Lunev calmly: "
Comrade Military Commissar, we really can't see anything here, I think we should go back to the headquarters and wait for news."
As soon as the two returned to the headquarters, Colonel Atacuz, the deputy commander of the 300th Division, appeared in the room. He reported to the two: "Commander, Military Commissioner, the material transport team we led has returned safely. Special
Come and return my life to you."
When he learned that Atakuz had transported back weapons and ammunition for the German army, he quickly asked: "What kind of weapons are there?"
"We brought back 5,000 98K Mauser rifles, 1,000 MP40 submachine guns, 50 MG42 general-purpose machine guns, and matching ammunition."
After listening to Atakuz's report, Sokov couldn't help but frowned slightly: "Why, there are no artillery?"
"There are more than a dozen 50mm mortars." Atacuz said with a grin: "I thought these weapons would be useful in close combat with the Germans, so I brought them all back."
"How many weapons and ammunition are left in the warehouse?" Runev interjected and asked.
Atakuz looked at Luniev and said: "Comrade Military Commissar, we have only emptied a corner of the warehouse, not even a tenth." After answering this question, he turned to Soko.
The husband said, "I left a company to guard the warehouse to prevent it from being destroyed by the enemy."
"You did the right thing, Comrade Colonel." Sokov said happily: "With this batch of weapons and ammunition, we can better attack the Germans." He waved to Atakuz, "I think this
All the soldiers should be awake by then, and you can arrange for manpower to distribute these weapons immediately."
"Distribute it immediately?" After hearing Sokov's order, Atakuz said hesitantly: "Otherwise, we should wait until daybreak."
"Let's talk after daybreak?!" Sokov sneered and replied: "Colonel Atakuz, didn't you hear how loud the gunfire was from the direction of the highlands? Just a few minutes ago, Comrade Military Commissar and I were at the door
When we were outside, we could only hear the sound of gunfire and the explosion of grenades coming from the direction of the high ground, but now the sound of artillery fire means that the enemy has even used artillery in order to prevent our army from seizing the high ground.
If the attack commanded by Colonel Weisbach does not go well, you have to lead the second echelon to the top and be sure to capture the high ground before dawn."
Atakuz listened carefully, and there was indeed the sound of artillery in the distance. It was a sneak attack on his side, and he definitely did not use artillery. The sound of artillery coming from outside was naturally the enemy's firing. After he listened to the sound outside,
Not daring to neglect, he quickly straightened his body and said to Sokov: "Understood, Comrade Commander, I will go back and arrange for the personnel to distribute weapons and prepare for battle."
Shortly after Atakuz left, Major Bunch and Chuklico walked in again. After the two came to salute in front of Sokov, Major Bunch asked: "Comrade Commander, listen to the direction of the high ground."
According to the news coming, our army's night attack has turned into a strong attack. I wonder if our tank troops need to be dispatched to reinforce the infantry attacking the highlands?"
"I think it's okay," Sokov nodded and said to the two of them, "But it's too dark and too many tanks will be put in at once, so I'm afraid it won't be possible to deploy. I think we'll put in a tank battalion first and use artillery fire to cover the infantry to seize the high ground.
.”
"Comrade Commander," Chukliko took a step forward and proactively asked Sokov: "Please let me personally command this tank battalion into battle!"
"Lieutenant Colonel Chukliko," Seeing Chukliko taking action in person, Sokov quickly reminded him: "You are the deputy commander of the tank brigade, and you have to assist Major Bunch in his work. If I agree to let you go to the battlefield,
If something unexpected happens, how will Major Bunch carry out his next work?"
"Comrade Commander, I am not only familiar with my troops, but also have experience in night operations. Only by personally leading the tank battalion can I better cooperate with the infantry to seize the high ground." Chuklico was deeply afraid that Sokov would not agree with him.
request, and specifically emphasized: "I will never betray your trust, please agree to my request."
When Sokov heard what the other party said, he realized that the other party might have made such a request because he had just been demoted and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to perform well. He was silent for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay
, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I agree with your request, then you will lead the tank battalion to support the infantry attack."
After the two tank commanders left the room, Lunev asked curiously: "Comrade Commander, why did you agree to Chuklico personally leading the tank battalion to participate in the war? Aren't you worried that something unexpected will happen to him?"
"Comrade Military Commissar, don't worry." Sokov waited for Lunev to finish speaking and then said to him with a smile: "This time Lieutenant Colonel Chukliko will attack with the tank battalion. There should be no danger."
"Is there no danger?" Lunev asked puzzledly: "Why?"
"The reason is very simple." Sokov placed the two tea jars on the table side by side, and then explained to Lunev: "Comrade Military Commissar, for example, the two tea jars are the highlands occupied by the Germans.
Now the enemy's artillery is on the west side of the high ground, and our offensive troops are on the east side of the high ground. If the enemy's artillery wants to bombard our attacking troops, the artillery shells they fire must cross the high ground and land accurately in the middle of the attacking formation.
.
The enemy's artillery is in the west, our troops are in the east, and they are blocked by high ground in the middle. Our troops are equivalent to being on a reverse slope. Except for the infantry firepower on the high ground that threatens them, the artillery shells fired by the artillery in the west are basically
Can't hit them."
After explaining to Luniev, Sokov stood up and walked behind the operator, put his hand on his shoulder, and said to him: "Comrade operator, immediately send a telegram to the chief of staff and tell him the location of the warehouse south of the farm.
Tell him and ask him to report this important information to the front army headquarters in a timely manner."
"Comrade Commander, do you want to report the matter of the arsenal to the front army headquarters?" Lunev happened to hear Sokov's words, and hurriedly came over and asked in surprise: "If the superiors know about the existence of the arsenal, what's inside?"
The arms will no longer be available to us, so you should consider this carefully."
"Comrade Military Commissar, apart from the 300th Division, which is under-armed and needs to be equipped with German weapons, do you think there are other units in the group army that need such poor weapons?"
"That's true, our current equipment is much better than the Germans." After Lunev said this, he saw that the radio operator was still looking up at him and Sokov, as if waiting for the next order.
He patted his shoulder twice and said with a smile: "Comrade telegraph operator, don't be in a daze. Hurry up and follow Comrade Commander's order and send the message out."
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The commanders and fighters of the 300th Division entered the fortifications halfway up the mountain and cooperated with Narvar Company to eliminate the remaining enemies. After a short rest, they launched an attack towards the position on the top of the mountain.
But the enemies on the top of the mountain were well prepared. When they saw the Soviet soldiers coming up like a tide, they immediately started shooting wildly. In the dense rain of bullets, a large number of the soldiers at the front were knocked down.
They had to lie down on the spot to avoid the enemy's heavy bullets.
After a while, some soldiers tried to fight back at the enemy, but as soon as they raised their heads, the bullets fired by the enemy penetrated into the soil in front of them, and the splashed sand and mud hit their faces painfully. The soldiers could only lower their heads and close their eyes.
He opened his eyes, stretched out the gun in his hand forward, raised his wrist slightly, and pulled the trigger in the direction of the enemy's bullets based on his feeling. Although countless soldiers were shooting, because there was no accurate target, the bullets they fired were
Rarely hits the target.
Several commanders in the queue were also pinned to the ground by enemy fire. One captain tried to organize the soldiers to fight back, but as soon as he raised his head, he was hit in the head and shoulder by several bullets fired from the front.
After his body froze in the air for a moment, he fell to the ground motionless.
The communications soldier lying next to him fired two shots at the enemy on the high ground with his rifle, then reached out and grabbed the captain's arm, trying to drag his bloody body to a safe place to hide. Unexpectedly, he dragged the captain's
The body didn't move even a few steps before he was hit by several flying bullets. After shaking for a few times, his body lay there and stopped moving.
Weisbach, who was staying in the fortifications halfway up the mountain, saw hundreds of his subordinates suppressed on the hillside by enemy fire, unable to move. The casualties were increasing, and he couldn't help but feel like a knife. After a fierce battle,
After a mental struggle, he gritted his teeth, gritted his teeth, and shouted at the soldiers lying on the hillside: "Retreat! Everyone, retreat!"
However, his shouts were drowned in the sound of gunfire. Not to mention the soldiers lying on the hillside, even Narva, who was lying next to him, could not hear clearly what he was shouting.
Narva noticed that Weisbach was shouting something desperately, and quickly leaned over to listen carefully. Only then did he hear clearly what the other party was shouting, and quickly said loudly to him: "Comrade Colonel, we cannot retreat. The German firepower on the top of the mountain is now strong."
It is so ferocious that asking the soldiers to withdraw at this time is tantamount to asking them to die."
"Then what should I do?" Weisbach said angrily: "My soldiers were suppressed by the enemy on the hillside. If they don't withdraw, they will be killed by the Germans sooner or later."
As soon as he finished speaking, a dazzling fire suddenly burst out on the hillside, followed by a loud noise. The firing of an MG42 machine gun stopped abruptly, and the machine gunner and the machine gun were lifted into the air by the blast of air.
, and scattered down in pieces.
Seeing this, Weisbach said confusedly: "What's going on? The enemy's ammunition exploded on its own?"
"The tank, Comrade Colonel, is our tank." Narva patted Weisbach's shoulder with his hand, pointed down the hillside with his hand, and said loudly: "It was the gun fired by our tank parked at the foot of the hill.
.”
Weisbach looked toward the foot of the mountain, and sure enough he saw tanks driving to the foot of the mountain and stopping one after another. After many tanks lined up, they opened fire on the fortifications on the top of the mountain.
The distance from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain is only two hundred meters. For well-trained tank soldiers, destroying the German firepower points in the mountaintop position is as easy as target shooting during training. In less than five minutes, those on the mountaintop position who originally suppressed the Soviet Union
The machine gun fire points of the army were cleared one by one by tank guns, and the originally dense gunfire became sparse.
Seeing that the German firepower point on the top of the mountain was almost destroyed, Weisbach stood up straight and shouted to the soldiers lying on the hillside: "Comrades, the enemy's firepower point has been destroyed, move forward! Move forward!"
After shouting, he even waved his pistol and tried to jump out of the trench and lead the soldiers to charge in person, but he was grabbed by Narva next to him: "Colonel Weisbach, you are now the division commander, how can you personally
What about leading the troops to charge? If Comrade Commander finds out, you will be criticized."