Early the next morning, the defense area of the 73rd Infantry Brigade suddenly came under German artillery fire.
Fortunately, the commanders and soldiers were well-trained. As soon as the cannon fired, they immediately hid in the anti-cannon holes that had been dug.
After Sokov learned that the defensive position of Guchakov's brigade had been shelled by the Germans, he immediately ordered Samyko to notify the flying squadron to immediately attack the enemy's artillery positions.
According to his idea, although the number of bombers and attack aircraft was slightly less, it was still more than enough to deal with German artillery positions without anti-aircraft firepower.
Samek knew that the squadron's attack yesterday had immediately disrupted the German offensive. Therefore, after hearing Sokov's order, he called the airport in the north of the city without hesitation and asked the squadron to finish the landing on the right bank and attack the German army.
artillery positions.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the aircraft squadron arrived at the landing site on the right bank, German aircraft appeared in the sky. In addition to bombers, there were also a considerable number of fighter jets. As a result, the eight aircraft of the two Soviet squadrons seemed to be alone.
Thin.
The squadron leader of the bomber squadron saw a large number of German fighter jets in the sky and knew that if his squadron continued to stay here, it would become a target of German pilots. Therefore, he decisively issued an order to retreat to his subordinates, leaving only
The fighter squadron started a dogfight with the enemy planes that broke into the sky above the landing site.
The four pilots of the fighter squadron were all veteran pilots with rich combat experience. Facing German fighter jets that were more than ten times their size, they tried their best to fly up and down in the air and bravely fought against the enemy planes.
This aerial battle lasted less than five minutes and ended in less than five minutes. The fighter squadron shot down four bombers and two fighter planes, and was subsequently destroyed by the German fighter group, which had a numerical advantage.
Sokov, who was staying at the headquarters, learned that the bomber squadron had returned and that the fighters were still fighting enemy aircraft in the air. He immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and quickly ordered the director of the communications unit to connect him to the Air Force.
Headquarters.
As soon as he heard Goryunov's voice, Sokov said straight to the point: "Comrade General, the enemy has deployed a large number of aircraft over the landing site on the right bank, and the two squadrons I sent were intercepted. Among them, the bomber squadron has successfully
Returning home, while the fighter squadron is still engaged in combat with the enemy."
"Approximately how many enemy aircraft are there, and what types are they?"
Sokov quickly reached out to Samyko, gesturing for him to give him the intelligence he had just obtained. After Samyko understood what Sokov meant, he quickly handed over the intelligence on the table.
Sokov looked down at the information in his hand and read: "The enemy dispatched a total of 24 fighter jets and 36 bombers."
"What?" Goryunov said in surprise after hearing a set of data read out by Sokov: "The four fighters of the fighter squadron actually had to deal with 24 German fighters and 36 bombers. It's over, it's over, these pilots
It’s dangerous.”
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov heard that Goryunov was worried about his subordinates. He quickly covered the microphone with his hand, and then said to Samyko who was sitting opposite: "What is the current situation of the fighter squadron?"
"According to cutting-edge reports, they have shot down two bombers and one fighter so far." Sameko replied: "They are still fighting today."
After listening to Sokov's latest battle report, Goryunov became anxious: "Hell, our fighter squadron is at an absolute disadvantage. If we don't provide them with support as soon as possible, they will soon be annihilated by enemy planes.
"
"Okay, Comrade General." Sokov said helplessly: "We will provide the necessary support for the fighter squadron."
As soon as Sokov put down the phone, Samyko couldn't wait to ask: "Comrade Commander, how do you plan to provide support to the fighter squadron?"
"Speak to them immediately." Sokov ordered: "Let the fighter squadron retreat to the left bank of the Dnieper River, and use the anti-aircraft artillery deployed by the river to deal with the enemy planes pursuing them."
"Okay, Comrade Commander." Samyko thinks Sokov's method is good. In order to protect the bridges on the river, a large number of air defense troops have been deployed on both sides of the ferry. As long as the fighter squadron can withdraw to the river, then
The well-prepared anti-aircraft artillery unit can give the enemy aircraft a head-on attack: "I immediately contacted the fighter squadron and asked them to retreat to the left bank of the Dnieper River, attracting German aircraft to pursue them, and then using our anti-aircraft guns to destroy the enemy aircraft."
Sokov and Samyko had just formulated a plan to lure the enemy, but before they had time to issue an order, a phone call came in. Samyko picked up the phone and listened. It turned out that it was Guchakov.
. He quickly asked: "Comrade Major, what happened there?"
"Comrade Commander," because there was a huge explosion in the microphone, Guchakov had to raise his voice and shouted into the microphone: "I just received a report from the observation post that our fighter squadron is under attack by the enemy.
Under the attack of the plane, the entire army has been wiped out."
"What, the whole army was wiped out?" Samek asked in an unbelievable tone: "Comrade Major, is your situation accurate? Is the fighter squadron really wiped out under the enemy's attack?"
Sokov, who was sitting aside, happened to hear the word "annihilation of the entire army" and quickly asked: "What is the word "annihilation of the entire army"?
Samyko quickly covered the microphone with his hand and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, Major Guchakov reported that our fighter squadron has been completely wiped out under the attack of enemy planes."
Sokov had long known that it was basically impossible for his own fighters to escape without superiority in performance and quantity. At this moment, he heard that the fighter squadron had been wiped out, and he quickly rushed to Samyko.
He raised his chin and signaled him to continue asking: "Ask Guchakov, did our pilot parachute?"
"Comrade Major," Samek nodded and asked into the microphone: "The commander asked me to ask you, have all our pilots parachuted?"
"Yes, they all parachuted." Guchakov replied on the phone: "The observation post reported to me that all four pilots parachuted in time after the plane was hit. But one parachute did not open, and
Another pilot was attacked by German fighter jets after parachuting and died heroically on the spot. As soon as the bombardment ends, I will immediately send manpower to search and rescue the remaining two pilots."
"Damn German pilots," Managarov couldn't help but gritted his teeth after hearing Samyko repeat the contents of Guchakov's report: "They actually opened fire on the parachuting pilots."
"You must know that fighter planes are the weapons of pilots. When pilots abandon the plane and parachute, it is equivalent to putting down their weapons, which has no lethality." Gorokhov said slowly: "As far as I know, on the battlefield,
, it has become a habit and rule not to fire at parachuting pilots. The reason for doing this is to leave a way out for yourself. The variables on the battlefield are very large. This time you let the enemy pilot go.
, maybe next time you parachute, the enemy will deliberately let you go because you didn't kill them all."
"The top priority," Sokov told everyone, knowing that it would be very difficult to find the German pilot who fired at the Soviet pilot, "is to find the other two pilots who parachuted to prevent them from having another accident."
After saying this, Sokov ordered Samyko: "Chief of Staff, please call General Goryunov and tell him the bad news. I hope he can send more fighter planes to the right bank as soon as possible."
Landing Ground to avenge the sacrifice of his men."
The air force had no chance to destroy the German artillery positions, allowing the German artillery to bombard the positions of the 73rd Infantry Brigade for an hour as planned.
Because the landing site was established in such a short period of time, there was no time to build permanent reinforced concrete fortifications. The field fortifications built in a hurry by the soldiers were almost completely destroyed by the fierce German shelling.
An old subordinate of Sokov who was still in Guchakov, he knew how to minimize the casualties of his troops under such a fierce bombardment. From the beginning of the bombardment, except for leaving a few observation posts, the rest of his troops withdrew.
The anti-slope position is concealed to avoid shelling, thus reducing unnecessary casualties.
After gaining air superiority on the battlefield, the German troops began to move towards the infantry brigade position without waiting for the bombardment to end. When they advanced to 800 meters away from the position, they stopped advancing and waited patiently for the bombardment to end. According to the advance instructions
According to the plan, as soon as the shelling stopped, the tanks would stop 800 meters away and support the infantry with artillery fire to destroy the fire points on the position.
The German plan is indeed very vicious. Although the infantry brigade is equipped with a lot of anti-tank rocket launchers, their range is only more than a hundred meters. If you want to destroy the German tanks, you must leave the defensive position and get as close as possible to the enemy tanks.
.But in this case, the anti-tank group will be attacked by the German infantry and will soon be eliminated by the infantry with numerical superiority.
As soon as the shelling stopped and the smoke from the Soviet position had not been blown away by the wind over the Dnieper River, the German infantry dispersed into formation and strode towards the position.
The observation post remaining on the position discovered that the enemy's infantry was advancing towards the position, and quickly blew the whistle, urging everyone to quickly enter the position and prepare for battle.
The first company commander, Captain Narva, led his company from the reverse slope position back to the smoke-filled position. He was soon stunned by the scene in front of him. There was no trace of the winding trenches, and they were everywhere.
There are large and small craters, as well as thick floating soil. Once a person steps on it, the floating soil will immediately cover his ankles.
He looked up at the enemy in the distance, and then shouted to the soldiers standing on the position: "Comrades, what are you doing standing around stupidly? Do you want to become a target for the Germans? Why don't you hurry up and repair the fortifications?"
, try to prepare a hiding place for yourself before the enemy reaches our position."
As soon as Narva finished speaking, the soldiers took off their engineering shovels and scrambled to dig out bunkers, hoping to complete the necessary soil work before the Germans approached the position.
Fortunately, the fortifications on the position were all built by the soldiers themselves, and they had a relatively good understanding of the terrain. After finding the approximate location, with dozens of shovels, a single soldier bunker was formed. Soon, they moved the individual soldiers one by one.
The bunkers were connected together. When the German army entered a range of 300 meters, the commanders and fighters of the first company were lying in the half-dug trenches, aiming their weapons at the approaching enemy.
The attacking German troops had never dealt with Sokov's troops before, so they thought they were facing Russian troops whose combat capabilities were simply inferior to theirs.
The German commander saw that his troops were less than 300 meters away from the position, but the position in front was still smoking, but there was no movement at all. Seeing this situation, the German commander felt a little nervous. According to him
Past experience shows that when their troops reach this distance, the Russian troops have already opened fire with light and heavy firepower, trying to use intensive firepower to prevent their troops from approaching the position.
The reason why the Russians opened fire at a distance of three hundred meters was because if they could not keep their troops at this distance, when their troops entered the range of one hundred meters, the heroic German officers and soldiers would only need a dozen or twenty
In seconds, he can rush into the Russian position and completely defeat them.
The German army quickly entered within two hundred meters, but the Soviet position was still so quiet that the German commander was wondering if all the defenders on the position had been wiped out in the shelling that ended not long ago.
It has to be clean, otherwise how could it not have been fired yet?
The German commander knew that the friendly forces were attacking outpost position No. 1 on the right wing. Although there were many defenders on the position, since there were no solid fortifications, they could be almost wiped out with just one round of artillery fire. If it weren't for the Russians
Reinforcements were sent in a steady stream, and it wouldn't take two days of fighting to capture a small outpost.
Although his troops were getting closer and closer to the position, the German commander still did not take it lightly. He felt that the idea that the Russians would abandon their position and escape, or be wiped out by their own artillery fire, was unreliable. He would rather believe that the Russians on the position were
The Russians are very confident and believe that no matter how close their enemies are to their positions, they will not be able to rush into the positions they hold.
The German commander thought to himself, if this is really the case, it would be terrible. If his troops want to seize the position here, they will probably pay an extremely heavy price.
When the soldiers at the front reached less than fifty meters from the trench, intensive gunfire suddenly rang out. The light and heavy machine guns and other firearms on the position were all firing desperately.
The more than 50 German soldiers who rushed to the front fell to the ground. The soldiers who followed saw that the firepower on the position was too fierce, and they quickly fell down on the spot, or rolled into the crater next to them, and fired back at the position.
Several of the soldiers who were shot not long ago were still alive, and their painful wails could clearly be heard in the ears of their companions.