Seeing his companion lying wailing not far away, a soldier immediately came out of his hiding place, bent down and rushed to his companion, reached out and grabbed his back collar, and dragged him back hard.
But the Soviet soldiers on the position were not willing to let the German soldiers drag their wounded to a safe place easily. They aimed at the soldier dragging the wounded and fired two bursts of fire, killing him directly in front of the position.
Originally there were some German soldiers who wanted to drag their injured comrades back, but when they saw that the soldiers who went out to rescue them were killed on the spot before they could drag their injured comrades back, they all gave up their original ideas.
, continue to hide in bomb craters or other hiding places, and start shooting with the Soviet troops on the position.
Through the telescope, the German commander saw that his men were suppressed by Soviet firepower on the hillside and could not move. He quickly ordered the tanks to fire on the high ground. As the order was issued, tanks 800 meters away from the distant position began to fire one after another.
, bombard the exposed fire points on the high ground.
After a round of shelling, two civil fire points that had been spitting out flames and suppressing the German officers and soldiers were destroyed by the artillery fire. However, the German infantry did not launch an immediate charge. They wanted to wait for their own tanks to destroy all the fire points.
It's not too late to launch another attack.
Seeing that the two firepower points on the position were destroyed by artillery fire, Captain Narva immediately sensed the German army's intentions. He quickly ordered the remaining machine guns to stop firing and moved the firing positions in time. Only the soldiers were allowed to use submachine guns, assault rifles and
The enemy opened fire.
After several rounds of bombardment by the German tanks, the machine gun fire points on the hillside completely disappeared. The German commander thought that all the Soviet fire points had been successfully destroyed by the tanks, so he sent out another signal for the infantry to start charging again.
The German officers and soldiers who received the attack signal did not rush out of their hiding places rashly, but first threw grenades in the direction of the Soviet position. When the smoke from the explosion of the grenade blocked the sight of the defenders,
They came out of their hiding places one after another, charging forward while constantly pulling the triggers and shooting.
A few hundred meters away from the high ground, on the top of the other side of the mountain, Captain Mikhailev, the commander of the first battalion, was holding a telescope to observe the battle situation. Next to him stood the other two company commanders in the battalion.
"Comrade Battalion Commander," Yegor, the second company commander, saw that the enemy had rushed to the high ground and was engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the first company that was holding its position. He couldn't help but lose his composure, so he took the initiative to ask for a fight: "The situation of the first company is not good.
Why not send our second company up?"
Mikhailev put down the telescope in his hand, turned to look at Yegor and said: "Comrade Yegor, don't you have confidence in Captain Narva and his men?"
"Of course I have confidence." Yegor looked at the fierce battlefield in the distance and said with some difficulty: "But they have too few people. If they want to block the enemy with superior numbers and equipment, they will probably have to pay a heavy price.
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"Don't worry, Comrade Yegor." Mikhailev said confidently: "I believe Captain Narva is capable of crushing the enemy's attack and firmly holding their position."
Seeing that Yegor seemed to want to talk more, Mikhailev waved his hand and said in an unquestionable tone: "I believe that Captain Narva and his men can hold on no matter how fierce the enemy's offensive is.
own position."
As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier next to him suddenly exclaimed: "Look, our troops have retreated."
Everyone quickly looked towards the high ground, and sure enough they saw a company of commanders and fighters withdrawing from the top of the hillside and retreating towards the reverse slope.
"Oops!" Seeing this, the third company commander said to Mikhailev: "Comrade battalion commander, let our company go up for reinforcements, otherwise the company's position will be lost."
Seeing a company of commanders and fighters retreating from the top of the hillside, Mikhailev couldn't help being surprised. He hurriedly raised his telescope and took a closer look. After looking at it for a while, the worry on Mikhailev's face disappeared, and his mouth was still slightly raised, as if he was watching.
Something happy happened. He turned to the third company commander who asked for battle and said: "Comrade company commander, do you really think that the commanders and fighters of the first company will hand over their positions to the Germans like this?"
"Isn't it?" the third company commander asked in confusion: "The commanders and fighters of the first company have withdrawn from the top of the hillside. Doesn't this mean that the position has been handed over to the Germans?"
"Third company commander," Yegor, who had just finished observing the battle situation in the distance, said: "Withdrawing from the top of the mountain does not mean handing over the position to the enemy. Sometimes it is to better eliminate the enemy."
"The first company has given up its position on the top of the mountain," the third company commander said unconvinced: "How can we better eliminate the enemy..." Before he could finish his words, there were several soldiers in the trench more than 40 meters away from the top of the hillside.
The machine gun started firing. The German officers and soldiers who rushed down from the top of the mountain were caught off guard and fell to the ground one after another. The corpses and wounded rolled down the hillside.
"You see, Third Company Commander." Mikhailev said with a smile: "This is the tactic used by Captain Narva. The mountain on the reverse slope is a bit steep. When the enemy rushes down from the top of the mountain,
They have to slow down to avoid falling. In this case, they will be regarded as targets by the commanders and fighters of the company."
Having said this, Mikhailev once again turned his attention to Yegor: "Second Company Commander, if I guess correctly, this is the tactic that the First Company Commander learned from the commander, right?"
"That's right." Yegor nodded and said proudly: "The commander often said that fighting a war is not just about bravery and fierce fighting. You need to use your brain more, so that you can achieve the greatest victory with the least casualties.
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The German officers and soldiers who were caught off guard hurriedly retreated to the top of the slope, preparing to shoot from a high position with the soldiers of the first company halfway up the mountain. However, due to the problem on the top of the slope, the German officers and soldiers staying in the trenches could not see the soldiers of the first company below at all.
, can only lean out and shoot.
As a result, as soon as they emerged, they became the target of sharpshooters on the position. After more than twenty people were killed, the remaining officers and soldiers could only retreat obediently to avoid becoming the targets of the sharpshooters below.
Seeing this scene, Mikhailev said with emotion: "Captain Narva did a great job. Although the company did not have snipers, he selected a group of sharpshooters in advance to replace the snipers.
The emerging enemy."
When the enemy was beaten and did not dare to take the lead, the commanders and soldiers of the first company took the opportunity to launch a counterattack. The soldiers came out of the trenches with their weapons in hand. Instead of shouting "Ula" while charging as before, they quietly buried their heads towards the top of the hillside.
Climb away. When they were still ten or twenty meters away from the trench, they threw the stringed grenades at the top of the hillside and continued to charge forward before the smoke cleared.
The German officers and soldiers on the top of the hillside were howling like ghosts after being bombed by grenades falling from the sky. Before the smoke cleared, they saw the Soviet commanders and soldiers who had been driven down appeared in front of them again. The few German officers and soldiers who had just recovered were preparing to
When they opened fire to resist, the Soviet commanders and soldiers had already taken action first. After the clear gunfire, the German officers and soldiers were killed in the trenches in large numbers.