The corporal who was sent out to understand the situation hurried back only a few minutes later and reported to the battalion commander somewhat incoherently: "Comrade Major, yes, we have figured it out. They are our own people. They are the 124th Infantry.
The first battalion of the brigade came specially to support our breakout."
"Great, this is really great." The battalion commander confirmed from the corporal that the other party was cooperating with him to break out of the encirclement. He couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately wanted to give the order to break out of the encirclement.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a voice came from the side: "No, we can't break out!"
"Why?" The battalion commander recognized that the speaker was his political deputy battalion commander, so he frowned and asked: "Comrade deputy battalion commander, I would like to ask why you can't break out of the encirclement?"
"Comrade Battalion Commander," the political deputy battalion commander walked up to the battalion commander, looked at him and asked: "Have you forgotten Order No. 227 issued not long ago? If you evacuate the position without permission from your superiors,
The commander of the unit will be court-martialed."
The battalion commander was rejoicing at the arrival of the reinforcements. When the deputy battalion commander said this, it was as if someone poured a bucket of ice water on his head. His heart suddenly went cold. He thought to himself: "The troops are now short of ammunition and supplies."
, if you continue to stay in the fortified area, you will not be able to escape the fate of being wiped out by the German army. But if you order the troops to retreat, you may be sent to a military court. What should I do now?"
The battalion that came to respond waited outside for a long time, but no troops from the fortification area came out. Just when the company commander leading the team was considering whether to enter the fortification area in person to find out what was going on inside.
, suddenly heard someone behind him shouting his order, turned around and saw that it was his battalion commander, Captain Shashika.
The captain held the pistol, trotted to the company commander, and asked dissatisfiedly: "Comrade Captain, why haven't the friendly forces in the fortification area broken through? What on earth are you dawdling about?"
"Comrade Battalion Commander," the company commander who received Shashika's criticism said aggrievedly: "When they sent people to contact them just now, I told them that we were here to support their breakout. But I don't know how.
As soon as the few soldiers who came to contact us returned, there was no movement there."
"Hell, the Germans may rush over again at any time, but they are taking their time." Shashika became anxious when he heard this. He walked quickly towards the fortification area with his pistol in hand and said: "I
Go talk to their commander."
The commanders and soldiers in the fortification area stayed in the trenches, looking at the friendly troops close at hand. However, due to the order No. 227, they did not dare to abandon their positions and go out to join them. They saw a figure walking quickly
Walking towards the position of the position, a dedicated soldier shouted loudly to the figure: "Who is coming?"
When Shashika heard someone asking him, he quickly stopped and responded loudly: "I am Captain Shashika, the battalion commander of the 124th Brigade, and I want to see your commander."
Not long after, Shashika was taken to the battalion command post. Here, he saw the battalion commander and political deputy battalion commander who commanded the troops in the fortification area. Seeing that the other party had a higher military rank than himself, he first raised his hand in salute.
After a salute, he asked politely: "Comrade Major, I would like to ask, in order to meet you, my troops finally broke through the German defense line and got here. Why are you holding back your troops for so long? Don't you know that the enemy can attack you at any time?"
Is it possible to counterattack?"
"Comrade Captain, please don't get angry." The battalion commander glanced at the political deputy battalion commander sitting opposite him and said helplessly: "I also want to retreat, but we can't retreat until we get the order from our superiors."
"Unable to retreat?!" Shashika was confused by the battalion commander's words. He asked in confusion: "Comrade Major, please explain to me, what is going on?"
"That's it, Comrade Captain." The political deputy battalion commander interjected: "According to the latest Order No. 227, any commander who leads the troops to abandon their positions without permission from their superiors will be sent to prison.
We will go to court-martial. If we withdraw from the fortified area without getting orders from our superiors, what awaits us is a court-martial."
After learning the reason why the troops in the fortification area were stationary, Shashika was really dumbfounded. He looked at the political deputy battalion commander and asked: "Comrade first-level instructor, can your radio station get in touch with the superiors?"
"We don't have a radio station." The political deputy battalion commander replied with some embarrassment.
"What about the wired phone?" Shashika then asked: "Can you use the wired phone to communicate with your superiors?"
The battalion commander quickly replied: "From the moment the battle started, our wired telephones lost contact with our superiors."
"Since you are not equipped with a radio station, the wired telephone is useless." Shashika looked at the two people and asked coldly: "Then how do you communicate with your superiors? Your fortification area has been besieged by the enemy.
Even if you want to send communications troops in to contact you, you can't do it at all. If you don't seize the opportunity in front of you and organize troops to break out in time, but stay here and wait for the impossible retreat order, you are not doing it at your own expense and
Are the lives of soldiers a joke?"
Although both the chief and deputy battalion commanders felt that what Shashika said was reasonable, the habit of obedience they had developed in the army for many years prevented them from giving the order to retreat.
Seeing the two people sitting there without moving, Shashika became anxious, grabbed the battalion commander's lapel, and yelled at him: "Do you know how many of my soldiers died in order to save you? Now they
You are still outside blocking the enemies who are trying to rush over, but you are standing still here. Do you have to wait until all my men are dead before you are satisfied?"
The battalion commander was shocked by Shashika's words. Hearing the gunshots and explosions from far away, he suddenly remembered that the friendly troops who came to rescue him were still fighting against the enemies in the besieged and fortified area.
However, because he was worried about going to court-martial, he did not dare to issue a retreat order and allowed the soldiers who came to rescue him to die.
Thinking of this, the battalion commander gently broke away from Shashika's hand and said seriously: "Comrade Captain, you are right. I was wrong. I should not have stood still. I will give the troops a retreat order now." After that.
, he shouted outside, "Correspondent!"
Following his shout, a soldier with a gun ran in from outside: "Comrade Battalion Commander, what are your instructions?"
"Immediately issue an order to the troops to withdraw from the fortification area through the passage opened by the friendly forces." He may be worried that the correspondent will not be able to convey his order in time, and specifically emphasized: "Tell them to be fast.
Whether you can jump out of the enemy's encirclement depends on their speed of action."
"Comrade Battalion Commander," the deputy battalion commander was a little anxious when he heard that the battalion commander actually issued such an order to the correspondent: "Do you know that if you do this, you will be sent to a military court?"
"I know," the battalion commander said resolutely, "I can't not issue a breakout order just because I'm worried about going to court-martial, and let hundreds of soldiers die with me in vain."
In this way, due to the persistence of the battalion commander, the troops standing in the fortification area, along with the first battalion that came to meet them, successfully broke out of the German encirclement and withdrew to the location of Sokov's temporary headquarters.
The battles fought by the other attacking troops were even more intense. They attacked a German armored regiment. Unexpectedly, they were discovered by sentries on duty just as they approached the enemy's camp. Although the soldiers rushing in front were killed in time,
The German soldiers on duty in armored vehicles and tanks discovered the Soviet commanders and fighters outside and immediately fired with machine guns. The dense bullets knocked down the soldiers at the front.
A big piece.
After finally wiping out the enemies hiding in tanks and armored vehicles, the enemies in the camp were awakened. They quickly seized advantageous terrain and started a melee with the incoming Soviet troops.
Facing the enemy with tanks and armored vehicles, the 124th and 149th brigades, which lacked anti-tank weapons, fought extremely hard. The sneak attack turned into a strong attack. The two brigade commanders supervising the battle at the front could only use the human sea tactic, again and again.
Charges were launched again and again towards the camps where the German troops were entrenched.
It is a pity that their attacks were crushed in the face of the superior firepower of the German army. The five consecutive attacks they launched all ended in failure. In addition to leaving hundreds of wounded and corpses in front of the position, they did not do anything at all.
make any progress.
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Sokov, who was staying at the headquarters, was not worried at all about the troops rushing towards the fortification area. He felt that they were absolutely sure to rescue the trapped friendly troops. On the other side, although there were as many as seven attacking troops,
It was a small camp, but it still gave him an ominous premonition.
Although he heard gunshots and explosions coming from two directions, Sokov had no idea what the fighting situation was like on the front line because he was unable to establish contact with the two fighting troops.
Andrei, who was staying at the headquarters, saw Sokov looking upset and proactively suggested: "Comrade Brigade Commander, do you think it is necessary to put our battalion into battle immediately?"
"No, it's not time for you to appear yet." Sokov, who was pacing back and forth, immediately stopped when he heard Andrei say this and said to him: "The preparation time for this counterattack is too short.
And without the support of artillery fire and air force, it is very difficult to defeat the German army. The main purpose of bringing your battalion with me is to block the oncoming enemies at the most critical moment."
If other battalion commanders heard what Sokov said, they would definitely panic. After all, how can one of his own battalions do anything if two brigades cannot stop the enemy? But after Andrei heard this, he was like
He nodded, patted his chest and assured Sokov: "Don't worry, comrade brigade commander, since the Germans are really coming, as long as our battalion is here, they won't even think of hurting you even a hair."
"Comrade Commander," a second lieutenant officer rushed in from outside at this time. After raising his hand to salute Sokov, he reported: "I am sent by Colonel Bolvinov, the commander of the 149th Brigade."
Sokov looked at the ensign and asked, "What did the colonel want you to report to me?"
"The colonel said that the enemy's firepower was too strong, and all the attacks we organized were repelled by the Germans." The second lieutenant looked at Sokov and asked: "The colonel asked me to ask you for instructions, what should we do next?"
After Sokov waited for the second lieutenant to finish speaking, he realized that he was sent by Bolvinov to ask for instructions. Sokov thought for a while and answered the other party: "The order is very simple, attack, continue to attack, and must capture those German camps."
, rush to join up with the main force of the besieged army group."
As soon as the second lieutenant left, Andrei immediately said to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, if the attacks launched by the two infantry brigades fail to work, what should we do?"
"What else can I do?" Sokov heard Andre's question and said with a wry smile: "I can only choose to let the troops retreat. As for the attack, let it go to hell and let the infantry attack the German armored forces.
Doesn’t this make them seek death?”
Despite the two infantry brigades' attacks, they did not make much progress. But in the encirclement, there were people who had been listening to the gunshots and explosions coming out. Major Ibaru, commander of the training battalion of the 35th Guards Division
, after hearing the gunfire, he immediately picked up the phone on the table and spoke to the division commander, Major General Glazkov: "Comrade division commander, there are very clear gunshots and explosions from the other side of the encirclement. I think it must be
Friendly forces have arrived to meet us. I request an immediate attack!"
Major General Glazkov agreed with Ibaru's statement. However, before he could figure out the situation, he felt that there was no need to act rashly. At least he had to figure out the size of the troops on the other side of the encirclement to support him. If the number of people
If it's too little, it won't be of much significance. Maybe the other party will have been eliminated by the enemies besieged outside before you take any action.
Ibaru was a little out of breath. Although Major General Glazkov ordered him to hold his troops temporarily, he did not have that much time. When the scouts sent out figured out what was going on, he decided to take the risk. Thinking of this, he
He stood up from the trench and shouted to the soldiers beside him: "Comrades, follow me to destroy the Japanese invaders!"
When the commanders and fighters of the training camp heard the gunshots and explosions coming from the other side of the encirclement, they could no longer hold back. However, their superiors did not issue an attack order, so they could only stay in the trenches and stare blankly over there.
They originally thought that this attack would pay a huge price. But when they started to attack, they found that the enemy's attention was drawn to the other side of the encirclement. What was in front of them was just a German security platoon, facing
Like the soldiers who rushed up like tigers from down the mountain, the Germans fired a burst of random shots, then abandoned their positions and fled in all directions.
Although the German officers and soldiers of the armored regiment repelled several attacks from the two infantry brigades, their ammunition was also consumed a lot. Seeing that they were about to run out of ammunition, unexpectedly, a troop came out from behind. The German army
Suddenly everything was in chaos. In order to prevent being surrounded by the Soviet army, the German commander decisively issued a retreat order. Finally, the tanks that had no fuel and ammunition had no choice but to reluctantly throw them to the Soviet army.