In order to find the whereabouts of the tank brigade as soon as possible, Sokov always used the radio to shout in plain language when communicating with the search team. He did not realize that his approach was tantamount to exposing himself and his troops to the enemy in disguised form.
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Based on the content of the intercepted call, the German monitoring department determined that a small Soviet force had arrived in the Orlovka area, looking for the Soviet tank brigade that had broken through its defense line yesterday, and immediately sent this information to the frontline combat troops.
Report. Major General Erich Magnus, commander of the German 389th Infantry Division, learned that a small Soviet force had appeared in his defense area. He immediately dispatched three infantry companies. With the cooperation of tanks,
A comprehensive search was launched.
Golia led a group of soldiers to dig trenches on the hillside, and he kept complaining. He thought to himself: Not to mention that there are no traces of Germans in this area, even if there are Germans nearby, look.
Looking at his group of soldiers wearing German uniforms, they would definitely think that they were one of their own, and there would be no suspicion at all. Sokov ordered himself to lead people to build fortifications here, which was simply unnecessary.
Just as he was slandering Sokov, a soldier next to him suddenly shouted: "Comrade Battalion Commander, there are tanks coming towards us."
"Where?" Hearing that a tank was coming towards him, Golia asked loudly while raising his telescope and looking around, but he didn't see the shadow of the tank at all, nor did he hear the roar of the tank engine.
He raised his hand and slapped the soldier's helmet, and said angrily: "That's nonsense. Where are the German tanks?"
"That's right, Comrade Battalion Commander." The soldier helped the helmet that was knocked crooked by Golia and said aggrievedly: "I really heard the roar of the tank engine, but the sound didn't sound like our army's T-34.
The tank, it should be a German tank detachment, is coming towards us."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, look!" Just when Golia was about to slap the soldier, a sergeant not far away shouted loudly: "There are tanks appearing in the distance."
Golia looked in the direction of the sergeant's finger, and sure enough he saw a few black dots. These black dots were getting bigger and bigger, and the roar of the tank engine could be vaguely heard. Golia turned his head towards the soldier
He took a look and said with some surprise: "You have good hearing. The German tanks were still out of our sight, but you actually heard the roar of the engine. I'm sorry, I wrongly blamed you just now. Please forgive me."
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After apologizing to the soldiers, Golya came to the operator, grabbed the earphone and microphone, and informed Sokov, who was still at the foot of the hillside: "Comrade Brigadier, please come to me immediately.
Something unexpected happened."
Sokov was sitting in the armored vehicle and taking a nap. When he heard Goliya's report, he suddenly felt an ominous premonition in his heart. He got out of the armored car and ran quickly up the hillside. After seeing Goliya, he
He asked breathlessly: "Comrade Captain, what happened?"
"Comrade Brigadier, look over there." Golya pointed to the direction where the German tanks appeared and said to Sokov: "A German tank suddenly appeared over there."
"How many vehicles are there?" Sokov asked as he raised his telescope and looked into the distance. Before Golya could answer, he began to count in a low voice: "One, two, three... six, seven
, there are actually seven tanks.”
After Golya waited for Sokov to finish counting the German tanks, he asked worriedly: "Comrade Brigadier, did you say that the enemy's tanks are aimed at us?"
"I don't know." Sokov didn't know how to answer Goliath's question at all. Although he was wearing a German uniform, he was afraid of nothing but the worst. If the enemy saw through it, he would be killed next.
There was a fierce battle, so he ordered Goliath: "Let the soldiers prepare for battle. Once the enemy sees through our identity, open fire and kill them."
According to Sokov's idea, the German tanks will definitely drive to the foot of the hillside. At that time, he can't help but send people up to disarm the tank soldiers. If possible, he can capture a few tanks and take them back. Therefore, seeing the rumble of the German tanks
When the ground was heading towards the hillside where he was, Sokov felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart.
But what happened next made him a little dumbfounded. The German tanks stopped three to four hundred meters away from the hillside. After being lined up, a tank soldier poked his head out of the turret of one of the tanks.
With half of his body, he used red and green signal flags to signal Sokov and the others.
When Sokov saw the dancing tank crew, he quickly asked to the left and right: "Do you know what flag the German tank crews are sending to us?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander, I am the signal soldier in the battalion." The soldier who had warned Golia stood up straight and reported to Sokov: "The enemy is using the flag language to ask which part we belong to!"
"Answer them," Sokov ordered when he saw the red and green signal flags on the signal soldier's belt on his back: "Say we are from the 295th Infantry Division."
The signal soldier agreed, climbed out of the trench, stood on a mound, waved the signal flag in his hand, and conveyed what Sokov said to the German tank soldiers on the opposite side.
The opponent's tank crew then used a signal flag to ask: "What are the troops of the 295th Infantry Division doing in the defense zone of our 389th Infantry Division?"
"We were ordered to come for reinforcements." The signal soldier answered the other party according to Sokov's order.
Unexpectedly, after the signal soldier's signal was sent, the German tank soldier was silent and did not send any more signals. Just when Sokov and others were wondering, they saw the tank soldier retracting into the tank. Following the tank's turret, it slowly
Turning slowly, the muzzles were pointed in the direction of the hillside.
"Hide, hide quickly." Although Sokov didn't know why the German tank soldiers retracted into the tank, when he saw the black muzzle pointed at the hillside where he was, he also noticed that something was wrong and shouted loudly.
: "Battle alert, the Germans are about to fire."
As soon as Sokov shouted, the German tanks opened fire. The shells landed on the hillside and exploded, throwing up large clouds of mud. Several soldiers who had not had time to hide were blown away by the blast of air.
Golya, who was squatting in the trench, asked Sokov loudly: "Comrade Brigade Commander, what is going on? Why are the German tanks firing at us?"
"You ask me, who should I ask?" Sokov was also confused about the inexplicable firing of German tanks. He felt that he didn't seem to have any flaws. How could the Germans see through it so quickly? He was cautious.
He poked his head out, glanced at the tank firing in the distance, then crouched down in the trench again, facing Goliath: "Cunning Germans, they parked their tanks three to four hundred meters away to bully us because we don't have long range."
The anti-tank firepower cannot pose any threat to their tanks."
"Comrade Brigadier, what should we do now?" Golia asked loudly while the shells exploded.
"Move, we must leave this damn place before the enemy's infantry arrives." Sokov thought that the 67th tank brigade he was going to respond to had been completely destroyed, and even the brigade commander, Colonel Hidjaev, had been killed.
, there is no point in keeping our troops here. The current priority is to transfer, "Immediately organize our troops to leave here in batches."
Golya faithfully carried out the order given by Sokov, divided his troops into squads, and organized them to break out in batches to the south. However, he soon discovered that the retreat route of the troops was blocked by German tank fire.
The first infantry squad to retreat was bombarded by German tank artillery as soon as it left the hillside. Among the ten soldiers in the squad, the furthest soldier only ran about 200 meters before he fell to the Germans.
under gunfire.
"Hell, this is hell." Seeing the German artillery fire blocking the retreat path of the troops, Sokov couldn't help but became a little angry: "Golia, send your people immediately to blow up all the German tanks."
"It's hard to handle, Comrade Brigadier." Regarding the order to blow up the German tanks, Golia said awkwardly: "The enemy's tanks are three to four hundred meters away from our position. As soon as our soldiers leave the fortifications, they will be destroyed."
They will become the target of enemy tank guns and machine guns. In this case, sending them to blow up tanks is no different from sending them to die."
Hearing what Goliya said, Sokov went crazy and wanted to retreat. The retreat was blocked by German tank fire. Send someone to blow up the tank. The enemy tank was parked a little far away. What if you stay here?
If they don't do anything, once the German infantry arrives, they can launch an attack on the hillside position under the cover of the tanks. By then, they will still be unable to escape the fate of the entire army being destroyed.
The question that Sokov thought of was also thought of by Golya. He looked at the tanks lined up in a line in the distance and kept firing, and murmured: "It's a pity that we only have one armored vehicle left here, even if there is one
If you have a tank, you can compete with the enemy."
The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Golya's words inspired Sokov. Yes, don't we still have an armored vehicle? Although the armored vehicle cannot compare with the tank in terms of firepower and armor, its speed is indeed that of a tank.
It is incomparable. The top speed of this half-track armored vehicle can reach 60 kilometers per hour. Perhaps it can use its speed to deal with German tanks.
Thinking of this, Sokov said to Goliath: "Comrade Captain, take your people to hold the position, and I will take my people to blow up the German tanks."
Knowing that Sokov was going to take risks, Golya grabbed him and said nervously: "Comrade Brigadier, how can you take risks so easily? This kind of thing should be left to the soldiers below to complete."
"Comrade Captain," Sokov said to Goliya in order to reassure him: "Despite the fierce firepower and thick armor of the German tanks, we can use the speed of the armored vehicles to quickly rush to their vicinity, and then
The soldiers in the carriage throw anti-tank grenades at the tanks, thus destroying the enemy tanks."
Golya knew Sokov's character. Once he decided something, no one could convince him, so he did not stop him anymore, but asked tentatively: "Comrade Brigade Commander, do you need me to send a few more people to assist you?"
Going to blow up tanks?”
"No need." Sokov thought about the fact that in addition to the driver, radio operator and Ernst, there were five soldiers in his car. They should be enough to blow up the seven German tanks in the distance.
Therefore, he rejected Goliath's kindness, "We have enough manpower."
Sokov came to the armored car at the foot of the mountain, looked up at Ernst and the radio operator sitting in the car, pointed at the two of them with his hand, and ordered: "You two get out of the car immediately!"
Ernst and the operator didn't know what had happened. They quickly got out of the carriage and stood straight in front of Sokov, waiting for his next order. Sokov looked at Ernst and the operator and spoke softly.
Said: "We are going to carry out a dangerous mission, you two just stay here and wait for us to come back."
After speaking, Sokov turned around and got into the armored vehicle. He said to the five soldiers in the vehicle: "Comrades, you must already know that on the north side of the hillside, there are seven tanks that are constantly shelling the hillside behind us. I plan to
I will take you to blow up the enemy's tanks and cover the troops' smooth breakout."
After a soldier waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he immediately asked: "Comrade Brigadier, I would like to ask, how should we blow up the German tanks?"
"After the armored vehicle we were riding in quickly approached the German tank," Sokov bent down and picked up an anti-tank grenade placed on the floor of the carriage, and continued: "Throw this at the enemy tank and blow it up. Got it.
Yet?"
Although everyone knew that this was a near-death mission, they still answered in unison: "Understood!"
Seeing that the soldiers all understood his intention, Sokov nodded with satisfaction, then bent down and ordered the driver sitting in the cab: "Later, you increase the speed to the highest level. We have to rush as close as possible to the enemy tank.
position so that the anti-tank grenades thrown by our soldiers can blow up the enemy tanks."
After the armored vehicle rushed out from behind the hillside, it was immediately spotted by a German tank. One tank immediately turned its muzzle and fired at the high-speed armored vehicle. However, the shells could not hit the high-speed armored vehicle at all.
After the armored vehicle started, Sokov and others squatted in the compartment to prevent themselves from being injured by flying shrapnel. A shell landed five or six meters away from the armored vehicle, and the blast of air caused the vehicle body to shake.
The flying shrapnel rattled the armor plates. Sokov secretly rejoiced that he was riding in an armored vehicle. If it were an ordinary vehicle, even if the air waves did not overturn the car, the flying shrapnel would have knocked down the people in the car.
Become a hedgehog.
But when approaching a tank, Sokov saw a soldier stand up suddenly and throw an anti-tank grenade. Perhaps because the car was too bumpy, the grenade he threw did not hit the tank, but instead
It crossed over the tank body and landed in an open space. Before the soldier could throw a second shot, the armored vehicle had already passed by the tank and rushed towards another tank.
Seeing the soldier crouching down with a frustrated look on his face, Sokov quickly reached out and patted him on the shoulder, comforting him and saying, "Comrade soldier, don't worry, aim for the next time you shoot."
When the armored vehicle approached the second tank, the soldier stood up again, waved his hand suddenly, and threw the anti-tank grenade in his hand. There was an explosion, and the German tank burst into flames. In a moment, the entire tank