When Lin Hua accepted the combat mission at the headquarters, neither Remizov nor Andryushchenko told him that his company was not the first offensive unit.
As early as two days ago, Major General Dovatore, commander of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps, personally went into battle and led the commanders and fighters of the 50th Cavalry Division to attack the enemy's positions. But regrettably, the cavalry launched an attack.
The attack failed, and Dovatore was unfortunately shot and died during the battle.
It was precisely because of the sacrifice of Dovatore that Remizov understood that cavalry was not suitable for attacking fortresses, so he decided to leave the task of capturing the German positions on the Rama River to the infantry.
At five o'clock in the morning, Lin Hua, who was sleeping in his tent, suddenly heard someone outside the tent asking in a low voice: "Is Lieutenant Sokov here?"
Lin Hua suddenly woke up from his sleep. He grabbed the submachine gun placed next to his head, sat up straight and rushed outside and asked alertly: "Who? Who is outside?"
The man just heard someone talking in the tent, so he went on to say: "Comrade Lieutenant, I am the staff officer sent by the brigade headquarters, and I have been ordered to take you to the starting point of the attack."
When the staff officer spoke outside the tent, he not only woke up Lin Hua, but also woke up the other platoon leaders in the tent. Everyone sat up and turned their attention to Lin Hua, waiting for his order.
"Comrades, platoon leaders, it's time to teach the Germans a lesson." Lin Hua stood up, straightened his belt, and pulled the hem of his uniform, "Call the soldiers, we don't have much time left.
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Since the soldiers all slept in their clothes, it only took ten minutes to assemble after being called up by the platoon commanders. Then, under the leadership of the brigade staff, the entire company arrived at the starting point for the attack designated by the superiors.<
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After entering the position, the staff officer took Lin Hua to the brigade headquarters to meet with the brigade commander Andryushenko. After waiting for Lin Hua to salute him, Andryushenko asked with concern: "Comrade Lieutenant, the soldiers have all had breakfast."
Is it done?"
"Not yet." Lin Hua glanced at the staff officer standing nearby and replied: "We rushed here as soon as we received the notice from the staff comrade."
"Comrade Second Lieutenant," Andryushchenko heard what Lin Hua said and quickly ordered the staff officer who was leading them: "Go and notify the cook immediately to prepare breakfast for the soldiers of the Istria Company. Remember, each person must have at least one
Hot soup, don’t let the soldiers freeze in such a cold day."
After the staff officer waited for Andryushenko to finish speaking, he smiled and asked: "Comrade Brigade Commander, do you allow me to carry out the mission?"
"Go!" Andryushchenko waved to him, and then called to Lin Hua: "Sit down, Lieutenant Sokov, please sit down!"
After Lin Hua sat down on a bench, Andryushchenko sat opposite him and said, "Comrade Lieutenant, the attack will start at seven o'clock. Are you ready?" Lin Hua thought.
Standing up and coming back, he quickly raised his hands and pressed them down, "Sit down and talk, sit down and talk."
Lin Hua looked at Andryushchenko and said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, our company has made all preparations for combat and can go into battle at any time. But..."
"But what?" Seeing Lin Hua hesitate to speak, Andryushchenko urged: "Lieutenant Sokov, if you have any questions, just ask them. I will find a way to solve them for you." p>
"I want to know the terrain." Lin Hua knew very well in his heart that only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles. Now that you don't even know what the enemy's position is, and you just launch an attack rashly, isn't that asking the soldiers to die? That's right.
It was out of this consideration that he bluntly said to Andryushenko: "Only by understanding the enemy's deployment, we can be more certain of winning."
After listening to Lin Hua's request, Andryushchenko immediately stood up, raised his hand to straighten the military cap on his head, and then said: "Comrade Lieutenant, come with me, I will take you to see the terrain."
The two came to the frontmost trench along the communication trench. Andryushchenko pointed to the front and said to Lin Hua: "The German defenses are about two kilometers away from us. The front of the defense is 800 meters and the depth is
Two hundred meters. The garrison strength is one company, equipped with machine guns and mortars..."
Lin Hua quietly stared at Andryushchenko's introduction, secretly calculating in his mind: the defenders were a company, and even if they were at full strength, they would only have two hundred people. They would place them all in the first trench.
Each soldier has to defend a distance of up to four meters wide. But in fact, it is impossible for the German commander to arrange his troops in this way. He is bound to leave a considerable amount of troops for deep defense. In other words, his troops must occupy
In this position, the probability of success is quite high.
"How's it going? Do you understand everything?" Andryushchenko saw Lin Hua raising a telescope and looking at the German positions non-stop, and couldn't help but ask: "Are you sure you can win the enemy's positions?
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Lin Hua put down the telescope in his hand, turned to face Andryushenko and said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, as long as I can get the necessary artillery support, I think we can still win this position."
Half an hour later, Lin Hua summoned several of his platoon leaders, pointed to the German position in the distance, and said to everyone: "Comrades, the position ahead is the position we want to attack. Take a look at the terrain first.
I will assign tasks to you later."
As soon as Lin Hua finished speaking, several platoon leaders raised their telescopes hanging on their chests and looked at the enemy positions in the distance. Seeing this, Lin Hua couldn't help laughing, secretly saying that a few days ago,
When observing the enemy's situation by myself, I can only rely on my own pair of naked eyes. After accepting the task of collecting supplies, the equipment of the army can be said to have been replaced by shotguns. Not only did I replace my usual rifle with a submachine gun, but the platoon leaders also had one.
submachine guns, and are equipped with binoculars.
After everyone had finished looking at the terrain, Lin Hua continued: "Everyone has finished looking at the terrain, and then I started to assign tasks. The first platoon of Second Lieutenant Vanya, who was responsible for the first wave of attack, and the second platoon of Sergeant Andre, the machine gun
The platoon served as fire cover. Saviev's third platoon served as a reserve team and stayed at the offensive starting position on standby."
When the hour hand pointed to seven o'clock, a howitzer regiment deployed behind the 115th Infantry Brigade opened fire. Large fireballs and smoke rose from the German defensive positions, and large areas of snow mixed with loose soil were thrown into the air; some earthworks
The bunker was hit directly and exploded into splinters flying in the sky.
After half an hour of shelling, before the smoke from the enemy's position dissipated, Vanya and Andrei jumped out of the trench, held up their submachine guns, and shouted at the top of their lungs: "Brothers, for Stalin!