At around ten o'clock in the morning, while the Soviet Union and Germany were fighting inextricably in several areas, Captain Hilda, commander of the 3rd company of the German 389th Infantry Division Motorized Rifle Battalion, led his 187 soldiers to bypass the Soviet Union.
The army's defense line at the silicate factory quietly entered the gully, preparing to pass through here and advance to the bank of the Volga River to disrupt the Soviet army's rear.
In order to deal with the Soviet ambush or blockade, Captain Hida divided the troops into three parts, with two platoons marching on the edges of the gully on both sides; while he led the remaining troops to walk in the middle of the gully. If the Soviet Union
If the Soviet army has an ambush on the edge of the ditch, the troops marching on both sides can detect it in time and start fighting with it; and if the Soviet army blocks the attack in the ditch, the troops walking on both sides can also take advantage of the terrain to gain a commanding position.
Attack the Soviet troops in the ditch, and cover the troops in the ditch to break through the Soviet defenses.
It has to be said that Captain Hida's arrangement was very reasonable. Once he encountered the Soviet army, even if he could not win, he could still escape intact. However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. After the troops walked one or two kilometers along the gully, Captain Hida
It was found that the gully was getting deeper and deeper, from the initial two or three meters to seven or eight meters, and there was a trend of getting deeper.
Seeing this situation, Captain Hida, who was worried that communication would be inconvenient due to terrain changes, made the most wrong decision. He ordered the troops that were originally marching on both sides of the gully to enter the bottom of the gully. After joining forces,
Continue heading east along the gully filled with slag.
The company moved forward for more than half an hour, when suddenly there was heavy gunfire. Walking in the middle of the team, Hida couldn't help but thought: Oh no, we have encountered Russians. He quickly called a communications soldier
, ordered: "Go to the front and see what happened?"
Before the signalmen left, the platoon leader of the leading platoon had already sent a soldier back to report to Hida: "Mr. Captain, there are Russian positions ahead, and we have started a firefight with them."
Hida listened for a moment and found that only the sound of gunfire and the explosion of grenades came from the front, which proved that the Russians did not have any heavy weapons, which made him feel more at ease: "What kind of fortifications do the Russians have?"
"The Russians blocked the intersection with mine carts and sandbags, and set up machine guns in a two-story building behind, suppressing us on the road and unable to move forward." The soldier quickly replied: "Mr. Captain, platoon leader
Let me tell you, just a few mortars can quickly destroy the Russian defenses."
Captain Hida felt that the request of his subordinates was very reasonable. The company was equipped with five 50mm caliber mortars, and each gun was equipped with 50 rounds of shells. If these shells were to hit the opponent's fortifications in one breath,
, then your troops can easily break through the defense line.
Thinking of this, Hida called the mortar platoon leader and asked him to lead his men to support the leading platoon. He must use artillery fire to destroy the Soviet defense line, and the company opened a channel to the Volga River.
The mortars were quickly deployed. Following the order from the mortar platoon leader, five mortars fired at the Soviet army's crude position at the same time. The German artillery was well-trained and could operate at such a close distance.
On the road, their hit rate was very high. Two consecutive rounds of shelling blasted several gaps in the Soviet sandbag fortifications blocking the intersection.
The German soldiers who had been suppressed by Soviet firepower and were lying on the ground or lying in the ash heap jumped up, jumped over the wounded or corpses on the ground with their guns in hand, and rushed towards the area being shelled.
Seeing that his troops were still twenty or thirty meters away from the opponent's position, in order to prevent accidental damage, the mortar fire began to extend to bombard the buildings behind. The charging soldiers took advantage of the fact that the defenders at the intersection were pressed down by the artillery fire.
Without a chance to start, he quickly rushed in through the blasted gap.
If the troops guarding the intersection are Sokov's direct descendants, they will use their sophisticated equipment to quickly eliminate or drive out the enemies who rush into the gap. However, the ones guarding the intersection at the moment are the sailors of the Marine Corps Battalion.
The rifles they hold in their hands are shot and pulled, so they cannot gain an advantage in firepower. Therefore, after the sailors usually fire a shot, they rush forward with their bayonets and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
Deputy Battalion Commander Yakuda, who was staying on the second floor, saw the fierce fighting going on at the intersection from the window, and quickly called Shamrih for help: "Comrade Battalion Commander, the enemy has launched an attack on our defensive position. Our soldiers
We were suppressed by artillery fire. Please support us. Please support us."
Shamrih did not expect that only a few minutes after the battle started, the first company at the bottom of the ditch could not hold on any longer, and he quickly issued an order to attack the troops hidden on both sides of the ditch: "Attack immediately from both sides of the ditch.
, we must completely wipe out this enemy."
As the order was issued, the commanders and soldiers who were ambushing in the gullies on both sides of the gully rushed to the edge of the gully. Since they were almost ten meters away from the bottom of the gully, and the ash and slag could not stand, the soldiers did not go there.
Instead of jumping down, stand on the edge of the ditch and throw the grenade at the bottom of the ditch.
Black grenades fell from the sky, landed on the ground or exploded in the air, blowing up the German soldiers crowded at the bottom of the ditch. Before the smoke dissipated, another wave of grenades was thrown down from the edge of the ditch, with almost no dead ends and almost no interruption.
It seems endless, one after another is thrown down.
Facing the grenades falling from the sky, the German soldiers at the bottom of the ditch either lie down on the spot or scurry around like headless flies. However, no matter whether they lie down on the spot or run around, at the bottom of the ditch where there are no dead ends, they just wait.
After only two or three minutes, where more than a hundred German soldiers were crowded, no one could be seen moving.
And when those soldiers who broke through the Soviet defense line and were engaged in hand-to-hand combat heard the earth-shattering explosions from behind and smelled the strong smell of blood mixed with the choking smoke, they knew that the troops behind them were doomed. In this situation
Under such circumstances, they no longer had the courage to continue fighting, so they stopped fighting one after another, dropped their weapons and surrendered with their hands raised high.
Seeing that his troops had defeated a German company within twenty minutes, Shamrih felt a little complacent and quickly called Sokov to report the good news. Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Sokov could only give a faint hum.
, without even saying a word of praise for them, he directly ordered: "Comrade Captain, seize the time to clean the battlefield and pay attention to collect more guns and ammunition that can still be used. In addition, your fortifications need to be strengthened to prevent there being enemies.
Enter the gully."
"Understood, Comrade Commander." Although Sokov's attitude was a bit cold, Shamrih was not angry at all. He knew very well that his achievements were nothing in Sokov's eyes.
What, so I put my mind right and assigned the task as soon as I put down the phone.
After ending the call, Sokov said to the radio operator: "Operator, send a report to the Chief of Staff, saying that we have just eliminated a German company in the ravine."
The telegraph operator immediately followed his order and reported the results of the Marine Corps battalion to Sidorin in Mamayev Hills via telegram. Shortly after the telegram was sent, he received a reply from the division headquarters and translated the telegram.
After reading the content, he couldn't help being shocked. He quickly walked up to Sokov with the telegram in hand and said nervously: "Comrade division commander, this is an urgent telegram from Mamayev Heights."
"Emergency telegram?" Hearing what the operator said, Sokov couldn't help but show a surprised expression on his face. He quickly took the telegram from the other party's hand and read it carefully. Unexpectedly, just halfway through reading, his expression changed.
Became livid.
Seryosha, who was sitting on the mound nearby, saw Sokov's reaction and couldn't help but curiously asked: "Misha, what happened? Why did your face change?"
Holding the telegram in his hand, Sokov looked at Seryosha and said: "The Army Headquarters informed us that the enemy has broken through the defense line of the 37th Guards Division and occupied the stadium of the Dzerzhinsky Tractor Factory, which is only a few meters away from the factory.
The distance is less than one kilometer. Guarding here is a battalion of the 109th Guards Regiment. Now they have been compressed by the enemy into a group of stone buildings to the south. The headquarters ordered me to immediately lead the troops to rush over to support."
"What, let us rush to the Dzerzhinsky Tractor Factory to support?" Seryosha immediately jumped up after hearing Sokov's words, and said excitedly: "Misha, why do you want us to get rid of the horse?"
Mayev Gang was transferred here and just wiped out a German army. Before we had time to breathe, we were asked to rush a few kilometers away to support the friendly forces in the battle. Our superiors really regarded us as a battlefield fire brigade..."
"That's enough!" Sokov knew that if he didn't stop Seryosha, he didn't know how long he would be nagging him. He quickly stopped him and said in a stern tone: "The enemy's troops that have just been wiped out are
Captain Shamrich's Marine Battalion, not your Guard Company of Seryosha. Stop talking nonsense and assemble the troops immediately. We need to rush there immediately to a place called Six Sides Street, which is a support point for friendly forces. They
We are engaged in repeated tug-of-war with the enemy."
"Misha, do we have too few people?" Although he was scolded by Sokov, Seryosha relied on his friendship with Sokov and said with a playful smile: "How about you find another one?"
Captain Shamrih wants someone?"
"Captain Shamrich," in fact, even if Seryosha didn't mention it, Sokov would have mobilized troops from the Marine Corps battalion to act with him. He would not have just led more than a hundred people and foolishly rushed to the end of the battle.
He went to help in a fierce place. Therefore, he decisively took over Shamrih's command post and said straight to the point: "I will take the guard company and the second company north of the gully to perform the mission. You can stay with the remaining troops."
Stay where you are."
Hearing that Sokov was about to transfer one of his companies, Shamrih didn't ask anything, but directly assured Sokov: "Don't worry, comrade division commander, we will never let an enemy pass through the gully and reach the destination.
On the banks of the Volga."
The reason why Sokov wanted to take the Second Company of the Marine Corps Battalion was, firstly, because the other party was stationed closest to him; secondly, because the company had more than 300 people and was the most complete unit in the battalion. Including the guards
There are about 500 people in the two companies. When they go to Liumian Street to support the friendly forces, there will be no shortage of troops.
Ten minutes later, Captain Aglanov, commander of the second company, appeared in front of Sokov. He did not salute, but straightened his back and briefly reported: "Comrade division commander, the second company has been ordered to come, please give instructions!"
"
"Captain Aglanov," Sokov knew the company commander, so he called out his name without difficulty and began to assign tasks to him: "Our friendly forces are trapped two kilometers away from here.
It's a complex of stone buildings. In order to hold on there, they are engaged in repeated tug-of-war with the Germans. Your company's mission is to rush over to support them and drive the enemy out of the neighborhood. How about it, are you having any difficulties?"
"No difficulty!" Aglanov replied briefly.
"Very good!" Sokov was very satisfied with Aglanov's answer. He nodded, then waved his hand and said: "Since there is no problem, let's set off. Before the enemy attacks our
Get to your destination as quickly as possible before friendly forces are eliminated or driven away from the neighborhood."
When Sokov led his troops to Liumian Street, the fighting here had already entered a fierce state. From the name on the telegram, Sokov thought that this must be a street, but in fact it was an old-fashioned residential area.
They are some solid stone buildings with a long history.
In order to destroy the Soviet resistance here, the German army used eight 75mm anti-tank guns and used high-explosive grenades to bombard the Soviet soldiers who were hiding behind the windows and shooting. Although these shells were not enough to destroy solid stone buildings, they could be fired everywhere.
The flying shrapnel caused heavy casualties to the soldiers responsible for the defense.
The German infantry who rushed into the residential area saw that the resistance of a building was suppressed by artillery fire. They immediately rushed into the building under the smoke and started a close and hand-to-hand battle with the Soviet commanders and soldiers who were standing inside.
The battle was fierce. Although the soldiers of the Guards were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers and firepower, they performed extremely tenaciously. As soon as a building was occupied by the Germans, the commander would organize the soldiers to fight back and regain control of the enemy.
Take back the building.
Several buildings on the edge of the residential area were not only riddled with holes by artillery fire, but the bodies of soldiers from both sides were lying around the buildings. Although there were still some seriously injured people who were not dead among these piles of corpses,
When the fighting was so fierce, neither the Soviets nor the Germans bothered to treat their wounded, and could only let them fend for themselves in the ruins where bullets were flying and explosions were heard one after another.
The German army had just occupied a four-story building. Before they could rush out of the building, countless Soviet commanders and fighters rushed out of a building not far away. The German soldiers who were still breathing in the building,
I was surprised to find that in the charging team, there were actually many officers holding pistols.
When the German commander saw this situation, he guessed that all the Russian soldiers must be dead, so the officers of the headquarters had to participate in the attack. So he shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "First kill the Russians."
All the soldiers were killed, and when all the soldiers were dead, their officers would not have anything to worry about."
When the soldiers heard the commander's shout, they quickly prioritized ordinary Russian soldiers as shooting targets. They knew in their hearts that those officers were holding pistols and posed no threat to themselves at such a long distance.
.As long as you kill the Russian soldiers with long weapons, you can kill all the officers calmly like target practice.