The German troops occupying the building turned every window into a firepower point, shooting at the attacking Soviet troops from above. The Soviet troops that carried out the counterattack were obviously temporarily formed by staff and logistics personnel. They used their weapons to
With all kinds of weapons, they bravely fired at the enemies in the building. However, due to the inferior firepower and lack of terrain advantages, they faced the enemy's intensive firepower, and some of them were shot and fell at every moment.
Colonel Omelichenko, the commander of the 109th Guards Regiment, who was staying in the building behind, saw that his men suffered heavy casualties, and his heart was bleeding. He quickly ordered someone to blow the whistle, preparing to let the remaining people withdraw first.
Inside the building, readjust your troops before attacking.
As soon as the Soviet army began to retreat, the German troops in the building rushed out. They tried to follow the retreating Soviet army and rushed into the building opposite. At this moment, Sokov's troops rushed to Liumian Street. According to their prior deployment, they
The troops immediately deployed in platoon units and launched a surprise attack from behind the enemy.
The German army invested one battalion in Liumian Street, but due to fighting in several positions at the same time, the force was extremely scattered. Facing Sokov's new force, they were caught off guard.
Sokov personally led two platoons of the guard company and launched an attack on the four-story building that the Germans had just occupied. Seeing that the Soviet army was attacking behind him, the German commander quickly mobilized the remaining troops and attacked inside the building.
Organize a new defense. When the soldiers of the guard company approached the building in skirmish formation, the enemies hiding in the rubble and behind the windows immediately used crossfire to block fire. The squad at the front almost all fell to the ground.
In a pool of blood.
Fortunately, the guard company is Sokov's old foundation. It is not only well-equipped, but also has rich combat experience. The machine gunner immediately selected a suitable position, built a machine gun position, and suppressed the exposed fire points. As for those machine gun fire points that pose the greatest threat
, then use sharpshooters to deal with them.
Seryosha, who was staying with Sokov, saw the German machine gunner who was shooting wildly. He was shot in the head by a sharpshooter. The machine gun immediately became mute. He couldn't help saying with emotion: "Misha, I finally understand.
Why don't you let the sharpshooters from the company participate in the sniper detachment? It turns out that they are put to great use at times like this."
"Don't talk nonsense." Sokov saw that the deputy shooter took over the shooting position and was killed by the sharpshooter of the company before he could pull the trigger. He turned to Seryosha and said: "After the enemy's firepower point is eliminated by the sharpshooter,
You lead the people into the building yourself."
"If I take everyone away," Seryosha heard Sokov's order, he asked with some worry: "What about your safety?"
"Don't worry," Sokov turned his head and glanced at Guchakov and the other two soldiers behind him, and said to Seryosha: "With Guchakov by my side, there will be no problem with safety."
"What, let Guchakov protect your safety?" Seryosha thought of Guchakov's history of being captured twice, and was not at all confident that he would be responsible for Sokov's safety. He shook his head and shouted loudly
Said: "I can't trust him. If something happens to you, what will happen to our division in the future?"
As soon as Seryosha's words came out, Sokov noticed that Guchakov's face turned red. He was obviously seriously irritated, and he quickly came out to smooth things over: "Okay, Seryosha, stop talking. I believe Guchakov
Sokov can protect my safety, but you should take your people and occupy that building quickly." After hearing what Sokov said, Seryosha could only reluctantly agree, bend down and run forward to command the troops.
went.
Seeing Seryosha leading the soldiers into the building, there were gunshots like exploding beans and grenade explosions one after another. Sokov felt relieved. He felt that as long as the soldiers from the guard company could rush through,
Entering the building, then taking the building will be no problem at all.
Although the German troops in the building were powerful, their resistance against Sokov's elite troops only lasted less than ten minutes. When the gunfire in the building stopped, a soldier came over and reported to Sokov: "
Comrade division commander, the company commander asked me to report to you that the building has been completely occupied by us and 29 Germans have been captured..."
Knowing that the building had been completely occupied, Sokov stood up and said to Guchakov: "Let's go inside the building."
Arriving at the building, the soldiers led Sokov and the others to a relatively intact room on the second floor, where Seryosha was interrogating the prisoners. Seeing Sokov enter, he quickly stood up and reported respectfully:
: "Comrade division commander, Lieutenant Seryosha, commander of the guard company, is reporting to you that I am interrogating the prisoners, please give instructions!"
Seeing Seryosha pretending to be 13, Sokov wanted to go up and kick him, but in front of so many soldiers and prisoners, he had to save face for him, so he said in an official tone: "Continue the interrogation.
"
A soldier standing in the room brought Sokov a freshly cleaned chair. After Sokov sat down aside, he looked at the translator who was interrogating the prisoner, and asked Seryosha in a low voice: "
Did the interrogation yield any valuable information?"
"They are from the 54th Chasseur Regiment of the 100th Chasseur Division," Seryosha heard Sokov's question and quickly replied: "The enemy attacking Liumian Street probably has a battalion, and the battalion commander is Major Bazel. The prisoners
I just confessed some very interesting information."
"Interesting information?" This was the first time Sokov heard that the information confessed by the prisoners could be described as interesting, so he asked curiously: "Tell me, what interesting information?"
"That's it, Misha." Seryosha introduced to Sokov: "When the friendly forces launched an attack on this building, Major Bazel issued an order for the soldiers to choose ordinary targets when shooting.
soldiers, not officers."
Sokov thought about it carefully and felt that this order was indeed interesting. According to various indications, the Soviet commanders and fighters participating in the counterattack were all staff or logistics personnel transferred from the headquarters. Especially those officers, although they performed well in the battle
They are very brave, but due to lack of combat experience and the weapons they use are not good at hand, it is difficult to achieve any results. Once those warriors with rich combat experience are sacrificed, they will not be used as targets by the enemy, but they will be easily defeated by the enemy. A group of
The negative impact of an officer's defeat on the battlefield is definitely ten times worse than that of an equal number of soldiers.
Although the two sides were hostile, Sokov still had a strong interest in Major Bazel. He asked Seryosha: "Where is Major Bazel? Bring him to me. I want to talk to him."
chat."
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Seryozha shrugged his shoulders and said in a regretful tone: "Misha, I'm sorry, I think I may not be able to fulfill your wish."
"Why?"
"During the battle in the building, Bazel was shot more than a dozen times and almost lost his combat effectiveness." Seryosha said to Sokov with a wry smile: "Our soldiers saw it was a German officer and thought
He wanted to capture him alive, but unexpectedly he fired a grenade and died together with the three soldiers who went to capture him."
"What a pity." While Sokov was shocked, he also had some admiration for this German major he had never met before. It seemed that not only the Soviet commanders and soldiers could regard death as death at the last moment of their lives, but also their enemies.
He could do this. Thinking of this, he sighed softly and told Seryosha: "Seryosa, although Major Bazel is our enemy, as a soldier, his actions are worthy of our admiration.
Later, you send someone to bury his body properly."
"Understood." Seryozha nodded, "I will immediately arrange for someone to handle this matter."