The 972nd Regiment, which did not receive any fire support, fought tenaciously and the soldiers performed bravely, but how could their flesh and blood bodies block bullets? The German army's intensive machine gun firepower would first make it difficult to march in the snow.
The attacking formation was cut into several sections, and then the ballistic trajectory extended forward like a plow, until it reached the end of the formation, and then swept back to the front, knocking down the soldiers in pieces.
After half an hour of fighting, of the 247 soldiers who participated in the attack, less than 30 were able to retreat alive. More than 200 brave soldiers spilled their blood on this hot land.
The company commanders who witnessed the entire process of the friendly attack's defeat with their own eyes did not rush into battle after receiving the attack order, but got together to study tactics.
After the formal attack began, the machine gun company arrived at the foot of the hillside with the first company, quickly selected favorable terrain, established a machine gun position, and pointed the muzzle at the German position on the top of the mountain; eleven sharpshooters from the third company also
I selected a shooting position and prepared to snipe the German machine gunners.
The German troops on the hillside had just repelled the Soviet attack. Before they had time to breathe, they found another troop rushing up. They couldn't help but feel a little surprised. In their impression, once the Soviet attack was repelled, at least
It would take three or four hours for the second wave of attacks to be launched. Unexpectedly, less than ten minutes after today's first wave of attacks were repulsed, a new attack started again. But the Germans were not worried at all. They were very
I confidently believed that as long as I stayed in the position and calmly fired and strafed like before, I would be able to wipe out this Soviet army on the hillside.
Seeing the Soviet army struggling to advance in the snow, when they were less than 150 meters away from the position, the German machine guns rang out again. Just when they thought the Soviet army would fall in pieces under the gunfire, they discovered that
This Soviet army seemed to be different from the troops that had just fought. Instead of advancing under the hail of bullets, these enemies lay down on the spot, looking for a hiding place, and then fired back.
Just when the German machine gunners were surprised, the snowdrift in front of them was suddenly hit by bullets flying from a distance, causing it to splash like a boiling pot. It turned out that this was the machine gun company at the foot of the mountain, using machine gun fire on the Germans.
The machine gun implemented suppressive fire. The German machine gun stopped firing, and the machine gunner was suppressed in the trench by the hail of bullets. When he raised his head and wanted to fight back, he was pushed back into the trench by the bullets that continued to come.
Seeing that the enemy's firepower had been suppressed, the soldiers of the first company quickly climbed up from the snow. Cat lowered his body and used the terrain to quickly rush towards the enemy's position. The general-purpose machine guns of each squad used 50 rounds of ammunition.
The machine gunner can operate the drum magazine by himself. They flexibly choose the appropriate shooting position and cooperate with the machine gun battery at the foot of the mountain to suppress the German troops.
The German troops, suppressed in the position by intensive firepower, saw that the Soviet troops were only 20 meters away from the trenches. They were afraid that the position would be breached, so they stood up and fired without hesitation. Some soldiers were shot by machine gun bullets as soon as they stood up.
His body was pierced and he fell headlong into the trench, but those who were alive were still howling and shooting wildly at the Soviet troops.
I don’t know who took the lead in throwing the first grenade. It fell in the snow and exploded. Although it did not cause many casualties to the Soviet army, it alerted other German soldiers. They all grabbed the grenades placed on the edge of the trench and threw them
As soon as the string was pulled, it was thrown out. Seeing the Germans throwing grenades from the position, the Soviet soldiers were not to be outdone and quickly threw the grenades over.
The grenades from both the attacking and defending sides were thrown around like raindrops, then exploded when they fell on the ground, setting off clouds of fire and smoke. The exploding shrapnel killed and wounded soldiers on both sides without restraint.
Sokov, who was in the observation post, saw that the battle was already starting in front of the German position. He quickly called a soldier from the guard platoon and asked him to inform Second Lieutenant Andre and immediately led the second company into the battle.
After the soldiers left, Sokov called Pavlov, the captain of the health team, and said to him: "Comrade Assistant Military Medical Officer, the battle is almost over. You should immediately take the comrades of the health team to the hillside for treatment.
Wounded."
The assistant military doctor agreed, turned around and walked out of the observation post. He followed Asiya in. When he was about to follow him out, he was stopped by Sokov. Sokov said to her: "Asiya, you stay here.
Responsible for bandaging the wounded who are being evacuated."
"No," Asiya showed an unhappy look on her face after hearing Sokov's arrangements for her. She pouted and said, "I also want to go to the front to treat the wounded."
"If you are ordered to stay, you will stay." Sokov did not want Asiya to take risks, so he said firmly: "This is an order, do you understand?"
Hearing Sokov speaking to herself in such a stern tone, Asya's eyes turned red and tears welled up in her eyes. She didn't say she obeyed the order, nor did she say she didn't obey the order. She just snorted heavily and turned around.
Walked out of the observation post.
With the addition of the Second Company, the battle for the high ground quickly ended. Except for five or six wounded, more than a hundred German soldiers were wiped out.
When Sokov reported the results of the battle to Chernyshev in the city through the intercom, the other party said happily: "That's great, Captain Sokov, you are so great. I really didn't expect that you can be like this."
Easily captured the high ground occupied by the Germans." After praising Sokov, he went on to say, "Comrade Commander happens to be here with me and he wants to talk to you."
Rokossovsky's voice soon came from the earphones. After praising Sokov, he said to him earnestly: "Captain Sokov, the reason why our army was able to easily capture Susi
Nitsch, it was entirely because of the deception tactics we implemented before. We used false intelligence to give the Germans the illusion that the entire 16th Army was advancing towards Susinich. They were afraid of being wiped out, so they rushed in hastily.
Abandoned the city and ran away."
Listening to Rokossovsky's words, Sokov finally understood why the German troops in Susinich fled without a fight, because they did not know that those who attacked the city were only two infantry divisions with incomplete structures.
It was thought that the entire 16th Army had arrived outside the city, so the division commander General von Giles issued an order to retreat.
Rokossovsky continued: "Captain Sokov, the Germans are not fools. They will soon discover that the troops occupying Sushinich are not the main force of the 16th Army. After they wake up,
We will do everything possible to re-capture this city that is extremely important to both the enemy and us. The high ground you captured is the commanding heights to the south of the city and is also the best location for the German army to build artillery positions. You must hold it firmly
, we must not let the Germans capture it. Do you understand?"
"Understood, Comrade Commander." After listening to Rokossovsky's explanation of the stakes, Sokov quickly expressed his position: "Our battalion will resolutely defend the high ground and will never betray your trust in us."<