Sokov now has strong troops and horses, and a large number of people. However, the reason why he only invested one division and three brigades in the battle to encircle and annihilate the Imperial Division was entirely because the terrain here was complex and was not conducive to the deployment of large forces.
It was almost daybreak, but the battle was not as smooth as he imagined. Since he personally commanded the three brigades attacking from north to south, they fought in a very orderly manner, and the German troops retreated steadily.
The infantry division that attacked the front line was slow to move and fought all night. Not only did it fail to join forces as planned, but it was blocked by the German army two kilometers away.
Looking at the bright sky in the east, Sokov couldn't help but frowned. Even though his troops had inflicted heavy losses on the Imperial Division in the night battle, as soon as it dawned, enemy planes appeared in the sky and pointed at him.
The troops bombarded them indiscriminately, and then the situation on the battlefield would develop in a direction favorable to the German army.
In addition, he received a report from Gritsenko that enemy troops were discovered in their rear and if they continued to fight, there was a possibility of being encircled. In order to prevent this situation from happening, Sokov decided to adjust his tactics and put
The 84th Marine Brigade, which has been on standby, entered the battle ahead of schedule.
Colonel Chuvashov watched the friendly forces and the Germans fight all night, while his own troops followed behind without firing a shot like a logistics force. He was even worried that until the moment the Imperial Division was completely annihilated, his own troops would
The troops had no chance to participate in the war. When they heard Sokov's order, they were overjoyed and quickly replied: "Don't worry, Comrade Commander, we will definitely rush over to join the friendly forces as soon as possible."
"Wait a minute, Comrade Colonel." Seeing Chuvashov leaving in a hurry, Sokov quickly stopped him, pointed to the map and analyzed to him: "Now Lieutenant Colonel Dobrushin's 62nd Brigade, and the enemy
We have fallen into a stalemate, and if you enter the battlefield from their position, it may be difficult to break through the enemy's defenses in a short period of time."
"Then what should we do, Comrade Commander?" Chuvashov asked modestly.
"To detour, it is better to use flanking detour tactics." Sokov drew a route on the map with his finger and said to Chuvashov: "It is best to detour from the enemy's left wing. That direction is under the control of friendly forces. You
If you take action there, you can get help from friendly forces."
Just when Sokov was putting his reserve team into battle, Major General Gritsenko encountered an unexpected danger. While he was calling his regiment commander to inquire about the progress of the attack, a soldier suddenly asked
He broke in from outside with a gun and shouted: "Comrade division commander, something happened, something happened!"
Seeing this noisy fighter, Gritsenko couldn't help but frowned: "What happened?"
"Tank, enemy tank." The soldier replied: "There is a German tank heading towards us."
"Chief of Staff," Gritsenko heard the news and immediately called the Chief of Staff and ordered him: "Let the guard battalion use rocket launchers to kill the enemy tanks, and they must not be allowed to get close to the division headquarters."
"Comrade division commander," unexpectedly after hearing Gritsenko's order, the division chief of staff said with an embarrassed look: "There are no rocket launchers in the guard camp."
"What, there are no rocket launchers in the guard camp?" Gritsenko asked with a straight face: "Didn't I remember there were two rocket launchers?"
"Yes, before dark yesterday, there were indeed two rocket launchers in the guard camp." The division chief of staff argued: "But last night you ordered that all new rockets and rocket launchers be gathered together and handed over to the main offensive troops.
Nowadays, not only are there no rocket launchers in the guard camp, but there are also no new rocket launchers."
"Hell!" As soon as Major General Gritsenko said a word, he heard a loud noise from outside, and then the dust from the roof fell like snow, making his whole body covered with dirt. Gritsenko
Cenko raised his hand and patted his shoulder, and continued to say to the chief of staff: "Since there is no rocket launcher, use cluster grenades to blow it up. We must destroy this lone German tank."
Due to the failure of the forward attack, Gritsenko transferred two companies from the guard battalion to strengthen the frontline troops. Now there is only one company left. After receiving the order, the guard battalion commander felt that he could not use all the troops
It was used to intercept the enemy's tank, so he left one platoon to continue to be responsible for the defense of the division headquarters, while he took the other two platoons of soldiers to intercept the enemy's lone tank.
The German tanks that appeared here got lost because it was too dark. It was almost dawn now, and the tank commander noticed that there seemed to be a Soviet position in front of him, so he ordered the gunner to fire a shot. Unexpectedly, after the shot was fired, there appeared
A large number of Soviet troops were running around in the simple trenches. The commander quickly gave orders: "Reload!"
As the order was given, the loader quickly loaded the shells into the turret. After a brief aiming, the shells were launched. The shells landed more than two meters away from the trench and exploded, setting off pillars of mud that flew into the sky.
The dirt made the soldiers running in the trench squat down.
"Comrade Major," a soldier nervously asked the guard battalion commander lying next to him: "The enemy tank is at least 400 meters away from them. How can we destroy it?"
"Don't be anxious." Seeing the enemy's tanks staying far away from the trenches, the battalion commander understood that letting his soldiers run such a long distance to blow up the tanks was purely to let them die. So after a brief thought, he replied
: "Pass this down, everyone needs to take cover. No one is allowed to fire without my order!"
The battalion commander's order quickly spread throughout the entire position through the soldiers on the left and right: "The battalion commander has an order, be careful to stay concealed, and without his order, no one is allowed to fire!"
After the German commander ordered the gunner to fire two rounds, he found that the Soviet army did not fight back at all. He immediately understood that the opponent did not have long-range anti-tank weapons and could not destroy his own tanks at long distances. However, he was asked to continue to bombard those hiding with artillery fire.
The Russians in the trenches were reluctant because it was a waste of precious shells.
"Commander," the driver saw that the commander neither gave an order to move forward nor ordered the gunner to fire, so he asked tentatively: "What should we do next? Are we going to stay here forever?"
"Don't you know that we can't pass through the Russian trenches without infantry cover? I don't want my tank to be destroyed by the Russians." The commander said, and used the vehicle radio to contact his superiors, hoping that the other party would send
Click infantry to support yourself.
"What, you said you discovered the Russian headquarters?" After listening to the commander's report, the German commander suddenly became overjoyed: "I will send you two tanks and five armored vehicles immediately. You must destroy the Russian headquarters."
As long as their headquarters is eliminated, the Russian troops attacking the Imperial Division will fall into chaos because they lose their unified command."
When the division chief of staff saw the German tanks staying a few hundred meters away and no longer taking action, he suggested to Gritsenko: "Comrade division commander, it is too dangerous here. Should we move to another place?"
"No, we can't leave at this time." Gritsenko said stubbornly: "Don't forget, there are still two platoons of soldiers outside who are ready to fight the enemy. If we choose to leave now, it will be detrimental to their military morale and morale.
It will all have adverse effects.”
"Okay, comrade division commander." Seeing that Gritsenko was unwilling to leave, the division chief of staff had to give up the idea of transferring: "I will stay with you to face the enemy."
"Chief of Staff, call the forward troops and ask them to speed up the attack." Major General Gritsenko was not determined to have his own way. He knew that the best way to get out of the predicament was to speed up the attack, break through the enemy's last line of defense, and meet the oncoming enemy.
The incoming friendly forces will join forces. As long as both sides join forces, these enemies will not be a concern.
There were about 4,000 German troops compressed into a narrow area by the troops from the north and the south. The division commanders ran away, and the only ones left to command the troops were the commanders of the regiments. These officers with rich combat experience soon discovered that they came from both sides.
There was a disparity in the strength of the Soviet troops in each direction. The troops moving from the north to the south fought in an orderly manner, while the troops moving from the south to the north fought blindly. After understanding the combat characteristics of the Soviet army, the German army
The tactics of defense in the north, defense in the south and counterattack were adopted to deal with the Soviet attack.
When repelling the infantry division's attack, they would seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack, which not only caused huge casualties to the Soviet army, but also restored some lost positions.
After an all-night battle, the three regiments of the infantry division had already suffered heavy casualties and were unable to launch a new attack. At this time, the chief of staff of the division called the commanders of each regiment and said that they had been found near the division headquarters.
In order to ensure the safety of the division, the enemy's tanks must increase their offensive intensity. They must break through the enemy's defenses as soon as possible, join forces with oncoming friendly forces, and rescue the troops from danger.
"What should we do?" The three regiment leaders gathered together to discuss: "The division headquarters is in danger, and we cannot go back for rescue. It seems that we can only organize another attack and try to break through the enemy's defense line as soon as possible. As long as we join forces with friendly forces, then
Naturally, the division can be rescued from danger."
However, before the remaining troops of the three regiments could attack again, the German army took the lead and launched a counterattack. Those commanders and soldiers who rushed out of the trenches came face to face with the enemy. Both sides had no time to make any evasive actions and opened fire directly.
Amidst the intensive gunfire, officers and soldiers from both sides fell in pieces, and the living people were still pulling the triggers.
Fortunately, the Soviet army had recently switched to assault rifles and had an advantage in firepower. Although it suffered a lot of casualties, it knocked down most of the enemies who rushed out, and the remaining enemies hurriedly fled back to their positions.
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After suffering such heavy casualties, they were definitely unable to continue the attack. The Soviet commanders and soldiers had no choice but to retreat to their positions. They were ready to regroup before launching a new attack on the enemy.
When the Soviet commanders and soldiers returned to their positions one after another, strange sounds suddenly came from the air, and then they saw many rockets with long flame tails rising from the west, flying towards the German positions. Soon
, the German position was shrouded in dazzling firelight and billowing smoke, and at the same time there was a huge roar.
"What's going on?" The three regiment commanders who were staying in the temporary command post rushed out immediately when they heard the explosion outside. They looked at the enemy position shrouded in gunpowder smoke in the distance and asked dumbly: "This
What happened, where did the rockets come from?"
"Reporting to the comrades of the regiment commander," a soldier next to him quickly replied: "I can see it clearly. It is flying from the west. It is probably fired by friendly forces."
"Fired by friendly forces?" Hearing what the soldiers said, a regiment commander frowned and said, "Aren't the friendly forces that came to join us from the north? When did another friendly force appear from the west?
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Before everyone could figure out what was going on, they heard a faint voice shouting "Ula" in the distance. Everyone followed the sound and saw countless sailors in black navy uniforms, carrying new assault rifles, facing from the west.
Attack the enemy's position.
"Our reinforcements are coming!" When the regiment leader saw the appearance of friendly troops, he suddenly became excited as if he had been given blood. He shouted repeatedly: "Comrades, we can't stand here and do nothing.
Organize your troops immediately and launch another charge. I estimate that we will be able to break through the enemy's defense line this time."
Just when the main force of the 384th Division, together with the Marine Corps Brigade that suddenly appeared, launched an attack on the enemy's position, Major General Gritsenko's division headquarters encountered a great threat, and two more vehicles appeared in the distance.
tanks and five armored personnel carriers.
After the two tanks lined up with the original tank, the German officers and soldiers on the armored personnel carrier jumped out of the vehicle one after another to seize advantageous terrain and prepare for the attack.
Seeing the German tanks and armored vehicles appearing in the distance, the guard battalion commander was very anxious. If the enemy really came over, he would not be able to stop it with his own strength. Thinking of this, he quickly ordered: "Shoot with machine guns and destroy the enemy's infantry."
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As the order was given, the two rotary machine guns began to fire. Since the German infantry was either lying on the ground or hiding behind the tank, the Soviet shooting did not achieve any results. Occasionally, a few bullets hit the armor of the tank.
It will also be quickly bounced away, leaving only a trail of sparks.
How could the German tanks allow the Soviet machine guns to fire unscrupulously? The three tanks adjusted the position of the turrets, aimed at the position of the machine guns and opened fire. After three loud "boom boom boom" sounds, the two turntable machine guns
and machine gunners were blown to pieces, and even the surrounding soldiers suffered many casualties.
Seeing this situation, the guard battalion commander was so angry that he stamped his feet. If he had known this, he would have sent people to take the risk and blow up the enemy's tanks. Now it is too late to blow up the enemy's tanks. They are only a few hundred meters away.
, and they are all open areas. No matter how many soldiers you send, it means that they will die.
