Seeing that the German army had opened a hole in their defense line, the Soviet commander immediately organized his troops and launched a counterattack against the enemy, trying to close the gap and try every means to block the enemy.
The two sides launched a desperate struggle in this area. There were gunshots and explosions everywhere, and fighting took place everywhere. One side refused to give up an inch of ground, while the other side also risked its life to attack in order to escape the fate of destruction. Both sides
They all tried their best to fight their opponents regardless of casualties. Before long, the rain on the ground was dyed red with the blood of the officers and soldiers of both sides.
This scene is very similar to when Hott's troops were going south to Belgorod. However, after seeing the heavy casualties of the blocking troops, Sokov did not insist on ordering them to fight for every inch of territory with the enemy, but took the initiative to open the channel.
, allowing the German troops who are eager to break through to pass. Seeing the passage open, the fighting will of many German officers and soldiers will weaken. They will become unwilling to fight, but will be eager to pass through the opened passage and return to a safe area.
When this situation occurs, the best opportunity to attack comes. When the Soviet army launches a new attack, the German army, which is eager to escape, has no intention of stopping to fight, but just spreads its legs and runs forward desperately. Everyone
The idea in my heart is very simple. As long as I run faster than my companions, my chance of escaping will be greatly improved.
But the Soviet commanders here cannot compare with Sokov. The order they received was to resolutely block the enemies fleeing south. At this moment, seeing the enemies pouring into the gap like a tide, what they could do was
It means mobilizing all the troops and starting a battle with the enemy that appears in your field of vision.
The brutal battle lasted for more than an hour. After paying an extremely heavy price, the Soviet army finally restored its original defense line and blocked the steady stream of German troops moving south.
Starikov finally breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that his troops had blocked the German troops fleeing south, and that the friendly troops coming from the northern front were systematically annihilating the German troops. After taking a few sips of hot tea, he
He cautiously asked his chief of staff: "Comrade chief of staff, what are our casualties?"
When the chief of staff heard this question, he replied with a stern expression: "Comrade Commander, although the casualty data have not been calculated yet, I estimate that the first two divisions that entered the battle have basically been disabled. Before they can be supplemented,
I'm afraid we won't be able to participate in the next phase of the battle. The infantry division and tank brigade that came forward as reinforcements later suffered more than one-third casualties."
After listening to the data reported by the Chief of Staff, Starikov's mouth twitched violently a few times, and then said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I think as long as we can defeat the enemy and make some sacrifices, it is acceptable."
"However, we lost almost three divisions in this battle, equivalent to nearly half of our troops." The chief of staff reminded Starikov: "In other words, in the next stage of the battle, our group army will
If it cannot take on the main offensive mission, it may become a reserve force for the front army."
Starikov tapped his fingers lightly on the table and asked thoughtfully: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I have a question. The 27th Army of the Steppe Front is the unit commanded by Major General Sokov. From the battle report
It can be seen that they successively annihilated the Imperial Division, the Skeleton Division and the 19th Armored Division and other elite German troops."
"That's right," the chief of staff nodded and agreed, "That's indeed what the battle report says."
"Although our group army has not fought against the Imperial Division or the Skeleton Division, there are people in the front army who have fought against the 19th Armored Division, and not a single group army has defeated the enemy. But why did Sokov's troops easily annihilate them as soon as they took action?
Where is the army? Tell me, is this battle report fake?"
Starikov's words startled the Chief of Staff. He quickly shook his head and said: "Comrade Commander, this is completely impossible. The battle reports we have seen all come from the Intelligence Bureau. Who knows?"
How dare you lie on such an important news channel."
"That's true." Starikov frowned and said, "The battle reports from the Intelligence Bureau will definitely not be false, but how did General Sokov achieve victory in repeated battles?"
The chief of staff thought for a while and replied: "Comrade Commander, as far as I know, Sokov's troops are equipped with new equipment that is not only superior to our army, but also superior to the German army, such as new rockets and rocket launchers. The former
It is equivalent to carrying a Katyusha with you, which can deal a heavy blow to the enemy at any time; and the latter is a sharp weapon against German tanks. In the battle that ended not long ago, if our troops had these two kinds of equipment, I believe
Casualties will be greatly reduced."
While the troops of the Southern Front were encircling and annihilating the enemies trying to escape back to Donbas, Sokov, who was far away on the outskirts of Belgorod, was moving his headquarters to October Town.
Due to the continuous heavy rain, the road turned into a quagmire. Although the commanders and soldiers were wearing raincoats, they struggled to move forward in the quagmire in the heavy rain, but everyone was soaked through. When the cold wind blew, many people were shivering.
Sokov, who was sitting in the jeep, had already put on a military coat to resist the cold outside the car. He looked down at the map in front of him and asked Sameko, who was sitting in the passenger seat: "Comrade Chief of Staff, what are those
Where are the Italian prisoners of war?"
Hearing Sokov asking himself, Samyko quickly turned around and replied: "Comrade Commander, the rain came suddenly. The troops who moved with the prisoners are now trapped in the forest. They are probably still there.
It will take two or three days to reach our original location."
Knowing that the Italian prisoners of war would have to wait two or three days before arriving at their originally designated station, Sokov couldn't help but frowned: "Comrade Chief of Staff, do they have enough food?"
Although the Italians brought back by the troops are now our prisoners of war, who knows when they will become our allies, so we cannot wrong them in terms of supplies.
After Samyko understood what Sokov meant, he nodded and said: "Comrade Commander, you can rest assured on this. Before we set off, I had talked with Colonel Yakov, and he would personally lead the team with the hovercraft.
Send food to the Italians."
Sokov looked out of the car window and saw that the rain was still falling. He thought of another important thing: "Comrade Chief of Staff, if the rain continues, it must be very cold at night, right? The soldiers are still wearing their clothes."
In single clothes, can your body bear this?"
The weather in Russia is annoying. Even though it is still August in the middle of summer, as soon as it rains, it will be as cold as late autumn. Especially at night, the temperature will drop to several degrees. The officers and soldiers wearing only single clothes and single pants will definitely be frozen.
sick.
"Comrade Commander," Sameko said hesitantly: "It's just the beginning of August. I didn't expect such a heavy rain, so I didn't ask the logistics department to prepare winter clothes."
The reason why Samyko didn't say autumn clothes, but winter clothes, is because there is almost no autumn in Russia. Often not long after the trees begin to lose their leaves, there will be a sudden heavy snowfall, covering the fallen leaves all over the ground, and summer will directly enter winter.
"If we start mobilizing winter clothes now, when can we distribute them to the soldiers?"
"Now that the war is coming, the trains and cars coming from all over the country are transporting weapons and ammunition." Sameko said awkwardly: "I'm afraid there won't be enough transportation capacity to transport winter clothes for us. If we want every soldier to
We all put on winter coats, I guess it won’t be until the end of August at the earliest.”
"The end of August?" Sokov said with a wry smile: "If we really have to wait until that time to let the soldiers put on winter clothes, I don't know how many commanders and soldiers will get frostbite."
Lunev, who was sitting next to Sokov and had never spoken, suddenly interrupted and said: "Comrade Commander, I understand what you mean. In fact, it is easy to solve this problem. We still have hundreds of military coats, which can be used at night
Commanders and fighters on duty should wear them so that they can avoid getting cold illnesses while on duty at night."
"This is a good idea." Sokov readily agreed with Lunev's suggestion and said to Samyko: "Comrade Chief of Staff, immediately distribute military coats to various units and give them to the soldiers on duty at night.
, to ensure that no one will get frostbite before all the soldiers put on their military coats."
"Okay." Sameko nodded and said, "I will arrange this matter immediately when we arrive at the new headquarters."
The jeep came to a stop at the door of the church in the center of October Town. When the three of them got out of the car, Samyko said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, because the security force of the group army headquarters is weak, I transferred it from other units.
We need more manpower to strengthen the security here."
"From another army?" Sokov asked in surprise: "Which army?"
"Colonel Khokhlov's 182nd Division."
"The 182nd Division?" Sokov couldn't help but frowned, "This unit is basically composed of old, weak and disabled soldiers. What's the use of bringing them here?"
Hearing what Sokov said, Samyko couldn't help but smile: "Comrade Commander, you can't underestimate this unit. There are great talents among them. Otherwise, I wouldn't transfer men from this division to come."
Strengthen the security of the headquarters."
Samyko's words aroused Lunev's curiosity. He felt that October Town was already impregnable if it was defended by Major Guchakov's 73rd Infantry Brigade, and there was no need to deploy other troops to perform security work. Therefore,
He asked curiously: "Comrade Chief of Staff, please tell me quickly, why do you need to transfer people from the 182nd Division?"
"The troops transferred this time have the strength of a company." Samyko did not answer Lunev's question, but continued: "You two know the company commander who leads the team."
"We all know each other?" Sokov and Lunev looked at each other, and both saw surprised expressions in each other's eyes: "Who is it?"
"It's Lieutenant Serelkov." After Samyko said the name, he was worried that Sokov couldn't remember who the other party was, so he reminded him specifically: "It's the one who fought with Marshal Tukhachevsky.
The commander who not long ago exchanged a carload of vodka for a carload of German prisoners. He was a second lieutenant at the time and is now a lieutenant."
When it came to exchanging vodka for a carload of German prisoners, Lunev immediately remembered who Serelkov was and couldn't help but curiously asked: "Comrade Chief of Staff, has he performed any meritorious service recently?"
"Comrade Military Commissar, you are right. He was promoted to lieutenant company commander because of his recent achievements." Samek said to the two of them: "A few days ago, a German army appeared in the 182nd Division.
Near the defense area, they happened to encounter Lieutenant Serelkov's troops.
You know, Serelkov's men were all new recruits with little combat experience. When they heard the sound of gunshots, they were so frightened that they hid in the trench and did not even dare to stick their heads out. Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer to the position, Xie
Lolkov realized that if this continued, the platoon under his command would be completely wiped out.
At this critical moment, he stood up despite the enemy's bullets and shouted: "Everyone listen to my order, pull the bolt, stand, aim, and shoot; squat down, pull the bolt, stand, and aim."
,shooting……'
He risked his life and walked back and forth in the trench, regardless of the bullets flying over his head, shouting tirelessly. At first, the soldiers still squatted in the trench and did not dare to move, until they contacted him
Lulik, the better soldier, stood up, followed his instructions, pulled the bolt, stood, aimed, shot, and squatted down. Although Lulik pulled the trigger, the bullet flew to nowhere, but his actions were
This affected other soldiers. Then, the second and third soldiers also imitated Lulik's example and stood up, following Serelkov's command and shooting at the enemy.
Many times, everyone knows what to do and how to do it, but it is because of the lack of a leader. As long as someone takes the lead, they can quickly get into the state. In just a short time, the entire platoon of soldiers
They all followed Lulik's example, following the slogans shouted by Lieutenant Serelkov, and neatly fired volleys of guns at the rushing German soldiers, knocking down the enemies in pieces.
In this way, when the battalion commander arrived with his troops, the attacking German army had abandoned more than fifty corpses and retreated hastily. In order to commend Serelkov for his heroism and bravery in the battle, Khokhlov
Therefore, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and appointed as company commander."
After listening to Samyko's story, Sokov nodded slightly and muttered to himself: It seems that Serelkov is not simple. If he stays with him and trains him well for a period of time, he might be able to be released as a soldier.
A battalion commander or something like that.
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov turned to look at Samyko and asked: "When will Lieutenant Serelkov and his troops arrive at October Town?"
Samek raised his hand to look at his watch and replied: "We were originally scheduled to arrive at four in the afternoon, but due to this damn heavy rain, they may be delayed on the road. I think they should be able to arrive before dark.
"
"As soon as he arrives, bring him to see me immediately."
