The gunshots coming from the village were heard by every soldier in the machine gun company. They knew that this was the beginning of the German massacre of the villagers. As soon as they heard Sokov's order, the soldiers tightened their grip.
With the weapons in their hands, they were ready to attack the village at any time. But the hesitant expression on the company commander Vasily's face made their hearts sink suddenly. Wasn't he marching for two consecutive hours just to stop Germany?
Human massacre?
Fortunately, Vasily's hesitation did not last long and he made the final decision. He straightened his back and said to Sokov: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I resolutely obey your order and immediately lead the troops to attack the village."
"You lead the three platoons back to the east of the village," Sokov pointed to the east of the village and said to Vasily: "Prevent the enemy from escaping to Popkovo when they cannot hold on."
"But, Comrade Battalion Commander." Vasily was confused by Sokov's order: "If I lead the third platoon to the east of the village, who will direct the frontal attack?"
"The frontal attack will be directed by me personally." Sokov said calmly: "You only need to lead three platoons to block the Germans' escape route to the east. You don't have to worry about the rest."
"What?" Sokov's words startled Vasily, and he hurriedly said: "Batalion Commander, you are the commander of a battalion, how can you take risks casually? Otherwise, you can lead three platoons back to the east of the village.
, I will lead people to attack from the front."
"Obey the order!" Before Vasily could finish speaking, Sokov interrupted him and urged him: "Captain Vasily, what are you still dawdling about? If the enemy is allowed to attack from the east of the village later,
Sneak away, I want you to be the only one to ask."
Seeing Sokov being so stubborn, Vasily knew that it was useless to say anything else, so he could only nodded and led three rows of soldiers in a detour to the east of the village.
After Vasily left, Sokov straightened his slightly skewed helmet, took off the submachine gun on his shoulder, turned on the safety, and waved his hand forward: "Start attacking!"
The guard squads of Sokov and Oleg were at the front of the attacking team, followed by soldiers from two machine gun companies. The troops formed a spread out formation, holding weapons in their hands, striding towards
Walk to the village occupied by the enemy.
In addition to two platoons of German Wehrmacht troops, the defenders in the village also had a squad of SS soldiers. The gunshots Sokov and the others heard were that they were shooting villagers. The villagers were divided into groups of ten by the SS.
They were taken to the edge of the village and shot dead, and the bodies were thrown into the trenches that had been dug.
After they shot the second group of villagers, they were about to take the third group of villagers to be tortured when suddenly a Wehrmacht soldier on duty shouted loudly: "Russians, there are Russian troops, approaching the village."
Hearing that Russian troops were advancing towards the village, the SS assault squad leader quickly ordered the villagers to be escorted back to the church; Wehrmacht officers and soldiers ran out of the village and jumped into the trench outside the village to prepare for battle.
As for the corpses of the villagers, they were placed outside the trenches and used as sandbags.
When the troops led by Sokov were still two hundred meters away from the village, they came under heavy fire from the Germans. As soon as the gunfire rang out, Sokov nimbly fell to the ground in the snow and crawled forward on his hands and feet.
There were two unlucky soldiers in the guard squad who were hit by bullets and fell to the snow with a thud. The blood flowing from their wounds dyed the snow beneath them red.
Although the machine gun company has never had artillery since its establishment, the number of machine guns has increased with the number of seizures. The company has three platoons with a total strength of 200 people, and each platoon has eight machine guns.
In addition to the first and second machine gunners and an ammunition hand, the rest of the soldiers were equipped with submachine guns. Their firepower far exceeded that of a German battalion. It was not difficult at all to seize a village guarded by only two platoons.
The enemies in the village relied on trenches and firepower points to try to prevent Sokov's troops from approaching the village, but their resistance seemed so insignificant under the blows of more than a dozen MG34 machine guns. There was a German machine gun in the civil firepower point, and a
Even before the bullet chain was finished, it became the target of public criticism. Four or five machine guns were aimed at it and fired. The bullets that penetrated through the shooting holes beat the machine gunner who was firing wildly to pieces.
After killing the German machine guns, those MG34s turned their guns and suppressed firepower at the German troops in the trenches. Although there were 70 or 80 German soldiers hiding in the trenches, the dozen or so machine guns of the machine gun company were
They were still so suppressed that they could not lift their heads. The German second lieutenant, who was hiding in the trench with the soldiers, felt like he was on the verge of tears: When did the Russian firepower become so strong, with a company having more than a dozen machine guns?
Under the cover of machine gun fire, Sokov and the remaining soldiers sometimes crawled forward, sometimes jumped up from the ground, bent down and ran a few steps forward, and then lay down to shoot. In this way, in a short time, they
They arrived at a place only twenty meters away from the trench. Following Sokov's order, dozens of stringed grenades drew a beautiful arc in the air, landed in front of and behind the trench, exploded, and splashed out a large cloud of grenades.
The fire and smoke blasted the German soldiers who were trying to continue shooting into bloody pieces.
Seeing that the situation was over, the German second lieutenant knew that continuing to fight would lead to death. He hurriedly squatted in the trench and shouted loudly: "Stop fighting, stop fighting, we surrender, we surrender!" After shouting, he tied a white handkerchief to a
On the rifle, he stretched out the trench and waved it desperately.
Amidst the gunfire and explosions, Sokov vaguely heard the second lieutenant's shout. Although he couldn't hear what the other party was shouting, the white flag stretched out from the trench immediately made him understand: the Germans surrendered.
!
He quickly raised his right hand high and shouted loudly: "Stop shooting!" On the battlefield with dense gunfire, his voice could not reach very far, but the machine gunners shooting behind him saw his gesture.
, and stopped shooting one after another.
After Sokov gave the order to stop shooting, he lay on the ground for a while. After hearing the sound of machine gun fire behind him, he stood up and walked toward the trench with his gun in hand. When he came to the trench, he saw squatting
The German soldiers in the trench shouted with great majesty: "Henderhoch!"
The German soldiers in the trenches all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Sokov's somewhat broken German. When they saw the second lieutenant standing up first, holding a rifle tied with a white handkerchief in both hands, they also dropped their hands.
After putting the weapon inside, he stood up.
Sokov heard the intensive gunfire in the village, and judged that it should be the three platoons of soldiers led by Vasily. They rushed into the village from the east and quickly ordered the platoon leader who came over: "Bring people to the village immediately.
Go support Captain Vasily and destroy those enemies who are still resisting."
This chapter has been completed!