Many things are easy to say but difficult to do. Although Lin Hua talked about the "three-three assault tactics" with great enthusiasm, but when all the squad and platoon leaders were summoned and started training with him, they were still
A series of problems arose. It took Lin Hua more than an hour to barely let these squad and platoon leaders master this tactic.
When the squad and platoon leaders went back to organize the soldiers to practice the new tactics, Ivan walked up to the frowning Lin Hua and comforted him and said: "Misha, don't worry, it's our first time coming into contact with this tactic, so there's some confusion.
It’s inevitable. Didn’t you see that in the end, everyone cooperated very well?”
"Comrade Battalion Commander," seeing Ivan trusting him so much, Lin Hua turned to look at him and said gratefully, "Thank you, thank you for your trust in me."
"Misha, you don't need to thank me." Ivan waved his hand towards him, looked at the two company commanders beside him, and then said: "It is you who have proven your ability with practical actions, so we will unconditionally
I support you."
"Comrade Battalion Commander is right." As soon as Ivan finished speaking, Leskov echoed: "If it weren't for your 'breaking the wall and opening a way' tactic, our battalion would probably have been surrendered on Gogol Street.
Even though everyone is not familiar with your new tactics, I estimate that the casualties of the troops will be greatly reduced in the following battles."
According to Ivan's idea, let the soldiers below practice for one to two hours. After they have roughly mastered this new tactic, they will launch an attack on the church occupied by the Germans. But Xie Dulin, who was staying in the regiment command post, could not calm down.
Angry, he called Ivan and asked angrily: "Comrade Major, why haven't your troops launched an attack yet?"
"Comrade Commander," Ivan heard Shedulin getting angry and quickly explained to him: "We have already launched an attack, but it was repulsed due to too much firepower from the Germans. Now we are regrouping and preparing.
Attack again."
"It's been two hours since your last attack." When Xie Dulin spoke, he raised his hand and looked at his watch: "It's been two hours, why haven't you attacked yet?"
Ivan glanced at Lin Hua, who was standing next to him, and said into the microphone: "Comrade commander, Lieutenant Sokov has proposed a new tactic that can greatly reduce the casualties of our army in the attack. We are now in the process of
The soldiers are organized to train new tactics, so the battle preparation time will be slightly longer."
I heard that Lin Hua had developed a new tactic, which immediately aroused Xie Dulin's interest. He lowered his tone and asked: "Major, I wonder what new tactics he has introduced?"
Fortunately, Ivan's memory was not bad, and he immediately repeated to Xie Dulin the "three-three assault tactics" mentioned by Lin Hua. After hearing this, Xie Dulin did not immediately express his position, but asked: "Major,
What do you think of this tactic?"
"Comrade Commander, although we have not yet had time to put this tactic into actual combat," Ivan said excitedly into the microphone, "but judging from the effects of our training, we can greatly reduce casualties in offensive battles.",<
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"Then when can you restart the attack?" Shedulin said to Ivan in a consultative tone: "The progress of the 1st and 3rd Battalions was very unsatisfactory. They were stubbornly defended by the German army. Therefore, I can only consider the importance of capturing the church.
The task is left to you to complete. But you must hurry up. The troops of the 1073rd and 1075th regiments are moving in your direction. Maybe they will occupy the church before you do."
Although Xie Dulin said this to Ivan in a negotiating tone, Ivan was also a smart man. He knew that Xie Dulin was also a competitive person and would never be willing to let his allies take the lead. So he put it down
After receiving the phone call, he called the two company commanders in front of him and told them: "Okay, comrades, company commanders, the training of new tactics should wait until the battle is over and then start slowly. Our current task is to recover immediately.
When attacking the church, we must be ahead of the friendly forces and capture the church."
The attack on the church started again. Light and heavy machine guns placed in the sandbag fortifications and wall holes simultaneously fired at the church's defense line to suppress the German firepower.
The German troops in the church saw that the Soviet troops had resumed their attack and immediately started shooting. But they soon discovered that something was wrong. The attacking Soviet troops were in a strange formation. They were all in groups of three.
Use short leaps with alternating cover, and move closer to the church little by little.
The kind of skirmishing formation used by the Soviet army could always knock down seven, eight, or even a dozen people as long as one shot of bullets was fired. But now it has turned into this strange formation that has never been seen before. In addition,
The Soviet machine gun fire suppressed the fire in the distance. It was good to knock down four or five people in one shot.
Lin Hua, who was hiding in the sandbag fortifications and watching the battle with Ivan, suddenly heard the roar of a tank engine from the street behind him. He couldn't help but shuddered and thought in horror: "Where did this tank come from? Could it be the Germans?"
Are our tanks outflanking us?"
He turned his head and looked towards the street behind him. After seeing clearly that it was a T-34 tank, he breathed a sigh of relief. He raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and said loudly to Ivan next to him: "Battal Commander
Comrade, our tanks are coming."
Ivan quickly ordered the machine guns placed on the street to stop firing and make way for the approaching tanks. Ivan stood on the roadside, waving his pistol desperately and shouting at the tanks passing in front of him: "Brothers, you came at the right time.
In time. Fire quickly and blast away the machine guns on the bell tower! Fire quickly!"
The tank rumbled past him, and he didn't know if the tank crew heard his shout. However, the tank stopped after driving more than a hundred meters beyond the barricade, slowly raised its muzzle, and fired at the bell tower in the distance.
The artillery shell accurately hit the target, and the violent explosion blew up the German troops hiding in the bell tower. At the same time, it collapsed the bell tower on the top of the church.
After destroying the bell tower, the tank's tracks began to rotate again, approaching the church step by step. When it stopped again, it was only a hundred meters away from the church, and the turret slowly rotated again, aiming at the closed wooden door.
After a loud "boom", the wooden door was blown to pieces. The soldiers hiding near the church jumped up from the snow, shouted and rushed in through the door that was still smoking.
Through the telescope, Ivan clearly saw his soldiers filing in through the blasted doorway and engaging in close combat with the German troops in the church. Just a few minutes later, a bright red flag flew from a window on the second floor of the church.
The window stretched out.
"Incredible, simply incredible." As the red flag appeared, it meant that the Soviet troops had occupied the church. Ivan looked at the red flag fluttering in the wind and said: "There were only more than thirty casualties. That's it."
To capture this church is simply incredible."
This chapter has been completed!