"Comrade Commander," Nikitin became a little anxious when he saw that Koshkin did not pay attention to his reminder. He said to Sokov: "Captain and others, if they do not have the cover of heavy firepower and rush to attack the enemy, I am afraid that
There will be huge casualties."
"Misha," Rokossovsky also agreed with Nikitin's statement. He reminded Sokov: "I think we should bombard the wooden house with artillery fire first and collapse it, and then send troops up to clean up the mess.
"
"No need, Comrade Marshal." Sokov replied with a smile: "I have confidence in my subordinates, and they will definitely complete the mission satisfactorily."
Five minutes later, the troops commanded by Koshkin adopted a three-by-three assault formation, holding guns and ducking down, and quickly rushed towards the wooden house occupied by the Germans.
Now that the troops have begun to attack, those who stayed at the observation post have raised their telescopes to observe the battle that is about to begin.
Soon, Nikitin discovered that the reinforced company led by Koshkin did not swarm forward, but formed a triangular charge formation. And each platoon in the company was also distributed according to this charge formation. Only one company
The strength of the troops gave Nikitin the impression that they had formed a semicircular encirclement around the wooden houses occupied by the German troops.
Nikitin stared at the troops approaching the wooden house with wide eyes, muttering to himself that if the troops were spread out so widely, they would easily be hit by German machine guns.
Rokossovsky also discovered this. He put down his telescope and asked Sokov next to him: "Misha, is this the three-by-three assault formation you once told me about?"
"That's right, Comrade Marshal." Sokov nodded and said, "This tactic is very powerful. Even though I only dispatched one company, they can completely cover the attack range that originally required one battalion."
Rokossovsky did not speak after hearing this, but just nodded. From the current point of view, it is indeed the case, but it remains to be seen how effective it will be. He raised his telescope again and continued to observe the Soviet troops approaching the wooden house.
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As soon as the Soviet troops were dispatched, the Germans discovered it. They immediately entered the fighting position, but they did not fire immediately. They wanted to wait for the Soviet troops to get closer so that their shooting could cause greater damage.
When the Soviet army was still two hundred meters away from the wooden house, the only mortar of the German army opened fire.
The artillery shells roared into the Soviet offensive formation. If it was the previous linear skirmish formation, someone would definitely be hit by the artillery shells, but today's offensive formation uses a three-by-three system and is constantly changing.
, the artillery shells fired by the Germans fell into the air.
Seeing that the artillery shells failed to hit the target, the German commander showed a surprised expression on his face and quickly let all the soldiers shoot freely, thinking that this would kill a few Russians. But he soon discovered that the soldiers around him were constantly being attacked.
The flying bullets knocked him down, but the opponent suffered few casualties.
The three-by-three offensive formation began to show its power at this moment. As soon as the enemy showed up and suppressed the attacking Soviet army with firepower, the two wings would be attacked by Soviet troops from other directions.
Seeing this, the German commander quickly ordered the machine gunners around him: "Shoot! Shoot quickly, we will kill all the Russians."
After receiving the order, the machine gunner immediately fired at the rushing Soviet commanders and fighters, but after just a few bursts of fire, he was killed by a hail of bullets flying towards him.
The deputy gunner quickly took over the position of the machine gunner and prepared to shoot again. But he soon discovered that the Russian troops attacking in front of him were different from the troops he had seen before. The Russians in the past were huddled together stupidly,
As long as you pull the trigger, you can achieve results. But now, you have to constantly change the shooting direction to find the target.
A lot of time was wasted in searching for the target, so that the deputy gunner soon followed in the footsteps of the machine gunner and was killed by incoming bullets.
The three-by-three assault formation that Sokov implemented in the army can cover most of the enemy's positions by attacking in a "pin" shape. At the same time, because the troops are dispersed, it can minimize the casualties of the troops and weaken the heavy firepower of the German army.
The advantages.
In addition, there are also several sharpshooters. Although their skills are not as good as snipers, there is still no problem in destroying important targets of the German army on the battlefield. When the two sides begin to exchange fire, they use the German machine's
Gunners, mortars and commanders are targeted for sniper killing.
When these Germans encountered Sokov's new tactics for the first time, they were naturally blinded. When they suffered heavy casualties, the anti-tank fighters who accompanied the troops carried rocket launchers on their shoulders and adopted a half-crouching posture.
Aim and shoot at a wooden house.
After several loud noises, the wooden house hit by the rocket launcher either collapsed or began to burn. The German soldiers who were lucky enough not to be killed hurriedly escaped from the house and danced away into the distance.
"Comrades!" Seeing the enemies escaping from the collapsed wooden house, Koshkin raised the assault rifle in his hand above his head and shouted loudly: "The Germans have escaped, come with me!"
The commanders and soldiers shouted "Ula" and bravely rushed towards the fleeing enemies with their weapons in hand.
The whole battle ended smoothly in less than ten minutes.
According to statistics, this battle killed 26 Germans, captured 11 people, and captured machine guns, 15 submachine guns, 7 rifles, and two pistols. The reinforced company only paid a small price of sacrificing 2 people and wounding 5 people.
After listening to Koshkin's report, Nikitin said to Sokov with a face full of shock: "Comrade Commander, the reinforced company destroyed a German platoon, only 2 people were sacrificed and 5 were injured. This is simply too much."
It’s incredible.”
"General Nikitin," Koshkin was able to destroy the enemy so easily, which made Sokov's face proud. Hearing what Nikitin said at this moment, he said with a smile: "In battle, the use of tactics is very important.
Crucial. Good tactics can enable our troops to achieve maximum victory with minimum casualties."
"Misha, your tactic is good." Rokossovsky witnessed the entire battle with his own eyes. He asked Sokov curiously: "But why don't you promote it within the army?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Nikitin also echoed: "Why don't you promote this tactic in our division?"
Sokov glanced at Nikitin, and then said to Rokossovsky: "Comrade Marshal, what this tactic emphasizes is the tacit cooperation between commanders and soldiers. But you also know that the troops are severely reduced in combat, and they are constantly
The recruitment of new recruits has resulted in commanders and soldiers being strangers to each other. Can you tell me, how can we cultivate a tacit understanding in this situation?"
Rokossovsky nodded after hearing this, "You are right. This novel offensive formation does require cooperation between commanders and soldiers. In this way, you cannot promote it within the entire army, you can only
Conduct a pilot in the headquarters' security forces. Am I right?"
"That's right, Comrade Marshal." Sokov affirmed Rokossovsky's statement: "Under the current circumstances, the only troops with the most stable personnel are the security troops of our group army headquarters. I have nothing to do.
, let them train according to the offensive formation I created. It was the first time they went to the battlefield today, and I didn’t expect their performance to be so outstanding."
After Rokossovsky waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he stared at him for a long time, and finally said slowly: "Misha, after we return to your headquarters later, you can jump out a few people for me.
, to help me train the security troops of the Front Army Headquarters."
"No problem." To Rokossovsky's request, Sokov agreed without hesitation: "I will definitely send the highest-level officers over to serve as instructors for the guard troops of the front army headquarters."
Before leaving the village of Lurzhan, Sokov specifically told Nikitin: "General Nikitin, this incident is a lesson to you. Don't think that because the German army only has a few people, you can ignore them.
No question. If the German army takes advantage of your underestimation of the enemy, quietly gathers troops there, and launches an attack on you by surprise, then you will probably pay a heavy price. Do you understand?"
"I understand, Comrade Commander." Nikitin lowered his head and said, "I will learn from this lesson. In the future, let alone a group of enemies, even if only one enemy appears near our defense area, I will immediately order people
Eliminate him."
"General Nikitin," Sokov was very satisfied with Nikitin's attitude. He raised his hand and patted the opponent's shoulder gently twice, and said with a smile: "We will see you later. I wish you good luck!"
After Sokov and Rokossovsky left, Nikitin was still thinking about Sokov's criticism of him. He picked up the phone on the table and made a call to the division headquarters. The division chief of staff answered the phone.
Said: "Chief of Staff, please immediately notify all commanders at the division and battalion level and rush to the division headquarters for a meeting. I have something important to announce to them."
"Comrade division commander." Hearing Nikitin's irritable tone, the chief of staff asked curiously: "I wonder what happened?"
"Some things can't be explained clearly on the phone." Nikitin said angrily: "It's not too late to wait until I get back to the division headquarters and tell you slowly."
An hour later, more than thirty battalion-level and above commanders from the 120th Guards Division arrived at the division headquarters.
After meeting at the door, many commanders asked their acquaintances: "Hey, man, do you know what the division commander asked us to do here?"
The commander in question shook his head after hearing this, spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and said helplessly: "Man, I'm just like you, I don't know anything. I just received a call from the division chief of staff.
I called and said that an emergency military meeting was going to be held, so I hurried over."
After everyone entered the division headquarters, under the guidance of the staff, they sat down on the benches arranged. Looking at Nikitin sitting behind the table, they murmured in their hearts: "The division commander's face is very ugly. Who is it?"
Did you offend him?"
When the division chief of staff saw that everyone had almost arrived, he walked to Nikitin, bent down and whispered in his ear: "Comrade division commander, everyone is here, can we have a meeting?"
Seeing that Nikitin nodded, indicating that the meeting was ready, the division chief of staff stood up straight, raised his hands to a position parallel to his shoulders, and clapped his hands several times. The applause immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the division chief of staff
The chief of staff officially announced: "Comrade commanders, we are now meeting."
"Comrades," after the room became quiet, Nikitin stood up and said sadly to the men in front of him: "A shameful thing happened today, which seriously damaged the honor of our 120th Guards Division."
When everyone heard this, there were expressions of astonishment on their faces, and they thought that no wonder the division commander's expression was so ugly. It turned out that something had happened that damaged the honor of the Guards Division. But then they thought about what shameful thing it was.
Woolen cloth?
Fortunately, Nikitin did not lie, but said bluntly: "The commander called me today and asked me if the town of Luran was occupied by the Germans? I was stunned when I heard him say that.
, I thought to myself that my division headquarters is still in the town. How could it be occupied by the Germans?
Later it became clear that the Germans had occupied not the town of Luran, but the village of Lurran. No, they had not occupied the village of Lurran either, but they had occupied several wooden houses outside the village. But after our army intercepted
In the intelligence, the Germans shamelessly announced that they had occupied the town of Luran."
Nikitin's words caused everyone to burst into laughter, but the next moment, the laughter stopped abruptly, because everyone saw that Nikitin's face was ashen. If he continued to laugh, he might make the other party angry, so they all kept silent.
On the lips.
"I reported the true situation to the commander truthfully." Nikitin said through gritted teeth: "But I didn't expect that he didn't believe what I said and actually came to Lurran Village to check the situation in person. And he
He didn’t come alone, he even brought the commander of the front army, Marshal Rokossovsky.”
Everyone was shocked when they learned that Sokov had brought Rokossovsky to the landing site on the left bank. They felt that the commander and marshal should not take risks. After all, the situation at the landing site was not stable enough.
Just listen to Nikitin say: "When I saw their arrival, I realized that things were going to be difficult today, so I offered to send troops to eliminate the Germans entrenched in the wooden house. However, this was also vetoed by the commander.
, he ordered the reinforced company he brought to launch an attack on the Germans.
To be honest, I have never seen a battle fought so smoothly. In less than ten minutes, the enemies occupying the wooden house were completely wiped out. However, the participating troops only sacrificed 2 people and injured 5 people. The casualties were simply negligible.
Excluding."
Hearing this, the expressions of the commanders present became serious. There were Germans in the village of Lurran. Many people knew about this, but considering that the German army only had one platoon, it would not pose any threat to the defenders in the village. On the contrary.
, if you want to eliminate this group of enemies, you may have to pay a lot of casualties due to the restrictions of the terrain. Therefore, the two sides will not interfere with each other. But what everyone did not expect is that these enemies were ordered to attack.
The guard company brought by Cove was wiped out cleanly, while the casualties of the attacking troops were almost negligible.
The commander of the 339th regiment stood up and asked curiously: "Comrade division commander, can you tell us about the battle? We are all very curious as to how the guard company brought by the commander could survive with such small casualties.
Wipe out all the enemies stationed in Lurran Village."
When Nikitin saw someone asking about it, he naturally did not hide it. He told everyone about the battle situation at that time in detail, and finally said: "I plan to go to the headquarters to talk to the commander tomorrow and ask him to send us two
The instructor came over and taught everyone his newly invented offensive formation."
This chapter has been completed!