The joint battle between the tank battalion and the fourth battalion ended in only twenty minutes. The 102nd Infantry Regiment headquarters of the German 100th Chasseur Division was taken away. The regiment commander and chief of staff were protected by more than a dozen guards.
While the guard troops were fighting with Soviet tanks and infantry, they quietly escaped.
Seeing the end of the battle in the distance, Yakov couldn't help but raise his hand to look at his watch and said in surprise: "Oh my god, Misha. This battle actually only took twenty minutes to defeat the Germans."
The regiment is really amazing.”
Regarding Yakov's praise, Sokov smiled faintly, and then said: "The reason why we won so easily is because the German army is too weak. The number of troops defending the German Army Headquarters is at most a hundred people, except for
Apart from a few anti-tank guns, there are no heavy weapons. Facing our tank assault, they have no way to deal with it."
"What to do next?" Yakov asked: "Let them continue the attack?"
Sokov shook his head and said: "Yakov, you were also present when I assigned the combat mission. You should know that I ordered them to return immediately once the German headquarters is destroyed."
"Misha, I think you are too conservative." Yakov shook his head and said: "Since you can easily destroy the German regiment headquarters, you should take the opportunity to attack the German positions to achieve greater results.
"
"No, Yakov, under the current circumstances, I have to control the scale of the battle." Sokov reminded Yakov: "Don't forget, our counterattack against the German army is about to begin. If the scope of my attack today exceeds
It was so big that it aroused the alert of the German army, which would be very detrimental to our future counterattack."
"What you said seems to make sense." Yakov said with regret, "What a pity. It took so long to see the Germans defeated like a mountain, but it ended so hastily."
As soon as Yakov finished speaking, his eyes suddenly stared at one place in a daze. "What's wrong, Yakov?" Seeing Yakov's surprised expression, Sokov felt that the other party must have seen something, and raised his hand
He opened the telescope and asked casually: "What did you see?"
Yakov stretched out his hand and pointed toward the east and said excitedly: "Misha, look to the east quickly, there are Germans!"
"There are Germans in the east?!" Hearing what Yakov said, Sokov quickly turned his telescope to the east and found a group of German soldiers, following several tanks, heading towards the German Army Headquarters.
Seeing this, he couldn't help shouting: "What the hell, where did these Germans come from?"
He put down his telescope, leaned over and shouted to the operator standing below: "Operator, immediately send a report to Colonel Bely and tell him that German infantry and tanks have appeared at four o'clock, and ask them to prepare for battle immediately.
."
After reading the telegram sent by Sokov, Bely immediately shouted to Brisky who was standing in front of the ruins: "Comrade Captain, there are Germans at four o'clock, prepare for battle immediately." As soon as he finished speaking.
, there was a violent explosion nearby, and two soldiers near the explosion point were lifted far away by the air wave of the explosion.
The sudden shelling caused the infantry standing around the tank to become confused. Briski shouted to them quickly: "Don't be chaotic, hide, hide quickly."
Belly looked east and saw a few German tanks in the distance, followed by a dense mass of infantry. He quickly shouted to the tank soldiers who poked their heads out of the turret: "The Germans are at four o'clock.
Rush up and crush them." As the order was given, the tank crews retracted into the turret one after another and closed the hatch cover. For a while, the sound of closing the hatch cover came one after another and kept ringing.
First company commander Shereda's tank turned around and rushed towards the German tanks in the distance. Before returning to the tank, he had already seen clearly that the German tanks that appeared in the distance were all Panzer III tanks equipped with 50mm artillery.
, was no match for the T-34, so he immediately took the lead and rushed forward. Seeing that the company commander had bravely charged towards the enemy, the tank crews of the first company were not to be outdone and increased their horsepower to follow him.
Seeing more than a dozen T-34 tanks forming a battle formation and rushing toward them, the German tanks that had stopped moving fired one after another in an attempt to prevent the Soviet tanks from approaching. However, because the opponent was moving too fast, the No. 3 tank
All the armor-piercing projectiles fired failed.
After missing a hit, the German tank crews did not turn around and run away. They knew very well that in a tank battle, they could only rush forward and not retreat, otherwise their weakly armored backs would be exposed to the enemy's tank guns. Therefore, they faced
All they could do against the approaching Soviet tanks was to line up and shoot continuously, praying for a miracle to happen and destroy the Soviet tanks.
Briski saw two tank companies, formed a battle formation, and rushed towards the enemy in the distance one after another. He was worried that the tanks without infantry cover might be attacked by German anti-tank fighters, so he rushed towards them.
He shouted to his men: "Brothers, keep up with the tanks. We must not let the enemy's anti-tank crews destroy our tanks."
Shereda stopped when he was still four hundred meters away from the German tanks, slowly turned the turret, aimed at one of the Panzer III tanks and fired. The 47mm front armor was easily penetrated, and after a loud "boom",
The turret of the Panzer III tank flew into the sky. When it fell, it was smashed into pieces by several German soldiers standing behind the tank.
Seeing a hit, Shereda cheered and ordered the driver: "Drive up, let's get closer and then hit!"
The remaining Panzer III tanks aimed at the oncoming T-34s and fired desperately, but they were still unable to penetrate the armor of the Soviet tanks. Imagine that as long as the shells fired by the Soviet tanks hit them, they could be easily destroyed.
In less than five minutes, four more Panzer III tanks were destroyed. The commander of the remaining Panzer III tank was frightened and shouted repeatedly: "Stop shooting. Reverse, reverse quickly!"
When the No. 3 tank reversed, it immediately ran over many German soldiers standing behind. Then the tank soldiers continued to reverse regardless of the soldiers in order to escape, and rushed out of the crowd. Seeing the German tank escape,
The Soviet tanks rushed to a place a hundred meters away from the German troops and fired with vehicle-mounted machine guns, knocking down the bewildered German soldiers in pieces.
Sokov in the factory saw that the battle was becoming one-sided. Although he was happy, he was also wondering: Where did these Germans come from?
Before he could think of an answer, the phone at his feet rang. He bent down, grabbed the receiver, put it to his ear and asked, "I'm Sokov, where are you from?"
"Hello, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov." Peter's voice came from the phone: "I am Peter, the director of the factory."
"Hello, Comrade Factory Director." Sokov felt strange when he heard that it was Peter who called him. In the past, Peter always contacted Zinchenko directly about everything, and then conveyed it through Zinchenko. What happened today?
Will he call himself suddenly? He asked with doubt: "What's the matter with you?"
"That's it, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Peter said dryly: "Half an hour ago, about a company of German soldiers, under the cover of several tanks, rushed into the factory area and came to the factory building.
nearby……"
When Sokov learned that German troops had appeared near the factory building, he couldn't help but be shocked. He wanted to send people to rescue, but he only had more than 200 militiamen with weak combat effectiveness, and Bely and Brisky's troops were in the process of rescue.
Fighting with the German army, he could not mobilize troops in a short time, so he could only say to Peter tactfully: "I'm sorry, Comrade Factory Director, I really can't mobilize troops to reinforce you now."
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you are mistaken." Peter said with a smile on the phone: "I didn't call you to ask you to send troops to rescue."
Hearing what Peter said, Sokov felt very uncomfortable and thought to himself: Since you don't want me to support you, why are you making this call? Are you just teasing me? He was unhappy and spoke in a natural tone.
He would not be too polite: "Comrade Director, I am commanding the battle. If you have anything to do, please tell me quickly." What he meant was: if you have something to say, just say it, and if you have nothing to do, don't fool around here.
Bibi, I still have to direct the battle, and I don't have time to waste time with you.
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the situation is like this. When the enemy was attacking, something happened, and their infantry suddenly withdrew from the factory. In order to find out what was going on, I asked Bolshak to send people to conduct reconnaissance.
"Guess what?" Peter continued: "We captured a prisoner, and after interrogation, we found out that their regiment headquarters was attacked, and those troops rushed back to support."
"The enemy's regiment headquarters was attacked. It has nothing to do with us..." Sokov was halfway through his words when he suddenly realized that the enemy who attacked the factory building retreated because Bely and Briski attacked the German 102nd Infantry.
Because of the infantry regiment headquarters. Thinking of this, he asked tentatively: "Comrade director, does the retreat of a certain non-enemy have anything to do with the battle we are having here?"
"That's for sure, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Peter said with a smile: "The enemy's regiment headquarters was attacked by you. How can they think of attacking us? They can only withdraw in despair to rescue their regiment headquarters...
…”
Sokov raised his binoculars and looked towards the area where the fighting was taking place. He saw that the German infantry had been defeated by the Soviet tanks and were running away. Briski's troops were also chasing the enemy everywhere. He was about to speak when he suddenly heard
Peter asked himself: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, can you take time to come to my place?"
"Comrade Factory Director," Sokov felt particularly uncomfortable when he thought about the other party taking a cut of the salary and transferring the annihilation battalion, leaving his own troops empty. He said vaguely: "I have a lot of things going on here, I'm afraid I can't leave.
open."
"Lieutenant Colonel Sokov," Peter is also a smart man. He heard Sokov's voiceover and quickly said sincerely: "The German bombing caused the collapse of many walls in the factory area, so that the enemy could attack from anywhere.
Rushing into the factory area from one section to the next. Our factory has limited armed forces. If we want to block the enemy's attack, it is necessary to improve the existing defenses. I heard that you are very good at how to carry out defense. I wonder if you would like to come over.
Can you give us some guidance?"
Sokov wanted to refuse Peter's request, but considering that if the factory building was lost, what would be the meaning of the assembly workshop he was holding on to, so after hesitating for a moment, he replied:
"Okay, Comrade Factory Director, I will go to your place after my troops return."
Seeing Sokov's worried look after putting down the phone, Yakov asked curiously: "Misha, who called? I see you are very unhappy?"
"It's a call from factory director Peter." Sokov replied: "He hopes that I can take the time to go to the factory building and instruct the militiamen who are standing there on how to build fortifications."
"I think you should go there." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Yakov continued: "I heard from Deputy Director Zinchenko last night that the German bombing caused the walls to collapse in many places.
Once this happens, the enemy can break into the factory from anywhere. Therefore, it is not enough for us to just defend the assembly workshop. We also need to help strengthen defenses in other areas to prevent enemies from breaking into the factory."
Sokov is not a person who ignores the overall situation. He is dissatisfied with Peter in his heart, but he will never ignore the defense of the Red October Tractor Factory. He said to Yakov: "When the troops of Colonel Bely and Captain Brisky return,
, I immediately rushed to the factory building. If Germany really captured it, then the defense carried out by us and the 39th Guards Division would be meaningless."
After Colonel Bely's tank troops and Briski's infantry defeated the German troops, although the soldiers still wanted to pursue the fleeing enemies, they were stopped by Briski. He shouted to the soldiers: "Comrades, the enemy
We have been defeated, it is time for us to return to the assembly workshop."
Although many soldiers looked reluctantly at the fleeing enemies, the military orders were overwhelming, so they could only climb onto the tanks with regret and follow the tanks to retreat to the assembly workshop.
Unexpectedly, everything will come to an end. Before the T-34 tank could cross the collapsed wall of the factory, two German dive bombers appeared in the sky. When Briskey, who was sitting behind the tank, saw this, he was so frightened that he quickly grabbed the phone on the tail of the tank.
He shouted loudly into the microphone: "Comrade Colonel, there are enemy planes in the sky. Hurry up and let your tanks perform air defense!"
When Bely heard that an enemy plane had appeared in the sky, he couldn't help but panic. Since he was about to enter the factory through the gap in the wall, all the tanks were concentrated together. If he was bombed by the Germans, he would probably lose a lot of tanks.
He quickly reminded his two subordinates through the radio: "Seleda, Ivantsov, there are enemy planes in the sky, repeat, there are enemy planes in the sky, you should prepare for air defense immediately."
This chapter has been completed!