As division-level commanders of the Dzerzhinsky factory garrison, both Zorudev and Sokolov knew that Colonel Bely's tank brigade would send personnel tonight to attack the tanks in the factory that had long been out of fuel.
tanks and assault guns with ammunition. When they first heard the news, the two of them were quite happy. They thought that as long as they killed the German tanks and assault guns, in the daytime battle tomorrow, the enemy's infantry would not be able to do anything.
No matter what advantage you take, your troops may be able to regain those lost positions with just a counterattack.
But not long after, the two of them were no longer happy. If they wanted to counterattack the enemy, the best time was naturally at night. If the comrades of the tank brigade had just blown up the enemy's tank, their own troops would launch a counterattack.
In a counterattack, the enemies outside the factory area can only stare blankly, because no matter whether they use artillery or air force, they will inevitably accidentally injure their own people.
Ruoludev took the initiative to call Sokolov, and after telling the other party what he was thinking, he tentatively asked: "Comrade Colonel, do you think we should call the headquarters and ask the commander to allow us to take advantage of the opportunity?"
Attack at night and eliminate all enemies in the factory?"
"Comrade General," Sokolov said with surprise after waiting for Zorudev to finish speaking: "I also have this idea. If we take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the tank brigade has destroyed the enemy tanks, we can attack the enemy in the factory area.
Launch a night attack, and maybe we can resolve the battle before dawn. Just when I was considering whether I should call you, your call came first."
Seeing that his proposal was supported by Sokolov, Zholudev felt very relieved. "Comrade Colonel, let me make the call as long as I see the phone. I think the commander will definitely make the call when he knows that the two of us have the same idea."
We will seriously consider our suggestions."
Unexpectedly, when Zholudev just put down the phone and had not had time to call the headquarters, Chief of Staff Brushko greeted him first: "Comrade Division Commander, I have your phone number. It is General Krylov, Chief of Staff of the Group Army.
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Knowing that the call was from Krylov, Ruoludev quickly reached out to take the phone and said into the phone: "Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff, what can I do for you?"
"Good evening, General Zholudev." Krylov said straight to the point: "I'm calling you because I have something important to inform you. After discussion with the commander, we decided to complete it at the Bely Tank Brigade.
After destroying the German technical equipment, you and Sokolov's troops took the opportunity to launch a counterattack against the enemies in the factory. You must eliminate this group of enemies who broke into the factory before dawn."
"That's great, Comrade Chief of Staff. I was just about to call you and ask you and the commander to ask us to take advantage of the darkness to launch a counterattack against the enemy. I didn't expect that your call came first." Ruolu Jeff just said
After saying this, he suddenly realized that his troops were limited. Even if he really participated in the counterattack, he might not be able to play a big role. He hesitated for a moment and said with some embarrassment: "Comrade Chief of Staff, we still have a problem.
After a long period of fighting, the division's troops have been greatly reduced in number. Now there are only a thousand men left in the division. It will probably be very difficult to eliminate the enemies in the factory area with this small number of troops."
"Don't worry, General Zoludev." After listening to Zoludev's complaints, Krylov chuckled and said to him: "Comrade Commander has already considered your current situation, so from Colonel Sokov
I'd like to borrow the strength of a regiment to assist you in your counterattack tonight. Comrade Commander has sent his adjutant, Captain Klimov, as a liaison officer to act with this force. I don't think it will take long for this force to enter the factory area.
You'd better send someone to respond as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."
"This is great." Ruolu Jiefu was overjoyed to learn that Chuikov had sent reinforcements to him. He quickly replied: "I will immediately send people to meet the friendly forces. I will never let myself fight with my own people."
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Ruo Lujev put down the microphone and was thinking about who should be sent to meet the friendly forces. Division political commissar Shcherbina stood up and asked him for help: "Comrade division commander, let me go to meet the friendly forces."
"Okay," even though the commander leading the friendly forces was just a regiment commander, Ruo Lujief put the other party on an equal footing with himself, so he was not satisfied with the division political commissar's initiative to meet the friendly forces.
He readily agreed: "Comrade Political Commissar, I'd rather trouble you to make a trip in person."
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When Rudev sent his political commissar to meet Belkin's troops, the combat group led by Alitai had already approached a German tank parking point.
The soldier in charge of the reconnaissance came back and reported to Alitai: "Comrade Lieutenant, I checked carefully. There are two German tanks in front, guarded by five soldiers. The remaining soldiers are in the ruins fifty or sixty meters away.
Two bonfires have been set up, and we are warming ourselves up and eating."
After Alitai waited for the soldier to finish speaking, he asked: "How many German soldiers are there warming themselves by the fire?"
"I was afraid of exposing the target, so I didn't dare to get too close to the target." The soldier in charge of the reconnaissance replied in a panic: "Probably, maybe, maybe about twenty people."
Alitai glared at the other party and criticized him in a serious tone: "As a scout, your responsibility is to report accurate information to the commander, rather than using vague words like general, maybe, maybe, to report
Your reconnaissance results are likely to affect the judgment of military commanders. Do you understand?"
"I understand, Comrade Lieutenant." After being criticized, the scout counted on his fingers for a while, then looked up at Alitai and said, "Comrade Lieutenant, I roughly calculated that there should be twenty-five Germans warming up.
To twenty-eight people.”
Although the scout did not give an accurate figure, Alitai had already mentally calculated the total strength of the enemy: "There are five sentries guarding the tanks, and another 25 to 28 people warming themselves by the fire. In other words, the enemy
The total strength of our troops is about thirty. And we only have seven people. Once we are entangled by the enemy, it will not be that easy to retreat."
Seeing Alitai's silence for a long time, the scout asked in a low voice: "Comrade Lieutenant, the number of enemies is several times greater than ours. I'm worried that even if we blow up the tanks, it won't be easy to retreat."
"Comrades, let me divide the work now." After careful consideration, Alitai felt that although the Germans were more numerous than him, he was still sure of victory despite being calculated mentally and unintentionally. He called the soldiers to
In front of him, he said to them: "I will take three submachine gunners later and sneak near the enemy who is warming up. The remaining comrades, led by the scouts, will blow up the German tanks."
Ali Tai emphasized to the scouts: "Later, when you see me leading people close to the position where the German troops were warming up, I decisively used submachine guns to kill the soldiers standing guard next to the tanks, and then used Molotov cocktails to burn the enemy tanks. The enemy was warming up.
When I hear the gunfire from your side, I will definitely not be able to recover for a while, and I will stand there in a daze for a while. Then we will throw weapons at the enemy and shoot them with submachine guns..."
After assigning the combat mission, Alitai asked again: "Do you understand everything?"
"I understand!" the soldiers replied neatly.
"Now that we understand everything, let's set off." Alitai waved his hand and disappeared into the night with the three soldiers, quietly walking towards the ruins where the German army was roasting.
The scout took the remaining two soldiers and quietly came to the ruins more than thirty meters away from the German tank. He asked the two soldiers to be on guard with guns, but he looked in the direction where Alitai disappeared, only to see
When he saw that the lieutenant and his men were approaching the enemy warming themselves, he decisively ordered the soldiers to shoot.
After waiting for an unknown amount of time, he finally saw several dark figures approaching the ruins of the fire. It must be Alitai and the others entering the designated position. He turned to the two soldiers and said: "The lieutenant is already in place, let's prepare to shoot."
.How about, can we kill all the enemies at the first time?"
"There are difficulties." One of the soldiers shook his head and said in a low voice: "The five German soldiers are scattered far apart. Even if we fire at the same time, it will be difficult to kill them all."
The scout heard that he could not eliminate all the sentries at the first time, which meant that he, who was responsible for bombing the tanks, would be in danger. He stared at the sentries walking back and forth for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said to the soldiers: "You shoot first
Kill the enemy closest to the tank, and then I can rush out and throw Molotov cocktails. If you see a German soldier who is about to shoot at me, you give him priority. Do you understand?"
"Understood." Both soldiers nodded and replied in unison: "We will ensure your safety."
Seeing that the time had come, the scout nodded to the two soldiers and decisively gave the order to shoot: "Fire!"
As the order was given, two submachine guns rang out. In the silent night, the sound of the gunfire was particularly deafening. Two unlucky German soldiers fell down at the sound, and the remaining three soldiers quickly chose to hide on the spot.
He lay down where he was and fired back in the direction of the bullet.
The scout jumped up from his hiding place and rushed towards the tank parked in front at a sprint speed of 100 meters. Before the German sentry could recover, he had already rushed to a place ten meters away from the tank. He raised his hand and a
The incendiary bottle fell out of his hand, rolled several times in the air, and fell to pieces on the tank body. As soon as the bottle was broken, the liquid inside immediately flowed everywhere. When the white phosphorus inside saw the air, it immediately burned violently.
In less than five seconds, the entire tank was engulfed in flames.
Seeing that a tank had been ignited, the scout was immediately encouraged. He once again raised the second Molotov cocktail and threw it out. Unfortunately, this time he used too much force and the Molotov cocktail flew directly over the tank and fell to the ground.
Shattered, a German soldier hiding nearby was splashed with countless gasoline and immediately turned into a burning man. He jumped up from the ground, threw away the weapon in his hand, and ran towards the distance.
, trying to find a place to extinguish the raging fire on his body.
How could the two soldiers who were shooting give up such an obvious target so easily? They both aimed at the Pyro Man and pulled the trigger fiercely. A moment later, Pyro Man, who had been hit by several bullets, fell to the ground.
He lay there motionless, letting the fire on his body continue to burn. The scout took the opportunity to throw a third Molotov cocktail, this time it hit the tank's turret, and soon the body of the tank burned.
The German soldiers who were warming themselves in the ruins were already drowsy. When they heard the gunfire from where the tanks were parked, they had not yet reacted. When they saw one of the tanks burst into flames, the German commander even
He was a fool and knew that he had been attacked by the Soviet army. He stood up suddenly and shouted loudly: "Russians, the Russians are here to attack!"
The soldiers who were napping by the fire heard the officer's shout and stood up from the fire one after another. They picked up their weapons and were ready to rush to the tank parking area to reinforce the sentries there. However, as soon as they stood up, there was a sound next to them.
The firing of several submachine guns and the dense bullets immediately knocked down a dozen soldiers, and the rest quickly fell down and fired back randomly in the direction where the bullets flew.
But as soon as they fired a few shots, they were blown away by grenades thrown at them. In order to avoid the grenades, some soldiers risked getting up from the ground and trying to find a safe place. However, they were often thrown out of the darkness as soon as they got up.
Knocked down by flying bullets.
The battle here lasted less than ten minutes and ended with the complete annihilation of the German army.
After Alitai gathered everyone together, he began to count the results and found that his combat team killed thirty-one German soldiers and blew up two tanks without any casualties. Seeing such results,
Alitai was naturally ecstatic. He quickly ordered one of his soldiers: "Send a signal flare immediately to tell other combat teams that our mission has been successfully completed."
Before setting off, Alitai had told the leaders of each combat team that once the mission was completed, a green flare would be fired into the air; if the mission failed, a white flare would be fired, and nearby combat teams would rush over.
Support. The soldier who heard the order quickly fired a green flare into the air to tell nearby combat groups and the tank brigade headquarters that his combat mission had been completed.
The sneak attack carried out by Alitai's combat team was extremely smooth, and the other teams were no exception. They all successfully eliminated the German tanks and assault guns, as well as the German infantry guarding these technical equipment. However, not every team was zero.
Casualties, one of the groups, except for one wounded person who narrowly escaped, the rest were all sacrificed.
After seeing six green flares appearing in the sky, Alitai breathed a sigh of relief. He said to the soldiers of the combat team: "Comrades, our mission has been completed and we can go back."
As soon as he finished speaking, three red flares suddenly rose in the air. When Alitai saw the flares in the air, he was dumbfounded: "What's going on? Who fired the flares? What do the red flares mean?"
This chapter has been completed!