As time went by, the smoke and fog that originally filled the position were blown away by the river wind blowing from the Volga River, making the distant scenery clear.
Sokov raised his telescope and looked into the distance. Not only could he clearly see the positions occupied by the two infantry regiments, but he could also clearly see the German positions in the distance. The tanks that were destroyed in front of the enemy positions were still there.
It burned blazingly, and billowing black smoke rose into the sky.
"I wonder if the tank crew escaped safely after the tank was destroyed?" Sokov asked himself in his heart, but soon he felt that his idea was a luxury. There were corpses lying around the tank.
Through the binoculars, he could clearly see that in addition to infantrymen wearing short khaki fur coats, there were also tank soldiers wearing black jumpsuits.
"Colonel Sokov," Golikov's voice came from beside him: "What are you thinking about?"
"I'm wondering whether the attack we launched this time will be successful." Sokov said gloomily: "If the attack fails again, it will have a fatal impact on the morale of our army."
"You are right." Golikov fully understood Sokov's mood at this time and said with a serious expression: "It is necessary for political workers to do propaganda and agitation work for the soldiers to re-energize morale.
"At this point, he looked around and asked, "Where is Comrade Anisimov, the division political commissar?"
When Sokov heard what Golikov said, he also looked around and found that Anisimov had left at some point. He quickly asked: "Has anyone seen Comrade Political Commissar?"
There was silence in the temporary headquarters. Everyone looked at each other and asked the people around them with their eyes. But those who were questioned smiled bitterly and shook their heads, then spread their hands to indicate that they did not see the political commissar anywhere.
"Where did he go?" Sokov asked himself: "Did he be captured by the enemies who came nearby?" But as soon as this idea came up, he denied it, let alone Ma.
The troops at Mamayev Heights are launching a counterattack. Even when they are on the defensive, no enemy can reach Mamayev Heights, let alone near the temporary headquarters. You must know that the guard battalion commanded by Tenev
, is not a vegetarian.
"Comrade division commander," Sidorin and Ivanov were also anxious when they saw that the division political commissar was missing. Ivanov took the initiative to ask Sokov: "I will go outside and ask the comrades in the guard camp to see if they have any
See the political commissar."
Just when Sokov nodded and was about to agree to Ivanov's request, he suddenly heard the melody of "Holy War" coming from outside. He thought he was hearing hallucinations, but after listening carefully, he found that
It's not an auditory hallucination, but a real melody coming from outside.
"Comrade Commander," Sokov walked to the lookout and looked outside. Suddenly he heard a familiar voice coming from behind him and asked himself in an excited tone: "Did you hear the broadcast outside?"
"Comrade Political Commissar," Sokov turned around and faced Anisimov who walked in. He said with some displeasure: "Where have you been just now? Do you know that everyone is worried about you?"
safety?!"
"I'm sorry, Comrade Division Commander, it's my fault." Anisimov, who was criticized, replied with a smile: "I saw you and Comrade Deputy Commander of the Front Army talking, so I left quietly for fear of disturbing you.
"
"Where have you been?" Golikov asked somewhat rudely: "Do you know that because you left without saying goodbye, everyone is worried about you."
"Comrade Deputy Commander of the Front Army," Anisimov quickly faced Golikov, straightened his body and reported: "I think the defeat of the 124th and 125th Guards Regiments may affect the morale of the commanders and soldiers.
So I took it upon myself to order my comrades to lead a few broadcast lines to their positions. I think music can boost morale, and I am playing the most famous "Holy War" to them at the moment."
Listening to the melody of the song coming from outside the temporary headquarters, Golikov felt that Anisimov's statement was quite reliable. He nodded and said to Anisimov: "Well done.
Comrade Anisimov, letting the soldiers hear such inspiring songs during the attack can indeed boost their morale. But I still have to remind you that we are on the battlefield, where are you going?
, it’s better to say hello in advance so that everyone won’t worry about you.”
"I understand, Comrade Deputy Commander of the Front Army." Seeing that Golikov no longer pursued him, Anisimov quickly replied loudly: "I will not make similar mistakes again."
Looking at Anisimov, Golikov suddenly remembered something. He turned to ask Sokov: "Colonel Sokov, the one you stationed in the barricade factory is the downsized regiment commanded by Commander Belgin, right?"
?”
"Yes, Comrade Deputy Commander of the Front Army." Sokov didn't know why Golikov asked this, but he still nodded and answered truthfully: "Commander Belgin's troops are carrying out attacks on the enemy in the barricade factory.
Fight back.”
"I remember that General Chuikov reported to the front army headquarters that the political commissar of the regiment, Dmitry, unfortunately died of poisoning due to taking too much sulfonamide. Is this true?"
"Yes." When Sokov heard this question, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. It's true that good deeds never go out and bad deeds travel thousands of miles away. Even Golikov knew about this: "It was an accident, and no one wanted it to happen.
"
"Is there a political commissar in the downsizing regiment now?" Golikov asked tentatively: "Do you need me to call Commander Yereomenko and ask him to send a political worker to serve as a political commissar?"
"Thank you for your kindness, Comrade Deputy Commander of the Front Army." The downsizing regiment is Sokov's direct unit. He was not willing to hand it over to others for command, so he said euphemistically: "Now the political commissar of the regiment, Comrade Dmitry, and
Commander Belkin has cooperated very well, and there is no need for superiors to appoint political commissars."
"Didn't the political commissar of the regiment, Dmitry, die some time ago due to accidental ingestion of medicine?" After listening to Sokov's words, Golikov showed a confused expression on his face: "Where did another German appear?
Commissar Mitri?”
"That's it, Comrade Deputy Commander of the Front Army." Sokov felt that it was necessary to explain this matter clearly to Golikov, otherwise it would be very troublesome to send another political commissar: "This German
Political Commissar Mitri turned out to be a regimental political commissar of Lyudnikov's division. He was admitted to a field hospital due to an injury some time ago. When he returned from his injury not long ago, he found that there were only more than a hundred people left in his regiment.
The commander became a company commander, and he could only serve as an instructor when he returned. When Commander Belkin went to the 138th Division Headquarters for business, he happened to hear about this matter, and took the initiative to ask Colonel Lyudnikov to let the Germans
Comrade Mitri went to the drawdown regiment to serve as acting political commissar."
"Interesting, both political commissars are named Dmitri. This is so interesting." Golikov asked curiously: "What is the relationship between the two? Are they relatives? Or do they just happen to have the same name?"
"It's a coincidence that we have the same name." Sokov explained with a smile: "After Comrade Dmitri followed Belkin back to the regiment, he learned that his predecessor was also named Dmitri. What a coincidence.
, I actually have the same name as the previous political commissar."
Although Golikov stayed at Mamayev Heights for a long time, he was really not familiar with the regimental commanders of the downsized regiment. All he was concerned about was the fighting situation of the downsized regiment in the barricade factory. He paused
After a moment, he said to Sokov: "The downsized regiment's counterattack in the barricade factory is going very well. It has expanded the original defense area by half. When you are free, call Belgin and ask them if they are confident.
Drive the enemy out in these two days."
Hearing Golikov's order, Sokov's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. With the strength of the downsizing regiment, it was already their limit to double the defense area. If they were really given an order, let them
It is simply impossible to drive the enemy out of the barricade factory within two days.
When the time came for the attack, Sokov ordered his staff to send a signal to the troops.
As a red signal flare took off, thousands of officers and men on the first line of defense jumped out of the trenches amid loud military songs, holding weapons and shouting slogans, following behind the tanks, and trotted toward the
The enemy's position was rushed.
"Chief of Staff," seeing that the troops had launched an attack, Sokov quickly asked Sidorin: "Have Guchakov Company and Seryosha Company entered the battlefield?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Sidorin nodded and replied in a positive tone: "They have all arrived at the designated location."
Golikov felt a little disapproving of Sokov's deployment of two companies from other places to participate in the attack on the German second line of defense. What he was thinking was that thousands of men, with the cooperation of tanks, would not be able to seize the enemy's territory.
In the position, two companies can only have a few hundred men at most. What role can they play?
Still far away, the German anti-tank guns opened fire on the speeding Soviet tanks. Since the Soviet tanks did not carry infantry this time, there was no need to worry that their operations would cause the infantry to fall off the tanks. The tank crews'
The driving movements were naturally relatively large, causing all the shells fired by the German anti-tank guns to fall on the open ground and explode.
The German soldiers hiding in the traffic trenches originally wanted to repeat their old tricks and use machine guns and anti-tank grenades to deal with the Soviet tanks and infantry. However, at this moment, only the tanks were attacking, while the infantry was far behind. They used machine guns crazily.
During the shooting, bullets hit the armor plate of the tank from time to time, making a clanging sound, but it could not slow down the tank at all.
Seeing that the machine guns were unable to deal with the Soviet tanks, the anti-tank fighters jumped out of the traffic ditch with anti-tank grenades in their hands, rushed towards the moving Soviet tanks, and tried to blow up the Soviet tanks with anti-tank grenades at close range.
But they were too wishful thinking. The Soviet commanders and fighters who had suffered losses had already had countermeasures. When they saw the German soldiers jumping out of the traffic trenches, they either set up machine gun positions and fired with machine guns; they also used snipers to carry out long-distance sniping.
.In just a few minutes, the bodies of forty or fifty German anti-tank fighters lay on both sides of the Soviet tank.
When the tanks reached a distance of 300 meters from the German position, they stopped one after another and used tank guns to bombard the exposed anti-tank firepower points. Those anti-tank guns that had just been raging were blown to pieces under the shelling of Soviet tanks.
, was dragged to a safe place by the artillery to hide. Seeing the artillery fire on the German position in front stopped, the Soviet infantry commanders following behind accelerated their pace and rushed towards the enemy's position.
Facing the tidal wave of Soviet commanders and fighters, the German positions were silent. Only when they knew that the Soviet troops were still 120 meters away from the position did the machine guns on the position suddenly rang out. Facing the enemy's torrential shooting, the Germans rushed to the position.
A group of commanders and fighters at the front fell down, and those at the back quickly fell down on the spot and fired back at the enemy's position.
The Soviet tanks parked in the rear were not idle either. They fired at the exposed fire points. As long as the machine gun fire points were discovered by them, they would sometimes fire two or three bursts before being hit by several flying tank shells.
It hit the sky.
After several rounds of shooting, the German position became quiet. The soldiers, who had been suppressed by the fire and could not raise their heads, got up from the ground again, shouted and rushed forward. When they were twenty or thirty meters away from the enemy's trench, they rushed forward at the last moment.
The soldier in front made a beautiful tactical move by lying down and throwing a grenade into the enemy's trench. Then he got up again, jumped into the trench that was still smoking, and started close combat and hand-to-hand combat with the surviving enemies inside.
"Colonel Sokov, did you see that?" Golikov saw the soldiers jumping into the trench, excitedly raised his hand and slapped Sokov on the back several times, and said excitedly: "Our
The soldiers rushed forward, rushed forward. They are all good, they are all good."
Because Golikov was excited, he used his hands so hard that Sokov felt that his internal organs were shifting. After coughing twice, Sokov put down the telescope and turned to look at Golikov:
"Comrade Deputy Commander of the Front Army, your hand is too strong. If you continue to take pictures like this, I am worried that I will not be able to see the moment when the soldiers occupied the enemy's position."
After being reminded by Sokov, Golikov realized that he was so excited that he slapped the other person until he almost vomited blood. He quickly retracted his palm and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Colonel Sokov, I was too excited.
, I didn’t pay attention for a moment, please forgive me for my rashness.”
Although he said that, with Sokov's level, how could he blame his superiors? Sokov could only wave his hands and said with a wry smile: "It's okay, Comrade Deputy Commander of the Front Army, I'm okay. Let's continue reading.
Bar."
Through the telescope, Sokov discovered that the two infantry regiments, under the cover of tanks, attacked the German second line of defense very smoothly this time. And for insurance, he specially transferred the Guchakov Company and Seryo
Shalian seemed to have no use, and the enemy's defense line was broken through by our own troops.
This chapter has been completed!