The commanders and soldiers rushed to a place seven or eight meters away from the position and stopped, throwing grenades with blue smoke into the trenches. After the explosion of smoke rose, the soldiers holding submachine guns rushed to the trenches first, fired the German soldiers moving inside, knocked them down, and then jumped straight into the trenches. The soldiers holding rifles also jumped into the trenches. When they found the German soldiers crawling out of the empty soil, they picked them to death with bayonets without hesitation.
In the distance, there were German soldiers who had woken up in the trench that had not yet been stolen, and they set up guns on the edge of the trench and were ready to shoot at the commanders and fighters who were rushing over. But before they could pull the trigger, the tanks following the infantry fired and bombarded them with blood and blood.
In just ten minutes, the commanders and soldiers of the 1137th Regiment captured the second line of defense of the German army. Most of the German soldiers stationed here died before they could react, and the Soviet infantry and tanks were killed.
He successfully captured the German peripheral positions. Taking advantage of the time when the infantry commanders and fighters reassembled in the trenches, the tanks that completed the cover mission were reactivated and turned around and headed towards the north.
Zhukov, who was watching the battle in the distance, saw the infantry completing the assembly again and rushed towards the city, while the Tank Brigade was heading north. He quickly put down his telescope and asked Rokosovsky curiously: "Comrade Rokosovsky, what's going on? Why didn't the Tank Brigade follow the infantry into the city?"
"Comrade General, this is what Major Sokov means." Rokosovsky replied quickly: "He said that the view of tanks in the city would be limited. If they were all rushing into the city, they would become targets for the German anti-tank players. Therefore, he greeted me in advance, saying that during street fighting in the city, it would be enough to provide support from the division's tank battalions and artillery battalions. Look," he pointed his hand at the distance, "Aren't their tanks and artillery troops heading towards the city?"
Zhukov looked in the direction of Rokosovsky's finger and saw several tanks and trucks pulling artillery of the same number, moving along the bumpy road towards the city. He put down his telescope and looked at Rokosovsky and asked, "Comrade Rokosovsky, I want to ask, where is the tank brigade going?"
"After General Orlov's infantry army failed, it had moved to the north of the city." Rokosovsky heard Zhukov's question and quickly explained: "I ordered the Tank Brigade to go over and meet with them. If the 31st Guard Division did not attack well, they would launch another attack from the north."
"It was thoughtful." Zhukov waited for Rokosovsky to finish his words and nodded, "Now the 31st Guards Division has successfully rushed into the city. I believe Major Sokov will seize the city in the shortest time. By the way, have you ever considered what you should do if the enemy cannot support it and want to abandon the city and flee?"
"Don't worry, comrade General." Rokosovsky said to Zhukov with a smile: "There is General Orlov's infantry army in the north of the city, and the river is in the south. If the German army wants to escape, they can only choose to go west. I have ordered the 324th infantry division to set up defenses in that direction. As long as the German army leaves the city, they will be surrounded by our army."
Zhukov raised his telescope again, looked at the wreckage of Soviet tanks destroyed on the battlefield and the bodies of soldiers who had not yet been taken away, and said, "I hope Sokov's troops can drive the enemy out of the city as soon as possible."
Sokov watched his troops enter the city one after another and had the idea of ​​moving the command center into the city, but he quickly denied this plan. Although his troops seized the German peripheral positions so easily, the result of such a battle was entirely because he caught the enemy off guard. I believe the German army had come back to his senses at this moment and their counterattack was about to arrive.
Just as I thought of this, I saw a German reconnaissance plane appearing above the city. It lowered its height and hovered over the positions that were still smoked, checking the situation of the battle below. Seeing this scene, Portugin exclaimed: "Hey, the Germans are ready to start shelling!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two shells fell between the two positions occupied by the Soviet army, but they were still far from the marching commanders and fighters, and no one was injured. Portogin explained on the side: "Comrade Commander, this is the German artillery school aircraft. It is correcting the shooting parameters for the artillery, and the enemy's shells will soon follow."
"Don't worry, Comrade Chief of Staff." Sokov was not on the battlefield for the first time, and he was very familiar with the Germans' arrangement: "If there were German artillery observers nearby, their artillery would probably start soon. However, since the reconnaissance plane was making corrections, the German artillery would fire two more guns to further determine the location of the artillery."
Not long after, two more shells flew from a distance. At this time, the explosion point was not far from the marching 1135th Regiment. Sokov saw many soldiers through the telescope, and they instinctively bent down to avoid the enemy's shelling. He put down the telescope and said to Portukin: "Wait a moment, and the German army will launch violent shelling on the marching 1135th Regiment. I hope that Bindasov's troops will operate faster, otherwise they will suffer considerable losses."
The roar of the plane engine came from the sky. When Sokov heard this sound, he was stunned at first, and then said in surprise: "Our Air Force is here!"
Hearing Sokov say this, Potugin asked in surprise: "Comrade Commander, will you distinguish the roar of our aircraft from the German aircraft's engines?"
"No." Sokov shook his head and said, "But I heard the sound of the engine coming from behind us, and it was definitely not a German plane."
At the beginning of the large-scale artillery attack by the German army, the Soviet fleet reached the sky above the city. First, the fighter plane stepped forward and drove away the German reconnaissance planes; then the bomber fleet flew to the depth of the German army to bomb the German artillery that was being madly bombarded.
Soon, the German artillery bombardment came to an abrupt end, and the commanders and soldiers of the 1135th Regiment, who were suppressed by enemy artillery fire, got up from the ground and trotted towards the city.
"Comrade Commander," saw the commanders and fighters of the 1137th and 1135th Regiments entering the city one after another. Potukin asked Sokov for instructions: "Do you need to move the command center to the city?"
Sokov finished speaking, waved his hand and said, "Comrade Chief of Staff, there are two commanders Pavel and Bindasov in the city. What else do you have to worry about? When they cannot capture the city, it will not be too late for us to rush to support them."
"Can you come in?" The voice of Lieutenant Colonel Ajik, the leader of the 1139th Regiment, came from outside the door.
Sokov turned to face the door and said to the outside, "Come in, Lieutenant Colonel Ajik."
After Ajik entered the door, Sokov guessed from the expression on the other party's face that he must have come to ask for a fight, so he asked knowingly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, are there anything you have to come to me?"
"That's right, comrade of the division commander." Ajik said anxiously: "You see that the 1137th and 1135th regiments have entered the city. When will our regiment enter the city?"
"Ltd. Colonel, I have told you that the task of your regiment is to prepare a reserve team." Sokov, after he finished speaking, emphasized to him: "If the attack in the city is not smooth, I will immediately throw you into the battle. Before you get my order, you should stay quietly in your regiment command post."
Ajik came here to find Sokov, mainly because he saw that the other two regiments had rushed into the city, and even the artillery battalion and the tank battalion followed. He felt very anxious, so he took the initiative to find Sokov to ask for battle. But unexpectedly, his request was rejected by Sokov.
He hesitated for a moment and said, "Comrade Commander, I have seen the battle of the 1137th Regiment just now in my command post. I think that if they are strengthened, the battle will progress more smoothly."
"Lieutenant Colonel Ajik," he said seriously when he saw that Ajik was always pestering him and wanted to lead his troops to fight immediately: "Jitzdra is a medium-sized city, and there is no need to invest too much force, otherwise it will cause chaos."
When Ajik heard Sokov say this, he said with some disappointment on his face: "Comrade Commander, can I ask, how long will it take for the troops to enter the battle?"
"I can't tell you the specific time." Sokov looked at the position filled with smoke in the distance, and said to Ajik with a wry smile: "Only two regiments entering the city will put your regiment into the position without making any achievements for a long time, do I understand?"
"I understand, comrade of the division commander." Ajik knew that he would not change his mind, so he quickly straightened his body and stabilized: "Are you allowed me to return to the army? I need to go back to introduce the current situation to commanders and fighters at all levels,"
"Go!" Sokov waved to Ajik, then raised his telescope again and looked towards the city in the distance.
Before the attack began, Sokov had talked to Pavel alone, saying that as soon as the troops entered the city, they would hand over the division's tank battalion and artillery battalion to him to command, and told in detail about the way the tanks should be used to march in the city. After Pavel led his troops into the city and occupied several buildings, he chose one of them as the command center, and ordered the troops to temporarily stop advancing and patiently wait for the arrival of the tank battalion and artillery battalion.
Soon, several tanks that came from outside the city stopped outside his command post. A captain in the uniform of a tank soldier jumped off the tank and asked the warrior who was guarding him, "Where is your regiment commander?"
The soldier pointed to a two-story house next to him and said, "The regiment command post is there!"
After thanking the soldiers, the tank soldier quickly walked into the building and under the guidance of the officers and soldiers, he came to Pavel's temporary command post. In a room on the second floor, he saw Pavel standing in front of a window, holding a telescope and looking into the distance. He quickly raised his hand and saluted, and reported according to the regulations: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, Captain Messara, the commander of the Tank Battalion, reported to you, my battalion is ordered to accept your command, please give instruct!"
Pavel put down his telescope and waved to Mesara who was standing at the door, signaling him to come to his side: "Comrade Captain, come here!"
Captain Messarah walked to Pavel, maintaining a head-high and chest-high posture, quietly waiting for the orders given by the other party. Unexpectedly, after waiting for a while, he heard Pavel say: "Captain, come and see, since Juzdra is a medium-sized city, with not too many populations, and the buildings in the city are very sparsely distributed. So I plan to let your tank battalion and infantry advance along the street towards the city center to capture the German command center in the city."
"Ltd. Colonel, I think you should understand that the tank's vision is not wide at all. If you fight in the city, the vision will be more limited." Messara heard from Pavel's tone that the other party was planning to let him open the way, and quickly explained: "If there is no cover from infantry, our tank will be easily killed by the German anti-tank hands when advancing along the street."
"I know, of course I know." Pavel smiled and said, "In order to fully play the role of tanks in urban street fighting, the division commander is ready to let your tanks and my infantry fight together."
"Collaborative combat?!" Mesara repeated Pavel's words and asked tentatively: "I want to ask, how does the two sides have a coordinated law?"
"I have just said that Zedra is a medium-sized city, and the number of buildings is definitely not comparable to that of big cities like Moscow and Leningrad." Pavel said with a smile: "After increasing the difficulty of the German defense, it also reduces our offensive pressure."
"Ltd Colonel," seeing Pavel talk for a long time and before he could point out the point, Messara asked impatiently, "You haven't said, how should our tanks and infantry cooperate?"
"The streets in the city are more than 30 meters wide, and you can advance forward in parallel with two vehicles." Pavel tried hard to recall what Sokov said to him, and repeated to Messara: "The two tanks are moving, with the tank on the right pointing to the left; the tank on the left pointing to the right. In the middle of the two tanks, there will be a squad of infantry soldiers, who will act with you to eliminate the German anti-tank hands hiding in buildings on both sides of the road."
"Are the infantry who are following us, are they following the tank?"
Chapter completed!