"I will send troops to rescue you." After the regiment commander put down the phone, he directly ordered the correspondents: "Immediately answer the division headquarters, I want to speak to the division commander."
Kofes was woken up from his sleep by his subordinates, and came to the phone in a daze, picked up the microphone and put it in his ear, and asked with anger, "Col. What happened?"
"Sir, something happened." The commander of the regiment heard Kofes' voice and hurriedly said: "We went out to the battalion in Nangang, Mamayevgang, and was surrounded by Russians. The battalion commander called me for help and said that if there was no support, there would be a danger of annihilation of the entire army."
"Hell, what's going on?" This news made Kofes become extremely sober: "Didn't all the Russians in Nangang retreat? How could they be surrounded?"
"I don't know the specific situation." The regiment commander has not yet figured out how the Soviet army easily regained the Nangang position, so he could only say vaguely: "My subordinates reported to me that after they occupied Nangang, they built fortifications in the direction of Dongpo and released a warning post to prevent the Russians from attacking. But the Russians emerged from somewhere and caught them off guard."
"How many people are left in the battalion now?" As soon as the commander of the regiment said, he immediately asked: "Where are they?"
"Trained in the minefield in front of Nangang." The regiment commander said quickly: "Because the Russians had snipers, they were suppressed and unable to move. If the division commander did not send people to them as soon as possible, they would be in danger of the destruction of the entire army."
"I understand." After Cofes finished speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for the regiment commander to say anything. He lit a cigarette and took a sip, then directly put it in the ashtray and ordered loudly: "Come on, call the Chief of Staff."
The Chief of Staff sat next to the command room and came over as soon as someone called him. While tidying up his military appearance, he asked in a panic: "Sir, is there anything wrong with the division commander?"
"The battalion that left Mamayevgang was surrounded by Russians. After a fierce battle, the battalion was only 100 people left, and they were all trapped in minefields." Kofes said to his chief of staff: "If people were not sent to rescue as soon as possible, they might be in danger of being destroyed."
"How to save?" asked the chief of staff: "If the Russians really dispatched snipers, our engineers would be killed by them when they cleared the mines. Don't let the surrounded troops be rescued, and more soldiers will be trapped in."
"We need to rescue our troops from the minefield." Kofes said thoughtfully: "It is not necessary to send engineers to clear mines. For example, tanks can be sent directly into the minefield. Although those mines can be trapped in infantry, they have no effect on our tanks."
"The Russian mines do not do much damage to our tanks." The Chief of Staff objected to Cofes' proposal: "But there is an anti-tank army dog ​​team on their positions, specifically used to deal with our tanks. Our failure to attack Beigang yesterday was largely due to the existence of this force."
The Chief of Staff of the Division reminded Kofes that in addition to the anti-tank army dog ​​company, there seemed to be an anti-tank artillery position on the Mamayev gang. If the tank he sent to rescue was destroyed, it would be really not worth the loss. He walked back and forth in the house with his hands behind his back, thinking about what method to use to deal with the anti-tank firepower on the Mamayev gang.
After walking around the house for more than a dozen times, he said to the Chief of Staff of the Division: "Chief of Staff, I remember that there seems to be an anti-tank artillery position of the Russians on Nangang. You immediately call the artillery regiment and ask them to send someone to monitor Nangang. Once you find that the Russian artillery fire, you will immediately suppress it with powerful artillery fire to cover our tanks into the minefield smoothly."
"This is a good idea." The chief of staff of the division nodded and said: "As long as the Russians' anti-tank firepower are suppressed, our tanks can enter the minefield and open up a passage for the infantry trapped there."
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Just as the German commander was studying how to rescue the surrounded troops, Cuikov called Sokov and asked straight to the point: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I heard gunfire sounds everywhere. How is the situation now? Have you surrounded the enemy?"
"Comrade Commander, the German infantry battalion that came to Nangang has basically been wiped out by us." Sokov was about to call Cui Kov, but he didn't expect that the other party called first and quickly reported: "Now there are only one or two hundred people left in the minefield and cannot escape. It is only a matter of time before they can wipe out them all."
"What, there are only one or two hundred enemies left?" Cuikov said in surprise at Sokov's report: "That is to say, you have wiped out more than 600 German soldiers in less than an hour? Is my understanding right?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander, your understanding is completely correct." Thinking of the achievements of his troops, Sokov replied proudly: "To be precise, our troops only took a quarter of an hour to wipe out the enemies that occupied the surface of Nangang. And if the enemies trapped in the minefield were not stationed in the frontier positions at the foot of the mountain, they would probably have been wiped out by us at this moment."
"Since you have surrounded me, don't let anyone go." After learning about the results of Sokov's troops, Cuikov suddenly felt proud. He said with great enthusiasm: "It is also an amazing record to eliminate a German battalion in an established manner. I will ask you for me to give me credit. Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, on my behalf, please express my gratitude to the soldiers for their merits in defending Stalingrad."
After finishing the call with Cuikov, Sokov looked at the group of German soldiers trapped in the minefield and thought for a while, then grabbed the phone in front of him, shook the handle twice, picked up the microphone and put it in his ear, and said, "Chief of Staff? I am Sokov."
"Comrade Brigade Commander, have you seen it?" Sidolin, who was staying in the tunnel, said with great excitement after hearing Sokov's voice: "The enemies that occupy the surface positions in Nangang have been completely wiped out by us. The remaining small group of enemies are also trapped in the minefield and unable to move. It is only a matter of time to eliminate them."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, we must not take it lightly until the last enemy is eliminated." Sokov was worried that Cydolin underestimated the enemy, so he quickly reminded him: "Immediately order Lieutenant Porochenko to pull the artillery to the top of the mountain, and to strike the enemies in the minefield and force them to surrender. If they do not surrender, they will be completely eliminated."
After receiving Sokov's order, Sidolin immediately ordered Lieutenant Porochenko to pull a cannon to the top of the mountain, and condescendingly bombard the enemies trapped in the minefield, and speed up the elimination of them.
Just as Porochenko was commanding the artillery to establish a launching position on the top of the mountain, he suddenly heard a scream from the air. As an artillery commander, he could naturally hear the sound of artillery shells flying in the air. He quickly shouted: "Look down!" After shouting, he hugged his head and threw himself to the ground.
Fortunately, it was not too bright at this time, and the German artillery fired not accurately during the day. The shells they fired either landed on the western slope and exploded; they either swept through the top of the slope and fell behind the hills, which posed no threat to the artillery company. Seeing that the explosion point was far away from his artillery position, Porochenko quickly got up from the ground and ordered his subordinates to continue to arrange artillery positions.
Although the soldiers in the artillery company had a short time to get in contact with artillery, most of them were experienced gunners, especially many of them, who had been in the German prisoner-of-war camp. That humiliating life made them full of hatred for the Germans. Therefore, when Porochenko heard the order to fire the gun, he did not even have a test fire, and directly fired into the minefield.
The shells fell accurately into the crowd lying on the ground, and the explosion of the air waves threw several unlucky ghosts into the air. When the German soldiers saw that the people around them were blown away by the shells, they felt that it was unstable to lie on the ground. They quickly stood up and tried to run to a safe place to hide. But they didn't run two steps, either being knocked down by the bullets shot by the sharpshooter or being blown away by mines on the ground.
The Soviet artillery bombardment became the last straw that crushed the German will. When a German soldier saw that he was left in a minefield, he was either killed by artillery shells or killed by Soviet bullets. He was unwilling to stay here and wait for death. He quickly threw down the gun in his hand and ran towards the Soviet position with both hands.
The soldiers who were about to surrender were shot dead by the battalion commander, but they could not help but want to surrender. They threw away the weapons in their hands and ran towards the Soviet position with their hands raised. In the chaos, the battalion commander's gun got stuck again. Just as he was trying to troubleshoot the problem, the German lieutenant called two subordinates to raise him up and dragged him towards the Soviet position.
Sokov, who was in the observation center, saw that the German army's will to resist had been destroyed by several shells, quickly gave the order to the first battalion commander Vanya: "Comrade Captain, the enemy has surrendered, and ordered the soldiers to stop shooting and start to contain prisoners."
With Sokov's order, the Soviet army stopped shooting. After entering the trenches, the surrendered German officers and soldiers were chased into a shelter and locked up.
Just as the German army surrendered, the tank team that came to rescue them had arrived at a place not far from the minefield. When the tank soldiers commander saw that the people he wanted to rescue had surrendered to the Soviet army, he couldn't help but sigh and reported to his superiors: "The troops we want to rescue have surrendered to the Russians. What should we do next? Please instruct!"
Chapter completed!