The joint combat between the Tank Battalion and the Fourth Battalion ended in just twenty minutes. The headquarters of the 102nd Infantry Regiment of the 100th German Hunter Division was removed. The regiment commander and chief of staff, under the protection of more than a dozen guards, took advantage of the battle between the guards and Soviet tanks and infantry, quietly fled.
Seeing the battle in the distance, Yakov couldn't help but raise his hand and look at his watch, and said in surprise: "My God, Misha. This battle took only twenty minutes to destroy the German regiment headquarters. It's amazing."
Sokov smiled faintly at Yakov's praise and then said, "The reason why we won so easily is that the German army is too weak. At best, there are about a hundred people in the defense of the German command. Apart from a few anti-tank guns, there are no heavy weapons. They have no way to deal with our tank assault."
"What should I do next?" Yakov asked, "Are you letting them continue to attack?"
Sokov shook his head and said, "Yakov, you are also present when I assigned combat missions. You should know that I ordered them to return immediately once the German command headquarters is destroyed."
"Misha, I think you are so 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 want to control the scale of the battle." Sokov reminded Yakov: "Don't forget that our counterattack against the German army is about to begin. If the scope of my attack today is too large and it arouses the alertness of the German army, it will be very unfavorable for our future counterattack."
"You seem to make some sense." Yakov said with regret: "What a pity. I finally saw the Germans defeated, but they ended up like this."
As soon as Yakov finished speaking, his eyes suddenly stared at a place in a daze. "What's wrong, Yakov?" Seeing Yakov's surprised expression, Sokov felt that the other party must have seen something. While raising the telescope, he asked casually: "What have you seen?"
Yakov reached out and pointed to the east, and said excitedly: "Misha, look at the east quickly, there are Germans!"
"There are Germans in the east?" Hearing Yakov say this, Sokov quickly turned the telescope in his hand to the east and found a group of German soldiers following several tanks and heading towards the German regiment headquarters. Seeing this, he couldn't help but shout: "Hey, where did these Germans emerge?"
He put down his telescope and leaned over to shout at the radio operator standing below, "Royal, send a newspaper to Colonel Bere, telling him that German infantry and tanks appeared at four o'clock, so that they could prepare for battle immediately."
After reading the telegram sent by Sokov, Bere immediately shouted at Brisky who was standing in front of the ruins: "Comrade Captain, there are Germans at four o'clock, be ready for battle immediately." As soon as he finished speaking, a violent explosion came from beside him. The two soldiers nearby were blown away by the explosion air waves.
The sudden shelling caused the infantry standing around the tank to chaotic. Brisky hurriedly shouted at them: "Don't be messy, hide, hide quickly."
When Be Lei looked east, he saw several German tanks appearing in the distance, followed by a black infantry, and hurriedly shouted at the tank soldiers who were poking their heads out of the turret: "The Germans rushed up at four o'clock and crushed them." As the order was issued, the tank soldiers retreated back into the turret and closed the hatch. For a moment, the sound of closing the hatch came one after another, and kept ringing.
After turning around, the first company commander Shereda's tank was the first to rush towards the German tanks in the distance. Before returning to the tank, he had already seen clearly that the German tanks in the distance were all tanks No. 3 equipped with 50mm artillery and were not the opponent of the T-34 at all. Therefore, he immediately rushed forward. Seeing that the company commander had bravely rushed towards the enemy, the tankers of the first company were not willing to be outdone and increased their horsepower and followed them.
Seeing more than a dozen T-34 tanks deployed their combat formations and rushed towards them. The German tanks that had stopped advancing fired one after another, trying to stop the Soviet tank from approaching. However, because the opponent's movement speed was too fast, the armor-piercing bombs fired by the No. 3 tank all fell into nothing.
If one hit, the German tankers did not turn around and flee. They knew very well that in the tank battle, they could only rush forward but not backward, otherwise the weak armored back would be exposed in front of the enemy's tank guns. Therefore, facing the rushing Soviet tanks, all they could do was to shoot in a row, praying that a miracle would happen and destroy the Soviet tanks.
When Brisky saw two tank companies, he sprinted out of combat formation, rushed towards the enemy in the distance one after another. He was worried that the tank would not have the cover of infantry and might be attacked by German anti-tank players. He quickly shouted at his subordinates: "Brothers, keep up with the tanks, and must not let the enemy's anti-tank players 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 No. 3 tanks and fired. The 47mm front armor was easily penetrated. After a loud "boom", the No. 3 tank's turret flew into the sky. When it fell down, it was directly smashed into meat sauce by several German soldiers standing behind the tank.
Seeing a hit by a blow, Xie Lieda cheered and ordered the driver: "Drive up, let's get closer and then hit!"
The remaining No. 3 tanks aimed at the T-34 that rushed up to shoot desperately, but they could never penetrate the armor of the Soviet tanks. If you want to fire, as long as the shells fired by the Soviet tanks hit them, they could easily destroy them. In less than five minutes, four No. 3 tanks were destroyed. The remaining No. 3 tanks were scared and shouted repeatedly: "Stop shooting. Reverse, reverse quickly!"
When the No. 3 tank reversed backwards, it immediately crushed many German soldiers standing behind them. Then, in order to desert, the tank soldiers reversed regardless of the situation and rushed out of the crowd. Seeing the German tanks fleeing, the Soviet tanks rushed to a place 100 meters away from the German army, fired with vehicle-mounted machine guns, and knocked down the German soldiers who were at a loss in pieces.
Sokov in the factory was very puzzled when he saw the battle becoming one-sided trend. He was happy and wondered: Where did these Germans emerge?
Before he could come up with the answer, the telephone under his feet rang. He bent down and grabbed the microphone, pressed it into his ear and asked, "I am Sokov, where are you?"
"Hello, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov." Peter's voice came from the phone: "I am the factory director Peter."
"Hello, Comrade Director." Sokov felt very surprised when he heard that it was Peter who called him. In the past, Peter contacted Zinchenko directly and then transferred it through Zinchenko. Why did he suddenly call himself today? He asked with a question: "Do you have anything?"
"That's right, lieutenant colonel." Peter said dryly: "Half an hour ago, a company of German soldiers rushed into the factory under the cover of several tanks and came to the vicinity of the factory building..."
When Sokov learned that German troops appeared near the factory building, he was shocked. He wanted to send people to rescue him, but he only had more than 200 militias with weak combat power. Bere and Brisky's troops were fighting with the Germans and could not withdraw their troops in a short period of time. Therefore, he could only say to Peter tactfully: "Sorry, Comrade Director, I really can't withdraw troops to reinforce you now."
"Ltd. Colonel, you're wrong." Peter said with a smile on the phone: "I'm calling you, not to ask you to send troops to rescue you."
When Sokov heard Peter say this, he felt very uncomfortable and thought to himself: Since you don’t want me to support you, why do you do this phone call? Is it to make fun of me? I am unhappy and naturally I will not be too polite in my tone: "Comrade Director, I am commanding the battle. If you have anything, please say it quickly." His implication was: If you have something, just say it and let it go. Don’t compete here without any trouble. I still have to command the battle and I don’t have time to waste time with you.
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, this is the situation. When the enemy was attacking, they didn't know what happened, and their infantry suddenly withdrew from the factory. In order to figure out what was going on, I asked Ballshaq to send someone to reconnaissance. Guess what happened?" Peter continued: "We caught a prisoner, and after interrogation, we realized that their regiment headquarters was attacked, and those troops rushed back to support."
"What does it have to do with us when the enemy's regiment headquarters is attacked..." Sokov was halfway through his words, and suddenly realized that the enemy who attacked the factory building was retreating because of Bere and Brisky's attack on the German 102nd Infantry Regiment. Thinking of this, he asked tentatively: "Comrade Director, is the retreat of a non-enemy related to the battle we are engaged in?"
"This is for sure, comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Peter smiled and said, "The enemy's regiment headquarters was attacked by you. They had no intention of attacking us. They could only retreat in shame and rescue their regiment headquarters..."
Sokov raised his telescope and looked at the area where the battle was taking place. He saw that the German infantry had been defeated by Soviet tanks and was fleeing in all directions, while Brisky's troops were also pursuing the enemy everywhere. He was about to speak when he suddenly heard Peter ask himself: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, can you take time to come to me?"
"Comrade Director," Sokov felt very uncomfortable when he thought of the other party's firewood from the bottom of the pot, transferring the fighter battalion and leaving his troops empty. He said vaguely: "I have a lot of things here, and I'm afraid I can't leave."
"Lieutenant Colonel Sokov," Peter was also a smart man. He heard Sokov's voice out of the painting and quickly said sincerely: "The German bombing caused many walls to collapse in the factory, so that the enemy could rush into the factory from any location. The armed forces in our factory are limited, and if we want to block the enemy's attack, it is necessary to improve the existing fortifications. I heard that you have a good idea in terms of how to defend. I wonder if you are willing to come and give us some advice?"
Sokov wanted to refuse Peter's request, but considering that his lips were lost, if the factory building was lost, what was the meaning of the assembly workshop that he had been holding on to. So after hesitating for a while, he replied: "Okay, Comrade Director, I will go to you after my troops return."
Seeing Sokov put down the phone and looking worried, Yakov asked curiously: "Misha, who called me? I think you seem very unhappy?"
"It was the call from Director Peter," Sokov replied, "He hoped that I could take the time to go to the factory building and guide the militia who were standing there 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 many walls to collapse, so that the enemy can rush into the factory from anywhere. Therefore, it is not enough for us to do a good job of defense in the assembly workshop. We also need to help other areas strengthen defenses to prevent the enemy from breaking into the factory."
Sokov is not a person who ignores the overall situation. He is dissatisfied with Peter, but he will never ignore the defense of the Red October Tractor Factory. He said to Yakov: "When Colonel Bere and Captain Brisky's troops come back, I will immediately rush to the factory building. If Germany really captures there, then the defense we and the 39th Division of the Guards will lose its meaning."
After defeating the German troops, Colonel Bere's tank troops and Brisky's infantry, although the soldiers still wanted to pursue the fleeing enemies, they were stopped by Brisky. He shouted at the soldiers: "Comrades, the enemy has been defeated by us. It's time for us to go back to the assembly workshop."
Although many soldiers were reluctant to look at the escaped enemy, the military orders were everywhere, so they could only climb up the tank with regrets and retreat to the assembly workshop and factory with the tanks.
Unexpectedly, good things happened. Before the T-34 tank could cross the collapsed wall of the factory, two German dive bombers appeared in the air. Brisky, who was sitting behind the tank, was so scared that he was so scared that he quickly grabbed the phone at the tail of the tank and shouted loudly at the microphone: "Comrade Colonel, enemy planes, there are enemy planes in the sky. Let your tank defend air! "
Chapter completed!