Lai Sha, who was chasing the enemy plane, suddenly heard Maria flying the wingman screaming. She thought something had happened, so she asked, "Maria, what happened?"
"Enemy plane, comrade Lieutenant." Maria, who was following Laisha, saw the enemy planes appearing in the distance and said in a panic: "At least 20 enemy planes are flying towards us, and I see at least half of them are fighters."
"Mariya, they are still far away, don't worry about it for the time being." Laisha was also nervous when she learned that the large German aircraft fleet arrived, but in order not to affect her morale, she forced herself to say: "Let's knock out the bomber in front of us first, and don't give it a chance to bomb the factory again."
"Laisha," Lilia saw the enemy plane flying over from a distance, looked at Laisha who was chasing the enemy plane again, and said through the radio: "You and Maria deal with this enemy plane, Kajia and I will fight the flying group."
"No, Lilia, I don't allow it." Laisha knew that the German army was powerful. If Lilia really used two planes to fight others, it would be like hitting stones with eggs. So she decisively ordered: "When we shoot down this enemy plane, we will go to meet the enemy together."
Sokov couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw the fleet flying from afar. He knew very well that even if the four pilots of the women's squadron were all ace pilots, they were not opponents of the German army. Therefore, he quickly asked the radio operator to connect Laisha's communication channel and said in a stern tone: "Lt. Laisha, I am Lieutenant Colonel Sokov. I order you to withdraw from the battle immediately! Repeat it and withdraw from the battle immediately!"
"Sorry, comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Laisha said gritting her teeth, "We will never escape in front of enemy planes."
"You only have four fighter jets, and the enemy has more than twenty, and there are many disparity. You are not their opponents." Seeing that Laisha refused to obey his orders, Sokov was extremely anxious. He couldn't bear to watch the planes of the four female pilots being shot down by enemy planes in front of him, and said in a tough tone again: "Lt. Laisha, this is my order, you must execute it! It must execute it!"
Laisha ignored Sokov's ultimatum and continued to pursue the fleeing enemy planes in front of him. However, Lilia, who was more skilled, caught up with the enemy planes first and beat them down with a machine gun. Seeing that the enemy planes were shot down, the four planes immediately re-formed in the air, preparing to face the German planes that were coming.
"Misha, look over there quickly." Yakov suddenly exclaimed: "There are also planes there."
How many planes did the Germans dispatch? Hearing Yakov's words, Sokov's heart suddenly felt like he fell into an ice cellar. He thought to himself that Laisha and the others had no chance of winning against more than 20 enemy planes. If there were another German plane, even if there were only ten, Laisha and the others would have no hope of survival. He quickly raised his telescope and looked towards the direction where the plane was flying, praying in his heart that he hoped that the bomber would come, so that Laisha and the others would have a glimmer of life.
After seeing the plane clearly, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly. It was not the German plane, but the Lag-3 fighter jets. It was obvious that it was another fighter squadron that was late. He grabbed the sending machine and leaned close to his mouth and said loudly: "Lieutenant Laisha, reinforcements have arrived. Now you can go and beat the Germans hard."
Laisha answered loudly, and took her squadron to bravely pounce on it, attacking the oncoming German aircraft group with the 2nd fighter squadron led by Alexei.
Fierce air combat started over the factory area. Dozens of Soviet and German fighters and bombers flew up and down at different altitudes and chased them. From time to time, planes fell from the air with black smoke belts. Sokov, who was watching the battle below, hoped that the German planes were shot down, but many of the planes shot down were still fighters belonging to the Soviet Air Force. Some of these Soviet fighters lost control and crashed directly, and the pilots did not even have the chance to parachute; some planes bravely crashed into enemy planes and died with the enemy.
Seeing Brisky walking towards him, Sokov didn't bother to ask about the casualties of his troops, so he directly ordered him: "Comrade Captain, send someone to greet our pilots immediately. As for the German pilots who jumped, they would be captured if they could be captured, and if they could not be captured, they would be killed."
"I understand," Brisky nodded, turned around and prepared to leave.
"Wait, Comrade Captain," just as Brisky was about to leave, he was stopped by Yakov: "You can't rescue the pilot who is parachuting now."
Yakov's words made Sokov and Brisky stunned. After a moment, Sokov frowned and asked, "Yakov, why can't we rescue our pilot now?"
"Misha, look there first." Yakov pointed to the northwest and said to Sokov: "There are large enemies there. If you don't send people into the position immediately, I'm worried that the Germans will soon rush to the factory."
"Hehe, where did these enemies emerge?" Sokov said in surprise after observing with a telescope for a while: "There are at least one battalion, who are heading towards us under the guidance of nine tanks."
"Comrade Brigade Commander, there is the defense zone of the 39th Guards Division," Brisky stayed here for a long time, and immediately judged where the enemy came from: "I think it may be that the defense zone of a friendly army was broken through, so the Germans rushed towards us."
"Comrade Captain, immediately order your people to enter the position." After Sokov ordered Brisky, he half-squatted down, grabbed the phone on the driving track, and shouted to the microphone: "Comrade Workshop Director, don't doze off in the basement. The German army launched an attack on us and immediately let your people enter the battlefield."
For only two hundred militiamen with weak combat power in the assembly workshop, Sokov decided to use the number of people to make up for the gap. Before going to war, he specially asked Cousto to draw some of his men from the workers, arm them and participate in the battle to defend the factory.
Cousto stayed in the basement and had never come out. He didn't know the situation outside. He thought that Sokov's tank battalion was attacking the German command at this moment. When he heard Sokov's call, he asked in surprise: "Why, comrade Lieutenant Colonel, have you not taken the German command yet?"
"The German command was taken down by our troops more than an hour ago." Sokov said with some amusement when he heard Cousto say this: "This enemy has just emerged. They have at least one battalion. With our strength, it is difficult for us to stop them, so you need your assistance."
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I will immediately give orders to the workers." Cousto said this and paused for a moment, probably thinking about how long it would take. He quickly replied: "At most ten minutes, the newly armed workers can enter the combat post."
Seeing Sokov put down his head, Yakov said teasingly: "Misha, you really stabbed the hornet's nest today and killed a German command, but ended up being attacked by the German army in a crazy way."
If Yakov didn't say anything, Sokov really didn't think so. When he thought about it carefully, it seemed that this was the case. After killing the German regiment command, he first attacked the enemy from the factory building and rushed towards him. As soon as they were killed, the German bomber appeared over the factory again. Before the female flight squadron could kill them, the German large group of aircraft rushed over. Now there was even a German unit that rushed from General Guriyev's defense zone. It seemed that his basket was stabbed big enough.
"Yakov, it's dangerous here." Sokov realized that there must be a fierce battle next, so he said to Yakov: "You'd better go back to the basement first."
"Misha, you are not afraid, what else can I be afraid of?" Yakov rejected Sokov's kindness and said righteously: "I want to stay and fight with you."
Regarding Yakov's statement, Sokov gently patted his shoulder with his hand, smiled at him, and expressed his gratitude to him. He knew that it was very difficult to defend the position based on his existing strength, so he ordered the radio operator: "Send a newspaper to Vitkov and Cydolin, saying that the situation here is critical, and ask them to send a battalion to support immediately."
Sokov mobilized this army very risky. Once the first battalion left Mamayevgang, the defense power of Nangang would become weak. If the German army launched an attack on the high ground at this moment, it would be unknown whether it could be defended. Yakov had been to Mamayevgang many times, and naturally was very familiar with the deployment of troops there. Hearing Sokov's order, he quickly reminded the other party in a low voice: "Misha, you must think carefully. Once the first battalion was transferred from Mamayevgang, the defense power there would become weak. If the enemy launched an attack, it would be difficult for the defenders on the high ground to stop them."
"Yakov, if I don't transfer the first battalion," Sokov said helplessly: "Then the factory cannot be kept here. Once the Germans have established a foothold in the Red October Tractor Factory, our flanks will be threatened."
After hearing Sokov's words, Yakov remained silent for a long time. It was not until Brisky led the commanders and soldiers of the Fourth Battalion that he nodded and said to Sokov: "Misha, you are right. In this situation, we can only take risks, otherwise the factory area will not be saved."
Bere came out of the underground tank kuri, saw Sokov and Yakov hiding on the driving track, observing the battle situation in the distance, and walked over and asked, "Comrade Brigade Commander, what are you doing here?"
"Col. Bere," Sokov turned his head and saw Bere, instead of answering his question, he asked back: "How is the casualties of the troops?"
"Three tanks were blown up by the German army, and one of them was overturned into the crater. They could only wait for the evening to find a way to get it out." Bie Lei said, looking outside: "Why are you not a basement yet? Did something happen?"
"Yes, Colonel Bere, you're right." Sokov replied awkwardly: "We killed the German regiment command, maybe because we stabbed the hornet's nest. The enemy launched an attack from several places."
When he learned that the German army had launched another attack, Bere instinctively asked: "Do you need the assistance of our tank troops?"
Sokov looked up at the battle still going on in the sky, shook his head and said, "Col. Now the enemy planes are still competing for air supremacy with our planes. If the tanks are driven out at this time, they will only become targets for the enemy planes. I think you should stay in the underground tank warehouse and wait for my further orders."
Bere grabbed Sokov's arm and said sincerely: "Comrade Brigade Commander, please let my troops come down to help you. Although we are all tank soldiers, when the tanks in the brigade suffered almost the same losses some time ago, we were also infantry for a while. I want to help you block the German attack, but there is no problem."
Sokov almost agreed to his request when he heard Berelai say this, but when he thought about it, he shook his head: "Thank you for your kindness, Colonel Berelai. Tank soldiers are professional troops, fighting with rifles and pistols, which are not good at. I have no right to let you sacrifice in vain. You should go back to the underground tank warehouse. If you need it, I will send someone to notify you."
Seeing Sokov repeatedly refused to join the war, Bere was not angry. On the contrary, he also gave Sokov advice: "Comrade Brigade Commander, since this enemy came from the defense zone of the 39th Guard Division, we might as well ask General Guriyev for help. Maybe he can help us."
"Col. Bilei, your method is really good. I will call General Guriyev and ask him to send reinforcements to support us." After Sokov asked the radio operator to connect with Guriyev's command, he shouted loudly at the microphone: "Hello, Comrade General! I am Lieutenant Colonel Sokov. Now an enemy has broken through your defense zone and is rushing towards us. Our troops are limited, so it may be difficult to stop them. I ask you to give us some necessary support."
"You have German attacks, aren't there any Germans here?" Guriev said angrily when he heard Sokov say this: "The enemy dispatched two tank battalions and launched a fierce attack on the defensive positions of our division. Now the troops responsible for the defensive mission have suffered heavy losses. My troops here are insufficient, how can I support you?"
Sokov's heart couldn't help but sink and said inwardly: It's over, Guriev refused to send troops to reinforce. With his existing forces, how could he block the German attack? If it really doesn't work, he could only put Colonel Bere's tank battalion into the battle again and let them fight to the death with the German army.
Just when Sokov was on the verge of despair, he suddenly heard Guriyev's voice coming from his headphones, "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, don't worry, I will not ignore you. I will try my best to draw some of the troops to rush to support you. Before our reinforcements arrive, you must firmly block the enemy."
Chapter completed!