A new day has begun.
While continuing to attack the Barrier Factory, Silicate Factory and Derzhinsky Tractor Factory, the German army drew the "Edelsheim" battle group of the 24th Armored Division to launch an attack on the Workers' Village, the family area of ​​the Red October factory.
From his observation room, Sokov saw seven or eight German tanks slowly moving forward along the ruined streets. Behind the tanks were groups of German infantry slapped.
"Comrade Commander," Samoilov, who was standing next to Sokov, couldn't help but say with concern when he saw the German army's attack scale: "The enemy has dispatched so many tanks, can we stop them?"
"Don't worry, Lieutenant Samoilov." Hearing Samoilov's question, Sokov continued to observe the movements of the enemy with his telescope, and replied: "We will block them."
Looking at the enemy's tanks, carefully circling the rubble on the streets and advancing towards the Soviet defense, Sokov couldn't help but smile bitterly. He thought to himself that if the anti-tank guns seized on Liumian Street could still be used, the slow-moving tanks of the Germans would be the living targets of artillery.
However, all the captured anti-tank guns were exhausted, and when Sokov and his friends handed over the defense, they all exploded. Therefore, they could only watch the enemy's tanks getting closer and closer to the newly established defense line.
At this moment, the sound of machine gun shooting sounded in a building on the roadside. Although it was a bit far apart, Sokov still heard that the Dergegalev light machine gun was shooting. This machine gun with a capacity of 47 rounds was the most effective fire support weapon of the Soviet army.
The machine gunner knew that the machine gun's bullets could not penetrate the tank's armor, so his target was to attack the infantry behind the tank. Amid a series of gunfire, five or six German soldiers who did not hide in the shooting corner were shot and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Sokov was overjoyed and quickly grabbed the phone on the side and said to the microphone: "Ltd. Colonel Papchinko, order the soldiers to open fire at the German soldiers behind the tank. As long as the infantry is killed, their tanks will not be a concern."
With Sokov's order issued, the soldiers who were standing in buildings closer to the enemy fired fire. They strictly followed the orders and did not shoot at the tanks in vain, but aimed at the infantry following behind and killed them in pieces on the streets.
The sudden gunfire scared the captain in the first German tank. When he found that the bullets flying out of the roadside building were shooting at the infantry behind the tank, he immediately understood in his heart that the Russians who were shooting only had light weapons and no anti-tank weapons, so he could only shoot at the infantry behind him.
The commander quickly ordered the parking, then turned the guns and shot at the building with the most fierce fire. The hasty shells did not hit the target, but hit a wall. Amid the explosion at the distance, the already crumbling wall collapsed. Two soldiers hiding behind could not dodge and were buried under the falling bricks and stones.
The German chariot commander was not satisfied with such results. He only saw that the machine guns in the building were still firing, causing casualties to the infantry following behind the tank. After the gunner reloaded, he redirected the muzzle to aim at the location of the machine gun and decisively issued an order to fire.
There was a loud "boom". The machine gun that was still firing just now was blown into parts and splashed everywhere. The main and deputy machine gunners were also blown to pieces and fell to the ground and twitched in pain. The surviving ammunition hand quickly dragged the two to a relatively safe place, and then shouted at the back: "Sanitation officer, sanitation officer, there are wounded people here, come here quickly!"
Seeing that the Soviet machine gun fire point had been destroyed, the German tanks, whose muzzles were still smoking, started again, bypassed the rubble blocking in front of them, and continued to drive along the street. A brave soldier, holding a bundle of cluster grenades, rushed out of the building next to him. Before he could pull the fuse, he was shot by the German soldiers following behind the tank and fell straight into the ruins.
Seeing his comrades fall down, a soldier poked out half of his body from the window without window frames, raised his rifle in his hand, and fired at the infantrymen following the tank. As soon as he fired two shots, the German army downstairs threw a grenade into the window. The explosion sounded, and the soldiers who were shooting flew out of the window with a thick smoke and fell heavily on the street. The German soldiers standing not far away rushed forward and fired two shots at the soldiers who were trying to struggle.
Due to the lack of effective anti-tank weapons, the German tanks only blew up one of them when they advanced to the small square. In order to blow up the tank, at least twenty soldiers paid their lives.
After the German tanks arrived at the small square, they immediately lined up, with the muzzles facing the buildings on one side of the square, and were about to use artillery fire to cover their infantry to launch a charge.
When Sokov saw that the German troops had successfully advanced to the small square in the middle of the Workers' New Village, he was very anxious. He picked up the phone again and asked Papchinko loudly: "Lieutenant Colonel Papchinko, what's going on? Less than half an hour after the battle started, the German tanks rushed into the small square in the Workers' New Village. If they were asked to advance at this speed, they would be able to rush into the factory area in less than an hour."
Papqinko, who was scolded, said aggrievedly: "Comrade Commander, we lack effective anti-tank weapons and can only use anti-tank grenades or cluster grenades to blow up enemy tanks. However, there are infantry covers behind the enemy tanks, and many of our anti-tank soldiers were knocked down by the enemy as soon as they left the building..."
"The enemy is about to launch an attack on the buildings on the east side of the square." Sokov looked at the row of black holes in the distance and said with a stern face: "I hope you can find a way to block their attack."
"Comrade Commander," Papuqinko said with a sad face when he heard Sokov's order: "There is more than 150 meters away from the building to the German tanks in the center of the square, and our anti-tank hands can't rush through it at all."
"Ltd. Colonel Papuchinko, fighting is not just about courage. You have to use your brain more." Sokov was so angry about Papuchinko's stubbornness. He shouted at the microphone: "Immediately send someone to the sewer to enter the buildings occupied by the German army and drive them out of it."
"But, comrade, if I send someone to compete with the enemy for buildings, the frontal defense will become weak." Papchinko said cautiously: "As soon as the enemy attacks me, our frontal defense will collapse."
"If the enemy has firmly stood firm in the residential area, even if we barely held the existing position, it would be useless." Sokov said angrily: "As long as the Germans find that their backs are unstable, they will not dare to concentrate all their strength to attack you. Do you understand?"
"I understand, comrade of the division commander." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, he replied: "I will immediately send someone to the sewer to enter the buildings occupied by the German army and drive out all the enemies inside."
"That's right, Lieutenant Colonel Papchinko." Seeing that the other party agreed to send someone to regain the lost building through the sewer, Sokov said with satisfaction: "Don't worry, you are not fighting alone, I will find a way to help you."
Sokov said this, but he was unsure. If the tank brigade of Bolei was still in the factory, he only needed a phone call and immediately a group of T-34s rushed over and used the No. 3 tanks parked in the square as targets. Unfortunately, Bolei's troops were all transferred away, and he could only watch the enemy tanks show their power on the opposite side.
However, Sokov still called Director Peter with a lucky heart, hoping to get some help from him. As soon as the phone was called, he couldn't wait to say, "Hello, Director Peter, I am Colonel Sokov, I want to ask you for help if I have something to do!"
"Hello, Colonel Sokov." Peter heard the call from Sokov, thinking that he was asking about the production of grenades, and quickly replied: "You are asking about the production of grenades, right? Don't worry, our workers have started production and can provide you with enough grenades within the specified time."
;"No, Comrade Director, I'll call you, not for grenades." Sokov said with some embarrassment: "It's for something else."
"For something else?" Peter asked in confusion: "What else?"
"That's right, Comrade Director." Sokov explained to Peter: "General Guriyev's 39th Guard Division was transferred by his superiors. Now one of my regiments is standing in the residential area. Because we lack sufficient anti-tank weapons, after some battle, the enemy's tanks have rushed into the square of the Workers' New Village..."
"What, the enemy has rushed into the square of the Workers' New Village?" Peter immediately jumped out of his seat when he heard this. He said excitedly: "Comrade Colonel, if you can't stop the enemy, they will soon rush into the factory area. You know what the defense in the factory is, and you can't stop the enemy's armored forces at all..."
"I know, I know everything." Sokov nodded repeatedly and said, "It was because of this issue that I called you. I hope you can provide us with several tanks to deal with the enemy's tanks."
"What, do you still want tanks?!" Peter said with some amusement about Sokov's request: "Col. Sokov, you should know that due to the enemy's attack, our tank production has almost stopped production. The tanks in stock have been handed over to Colonel Bere, and now there is no tank."
Although Sokov guessed this possibility when he called, he felt disappointed when he heard Peter say this with his own ear. He asked unwillingly: "Then can you provide us with anti-tank weapons?"
"There are still several 85mm anti-aircraft guns," Peter said thoughtfully: "Although the number of shells is not large, the tanks used to deal with the enemy are still not a big problem."
Sokov has seen those 85mm anti-aircraft guns. If there is no vehicle towing, it will be very difficult to drag them from the storage location to the workers' new village. And it is fighting at this moment. If the enemy finds a group of soldiers coming over with an anti-aircraft gun, they will definitely greet them with artillery fire. At that time, not only will the anti-aircraft guns be used for use, but they will instead attract unnecessary casualties.
"Comrade Commander," Samoilov was next to him when Sokov was commanding defense operations in the factory area of ​​the Red October factory. He had seen the scene of a female anti-aircraft artillery battalion beating an enemy tank with 37mm anti-aircraft artillery, and whispered from the side: "You can also consider 37mm anti-aircraft artillery."
A word woke up the dreamer. Samoilov's words reminded Sokov of the scene of defending the assembly workshop. Although most of the destroyed tanks were caused by the condescending shooting of 37mm anti-aircraft guns, which penetrated their weak top armor. However, under the current circumstances, if you shoot at a distance of one or two hundred meters, you can also penetrate the front armor of the enemy's tank No. 3. Sokov quickly said to the microphone: "Comrade Director, do you have 37mm anti-aircraft guns? This anti-aircraft gun is very effective in dealing with enemy tanks at close range."
"Sad, Colonel Sokov." Peter sighed on the phone and said, "All the 37mm anti-aircraft guns in the factory were transferred to the direction of Derzhinsky by the Army Command. There is no one in the factory now." He might have guessed what Sokov was going to ask, so he said first, "As for why there are a few 85mm anti-aircraft guns left, they are completely unable to transport them because they have no towing vehicles, so they stayed in the factory."
There were no tanks, not even anti-aircraft guns that could destroy enemy tanks. Sokov was a little crazy. He knew very well that if he could not stop the enemy tanks, the defense established in the workers' new village would soon be torn apart, and at that time he could only watch the enemy rushing towards the factory with his might.
Hearing Sokov remained silent, Peter felt his annoyance and hurriedly said, "Col. Sokov, there is a new prototype car in the factory, but it has not been tested yet. If you don't object, I will hand over this tank to you..."
When Sokov learned that there was a prototype of a new tank in the factory, he saw hope again. He asked quickly: "Comrade Director, can you find the driver? If not, I will send someone here immediately." When Sokov said this, he even thought that if there was no driver, he would act as a driver himself.
"Some, some," fortunately Peter's answer calmed down: "I have a few tank soldiers here, and I can let them drive this sample car to support you."
Chapter completed!