After dawn, the first one to launch an attack on the Soviet army was the 50th Armored Engineer Battalion stationed in Factory No. 4, and two assault guns were cooperated with them. The Soviet commanders and fighters who were holding their positions saw that the enemy's attack began, entered the fortifications one after another and were ready for combat.
However, they soon discovered that the German army that launched the attack, unlike the troops they had seen before, did not follow the assault guns and rushed towards their positions. Instead, as soon as they left the trenches, the attacking soldiers disappeared in the craters or behind the ruins, and even the assault guns hid in the ruins, making the Soviet artillery regiment unable to find the target of attack.
"What the hell is going on?" Captain Vasily, the commander of the first battalion, who was on the position of the 650th Infantry Regiment, could not help but say to himself: "Are they attacking or playing hide-and-seek with us?"
Lieutenant Colonel Gusman, the commander of the 650th Regiment, turned his head and looked at Vasily, and said coldly: "Comrade Captain, no matter whether the enemy wants to attack or play hide and seek with us, if they want to rush into our position, they must pass through the open space in front, and they will be intercepted by our firepower at that time."
Vasily agreed with Lieutenant Colonel Guzman's statement. He had to rush into the position to the ruins and pass through an open land of more than 80 meters in the middle. As long as the enemy entered this area, the infantry firepower on the position and the artillery regiments in the rear would cause them huge casualties. But somehow, Vasily always had a sense of ominous premonition in his heart, and he didn't know where something went wrong.
Just when Vasily did not understand where this ominous premonition came from, he saw a group of German soldiers rushing out from behind the ruins. Seeing the enemy rushing out, a machine gun fire point in front of the position immediately opened fire, and two machine guns sprayed flames formed a cross-fire network to block the Germans' way forward.
When the group of German soldiers saw the Soviet firepower and opened fire, they immediately jumped into the nearby bullet crater. Only one or two unlucky soldiers were hit by bullets and fell on the dark land on their backs.
Seeing the German soldiers' reaction so quickly, Vasily immediately realized that the enemy's actions were likely to be a conspiracy, just like figuring out the firepower point on the position. He hurriedly shouted at Guzman: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, this is the German conspiracy, hurry up and order the firepower point to stop shooting." Then he shouted a little too late, and only heard a loud "boom". The firepower point that was still shooting just now broke into the sky.
"Damn, where are the German assault guns hidden?" Seeing that the machine gun fire point in his regiment was bombarded by the enemy assault guns, Guzman's face turned blue, he shouted angrily: "Why are you fighting so accurately?"
Vasilybjgusman observed carefully. He found that before the fire point was destroyed by the enemy's artillery fire, it seemed that a ball of fire had exploded on the cover, and then it was destroyed by the hidden assault cannon. He held up his telescope and looked for a while, and found that the enemy was hiding behind the craters or ruins, and he could not see their specific locations at all.
Vasily put down his telescope and said to Guzman: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, let the fire point beside you shoot at the enemy."
"What, you still have to shoot at the Germans?" Guzman couldn't help but be anxious when he heard Vasily say this: "The fire point just now is probably destroyed by the enemy before even a bullet disk is finished. Now you let another fire point shoot, don't you let the Germans take them as targets?"
"Lt. Colonel," Vasily told Guzman: "I think there may be enemy artillery observers who guide the targets for the assault guns hidden behind the ruins. They are too hidden to find them at all. Now, only by letting the fire point take risks can these damn artillery observers be exposed."
Seeing Guzman hesitating, Vasily was anxious: "Don't worry, comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I will not let your warrior die in vain. You let the machine gunner of the fire point shoot half a shuttle at the crater where the enemy is hiding, and then quickly transfer the location. In this way, even if the enemy artillery observer discovers the location of the fire point and guides the assault gun attack, our warriors will not be in danger."
Although Guzman was a lieutenant colonel and Vasily was just a captain, because Lyudnikov had specially instructed him to cooperate with Vasily, he could not simply deny Vasily's proposal, but repeatedly weighed the pros and cons of his heart, nodded and said, "Okay, Comrade Captain, let the No. 3 fire point shoot at the enemy as you said."
After saying that, Lieutenant Colonel Guzman picked up the phone on the table and said to the microphone: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Guzman, and ordered the No. 3 fire point to shoot at the enemy... I know that I saw the enemy's artillery destroying the No. 5 fire point. In order to avoid similar situations again, I will help you to let the machine gunners in the No. 3 fire point shoot half a bullet plate at the enemy, and then immediately transfer the position. In this way, even if the enemy's artillery destroys the No. 3 fire point, our soldiers will not be harmed."
A few minutes later, the machine gun in the No. 3 fire point shot at the German hiding place. Vasily, holding a telescope, soon saw a steel helmet rising from a crater. A German soldier lay on the edge of the crater and looked in the direction of the machine gun shooting. Then he raised the pistol in his hand and aimed at the fire point.
"It's a joke to use a pistol to fire the fire." Vasily just laughed at the other party in his heart, and immediately realized something was wrong. The German soldier was holding a pistol, but a signal gun. Could it be that the enemy used a signal gun to indicate the direction for the assault gun?
Just as he was thinking about this, the German soldiers had already pulled the trigger. After a signal ejected, they hit the location of the fire point accurately. After the German soldiers fired the signal flare, they immediately retracted the crater. Soon, a shell roared and directly destroyed the exposed fire point No. 3.
"I understand. It turns out that the enemy uses signal flares to guide the target for hidden assault guns." Vasily put down his telescope and said to Guzman: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I have figured it out that the enemy's artillery observers are hiding in the crater in front. Once we find our fire point, we will immediately use signal guns to guide the target for the assault guns."
Two firepower points were dropped by the enemy's artillery fire contact, Guzman felt a sense of anger, but the enemy's artillery observer was hiding in the crater. Even if he was angry, he would have no way to deal with the other party. He looked at Vasily and asked in a muffled voice: "Comrade Captain, do you have any good ways to destroy the enemy's artillery observer?"
Considering that the German artillery observers were elusive, it was obviously unrealistic to use machine gun fire to destroy them. Maybe as soon as the fire was opened, the other party directly used a signal gun to guide the attack target for the assault gun. At that time, it would be impossible to steal the chicken. Vasily thought for a long time and said to Guzman: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, don't worry, I will report this matter to my regiment commander immediately and ask him what he could do."
After the phone was connected, Vasily briefly reported the situation to Belkin, and then said: "Comrade Commander, if the artillery observers hiding in the craters are not eliminated, the firepower points on our positions will be removed one by one by the Germans."
When Berkin knew Vasily and knew that he had said this, he must have thought of some effective method, so he asked, "Comrade Captain, do you have any good ways to destroy the enemy's artillery observers?"
"Comrade Commander, I need two snipers and a mortar team." Vasily said hurriedly on the phone: "With their help, I can destroy the enemy's artillery observers."
"It is a good idea to use snipers and mortars to deal with enemy artillery observers." Belkin nodded slightly after hearing this and said, "I will send snipers and mortars to you immediately."
As soon as Belkin put down the phone, Captain Vanya, the chief of staff of the regiment, asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, do you think we need to report this matter to the division commander?"
Belkin remembered that when he attacked last night, he concealed from Sokov that the sewer was blown up by the enemy, which made Sokov very dissatisfied. Now that the enemy's offensive tactics have been adjusted, the soldiers were at a loss. If he did not report to Sokov in time and waited for him to learn about this through other news channels, he would be passive.
Sokov didn't close his eyes all night. Based on his memory, he restored the appearance drawings of the SU76 self-propelled cannon and wrote some precautions for modifying the self-propelled cannon. After all, he stretched and was about to find a place to take a nap, the phone on the table that belonged to him rang.
Sokov grabbed the microphone and put it in his ear and said, "I am Sokov, where are you?"
"It's me, Misha." Belkin said in a low voice: "What's wrong today."
"What's wrong?!" Belkin's words made Sokov's sleepy worm disappear without a trace: "Comrade Political Commissar, what did you find wrong?"
"The enemy is attacking the joint positions of the 650th Regiment and the 1st Battalion and the 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion," Bell said carefully: "They have adopted new offensive tactics..." He told Sokov what Vasily had just reported, and finally added, "I sent snipers and mortars to Captain Vasily, hoping to eliminate the artillery observers hidden in the craters."
"Comrade Political Commissar, you just said that the tactics used by the enemy attacking today are very different from those before." Sokov asked tentatively after Berkin finished speaking: "Am I right?"
"It's totally correct!" Belkin nodded and said, "In the past, the enemies attacked our positions under the cover of tanks or assault guns. Today, we can't see an enemy at all, even the enemy's assault guns are hidden behind ruins. Even if we want to fight, we can't find the target."
After Belkin said this, Sokov immediately thought of another German army unit and said thoughtfully: "Did the Germans send engineer battalions to take on the task of attacking the barricade factory?"
"Engineer, what kind of engineer?" When Sokov mentioned the engineer, Belkin said blankly: "Misha, you won't say goodbye, are you? Engineers are good at building pontoon bridges, repairing roads, and placing mines. If we fight, we may be able to deal with them and a battalion in one company."
"Comrade Political Commissar, you can't underestimate the enemy." Seeing that Belkin disagreed, Sokov quickly reminded him: "The enemy dispatched not ordinary engineers, but assault engineers. Their combat effectiveness is far less than we imagined, and it is even much stronger than the combat effectiveness of the National Defense Forces.
Now the enemy is attacking the positions of the 650th Regiment. It won’t take long before the positions of the 544th and 768th Regiment will also be attacked by engineers. You should say hello to the commanders and fighters of our division on these positions and let them use new tactics to deal with the enemy."
Putting down the phone, Sokov said to Lyudnikov sitting opposite him: "Comrade Colonel, according to the report of Commander Belkin, the enemy dispatched at least one engineer battalion and adopted new tactics to deal with us. You must let your subordinates take good measures to avoid being caught off guard by the enemy."
"I understand, I'll call the team leader now."
Taking advantage of the call of Lyudnikov, Sokov walked to the door and shouted outside: "Lt. Samoilov, come to me."
When Han Zhan heard Sokov, Samoilov, who was not far away, immediately jogged over, straightened his body and asked Sokov respectfully: "Comrade Commander, do you have any instructions?"
Sokov stuffed the drawings and precautions in his hand into Samoilov's hands and instructed him: "Comrade Lieutenant, immediately send someone to send the drawings and precautions to Director Peter of the Red October Factory. Remember, once you encounter an enemy on the road, you should immediately destroy the drawings and precautions. You must never let these things fall into the hands of the Germans. Do you understand?"
"I understand completely, comrade of the division commander." Samoilov said in a positive tone: "I will send two smart warriors to deliver this to Director Peter."
"Very good!" Sokov was very satisfied with Samoilov's attitude. He nodded and urged the other party: "Comrade Lieutenant, time is tight, don't be slow, take action immediately."
When Sokov returned to the house, he found that Lyudnikov had finished calling and asked casually: "Comrade Colonel, have you notified all troops?"
"Yes, I have called all three regiment commanders and ordered them to cooperate with your subordinates to deal with the Germans who are preparing to attack the positions." After saying this, Lyudnikov instinctively asked: "Col. Sokov, do you think we can block the attack of the enemy engineers?"
Chapter completed!