Shamrich never had troops to carry out overnight attack missions. According to his idea, as long as he could get the support of artillery fire during attack, with the combat effectiveness of the sailors, he could completely break through the enemy's defensive positions. But the order is the order. Since Belkin issued him the order for night attack, he could only execute it unconditionally.
In order to ensure the success of the night attack, he personally followed the Second Company. He and Captain Agranov were in a crater. He watched the sailors not lined up in a scattered formation like they did in the previous attack, holding a bayonet rifle, and walking towards the enemy's position with big steps, holding their heads and chests, but crawling forward in groups of three or five. In order to prevent the enemy from being discovered, their movements were very light and they tried not to make any sound. Seeing all this, he couldn't help but sigh softly.
After hearing this, Agranov, who was standing by, asked curiously: "Comrade Battalion Commander, why are you sighing?"
"Captain, look at our soldiers." Shamrich pointed at the commander and fighter who was crawling forward, and said with a bitter face: "It's probably the first time that such a sneaky style of fighting is."
"Yes, this is indeed the first time in the battalion commander." Agranov said in agreement, and then whispered: "But I have to say that our use of this tactical attack can minimize the casualties of the troops..."
Before Agranov finished speaking, Shamrich suddenly pushed his shoulder and said uneasy: "It seems that there is something moving ahead."
"Move?!" Agranov couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Shamrich say this: "It was our action, was it discovered by the enemy?"
"No, we were not discovered by the enemy, otherwise they would have shot." Shamrich raised his telescope and looked forward, but because the light was too dark, he could only see the outlines of ruins and could not see anything clearly. He decisively ordered Agranov: "Captain, immediately order the soldiers to stop advancing, and send two people to reconnaissance first, and find out what was going on in the enemy's position."
After receiving the order from Shamrich, Agranov climbed out of the crater, first sending a signal to stop the troops, and then instructing the two soldiers lying not far away: "You two go to the front to reconnaissance and find out what happened on the German positions."
Watching two soldiers on reconnaissance missions disappear into the darkness, Shamrich said to Agranov: "Captain, prepare the soldiers for battle. Once we are discovered by the Germans, it is necessary to adopt the tactic of strong attack."
After waiting for about five minutes, a soldier sent out for reconnaissance crawled back and reported to Shamricht: "Comrade Battalion Commander, the enemy is withdrawing from the position and moving to the west."
"What, the enemy is retreating?" Agranov's first reaction when he heard the warrior's report was that the other party had made a mistake, and he quickly asked, "You are not mistaken, are you?"
"You can't read it wrong, Comrade Corps." The soldier reported excitedly: "The enemy not only retreated from the factory, but also the enemies who stayed in the trenches outside the factory were retreating one after another. The movement we heard was made by the enemy during the retreat."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, the division commander is really predictable. He said that the enemy was going to retreat, and now he really started to retreat." Confirmation that the Germans began to retreat, Agranov became excited: "Since the enemy has begun to escape, let's take action immediately and catch the enemy off guard."
Agranov's proposal made Shamrih feel excited. He felt that since the enemy had begun to retreat, he could devote all his strength to the attack. He nodded, called a correspondent soldier, and told him: "Go back and notify the deputy battalion commander immediately. Except for a few people who left their positions, send me the first and third companies."
The communications soldier agreed and got up and was about to run away, but was stopped by Shamrich. He felt that since he was about to put all his troops into the attack, he had to establish a contact with the rear, so he instructed the communications soldier: "Also, find a way to lead a telephone line so that we can contact the regiment headquarters in time."
The Second Battalion, which was responsible for attacking directly west of the factory, also found that the enemy was retreating while approaching the enemy's position. Captain Goria, the second battalion commander who led the attack, immediately reported the situation to the Battalion Commander Brisky through the phone number he carried.
After listening to Goria's report, Brisky asked excitedly: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, are you really sure that the enemy is retreating?"
"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander." Goria replied according to the regulations: "I sent two batches of scouts to conduct reconnaissance, and both got the same results."
"Very good, this is great." Brisky was also excited to learn that the enemy was beginning to retreat: "You should quietly approach the enemy's position according to the original plan. I will report the situation here to the regiment commander and wait for his further orders."
After finishing the call with Goria, Brisky immediately contacted Belkin and reported with excitement: "Comrade Commander, tell you a good news, the enemy has begun to retreat."
"The enemy has begun to retreat?" Belkin was stunned when he heard the news, and then asked back: "Are you retreating across the board, or the direction where your second battalion is?"
Berkin's question stopped Brisky. After a long time, he murmured: "Comrade Commander, I have not contacted the troops on the left and right wings yet. I don't know whether the enemy will retreat across the board or the area where our battalion is responsible."
"Okay, let your soldiers be ready for battle." After Berkin finished speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for Brisky to speak, and then ordered the Chief of Staff Captain Vanya: "Comrade Chief of Staff, immediately contact the First Battalion and the Marine Battalion to ask them what the enemy is there?"
"Yes! I will contact the commanders of the other two battalions immediately." Vanya agreed loudly, then picked up the phone on the table and began to contact the first battalion and the Marine Battalion.
"Comrade Commander, the enemy has really begun to retreat?" The regiment political commissar Dmitry asked with a quick breath: "So, are we going to win the victory of defending the city?"
"Comrade Political Commissar, it's a bit too early to say victory." Belkin looked at Dmitry and said, "Our current mission is to take advantage of the opportunity of the enemy's retreat and attack them hard and regain the lost positions from their hands. At the same time, they are firmly restrained in the factory, so that they cannot draw troops to reinforce areas attacked by our army..."
Before Belkin finished speaking, a series of explosions came from outside. Through the holes in the wall, Belkin looked at the fire in the distance and asked puzzledly: "What's going on outside? Why are there only explosions and no gunshots?"
Vanya put down the phone, walked to the hole, raised the telescope and looked for a while, then turned around and said to Belkin in surprise: "Comrade Commander, I understand, the explosion was the enemy stepping on the mine." Before Belkin asked, he took the initiative to say, "You should remember that before the division commander left us, he asked the engineers to find a way to transfer the mines buried by the enemy. It should be that the enemy stepped on the mines buried by our engineers during the retreat."
"This is really wonderful." Dmitry said with a smile when he heard this: "The division commander's move is really wonderful with German mines to blow up the enemy."
After hearing this, Belkin didn't say anything, but nodded, then got up and walked to the hole, took the telescope from Wanya's hand, and looked forward. With the help of the firelight in the distance, he saw people running around. He couldn't help but turn the telescope to the defense area of ​​the 138th Division, wanting to see what they were doing.
Unfortunately, after watching for a long time, I didn't see any movement on the defensive position. Just as Belkin sighed and was disappointed with the Lyudnikov division, feeling that they had missed such a good opportunity in vain, he suddenly saw a series of flashes of big and small sizes appearing on the position to the east.
After the flash, the roar of artillery came. Vanya, who was standing beside him, understood what was going on in an instant. He said excitedly: "Comrade Commander, it is the artillery, the artillery of the 138th Division is firing." In fact, even if Vanya doesn't say it, Belkin can quickly figure out who is firing the artillery. After all, in the entire barricade factory, only the 138th Division has an incomplete artillery regiment.
The shells flew towards the retreating German army like raindrops, and exploded in a chaotic and crowded formation because of landmines. Because the German formation was too dense, each drop of shells could cause them huge casualties. Amid the screams, the already chaotic troops became more and more chaotic, and the surviving German soldiers began to flee in all directions to avoid the Soviet artillery attack.
The sound of artillery turned red. Lyudnikov, who was staying in the command center, was alarmed. He stood up and found a position that was conducive to observation. While lifting the telescope and looking at the position where the shells fell, he ordered his chief of staff: "Chief of staff, call the artillery regiment and ask them why they fired the artillery?"
The chief of staff quickly got the answer from the artillery regiment commander Major Savage and quickly reported to Lyudnikov: "Report to the division commander, Major Savage reported that they heard the explosions from outside, so they carefully observed the direction of the movement and found that the enemy was retreating. Because time was tight, he had no time to ask for instructions, so he ordered all the artillery to fire."
"This guy dares to make decisions without authorization." After listening to the Chief of Staff's report, Lyudnikov gritted his back teeth and said, "I don't even call me, I just ordered the artillery to fire without authorization. I will definitely not forgive him."
"Comrade Commander," Titov heard what Lyudnikov said, worried that he would punish Savage, so he came out to smooth things out: "Major Savage is good at seizing fighter jets and destroying the enemy's vitality. We should praise this. However, their shells are limited, and the shelling will not last long. What should we do next? Please make an idea soon."
Lyudnikov was originally planning to wait until dawn to decide whether to counterattack the enemy according to the orders of his superiors, but Major Savage fired without authorization, disrupted his plan and made him trough. At this moment, when he heard the political commissar Titov ask him to make a decision quickly, he gritted his teeth and shouted at the Chief of Staff: "Chief of Staff, record my order!"
After the Chief of Staff agreed, he came to Lyudnikov and waited for his orders to be issued. Seeing that the Chief of Staff was in his position, Lyudnikov began to dictate the order: "The 544th Regiment held its existing position, the 650th and 768th Regiments attacked the German army at all."
Due to the obstruction and distance of the buildings, the artillery fire of the artillery regiment can only bombard the enemies in the west and northwest directions. However, for the Soviet commanders and fighters who are about to launch a counterattack, it is more than enough.
Shortly after the shelling began, the first and third companies of the Marine Battalion left the defensive positions one after another and rushed to meet with Shamrih. Seeing that the main forces of the battalion arrived, Shamrih jumped out of the crater, and pointed at the position where the fire and explosions were rising from time to time, shouting loudly: "Brothers of Sailors, the day for our counterattack has finally come. Come with me, destroy every enemy you see, and move forward at full speed!"
Seeing the battalion commander take the lead in charge, the sailors and soldiers were all very motivated, holding guns and imitating the battalion commander's appearance, shouting: "Go forward at full speed!"
Several German soldiers left on the distant position were already frightened and panicked when they saw the retreating troops being shelled. At this moment, they heard the shouts from the front of the position and were even more scared. They picked up their weapons and shot aimlessly in the direction of the sound. They had never thought at all whether they could concentrate their targets when they fired in such a random shot, but just wanted to give themselves courage through the dense gunfire.
The sailors' uniforms are different from those of the army. Their black uniforms can play a better hidden role when attacking at night. There were not a few German soldiers left on the front position, and they were scared away. They fought indiscriminately and did not cause much casualties to the sailors in the attack.
The sailors and soldiers with a rainbow of morale quickly approached the enemy's position and threw a row of grenades into the trenches. Except for a few sailors who entered the trenches to clear out the remaining enemies, the remaining soldiers jumped over the trenches and rushed towards the enemy who was in chaos in the artillery fire in the distance.
Some German soldiers who escaped from the artillery fire met sailors rushing towards them. Some were so scared that they turned around and fled to the area where they were bombarded, while others rushed up with guns, trying to fight to the death.
Speaking of bayonets, the Soviet army was better than the German army. In addition, they were elite sailors who rushed up, so their level of sting was even higher. The level of sting was high and they had an advantage in numbers. In just one or two minutes, the German soldiers who fought for bayonets were stabbed into broken sacks with blood everywhere by the bayonets of the sailors, and fell into a pool of blood without exception.
When Shamrich continued to rush forward with his soldiers, he was stopped by the deputy battalion commander who came from behind and saw it: "Comrade Battalion Commander, order the soldiers to stop moving forward and can't rush forward any more."
"Why?" Shamrich asked.
Chapter completed!