Chapter 165 Offensive Battle in a New Direction (Part 2)
The troops participating in the attack on the town of Maklaki included, in addition to Sokov's Istrian battalion, a full regiment of the 97th Infantry Division, the 322nd Infantry Division and the 11th Guards Rifle Division.
After half an hour of artillery preparations, before the smoke cleared, troops of the 97th Infantry Division launched a charge towards the town.
Sokov, who was staying at the starting position of the attack, stood in his observation post, raised his telescope, and looked at the friendly soldiers wearing khaki short cotton uniforms and holding rifles, forming a dense formation in the white snow.
, while striding towards the town where smoke was still billowing, the muscles on Sokov's face couldn't help but twitch violently. He was thinking in his mind: Why should such a dense formation be used? Doesn't the commander know?
Can the Germans just use a few machine guns to knock down the soldiers in pieces?
When the attacking troops were still more than 500 meters away from the town, the German troops holding on to the town opened fire. The mortar shells fell in the dense formation of the Soviet troops, raising clouds of smoke and knocking down one soldier after another. But the ones in front of them fell to the ground.
As soon as a gap appeared in the queue, the soldiers behind immediately stepped up to fill it, and the entire team moved forward towards the town without stopping.
Seeing the soldiers falling one after another under the attack of German artillery fire, Sokov couldn't help but take a breath and thought to himself, who is the commander of this unit? He actually let the soldiers charge in such a dense formation, isn't it?
Let them die?
When the soldiers were less than a hundred meters away from the town, a row of large and small fires suddenly flashed in the direction of the town. The advancing soldiers seemed to have hit an invisible wall, and a large number fell with a crackle. Facing them,
With such intensive firepower from the German army, the most correct approach should be to lie down on the spot, fire back, and wait for an opportunity to launch an attack in the direction of the town. But the commander leading the team did not know what to do. Not only did the soldiers not lie down on the spot,
, on the contrary, he accelerated his speed and continued to rush forward, as if he wanted to brave the enemy's bullets and rush into the town.
"Idiot, just an idiot." Seeing such pig teammates, Sokov was so angry that he punched the wall with his fist and cursed: "If we fight like this, everyone will die.
, and don’t even think about rushing into the town.”
"What's the matter, comrade battalion commander?" Belkin, who was walking along the offensive route with several company commanders, heard Sokov's scolding and couldn't help but come over and asked curiously: "What happened, let you
Are you so angry?"
"Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander," Sokov angrily thrust the telescope into Belgin's hand and said angrily: "Look, how do our friendly forces fight?"
Belkin raised his binoculars and looked toward the distant fighting town for a while, then said: "The German army's firepower is very fierce, but our soldiers are very tenacious. They are continuing to charge despite the enemy's bullets."
"Stupid, absolutely stupid." Sokov, who was standing in front of the table, slapped the table with his hands and shouted hysterically: "If any of my subordinates dare to line up the soldiers during the attack,
With such a dense formation, I rushed forward and made the Germans a target. I killed him without saying a word."
The company commanders gathered around the table, seeing Sokov's inexplicable attack, all looked at each other and didn't know what to say. Fortunately, Vanya was smarter and quickly came to the lookout, raised his telescope and looked at
In the direction of the town, we could clearly see the bloody battle going on. With Vanya taking the lead, the other company commanders also used their binoculars to watch the friendly forces' battle progress in front of the lookout.
After all the company commanders had finished reading, Sokov said: "Comrades, commanders, it is inevitable to make sacrifices in order to achieve victory. But if you are like the friendly forces, wearing conspicuous military uniforms and lining up in dense rows,
It would be a bit too stupid to rush over to let the Germans use their formation as a target. What is even more annoying is that when encountering the enemy's intensive firepower, the commander did not order the soldiers to lie down on the spot and fight with the enemy.
Instead of firing at each other, he ordered them to speed up the charge in an attempt to rush into the town despite the enemy's bullets."
When Sokov said this, he paused intentionally for a moment to observe the expressions on the faces of the company commanders. After seeing a disapproving expression on someone's face, he said seriously: "Everyone has seen the German firepower.
How violent it is, for such a density of firepower, it is the most stupid thing to use human lives to deal with it. Friendly soldiers are not fighting, but being slaughtered, and their sacrifices are meaningless."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, what should we do if it is our battalion's turn to attack?" Andrei waited for Sokov to finish speaking and immediately asked: "Can you give us a clear instruction?"
If he had just arrived in this time and space, Sokov might have asked everyone to adopt the "three-three system" assault tactic, but after practice, he found that in order to use this tactic skillfully, cooperation between each other is very important. And
After several large-scale replenishments in the battalion, before the soldiers had time to get to know each other, their comrades died or were injured and left the unit. In this case, the use of the "three-three system" assault tactic not only had limited effect.
, and it will also cause unnecessary confusion.
In response to Andre's question, Sokov was silent for a while and then said slowly: "When attacking, we should adopt a loose formation. When encountering enemy fire interception, our machine guns and rear artillery fire should immediately target
The firepower is suppressed so that our infantry can continue to advance..."
After explaining the offensive tactics to the company commanders, Sokov waved to them and said: "Okay, let's all go back to our respective companies. It might be our turn to attack soon."
After the company commanders left, Sokov felt as if all his strength had been drained. He sat down holding on to the edge of the table, staring at the map in front of him in a daze, thinking about where to choose the main direction of attack if it was his turn to attack.
What location?
"Comrade Battalion Commander," Bergin, who was standing in front of the lookout, suddenly turned to Sokov and said, "Come and see, the friendly troops have already withdrawn."
Hearing what Belkin said, Sokov quickly stood up and came to the lookout, took the telescope and looked into the distance. He saw soldiers of the 97th Infantry Division retreating sparsely, some supporting him
The wounded soldiers were far behind. If the Germans had not stopped shooting, they would probably all be in fear for their lives. In front of the town, there were piles of Soviet soldiers who died in various postures.
Sokov put down the telescope, sighed, and said: "The friendly attack has failed. It seems that it will be our turn soon."
