The Soviet soldiers never dreamed that the German armored vehicles drove over and started to attack without saying a word. They were caught off guard and seven or eight soldiers died heroically in the machine gun fire.
As soon as the gunfire rang out, the tarpaulins of the trucks parked behind the armored vehicles were lifted, and the German soldiers sitting in the carriages jumped down like dumplings. After the officers and soldiers got off the car, there was no assembly, but a group of three to five.
The group moved to remove the obstacles placed on the road and prepared to clear a passage so that the armored vehicles could smoothly rush into the storage area.
The machine gunners in the sandbag fortifications on the left and right sides of the gate instinctively hid in the fortifications when the machine guns on the armored vehicles started firing, escaping the fatal bullets. At this moment, they saw the German infantry moving obstacles, trying to let the armored vehicles rush into the storage area.
, quickly leaned out and shot.
After the machine guns in the sandbag fortifications roared, more than a dozen German soldiers who were moving obstacles fell down. The rest hurriedly fell down on the spot, or hid behind armored cars and trucks, and opened fire at the sandbag fortifications at the door.
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The soldiers on duty in the guard room also came to their senses at this moment. Knowing that the German army had begun to attack, they hurriedly picked up the phone on the table and called the company headquarters to report.
As soon as the call came through, the soldier shouted urgently: "Battle alert, enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Unexpectedly, a strange voice came from the other end of the phone: "The company commander is not here, what can I do for you?"
"This is the main entrance!" The soldier ignored who was answering the phone over there and continued to yell into the phone: "The enemy is attacking us. We are asking for support, asking for support!"
The person who answered the phone at the company headquarters was just a communications soldier. Hearing the guard's report, he realized the seriousness of the problem: "What, your place was attacked by the Germans?"
"Yes, the Germans are attacking." The soldier replied in panic: "Now there are only two machine gun fire points left outside the gate, and they are still resisting. No,... there is one machine gun fire point that has been knocked out by the Germans.
Now there is only one left..."
"Don't panic, I will immediately report to my superiors and ask for their support." The communications soldier said emotionally: "You must hold on until the reinforcements arrive!"
The sound of gunshots and grenade explosions coming from the direction of the main entrance alerted Mikhailev who was in the office building. He walked out of his office and came to the corridor. He looked at the main entrance with black smoke rising, and his heart surged.
I had an unknown premonition.
It happened that Narva entered the building with two soldiers. Hearing gunshots and explosions in the distance, he hurried up to the second floor to find out what happened.
As soon as Mikhail saw Narva, he quickly greeted him: "Comrade Captain, come and take a look. There are intensive gunshots and explosions from the direction of the main entrance, and even black smoke. It seems that...
There is something wrong with the front entrance."
"No way?!" Hearing what Mikhailev said, Narva had an expression of disbelief on his face: "I just came from that direction. It was calm outside and there must be no movement. How could there be a sudden battle?
"
Seeing that Narva expressed doubts about his words, Mikhailov did not explain much. Instead, he handed the binoculars in his hand to him and said at the same time: "Comrade Captain, if you don't believe it, you can see it for yourself."
In fact, even without a telescope, you can clearly see the black smoke rising in the direction of the main entrance, and hear the gunshots and explosions coming from that direction. Narva only took one look and realized that something had really happened.
He quickly said to Mikhailov: "Comrade Battalion Commander, it seems that there is indeed a problem in the direction of the main entrance."
"What is going on?" Faced with the sudden attack of the German army, Mikhailev was confused. He asked Narva: "Comrade Captain, why did the enemy suddenly attack us? Where are we?
Revealed a flaw, so that the enemy discovered his identity?"
Narva thought carefully for a moment, then shook his head and said: "After we occupied the warehouse, we did a good job of keeping it secret. We were always allowed in but not allowed out. The information could not be passed on at all. How did the Germans see through us?
"
"We will discuss this issue after the battle is over." Mikhailev asked Narva with a serious expression: "Comrade Captain, how many troops have you deployed at the main entrance to block the German attack?"
"I have placed a platoon there." Narva assured Mikhailov: "That is the platoon with the strongest combat effectiveness in our company. With them here, we will definitely be able to block the German attack."
However, as soon as they finished speaking, the gunfire from the direction of the gate became sparse. Then the two saw a German armored vehicle knocking down the iron gate and driving inward. Seeing this, Narva couldn't help but be stunned:
What a hell, just a few minutes into the battle, my platoon's position was easily broken through by the Germans?
"Here comes someone!" Mikhailev saw that as the armored vehicle entered the gate, groups of German soldiers appeared behind them. They were holding guns and hunched over, following the armored vehicle and cautiously heading towards the office building.
coming from the direction. He quickly called an officer and told him: "The enemy is rushing towards us. Immediately order everyone to prepare for battle."
After giving the instructions, Mikhailov did not ask about the preparations for war anymore. Instead, he returned to the office and prepared to call the other two company commanders and ask them to mobilize troops to support him. He originally planned to hold on in the warehouse for a few days, but in the end,
Less than ten minutes after the battle began, the German troops broke through the frontal defensive position of the first company and rushed into the Kurdistan Region. If their attack was not contained, the Kurdish Area would be reoccupied by the Germans before nightfall.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Mikhail entered the office, he found that Narva had also followed him in. He couldn't help but frowned: "Captain Narva, why don't you organize troops to resist the German attack? Come to my office."
do what?"
"Comrade Battalion Commander," Narva asked, his face flushed with embarrassment, "I would like to ask, what are your instructions?"
"My instructions are very simple." Mikhailev said with a straight face: "I just want to do everything possible to block the German attack."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was intensive gunfire outside. It should be the commanders and fighters upstairs and downstairs, who were firing at the enemies approaching the office building. Upon hearing this, Mikhailev raised his voice and said to Narva:
"Comrade Captain, I now order you to return to your company immediately, organize troops to resist, and drive out all enemies who have rushed into the Kurdistan area."
After driving away Narva, Mikhailov smiled bitterly and shook his head, thinking to himself: If the troops guarding the main gate were Yegor's second company, maybe the enemy would not be able to break through in such a short period of time.
Even if there is a breakthrough, Yegor will organize his troops to carry out a counterattack and strive to drive the enemy out of the reservoir area in the shortest possible time, instead of following him like a headless fly without knowing what to do.
After calling Yegor and the third company commander, Mikhailev came to the communications room again and said to the radio operator: "Radio operator, immediately send a telegram to the brigade headquarters saying that we have been attacked by the German army and the situation is very critical.
.”
When Mikhailov said this, he stopped, but the operator kept looking up at him and did not start to send the message.
Seeing this, Mikhailev asked with some confusion: "Operator, why didn't you send the report?"
"Comrade Battalion Commander, have you finished dictating your telegram?"
"It's over, any questions?"
"Comrade Battalion Commander," the operator reminded him cautiously: "You only mentioned that our situation is critical, but you did not ask for assistance from your superiors."
After figuring out what was going on, Mikhailov explained to the radio operator: "Comrade radio operator, when the main force of the brigade launches an attack on the enemy is decided by the superiors based on the battlefield situation, and it will not depend on whether we encounter
If you feel in danger, you can launch an attack on the German defense lines at will. Do you understand?"
Seeing that the radio operator was about to start sending the report, Mikhailev warned him: "If there is a call back from the brigade headquarters, send it to my office immediately."
"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander." The operator quickly replied: "As soon as I get a call back, I will send it to your office."
The German armored vehicles that rushed into the reservoir area stopped three hundred meters away from the office building, using vehicle-mounted machine guns to cover the infantry charge. However, the Soviet army had already deployed tight defenses in the office building, with five or six machine guns upstairs and downstairs.
The crossfire formed blocked the German charge route. After leaving more than forty corpses behind, the German troops who tried to rush into the building returned dejectedly to the factory gate, preparing to reintegrate the team before launching a new attack.
attack.
Mikhailev saw that although the enemy's attack had been repelled, the German armored vehicle was still parked three hundred meters away and kept firing machine guns in the direction of the office building. The machine guns in the office building kept firing at the armored vehicles.
Shooting, but because it was not an armor-piercing bullet, the bullet hit the armor plate and splashed countless sparks. Unfortunately, it could not penetrate the armor.
Mikhailev called an officer, pointed to the armored vehicle in the distance and asked: "This German armored vehicle is too arrogant, kill it immediately with a rocket launcher."
But after hearing this, the officer said bitterly: "Comrade Battalion Commander, have you forgotten that when we set out, in order to prevent our identities from being exposed, all our personnel were equipped with German equipment, assault rifles, new rockets and rocket launchers?
None of them were carried.”
The officer's words reminded Mikhailev that when he set out, in order to make his army look more like the German army, he was equipped with all German equipment. The only thing that was different from ordinary German troops was the submachine gun.
The number should be larger because there is enough ammunition in the warehouse and enough submachine guns to create a firepower advantage.
"What about anti-tank guns?" Without a rocket launcher, Mikhailev could only settle for the next best thing: "An anti-tank gun can easily destroy German armored vehicles at such a short distance."
"We don't have any here." The officer replied honestly: "But there should be some in the warehouse..."
Before the officer could finish speaking, Mikhailov interrupted him: "Since there may be anti-tank guns in the warehouse, why don't you send someone to find them quickly? Don't you know that every minute on the battlefield is
valuable."
Seeing that Mikhailev was angry, the officer did not dare to neglect. He quickly agreed, turned around and ran downstairs, preparing to personally lead people to the warehouse to search for anti-tank guns that could deal with German armored vehicles.
Looking at the German armored vehicle a few hundred meters away, Mikhailov gritted his teeth and said: "If we hadn't brought our rocket launcher here, how would you have been so arrogant."
The officer had just arrived downstairs and was gathering people to take them to the warehouse to find anti-tank guns. However, he saw Yegor coming in from the back door with a group of soldiers and quickly stepped forward to salute.
Seeing the other party preparing to leave, Yegor asked tentatively: "Lieutenant, where are you going?"
"Captain Yegor," the officer replied respectfully: "Although the German attack was repelled by us, their armored vehicles were still parked a few hundred meters away from the office building and kept shooting at us, creating a dangerous situation for us.
It's a big threat. The battalion commander ordered me to go to the warehouse immediately to find an anti-tank gun to kill the German armored vehicles."
"There's no need to go." Yegor said to the officer: "I guessed that the Germans might send out armored vehicles, but we didn't have effective weapons to deal with them, so I asked Comrade Victor for help and found some anti-tank guns for us.
." After saying that, he waved to the soldiers behind him and ordered loudly, "Bring over the anti-tank gun."
Soon, two anti-tank guns with long barrels were handed to the officer. Yegor picked up an anti-tank gun, handed it to the officer, and said to him: "Comrade Lieutenant, this gun and
Twenty rounds of armor-piercing incendiary bombs, you can use them all."
After the officer went upstairs with his gun, Yegor came to the front and looked outside to observe the enemy's movements. After watching for a while, he turned to the commanders and soldiers he had brought with him and said: "Comrades, the German infantry have all retreated."
When we arrived at the gate, we only waited for the troops directly under the battalion to kill the German armored vehicles, and then we launched a charge towards the enemy. Do you hear me?"
Dozens of soldiers responded in unison: "I heard it!"
The officer came to the roof with an anti-tank gun. He did not hand the gun to anyone, but prepared to kill the German armored vehicles himself. However, as the thickness of the German tank armor increased, this kind of anti-tank gun had gradually lost its use.
It is a powerful weapon, but it is more than enough to deal with German armored vehicles hundreds of meters away.
A few hundred meters away, the German armored vehicle was parked motionless, making it the perfect shooting target. The officer fired four shots back and forth. Except for the first shot that missed, the remaining three shots all hit the target. It was impossible to do so.
The German armored vehicle soon turned into a burning torch. The soldiers in the vehicle escaped from the vehicle covered with fire. After briefly identifying their direction, they fled towards the gate of the reservoir area.
They wanted to escape, but it was not an easy task. When they saw the enemy escaping from the armored vehicle, several machine guns in the office building that had stopped firing started shooting wildly again. This time, their shooting targets were fleeing.
After the intensive gunfire of the German armored soldiers, these soldiers who were covered in fire fell to the ground one after another, allowing the fire to devour their bodies.
Seeing that the enemy's armored vehicle was destroyed, Yegor immediately ordered someone to open the door on the first floor. As soon as the door opened, he stood at the door, raised his pistol high, turned around and shouted to his men: "Comrades
, come with me!"
Following Yegor's shout, a tsunami-like shout of "Ula!" rang out in the hall. When Yegor rushed out waving his pistol, countless soldiers followed, including the commanders and fighters of the second company.
, there were also soldiers from the troops directly under the battalion. They rushed out of the office building from the hall and rushed towards the enemy at the entrance of the reservoir area.
