"Use Molotov cocktails!" Seeing that the armor of the enemy tank was so strong that even a dozen anti-tank guns could not penetrate its armor when fired at the same time. The company commander suddenly remembered the anti-tank matter that the regiment commander had explained, and hurriedly rushed to his own tank.
The subordinate shouted: "Blow up the enemy tanks with Molotov cocktails!"
Although there were a lot of Molotov cocktails piled up in the trenches, if the company commander hadn't shouted this voice, everyone would have almost forgotten that there was such an anti-tank weapon. After all, they all used anti-tank rifles to deal with enemy tanks.
As soon as the company commander shouted, a corporal next to him grabbed a Molotov cocktail in each hand, crawled out of the trench on his hands and knees, and crawled towards the approaching Tiger tank. And the Tiger tank obviously had not yet
Realizing the threat it was about to face, it stopped from time to time while driving slowly, firing or machine-gunning at suspicious targets.
The corporal crawled forward to a place more than 40 meters away from the German tank. He suddenly jumped up from the ground and rushed towards the enemy tank at a sprint speed of 100 meters. But before he could throw out the Molotov cocktail in his hand, he followed around the tank.
The German soldiers opened fire on him, and the heavy bullets hit the corporal and he fell to the ground.
Although the corporal was hit by more than a dozen bullets, he was only seriously injured. He endured the severe pain all over his body, tried his best to straighten his upper body, and prepared to throw the incendiary bottle at the enemy tank. But he just trembled.
He raised the Molotov cocktail tremblingly, and his chest was hit by a dense barrage of bullets. Under the huge inertia, his body moved backwards and fell heavily to the ground, unable to move anymore.
Seeing that the corporal who bombed the tank died, several more impatient soldiers climbed out of the trench with Molotov cocktails, trying to complete the mission that the corporal had not completed. Unfortunately, their luck was still bad, and before they could get close to the enemy
The tank was shot into pieces by the infantry following the tank.
"Stop!" Seeing their comrades dying one after another, the anti-tank soldiers in the trenches couldn't hold their breath. Anyway, the anti-tank guns they used were of no use against the enemy's heavy tanks, so they might as well
They used Molotov cocktails to clean it up, so they all bent down to pick up the Molotov cocktails in the trenches and prepared to climb out to blow up the enemy tanks. Unexpectedly, they were just about to run out, but were stopped by the company commander: "Everyone, stop, you have to get out.
Did you die in vain?"
"Company Commander!" The soldiers who were stopped by the company commander said unconvincingly: "Our anti-tank guns are useless against the enemy's heavy tanks. Let us go out and blow them up with Molotov cocktails."
The company commander glanced at the Tiger tank that was less than a hundred meters away from the trench, and then said decisively: "You all stay in the trench and I'll blow it up."
"Company Commander, you can't go!" Hearing that the company commander was going to blow up the tank himself, a soldier closest to him quickly said loudly: "Let me blow him up."
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the company commander glanced at him and said with a sneer: "Do you have more experience in dealing with enemy tanks than I do?" Then he raised his voice and said to the nearby subordinates, "I will blow up the enemy tanks, and you all will stay."
In the trenches. If I die, you will follow me, do you understand?"
After finishing speaking, the company commander did not bother to watch the reaction of his subordinates. He grabbed two incendiary bottles and crawled out of the trench on his hands and knees. After careful observation, he found that in order to successfully approach the enemy tank, he must use the method of crawling.
The way to advance. After the corporal died, the few soldiers who rushed out were too impulsive. They rushed forward straight up. It was strange that they were not targeted by the German infantry. The position where the corporal stood up was too far away from the tank.
Well, if he jumped up twenty meters away from the tank, before the enemy could react, the incendiary bottle might have hit the body of the Tiger tank.
It was precisely after summarizing these experiences and lessons that the company commander personally brought two incendiary bottles to blow up the enemy tanks, and he was still confident that he could escape unscathed. In this way, he successfully arrived at a position twenty meters away from the Tiger tank.
Position, he took a deep breath, jumped up from the ground, raised the incendiary bottle high in his right hand, and prepared to smash it at the enemy tank.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a German soldier standing not far away spotted him and instinctively picked up a submachine gun and shot at him. The bullet shattered the glass bottle, and the liquid in the bottle poured over him, mixed with white phosphorus.
As soon as it hit the air, it began to burn violently, and the company commander instantly became a burning man.
The soldiers in the trenches saw their company commander covered in fire and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Company Commander~!!!"
Just when they thought that the company commander's tank bombing would end in failure again, they were surprised to see the company commander, covered in fire, continue to rush towards the enemy tank and use the remaining Molotov cocktail.
It hit the engine of the enemy tank hard. In an instant, fire and smoke engulfed the heroic company commander and the enemy tank.
The German infantrymen around the tank were stunned by the heroic actions of the company commander. Perhaps they were worried that the ammunition in the tank would explode and hurt themselves. After a brief period of confusion, they all turned around and ran back.
The Tiger tank was wrapped in raging fire. The top hatch was pushed open from the inside. First, a black smoke with flames came out, and then three tank soldiers who were covered in fire jumped out. They jumped out of the tank and howled.
He danced and ran back, occasionally falling to the ground in an attempt to extinguish the flames on his clothes.
"Avenge the company commander!" the soldiers in the trenches roared and opened fire on the fleeing German infantry and tank crews, killing them one by one like target practice.
Two other Tiger tanks and three Panzer III tanks a few hundred meters away saw the Tiger tank in front of them on fire. They thought that the Soviet army had some powerful anti-tank weapons. In order to avoid repeating the same mistake, they also stopped advancing.
He turned around and drove back.
The German attack was once again blocked. The heroic performance of the anti-tank company commander on the battlefield was reported to the regimental commander Lieutenant Colonel Yershakov by the first battalion commander. Yershakov remained silent after receiving the call.
After waiting for a long time, he said: "First Battalion Commander, he is a great hero in our Red Army. Please report his name to me immediately. I want to apply to my superiors to grant him the title of 'Hero of the Soviet Union'."
Unexpectedly, after Yershakov finished speaking, the commander of the first battalion was speechless for a long time and did not say the name of the company commander who died. Yershakov saw that the commander of the first battalion was delayed in replying, and he roughly understood.
What's going on? The anti-tank company was temporarily added by the superiors before the troops crossed the river. We only got to know each other for a day and I didn't know the other party's name. That's really normal.
However, in order to prevent the hero's deeds from being buried, Yershakov reminded the first battalion commander: "First battalion commander, although you don't know the name of the anti-tank company commander, his soldiers should know. When you go to the anti-tank company
Go find the soldiers and ask them the name of their company commander, and you will definitely get the answer."
While a battalion commander went to inquire about the news, Yershakov ordered the radio operator: "Send a report to the division headquarters and report to them the deeds of this heroic company commander."
Sokov received the telegram, and after reading the contents, handed it to Anisimov who was sitting beside him, and said to him: "Comrade Political Commissar, during the battle that just ended in the Yershakov Regiment, there were
There is a heroic company commander, and his deeds are written on it. Please think about how we can publicize his heroic deeds throughout the division!"
Anisimov took the telegram from Sokov with doubts. When he finished reading the contents, the muscles on his face twitched violently. He slapped his hand on the table and then stood up.
He stood up and said to Sokov with a firm expression: "Comrade division commander, please rest assured. I will immediately go to the comrades in the Political Department to discuss with them how to publicize the heroic deeds of this anti-tank company commander."
