The Germans occupying the building turned each window into a fire point and shot at the attacking Soviet army from a high point. The Soviet army that carried out the counterattack was obviously temporarily formed by staff and logistics personnel. They used all kinds of weapons in their hands to bravely shoot against the enemies in the building. However, because their firepower was not as good as humans and had no advantage of terrain, they faced the dense firepower of the enemy, and they were shot and fell down at every moment.
Colonel Omelichenko, the commander of the 109th Guards who were staying in the back building, saw that his subordinates suffered heavy casualties, and his heart was bleeding. He quickly ordered people to blew the whistle and prepared to let the remaining people retreat to the building first, adjust their troops before attacking.
As soon as the Soviet army began to retreat, the German army in the building surged out. They tried to follow the retreating Soviet army and rushed into the opposite building. At this moment, Sokov's troops arrived at Liumeng Street. According to their prior arrangement, the troops immediately launched in platoons and launched a sudden attack from the enemy.
The German army invested a battalion on Liumian Street, but because they fought at several positions at the same time, the troops seemed particularly scattered. Facing the new force of Sokov, they were caught off guard.
Sokov personally led two platoons of the guard company to attack the four-story building that the German army had just occupied. Seeing that the Soviet army was attacking behind him, the German commander quickly mobilized the remaining troops and organized a new defense in the building. When the soldiers of the guard company approached the building in a scattered formation, the enemy who hid behind the rubble and windows immediately used crossfire to block and shoot, and rushed to the front of the squad, almost all fell in a pool of blood.
Fortunately, the Guard Company is Sokov's old foundation. Not only is it well equipped, but it also has rich combat experience. The machine gunner immediately chooses the right position, builds a machine gun position, and suppresses the exposed fire points. As for those machine gun fire points that pose the greatest threat, use sharpshooters to deal with it.
Selyosha, who was with Sokov, saw the German machine gunner shooting wildly and was shot by the sharpshooter. The machine gun immediately became mute and said with emotion: "Misha, I finally understand why you refused to let the sharpshooters in the company participate when they formed the sniper team. It turned out that it was to make a big use at this time."
"Don't talk nonsense." Sokov saw that the deputy shooter took over the shooting position. Before he could pull the trigger, he was shot dead by the sharpshooter in the company. He turned his head and said to Selyosha: "When the enemy's firepower point is killed by the sharpshooter, you can take the people into the building in person."
"If I took everyone away," Selyosha asked with some concern when he heard Sokov's order: "What should you do with your safety?"
"Don't worry," Sokov turned his head and looked at Guchakov and the other two soldiers behind him, and said to Selyosha: "With Guchakov by my side, there is no problem with safety."
"What, let Guchakov protect your safety?" Selyosha thought of the history of Guchakov being captured twice, and was not at ease to hand over Sokov's safety to him. He shook his head and said loudly: "I can't trust him. If something happens to you, what will happen to our division in the future?"
As soon as Selyosha said, Sokov found that Guchakov's face was flushed red, obviously being severely stimulated, so he hurried out to smooth things over: "Okay, Selyosha, stop talking. I believe Guchakov can protect my safety. You should take your people and quickly occupy that building." When Selyosha heard Sokov say this, he could only agree helplessly, bent down and ran forward to command the troops.
Seeing Selyosha rushing into the building, the sound of gunfire like beans and grenade explosions came from the building. Sokov felt relieved. He felt that as long as the soldiers of the guard company could rush into the building, there would be no problem in taking down the building.
Although the German army in the building is strong in combat, their resistance lasts less than ten minutes in the face of Sokov's elite troops. After the gunfire in the building stopped, a soldier came over to report to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, the company commander asked me to report to you that the building has been occupied by us and 29 German soldiers have been captured..."
Learning that the building had been completely occupied, Sokov stood up and said to Guchakov: "Let's go, let's go inside the building."
When he arrived in the building, the soldiers led Sokov and the others to a relatively complete room on the second floor, where Selyosha was interrogating the prisoners. Seeing Sokov enter the door, he quickly stood up and reported respectfully: "Comrade Commander, Lieutenant Selyosha, the commander of the guard company, reported to you that I am interrogating the prisoners, please instruct!"
Seeing Selyoshao pretending to be 13, Sokov wanted to go up and kick him, but in front of so many soldiers and prisoners, he could not help but save face, so he said in an official voice: "Continue to interrogate."
A soldier standing in the room brought Sokov a chair that had just been wiped clean. After sitting down, Sokov looked at the translator who was interrogating the prisoners and whispered to Selyosha: "Have you found any valuable information for interrogation?"
"They are from the 54th Hunter Regiment of the 100th Hunter Division," Selyosha heard Sokov's inquiry and quickly replied: "The enemy attacking Liumeng Street probably had a battalion, and the battalion commander was Major Bazer. The captive had just confessed to a very interesting information."
"Interesting information?" Sokov heard the first time that the information confessed by the prisoner could be described as interesting, so he asked curiously: "Let me tell me, what interesting information?"
"That's right, Misha." Selyosha introduced to Sokov: "When friendly forces attacked the building, Major Bazel issued an order to allow soldiers to target ordinary soldiers rather than officers when shooting."
Sokov thought carefully and found that this order was indeed interesting. According to various signs, the Soviet commanders and fighters involved in the counterattack were all staff or logistics personnel drawn from the command center. Especially those officers, although they performed bravely in combat, they lacked combat experience and were not used to help, so it was difficult to achieve any results. Once those soldiers with rich combat experience were all sacrificed, they would not be beaten by the enemy as targets, and they would be easily defeated by the enemy. The bad impact of a group of officers on the battlefield was definitely ten times worse than that of the same number of soldiers.
Although the two sides were hostile, Sokov still developed a strong interest in Major Bazel. He asked Selyoshai: "Where is Major Bazel, bringing him to me, I want to talk to him."
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Selyosha shrugged his shoulders and said in a regretful tone: "Misha, I'm sorry, I think this wish may not be satisfied."
"Why?"
"During the battle in the building, Bazer was shot more than a dozen times and almost lost his combat effectiveness." Seryosha said to Sokov with a wry smile: "Our soldiers wanted to catch the alive when they saw that they were a German officer, but he fired a grenade and died with the three soldiers who were going to catch."
"What a pity." Sokov was shocked and admired the German major whom he had never met. It seemed that not only the Soviet commanders and soldiers could take death at the last moment of their lives, but his enemies could do this too. Thinking of this, he sighed softly and ordered Selyosha: "Shelyosha, although Major Bazer is our enemy, as a soldier, his actions are worthy of our admiration. Later, you will send someone to bury his body well."
"I understand." Seryosha nodded, "I will arrange for someone to handle this matter immediately."