Both Lyudnikov and Sokov ignored an important issue: the commanders and soldiers had all snatched the airdropped supplies, and the defense on the position naturally became weak, which gave the German army with superior strength an opportunity to take advantage of it.
machine.
When Sokov and Lyudnikov were discussing how to store airdrop supplies, a soldier with a gun broke in from outside, gasping for air, and shouted loudly: "Comrade division commander, it's not good, the enemy is coming.
Got it!"
"Calm down," Lyudnikov recognized the other party as a soldier of the 768th Regiment and quickly interrupted, "Where is the enemy?"
"They have broken through our regiment's position and are less than two hundred meters away from here." The soldier said excitedly: "Comrade division commander, please move quickly, otherwise it will be too late."
"What the heck, last time the enemy rushed in front of me, I didn't even take a step back. Now we're still two hundred meters away. What's there to worry about?" Lyudnikov asked the soldier, "Your 768th regiment."
Where does it grow?"
"The leader died!"
"The regiment leader died?!" Lyudnikov heard that one of his regiment leaders had died, and his eyes widened in surprise, "How did he die?"
"The enemy attacking today is different from the enemies attacking before." The soldier replied: "They used bomb craters as cover and used short leaps to quickly approach our position. Then they threw grenades and used cover to block our line of sight.
, the regiment leader was killed by the enemy’s grenade.”
"Who is commanding the troops now?" Lyudnikov asked loudly.
After Sokov learned that the enemy had broken through the defense line of the 768th Regiment, he took advantage of Lyudnikov to learn about the situation from the soldiers and made a phone call to Brisky. When the call came through, he asked bluntly: "Captain
Comrade, the enemy has broken through the 768th Regiment's defense line, why don't you fire?"
"Comrade Division Commander." Briski had obviously guessed that Sokov would call him, and quickly replied: "The snow outside is too heavy, we can't see the target clearly, and we can't carry out artillery fire."
Since artillery cannot deal with the enemy, it can only be solved by infantry. Sokov put down the phone, grabbed the assault rifle leaning aside, stood up and said to Lyudnikov: "Comrade Colonel, you are in charge of the overall situation here.
I will lead people to stop the enemy."
Lyudnikov was stunned for a moment. When he came to his senses and wanted to call Sokov, he found that Sokov had rushed into the abandoned factory building and was shouting loudly there: "Comrades of the guard platoon, the enemy
They are rushing towards us. Come with me and drive the enemy away."
Sokov led Samoilov's guard platoon and rushed out of the factory shouting, jumping over the bomb crater, jumping over the twisted Maxim heavy machine gun beside the collapsed sandbag, and jumping over the soldiers of both sides.
The corpses rushed towards the battlefield where two soldiers wearing different uniforms were fighting without hesitation.
It only took Sokov and the others one minute to cross the short distance of 200 meters. However, in such a short period of time, at least dozens of people fell down on both the offensive and defensive sides. The German army, which had a numerical advantage, became more and more aggressive in their offensive.
, trying to completely break through the Soviet army's crumbling defense line.
The war had reached a critical point, and there was no extra time to think or observe. Sokov raised the assault rifle in his hand and pulled the trigger at the German soldiers not far away. After several gunshots, two
The German soldiers fell to the ground. The Soviet soldiers who were fighting with them had no time to breathe and rushed towards other enemies with their bayonets drawn.
Seeing the division commander kill two German soldiers with just a raise of his hand, the morale of the soldiers in the guard platoon behind him was immediately boosted. They rushed into the battle group one by one and started a close battle with the enemy. Sokov stood in the distance
, firing at the enemy calmly. This time, his shooting was more prepared than the one he had just fired during the charge. Almost all the German soldiers he selected fell to the ground with gunshots.
The addition of the guard platoon had an immediate effect, not to mention a colonel who personally went into battle and defeated several German soldiers in succession. The impact of his performance was by no means comparable to that of a supervisory team equipped with machine guns.
The soldiers who witnessed Sokov's astonishing performance had their adrenaline secretions intensified, as if they had endless strength. In a short time, they killed the German soldiers who had just gained the upper hand and drove them back step by step.
Sokov held the gun and walked forward step by step, pulling the trigger with each step. Every time a gun was fired, an unlucky German soldier would be shot and fall. But he did not find an injured German officer.
Lying in the crater, he saw him passing by the crater, so he raised his pistol and aimed at him.
The German officer pulled the trigger and the bullet hit Sokov's waist. He was shaken but did not fall down. When the German officer was wondering how the other party did not fall after being shot, Sokov had already turned around and found that
He found the officer lying in the crater, turned his gun, and shot him several times, killing him in the crater.
Colonel Wenzel, who was commanding the attack from the rear, saw his Second Battalion through the telescope and was about to break through the Soviet defense line. However, the appearance of a small force reversed the situation. "How could this happen?
Wenzel put down his telescope and asked Captain Schwarzer, commander of the second battalion, "Why were your men driven back by the Russians?"
After Schwarzer raised his telescope and observed carefully for a while, he said to Wenzel: "Mr. Colonel, it is said that there is a reinforcement force from Mamayev Heights in the barricade factory. Could it be this force that defeated us?"
Regarding the troublesome Sokov leading troops into the barricade factory, the officers of the 305th Regiment heard the news. Although there was no confirmation from the division commander, everyone knew in their hearts that if they continued to attack the barricade factory, sooner or later they would
I ran into this troop. Unexpectedly, today's attack in the snow was about to succeed, but because of the appearance of this troop, all previous efforts were in vain.
Seeing that Wenzel was silent, Schwarzer asked cautiously: "Mr. Colonel, do you want to order the troops to continue the attack?"
"Now that Sokov's troops have been dispatched, it is obviously unwise to continue the attack." Wenzel shook his head and snorted softly twice in his nostrils: "Huh, let's just consider the luck of these Russians today, so let's stop for the time being.
Let them go and deal with them another day."
Seeing that Wenzel was not planning to attack, Schwarzer quickly ordered someone to send a retreat signal to the troops in front who were still struggling to support themselves. The German soldiers who were retreating steadily breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the retreat signal, and they were like a tide.
Withdrew.
Seeing the enemy retreating, Sokov did not order the troops to pursue him. Instead, he shouted loudly to the soldiers: "Comrades, the enemy has been repulsed by us. We must seize the time to rescue the wounded, strengthen fortifications, and prepare to meet the enemy."
New offense."
Although Sokov was not the superior of these soldiers, the soldiers all knew Sokov, so they carried out his orders very simply. Seeing the soldiers starting to get busy, Sokov was worried that they did not have enough troops, so he left Samo behind.
Ilov's guard platoon assisted in the defense here, and he returned to the headquarters alone along the communication trench.
Seeing Sokov coming in from outside with a gun, Lyudnikov immediately stood up from his seat and asked with concern: "Colonel Sokov, you are back, are you not injured?"
Sokov leaned the assault rifle against the table and reached out to touch the area where he was shot. He thought to himself: If he hadn't been wearing a body armor given by him from another time and space, I'm afraid he should have been carried off as a wounded person at this moment.
But in order not to let Lyudnikov worry about himself, he shook his head and replied with a smile: "Comrade Colonel, thank you for your concern. I am fine and not injured."
However, considering that the enemy may launch another attack at any time, he reminded Lyudnikov: "Comrade Colonel, although the enemy's attack has been repelled by us, we don't know when they will launch another attack, so wait for those who
As soon as the troops who snatched the airdropped supplies come back, they must be deployed to the position immediately."
"You're right." Lyudnikov said with a wry smile: "Seeing that there will be a big action in a few days, if I lose the barricade factory at this time, I don't need the commander to send me to a military court.
You can shoot yourself in the head with a pistol." Since there was still a radio operator in the room, Lyudnikov did not talk about the counterattack easily, but instead took big actions. Anyway, he knew how to solve the problem.
Cove understands.
"Yes, there are only a few days left." Sokov instantly understood what Lyudnikov meant and agreed: "Before the big operation begins, we must not make any mistakes here.
"
The radio operator on the side heard the two division commanders conversing like a charade, with a look of astonishment on his face. He wanted to ask what was going on, but when he thought of the military's confidentiality regulations, he obediently kept his mouth shut.
During the time when Sokov was commanding the troops to counterattack, Lyudnikov was worried that the barricade factory might be lost, so he called Chuikov and reported to him the situation of the airdrop and the current difficulties facing the factory. Chuikov learned that Sokov
Kokov personally led the charge and couldn't help but became furious: "Colonel Lyudnikov, how can you let a division commander personally lead the charge? If something happened to him, then the guards of Mamayev Hill would
Isn’t the 41st Division leaderless?”
At that time, Lyudnikov replied in a panic: "Comrade Commander, you can't blame me for this." Colonel Sokov heard that the enemy had rushed to a place less than two hundred meters away from the headquarters, and without saying a word, he took his guards with him
Platoon to counterattack the enemy."
After Chuikov waited for Lyudnikov to finish speaking, he was silent for a long time, and then said unhappily: "When Sokov comes back, ask him to call me immediately."
When Lyudnikov saw that Sokov had returned with all his beard and tail, he was relieved. He remembered Chuikov's instructions and quickly said to Sokov: "Colonel Sokov, Commander Chuikov was on the phone just now.
Li said that as soon as you come back, call him immediately."
As soon as Sokov got through the phone call to the headquarters, Chuikov was scolded: "Colonel Sokov, what did you do? Have you forgotten what I reminded you before? You know, you are a division commander,
Not a company commander. Your responsibility is to sit in the headquarters and direct the troops in combat, but to lead the charge like a company commander. If you make similar mistakes in the future, I will demote you to a company commander.
Let you charge every day..."
Regarding Chuikov's sudden storm, Sokov knew that the other party was out of concern for him and would not really demote himself to the company commander to charge. He quickly laughed and said: "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander,
I was wrong. I mainly saw that the enemy had rushed a few hundred meters away from the headquarters, and Colonel Lyudnikov wanted to take charge of the overall situation and could not leave, so I took my men to stop the enemy.
I promise you that something like this will never happen again in the future."
Hearing Sokov's assurance to himself, Chuikov smiled bitterly and shook his head. He knew Sokov's character very well. If he encountered a similar situation next time, he would definitely rush forward without hesitation. He held the microphone and thought.
After a moment, he finally made up his mind and said into the microphone: "Colonel Sokov, I think considering the overall situation, you should go back to Mamayev Heights. Your role there will be far greater than that of staying here."
Barricade Factory.”
"What, you want me to go back to Mamayev Heights?" Sokov didn't expect Chuikov to say this suddenly, and couldn't help being stunned: "Comrade Commander, why?"
"This is a decision made by the military committee of the group army." Chuikov gritted his teeth and continued: "As a subordinate, you have no right to discuss orders and can only obey unconditionally. Do you understand?"
Sokov knew very well that the reason why Chuikov suddenly issued such an order was entirely out of love for him. Although he was unwilling to leave the barricade factory at this moment, he considered that if he disobeyed the order, Chuikov would not be able to come down.
I can only bite the bullet and say: "Yes, Comrade Commander, I will return to Mamayev Heights as soon as possible."
"When do you plan to return to Mamayev Heights?" Chuikov asked reluctantly.
"I want to stay for two more days." Sokov thought that he still had a lot of things to deal with, and he couldn't just leave. He had to deal with it before he could return to Mamayev Heights with confidence, so he tentatively asked Chuikov: "Okay?
?"
"No." Chuikov said in a tone that left no room for doubt: "You must return to Mamayev Heights after dark tonight."
"Okay, Comrade Commander." Seeing Chuikov's tough attitude, Sokov could not refute, so he could only reply with a grimace: "I obey your order and will return to Mamayev as soon as it gets dark.
Post.”
After ending the call with Chuikov, Sokov picked up the phone that could contact Belgin. After dialing, he said into the phone: "My comrade political commissar, I just talked to the commander, and he ordered me to be in the sky
The Dark Queen must return to Mamayev Heights. You should ask Lieutenant Vasya to come to me immediately. I have a task to explain to him before I leave."
