Less than half an hour after the troops escorting the wounded left, a German unit appeared on the south side of the highland. They were about one company in strength, and along with them appeared five trucks towing artillery pieces.
Sokov stood in the observation post on the top of the hillside, watching the artillery pulled by the car. The German artillery had turned its head and pointed the muzzle at the high ground where he was. He realized that a fierce battle was coming, so he put down the gun.
He picked up the telescope and said to Saviev who was standing aside: "Comrade Lieutenant, the Germans will soon fire on the high ground. Except for a few observation posts left to monitor the enemy, the rest of the soldiers are hiding."
Fortunately, when seizing this position, the original telephone lines of the German army were not greatly damaged. After repairs by the soldiers of the communication squad, Savierv was able to communicate with each platoon without leaving home. Savierv
The husband picked up the phone and said into the receiver: "The battalion commander ordered: Except for the observation posts left to monitor the enemy, the remaining soldiers should hide to avoid enemy shelling."
After Saviev put down the phone, he looked up at the log roof above his head and asked with some concern: "Comrade Battalion Commander, let's just stay in the observation post. There won't be any danger, right?"
"No, Comrade Lieutenant." Regarding Saviev's concerns, Sokov said disapprovingly: "The roof of the observation post is reinforced, and the German artillery shells can't do anything to us." The reason why he is so confident is that
It was because a layer of water had been poured on the snow on the roof, which was already frozen solid. He didn't believe that the German artillery shells could explode such a thick layer of ice.
Although Sokov spoke so confidently, Saviev still said worriedly: "Comrade Battalion Commander, according to my observation, the German army uses 150mm howitzers. The ice on the roof of the observation post can withstand the German heavy artillery.
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Just when Sokov was about to comfort Saviev a few more words, he suddenly heard a scream in the air. A thought just came to his mind: "The Germans are firing!" came from a few dozen meters ahead.
There was a loud noise, and a huge fire ball rose up there, emitting a dazzling light. Then, a blazing wave of air rushed in from the lookout, causing him to take two steps back involuntarily.
"Comrade Battalion Commander, this is the enemy's test firing, and they will start shelling soon." Although the explosion point was dozens of meters away, Saveyev still felt the ground under his feet shaking a few times, and he hurriedly
Then he advised Sokov: "I don't think the observation post can withstand the German shelling. We'd better go to the bombhole."
"Wait a moment, Comrade Lieutenant." Sokov calmed down and said with luck: "The German artillery shells hit our unreinforced areas. I think the artillery shells will not be able to penetrate those areas that have been watered."
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But what happened next was a slap in Sokov's face. The German artillery shells landed on the high ground one after another, blowing up the civil fortifications protected by the ice layer, and spraying mud with snow powder.
, soaring into the sky like a fountain. With every explosion, Sokov's heart contracted, and his body began to tremble involuntarily.
Seeing the impact point of the artillery shell getting closer and closer to the observation post, Saviev became a little anxious. He grabbed Sokov's arm and pulled him hard towards the outside of the observation post. What happened in front of him
, made Sokov understand that the practice of watering on the snow to strengthen fortifications was simply a joke. In ancient times, watering on the city walls prevented enemy cannons from destroying the walls, but those made of big iron balls
Can artillery shells be compared with 150mm howitzer shells? Therefore, when he found Saviev pulling him outside, he did not resist, but followed the opponent obediently out of the observation post and entered not far away along the traffic trench.
The bombproof hole at the place.
The German shelling lasted only half an hour and then stopped. Hearing that there was no movement outside, Saviev got out of the artillery hole, stood in the traffic trench and looked down the mountain. He saw half of the German infantry holding guns.
, cautiously approaching the high ground. He quickly retracted the shell-proof hole and shouted to Sokov who was sitting inside: "Comrade Battalion Commander, the enemy has begun to attack!"
"Immediately order the soldiers to enter the trenches." There was not much space with the anti-cannon holes. After standing up, Sokov could only half-bend and said to Saviev: "We must knock down the enemy."
After a while, whistles sounded one after another throughout the position, which was a signal to the soldiers hiding in the anti-gun holes or concealed areas that they should enter the position.
Sokov and Saveyev walked along the communication trench, preparing to return to the observation post. When they got closer, they found that half of the observation post had been destroyed by artillery fire, and a crooked log was burning. Seeing this,
Sokov couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, thinking to himself that if Saviev hadn't forcibly pulled him away, he would have died long ago. He turned to look at Saviev standing aside, and bit
lips, and said softly: "Comrade Lieutenant, thank you, you just saved my life."
"Look at what you said, comrade battalion commander." Unexpectedly, Saveyev said with a smile: "Saving your life is not the same as saving my own life. If the two of us had not left the observation post, we would have been
He was killed by a German artillery shell." He looked around, and then said, "Comrade Battalion Commander, the observation post can no longer be used, let's move to another place."
The two climbed into a huge crater and used it as a new observation post to observe the battlefield situation. The terrain on the south slope was steeper than the terrain where the Soviet army attacked, but the distance was nearly half the distance. The German infantry arrived.
After reaching the bottom of the mountain, continue walking forward quickly while shooting towards the top of the mountain.
When the German army entered the range of 100 meters, the machine guns on the position were the first to start shooting. The intensive gunshots sounded like exploding beans. The German army who was trying to climb up was caught off guard. The soldiers at the front fell one after another.
in the snow. An officer walking at the front was hit by more than a dozen bullets. After turning around twice, he fell on his back in the snow. Although the soldier in front was knocked down,
But the soldiers behind did not stop. They continued to climb up while shooting upwards.
Seeing that the Germans were still charging forward, the gunfire on the position became more intensive. Not only were machine guns shooting, submachine guns, rifles, and even a few pistols also joined in the shooting, hitting the Germans who were charging upward.
Soldiers fell to the snow one after another.
Faced with such powerful firepower on the battlefield, the attacking German troops could no longer support themselves. They rolled and crawled back, fled back to the original starting point of the attack, and joined the infantry and artillery that remained there.
