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Division Commander Gnus was very angry. He did not understand what kind of night attack the friendly forces suffered, which would force an army of 5,000 people to suddenly camp on the spot. It would not be possible for the Soviet guerrillas to face the German army with a large number of heavy equipment and a large number of troops.
, can you still gain an advantage?
Since in the communication, the friendly forces did not explain that they had suffered heavy casualties, but they were very worried about another large-scale night attack by the guerrillas and had to defend on the spot.
In this way, Gnus could only hope that the friendly forces would arrive at the city of Lechica at the agreed time, at least after the sun rose.
After finishing the communication, Genus, who had been tortured by the battle for a whole day, felt haggard. Fifteen thousand artillery shells were invested in two days. This epic amount of ammunition was not able to annihilate the enemies in the city. If the unfavorable shelling was regarded as Su
The army is a bunch of groundhogs, and they are clearly shirking responsibility. Gnus boasts that there is only one way to make up for his past mistakes, and he must conquer the city tomorrow.
Genus was lying on the camp bed in the big tent. He did not take off his military uniform, and a Bible was placed on his chest.
"God, I ask for your help. If you are attached to us, bless us to defeat those atheists tomorrow..."
Gnus is not an absolutely pious person. At times like this, only prayer can calm his chaotic mind.
As a result, not long after he fell asleep, the guards rushed into the tent in panic and shouted rudely: "Division Commander! The Russians have counterattacked."
Gnus was so shocked that he fell to the ground. After he regained consciousness, he quickly got out of the tent and saw Lechicha in the distance with flames rising into the sky.
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"Brothers, move against the wall, be as quiet as possible, and don't misfire." A platoon leader taught his men how to act. Only by acting quietly can we gain the advantage of a night attack.
Lavrenti divided the troops into platoon-level combat units and launched a night attack at 11 p.m.
Unlike the large-scale attack carried out without authorization by Warmansky Jr. at nine o'clock, Lavrenti's actions were more strategic.
He learned that after the German army occupied Lechica Primary School, they turned the playground full of bomb craters into a temporary shelter for the wounded. Perhaps after nightfall, the German army should move the wounded, but the playground of the primary school was a relatively open area.
The strategic value is very important.
"If the Germans set up a mortar position at the elementary school, they would be able to bombard it with 80mm shells endlessly. We had to eliminate this possibility, so I decided to counterattack with our troops and target Lechica Elementary School.
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Lavrenti's decision was recognized by people such as Yevgeny and Roshakov, especially senior artilleryman Doronin, who spoke plausibly.
"If I were a German army, I would definitely use that playground. After all, there are only three open areas in the city, the middle school, the elementary school and the train station. At present, the playground area of the elementary school is relatively open."
It didn't make any sense, so the Soviet army focused its night attack on Lechica Primary School.
The Soviet army currently has few available troops, among which there are only 1,500 troops of the 284th Division. The war continues to eliminate the weak in the team, and everyone who survives until now has good skills and tactics.
Lavrenti suddenly reduced the troops into three battalions, and each battalion was reduced to 12 to 13 platoons. All 1,500 men will be used as the main offensive force in the night attack, and all independent regiments will defend in place.
Each platoon has its own initial tasks, and upon completion, they will gradually move closer to the primary school.
Of course, the German army has also deployed some defensive measures. We cannot simply expect the soldiers to use their flesh and blood to charge the German machine gun fortress. In the night, as long as the German army sets up a few machine guns, it will cause a huge obstacle to the Soviet army.
A gap must be made in a short time, and firepower must be launched first. Therefore, Lavrenti decisively thought of gunboats.
A careful action plan was drawn up, and without any time for further discussion, Lavrenti ordered its implementation.
A large number of infantry lined up in the ruins and moved slowly. Their vacated defensive positions were gradually accepted by the soldiers of the independent regiment, and the troop movement was not informed by the German troops not far away.
By 10:30 p.m., thirty platoons had moved to a small area in the north of the city. Each platoon leader set an example. Their actions did not make any noise, and there was no misfire!
These 1,500 people gathered a large number of "heavy weapons", RPGs, recoilless rifles and a large number of grenades. In urban street fighting, these three categories are heavy weapons that take into account both mobility and power. When used intensively, the offensive is overwhelming.
At the same time, the gunboat's anchor hooked on the bottom of the river, and it stopped motionless on the river. According to the map marks, the six recoilless gun groups on the gunboat finally calculated the appropriate firing angle.
After a fierce battle during the day, the gunboats consumed a large number of shells.
"If the battle continues, we will have no artillery support. Fortunately, we will retreat tonight. Let's use up all the artillery shells in the last battle!" the captain thought. He currently still has fifty rounds of recoilless cannon shells.
It's really gone when it's lit.
The captain was not very concerned about how effective the aid of fifty rounds of ammunition could be. He only hoped that he could complete the mission by eleven o'clock.
At eleven o'clock in the morning, thousands of Soviet soldiers were waiting to attack and were mentally prepared to die in battle.
The time has finally arrived!
Lavrenti made a decision and pulled the telegraph operator to carry the radio's walkie-talkie: "Captain, fire!"
The gunboat shelling of Lechica Elementary School has begun!
Suddenly, fire suddenly appeared on the dark river reflecting the moonlight, and artillery shells flew over the heads of the Soviet and German armies with a whistling sound. At the same time, Lavrenti stepped forward. He raised his submachine gun and ordered: "Comrades! Ula!
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"Ula!"
The 1,500 Soviet soldiers who had gathered together let out an astonishing roar in unison, which even drowned out the sound of exploding artillery shells.
The four streets leading to Lechica Primary School became the main battlefield. The German army deployed additional defenses at the intersections of the streets, and machine guns were pointed at the Soviet position not far away.
To break into the primary school playground, the streets and alleys must be captured. The Soviet soldiers braved the green light of tracer bullets with fearless spirit and charged forward one after another.
However, the casualties of the Soviet army were not serious. When the soldiers rushed to only 40 meters away from the enemy, they threw a large number of grenades. Supplemented by machine gun fire suppression and focused RPG bombardment, two of the four streets and alleys were hit by the Germans.
The defense was nearly collapsed.
Fierce fighting was going on in the four streets and alleys, and the independent regiments defending other positions also took advantage of the situation.
Although the German army had more than 5,000 troops stationed in the city, they were overwhelmed by the sudden Soviet counterattack.
At Lechica Primary School, the German army deployed a battalion of officers and soldiers. All the wounded were carried away and the bodies were collected.
Because this is a rare open area, the German army indeed plans to use this place as a mortar position and as an infantry assembly point for the attack after dawn. The strategic value here is high, so it is tightly defended. The German army also moved some heavy weapons
At this point, three half-track armored vehicles were even forced in.
The Germans considered the possibility of a Soviet sneak attack, but they never imagined that the Soviets would indeed launch a night attack. The first round of attacks would actually be artillery shells falling from the sky!
The gunboat's bombing was quite accurate. One of the shells even hit an armored vehicle directly. The thin steel shells of the other two vehicles were also punctured with more than ten holes. The personnel resting inside were killed on the spot.
The German defenders suffered more than fifty casualties. Fortunately, most of them lay down in the bomb craters everywhere to rest and escaped the fragmentation attack. This attack was beyond everyone's expectation. When they recovered,
Suddenly he realized that the city of Lechica, which had been reduced to ruins, had begun an all-out battle again.
The Soviet army desperately attacked along the alleyway, and after breaking through the nearest intersection, like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, they successfully captured the second intersection with a powerful barrage of offensive firepower.
To rush to Lechicha Primary School, the Soviet army had to pass through a total of twelve intersections in four streets and alleys.
With so many intersections, the German army had to divide its forces for defense. It was also this reasonable measure that was attacked one after another by the concentrated Soviet army. It gave the German army the feeling that although the Soviet army was fighting tenaciously during the day, the German army could still push forward forcefully.
, as night fell, the Soviet army simply changed its appearance, as if a large number of elite troops had landed on the other side of the river and carried out this counterattack.
Often, a German infantry platoon would face a key attack from a Soviet infantry battalion. The Germans were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers and firepower. They didn't even have the chance to retreat, and they were all annihilated.
After paying the price of more than a hundred casualties, the Soviet army still maintained a strong will to fight. It fired up the five recoilless rifles accompanying the army and blasted them at the incomplete gate of Lechicha Primary School. Just now, they fired wildly with green light.
The flying German firepower points ceased one after another.
"Comrades, follow me!" Yevgeny's eyes were red, he was carrying a submachine gun, ignoring his injured arm, leading more than a hundred warriors, carrying a large number of grenades, and moving forward under the cover of more than twenty machine guns.
Rush away.
However, as they approached, they suddenly encountered a counterattack from five German firepower points.
Yes, the German army is also red-eyed. The garrison battalion commander knows that if he cannot hold this place, the German army will have a big disadvantage in tomorrow's attack. Besides, for the sake of honor and the people who died in battle, how can they give up their position and escape?
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"Damn it, the *** was not killed! Brothers, prepare grenades."
"Are you all ready?"
"Throw now!"
A textbook grenade tactic was staged here. A total of more than two grenades exploded one after another, and tens of thousands of small fragments swept across an area of several hundred meters, even causing damage to more than a dozen friendly troops who were preparing to attack from behind.
Injuried.
The grenade completely destroyed the German defense line. After a series of explosions, more than 50 German casualties were caused. One fragment even scratched the face of the German battalion commander who was observing the battle situation with half his brain exposed 200 meters away.
Yevgeny, wearing many medals, looked full of energy under the illumination of artillery fire.
He stood like a hero, raising his right fist fearlessly: "Brothers, Ula!"
Nothing can stop the Soviet army's attack on Lechica Primary School. More than a thousand people besieged it. With enough troops and powerful firepower, the German army had no chance at all, either fear or obeying orders. The German defenders could not
Don't start to retreat.
The German battalion commander, whose cheek was cut open by shrapnel and his teeth were exposed, reluctantly ordered in vague words that the troops should immediately destroy the existing ammunition and evacuate the surviving people immediately.
So the German army used gasoline to burn the unopened ammunition boxes. After a while, the temporary warehouse in the semi-crypt began to make continuous crisp sounds, just like the crazy shooting of machine guns. Many places on the battlefield were in flames, especially those that were blown up.
Half-track armored vehicle, the flame became the best lighting.
"Yevgeny, I didn't expect that you are also a lunatic!" Lavrenti's heart was beating wildly. He looked at his watch excitedly and found that the troops captured Lechicha Primary School in just half an hour.
The agreed time for the troops to cross the river and evacuate was at midnight, and there was only the last half hour before then.
So, should the troops fully obey the orders?
In a short night attack, the German army's performance was simply vulnerable. Should they continue to counterattack and possibly drive the German army out of the city? Standing at the crossroads of choice, Lavrenti understood that his choice would be related to the survival of the army.
After some ideological struggle, he finally followed his heart and continued to counterattack!
"What? Do you want to continue fighting? We promised that we would stabilize after entering the elementary school playground!" Rosakov was puzzled by the words of the signal corpsmen who came over.
"Comrade commander, the frontline commander believes that we have the ability to drive the enemy out of the city, and we need to do so. This is an order!"
"The order? It's his own order, not the commander-in-chief's! Okay! The Soviet Red Army has only one goal, and that is the enemy's position. Go back and tell him that our first regiment will continue to attack!"
The morale of the Soviet army was extremely high due to the success of the night attack, because this would be the last battle before the troops evacuated, and any measures to preserve ammunition would be meaningless. The Soviet army's firepower was therefore much more intense than during the day, and they captured Lechica Primary School.
Then, change directions and continue the attack.
At the same time, various independent regiments also began to take the initiative to attack on various fronts.
How could the scattered and exhausted German army withstand such a fierce offensive?
Although it is shameful to retreat, it is understandable to retreat due to being unable to withstand it. Almost all the grassroots commanders of the German army spent a good year in France. They originally came to the Eastern Front happily.
The result turned out to be like this.
It was completely different from the Soviet army. The Soviet army had its back on the wide Dnieper River, but the German army had its back on a military camp with more than 10,000 people four kilometers away!
The German troops retreated repeatedly, and finally all fronts were retreating. Seeing this situation, the Soviet army certainly made further progress, and just before midnight, troops began to withdraw from the city.
Schumacher, the commander of the German Army, made a sad wireless call to the division commander: "Division Commander, we cannot hold the line of defense. We have suffered heavy casualties and must retreat now."
Genus only saw the flames soaring into the sky in the distance, but he did not know the specific situation.
"Are the Russians monsters? You must hold your position and hold on until the last man. You go and shoot the deserters, and I will find a way to stabilize the front!"
"No! Morale has collapsed, almost everyone is a deserter!" Suddenly, there was a shrill explosion, and soon, the communication was interrupted.
Gnus was confused for a moment, and then he thought, could it be that Schumacher's regiment was kidnapped?
Yes, a Soviet infantry squad accidentally touched the regiment headquarters of one of the three main regiments of the German army. Several grenades went down and directly blew up a group of people in the room. The soldiers rushed in and fired again.
, ended up with them.
In fact, in tonight's night attack, the Soviet army has invested almost all its troops. In terms of strength comparison, the Soviet Union and Germany are evenly matched. The German army has no artillery shells, and the combat effectiveness of the logistics troops is also weak. Besides, these soldiers are mainly engaged in manual labor.
, it is really difficult to expect them to perform well in night street fighting.
Genus received a large number of calls, and the frontline troops unanimously requested a tactical retreat. He knew that his people would never request a retreat regardless of honor unless it was absolutely necessary.
Thinking about the two days of fighting, the army has suffered a total of two thousand casualties. No matter how many enemy casualties there are, our own casualties come from the main force. If the three main regiments suffered heavy casualties, the 370th Division would still have reason to reinforce the Ninth Army.
Group army?
Just after midnight, Gnus issued a retreat order, that is, the defenders in the city would withdraw one kilometer outside the city and establish a field offensive. Once the Soviet troops broke out of the city cover, they would be shot immediately.
He issued the order, clutching the walkie-talkie tightly and still trembling.
"The 371st Division, whether it can capture the following Qizha depends on your support. I beg you to come quickly!"