Chapter five hundred and ninth battle of wits and courage
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Shulka stared blankly at the second lieutenant in front of him. The guy in front of him was actually Vasily, the sniper Vasily who became famous in the battle of Stalingrad.
"What's the matter, Captain?" Vasily asked when he saw that Shulka's expression was a little strange.
"Oh, nothing!" Shulka replied: "Are you Vasily?"
"Of course!" Vasily asked doubtfully, "Do we know each other?"
"Oh, no, I just... heard about you!" Shulka was a little uneasy. After all, this guy is an almost deified hero in modern times.
"Have you heard of me? This is impossible!" Vasily laughed: "You must have remembered it wrong, or someone else has the same name as me!"
"Maybe!" Shulka suddenly realized that Vasily had just joined the battle and had not yet become famous, so it was certainly impossible for Shulka to have heard of him.
"May I know your name, Captain?" Vasily asked: "So I know at the hands of whom I have lost!"
"Don't take it to heart!" Shulka said: "This is not a fair fight!"
Shulka was not ashamed of himself, because this was a close-quarters fight with a sniper. If the fight was from a long distance, Shulka might not be Vasily's opponent.
"No, Captain!" Vasily said: "Any duel on the battlefield is fair! So I can only be glad that you are not the enemy!"
Shulka nodded, it was indeed the case, the battlefield is like this, lose is lose, win is win, there is no "unfair" if there is no if, it will not even get another chance.
"My name is Shulka!"
Vasily's eyes lit up instantly, and it was a little difficult to speak: "You are... Comrade Shulka? 'Breakout Hero'?"
"Yes!" Shulka replied.
Then before they could continue talking, the whistling sound of artillery shells rang out in the sky... The Germans already knew that Mamayev Hill had been lost.
Edmund did already know that Mamayev Heights had been lost, although no one told them.
At that time, Lieutenant Colonel Edmond and Lieutenant Colonel Ball were still commanding the troops to storm the cemetery.
In order to speed up Lieutenant Colonel Edmond also changed his tactics.
They used several assault guns to attack from the road...Assault guns could not actually provide cover for the Germans in this situation, and Lieutenant Colonel Edmond certainly knew this.
But he did it anyway.
He did this not to provide cover, but to deceive the Soviet rocket launcher shooter from hiding in the coffin.
As the saying goes, "The devil is as high as the road." No tactic is perfect. As long as you put some thought into it, you can find a corresponding way to deal with it.
Edmond found this tactic.
In fact, it was Lieutenant Colonel Ball who made the suggestion.
"If we determine that the enemy rocket launcher shooters are hiding in the coffin!" Lieutenant Colonel Ball said, "then why don't we find them and eliminate them?"
"The problem is how do we find them!" Lieutenant Colonel Edmond raised his head towards the cemetery: "Look at them, there are countless graves. We have no idea where they are hidden unless we can dig them up.
Open each tomb and open the coffin inside!"
"We don't need to do this, Lieutenant Colonel Edmond!" Lieutenant Colonel Ball replied firmly.
Lieutenant Colonel Ball was right, he thought of a simple and practical way.
"If the enemy is hiding in the dark, then why don't we let ourselves hide in the dark?" Lieutenant Colonel Ball said: "Then, their target is the tank, and our target is them!"
This is also known as "the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows".
Lieutenant Colonel Edmond immediately handed over the responsibility of this aspect to Lieutenant Colonel Ball, while he concentrated on directing the attack on the cemetery.
Lieutenant Colonel Ball did not disappoint Lieutenant Colonel Edmond.
The plan was actually very simple. Lieutenant Colonel Ball first deployed a company on each side of the road... Actually, so many people were not needed, but troop strength was not a problem for the Germans, at least not in the direction of the cemetery. They were all blocked.
You can't pass here, so invest as much as you can.
The troops of these two companies were scattered and hidden in the cemetery, digging individual soldiers for cover, camouflage, etc.
Then, several assault guns rumbled onto the road, and they even fired into the Soviet-controlled area, pretending to provide fire cover.
The Soviet commander who commanded the cemetery battle was Valery. Despite his inexperience, he was fooled... Valery couldn't even tell the difference between a tank and an assault gun.
So Valery immediately ordered the rocket launcher to attack.
Not surprisingly, as soon as the Soviet rocket launcher emerged from the coffin, he was immediately discovered by the German infantry hiding outside.
Needless to say, the result was that more than a dozen bazooka shooters fell in a pool of blood. The Germans even captured several complete bazookas and handed them over to Lieutenant Colonel Bauer.
"It's unimaginable!" Lieutenant Colonel Ball sighed while weighing the rocket launcher: "Just such a thing can destroy our tanks!"
"Now is not the time to sigh about this, Lieutenant Colonel!" Edmund reminded on the other side: "I will send it up to scientists for study. The focus now is the cemetery, the cemetery!"
"No, Lieutenant Colonel Edmond!" Lieutenant Colonel Power replied: "I believe it is no longer the point!"
"The enemy's defense is very weak!" Lieutenant Colonel Ball put the rocket launcher aside casually and said, "This is not normal. You must know that he is a 'breakout hero'. Do you believe he will be defeated by us so easily?"
"you mean……"
"I believe that their main force has turned to the direction of Mamayev Heights!" Lieutenant Colonel Ball said: "The people they stayed here are just stalling for time!"
Lieutenant Colonel Edmund was shocked: "I must warn Mamayev Heights immediately!"
Lieutenant Colonel Ball shook his head and said, "It's too late, Lieutenant Colonel!"
Sure enough, it was too late, because Lieutenant Colonel Edmond had lost contact with Mamayev Heights.
Then, the Soviet troops stationed in the cemetery disappeared without a trace at some point, leaving only a pile of landmines and barbed wire... The Soviet army's goal was Mamayev Hill. If Mamayev Hill had been captured
, then the cemetery will lose its meaning.
Edmond could only report the situation to his superiors.
Major General Andreas seemed to know that this would be the result... As time passed by, the possibility of holding Mamayev Heights was also decreasing by the minute.
"I will have artillery support you!" Major General Andreas said: "Take back Mamayev Heights at all costs!"