Chapter 11

The blast proof hole is a large basement with dim light and damp. It looks like a boiler room. When I went in, there was no one in it. I couldn't help getting angry. The female soldiers in the platoon were so impolite that no one obeyed my orders and came here to avoid the German artillery.

I wanted to go out and teach them a lesson, but I couldn't help beating the drum when I heard the roar of guns from outside. Sitting on the bench against the wall, recalling the several shells exploded just now beside the observation post, I still have a lingering fear, so that my heart is jumping faster and faster, I can't breathe, and my legs are shaking constantly.

"Rita," Jenna suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cave. She said breathlessly, "Why are you hiding here? We are looking for you everywhere."

"Ah," Jenna's sudden appearance rescued me from panic. I took a deep breath and then asked calmly, "what's the matter?"

"The German devils were found behind the position. The Deputy platoon leader asked me to come to you. If I can't find you here, I'm going to observe and find you."

"Oh, there are Germans behind the Highlands!" When she said that, I was relieved. When I was at the observation post just now, I heard that the German army was trying to bypass us and then cross the road to attack the defensive positions in the rear, cutting off the connection between the high ground and the rear. Although I don't know what kind of battle is about to take place, I know clearly that the German attack is bound to fail, which is an unchangeable fact. Otherwise, Leningrad would have fallen long ago, so I still sit on my stool and ask, "what kind of German?"

"I don't know." She replied with a little panic: "the sentry on duty just now said that he had found a German. I think he should report to you first, and then you should report to the superior."

The gunfire outside stopped, although I was still flustered not long ago, now the feeling of fear is gone. It's back to what it was. I interrupted and asked, "how many Germans are there?"

"Comrade platoon leader!" Jeanne, affected by my emotions, calmed down and said“ It's the mobile sentry in the platoon who's here to report, she said definitely, the Germans

"What kind of forces?"

"I don't know," Jeanne replied, already aware that her own answer was very bad. "I think we have to report right away······ When I came to you, the Deputy platoon leader went to the edge of the cliff to observe the enemy's situation. "

I stood up and said to Jeanne, "come on, take me to see what kind of German you are."

Karenina and two squad leaders of class two and class three were standing on the edge of the cliff, observing the enemy situation below with binoculars. I went up to Karenina and asked in a low voice, "what's going on down there?"

"It's very good," she said with a sad face as she handed me the telescope in her hand. "There's probably a battalion of German devils under the cover of three tanks and ten armored vehicles, attacking the position north of the road. The defense line may be broken through."

"Not necessarily." I laughed scornfully and raised my telescope to look down. On the road several hundred meters away, the German infantry formed a scattered formation and were slowly advancing towards the position on the north side of the road. In front of the road are three heavy tanks, one moment firing, one moment firing guns, slowly moving forward, all the way to the bushes, stumps, circles of barbed wire are rolled under the car.

The defensive forces may lack anti tank weapons. From time to time, some soldiers jump out of the trench and rush towards the tank with explosive bags, but they are soon knocked down by the machine gun fire on the armored car behind the tank. The tank stopped about 50 meters from the trench, opened fire with guns and machine guns, covered the infantry jumping from the armored vehicles, and occupied a favorable battle position.

"Karenina, assemble the whole platoon at once." Seeing the situation of the defense line below becoming more and more critical, I gave the order decisively. With a promise, Karenina ran to gather the team.

In a short time, the fully armed women soldiers ran over one after another, and then stopped in front of me, neatly arranged in three lines. Jenna, the second squad leader nalisa, and the third squad leader nadasha also returned to the queue. Karenina stepped forward and saluted me: "Comrade platoon leader, the whole platoon has assembled. Please give us your instructions."

I stepped forward and said solemnly to the more than 30 female soldiers in front of me: "comrades, the situation is very serious now. The German devils have come around behind us and are attacking the militia division in the north of the road. The militiamen have little combat experience. It is difficult for them to block the enemy's attack. We should support them

"Comrade platoon leader," the second squad leader, nalisa, interrupted me. "How can we support them? There's a cliff behind here. We can't get down. "

"Who said we were going down?" Because I was dissatisfied with her interrupting my speech, my tone was also very impolite“ We will support them with fire on the high ground. "

"But we're all equipped with rifles. I'm afraid it won't work much." Although I heard my dissatisfaction with her from my tone, she still summoned up the courage to say what she wanted to say.

"Who said we were going to shoot with rifles?" I deliberately pause for a moment, and then announced: "I decided to use the anti-aircraft machine gun on the German devils flat fire."“ Flat shot? " After listening to my words, she could not help but brighten her eyes and said in surprise: "you have a point. The anti-aircraft machine gun can really provide powerful firepower support for the militia division. But... She stopped for a moment, then hesitated a little and said: "but according to the regulations, if you want to change the use of weapons, you must get permission from the superior..." "OK," I can't wait to interrupt her. These old men are dull. After asking for instructions and getting permission, it is estimated that the position in the north of the road will be broken by the German army“ I'll take all the responsibility. The following operational tasks are arranged: Deputy platoon leader Karenina and the second squad leader stay in the original artillery position to maintain air defense. Jeanne, the first group leader, and Natasha, the third group leader, immediately took the soldiers to push the anti-aircraft machine gun here. We must fight immediately and eliminate these German devils. Do you understand? "“ I understand The women soldiers roared with high morale“ AA gun one is in position“ Three AA machine guns are in position Standing on the edge of the cliff, I raised my right hand high, and while observing the enemy with a telescope, I cried out: "machine gun No.1, target: German tanks."“ Got it. Target: German tanks. " Jenna, sitting in the shooter's seat, repeated my command aloud, "machine gun three, target: armored car on the right side of the tank."“ Target: German armored vehicles. " Natasha repeated my orders in a loud voice“ Shoot With the shouts, my hand swung down, two anti-aircraft machine guns opened fire, a string of revenge bullets to the enemy. Looking through the telescope, an armored car was hit by dense bullets, and the smoke immediately came out, like a burning torch. The bullet rattled the tank's armor, but it only spattered a series of sparks. It seems that the machine gun bullet did little damage to it at such a long distance“ Jeanne, "seeing that the attack on the tank was invalid, I immediately told Jeanne loudly," don't fight the tank any more, fight the armored vehicles and infantry next to you. " The German tanks attacked at the foot of the mountain stopped shelling the militia positions and turned to fire on our mountain. However, because of the angle of fire, all the shells of the tank landed on the hillside without exception; The infantry covering the tanks also turned their guns to our positions in a hurry and organized fire attack, because their weapons did not have enough range and did no harm to us at all. In my eyes, this is a one-sided massacre. The armored vehicles at the foot of the mountain were blasted one after another, and the sound of ammunition explosion was heard all the time. The nearby infantry were knocked down by pieces of shrapnel, and the rest of them ran around with guns and screams. Many more people in the militia positions jumped out of the trenches and rushed to the German tanks. At this time, the German army was too busy to organize effective defense, and the militia soon rushed near the tank. The body of a tank burst out a dazzling fire, surrounded the whole huge body, and then started a raging fire. The hatch lid clattered open, and the first thing that came out was a thick plume of smoke, and then several soldiers jumped out. They yell, wave their arms, roll on the ground, trying to put out the blaze on their tank suits. Our anti-aircraft machine guns continue to roar, pouring ammunition into the German queue, mercilessly harvesting the lives of the German devils. Where the bullet plowed, no one could be found standing. The remaining two German tanks were also bombed by the militia, and the militia division started a comprehensive counterattack. Under our double attack, the German devils could not escape the doom of the whole army.