Chapter 182

On the way to the 1075 regiment defense area, I sat in the back of the jeep and kept silent. Maybe it was due to my emotion that grissa, who was driving, and chisgakov, who was sitting in the front row, did not speak and kept quiet all the time.

Along the way, I was thinking about a problem: with only one tank battalion and two or three infantry companies, the German army could break into the defense line of the elite Soviet troops, and form a encirclement situation for a force several times its own strength, which can be seen from its strong combat effectiveness. The Soviet army can be regarded as an elite force, but it is still in such a mess. What will happen to the rest of the troops? Will they be defeated or completely annihilated?

The car stopped suddenly while thinking about it. I looked out of the window at the forest and asked, "where are you?"

"Not yet," said chisgakov, who answered me. "There's a fork in the road ahead. To the left is the defense area to the second battalion of our regiment; To the right, go to the Third Battalion of 1075 regiment. Which side shall we go, sir? "

Instead of answering his question directly, I asked, "who is the commander of the second battalion of your regiment?"

"The second battalion commander died in the battle in the daytime yesterday. I temporarily assigned the commander of the seventh company to act as the battalion commander."

When I heard that the second battalion was temporarily represented by a company commander, I lost interest and told the driver, "grissa, go right. Let's go to the Third Battalion of 1075 regiment."

The car drove forward for a few minutes, and was stopped by the soldiers on guard. After verifying our identity, one of the soldiers stood on the step and hung outside the car to lead us to the battalion headquarters. The headquarters is in the trench, and the car is not far ahead.

The third battalion commander of 1075 regiment is major Xie Dulin, who also holds the post of deputy commander. Seeing our arrival, he quickly came up to report and salute.

After I entered the room and sat down, I raised my head and said to Xie Dulin, who stood respectfully in front of me, "Comrade major, tell us about your situation here."

"Yes With a promise, he stood in the same place and began to report: "the enemy opposite our battalion has about two companies. Yesterday, they launched an attack on our position. After being repulsed, they stationed in the forest opposite the line of defense. So far today, they haven't heard anything. I think they are waiting for reinforcements and heavy weapons. "

"How far is the enemy's base from us?" I then asked.

"About six hundred meters."

"What measures have you taken?"

"Measures?" Xie Dulin repeated what I said, with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "Sir, I didn't understand you."

"I mean, since the enemy is stationed opposite your battalion, have you ever used the night to send people to scout or organize small teams to attack at night?"

"No," he said, shaking his head like a rattle. "You know that the troops have retreated after repeated battles. The organizational structure of the troops has been crippled and the soldiers are very tired. If you think about sending troops to sneak attack, there are some difficulties... "

"Enough!" Hearing his incoherent explanation, I couldn't help getting angry again: "if you are tired, the enemy will be tired? When is the right time not to attack at night? Are you going to sneak attack again when the enemy sleeps all night and becomes energetic and comes under the cover of planes, artillery and tanks after daybreak? "

When I yelled at Xie Dulin, I thought the anger was too much. But I didn't know what happened these two days, so I felt upset. I couldn't control my mood and wanted to get angry.

Just when I scolded shedulin, chisgakov stood in a dilemma and didn't know how to persuade me, a soldier rushed in and called out a report: "report to battalion commander, German tanks are coming up!"

"What? Tank? " All three of us were surprised. The red faced Xie Dulin, who was scolded by me, asked eagerly, "where is it?"

"It's coming from the left side of our army."

"How far is it from our trench?" This time, it was chisgakov who asked first.

The soldier looked at one of chisgakov's badges, then straightened up and said, "report to the colonel, after the enemy's tanks came out of the forest, they drove along the front of our army for a while, and then they drove towards the forest where the enemy was stationed."

"Go and have a look." When I said that, I got up and wanted to walk out.

"Please wait a moment," chisgakov said in a pleading tone, standing in front of me. "Comrade division, it's dangerous here. You'd better go back to the division headquarters."

"Yes Xie Dulin also echoed: "during the transfer of our battalion, almost all the anti tank weapons were discarded. If the German tanks attack, I can only organize the soldiers to bomb with cluster grenades. For your safety's sake, you'd better move with the Colonel first! "

"No, go and have a look." With that, I pushed chisgakov aside and took the lead out of the headquarters. In fact, I didn't try to be a hero and take risks blindly. I thought that katukov's tank brigade was nearby and could fight at any time. As long as the German army does not have the absolute advantage, the tank brigade can repel them.

Standing in the trench reinforced with logs, I watched with binoculars the two German tanks with cross marks. They drove slowly towards the opposite forest, as if they were going to join the troops there and then turn their heads to attack us. When the tank was more than 100 meters away from the forest, several armored vehicles were driven out of the forest, followed by a lot of infantry. It seemed that they were ready to join and attack together. Seeing this, I put down my telescope and gave an order to the nearby Xie Dulin: "pass my order, order all soldiers to be ready for battle immediately!"

"Comrade division commander," replied Xie Dulin, "the soldiers are ready to fight." I looked left and right, the soldiers had entered the position, put their weapons on the edge of the trench, and even several soldiers were squatting on the ground to bundle cluster grenades. Just then, there was a loud noise in the distance, which startled me, and the German army began to attack? He quickly picked up the telescope and carefully went out to observe. What I saw surprised me again. I saw that the tank was shooting at the armored car, and the roaring shells easily tore apart the thin armor of the armored car, causing the lethal explosion of ammunition inside the car, which made the soldiers around the car cry and howl. After the violent explosion, the armored car began to burn“ What the hell is going on? " Said chisgakov, who was also looking through the telescope. I was also at a loss, so I couldn't explain to him what happened to the German cannibalism. The roar of tank motors came from the forest on the left side of the position, and I quickly turned the telescope to the place where the sound came from. I saw a tank unit shuttling through the forest. There were a lot of tanks, at least 20 or 30. My heart beat faster immediately. Without anti tank weapons, we can't cope with both vehicles. With so many vehicles coming down, can we hold our position? I should have brought the anti tank regiment of yevremenko just now. Next to him, chisgakov suddenly exclaimed excitedly: "look, sir! It's our own tanks. Look, it's all T-34 tanks. " When I heard him shouting like this, I fixed my eyes and found that it was a Soviet tank. After a little meditation, I could see what happened to the firing of the German tank opposite. I put down my telescope again and cried out, "major shedulin, organize the troops to attack immediately!"“ Attack? " "But we don't have any anti tank weapons. Launching an attack in this situation would be like committing suicide," he asked foolishly“ Yes Chisgakov also said: "Sir, the major has a point. Please think about it again."“ What can I think about? "I almost got angry again, but I explained patiently," Comrade Colonel, don't you understand? The tank that was firing at the German army was captured by general katukov just now. If I guess correctly, general katukov first used two captured tanks to approach the enemy. After the exchange of fire started, the rest of the ambush tanks quickly attacked the enemy's position. At this time, we need the cooperation of our infantry to have the opportunity to annihilate the enemy. Do you understand me? " My last words almost came out“ I see! " They both answered at the same time. Then major Xie Dulin climbed out of the trench hand and foot, pulled out his pistol, raised it over his head, and cried out in a loud voice: "brothers, follow me, move forward!" Although the soldiers did not know what happened, they saw that their battalion commanders had climbed out of the trench first, and then one commander after another climbed out, and they did not hesitate to climb out, and formed a scattered formation in front of the trench. I also wanted to climb up, but chisjakov caught me. He said nervously, "Oh, my teacher, it's too dangerous outside. Don't go out and take this risk." I looked at the outside of the line, has been under the leadership of Xie Dulin, slowly forward, also did not insist on climbing outside, but honestly stood in the trenches to observe the situation. In the line of attack, except for Xie Dulin, other people didn't know that our army had occupied the absolute advantage. They only knew that there was a battle in the German position. As for what happened, they couldn't see and know. It was a habit of obedience that they would charge forward with us. Because of this, although Xie Dulin is marching forward with great strides, the commanders and soldiers who follow him are always dallying, so that the distance between them is getting larger and larger. Chisgakov, who was standing below, was worried and yelled: "go, go! Rush forward and crush the enemy Only a few soldiers in the back row heard his cry. They accelerated and walked a few steps. Seeing the people in front of them moving slowly, they slowed down again. The tanks of the katukov brigade rushed out of the forest, spread out battle formations one by one in front of the infantry attack formation, and then increased their horsepower and rushed forward. Seeing that his tank has entered the war, no matter how stupid he is, he knows what's going on. The scattered line, which is still advancing slowly, looks like a bloody chicken. Everyone is shouting "Wula!" He leveled the weapon in his hand and ran quickly. Seeing that the infantry, under the cover of tanks, pressed down on the enemy's position, there was no suspense of victory, and the stone in my heart finally fell to the ground. When he put down the telescope, he felt his face hurt with cold, so he asked chisjakov to go back to the command post and wait for the good news from the front line. On the way to the command post, I was still thinking: just now katukov captured only one German tank, but just now he led the attack on two German tanks. Where did he find the other one? When I see him later, I must ask him about it.