Chapter 327

After listening to what Colonel anchufiev said, I suddenly felt a chill on my back. It took thousands of people to break through the German first line of defense. According to the way of playing in the daytime, it is estimated that even if the whole division is assigned, it will not be able to break through the German encirclement.

I took off my helmet and scratched the back of my head. There was a dignified look on my face. I didn't think that there would be so many problems in the breakout. However, I am also clear that this breakthrough can only be carried out by our division. If it is replaced by other units, it is estimated that all of them will be destroyed, and it will not be able to break through the German defense. The failure of the northward breakthrough a few days ago illustrates this problem. Although the tactics of Anqiu feyev's division are still inflexible, if I can master one unit, I will have a chance to break through the remaining German lines. So I thought of this and said, "Comrade Colonel, if you can replenish my forces and equip me with heavy weapons, then the probability of breaking through the German defense line will be greatly increased."

Colonel anchufiev pondered a little, gave a slight smile, and said, "well, major oshanina, I believe in your ability. Lieutenant commander Eugene was wounded in today's battle and withdrew from the battle. You can take over this regiment for the time being

For the trust given by Colonel Anqiu feyev, I immediately felt a warm current coming up. I quickly climbed out of the bunker, stood in front of him, respectfully saluted him, and sincerely said: "please rest assured, sir, as long as I have breath, I will certainly make a gap in the German encirclement, Cover the main force of the group army and stand out the encirclement. "

After listening, the Colonel put out his hands and patted me on the shoulder, and said with approval, "good job, major oshanina. I'm sure you can fulfill your promise. I'm waiting for your good news." At this point, he hesitated and then said, "but I can't provide you with firepower cover when you attack. You should know that the artillery of the division were lost in the early fighting."

As soon as I heard this, I felt a thump in my heart. The Germans in this line of defense did not have heavy weapons such as artillery, tanks and armored vehicles, which made us pay such a heavy price. Even the Germans in the second line of defense are equipped with the same weapons. Our attack is like hitting a stone with an egg. And the tactics of sneaking around the back of the German positions are also difficult to use again, because the Germans who run away will reveal the secret. As long as we send more guard posts at the rear of the line of defense, we will never have any chance of success even if we go around the rear of the position again.

While worrying about gain and loss, I suddenly heard the familiar voice of commander habi: "Comrade teacher, comrade teacher." Soon he appeared in front of Colonel anchufiev. After standing at attention and saluting, he excitedly reported: "Comrade division, when we were encircling and annihilating the enemy, we captured five mortars and more than ten boxes of shells."

When I heard commander habi say that, I was stunned. Since the Germans had mortars, why didn't they fire when our army attacked in the daytime just now? Then our army would suffer more casualties“ Comrade commander, "Colonel anchufiev thought of the same question. He frowned and asked," since there are mortars in their positions, why did they not fire when our army launched several frontal attacks? "

Commander habi looked at me and then replied to anchufiev: "according to the interrogation of the prisoners, these mortar teams arrived an hour ago. Their task is to kill us with artillery fire when our army attacks. But because major o'shanina launched a surprise attack in time, I captured all the German artillery before they could fight. "

"Great! That's great With a smile on his face, anchufiev turned to me and said, "major oshanina, these five mortars are assigned to you. We must break through the second line of defense of the German army as soon as possible and open the way forward for the whole division. "

I immediately stood at attention to salute him, assured him: "please rest assured, I promise to complete the task."

I put together the seven and eight companies, mixed them with the remnants of the Eugene regiment, and put together a team of more than 500 people. Then the original artillery soldiers were drawn out of the army and formed a mortar platoon, which was under the command of Lt. miducci.

After the formation of the troops, I took them to the second German line of defense.

More than an hour later, the second German line of defense appeared in front of us. Several stuffy tank cars are on the railway track. There are high sandbags in the cars. The machine guns behind the sandbags can be seen clearly without binoculars. Behind the tracks, the Germans also dug dense single person bunkers, at least one company of troops, distributed in these bunkers.

Captain diomi was wounded in the battle just now and has been sent to the temporary medical center for treatment. Now the commander of the seventh and eighth companies is lieutenant ugad. The remnant of the Eugene regiment was under the command of a captain named kozhara. Now these two men are standing in front of me, waiting for my order.

Looking at the crude German defense line, I did not rashly give the order to attack. Instead, I asked lieutenant miducci to set up the artillery position, and then asked them, "two commanders, how do you think we should attack?"

"That's to say, gather the soldiers together, line up and rush through." Captain kozala replied without hesitation.

After listening to him, I did not say a word, but turned my eyes to the next lieutenant ugad. Wugad looked at the captain first, then turned his eyes to me, and then replied, "Comrade major, my view is the same as that of Comrade captain. We should immediately concentrate our troops on the enemy, quickly break through the German defense line, and open the way for the main force of the group army." At this point, he pause, and then like a great determination to say: "I am willing to lead the troops to attack." I snorted, pointed to some stuffy can cars on the railway track in front of me, and said coldly, "according to the way you said, let alone break through the German position, even if we only rush to those cars, our people are almost dead."“ So what should we do? " Wugad and I have been together for a long time, knowing that I must have been well-established, so they took the initiative to ask for my opinions“ Lieutenant ugad, "I'm not going to talk any more. I'm going to give orders to the two men directly." you go and order lieutenant miducci to fire. First, concentrate the fire on these cars. After destroying the carriage, the artillery fire extended to the depth of the enemy's position. Next, it's you, comrade captain, who will lead the infantry to rush up and wipe out all the Germans who are still fighting! Do you understand? " They agreed in unison: "please rest assured, comrade major, that we will complete the task." At the command, Lieutenant miducci's mortar platoon opened fire, and the shell roared toward the German position. In the sound of explosions, the car on the track was hit directly by the shells and was blown askew. The ammunition in the car was killed and caused a fire. Except for the German machine gunners who were killed on the spot, the rest jumped from the burning vehicles and ran to the rear scattered positions. Although our army has only five mortars, it can ensure the artillery density in a narrow area. Within the roaring range of shells and shrapnel, the fleeing machine gunners fell down one after another. At most, only two or three people escaped into the foxholes. Seeing this scene, I put down my telescope and said to captain kozhala, who was standing beside me and was eager to try, "Comrade captain, the artillery has destroyed the German machine gun position. The rest is up to you." The captain saluted me and ran to the troops on standby with his gun in his hand, still shouting: "comrades! It's our turn to go on the stage. In order to avenge those soldiers who died, listen to my command and move forward! Go ahead! " Under his command, the troops who had been ready to go issued a tsunami like cry: "Wula! ~ ~ ~" Then hundreds of soldiers, armed with bayoneted rifles, rushed towards the German position.