Chapter 328

The shells exploded on the tree crown, making the branches fly.

Hiding in a single shelter under a tree, the German was blown up by shrapnel flying everywhere. One after another, they climbed out of the bunker and ran back to find a safe area to avoid the shelling.

Facing the weak resistance of the German, Captain kozhala quickly led the troops around the burning cars, suddenly inserted into the enemy's position and launched a cruel white-edged battle.

Seeing that the two armies were mixed up, I immediately ordered the artillery to stop shooting for fear of injuring my own people. Then I called ugad to the front and said, "Comrade lieutenant, the seventh company will stay on guard. You will lead the eighth company to help captain kozhala and destroy the enemy in the position. Remember, move fast! Be fierce

"I understand! Major, I promise to finish the task! " Wugad gave me a loud promise, and then ran forward a few steps, shouting at his subordinates: "Ba Lian, follow me!"

The reason why I sent up the eight companies at this time is that I have selfish intentions. After all, they are all my direct families, and they are very handy in commanding wars. The soldiers of yevgeni regiment were assigned to me on a temporary basis. I am not familiar with the regiment's commanders and fighters, and they may not be able to convince me. It is difficult to control the team. So I did not hesitate to hand over the main task to them just now. Now that the overall situation has been decided, I will send my own troops to clean up the mess.

The addition of the eighth company became the last straw to defeat the camel. The German resistance collapsed in an instant. Except for the German soldiers who were fighting with our army, the German soldiers in the distance began to flee in groups.

Seeing that the victory had been decided, I asked miducci to gather the mortar platoon and prepare to push them forward with the soldiers of the seventh company. Suddenly, I heard a cry from behind: "major oshanina! Major oshanina! Just a moment, please

Turning around, I saw that the division commander, Colonel anchufiev, and a group of staff of the division headquarters were coming to me in a hurry.

I asked miducci and the seventh company to stand by. Then I trotted forward to salute and report: "report to Mr. commander, major o'shanina has been ordered to come and wait for your order, please give us instructions!"

The Colonel also saluted, nodded to me, and said with a smile on his face, "Comrade major, what I want to say is: you are good!" Then he reached out and patted me heavily on the shoulder, ignoring the grinning pain, and then said, "I didn't expect that you broke through the German second line of defense in only half an hour. good job! You and your soldiers are good

I grinned silently, then asked Colonel anchufiev, "Comrade Colonel, we have broken through the German second line of defense. So what's our next task? "

"The task is clear, comrade major." Although Colonel anchufiev tried to put on a serious face when he assigned the task, his slightly upturned mouth had exposed his inner joy“ Go on, take down the third German line of defense, and open the passage to the volhof river for the main force of the group. "

I snapped to attention and answered in a loud voice: "please rest assured, sir. I promise to finish the task!"

"Go! Major oshanina. " The Colonel gave me a gentle push on the arm, and said earnestly, "whether the whole army can break through the enemy's siege depends on whether you can quickly break through the remaining German lines."

I feel deeply about the trust of Colonel anchufiev. In such a short period of time, apart from the mortar platoon's firepower support, there is also a certain element of luck. The German did not expect that the Soviet army, which had been attacking the first line for a day and suffered heavy casualties, would launch new attacks in such a short period of time, We were caught off guard. Now I can guarantee that the German troops in the third line of defense will never make the mistake of being careless again. The defense line at the moment must be well prepared.

The third line of defense is different from the first two. The narrow gauge railway passes through two hillsides with an interval of 100 meters. In the middle of the tracks, the Germans built barricades with sandbags and wood. On both sides of the hillside, the trees in front of the fortifications have been cut down, and the field of vision of the firepower point on the position is wide, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

When I saw this scene through the telescope, I couldn't help wondering, can such a defensive position be attacked only by our strength and the firepower cover of several mortars?

Captain kozala and lieutenant ugad were standing beside me, watching the enemy with binoculars. Seeing that I didn't speak, they could only keep silent.

In the end, Captain kozhala couldn't restrain himself and said, "Comrade major, how do you think we should attack?"

I moved the telescope away from my eyes and said slowly, "it seems that the German defense is very tight. We need to have a fire reconnaissance first." Speaking of this, I turned to kozhala and said, "Comrade captain, take a company and make a feint attack towards the hillside on the left. I want to see how the enemy's firepower is equipped. " Then I called lieutenant miducci, who was not far away, and asked his mortar platoon to fire two volleys at the hillside to cover captain kozala's feint.

Five minutes later, the attack began. On the left side of the hillside, fire and smoke rose one after another. Captain kozala, with nearly 100 soldiers, rushed to the position.

As soon as he reached the bottom of the slope, the German firepower on the hillside opened fire. Dense bullets poured down to the charging team, and the soldiers in the front row were knocked down. The soldiers behind did not continue to rush forward foolishly. Instead, they fell down on the spot and fired back at the hillside. I looked at my watch. It was only a few minutes before the attack began. I was thinking about whether to let the captain and his men withdraw immediately or to let the second lieutenant miducci's artillery fire two more volleys to let the captain's troops continue to march forward. Suddenly, several shells roared down the hillside and exploded, raising a mass of soil. Then another shell hit the barricade in the middle of the rail, and the air wave of the explosion lifted the human limbs and weapon parts high into the air“ What's going on? " I asked lieutenant miducci in the distance loudly, "Comrade lieutenant, who let you fire without permission?" Miducci in the distance exclaimed excitedly: "Comrade major, I didn't fire the gun. It's reinforcements. It's our reinforcements. "