Chapter 380

There is a small church in the middle of the village. People standing on the bell tower can clearly observe the situation within a radius of more than ten miles with the help of a telescope. In order to know more about the battle in time, I moved the headquarters here.

Standing on the clock tower, I looked through my telescope at the troops digging trenches in the distance and said to boroda in a puzzled way, "Comrade chief of staff, I don't understand. Usually the troops are stationed in the village, and the commanders like to set the headquarters in the church. First, it is spacious and can accommodate many units of the headquarters; Second, the buildings are solid. Even if they are hit by bombs or shells, they are not so easy to collapse. Why didn't they choose this place and set up their headquarters in an ordinary house

Boloda, who was standing next to me, heard my question and replied with a bitter smile: "Comrade division commander, I have asked other commanders in the division about this question. They said that when division commander dorofeyev first entered this village, many people suggested that he set up the headquarters here, but he refused."

"Why?" I put down my telescope and asked curiously.

"The target here is so obvious that it is easy to become a target for German artillery or air force once it is attacked by German forces," Mr. dorofeyev said

"Be greedy for life and afraid of death!" After I reached such a conclusion for Colonel dorofeyev, I raised the telescope again.

"Comrade division," boloda said to me suddenly, "I don't know if captain aftuhov's independent telephone company has moved to the church now. We'll depend on them for our contact with the front line later."

"Go down and have a look. When I see the captain, I'll tell him by the way that after the battle starts, I'll send someone to send the war report to the bell tower in time. "

"Yes With a promise, boroda turned and went down the bell tower.

In the distance, the trench of the Caucasian camp had been dug. Most of the soldiers were squatting or standing in the trench, and some of them were walking around in the traffic trench with their backs straight. Nearby, the busy battalion was being fought, and soldiers wearing helmets were bent over digging trenches. Perhaps because of the heat, many soldiers took off their military uniform and waved shovel in their bare upper bodies. The seven tanks of the tank company lined up behind the trench, with the black muzzle pointing to the front of the defensive position.

Just then, boroda trotted up the revolving stairs to the bell tower and reported to me in a loud voice, "Comrade division, the telegram from the guerrillas is coming. The Germans have already set out and are heading in our direction." Then he handed me a telegraph paper.

I took the telegram and looked down at it. It said, "the German vanguard has left the village of piatnica at 3 p.m. with an armored car and two trucks full of soldiers on the way." After reading the telegram, I handed it back to boroda and said with disapproval, "Comrade chief of staff, the Germans have come out with such a small number of troops that our front-line troops are enough to wipe them out."

Seeing that I despised the enemy, boroda immediately reminded me, "Comrade division, you can't despise the enemy. You know, this is just the German vanguard. We still don't know how many troops and what kind of technical equipment there are in the village. Maybe as soon as the battle starts, the German tanks and artillery troops will be sent out, and maybe planes will be sent out to bombard our positions. Then it will be a real fierce battle. "

After hearing what boroda said, my face turned a little red. I quickly turned away from the topic and told him to say, "Comrade chief of staff, go and ask where the infantry battalion that is going around the enemy's rear has arrived? By the way, I'll inform major gogasov that the German has set out and will soon arrive in front of his position, so that his troops can hide themselves and never expose themselves before the battle starts. "

Seeing that boroda was walking down the stairs, I told him, "Comrade boroda, next time you come up, you'd better bring a signalman up. In this case, he can do something for you."

"Yes, sir." Boroda agreed and went downstairs again.

An hour later, the armored vehicles and trucks of the German vanguard came into my sight. The vanguard was an armored vehicle. A German officer with a big cornice hat leaned out of the hatch, his hands on the roof, and his body swayed back and forth with the violent turbulence of the armored vehicle. When the armored car was more than 500 meters away from the camp, he pointed to the side of the road with his right hand wearing white gloves, and the armored car immediately stopped at the side of the road. The truck that followed also braked sharply and stopped close to the tail of the armored car.

The officer raised his telescope and looked carefully at the trench where the Caucasus camp was. After all, the trench was newly dug, and the new soil piled up in front of the position could be seen at a glance. When the Germans were observing, all the soldiers of our army squatted in the trenches and buried themselves low. No one ventured out to see where the Germans had gone. Although the soldiers of our army are well concealed, my heart still goes up to my throat. I'm afraid that some soldiers can't help but shoot without authorization, which will disturb the German people.

After observing for a while, the German officer saw that there was no movement in the trench. He thought it was an abandoned defense line, so he did not continue to observe. He raised his right hand and waved forward, and the armored car moved forward slowly. It was only after the armored car had gone a long way that the drivers of the two trucks started the car again and kept up from a distance.

Seeing that the armored car continued to move forward, I breathed a long sigh of relief and prayed that they would drive faster so as to press on the anti tank mines laid by our army earlier“ Boom With a loud bang, the German armored car finally pressed an anti tank mine more than 100 meters away from the position. In the light of the fire, the parts of the armored car were blown up all over the sky, and the officers and soldiers on the car were blown to pieces. The explosion was the order to shoot. The soldiers of the Caucasus battalion put their guns on the edge of the trench one after another and pulled the trigger on the German truck. In the dense gunfire, the German truck stopped again, and the soldiers on board jumped under the car. Because of the fierce firepower of our army, they were caught off guard again. Some soldiers were killed by random guns before they could jump out of the car. The bodies either fell directly into the car or hung on the baffle of the car. The soldiers who jumped out of the car hid behind the car and shot back desperately relying on the car. The soldiers of the Caucasus battalion did not rush to charge. They fired machine guns, submachine guns, rifles and German soldiers, and set up mortars to bombard trucks. However, after several mortar shells accurately hit one of the trucks and blasted it to pieces, the German resistance was completely disintegrated, and five or six survivors fled from the other truck and scrambled to the forest in the distance. Just after the battle, I was watching some soldiers leave the trench and go to clean the battlefield when I heard captain aftukhov's voice: "Comrade division commander, major gogasov's call." I turned my head and saw aftuhov come up the revolving stairs with a telephone in his hand and a rolled telephone line on his shoulder. I quickly met him, gave him a polite smile, took the phone from him, picked up the phone and said in a loud voice, "is that major Caucasus?"“ Yes, sir Caucasus's excited voice came from the microphone: "the battle has come to an end smoothly. One German armored car and one German truck have been bombed, and more than 50 German soldiers have been killed. Our army has no casualties."“ Good job, comrade gogasov. " I gave him a loud compliment and reminded him, "but you can't be proud. It's just the German vanguard. The hard fight is still behind."“ Don't worry, sir "No matter how many enemies like this come, they are not our opponents," he said with pride. We camp here, not to mention stick to one day, even stick to ten days is no problem“ Once again, comrade major, I remind you that the battle has just begun. You should overcome the idea of belittling the enemy and be prepared to fight hard and vicious battles. Well, you go and urge the soldiers to reinforce the fortifications, so that they won't be damaged by the German guns. " I really have the potential of crow mouth. Half an hour later, the position of Caucasus was shelled by the German army. According to guerrilla intelligence, the Germans immediately sent out large forces after they learned that the leading forces had suffered heavy losses. In addition to the infantry in trucks, there are armored forces and artillery. Five or six kilometers after leaving the village, their artillery laid artillery positions in an open area. According to the instructions of the artillery observers, they began to bombard the positions of the Caucasian camp. German shells roared down the long trenches, and our forward positions were quickly shrouded in the smoke of the explosion. The soldiers of the Caucasus camp, who had just won the battle, were bombarded by the German army before their laughter stopped. The huge contrast made the inexperienced soldiers panic. I put down my telescope and frowned at the shells that landed around the trench and exploded two or three times in succession, thinking about what to do to stop the German's damned artillery. At this moment, I suddenly heard the nearby boroda exclaim: "Comrade division, look, someone is running out of the trench." I raised my telescope again and looked forward. I saw many soldiers of our army coming out of the smoke. Instead of charging forward, they turned around and ran desperately to the second line. They're on the run?! I suddenly had this idea in my mind, and then I thought bitterly: I should arrange a team of supervisors in the back, and kill all those who escape.