Chapter 490

The chief of staff of the artillery regiment did not dare to neglect him. He quickly agreed. He quickly ran to the front of the line and gave orders in a loud voice: "artillery regiment, listen to my command, all of you enter the gun positions and take your positions."

With the command of the major, the artillery who had been in the position quickly entered their respective positions. The major raised his telescope and looked at the enemy line in the distance. He raised his right hand high and cried out, "armor piercing bullets." Almost at the same time as the command was issued, the right hand swung down sharply.

Dozens of guns issued a roar in order, the shell whistling out of the barrel flew to the distance, landed in the enemy's line and exploded. From the telescope, I can see that although most of the shells fell around the enemy tanks and exploded, three tanks were hit by armor piercing bullets, and the body of the tanks had caught fire, and the tongues of fire were jumping happily in the rolling black smoke.

The trucks that followed the tank stopped, and the German soldiers jumped out of the trucks in a hurry, scattered, trotted behind the tank and rushed in our direction.

"Attention, all!" "Reload, aim at the front tank, fire, use armor piercing bullets. Distance, two kilometers, ruler... "He pauses a little, then breathes out his breath and yells," let go! "

The rumble of guns covered all the sounds around. The armor piercing shells flew to the smoke in the distance and to the tanks in front of the enemy line. After more than 20 shells fell to the ground and exploded, shrapnel flew everywhere, and the flame of explosion was flashing. The five leading tanks emitted black smoke. After driving for a certain distance, they stopped in the same place and began to burn.

When I was looking at it, I felt that someone beside me patted me on the shoulder. I turned around and saw that it was trekov. He pointed to the infantry position and yelled something to me, but my ears were shocked by the high decibel gunfire. I couldn't hear what he said clearly. Just wanted him to say it again, he had already run to the infantry position.

I realized that he wanted me to go back to the infantry position with him. Just after two steps, he suddenly saw the body of the artillery commander who was lying in a pool of blood. He immediately understood why Zhukov had said such a strange thing to me on the phone yesterday. You know, it's an extraordinary time. In troubled times, he used heavy allusions. He was worried that I would be disobeyed in the name of battlefield when I contradicted the unreasonable superior, I will die in vain when I die. There is no place to cry out for injustice. Thinking about this, I added some gratitude to Zhukov. At the same time, I quickened my pace and chased after him.

Back in the infantry position, trakov jumped into the trench, and the soldiers of the guard company who had been waiting by the car also jumped into the trench. Trekov looked back at me, shook his head and said, "come with me!" Although my hearing has recovered, I still feel like a ball of cotton in my ear. Trakov's voice is almost inaudible. If he didn't walk forward again, I still can't guess what he said.

Under the guidance of the soldiers, we came to the command post. As soon as I entered the gate, I found that the so-called command post was actually a narrow trench. It was only one meter wide and five or six meters long. It was difficult for people to turn around in it. There was a captain sitting in front of him. A lieutenant was standing on his side. They were talking. Seeing us coming in, he stood up, raised his hand and said, "Hello, general! Do you have any instructions? "

Trekov looked them up and down, and asked slowly, "I said, which army are you two from?"

The lieutenant preempted and said, "report general, we are under the command of Colonel lyudnikov. Yesterday, he received an order from general trakov, deputy commander of the group army, to let us both come here to take over the unit without commander."

"I'm trekov." After showing his identity, trakov looked out from the observation port of the command post and asked the two commanders sternly, "the enemy troops are attacking here under the cover of tanks, trying to seize the 74th passing station. What's your plan?"

The captain waved his fist and said firmly, "Comrade General, what else can we do? Fight. As long as the enemy dares to approach our position, we will teach them a lesson with our weapons. "

Trikov beckoned to the captain, asked him to come to him, pointed to the enemy attack line that was being ravaged by our artillery, and said to the captain, "Comrade captain, you see, the enemy's tanks have been severely attacked by our artillery. The infantry behind them are now in chaos. If they can take this opportunity to attack, they will be defeated. "

After hearing this, the captain said with some embarrassment: "Comrade deputy commander, this may be a bit difficult. You know, we only have 200 people now. If we want to launch an attack on the enemy, it's just like..."

In the middle of the captain's words, he stopped. Trekov immediately took over the topic and said coldly, "Comrade captain, are you worried that these two hundred people will rush up to the tiger's mouth?"

After hearing this, the captain did not deny it. He nodded his head and agreed.

Seeing the captain politely saying that he can't carry out the orders given by trakov, I can't help but worry about him. You know, the artillery commander just now is better than him. He's just a captain, but others are lieutenant colonel. Trakov doesn't mean to die. But he didn't get angry. He pointed to the outside and said to the captain, "Comrade captain, look outside. The enemy's tanks are badly beaten by our artillery. Those infantry who have lost their tank cover have lost their fighting spirit. As long as we have a counter charge, we can defeat them."

At this time, a loud charge came from the outside, and then there was a cry that was suppressed by the sound of guns. Trikov frowned and asked, "Comrade captain, what's the matter? Where did the troops begin to attack? "

The captain's head shook like a rattle: "I don't know, you know I haven't given any orders to the troops, they won't attack without authorization."

A report came out of the door. The captain called out, "come in!" Finish saying, from our side side body walked to the door.

A soldier came in outside the door, raised his hand to salute and reported to the captain, "report to the captain, the infantry unit of the division headquarters, under the cover of the tank battalion, launched a charge against the enemy. Comrade lieutenant, let me ask for your advice. What should we do? Will you continue to hold your position, or will you attack with the troops of the division headquarters? "

The captain waved his hand and said in a loud voice, "go back and tell the lieutenant, blow the charge, we'll attack all the way."

After the soldiers left, the captain turned around and saluted trikov, saying, "Comrade deputy commander, since the main force of the Division has already launched an attack, we will follow suit and the position will be handed over to you."

I went outside to arrange security connection for defense. After that, I returned to the command post and stood at the observation port with trakov to look out. The enemy's attacking troops were overwhelmed by our artillery. Now when I saw our tanks and infantry launched a counter charge, I was immediately flustered. I roared and stepped up the accelerator and turned around to escape. Seeing that the tanks that covered them all fled, large groups of German infantry began to flee.

The assault speed of our army's tanks was very fast. In just a few minutes, they broke into the enemy's line, let go of the infantry who ran around, and chased the butt of the enemy's tanks. A few slow running tanks, soon out of the smoke, stopped at the side of the road and began to burn. The infantry, who followed, used their machine guns, submachine guns and rifles to attack the enemy, and the defeated enemy was knocked down one by one.

Just as our army gradually gained the initiative in the battlefield, groups of enemy planes appeared in the air. They dived at our charge team, dropped bombs and strafed, effectively preventing our army from pursuing. Several other tanks were either torn apart by the bomb or overturned in the crater by the blast.

Although many tanks were destroyed and hundreds of commanders and fighters fell under the fire of the enemy planes, they did not return immediately. Instead, they were lying on the ground or hiding in craters to shoot at the enemy.

When the enemy ground forces, which had been defeated, saw their fighters coming to help them, they also stabilized their position, pressed back on them, and launched counter fire with tank shells and infantry fire.

The tank shells of both sides roared out of the guns and flew to the other side's position. In the sound of explosions and machine gun fire, from time to time the enemy's or our tanks were destroyed, and from time to time the soldiers or soldiers of both sides fell in a pool of blood.

Seeing this scene, trikov clenched his teeth tightly and smashed his fist on the earth wall. He said indignantly, "damn the Germans, if they don't have the air supremacy, our troops will charge again, and they will be completely defeated."

After the enemy planes bombed on the battlefield, they turned around and bombed our artillery positions and the 74th passing station. The bomb roared down from the sky, landed nearby and exploded, which made the earth above us fall continuously. In a short time, trekov and I became disheartened.

Trekov shook his head, shook off the mud from his hat, and then said to me, "o'shanina, let's go to the division headquarters of lyudnikov. I think the enemy is trying to seize this meeting station today. We must firmly hold on here."

At the risk of being hit by enemy bombs or airborne machine guns, we bent over and trotted to the division headquarters of lyudnikov. On the road, I clearly saw that the artillery position was unfortunately hit by the enemy's bomb, and half of the position fell into a sea of fire. I don't know how many officers and soldiers on the position will survive when the battle is over.

When we ran into the headquarters of lyudnikov's division, we startled him. He rushed to meet him. He didn't even care about the military salute, so he asked in a hurry, "Comrade commander, how did you come here?" Seeing that we were covered with dirt, he asked with concern, "where are you from? No injuries? "

Trikov brushed the dust off his shoulder and said with disapproval, "I came from the position near the 74th meeting. All the commanders and fighters in the position have participated in the attack."

"Isn't that position unguarded?" Lyudnikov became nervous when he heard what trakov said. "It's not good if there's no one to guard. In that case, the enemy can pass by at any time to occupy and make way." Then he began to shout out to his men, "come on! Come on

Trikov stopped his fussy action and said lightly, "you don't have to worry about that position. I'll send a guard company to guard there. The enemy can't sneak past."

A soldier had already run in with lyudnikov's cry, saluted the colonel and asked, "Sir, do you have any instructions?"

Lyudnikov waved his hand and said, "it's OK. You go out."

The soldier turned and left without saying a word.

Lyudnikov asked trakov to sit down, brought him a cup of hot tea, and began to complain: "Comrade commander, I don't know when our fighters will be able to go out? You see, without air supremacy, our anti shock action will not succeed. If the enemy plane had arrived five minutes late just now, I believe we would have completely defeated the enemy who came here. "

"I also want to know where our air force is. Without air supremacy, even if we have more tanks and artillery than the enemy, it is useless. As long as they have a round of bombing, the charge we have managed to organize will be repulsed. "

Both of them were silent. I could only stand beside them foolishly and didn't dare to speak.

After a while, trikov took a sip of tea. As he put down his cup, he asked, "Colonel lyudnikov, do you have any reserves in your hand now?"

Lyudnikov nodded and replied, "there are still two guard companies. I don't know which position the commander plans to send them to."

Trekov replied without thinking, "send them to the station 74. From today's situation, the target of the enemy's attack is to give way. If the enemy seizes the passing station, then the troops transferred from our army will not be able to complete the assembly by railway. "

Lyudnikov didn't immediately respond to trakov's order. After pondering for a while, he tentatively said: "Comrade commander, the enemy is currently engaged in fierce fighting with our counter attack forces. In a short time, they should not be able to launch a charge against the passing station. Well, I'll call the military commander and ask him about the deployment there, and then decide whether to send the two companies to the meeting station. "

Seeing that trikov nodded slightly, lyudnikov quickly picked up the telephone on the desk, dialed it and said aloud, "is it the military commander? This is colonel lyudnikov. What's the situation there? Have you found any trace of the enemy? "

The commander replied politely, "report, comrade Colonel, according to my observation, the enemy has no possibility of attacking the passing station for the time being. At present, I have ordered the Security Council to let the soldiers from the two platoons of the station enter the position, and have made all preparations for fighting, ready to inflict heavy damage on the enemy at any time. "

Lyudnikov said, "well done, comrade commander of the military transport." Then he hung up the phone and said to trikov, "Comrade commander, the military commander has ordered the Security Council to let the troops directly under the station into the position. I believe they can resist the enemy's attack in a short time. In this way, we don't need to send these two companies to the meeting station for the time being. Instead, we will leave them and use them in more important areas. "

From time to time, the war reports on the front line were reported to lyudnikov by telephone. After lyudnikov answered the phone, he reported the war to trikov word for word.

With the departure of the enemy plane, the battle between the enemy and US started between the tanks of the two armies, and the infantry of both sides did not charge against each other. A few hours later, as the tanks on both sides were exhausted, the battle went into a stalemate.

Lyudnikov asked trakov, "Comrade commander, at present, the ammunition consumption of both sides is very large, and the morale is also beginning to decline. Do you think you want to order the troops to withdraw temporarily for rest?"

Trekov shook his head and said firmly, "no, we can't withdraw. We are tired, so is the enemy. Once we retreat, if the enemy comes up from behind, our troops will break up. "

"What should we do?"

Instead of answering him, trakov turned to me and asked, "commander oshanina, what are you going to do if you're a commander?"

"Put two companies as reserves into position immediately. The enemy is exhausted. They can't stop our new force. I believe that as the reserves enter the battlefield, the enemy will be defeated by us. "

"Are you sure these two companies can achieve the effect you said when they put into the battlefield?" Trekov looked at me and asked seriously.

I nodded without hesitation. Now that both the enemy and us are at the last moment, the input of this new force is bound to become the last straw to defeat the German camel.

Seeing that I was particularly sure, trakov nodded with satisfaction, turned to lyudnikov and said, "in that case, comrade Colonel, you can send these two companies to attack."

Lyudnikov sighed helplessly and said, "well, I'll give orders to the troops now."

He picked up the phone, did not wait for the handle, a commander rushed in. As soon as he saw it, he knew that he had come from the battlefield. His face was black, his whole body was sweating, and he was gasping.

When lyudnikov saw him, he put down the receiver, walked from the table to the commander and asked, "what's the matter?"

The commander looked happy and exclaimed excitedly, "report to our division commander, reinforcements, reinforcements, our reinforcements are here!"

"Reinforcements!" Not only surprised lyudnikov and me, but also trekov jumped up from his seat, came to the commander with a lunge, grabbed him by the shoulder, and asked aloud, "what reinforcements, where did they come from?"

The commander shook his head and replied, "report, comrade general, I don't know what part they belong to. Anyway, they just got off the military line in the meeting station, and the leading forces have already launched a charge to the area where the enemy and us are deadlocked. "