Chapter 546

After observing for a long time, I found that the area behind the barbed wire was the biggest threat to our offensive forces. Thinking of this, I couldn't help putting down my telescope and touching the nearby kolobgin with my next door. He took the telescope away from his eyes, turned to look at me, and asked suspiciously“ Commander o'shanina, what can I do for you

I pointed to the front and said to him, "Comrade Colonel, do you see the barbed wire at the foot of the mountain?"

Listening to me, he picked up his telescope and looked at the position. Then he asked me, "I see that the barbed wire was laid by the German overnight. What's wrong with you?"

In front of him, I had nothing to hide, so I directly expressed my worry: "I think there may be a German minefield behind the barbed wire."

I didn't expect that he just said with a smile, "Lieutenant Commander o'shanina, I've thought of what you said. But you don't have to worry. As long as our tanks drive past and crush them, they can open up a way for the Assault Infantry. "

"Our tanks?" I asked blankly, "where are our tanks? Why can't I see any of them?" You know, I didn't see the tank that klobkin said on the way here, nor in front of the position. It is impossible for tanks to enter the tunnel. Will our tanks fall from the sky or come out of the ground when we fight later?

He just raised his hand and looked at his watch. He called the commander who called the artillery battalion and said, "chief of staff, it's almost time to prepare the attacking troops. Signal them. "

The Commander agreed with a smile and flashed out of the observation post. Then I heard a long whistle or two outside. With the sound of the whistle, I heard orderly footsteps coming from the outside. Looking out of the window, I saw the formation of officers and men climbing out of the trench one after another and heading down the hillside.

Seeing that the infantry had begun to gather and the tanks hadn't been seen, I couldn't help but feel a little worried and asked, "Comrade Colonel, where are our tanks?"

Klobzin looked at me with a smile, but pointed to the foot of the mountain with his hand and said, "dear comrade oshanina, please be calm. Look at the foot of the mountain." Listening to what he said, I had to be patient and look down the hill. There is a distance of more than 100 meters from the observation post to the foot of the mountain. The fast-moving officers and soldiers are approaching the foot of the mountain, but I still don't see any tanks of our army.

Just when I wanted to ask klobkin again, a roar of tank motors came from the hillside, and then a piece of soil burst out, and in the dust, a T-34 tank of our army rushed out. Then, five or six tanks arched out at the foot of the hillside.

I can't help looking at the tanks slowly moving forward covered with dust. It took me a long time to get back to myself and excitedly said to klobkin, "that's great! Comrade Colonel, no wonder I can't find your tanks. They were all hidden underground. Let alone the enemy, I didn't even think of them. "

With a sigh of relief, commander klobjing said, "because our division's defense line is often bombed by enemy planes, the tank regiment under the division's jurisdiction has suffered heavy losses in the air raid. Look, there are only a few of the original more than 80 tanks left. Thanks to your proposal to overhaul the tunnel, it gives us an inspiration. Since tanks are easy to be attacked by the enemy air force outside, we will try to hide them. In this way, I asked the soldiers of the corps to dig several underground tank depots at the foot of the mountain and hide all our only tanks in them. In this way, not only can we avoid the enemy's air attack, but our tank units can also attack suddenly when they are attacked by the enemy and take the enemy by surprise. "

Although I know what he said is true, and I really contributed a lot to the idea that they could come up with the underground tank depot, I am not a decision maker in this matter after all, so I am not qualified to be proud of myself. I can only say politely, "Comrade Colonel, if you want to thank anyone, thank general trakov. You know, I just put forward my own ideas, and it was general trakov who made the final decision. " At this point, I didn't wait for him to speak, but I promptly cut off the topic: "Comrade Colonel, how can I see that the army is below, and I don't see the Marine Corps commanders and fighters?"

Klobkin looked down and replied, "I have just ordered the chief of staff of the division to make the Marine Corps and your troops as reserves. The first attack will be carried out by two infantry battalions of our division independently."

When I heard what he said, I didn't refute it, because I know that in this kind of counterattack, the later the troops go into battle, the less casualties they will suffer, and the greater the results they will achieve.

As soon as the artillery battalion finished shelling the enemy's position, a red signal bomb flew into the sky.

Seeing the signal bomb representing the beginning of the attack in the sky, the tanks and infantry gathered at the foot of the mountain, marched towards the enemy's position.

I raised my telescope again and looked at the German position on the opposite high ground. As the smoke of gunpowder dispersed, there were many German helmets swaying back and forth in the empty trenches.

Due to the open space between the two highlands and the numerous craters, which affected the forward speed of the tank, a lot of infantry gradually came to the front of the tank.

"Report!" Oleg's voice came from the door. I put down my telescope and cried, "come in!"

Oleg came in, raised his hand, saluted me and kolobjing, and then reported to me, "report, comrade division commander, the special battalion has been assembled and can be put into battle at any time. Please give instructions!"

"Comrade major," I said to Oleg, taking a look at klobgin, who also put down his telescope beside him, "your troops, as the second echelon, will stay in the position for the time being."

"Comrade major, what kind of gun are you? I don't think I've ever seen it. " The chief of staff of the division, who did not know when he would come back, stood beside Oleg and looked curiously at the gun on his shoulder.

At a glance, I immediately recognized that Oleg was carrying an M39 submachine gun seized from a Hungarian camp. I reached out to Oleg, who immediately took the submachine gun and handed it to me with both hands.

After I took the gun, I introduced it to klobkin and the chief of staff of his division and said, "Colonel, chief of staff, please see, this is the M39 submachine gun that we seized from Hungary yesterday. This gun looks like an ordinary rifle from the outside. But if you pull the magazine stuck under the armguard out of the groove, you can see what the submachine gun looks like Then I pulled out the magazine in the groove and asked them to watch it carefully.

Klobkin took the submachine gun from my hand and looked at it over and over for a long time, but he was not willing to give it to the chief of staff who was waiting anxiously. Seeing that klobkin couldn't put it down, I specially repeated to him what major shejerikov told him yesterday, "... M39 adopts double row double entry magazine with a capacity of 40 rounds. The design of the magazine seat is quite unique. When it is carried or not in use, the magazine seat can be folded forward to make the magazine stuck in the groove under the armguard. When the magazine is stuck in the armguard, the mouth of the magazine will be exposed, and the elastic dust cover will cover the mouth of the magazine, so as to prevent dust from entering the magazine and causing ammunition feeding failure. " After the introduction, I turned to Oleg and asked, "Comrade major, how many submachine guns are equipped in the special battalion?"

Oleg didn't understand what I was asking, but he answered honestly, "ten in each company, fifty in the whole battalion."

"Let's draw two in a row and make up ten for our comrades in arms as a souvenir of our joint fight this time." The reason why I so readily ordered Oleg to send weapons to klobkin was that the ammunition of these submachine guns was limited. When the bullets were exhausted, these submachine guns would not even be as good as firesticks.

Hearing that I was so generous to give them ten Hungarian submachine guns, klobkin handed them to the chief of staff next to him, scratched the back of his head and said with some embarrassment, "Lieutenant Commander oshanina, this is the spoils of your division. How can I win people's favor?" Finish saying, ha ha ground laughed.

"What's the shame? We are all friendly forces. What's more, "I said generously," we are going to fight side by side to recover the German occupied highlands. "

When I talked about the recovery of the Highlands, it seemed that klobkin remembered that he wanted to provide us with weapons. He immediately told the chief of staff, "Comrade commander, you should take this major of the friendly army to the armory immediately and give them 20 light machine guns and 50 submachine guns. Go

"Good!" The chief of staff of the division agreed, handed the submachine gun back to klobkin, and then made a gesture of invitation to Oleg: "go, comrade major, go to the armory for me."

After the division chief of staff and Oleg left, klobkin held the submachine gun in his arms and said with great feeling: "commander oshanina, I heard that your division has been fighting continuously these days. Should the results be good?"

The achievements of the independent division in the past few days are no secret to the division commanders in the group army. So I nodded and said, "in the past two days, I have attacked the Italian and Hungarian camps and seized a lot of weapons and ammunition..." just now, there was a sudden rumble of artillery outside.

Klobkin's face turned black as soon as he heard the gun. He put his submachine gun in the corner, grabbed his telescope and looked out. I quickly walked up to him and raised my telescope to observe the situation on the battlefield.

Our offensive troops advanced about seven or eight hundred meters. Although they were still outside the effective range of German guns, they were bombarded by German mortars from the hillside positions. From my point of view, the offensive lines of our army are packed together, but I also know that there is a gap of at least two or three meters between each soldier. Even so, at least three to five officers and men were knocked down for every shell that exploded in the queue.

In order to get rid of the fate of being bombed, the commanders and fighters in the front suddenly accelerated to run. As soon as the front accelerates, the commanders and fighters behind can't help but speed up their advance, so the whole army changes from a big step forward at the beginning to a rush forward with guns.

The enemy's shells continued to fall into the attack line of our army, and landed in the middle of the infantry. With a fire rising, the commanders and fighters near the explosion point were blown up; Although the shells that fell and exploded next to the tank did not pose any threat to the tank, the flying fragments still cut down the commanders and fighters near the tank.

When the fastest charging commanders and fighters entered the 200 meter area, heavy and heavy machine guns, rifles and submachine guns on the German position opened fire at the same time. Dense bullets formed an insurmountable iron wall. As soon as our commanders and fighters collided, they fell like electric shock. In a short time, thirty or forty meters away from the enemy's barbed wire, the corpses of our soldiers were lying all over the place.

Seeing that the enemy's firepower was too strong, it was an impossible task to rush forward, so the powerful troops ran back like the ebb tide. And the tanks, who were on the cover mission, stopped at the same place, fired a few shots at the German position halfway up the mountain, overturned two or three mortar fire points, and followed the infantry back to our side.

Seeing his troops retreating like a tide, klobkin smashed his fist on the wall and said angrily, "why don't these idiots continue to march forward and retreat?" With that, he turned and ran out of the observation post. I didn't know where he was going, so I followed him.

I saw him jump out of the trench and run down the hill. He ran after him and called out, "Comrade Colonel, it's dangerous ahead. Don't run forward." As a result, he still ran down the mountain regardless. I had no choice but to follow him down the mountain with a bitter smile.

When we stopped the retreating troops, klobkin pulled out his pistol and fired two shots into the sky, and the noisy troops stopped.

Klobkin walked into the line, grabbed a second lieutenant by the collar and asked aloud, "who told you to stop attacking and retreat without authorization?"

"The enemy's firepower is too strong for us to rush up." Said the second lieutenant, defending himself.

"Yes, comrade Colonel, the enemy's firepower is too strong. If we continue to attack, we will all die." The soldiers around also echoed.

"What about your battalion commander and your political instructor?" klobkin asked angrily

"All sacrificed?"

"As for the company commander, there must be one or two left?" Klobkin asked reluctantly.

The second lieutenant, who was seized by him, looked around, and then said cautiously, "Comrade division commander, it seems that I am the only commander in the retreating army."

When I heard the second lieutenant's words, I could not help but feel a thump in my heart. How long did the attack last? How could the commanders in the army have almost died? There is no commander in the army. How can we fight the next battle?

Klobkin let go of the second lieutenant and yelled at the hundreds of commanders and fighters in front of him: "comrades, brothers, although we failed in our first attack, don't lose heart. I'll appoint a new commander to lead you to continue to attack. The enemy on the opposite highland is not as many as ours. As long as we launch another attack, we can wipe them out completely. Now, line up. "

Looking at these frustrated and demoralized commanders and fighters standing in line without expression, I quietly pulled klobjing aside and whispered to him: "Comrade Colonel, the frustration of the first attack has a great impact on the morale of the troops. Well, let's just let the officers and men go back to their positions and let the Marines and my special battalion organize a second attack. What do you think? "

Klobkin turned to look at the despondent officers and men, sighed helplessly and said, "well, do as you say. Let the other troops continue to attack and let them rest first."

Ten minutes later, the defeated soldiers on the hillside returned to the hillside. Instead, they were replaced by Marines in black Navy uniforms and special Battalion soldiers in new uniforms.

I called Pugachev, the commander of the special battalion, in front of me and specially told him: "Comrade captain, if you can lead your troops to successfully capture the opposite highland, then you will have a chance to become a hero of the Russian nation like the ancient man of your name."

Pugachev's eyes were brightened by my words. He answered me excitedly: "Sir, please rest assured that as long as there is one person in the special camp, you will never step back. Even if it's sacrifice, we have to head in the direction of high ground, and we will die on the road of charging with honor... "

His lines sounded familiar. Before he finished, I interrupted him: "Comrade captain, I just hope that when the battle is over, you can bring back as many special Battalion soldiers as possible. Sacrifice, you are heroes; But alive, you are still heroes. Do you understand? "

Pugachev nodded his head and agreed loudly, "I understand!"

The second attack started.

Behind the tanks, on the left are Marines in black uniforms, and on the right are special battalions in Khaki uniforms. Two distinct looking troops march shoulder to shoulder toward the enemy's position.

Still halfway through, the mortar on the enemy's position fired again. Although several mortar fire points on the hillside were destroyed by our tanks, the newly added mortar positions on the top of the mountain also joined the fire. Even two German tanks stopped on the top of the mountain and fired at our tanks.

Driving in the front of our tank, became the priority target of German tanks. In the first round of firing, the two tanks failed to hit the target. The shells exploded in front of and behind our tanks, and the flying shrapnel knocked down several unlucky commanders and fighters. Without waiting for our tanks to make evasive action, the second round of shells flew over again. One shot fell in front of the tank and exploded, setting off a column of mud to soar into the sky, while the other shot hit the body of the tank impartially. From the telescope to see our army's tank was hit, I can not help but cry out in pain: "Oh!" When the smoke cleared, I was surprised to find that the tank was only injured. It dragged its burning body forward, and at the same time raised its muzzle and fired another shot at the German position halfway up the mountain. The shot was accurate, and it landed beside the trench and exploded, making a gap in the trench and at the same time making several German helmets disappear from the area. After firing the gun, the tank drove forward for more than ten meters. Then it was hit again by the German tanks, and the tank with the turret tilted was blasted. A moment later, the tank was killed, and many officers and soldiers around it were blown down. I focused on the burning tank, hoping to see the tankers come out of it, even if they were all in fire. After the explosion, the tank began to burn. No one escaped from it. It seems that the tankers had died when the explosion happened. After the German army destroyed one of our tanks, they were as excited as chicken blood. The tanks continued to fire at the remaining tanks of our army, and their artillery also accelerated the firing speed of mortars. More and more shells fell on our attack line and exploded, and the situation became more and more serious. At this time, unexpected changes took place in the two distinct units. The Marine Corps in black uniform, still carrying the weapons in hand, rushed forward without hesitation; My special battalion, however, disorganized the formation. Taking the class as a unit, it cleverly used the ready-made crater as a cover, running, jumping and rolling forward, and approached the German position little by little. Looking at the different performance of the two troops, klobkin asked me curiously, "commander o'shanina, your troops seem to be very skilled in tactics. How long have they been training?"“ Less than a week. " With that, I turned to major Oleg. Oleg was standing behind me all the time. Seeing that I suddenly turned back, he knew that I must have something to look for him. He immediately asked, "Sir, do you have any instructions?"“ Where are the artillery of lieutenant Morozov? " I asked faintly“ Comrade division commander, because the trench is too narrow for our cannons to be drawn in, comrade Morozov decided temporarily to move the cannons to the top of the mountain. With infantry to help them pull guns, I believe that it will not take them long to reach the position at the top of the mountain. "“ Comrade oshanina, what do you want artillery to do? " Klobkin asked curiously when he heard me asking my men about the artillery. I pointed to the two tanks that were firing on the top of the hillside in front of me, and gritted my teeth and said, "Comrade Colonel, you see, the two tanks opposite are so arrogant. I want my artillery to kill them all and cover the infantry to rush up the mountain." Klobkin frowned and looked across the street, and asked tentatively, "are you sure?"“ No problem, "I replied confidently," I have confidence in the artillery company commander, Lieutenant Morozov, who will kill all the enemy's tanks. "