Chapter 547

After listening to me, klobkin said to himself, "the enemy's counterattack fire is too fierce, and our young men's casualties are too great. If only there was anything I could do to help them." At this point, he turned and yelled, "chief of staff."

The chief of staff of the division quickly took a step forward, came to his back, and gave a loud promise: "here!"

"Can we ask the artillery battalion to cover the enemy's position again?"

The chief of staff shook his head and said with some embarrassment, "Comrade division commander, this may not be possible. You should know that the artillery barracks were completely depleted during the fire preparation just before the attack."

"No shells left? Even if there is only one gun, it is good to fire one, even half a base, at the enemy's position. Chief of staff, are you sure there are no shells in the artillery battalion? " Klobkin asked reluctantly.

The chief of staff shook his head like a rattle and answered in a positive tone“ There's not a single shot left, sir. "

Klobkin sighed helplessly, raised his telescope again, and continued to observe the attacking troops on the battlefield.

The speed of the Marine Corps charge is very fast. At the moment, the soldiers who charge fast are only 400 meters away from the enemy's position. At this time, the heavy and heavy machine guns on the German position opened fire, and the soldiers in the front rows were immediately knocked down by the intensive fire. The soldiers in the back quickly fell down, learning from the soldiers in the special battalion, and using the current crater, they ran and jumped to the high ground.

At the same time, our tanks are trying to avoid one crater after another. It was because they were too busy to take care of themselves that they could only watch the German firepower on the high ground wantonly, and could not provide the necessary artillery support for our infantry,

At the back of the whole offensive team were three Maxim heavy machine gun teams of the Marine Corps, with five men in each group. Two soldiers dragged the heavy machine gun forward, followed by three soldiers carrying ammunition boxes. Perhaps in order to prevent German artillery damage, they divided into three directions and rushed forward at the same time, with a distance of hundreds of meters between each machine gun group.

However, their action was discovered by German artillery, and a mortar began to chase them. The artillery first attacked the machine gun group on the left. The first shell fell and exploded more than 20 meters behind them. The sailors didn't look at it. They still bent forward with machine guns and ammunition. The second shell fell more than ten meters ahead and exploded. The sailors stopped and squatted down slightly. As soon as the explosion was over, they quickly rushed into the smoke.

Perhaps the German Gunners were worried when they saw that they had missed the target two times in a row, and they transferred another mortar to intercept. A shell exploded not far from the rear of the machine gun group. As soon as the soldier at the end of the group stagnated, he threw the ammunition box on his shoulder, covered his back with his hands, and after a turn in the same place, he fell down. When he found that his comrades in arms fell down, a soldier in front of him stopped, turned and picked up the ammunition box on the ground. He carried one ammunition box on his left and right shoulders and continued to run.

Seeing that the shelling was effective, the German army continued to speed up the shooting, and had a great momentum of not killing the machine gun group. Our machine gun group continued to rush forward fearlessly in the continuous explosion smoke.

Seeing this scene, klobkin moved the telescope away from his eyes and said with emotion: "the sailors are really good!"

"So are your soldiers!" I couldn't help saying a word when I heard his praise to the Marine Corps.

"My soldiers are good? Commander oshanina, are you right? If they were all good, they would not be beaten back by the Germans in such a mess. "

I said with a faint smile: "although they were defeated in the first wave of attack, you didn't find that except for a second lieutenant, the rest of the commanders were honorably sacrificed on the way to charge. It can be seen from this that all of your commanders are good. "

Klobkin sighed again and said with regret, "it's a pity that so many backbone fighters have been sacrificed in this way. It's really sad to think of it." Then he picked up the telescope and turned away from the topic: "let's continue to see the performance of these sailors."

As soon as he took a look through his telescope, he immediately cried out: "hell, the machine gun group on the left of the sailor was knocked out by the German artillery."

When I heard him say this, I was also surprised. I picked up the telescope and saw that in a still smoky crater, the remains of Maxim heavy machine gun were scattered, and several soldiers were lying around the crater.

When the enemy mortar bombarded the middle machine gun group, the marine forward was close to the German rooftop barbed wire. Some of the sailors hid in the crater and fired at the German troops on the hillside position to suppress the enemy's firepower and cover their comrades to continue to attack.

Under the suppression of our army's firepower, although the enemy's firepower weakened, as more and more sailors approached the barbed wire, the crowded troops increased the accuracy of the enemy's firepower. In order to extricate themselves from this disadvantageous situation, the sailors in several craters near the wire mesh threw grenades.

After the smoke of the grenade explosion dispersed, the barbed wire was blown out to accommodate two parallel channels. The sailors jumped out of the crater and rushed in with their weapons. After running for a few steps, one after another explosions happened on the ground, which made the sailors who rushed in soar.

It seems that my guess just now is correct. As expected, the enemy set up a minefield behind the barbed wire. Take another look at the tanks of our army, which were originally used to crush land mines. At the moment, they are still avoiding the artillery fire of the enemy tanks and circling around those dense craters. They simply can't provide artillery support for our infantry and act as pioneers.

Some of the sailors who rushed through the barbed wire were killed by mines, and some of them were killed by the enemy's mortar and machine gun fire. The rest of them had no choice but to retreat and continue to hide in the crater to shoot against the enemy on the hillside.

I turned my attention back to my special camp, which is now close to the barbed wire. It may be that when the sailors failed in their attack, the soldiers changed their playing methods and threw the grenades directly from the crater behind the barbed wire fence, using the explosion of the grenades to achieve the purpose of demining.

Their method seems to be more effective. The grenade exploded behind the barbed wire and detonated the mines planted by the enemy. After a series of violent explosions, a passage to the hillside was opened up. At this time, the soldiers turned the target of the bomb to the ridge type barbed wire. After the overwhelming hand grenades were thrown, the barbed wire was shrouded by fire and smoke.

When the smoke of gunpowder dispersed, I could clearly see that despite the concern of so many grenades, the stubborn barbed wire was only blown out a small hole, which could not be passed by the troops at all. But at this time, some impatient soldiers jumped out of the crater and rushed forward with weapons.

When they rushed to the barbed wire, they found that the original barbed wire did not open a gap, it was impossible to pass. But at this time, the enemy on the hillside had recovered, heavy and heavy machine gun bullets all poured down, and the soldiers close to the barbed wire were knocked down in an instant.

At this critical juncture, suddenly a famous soldier rushed forward, directly lying on the barbed wire. There is such an example, and soon there are several soldiers next to him, lying in a row on the barbed wire.

Captain Pugachev's figure suddenly appeared in my sight. He was hiding in a crater not far from the barbed wire. When he saw several soldiers lying on the barbed wire to open up a channel for the offensive troops, he seemed to hesitate. But a moment later, he jumped out of the crater, waved his submachine gun, rushed through the soldiers who stayed in front of the barbed wire and were constantly injured under the enemy's fire, stepped on the body of a brave soldier lying on the barbed wire, crossed the barbed wire that blocked our army's way, and rushed forward bravely.

Seeing that the commander had set an example, the officers and men who were constantly losing their lives did not hesitate to follow their battalion commander, step on the body of their comrades in arms, cross the German barbed wire and rush up the hillside with guns.

Just when I was excited by the performance of the special camp, the telephone rang in the observation center. The chief of staff of the division picked up the microphone and just said a word, then handed it to me and politely said, "Comrade commander, it's for you."

"For me?" I hesitated to take the microphone, put it in my ear and asked aloud, "Hello, I'm lieutenant commander o'shanina. Where are you?"

Murozov's familiar voice came from the microphone: "Sir, it's me, Lieutenant murozov. We have already pulled the cannon to the top of the mountain. Please indicate our target

I was relieved to hear that they had finally pulled the cannons to the top of the mountain. Holding the microphone in my hand, I stared at the German tanks on the opposite hillside and said with gnashing teeth, "Comrade lieutenant, do you see the two German tanks on the opposite hillside? I command you to destroy them at once. "

"Yes! I'll do it right away. " Morozov agreed. Instead of hanging up the phone, he directly conveyed my order to his subordinates: "artillery company, listen to my command. Target: German tanks on the hillside in front, load armor piercing bullets and kill them."

Not long after Morozov's command was issued, I saw the shells fired by the cannons fall on the hillside and explode. One armor piercing bullet hit the tank on the right side of the German army. Seeing that his companion was hit by accidental artillery fire, another tank that was not hit was a little flustered. It stopped shooting at the foot of the mountain and turned its body to try to escape. But the Gunners of our artillery company didn't give it a chance. In the second car's shooting, they hit the target accurately and turned it into burning scrap iron.

When I saw that the enemy's tanks had been killed, I turned my eyes to our army's tanks. I found that during the period just now, two more were destroyed by the enemy's tanks. Only four of them stopped 200 meters away from the barbed wire fence, lined up, and put on a posture of preparing to fire at the enemy's battlefield.

"Comrade division," murozov's voice came from the microphone. He continued to ask, "the enemy's tanks have been killed. What's our next target? "

By this time, the special battalion and the Marine Corps had already crossed the barbed wire and minefield, and were developing to the depth of the enemy. When they were 50 or 60 meters away from the enemy's hillside position, they were stopped by the dense fire network woven by the enemy's mortars and heavy and heavy machine guns. Although the troops who rushed up the hillside were lying on the ground, the casualties were increasing.

I rushed to the microphone and loudly ordered: "Lieutenant Morozov, I order you to kill the enemy's mortar positions on the hillside."

As for my order, Morozov obviously had some scruples. He especially reminded me that "Comrade division, if the distance is too close, I am afraid that I will hit my own people."

As soon as I heard that, I was on fire. If I didn't rush up as soon as possible, the hundreds of commanders and fighters who were pressed under the hillside position would sooner or later be killed by the enemy's heavy and heavy machine guns and mortars. I said impolitely, "Comrade lieutenant, if we don't get rid of the enemy's mortars as soon as possible, our troops will be finished." With that, without waiting for him to speak, I hung up without hesitation.

As I hung up, klobkin patted me gently on the shoulder and comforted me by saying, "commander o'shanina, you're right. There are some costs that have to be paid to win." When he said this, he suddenly turned to the chief of staff of his division and said, "Comrade commander, you should call the tank unit on the radio and ask them to concentrate their fire and kill the heavy and heavy machine guns in the enemy's position. As long as the heavy firepower of the enemy is eliminated, our troops will certainly be able to rush to the high ground. "

The chief of Staff promised to go out. I suddenly thought of an important thing and quickly stopped him: "chief of staff, please wait. I have a very important thing to ask you."

The chief of staff stopped and asked suspiciously, "Mr. o'xanina, do you have any instructions?"

"I can't talk about the instructions. I just want to ask about the opposite highland." I pointed out with my hand and said, "before I came here to fight, I heard general trakov say that after the enemy captured the position, some of the soldiers guarding the Highlands died, some retreated to highland 165, and the rest retreated into the tunnel. I wonder if you can get in touch with them and let them take the opportunity to launch a counterattack from behind the enemy and help us recover the 158 highlands? "

Listening to me, the chief of staff of the division did not dare to answer casually, but turned his eyes to klobkin. Klobkin patted his forehead and said with chagrin, "Oh, if you don't tell me, I still forget that there is such an army hidden on the high ground. If we had let them fight earlier, our attack would not have been so heavy." With that, he quickly told the chief of staff: "Comrade commander, you should immediately contact the commander of the garrison in the tunnel of 158 high ground, and let him lead the troops to attack from the enemy's rear and attack us back and forth to seize the high ground."

Thanks to the support of our artillery, the mortar fire points on the German hillside were destroyed one by one by the artillery company of lieutenant Morozov. And those heavy and heavy machine gun fire points that were once rampant for a while were also called off one by one by our army tanks at the foot of the mountain.

Seeing the enemy's firepower weakened, the officers and men who had been lying on the ground immediately got up from the ground and rushed up. When the tank fire and cannon fire turned to the top of the hill, they rushed into the trench and fought hand to hand with the surviving German troops.

When he saw a bright red flag fluttering in the trench, klobkin exclaimed excitedly again: "look, commander oshanina, our troops have occupied the enemy's hillside position. Great. The Marines even raised their flag

Looking at the red flag of the Marine Corps, I couldn't help but feel bitter. Other units have their own flag, and my newly formed independent division, let alone its own flag, doesn't even have a red flag. When the war is over, I must talk to trikov about it and ask him to issue a flag to my division. Even if there is no flag ceremony, I will accept it.

When the Marines were still fighting with the enemy on the hillside, Pugachev had led hundreds of people to quickly cross the hillside and climb to the top of the mountain to charge the enemy's last position.

They formed battle formations one by one, using grenades to open the way, using large and small craters, and quickly approached the enemy's positions.

Although the enemy was killed by our army's artillery fire, they were not willing to wait for death. While our tanks stopped shelling, dozens of German soldiers with bright bayonet rifles jumped out of the collapsed trench and rushed to meet our soldiers.

However, Pugachev obviously didn't want his soldiers to fight bayonets with these German soldiers. He first threw a grenade, then took up his submachine gun and started shooting at the enemy. Under his demonstration, the rest of the soldiers would not be stupid enough to fight bayonets with the enemy. He also learned from the battalion commander and pulled the trigger at the enemy. The German soldiers who wanted to compete with our army in the battle fell down in an instant, and the rest fled back to the trenches.

Pugachev was just about to rush up with the soldiers and kill all these enemies. Unexpectedly, a silent mound nearby suddenly fired dense bullets and knocked down many of our soldiers. It turned out that there was a hidden German fire spot all the time. It seemed that it wanted to surprise our army. Unexpectedly, it really made them do what they wanted.

Pugachev and his men were forced to lie in the crater again, throwing grenades at the bunker. A soldier with something on his back is crawling towards the castle under the cover of the smoke from the explosion of a grenade. When I saw this scene, I raised my heart to my throat and wondered anxiously whether the soldier could successfully blow up the enemy's castle?

Unexpectedly, the soldier climbed to the place more than 20 meters away from the enemy's Secret castle, stopped, took a gun and aimed at the enemy's Secret castle. Then there was a red flame from the muzzle of the gun, which leaped out dozens of meters like a fire dragon, directly from the shooting hole. The castle was burning. In a short time, there was a series of explosions. It seemed that all the enemies in the castle were destroyed. Flamethrower? Hell, Pugachev's soldiers, what are equipped with such high-end weapons? Why don't I know? Before I could think of a reason, the nearby klobkin said enviously, "Lieutenant Commander o'shanina, I didn't expect that your troops are equipped with flamethrowers. It's a good thing. It's very suitable to deal with the enemy hiding in the fortification." After the success of our army's flamethrowers, the German army in the trench decisively made an amazing decision. Unexpectedly, someone picked up a white shirt with a bayonet, waved it desperately, and surrendered to our army. Although he saw the enemy's surrender, Pugachev didn't act rashly. He only ordered a few soldiers to collect weapons and receive prisoners of war. The rest of the soldiers were still lying in the crater, vigilantly monitoring the German soldiers, lest they engage in any conspiracy. Fortunately, the German army really surrendered. They first threw their weapons out of the trench, and then came out of the trench with their hands held high. Seeing this, Pugachev stood up, raised his right hand and waved forward, signaling to the soldiers to come forward. Seeing his signal, soldiers hiding in the trenches swarmed up to seize the enemy's position. When I saw a group of Marines climbing to the top of the mountain with the red flag held high, I put down my telescope and asked klobkin discontentedly, "Comrade Colonel, have you got in touch with the commander of the garrison on the high ground? Why didn't you see them in the whole battle? "“ Chief of staff, what's going on? " When klobkin saw the top of the mountain opposite him, he did not see the so-called highland garrison except the special battalion and the Marines who participated in the attack. He could not help venting his anger on the chief of staff behind him. Qu Di, the chief of staff, said: "Comrade division commander, I have ordered the radio operator to call the garrison in the opposite tunnel, but I can't get in touch with them all the time. Maybe their communication equipment has been damaged."“ What are you still doing here? I'm not going to keep in touch. " The chief of staff agreed in a flurry and ran out of the observation post quickly. I looked at the sky and said happily, "Comrade Colonel, we are so lucky today that the enemy's air force has not been deployed. Otherwise, it will be a question whether we can recover the 158 heights." Klobkin is obviously not as optimistic as I am. He said thoughtfully: "yesterday, the German army bombed Stalingrad, causing great losses to our army and people. Today, they are not here, but they are going to bomb Stalingrad or other areas that are about to attack, such as renok and orlovka. " It doesn't matter to me when klobkin talks about renok. After all, it's not my defense area. But when I heard him mention orlovka, my heart could not help shivering. If the enemy attacked, major chejerikov, the residential area where they were stationed, would bear the brunt.