Chapter 842

Then there were several explosions, and the roaring shells hit the building again. Just now our artillery hit the target from the rear side of the building, but this time it hit directly from the front. In the sound of successive explosions, broken bricks, stones and wood mixed with fragments of weapons and human limbs, scattered around the building. Seeing that the building was shrouded in smoke, more than a dozen officers and men immediately got up from the ground, carrying weapons, running zigzag, and quickly approached the building.

Before they rushed into the building hit by the shell, the two soldiers in the front fell to the ground. The rest of the officers and men quickly stopped and hid behind the debris.

"Hell, what's the matter? How did our soldiers get shot?" Bantai leiev cried in surprise when he saw that our soldiers were shot and fell down“ Where is the enemy's point of fire? "

"Comrade deputy division commander," after the soldier was shot, I immediately observed several buildings nearby. I didn't find any muzzle fire from the German army. I immediately understood what was going on and said to Bantai leiev, "it's not a fire point. They should have been knocked down by the enemy's Snipers."

With these words, I looked back and saw Yushchenko and several other soldiers of the guard company standing behind us. I waved to one of the soldiers and told him, "Comrade soldier, you should go downstairs immediately to find lieutenant colonel xiejerikov and ask him to send out our sniper team and destroy the German snipers as soon as possible."

When my attention returned to the front battlefield, I heard Bantai leiev say: "Comrade division, I don't understand. In this middle zone less than 200 meters long, there are only seven or eight buildings that are not very strong, and two of them were half collapsed by German shells or bombs. But why did our two divisions attack each other for several days and fail to join forces? "

After hearing what he said, I didn't answer immediately. Instead, I turned my telescope to the Volga River. In that direction, I saw a row of buildings which were destroyed in the battle. It was their existence that blocked the view of our artillery on the east coast, so that our artillery could not effectively destroy the seven or eight buildings in the open area, Let our two division commanders and fighters still can not pass the short distance of 200 meters after paying heavy casualties.

Looking at the remains of our soldiers who died in various postures in the open field, my mind is like a movie, imagining the scene when Col. gorishner's 95th infantry division and lyudnikov division attacked. The enemy was set up in the firepower points of several buildings and fired madly at our commanders and fighters who were flooding up. Intensive firepower will charge our soldiers fight bloody, fell in pieces on the road of charge. The ups and downs of the waves of people as if hit a solid levee, instantly disappear without a trace.

Despite the heavy casualties, the brave officers and men of our army are still rushing forward in an endless stream, shouting and rushing forward bravely, no matter how heavy the casualties are. After all, they could not stop the bullets. At last, under the intensive fire of the enemy, they waved their hands one by one in vain and fell to the ground reluctantly.

"Comrade oshanina, what's the situation here?" Behind me suddenly came trekov's familiar voice: "is the attack going well?"

For the arrival of trakov, I was startled. My heart said, how can he come to such a dangerous place? You know, it's less than 300 meters away from the building in front of you. If the German sniper lurks around, isn't he in danger? Thinking of this, I worried and asked: "Comrade commander, how did you come here?"

"I'll see how you get through the middle." Trekov went to the hole in the wall, raised his telescope and looked out. Then he asked, "what's going on?"

I can see that the smoke in front of me has been blown away by the river wind, and that the bullet hit building has been completely exposed. Because there is no wall to block it, we can clearly see our commanders and fighters searching the building layer by layer. The sporadic officers and men who survived the artillery fire tried to resist and were soon wiped out by our soldiers. After all, all the officers and men of the independent division had been trained in the battle for buildings.

I pointed to the building that was almost occupied by our army and said to trikov, "Comrade commander, please see that our commanders and fighters are cleaning up the enemy in the building. It won't be long before they can attack the next building."

Trekov looked at me for a moment, put down his telescope, turned to me and asked, "Why are there so few of you? I counted that there were more than 40 troops searching in the building, while there were only about 200 people waiting outside. What about the rest? "

"Report to commander," I explained to him in detail as soon as I saw the discontented expression on trakov's face, "as the enemy occupied several buildings in the middle of the open field, we can suppress our offensive troops from a commanding position. If we put too many troops in at one time, it is easy to cause greater casualties."

"You're not going to fight like this, are you?" Trekov asked briefly.

"Yes, comrade commander." In front of trakov, I didn't hide my real intention: "I plan to send troops to fight floor by floor. If I occupy one place, I will consolidate it. The enemy will never take it back. Although the speed may be a little slower, the effect is obvious. I am confident that I will join the forces of the lyudnikov division at noon. "

Just as he was talking, the sound of guns began to rumble outside. I couldn't wait to talk to trikov and looked out to see where our artillery were shelling. Another building 30 or 40 meters to the west of that building was hit by gunfire. The shell burst out bursts of fire and smoke on the wall. The violent explosion took countless German body fragments and weapon parts into the air, and they danced all over the sky with the broken concrete bricks.

Seeing our soldiers rush to the building that has just been shelled and the smoke of gunfire has not yet spread, trekov, holding a telescope, exclaimed, "Comrade oshanina, you are so wonderful. How can you come up with such a good idea to let the gun shoot directly? Under the attack of our direct fire, the enemy's fortifications are like paper paste. "

I quickly put down my telescope and introduced it to him in detail: "Comrade commander, our fighting method has been tested in actual combat and is very effective in street fighting. Although the buildings occupied by the German army were vulnerable to the attack of artillery, they were difficult to destroy in the face of the attack launched by our army without the cover of tanks and artillery. "

Trekov nodded and agreed with me. He pointed to the buildings and said to me, "these buildings were rebuilt according to the new defensive positions invented by your division. According to the reports of lyudnikov and gorishner, their soldiers managed to rush under the building under the intensive fire of the enemy, but because all the doors and windows were blocked by bricks and stones, only the shooting holes were left, and they could not throw grenades into the building, so they had no way to take these fortifications. "

"Comrade commander," as trikov finished his words, the next Bantai leiev suddenly said, "may I ask you a question?"

I don't know what Bantai leiev would ask trekov at such a time. After a curious look at him, he turned his eyes to trekov to see his reaction.

Trakov turned to bantailiev, nodded and said, "ask, comrade colonel."

Bantailiev looked at trakov and asked, "Comrade commander, since we have opened the ice transport line, why don't we send the reinforcements and supplies to Colonel lyudnikov through the ice on the Volga River, so that they can break the German encirclement alone?"

Bantaileiev asked, and I suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Captain mihayev used a huge piece of ice floating down the upstream to build an ice transportation line that could freely communicate with the east coast. But why did they not make good use of this rare transportation line? I really don't understand.

After hearing this, trikov gave a bitter smile and said bitterly, "do you know? Yesterday morning, we supplied some ammunition to lyudnikov through the ice transport line, and 150 wounded people were transported out. Just as we were preparing to bring in more ammunition and bring out more wounded people, the ice broke due to the rising temperature and the continuous shelling of the city by the east bank. Many of the officers and men carrying ammunition fell into the cold river. Although most of them were rescued, all their precious ammunition was lost. Under such circumstances, after discussion by the military committee of the group army, it was temporarily decided to transfer your independent division back to relieve the siege of the lyudnikov division. "

"Will the lyudnikov division attack from the opposite side to coordinate our offensive forces?" After looking at the battle situation of the second battalion with a telescope, bantaileiev continued: "launching attacks from both sides at the same time can greatly speed up the advance of the troops."

"Seeing that your attack is going well, I believe that Colonel lyudnikov will cooperate with you in launching the attack." After that, trakov turned to me and asked, "Comrade oshanina, your troops have captured two buildings in a row and are attacking the third building. I believe they will take back the building occupied by the German army in a short time. Judging from the current situation of fighting, even if you don't send infantry to cooperate, you can still destroy all the German troops in the middle zone by using your artillery battalion. "

"You can't say that," I replied impatiently when I heard trakov say that, "when we can't treat artillery as infantry, in close combat, the combat effectiveness of an artillery battalion is estimated to be inferior to that of an infantry platoon..." as soon as these words were uttered, I suddenly remembered that I was talking to trakov instead of lecturing my subordinates, How can I use such a stern and impatient tone? So I immediately apologized to trikov and said, "I'm sorry, comrade commander."

Trekov didn't care about my attitude. He waved his hand casually and continued to ask, "why? Tell me your reason

I was relieved to see that trikov was not angry. Seeing that the doubts on the other side's face had not dissipated for a long time, I had to explain myself: "Comrade commander, the role of artillery is not to defeat and destroy all the remaining enemies alone, but to ensure that the infantry can continue to advance and squeeze the living space of the German army step by step. Because even if they destroy the whole building, there will certainly be survivors in it. In this case, infantry need to search and clean up the enemy. You see, with the cooperation of the artillery, the infantry of the second battalion advanced very quickly. In just half an hour, they occupied two buildings. Now they are attacking the third building. I believe they will occupy there soon. "

Our attack attracted the attention of the opposite lyudnikov division. Perhaps seeing that the attack on our side was going well, Colonel lyudnikov wanted to help us and let the division's troops launch the attack. When I saw one or two hundred officers and men rushing out of their concealed fortifications or buildings with weapons, my heart was raised to my throat, and I scolded lyudnikov bloody: what are you sending people to rush at this time? In half an hour to an hour at most, my troops will be able to clean up the enemy in the middle. You sent troops to such a rush, didn't you increase the casualties in vain? With the charging of the lyudnikov division, dozens of German soldiers rushed out of the building nearest to them. Then they scattered, hid behind the piles of rubble in front of the building, put up their weapons, and waited for the soldiers of the lyudnikov division to approach. Seeing this situation, I quickly turned around and told Yushchenko standing behind him: "Comrade captain, go immediately to inform lieutenant commander xiejerikov, and ask him to immediately put the first battalion and the Third Battalion into battle, so as to end the battle in the shortest time. Let's go. " Trikov looked at Yushchenko's back and asked in surprise, "Comrade oshanina, why did you suddenly order a regiment to put all the remaining troops into battle?" I pointed to the commander of the lyudnikov division, who was rushing towards the German army, and said anxiously, "Comrade commander, you see, the lyudnikov Division has launched an attack on the enemy's fortifications. With their existing strength, they can't capture the German army's battlefield except for making sacrifices in vain."“ What can I do? " Trekov asked in a serious way as soon as I said that“ Please give Colonel lyudnikov an order to stop this ineffective attack immediately. " I said hastily, "let them return to their starting position and wait for our troops to come and join them." Trakov had no objection to my proposal. He turned to the operator he had brought with him and said, "Comrade operator, get in touch with colonel lyudnikov immediately and say I have something important to look for him." The operator soon got in touch with lyudnikov. He picked up the transmitter and said in a loud voice, "Hello, Colonel? I'm trakov. I order you to withdraw your troops immediately to the starting point of the attack. "