Chapter 850

Bantaileiev was angry when he heard this. He growled and pointed to the noses of the two German officers, saying that they were lying and deliberately spreading rumors in an attempt to shake our morale. He also threatened to drag them out and shoot them all.

Although the two German soldiers could not understand what Bantai leyev was shouting about, they were frightened by the ferocious expression on his face. Not only the two of them, but also lieutenant gretka, who worked as a translator nearby, was too quiet to continue translating.

Seeing this, I quickly stood up and stopped Bantai leiev in the fury: "Comrade deputy division commander, take it easy. What's the truth of the matter? After they have all finished speaking, we can find out. We don't need to be so angry."

Although kirilov frowned tightly when listening to the two German officers, he pulled labanteleiev's coat and said to him in a low voice: "old man, listen to Comrade oshanina. Don't get angry. First sit down and listen to what the Germans say."

Seeing that kirilov and I were persuading ourselves, bantaileiev could only resist his anger and sat down with an angry face. When I saw him sitting down again, I said kindly to gretka, who was scared to death: "Comrade lieutenant, the deputy division commander was just impulsive. It's ok now. You can continue to translate. Let them go on

After listening to me, Lieutenant gretka turned his eyes cautiously to Bantai leiev, fearing that the other party would suddenly explode again. When Bantai leiev saw that gretka was not moving, he turned his eyes to him. He was so angry that he patted the table again and scolded the other party in a loud voice: "Lieutenant, what do you think I'm doing? Didn't you hear what the teacher said? I'd like to translate her words to the German people and let them explain them. "

After gretka sent my words to the German officers, the two men hesitated for a moment. The officer on the left gathered up his courage and then said, "after fighting back the Soviet attack, two artillery officers with rich combat experience and special courage came to our defense area to serve as temporary artillery observation posts. Their main task was to observe Soviet targets that threatened our army in the distance. Once a certain target is determined, the azimuth parameters of the target are calculated immediately, and then the radio operator they bring will transmit the target parameters to the artillery troops behind.

Because of the excellent work of these two artillery officers, it takes only five minutes at the fastest from target determination to shell falling. The shells coming from our rear would hit the Soviet assembly site accurately. For those tanks in motion, they will also calculate according to their moving trajectory to guide the shells to hit the area they want to reach. In this way, the successive attacks of Soviet tanks and infantry were repeatedly defeated by our witty and tenacious resistance. Seeing that we blocked the Soviet Army's fierce attack, the army's low morale and confidence began to rise gradually. "

The words of the German officers gave me a further perceptual understanding of the battle. I thought to myself that if this attack was carried out by our independent division, we would not have paid such a heavy price, even if we could not capture the streets occupied by the German army. Perhaps seeing me frowning and meditating, the German officer who was speaking stopped and looked at me in horror.

I saw two officers nervous and knew that they had to say something to relax. Then I bit their teeth and asked, "officer, how do you think our commanders and fighters are doing in the battle?"

"Is that true? Very brave. Very brave. " After listening to gretka's translation, the officer on the right couldn't wait to say: "although the Soviet soldiers were attacked by our artillery, they still bravely moved towards our position. Under the fierce firepower attack of our army, the infantry walking in the front soon fell into the snow, but the rest of the people behind continued to stride forward fearlessly over the corpses of their comrades, and entered the dense firepower network composed of our army's firepower. Then more people fell, and their corpses overlapped on the soldiers killed in the previous attack. "

When I heard this, I secretly scolded the commanders of the 57th and 64th army. Don't you let them die at the enemy's gunpoint? Originally, I wanted to have the two officers taken down, but when I heard that officer was still talking, I knew that he must have a lot to say, so I forbade my anger and continued to listen to him.

"When we saw the mountain of corpses piled up in front of the position at 3 p.m., the Soviet army, which had been badly damaged by us in the future, would stop attacking. I didn't expect that they would attack again soon. Moreover, it was in the place where the attack had just taken place that the troops launched another attack after restructuring. " The officer seemed to open his mouth and kept on saying, "after their attack was defeated, they reorganized their troops and launched another attack. In this way, they launched five attacks against us in an hour. Although each attack was defeated by us, we paid a great price for our continuous attacks. Our defense area was eaten by the Soviet army, and the first and second lines of defense were lost, Most of our soldiers had to retreat into buildings on both sides of the block to continue their resistance.

At this point in the battle, it seemed that the Soviet army could seize the whole block with another fierce attack. But the terrain we were in was very favorable. The narrow streets made it possible for the Soviet troops to launch any battle formation. They had to huddle shoulder to shoulder and charge forward.

The soldiers we retreated to the building, mounted machine guns and submachine guns in the windows near the street, and fired fiercely at the swarming Soviet infantry. It is more appropriate to say that it is a massacre than a battle. The bullets of the Soviet soldiers who rushed to the front fell to the ground, and the soldiers who followed them couldn't dodge, so they were tripped by the corpses, which made the pile of people and corpses higher and higher. The soldiers who didn't stumble were strafed by our machine guns and submachine guns, and some of them even had no space to fall to the ground after being shot, so they directly leaned against their companions. As a result of the continuous shooting, the lethal bullet penetrated the bodies of the dead soldiers and the soldiers behind them, which made the dead and the living cool

When the German officer said this, he stopped and whispered something to gretka. Then gretka faithfully translated his words: "Comrade division, he wants to drink some water."

"Give him a cup of tea." I didn't refuse the officer's request. I gestured to captain Yushchenko, who was standing by the door, and said, "Captain, pour the officer a glass of water."

Yushchenko immediately carried out my order, picked up the teapot by the wall, poured a glass of water, carried it to the officer, and handed it to the other side without saying a word. The officer took the teapot, looked at me gratefully, and took a big drink regardless of whether it was hot or not. After handing the teapot back to Yushchenko, the officer continued: "however, under the deadly impact of the Soviet army, many buildings on both sides of the street were also lost, and we had to retreat to the back.

However, at this time, the battalion commander will be the rest of the soldiers formed a reserve, in the other side of the street set up a defensive formation. When our soldiers ran in front of them, they immediately went into battle. First, they fired grenades and grenades at the Soviet soldiers. After the grenades and grenades exploded in the front of the crowd, they marched along the road with firm steps, while they were shooting with submachine guns and machine guns.

The soldiers in the front row were either submachine guns or MG34 machine guns. The Soviet soldiers in the crowd could not fight back. No one could stand where our army's fierce firepower had strafed. Once it fell, it was a large area. The vast majority of Soviet soldiers could not stand on the ground without firing a shot. Under the intensive fire of our army, the surviving soldiers in the front row began to hold the crowd behind and step back. In the face of such heavy casualties, the Soviet soldiers took the initiative to retreat, and then they ran for their lives in a hurry, while we recovered all the positions we had just lost.

Although their attack was repulsed by us again, they did not give up the idea of seizing Voroshilov district. In the hours before dark, they sent new troops to continue the attack. These soldiers continue to trample on the corpses of their comrades everywhere, trample on the thicker and thicker pile of corpses left behind by their comrades in arms after each failed attack, and launch a life-threatening attack again and again. Some of these attacks were coordinated by tanks; But most of them are pure infantry charges. But without exception, they were beaten back by our army. "

When he finished, I coughed gently, cleared my throat and asked, "Sir, I'll ask you again. Since your troops are playing so well in Voroshilov District, why are you transferred to the Red October factory?"

The officer I asked looked at me in surprise. His eyes seemed to be saying, didn't I just answer you this question? However, when he heard my question again, he honestly replied, "it's because our troops were outstanding in the battle on the 16th, so when your troops attacked here fiercely, the superior thought of us and thought that after we were transferred, we could create a miracle similar to that of voroshlov district. But I didn't expect... "Speaking of this, he didn't go on, just lowered his head deeply.

"All right, comrade captain." Kirilov stood up, made a sign to Yushchenko not far away, and told him: "take these two prisoners down, and don't let them talk nonsense here any more."

After the two German officers were taken away, akhromeyev said thoughtfully: "division commander, political commissar, I always thought that the attack launched by the 57th and 64th group army was due to the disconnection between infantry and tanks in the battle. In order to avoid unnecessary sacrifice, infantry had to crawl on the ground or hide in the corner of the wall, while tank troops were alone, Lunging to the German position, the result was a heavy blow by the German anti tank hand. But now when I listen to these two German officers, I think it's different from my own imagination. "

I saw Bantai leiev open his mouth. It seemed that there was a sign of contradicting akhromeyev. He quickly took the lead and said, "Comrade chief of staff is right. Our commanders and fighters never lack courage. What they lack is excellent commanders. The reason why our troops are so covered with corpses in front of the enemy's positions and have not achieved any results is entirely due to wrong command. "

Kirilov sighed, stood up, looked at me, and asked in embarrassment: "Comrade oshanina, the confession of the German officer just now should be the truth of our army's failure. Do we need to report to the group command immediately? "

"Yes, comrade political commissar." Thinking of the fact that trekov asked me to investigate the failure of the friendly army, now it has come to the conclusion. In order to avoid the similar mistakes made by our group army in the next battle, leading to unnecessary heavy losses, I think we should report the investigation results in time“ We must report the results of the investigation as soon as possible, so that the commanders can have a clear idea of the reasons for the failure of the friendly forces. " When I called the headquarters, it was Vasiliev, director of the political department, who answered the phone. After being stunned for a moment, I politely asked, "Hello, comrade Vasiliev, is the commander in?"“ I'm sorry, comrade o'shanina. I'm not here Vasiliev told me with regret: "not only the commander is not here, but also the military commissar and chief of staff." I used to call the headquarters of the group army. Even if trakov and gurov were not in the headquarters, the chief of staff, Krylov, would be there. But today, the three of them left the headquarters together, which proved that something important must have happened. So I quickly asked, "do you know where they went?"“ Comrade o'shanina, don't you know? " Vasiliev said in surprise, "something's wrong!"“ What's the big deal? " I asked nervously“ The 57th armored force of the German Holt 4th armored group army has broken through several lines of defense of our front army and approached the area only 50 Russian miles away from the southern bread ring. The commanders have been summoned by the headquarters of the front army to hold an emergency military meeting. " After these words, Vasiliev seemed to remember that I would not call the headquarters of the group army if I had nothing to do. When I called trakov at this time, there must be some important information to report. He quickly asked, "Comrade oshanina, do you have anything to do with the commander?"“ Yes, comrade Vasiliev, I'd like to report to commander trakov the results of the investigation into the failure of the friendly forces to attack the voroshlov district. " Then I gave him a detailed account of the confession of the two prisoners. After hearing this, Vasiliev gave a hum, and then said solemnly, "OK, I've got all the details. I'll report to the commander as soon as he comes back."