Chapter 1131

Standing in the observation station, I raised my telescope and looked into the distance. The highland in front of me is nearly one-third lower than my highland, so that you can clearly see the artillery position on the top of the mountain and the open area in front of the highland. At the moment, there are several burning fires in the open field, which can be seen as tanks or armored vehicles destroyed by our army.

A truck full of ammunition pulled up to the foot of the hill. As soon as the car stopped, the driver's door opened, and a person came down from the left and right, quickly walked to the side of the car and moved the ammunition box down. I looked through a telescope at the two men, and I saw that one of them was lieutenant morochov, the leader of the transport team.

When I saw molochov carrying the ammunition myself, I nodded with a smile and moved the telescope to the artillery position on the top of the mountain. Judging from the location of the gun positions, the company should have had nine guns, but now there are only five anti tank guns that are still intact.

At the foot of the mountain, the people in the artillery position obviously saw the ammunition truck. One of the officers waved his hand, so more than a dozen people ran down the mountain quickly, lifted the ammunition boxes they had placed on the ground, trotted back to the mountain, and distributed boxes of shells to each artillery position.

At this time, the telephone rang in the observation center. Basmanov picked up the phone, listened to it for a while, and said, "I see." Then he put down the phone.

I continued to observe the artillery position on the opposite hillside with my telescope, and without looking back, I asked, "major, what's the matter?"

Busmanov quickly came to me and reported to me, "Comrade commander, the observation post on the top of the mountain reports that the enemy's attack has begun again."

I heard him say so, quickly adjusted the angle of the telescope and looked further away. In the open plains, German tanks appeared one by one like little beetles. Behind the tank, you can see the infantry in a line of scattered soldiers, walking slowly with weapons.

I looked for a while, put down my telescope and said to busmanov, "no more than one battalion at most. Can you block it?" Although I asked in an understatement, I still had no idea whether they could block the German attack.

On hearing my question, busmanov replied in a positive tone, "don't worry, comrade commander. Although there are few people on the high ground ahead, but they have perfect fortifications, I believe they will be able to withstand the enemy's attack. " At this point, he lowered his voice, like saying to me, more like saying to himself, "even if they can't stop us, aren't we? Even if we only have one person left, we will never let the enemy pass through our position. "

The German tanks were still far away, and the artillery company on the high ground fired. With the white smoke rising from the gun position, the shells roared out of the chamber and flew to the tank in the distance. Because the distance was too far, the first batch of shells were all in the open space. Except one shot exploded next to the tank, the rest of them were far away from the target.

Seeing the artillery firing on the high ground, the moving tank stopped for a short time and fired back. A moment later, more than a dozen black plumes rose from the Highlands, and even a few shells crossed the top of the hillside and landed between the two Highlands, exploding.

Before the smoke cleared, the gun position on the top of the mountain opened fire again. Although it still did not hit any German tanks this time, its landing point was much more accurate than that of the first round. Almost all of them fell ten meters away from the tanks and exploded.

As soon as our shelling stopped, the German tanks stopped to fight back, and the Highlands in front of us were covered with smoke. When the smoke cleared, I saw that a cannon had been overturned by the fire, and several wounded people were struggling beside the overturned cannon. The artillery commander, in addition to sending a health officer to treat the wounded, continued to direct the remaining artillery to fire at the German tanks.

When I saw this, I quickly called busmanov over and asked anxiously, "major, do you have any health workers in the infantry company you are stationed in the front highland?"

"Yes Basmanov did not understand the purpose of my question at first. After looking forward, he immediately said, "Comrade commander, I understand everything. I'm going to call the company commander at the front and ask him to send a health officer to help the wounded artillery brother

Not long after basmanov's call, I saw a health worker with a medicine box on his back running to the destroyed gun position to rescue the wounded under the enemy's fire.

The artillery position on the top of the mountain was shrouded in smoke, but our artillery brothers were still fighting tenaciously, and soon some unlucky tanks were hit by our artillery fire and stopped burning in the same place.

Although our artillery kept firing, because of the large number of German tanks, they still rushed to the foot of the hillside, and the infantry who had been following also launched an attack on our army under the cover of tanks. In an instant, the hillside was full of German soldiers in helmets, crawling towards the position surrounded by fireworks.

Seeing this, basmanov frowned and said to me, "Comrade commander, the enemy's forces in this charge are at least twice as much as those in the last. It is a pity that there are no heavy weapons in the position except a few light machine guns. Otherwise, the dense formation of the German army, as long as the mortar is fired and the heavy machine gun is swept, they will suffer heavy casualties. "

I can only smile bitterly at basmanov's regret. If it wasn't for the limited weapons, I would like to equip the new regiment with enough mortars, heavy machine guns and an assault rifle. However, in order to support the counterattack of the 67th division of the guards, the regiment only had a few new tanks, which I also let sjerykov take away. At the moment, facing the fierce attack of the German army, we can only rely on the tenacious fighting will of the commanders and fighters of the Third Battalion. As soon as the German infantry approached the hillside, they flew out of the position and exploded in a dense line of grenades. Just when they were dazed by the bombing, the troops in the position resolutely launched a counter charge, and the enemy rolled back. If our army had not been intercepted by German tank fire in the process of charging, it would have achieved much greater results. However, the company commander in the front line was also clever. As soon as he saw that the troops were shelled by the enemy, he immediately ordered all the people to withdraw to hide and avoid more unnecessary casualties. Seeing that another German infantry charge was beaten back, I was just relieved when I heard basmanov yell, "no Before I could figure out what was going on, I saw him rush to the gate of the observation post and yell at a soldier outside: "hurry up, send out the air raid alarm. The enemy's bombers are out." Hearing the air raid alarm, my heart could not help shivering, and I looked into the air. There was a German flying formation in the distance. Four planes, at least seven or eight groups, were flying towards us. Soon, the enemy plane flew close and began to dive one by one to the high ground in front, dropping the bombs one by one. Every time a bomb was dropped, a big fire and smoke rose from the high ground. Kung Fu is not big, the whole highland is immersed in fire and smoke, just like an erupting volcano. At this time, the enemy, who had been knocked down from the high ground, took advantage of the situation and rushed to the hillside. Seeing this, my heart sank suddenly. Although I didn't say anything, I realized in my heart that the highland might be lost. At present, although there are two companies in my position, I can't send them to reinforce them, because the hundreds of meters from here to the opposite highland are all open fields without shelter. Before they run, they are either destroyed by German tank fire or blown up by German planes“ Comrade commander, "I heard basmanov gritting his teeth next to me," the enemy has increased its forces. You see, there are at least fifty or sixty more tanks and more than one regiment of infantry in the distance. " From the crack of the smoke, I could see clearly through the telescope the German tank troops rumbling in the distance, and the dense infantry formation behind them. My heart became more and more heavy. I knew in my heart that with the arrival of the German reinforcements, the fall of the Highlands ahead was only a matter of time. Thinking of this, I put down my telescope, turned to basmanov, who was standing beside me, and said, "Comrade major, let the commanders and fighters in the position prepare for battle. When all the soldiers in the Highlands ahead are finished, we'll be next. " As soon as I finished speaking, basmanov immediately grabbed my hand and dragged it towards the outside of the observation post. At the same time, he said, "Comrade commander, before the enemy attacks, you go first!" I broke away from his hand and said to him angrily, "Comrade major, as your commander, under such a critical situation, can I leave first? Isn't that a run away? "“ Comrade commander, "basmanov, the former commander of the guard battalion, said to me with a straight face:" you are the commander of the group army. Your responsibility is to command the troops to attack the Germans, not to give up your life here in vain. " At this point, he turned his head and yelled at the three guards who were standing at the door with me, "what are you still doing there? Why don't you take the commander away?" Some of the guards who came with me actually listened to basmanov's words. They came up and grabbed my arm and dragged me out. At the same time, they advised me: "Comrade commander, the major is right. You have no right to take risks here. You'd better leave here with us." They wanted to pull me away, but I wouldn't. In the middle of the argument, the telephone rang suddenly. Basmanov picked up the phone and listened to it for a moment. Then he turned to me and said excitedly, "Comrade commander, the commander of the 33rd tank army, Colonel berey, has arrived. He is waiting for you in the command post."