Chapter 1345

I saw in the observation post that the shells of the howitzer regiment fell on the enemy's position and exploded, and the soil and snow powder burst into the sky. The civil bunkers that were originally covered with snow, like paper toys, were torn up by the air waves of explosion and then flew high into the air and scattered around the explosion point.

Standing next to a telephone, wearing earphones, bielei said loudly to the microphone, "all brigades are ready to attack. Pay attention to keep the formation. Every car is separated by 100 meters." Then he stopped, probably listening to the commander's reply. After a moment, he raised his voice and called out, "at my command, the whole army will attack!"

In a short time, I heard a huge roar. The tanks from the forest crossed our highland, formed in neat formation, and attacked the German position in the distance. As the snow was melted by the high temperature of the shell explosion, the trench which was only vaguely visible became clear. From time to time, I could see one or two swaying helmets in the telescope, which should be the observation post left by the German army.

I was concentrating my attention on the enemy's position when I heard bielei's voice in my ear: "Comrade commander, are you a little disappointed?"

"Disappointed?" When I heard his mindless words, I quickly put down my telescope, looked at him and asked curiously, "general bielei, why am I disappointed?"

Instead of answering my question directly, berey pointed at the advancing tank troops with his hand, and then said, "look at the tanks that are rushing to the enemy's position!"

I don't know what he's talking about, but I'm still turning my face, looking at the tank troops with a telescope in front of me. At the same time, I roughly count that there are at least hundreds of tanks driving towards the enemy's position at high speed on the snow.

"General berey, I still don't understand you." I was really confused by berey, so I put down my telescope and said to him impatiently, "if you have anything to say, I'm not interested in playing any guessing games."

"Well, comrade commander." "There should have been about 160 tanks participating in the assault today, but before entering the attack position, some of the tanks broke down, so there were only more than 110 tanks participating in the battle at last," he said

In my impression, there should be at least 300 tanks in the three tank brigades, but now only one third of them are fighting. So I asked sternly, "general bielei, why are there so few tanks?"

"The two tank brigades that our superiors have given us are not fully equipped." "The 22nd brigade of the integrated guard tank lost more than half of the battle with the enemy. In addition, when we were bombed by the enemy in the early days, we also lost some tanks. Therefore, in today's battle, the only tanks that we can put into combat are those. "

"Well, don't ray general, don't say it. It's not your fault. Don't blame yourself." I saw the shame on berey's face. I quickly interrupted him with a wave, comforted him and said, "there are more than 100 tanks, which are enough to break through the enemy's positions."

As our tanks got closer and closer to the enemy's positions, the howitzer regiment stopped firing, and a salvo fire came from the close guard rocket battalion. As the smoke turned from thick to thin, I saw groups of German officers and men running quickly from the second trench to the first trench along the traffic trench. When the traffic moat was blown down and the area was impassable, they jumped out decisively, bent forward and ran for a while, and then jumped into the passable traffic moat again.

Seeing this situation, bielei snorted and said with emotion: "Comrade commander, the Germans are really the same as you said. When they were shelled by our army, except for a few observation posts, the main forces withdrew to the second trench. When our shelling is over, they'll be back. "

When povsky heard what berey said, he went to the observation port, raised his telescope for a while, and then said rather helplessly: "general berey, if it wasn't for the limited reserves of our shells, I might be able to make a rapid attack at this time, maybe I could kill more enemies. But I can't do anything now. The rest is up to you tank troops. "

Just a few hundred meters away from the anti tank trench, the truck full of our commanders and fighters rushed out of the forest and quickly rushed to the German position.

Then the German artillery opened fire. In addition to shelling the tank troops that were rapidly approaching the anti tank trench, more shells fell into the speeding motorcade. Shells with a scream, constantly falling on the high-speed truck around the explosion} blast. The tarpaulin on several trucks was ignited by gunfire. The driver immediately stopped the truck so that the commanders and fighters in the compartment could jump out of the car.

Unfortunately, a truck was hit directly by German artillery shells as it snaked wildly in the snow and tried to break through the barrage“ Boom A loud noise, I only see in the light of the fire, car parts were blown flying all over the sky, soldiers covered with fire were thrown around by the waves. A burning tire rolled out of the flames and continued to roll forward.

Seeing that the truck was directly destroyed by the enemy's shells, my heart seemed to be seized by something, and I felt very sad. After a long time, I murmured: "all the commanders and fighters in this car are finished. It seems that none of them survived."

Perhaps it was because of the enemy's shelling that the troops taking the truck should get off at a place two kilometers away from the enemy's position, but I don't know who gave the order, so the truck rushed directly to a place less than 300 meters away from the enemy's position. As soon as the car stopped, the commanders and fighters jumped down like dumplings, and then rushed to the tank parked by the ditch.

Our tanks stopped by the trench and shelled the enemy position opposite. Under the attack of tank guns and vehicle mounted machine guns, the German troops in the trenches were suppressed so that they could not raise their heads. Only their long-range guns were still shooting.

Seeing the tanks beside the trench, one of them was hit by the enemy's artillery from time to time, and then began to burn. Berey's face twitched violently. He turned to povsky and said, "Comrade artillery commander, can your artillery fire to suppress the enemy's fire?"

Povsky shook his head, regretfully said: "general bielei, I would like to help you, but the artillery shells are all out, I can do nothing now."

I held up my telescope and quietly looked at the battlefield in front of me. I found that the situation was not as bad as I thought. Because the German troops in the fortifications near the anti tank trench were suppressed by our tank fire, they could not form any threat to our attacking troops. Many commanders and fighters unloaded the rails tied to the body of the tank and put them on the trench to build a passage for the tank to pass through the anti tank trench.

With the help of infantry, more than 30 simple bridges were set up on the anti tank trench used by the German army to prevent our tanks from attacking. So our tanks and infantry, along these channels, rushed through the trenches and headed for the depth of the enemy.

Seeing that the tanks and troops were crossing the anti tank trench one after another, Captain povsky sighed and said, "thank God, our tank troops broke through the German anti tank trench so easily. I thought it would take heavy casualties to cross the trench."

"Comrade artillery commander, our casualties are not small." "You see, in front of the anti tank trench, at least 20 tanks are burning, and a dozen trucks are destroyed by German artillery fire in the process of impact. Our infantry have lost at least one battalion," said berey with a sad face

As more and more tanks and infantry passed the trench and rushed to the depth of the enemy, bielei suggested to me, "Comrade commander, can you let the cavalry attack now? They are moving fast. As long as they rush up, they can shorten our speed of defeating the enemy. "

"No, not yet." I pointed to the battlefield where we were fighting, and said, "after crossing the trench, our soldiers rushed into the enemy's position and are fighting with them in the trench. At this time, the cavalry will not be of any use at all. On the contrary, it will easily become the target of the enemy. "

As soon as I finished, the cavalry division commander called in. As soon as the phone rang, he said, "Comrade commander, now the infantry and tanks have broken through the enemy's line of defense. When can our division go up?"

From my heart, I don't like cavalry very much. In today's battlefield, it is a chicken branch. According to my original intention, it's better to let them all dismount so that I can use them as infantry. At the moment, I'm not happy to see that the cavalry division commander is eager to fight. My heart says that the infantry are fighting for the trench with the German army. What can you do for the cavalry? You can't ride a horse in the trench and wave a sabre to fight with the enemy? However, without dampening his enthusiasm, I said perfunctorily, "don't worry, sir. When it's your turn to be in the division, I will let you go. Your first task now is to seize the time to rest, so as to ensure that you can maintain a strong fighting capacity in the next battle. "

"Well, comrade commander, I will obey your orders." When I said that, the cavalry division commander recognized that I was perfunctory, but he had no choice but to agree and hang up.

Seeing that I refused the cavalry division commander's request, berey hesitated for a moment, and then began to cautiously suggest to me: "Comrade commander, I think our infantry, under the cover of tanks, can completely occupy the first German trench and attack the second one in more than ten minutes at most. You see if you can let the cavalry comrades attack first, and when they arrive at the anti tank trench, they will be able to catch up with our attack on the German second line of defense. "

I know that berey was also a cavalry many years ago. He had a special feeling for the cavalry. When I heard him say that, I hesitated again and again, thinking that it would be good to let the cavalry division come out with a strong momentum. So he nodded and said, "well, general bielei, since you say so, let the cavalry division be ready. Five minutes later, the whole division will be officially put into battle."

Seeing that I let go and agreed to let the cavalry division take part in the war as soon as possible, bielei agreed excitedly and went to call the cavalry division to convey my latest order to them.

Looking at bere on the phone, I suddenly found that I didn't bring major akhromeyev when I came here this time. If he was there, I only need to give an order on many things, and he can do it properly.

When I saw the tank troops leading the infantry towards the second German line of defense, I put down my telescope and nodded at bierre, indicating that the cavalry division was ready to attack. With a smug promise, bielei happily called the cavalry division commander and asked him to lead the cavalry to attack immediately.

A few minutes later, the attacking cavalry division appeared in my view. They were in a sparse formation. Almost all the cavalry on the horse were wearing black cloaks. Their shoulders were high on both sides, and their sabers were pointed to the front, shining in the sunshine. The cavalry had just crossed half of the distance when a thick black spot suddenly appeared in the distance and rushed towards their side. Seeing this situation, berey suddenly exclaimed: "hell, it's German tanks. Where did they come from?" The German tanks, hearing what berey said, I quickly turned the telescope around and carefully observed the direction of the black spot. Soon I saw that these black spots were made up of more than 40 German tanks. They were in two lines and rushed towards the side of the cavalry division. My heart is not good, if really wait for the German tanks to come, then the cavalry division will be cut off. In the open, cavalry will become lambs to be slaughtered when they meet tanks. Brey grabbed bofsky's shoulder and asked anxiously, "Comrade artillery commander, can your artillery intercept the enemy's tanks with artillery fire? Otherwise, when they rush to the middle of the cavalry division, the cavalry division will suffer heavy casualties. "“ No, general berey Povsky said bitterly, "the artillery regiment has just run out of shells. Otherwise, if you don't tell me, I will order the artillery to fire." He stopped for a moment and asked tentatively, "can you turn your tank troops around and counter attack the enemy's tanks?"“ If there's no trench, I can turn the tanks around right away. " He pointed to the antitank trench in the distance and said, "at this time, to make the tank turn around, we should not only pass through the trench and antitank trench occupied by our army, but also prevent the armored forces behind the enemy's second line of defense from attacking. In a word, our tank troops can only march forward and never retreat, otherwise our attack will be defeated, and the thousands of officers and men who took part in the war will be wiped out by the enemy. "“ What can we do? We can't just watch the cavalry division be destroyed, can we Bofsky, who has always been calm, is also in chaos.