Chapter 1089 Soviet Counterattack

  After being encircled by the German army, Rebalco's troops turned to defense on the spot. For two days, they struggled to resist attacks from different directions.

   Gradually gaining the upper hand, the German troops felt that it was only a matter of time before the besieged Soviet troops were wiped out, so they gradually became arrogant. They felt that the Soviet army no longer had the strength to launch an offensive, so nighttime vigilance became lax.

  Unexpectedly, before dawn on March 5, the Soviet army unexpectedly launched an offensive, which stunned the Germans.

  After the battle lasted for more than ten minutes, the Germans discovered that the target of the Soviet army was actually the town of Valki, where Paul Hausser's headquarters was located, and hurriedly mobilized troops to come for reinforcements. However, due to the waist-high snow around the town, the German reinforcements could not rush over for a while.

   There are three infantry battalions and a machine gun company in the town. Although there are less than 2,000 people, they are the elite of the SS. Otherwise, Paul Hauser would not use these troops to defend his headquarters. Facing the Soviet infantry rushing into the town, they launched wave after wave of counterattacks, trying to drive all the Soviet troops out of the town.

  But not long after the Soviet infantry was driven out of the town, they made a comeback under the cover of tanks. The tank soldiers of the Soviet army received Rybalko's death order, as long as they could wipe out the enemies in the town, they would not hesitate to turn the whole town into ruins.

   It was because of Rebalco's order that the tank soldiers could let go of their hands and feet and fight the enemies in the town with all their strength. In the past, to find out what buildings the enemy was hiding in, in order not to destroy the town, the tank soldiers could only use machine guns to suppress the enemy's firepower, and cover the infantry to destroy the enemy's firepower points.

  It’s different now. When you see an enemy’s firepower point in a building, you immediately bombard it. If one shot can't solve it, then use two shots. Where tanks and infantry passed, there were hardly any complete buildings.

  After Paul Hausser’s headquarters entered the town, it was not that they were attacked by the Soviet army, but the attacking Soviet army was driven out by the town’s elite before they could gain a firm foothold in the town. Therefore, when Paul Hausser heard the news of the Soviet attack, he continued to lie in bed and sleep soundly. According to his thinking, his guards would soon be able to eliminate this group of desperate Russians.

  But he soon discovered that things seemed to be different from what he had imagined. After lying on the bed for more than half an hour, the sound of gunfire outside not only did not stop, but also became more and more intense, and even tended to move closer to his headquarters.

At this time, Hausser's adjutant rushed in, pulled him up from the bed, and said in a panic: "Your Excellency, move quickly, or it will be too late, the Russian tanks We are less than two hundred yards away from our headquarters."

   "What, there is less than two hundred yards left?" Paul Hauser immediately roared when he heard the adjutant say this: "Where are our troops? Why didn't they stop the Russians?"

"Your Excellency, our troops have put up a stubborn resistance." The adjutant replied: "At that time, the Russians rushed forward like crazy, regardless of casualties, and they were about to hit the headquarters soon. We quickly Go now, or it will be too late."

Although the Soviet army was less than 200 yards away from his headquarters, Paul Hauser was unwilling to leave easily. He told his adjutant: "Immediately order the troops to launch a counterattack, and the Russians must be driven out." Get out of town."

Seeing that Paul Hausser was unwilling to leave, the adjutant did not dare to persuade him anymore. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army cannot be compared with the elite SS. The Russians, but were repulsed by the defenders, would make Paul Hausser the laughing stock of everyone. He didn't want to take the blame for this. So the adjutant turned and walked out of Paul Hausser's bedroom, and returned to the headquarters to issue counter-attack orders to the battalion commanders.

   Soon, the German army launched a counterattack against the Soviet army rushing into the town from several directions. It has to be said that the combat effectiveness of the SS far exceeds that of the Wehrmacht, even in the face of the Soviet army with a large number of people, it is not at all timid. On the contrary, an infantry battalion that invaded from the west of the town collapsed under the counterattack of the German army, and the soldiers rushed out of the town. And a tank company covering the attack was also completely destroyed by the German anti-tank fighters because it lost the cover of the infantry.

"Comrade Commander," the tank commander who commanded the battle at the front saw an infantry rushing into the town and was defeated by the Germans, and hurriedly reported to Rybalco: "The enemy's defense is too tenacious. The attacking force has been routed. I request a temporary halt to the offensive, and resume the attack after the troops are readjusted."

"Comrade Colonel," upon hearing the request made by the tank commander, Rybarco had no room for negotiation: "According to the information we have, the German commander Paul Hausser is likely to be staying in the town. If you attack quickly, there is still a possibility to capture him alive. But if you wait until the enemy is ready to defend, it will not be so easy for you to take the town again."

"Understood, Comrade Commander." Knowing that Paul Hausser was actually in the town, the tank commander quickly assured Rybarco, "Even if I wipe out the tank army, I will take Paul Hausser." headquarters."

"Well done, Comrade Colonel." Regarding the statement of the tank commander, Rybalco said with satisfaction: "I am waiting for your good news here. Remember, whether our army can stand out from the enemy's encirclement is entirely up to you. It depends on whether you can take down the entire Valkyrie town in the shortest possible time."

After the tank commander finished talking with Rebarko, he immediately spoke to all the tank soldiers through the car radio: "Brothers, I just got a piece of information that the German Army's Paul Hausser headquarters is in this town. The reason for our ferocious attack but desperate resistance. As long as Paul Hausser is captured alive or eliminated, the enemies who besiege us will fall into panic because they have lost their unified command.

  Brothers, the time has come for us to build meritorious deeds, let's go, tank soldiers! Use your artillery and machine guns to beat the enemy to pieces! "

   I have to say that the words of the tank commander are very inspiring. Many tank soldiers who had seen the infantry attack frustrated and had already retreated became excited as if they had been pumped. They knew very well in their hearts that as long as the tank they drove could destroy Paul Hausser's headquarters, it would be a feat that could be recorded in history. As a result, the tanks that had stopped in place moved forward one after another, bombarded the firepower points in the house with artillery fire, and wiped out the German infantry who counterattacked with machine guns.

The infantrymen, who were beaten back steadily by the Germans, saw that the tank soldiers suddenly started to exert their strength, even if there was only one tank, they dared to rush into the middle of the hordes of German troops. Fight with surrounding German troops. Although the infantry didn't understand what happened to make the tank soldiers so brave, their morale was encouraged, and they bravely jumped out of their hiding places to engage in melee and hand-to-hand combat with the rushing German troops.

  (end of this chapter)