Chapter 1099 Recovering Donetsk

Knowing that the defense zone in the east of the city had fallen into the hands of the Russians, the commander of the city defense, Lieutenant Colonel Feldman, broke out in a cold sweat. He hurriedly called the commander of the armored battalion: "Major, the Russians have already occupied us." There are many positions in the east of the city, I order you, immediately dispatch tanks, counterattack the Russians, and drive them out of the city."

  Although there is an armored battalion in the defenders in the city, there are actually only five tanks of various types in total. The commander of the armored battalion felt that the east might be attacked by the Soviet army, so he assigned the only fire-breathing tank to the defense zone in the east of the city. But their luck was bad, and they were all killed by the Soviet army not long after the battle started.

The tank battalion commander said to Feldman in embarrassment: "Your Excellency, Commander of the City Defense, we originally only had five tanks, and I deployed two tanks, including the fire-breathing tank, to the east of the city. Who knows if the battle will start?" After a while, the Russians have wiped out all our tanks, even if the tanks from the other three directions are transferred, it will not help. In my opinion, let’s give up Donetsk, shall we?”

"Nonsense." Hearing what the commander of the tank battalion said, Feldman immediately became angry: "If Donetsk is abandoned without resistance, then you and I will wait for the court-martial. You immediately dispose of all the tanks, They are all transferred to the city center, and even if I can't prevent the counterattack, I will rebuild the defense in the city."

   The 124th Regiment, which captured the east of the city, entered the city continuously along the opened gap in the defense line.

  Sokov was overjoyed when he learned that the enemy's defense line had been breached. He first ordered the operator to report the good news to the group headquarters in Luhansk. Then let Samoilov take the guard platoon and go to the city with himself to watch the grand occasion of capturing the entire city.

  Knowing Sokov's character, Samoilov naturally wouldn't stop him. Because he understands that even if he persuades him, it will not have any effect. As the officer responsible for protecting his safety, what I can do is to strengthen the security of the area where Sokov goes to prevent him from being attacked by the enemy.

  According to Stalcia's idea, the first battalion, which is the main attack, will definitely suffer heavy casualties after capturing the defense line in the east of the city. At this time, I can send the second or third battalion to replace them. Unexpectedly, this battalion only suffered more than 200 casualties throughout the battle, and most of the casualties occurred when they attacked the German army.

  The commanders and fighters of the first battalion moved forward quickly along the street. In less than an hour, they could vaguely see the church where the German Army Command was located. However, the troops encountered tenacious resistance from the enemy here, and the Romanian army used the barricades on the street to carry out tenacious resistance. The German troops who rushed over for reinforcements cunningly occupied the buildings on both sides of the street, and fired condescendingly at the Soviet soldiers on the street, causing great danger to the commanders and fighters of the first battalion.

  Bliski saw that his subordinates suffered heavy casualties, and was extremely anxious. He quickly ordered the troops to temporarily stop the attack and find a suitable place to hide. At the same time, he called the head of the regiment, Starcia, and reported in detail the situation encountered in his battalion.

After hearing this, Starcha immediately said to Briski: "Comrade Major, your battalion is already very tired after several hours of fighting. If you continue to take on the offensive mission at this time, it is to your advantage." No responsibility. How about this, your battalion will stand still for the time being, and I will immediately send the second battalion to take over your attack."

Hearing Starcia's order, Major Briski originally wanted to bite the bullet and say that he could continue to fight, but after thinking about it, his troops have now suffered one-third of casualties. If they continue to fight, Maybe he will be disabled. So he changed his mind and decided to follow Stalcia's order to let the troops stand still temporarily and stick to the occupied area.

   When Sokov came to the regiment command post, he happened to see Starcha handing over the task to the second battalion commander, Major Golia. He listened for a while, and found that Starcia didn't have any detailed battle plan. He just told Goliath: If you are not afraid of sacrifice, bravely launch a fierce attack on the enemy's position.

   Sokov doesn't agree with this kind of sending troops to die. He quickly coughed heavily to attract everyone's attention. Hearing the sound of coughing, Starcha realized that Sokov had come to his command post, and quickly stood up to salute him.

"Colonel Starcha," Sokov said to him after raising his hand in return, "judging from the current situation, we have no big problem in capturing the city. What we need to pay attention to now is how to reduce the force of the troops when they attack." Casualties."

   "Comrade Commander," as Sokov's old subordinate, Starcha spoke much more casually: "Tell me, what should we do to minimize the casualties of the troops?"

"Let the first battalion be in the current position to carry out a feint attack on the enemy's defense line to attract the enemy's attention." Sokov said with confidence: "The other two and third battalions pass through the small alleys on both sides of the main road and directly Pounce on the German headquarters. If you can take out the enemy's headquarters, the enemy's resistance will soon collapse."

   "Comrade Commander, some Germans are very stubborn. I am worried that even if the German command headquarters is captured, those enemies will continue to resist." Starcha asked in embarrassment: "What should we do then?"

"If the enemy does not surrender, then we will resolutely destroy them." Sokov said with a straight face: "Our division is equipped with a large number of new rockets and bazookas, and these weapons can be of great use in street fighting. For example, if you see a large number of enemies resisting in the barricades, as long as a rocket flies over, they will be wiped out with those fortifications in an instant. As for the enemy's firepower hiding in the building, use the rocket launcher to bombard them. If you can’t get rid of it, use two rounds. Do you understand, Major Goria?” His last words were addressed to the second battalion commander, Goria, who was about to command the troops to attack.

"Understood, Comrade Commander." Goria has been following Sokov for a long time, and he still understands many of his tactics, so he quickly replied: "Our troops will make full use of these rocket launchers, not only to destroy A strong point of fire for the enemy, and at the same time it can be used against German tanks."

"By the way, German tanks." Sokov remembered that in the reconnaissance report, there was a German tank battalion in Donetsk, but so far, except for the two destroyed tanks in the east of the city, there is no No other tanks were seen: "Didn't you say that there is a tank battalion? Why haven't I seen a few tanks until now."

   "Comrade Commander, I'm not too sure about this." Starcha shook his head and said, "Our commanders and fighters observed carefully during the attack, but no one found any traces of the German army."

  As the new force enters the battle, the situation on the battlefield develops in favor of the Guards Division. Major Golia's Second Battalion lived up to expectations and took the lead in attacking the church where the German headquarters was located, captured the city defense commander Feldman alive, and planted the red flag on the top of the church.

Looking at the red flag fluttering in the wind in the distance, Sokov smiled and said to Starcha: "Comrade Colonel, use your regiment's radio station to send a report to the group headquarters, saying that we have successfully occupied Donetsk." .”

  (end of this chapter)