Chapter 1338 We are outnumbered

  Fifty against eight hundred.

  In such a disparity in strength between the enemy and the enemy, none of the soldiers of the Ninth Company retreated. Even the wounded endured the pain, leveled the weapons in their hands, and looked at the approaching enemy.

  The German officers and soldiers in the distance noticed that the Soviet position had suddenly become quiet. Instead of continuing to charge, they slowed down their progress. They felt that the situation on the battlefield was a bit too weird, and the Russians in the opposite trench must have some kind of conspiracy.

  But as the German officers and soldiers got closer and closer to the Soviet positions, they finally discovered that the Soviet commanders did not shoot and had no ammunition.

  This discovery made the German officers and soldiers excited. The soldiers who were bending over and advancing forward carefully stopped their backs one after another, and rushed forward with their weapons in hand.

   "Comrades, go!"

   After Lieutenant Paul shouted this order, he took the lead in holding a bayonet-mounted rifle, rushed out of the trench, and rushed towards the enemy bravely.

  Seeing that the company commander took the lead and rushed out of the position, the rest of the soldiers also let out loud shouts and rushed straight over with bayonets in hand.

  Soldiers from both sides slammed into each other, bayonet to bayonet, chest to chest, fighting at close range. On the battlefield of hundreds of people, a duel like a medieval cold weapon battle began.

  Although the Soviet army is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, their stabbing skills are far superior to the German army. The German soldiers carried out the siege by relying on their numbers. The officers and soldiers on both sides shouted loudly and stabbed each other fiercely without any pretense.

  Suddenly, no one could do anything to anyone on the battlefield.

  The tenacity of the Soviet army far exceeded the expectations of the German commander. He did not expect that one of his battalions would not have the slightest advantage when encountering dozens of Soviet troops. He stomped his feet angrily: "Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff!"

  The chief of staff of the German Army standing aside saw the division commander furious, although he was timid in his heart, he still bit the bullet and stepped forward: "Mr. Commander, what instructions do you have?"

   "The Russians only have dozens of people, but we have a whole battalion. Why can't we take their positions?"

  The tenacity shown by the Soviet commanders and fighters was seen by the German chief of staff. While he expressed his admiration, he couldn't help but feel worried about the future of his troops. If you can't even break through the positions held by dozens of people, how can you capture the town of Yakovlevo, which is heavily guarded?

   Isn't one of our infantry divisions enough to counter an army of the Russians? Why is it that now a battalion is unable to move forward against a Russian team of less than a hundred people? What exactly is going on?

Just as he was thinking wildly, he heard the voice of the division commander calling himself, and replied somewhat flusteredly: "Your Excellency, I heard that in order to prevent deserters, the Russians deployed light machine guns behind every defensive unit." The supervising team. These Russians may choose to fight stubbornly because they think that even if they retreat, they will not escape the fate of death."

"It makes sense, it makes sense." The German division commander felt that what the chief of staff said was somewhat reasonable. If those Russians who were fighting bayonets with their own soldiers were worried that they would be killed by the supervising team if they retreated, they would definitely not easily withdraw from the position. of. However, in order to resolve the battle ahead as soon as possible, he ordered the chief of staff: "Send two more companies up, and we must break through the Russian defense line in the shortest possible time."

"Don't worry, Master Commander." The chief of staff said confidently: "Even if the Russians are faster than our army, they are limited in number and can't last long. As long as our reinforcements come up, we can kill them all." wipe out."

  The battle continued. Due to the disadvantage in numbers, soldiers continued to fall, and the remaining soldiers were also compressed in a small area.

   Just when the situation was extremely critical, there was a sudden "boom" explosion sound from the crowd. It turned out that a wounded man saw that he was dying, so he blew a grenade on his body, and died together with a dozen or so German soldiers around him.

   This move of the wounded gave the surviving soldiers an inspiration. When they find themselves wounded and unable to continue fighting, they ignite the fuse of the grenade, rush into the middle of the enemy, and die with more enemies.

  The third platoon leader was shot and stabbed by two German soldiers with bayonets. After killing the two soldiers back, he felt dizzy for a while, and felt that he couldn't hold on anymore, so he ignited the grenade stuck in his waist, and prepared to rush into the middle of the enemy and die together with the enemy.

   But his attempt was discovered by the enemy, and a German soldier rushed up and stabbed his bayonet into his chest. But the leader of the third platoon grabbed the bayonet pierced into his chest, exerted the last bit of strength in his body, endured the pain and walked forward step by step, forcing the German soldiers back step by step until the grenade exploded, knocking down all the nearby German soldiers.

  The soldiers of the Ninth Company fell one after another in the fight, and within ten minutes, they all fell in a pool of blood.

   It stands to reason that the German officers and soldiers should make a dash this time, and they can directly rush into the position that was held by the Ninth Company not long ago, but after the fight just now, the German officers and soldiers became timid and hesitant.

   At this moment, dense gunshots suddenly sounded from the position, and those German soldiers who were still standing there in a daze were immediately knocked down in large numbers. Then, they saw countless figures jumping out of the trench and rushing towards them.

   It turned out that the reinforcements sent by Uzakov arrived.

Uzakov was worried that the number of troops was too small, and he would suffer losses when encountering the enemy. Therefore, he organized all the soldiers equipped with assault rifles and formed a special company. They rushed to support the Ninth Company, and then he arrived with the main force .

  The dense firepower and the rushing figures became the last straw that crushed the German soldiers. At first, only a few soldiers ran back, and the officers beat and kicked them, waving their pistols to drive them back. However, more and more soldiers joined the fleeing team, and their escape triggered a greater rout.

  In the chaos, the commander of the German army could no longer control his troops, and was retreated by the soldiers.

   Just like that, a funny scene appeared on the battlefield. The German army, including reinforcements, had almost a thousand people, but was defeated by a Soviet army with only a few hundred people. All the German officers and soldiers wished their parents would give them an extra leg, so that they could run faster than their companions and reach a safe place the earliest.

  The commander of the special company who took the lead in the charge could not figure out the details of the enemy, so he dared not pursue too far. After leaving the position for five or six hundred meters, he ordered the troops to withdraw.

   On the way back to the position, he ordered several platoon leaders under him: "Check immediately to see if there are any commanders and fighters of the Ninth Company alive on the position."

  After the several platoon leaders agreed in unison, they returned to their platoons and organized soldiers to inspect the battlefield to see if there were any survivors alive.

  The company commander returned to the trench and was about to send someone to report to Uzakov, but a platoon leader ran over and reported to him with a happy face: "Comrade company commander, we found the commander of the ninth company, Lieutenant Paul!"

  "Lieutenant Paul?" Hearing what the platoon leader said, the company commander hurriedly asked, "Did you find his body?"

   "No." The platoon leader shook his head and replied, "He is still alive. Although he was seriously injured, he is still alive. I have sent someone to call the health worker to bandage his wound."

  (end of this chapter)