Chapter 1836 Internal and external attack

   Following the shout of the company commander, a wounded soldier crawled to the side of the sacrificed comrade on hands and feet, and took the bazooka beside him. After a quick reload, put the bazooka on your shoulders, stand up abruptly, and get ready to pull the trigger.

   But his actions were discovered by the German machine gunners behind the fortifications, and a swarm of bullets came over him immediately, smashing him into a sieve. But when the soldier fell, he instinctively pulled the trigger. The rocket with white smoke drew an arc in the air and hit the outer wall of the church. Fragments of masonry splashed everywhere, smashing the German soldiers below to howl like ghosts and wolves.

  Without the bazooka, the surviving soldiers could only shoot at the enemy. Regardless of their small number, the surviving survivors are the backbone of the battle, and many of them are equipped with newly refitted assault rifles. In the confrontation between the two sides, they will not be at an absolute disadvantage.

   "Company commander, company commander!" A soldier lying near the first company commander shouted at him: "The enemy's firepower is too fierce, and the brothers have suffered too many casualties. How about we withdraw first?"

   "No." The first company commander rejected the soldier's proposal without hesitation, and said plausibly: "We are the leading company of the assault battalion. We haven't completed the task assigned to us by our superiors. How can we retreat easily?"

  He pointed at the remains of soldiers lying on the street with his hand, and continued: "So many of our brothers died here, don't you have the heart to leave their remains and run away?"

  Several soldiers around, facing such fierce firepower from the German army, had already begun to retreat. But hearing the words behind the company commander, everyone's eyes turned red. Raising the weapon in his hand, he continued to shoot at the German army behind the fortifications.

  The Germans in the town were initially confused for a while after being suddenly attacked. But after all, they were well-trained and quickly stabilized their position. Under the command of the officers, the soldiers moved towards the church, preparing to repel or even destroy the Soviet troops attacking there.

  Besides, after Victor was reprimanded by Sokov, he immediately ordered the second company and the third company to also enter the town, and rushed towards the place where the gunshots were most dense. He secretly prayed on the road, hoping that when he brought his people there, there would still be survivors in the company.

When they were still four to five hundred meters away from the church, Victor saw the dense muzzle flames in front of him. From the gunshots, he heard the sounds of Bobosa submachine guns, Mosin Nagant rifles, and assault rifles. Knowing that Yilian was still fighting the enemy, he breathed a sigh of relief.

   Two company commanders came to his side, waiting for him to issue new orders. Victor thought for a while, and then said to the second company commander: "Second company commander, you lead people to seize the buildings on both sides, arrange firepower points, and prepare to block the Germans who came to support them."

  The second company commander agreed, turned around and left with his people to seize the buildings on both sides of the street, preparing to set up firepower points, and blocked the street condescendingly to prevent the Germans from rushing over for support.

   "Commander of the third company," Victor ordered the commander of the third company, "immediately order people to set up a launch position here, and use rockets to destroy the German defensive positions outside the church."

   Soon, two new rockets soared into the air, dragging a long flame tail, and flew towards the German position in front of the church. After two loud bangs, the front of the church was blown up into a sea of ​​flames. Parts of various weapons, mixed with German stumps and arms, were thrown around.

  The German soldiers who were lucky enough to survive did not dare to stay outside the church to die. They hurriedly turned around and ran into the church, and closed the heavy wooden door casually, trying to continue to resist in the church.

  Seeing that the German position in front of the church was destroyed, a company of commanders and fighters who were suppressed by the firepower and could not move got up from the ground one after another, and rushed forward with weapons in hand. Seeing a German soldier who was not completely dead, he casually fired a shot to relieve the opponent's pain.

   But when they rushed to the door of the church, they couldn't push the wooden door open. The captured German soldiers blocked the door with things, and with the strength of a few soldiers, it was impossible to push the wooden door open.

Fortunately, at this moment Victor arrived with the commanders and fighters of the third company. Seeing that the soldiers were blocked by a wooden door, he asked the soldiers to disperse first, and then let a soldier carrying a bazooka shoot at the wooden door. rocket missile. With a "boom", the wooden door was blown apart, revealing a hole enough for people to pass through.

  Seeing that the wooden door was blown open, two soldiers rushed in with weapons. Unexpectedly, just as they approached the gap, they were knocked down by the bullets fired from inside. At the same time, the German soldiers on the bell tower of the church also threw down string grenades one after another, blowing up the commanders and fighters who were caught off guard.

   "Retreat, withdraw quickly!" If a soldier hadn't blocked Victor in time, he would have been cut down by the shrapnel at this moment, and he quickly issued an order loudly, "Don't love to fight, withdraw first!"

  In fact, even if Victor did not give the order to retreat, the soldiers were ready to retreat. Now I can't rush into the church, and the bell tower on the top keeps throwing grenades down. If I continue to stay here, I will have to wait for death.

  When the fighters were retreating, Victor shouted loudly: "Shoot, shoot, shoot at the bell tower on top of the church."

   After retreating to a safe place, Victor immediately asked the people around him: "Where is the first company commander?"

   Soon a soldier from the first company replied: "Comrade lieutenant colonel, the company commander died."

   "Sacrifice?"

   "Yes, he was sacrificed." The soldier said in a positive tone: "He was killed by a grenade thrown down by the Germans."

  Victor had no doubts about what the soldier said. If it wasn't for a soldier who stood in front of him desperately just now, he might have been either killed or injured by now.

   "The third company commander, is the third company commander here?"

   Following Victor's shout, the third company commander appeared in front of him: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, what instructions do you have?"

   "Use the bazooka to kill the enemies on the bell tower." Victor ordered briefly: "After the enemies are killed, charge again, this time be sure to take down the church."

  After the third company commander agreed loudly, he ran aside to assign tasks to the soldiers.

  The soldier who received the order, carrying a rocket, bent down and ran to the blind spot of the clock tower, then aimed at the clock tower at the top, and pulled the trigger decisively. With a loud bang, the rocket hit the clock tower accurately, and an officer and soldier was thrown out by the blast wave, screaming and fell from the air to the ground, killing him on the spot.

  Seeing that the clock tower was destroyed by rockets, the soldiers launched an attack again. When they rushed to the door of the church, they found that the gap in the wooden door had been blocked by something. So Victor ordered the soldiers to blast open the wooden door again.

  With the experience from last time, the soldier carrying the bazooka adjusted the shooting angle and pulled the trigger again. After a loud noise, the entire wooden door collapsed.

  Seeing that the wooden door was blown open, the commanders and fighters near the door rushed in with shouts. But it wasn't just why, the soldiers rushing in front suddenly stopped, and the soldiers behind couldn't stop, and directly bumped into the soldiers in front.

  The third company commander who led the team was about to get angry, but after seeing the situation in front of him clearly, his whole heart suddenly became cool. There were more than 30 German soldiers standing in the hall. They were distributed in a fan shape, forming a semi-surrounding situation for the soldiers who rushed into the church.

   Judging from the terrain occupied by the enemy, as long as they opened fire, all the commanders and fighters who entered the church would die. Seeing that the situation was not good, the third company commander quickly shouted: "Quick retreat!"

   But it was too late, the Germans opened fire. Although the soldiers fought back in time, the firepower from several directions knocked them down in pieces.

   In less than a minute, the commanders and fighters who rushed into the church, except for the third company commander who was wounded and fell by the door, all the other soldiers died under the enemy's guns. Fortunately, the German soldiers were afraid of the commanders outside the door and did not come to check and replace the guns. The third company commander was lucky enough to save his life.

   After Victor heard a burst of gunfire inside, he fell into silence, and no soldier came out of it, so he realized the seriousness of the problem. According to his intuition, the commanders and fighters who entered the church had an accident.

  A second lieutenant approached him and asked loudly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, what should we do next?"

  Victor thought that if he threw a grenade into the church, it would be hard to say whether the enemy would be hit, but the commanders and fighters near the door would definitely suffer. He thought for a while, and ordered decisively: "Use the bazooka to shoot inside."

   Just like that, after firing two rockets inward, the commanders and fighters outside the church charged again. This time they rushed to the hall smoothly, but they only saw corpses all over the floor, including their own and Germans, but they didn't see any living Germans, not even a single wounded.

Victor entered the church full of ruins, and was very puzzled when he saw this situation: the bodies lying on the ground were basically the corpses of German soldiers, and occasionally one or two officers were only lieutenants or second lieutenants, obviously not the highest in this command. commander.

  Just when Victor wanted to order someone to search carefully, a soldier came over and reported: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, we have found the company commander, and he is still alive."

   Knowing that the third company commander is still alive, Victor said repeatedly: "Where is he? Bring him here quickly!"

   Soon, two soldiers came to help the wounded third company commander.

  Victor stepped forward to hold the hand of the third company commander, and asked with concern: "Comrade Captain, are you okay?"

"I have nothing to do, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." The third company commander said angrily: "I really didn't expect that the Germans were so cunning. They set up a formation in the hall, and as soon as we rushed in, we fell into their fan-shaped siege." Although I issued the retreat order in time, no one could escape the bullets. As soon as the enemy started shooting, the brothers who rushed in with me all fell under the guns of the Germans.”

"Comrade Captain, don't worry." Victor comforted the other party and said, "We will pay back this blood debt from the Germans." After a short pause, he continued, "You know where the rest of the Germans are going?" Yet?"

   "I know." The third company commander pointed to the location of the shrine with his hand, and said, "I saw that the Germans disappeared from there. There should be a hidden passage."

"You're right." Victor is more experienced in this matter, "Usually churches have basements, and the entrance is behind the dean's room or the shrine." Then he called several soldiers and told them to go behind the shrine Go search and see if you can find the entrance to the basement.

  Without much effort, a soldier shouted excitedly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I found the entrance to the basement." Then he bent down to lift the wooden cover.

Seeing that the soldier was going to lift the cover, Victor quickly shouted: "Don't..." However, his shout was a step too late. The soldier just lifted the cover, and before he could look in, he was hit by a bullet from below. He fell directly on his back, and the cover fell heavily.

   "The Germans are on high alert below. Lifting the lid at this time, isn't it courting death?" Victor ordered the soldiers surrounding the shrine: "Keep an eye on this exit, and don't allow any enemy to come out."

  Intensive gunshots and explosions sounded outside. When Victor first heard this sound, he was still thinking about how fast the friendly army moved. They hit the outside of the church in such a short period of time. But after thinking about it, something was wrong. I ordered the second company to occupy the nearby buildings. If the friendly army really arrived, it should be quiet. How could it be possible to fight in full swing?

   "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." A soldier ran in from the outside and reported to Victor: "It's not good, the German reinforcements have arrived, and the comrades of the Second Company are blocking."

   "Except for one squad to monitor the entrance behind the shrine, the rest of the people went outside to build defenses." Victor immediately began to issue orders: "The enemy must not be allowed to rush into the church and let them rescue the command organization."

While the troops were setting up defenses outside the church, Victor called the radio operator and told him, "Contact the commander immediately, saying that we have successfully captured the church in the middle of the town, but the enemy is coming from all directions. Request support."

Sokov was a little annoyed when he learned that Victor was surrounded in the church in the middle of the town. He immediately connected Chumakov's phone and asked angrily, "Comrade Commander, the assault battalion I sent has already arrived." Occupying the German headquarters in the town, but they are also surrounded by the Germans, I would like to ask, when will your troops be able to attack?"

Chumakov heard Sokov getting angry, and quickly explained: "Comrade commander, please don't worry, Colonel Yesenin reported to me not long ago that one of his regiments is now approaching the edge of the town and is waiting to attack. time."

"What timing do you need to wait?" After hearing Chumakov's reply, Sokov was on the verge of going berserk, and he raised his voice and said, "You immediately inform Colonel Yesenin to bombard the enemy's position with mortars. It is better to blow up some passages in the obstacles in front of the position, so that our soldiers can rush into the city through these passages."

Facing Sokov's strict order, Chumakov did not dare to neglect, and quickly contacted Yesenin: "Comrade Colonel, the friendly forces that cooperated with you have already occupied the German headquarters in the town. Why haven't you launched an attack yet? What are you dawdling about, aren't you afraid of delaying your chances?"

   "Comrade Commander, I think the German army outside the town has already prepared. We are attacking at this moment. I'm afraid..."

"I'm afraid of what?" Chumakov said sternly without waiting for the other party to finish speaking: "A considerable part of the enemies in the town have been attracted to the church. The defense of the enemy in front of you has become weak. German positions must be torn open so that our troops can quickly rush into the town."

  (end of this chapter)