Chapter 906 The Germans want to run

Fortunately, Sokov saw Starcha's embarrassment, and added: "However, it is still possible for you to send troops from the second line for reinforcements. After all, the two lines of defense are connected by communication trenches. As long as the enemy does not Breaking through your frontal defenses, they cannot enter the communication trenches, so you don't have to worry about the enemy entering the forward positions from the communication trenches."

   After fighting during the day, the first battalion has lost one-third of its personnel. Without the support of reinforcements, it is really difficult to hold the position. Seeing that Sokov agreed to draw reinforcements from the rear, Starcha quickly picked up the phone and gave an order to his chief of staff to immediately send the second battalion to the front for reinforcements.

  After receiving the affirmative reply from the chief of staff, the stone hanging in Starcha's heart was considered to have landed. But when he put down the phone and saw Sokov sitting at the table, he felt uneasy again. He felt that the situation in the forward position had become complicated. If the division commander stayed here, his life might be in danger. He asked tentatively: "Comrade commander, it's too dangerous here. Look, should you go back to the division headquarters first?"

  He was worried that Sokov would not agree with his proposal, and added a special sentence: "Even if you go to the second-line regiment command post, after all, the battle here has begun, and it is too dangerous for you to stay here."

"I'm not going anywhere, I'll just stay here." Sukov held the assault rifle that never left his body in his arms, and said to Starcha and the first battalion commander: "You can go to command the battle at ease, I will The security platoon brought here will protect my safety." After speaking, he stood up and was about to walk outside.

"Comrade Commander!" Seeing Sokov getting up and walking outside, Starcha hurriedly rushed over to block his way, and asked nervously, "Where are you going? It's too dangerous outside, you'd better stay here .”

Sokov waved his hands and said, "If I continue to stay here, you two will be **** when commanding troops to fight." He knew that the two were worried about their own safety, so he emphasized: "As for my safety, you Don't worry, Lieutenant Samoilov and his guard platoon will protect me."

As soon as Sokov came out of the battalion command post, Samoilov greeted him and reported to Sokov in a low voice: "Comrade commander, according to my observation, the position of the third company was attacked by at least one company of the German army. .Fortunately, our troops can withstand the enemy without artillery support.”

"That's good." Knowing that the commanders and fighters of the third company successfully withstood the German attack, Sokov nodded in satisfaction, then pointed to the place where the battle was most intense, and said to Samoilov: "Comrade Lieutenant , I'll go ahead and have a look."

   "No, Commander." Samoilov heard Sokov want to go to the front to watch the battle, he quickly grabbed his arm, and said excitedly: "The front is too dangerous, I have no right to let you take risks."

  Seeing that Samoilov prevented himself from going to the front, Sokov sternly said, "Comrade Lieutenant, are you going to disobey my order?"

   "Comrade commander, my duty is to protect your safety." Samoilov replied neither humble nor humble: "Even if you remove my post now, I will definitely not let you go to the front to take risks."

   "Okay, I won't go ahead." Sokov didn't want to embarrass Samoilov, so he retreated and said, "Then let's find a place with a wide view and watch the battle?"

Samoilov thought to himself, with the teacher's character, he would never leave after the battle started. Instead of letting him stay in a dangerous area, it is better to find a suitable position and let him see the progress of the battle also. Thinking of this, Samoilov nodded and replied: "Understood, Comrade Commander, I will take you to a safe place."

   Led by Samoilov, Sokov came to a reinforced concrete bunker not far away. There was a heavy machine gun team in the bunker. When they saw Sokov coming in, they quickly got up and saluted. Sokov sent them out after raising his hand in return, then walked to the shooting hole and looked outside. He found that the location here was really good, and he could just see the area where the battle was fought. Under the dazzling light of the flares, the German officers and soldiers rushing towards the position had nowhere to hide. He was knocked down by the Soviet soldiers in the position.

Samoilov brought Sokov here because he felt that the shooting range of this bunker was ideal, the observation area was large, and it was also very strong. Even if it was hit by a few heavy shells, the fortifications would not be destroyed. . After setting up the security outside, he came in and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I have already set up the security. Even if the Germans rush into our army's position, my subordinates and I will have enough time to cover your safety." get out of here."

"Why, Comrade Lieutenant, don't you have confidence in our army holding the position?" Sokov heard Samoilov say this, pointed forward with his hand, and said, "You didn't see the attacking enemy, and you were defeated by the position." Are the soldiers of our army on the ground as targets?"

"Comrade commander, I'm just in case." Samoilov replied with a smile: "Besides, the battle has just begun, maybe the enemy will use artillery fire to attack the enemy after seeing their infantry attack frustrated. support."

  As soon as Samoilov finished speaking, there was a scream of shells piercing the air, and then two shells landed on the position and exploded. However, these two shells, which were obviously test-fired, fell on the front and back of the first trench and exploded, causing no harm to the Soviet commanders and fighters in the trench.

"You crow's mouth!" Sokov raised his hand and slapped Samoilov's helmet, cursing angrily: "You said the enemy would use artillery fire to support, and the enemy really started shelling our army. position."

   "Comrade Commander," Samoilov, who was criticized by Sokov, replied somewhat at a loss, "I just said that casually. I didn't expect the Germans to really fire."

   "Okay, okay, let's get down to business." Sokov turned to face Samoilov and asked, "Can the messenger we brought get in touch with Lieutenant Seriosha?"

  Since Sokov likes to run around after the battle starts, in order to avoid losing contact with the division headquarters, there is usually a radio operator with a walkie-talkie in the accompanying guard platoon. When Sokov asked about this, Samoilov quickly replied: "Yes, Comrade Commander. Do you need to speak to Lieutenant Seryosha now?"

   "Yes, contact him immediately." Sokov nodded slightly, and said in an affirmative tone: "Maybe they will be useful soon."

  The communicator entered the bunker and began to call Seryosha directly through the microphone, and was quickly connected. Sokov took the microphone and earphones and said loudly, "Is this Lieutenant Seryosha? I'm Sokov."

   "Comrade Commander," Samoilov heard Sokov casually revealing his identity, and quickly reminded him: "The enemy may eavesdrop on our communication. You should use code words."

"It's okay, even if the Germans eavesdropped on our communication, they can't do anything." After Sokov replied to Samoilov, he continued to ask into the microphone: "Seryozha, where are you and your subordinates?" What position?"

   "Report to Comrade Commander." Although Sergey and Sokov are good friends, on such a formal occasion, he still respectfully addressed each other's rank: "I am in the 125th Regiment's position."

   "Did you see the enemy's attack on the 124th regiment?" Sokov asked briefly.

   "I see." Sergey gave an affirmative answer, and then asked Sokov for instructions: "I wonder if Comrade Commander has any instructions?"

   "Send someone to closely observe the forward position of the 124th Regiment," Sokov said into the microphone: "Once they find that their situation is critical, they will use rockets to cover the attacking enemy with firepower. Do you understand?"

"Understood, Comrade Commander." Seryozha naturally understood what Sokov said, and quickly replied: "I will immediately send someone to monitor the friendly positions, and if there is any danger in their place, I will use rockets to attack the enemy." Fire coverage."

  As soon as the call here ended, the heavy German shelling began. For a while, the forward position of the 124th regiment was shrouded in gunpowder. Although the bunker where Sokov stayed was strong, he still felt uncomfortable as his heart beat faster and his internal organs seemed to be displaced.

  Sokov ignored the German bombardment, and still carefully observed the enemy situation ahead with his binoculars. Although the Soviet troops on the position did not fire flares into the air because of the enemy's shelling, the huge flames from the explosion of the shells had clearly illuminated the figures of the German troops in front of the position.

  Through the smoke, Sokov saw that the German officers and soldiers who had been suppressed by the Soviet firepower and could not raise their heads got up from the ground one after another. They might be worried about being accidentally injured by their own artillery fire, and they all rushed to the back.

"Commander, is Comrade Commander here?" Sokov was observing the enemy's situation when he heard a shout from outside that was suppressed by the explosion of shells. He turned his head to look at the door and said loudly, "I am here, who is it?" Find me?",

An officer walked in from outside the bunker, raised his hand to salute Sokov, and replied respectfully: "Comrade commander, I am the staff officer of the regiment. The enemy began to shell our regiment's position. For your safety, we are specially sent out to find you. If possible, transfer you to a safe place."

   "The place where I'm staying is safe." Sokov said to the other party: "Go back and tell Lieutenant Colonel Starcha that the Germans are shelling your position and don't let people walk around in the trenches."

  The German shelling stopped after a quarter of an hour. When Sokov felt his ears were still ringing, a new round of German offensive began. This time, they not only continued to attack in the area defended by the third company, but also a large number of German troops appeared in front of the other two companies.

"My God." When Samoilov saw dense black shadows appearing on the snow in the distance, he couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise: "The German army dispatched at least one battalion this time. I don't know our troops. Can you stand it?"

   "I think there should be no problem." Seeing that the soldiers were hurrying to repair the fortifications and make various preparations, Sokov said confidently: "Our soldiers should be able to block the enemy's attack."

  When the German troops on the snow began to trot up, more than a dozen flares rose from the position of the first battalion, clearly illuminating the German troops in white camouflage uniforms. After the commanders and fighters on the ground saw clearly where the German army was, they immediately opened fire. All of a sudden, there was a sound of shooting from various guns on the ground, and many German soldiers who were rushing forward seemed to hit a transparent wall and fell down on the snow with a plop.

"Comrade Commander," Samoilov couldn't help saying with emotion when he saw the commanders and fighters of the first battalion continuously shooting flares into the air, leaving the attacking enemy nowhere to hide: "You still think carefully, with these flares Without help, the Germans would have to switch from sneak attack to storm attack. Since they did not wait to take the position from us during the day, their plot will still fail at night."

"That's right, Comrade Lieutenant." To Samoilov's statement, Sokov nodded with a smile, "If every commander and fighter has your consciousness, then it is nothing to defeat the enemy. Difficult."

  The attacking German officers and soldiers were quite aggrieved. They lurked in the snow for several hours, and when they were about to freeze, they finally launched an attack on the Soviet position. According to the original plan, it was originally a sneak attack, but because the Soviet army desperately fired flares into the air as if they didn't want money, their sneak attack turned into a strong attack. Under the light of the flares, the Soviet army in the trench could see them clearly, but they couldn't see where the Soviet army was in the trench, and the battle became more and more aggrieved.

  The battle lasted until dawn. The German army left more than 300 corpses and more than 100 wounded in front of the position of the first battalion, and then retreated in despair.

  Seeing that the enemy retreated, Samoilov excitedly said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, have you seen it? The Germans have fled, and we have won!"

"Yes, the German soldiers have retreated." Sokov glanced at the German soldiers who were retreating hastily through the binoculars, and said a little bit dumbfoundingly: "I think Seryozha at this moment must be full of anger in his heart. In the middle of the night, none of their rockets were of any use."

Samoilov originally wanted to say a few more words, but he suddenly noticed black smoke rising in the distance, pointed there, and said to Sokov in surprise: "Comrade commander, look, the black smoke over there is What? Could it be that the friendly troops going south have already rushed over to join us?"

  Sokov knew very well in his heart that although the troops on the outskirts were progressing smoothly, it would take at least half a month before they rushed over to join forces with the defenders in the city. Since the friendly army will not rush over, the black smoke rising in the distance should have nothing to do with the friendly army. Thinking of this, Sokov couldn't help but tremble all over, and shouted: "No, the Germans are going to run!"

  (end of this chapter)