Sokov and Belkin stood in the observation post at the foot of the mountain, raising their binoculars and looking towards the high ground being shelled. The top of the mountain looked like an erupting volcano, with explosions and fire everywhere. The position was tightly wrapped in the rising smoke, and the explosions coming from the smoke were one after another, one after another.
Seeing this situation, Belkin's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and said to Sokov with lingering fear: "Comrade Battalion Commander, you should have thought carefully and let the third company withdraw during the shelling." When they arrived at the new fortifications on the north slope, they avoided the enemy's artillery fire. Otherwise, under such a fierce artillery fire, not only the entire army would be destroyed, but at least half of them would be injured or killed."
Thinking of the last successful night attack, Belkin couldn't help but ask: "Comrade Battalion Commander, do you think we can conduct another sneak attack on the German artillery position like last time?"
Sokov put down the telescope, looked at Belkin and said: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, the Germans are not fools. They will learn a lesson after suffering a loss. Saviev once told him before the enemy's shelling began. We reported that the enemy's artillery position was located five or six kilometers away this time. The position was surrounded by minefields that were difficult to pass through, and all passable roads were covered with barbed wire. The enemy did this to prevent our Sneak attack."
Belkin heard what Sokov said and said with regret: "That's such a pity. If the German artillery positions cannot be eliminated, it means that our soldiers will continue to be bombarded by the enemy."
"The unknown highlands are surrounded by forests. Although German tanks, armored vehicles and trucks cannot pass through, small troops can pass through the forests and reach the rear of our defense area." Although the enemy's attack focus is concentrated on this area in front of him On the high ground, Sokov did not dare to take it lightly. He asked Belkin: "Have all our security forces been dispatched?"
"They have all been dispatched." Although the deployment of security forces near the highlands was a task assigned by Sokov himself, Belkin still gave a detailed explanation when answering: "Except for the south, the other three directions have been dispatched. Two squads. If the enemy is discovered, they can immediately jump into battle and hold out until reinforcements arrive."
After confirming that the security forces were in place, Sokov nodded slightly and said: "Although the main attack target of the German army is the high ground held by the third company, it is not ruled out that they will send out a small force if they cannot attack for a long time. Make a roundabout way to the rear of the high ground. At this time, the security troops we deployed can be put to great use."
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As soon as the shelling ended, Saviev rushed out of the bunker on the north slope. He stood in the traffic trench, took out his whistle and blew it desperately, urging the soldiers who were still in the bunker to return to their positions as soon as possible and do their best. Battle preparation.
When he returned to the top of the mountain, Saviev found that his position had been destroyed by German artillery fire. There is empty soil more than a foot deep everywhere. When you step on it, you can feel the heat in the soil through your boots.
In the distance, four German tanks lined up in a row were driving towards the high ground. Behind them were German infantry in a loose formation. "Hurry up and repair the fortifications!" Seeing this situation, Saveyev shouted loudly: "Get ready to fight!"
Stepan, who finally entered the position, couldn't help but gasped when he saw everything in front of him. He thought to himself: If the battalion commander hadn't ordered a new bunker to be built on the north slope of the highland and asked the soldiers to stay there They were hiding from the shelling inside. After the previous round of shelling, there were only a few living people left in the entire company.
Because the slope of the south slope exceeded the climbing limit of the tank, the German tank stopped at the foot of the mountain. The infantry jumped over the tanks and, under cover of tank fire, rushed toward the top of the mountain.
Seeing that the enemy had entered the shooting range, Saviev shouted: "Hit me!" Then, the submachine gun in his hand opened fire at the enemy on the hillside. The sound of gunfire was an order. The machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles on the position fired at the same time, blocking the German army's path forward with intensive firepower.
As soon as the gunfire rang out, the German machine gunner quickly jumped into a crater, set up his machine gun and fired suppressively at the top of the hillside. The remaining soldiers used the tactic of short-distance leaps and approached the top of the mountain step by step.
The German tanks parked at the foot of the mountain saw the Soviet troops on the hillside starting to fire, and immediately opened fire to cover the infantry who were charging towards the top of the mountain. The German artillery fire was very accurate. In the first round of shooting, they destroyed a machine gun fire point on the top of the mountain. The shooting machine gunner was pulled up from the ground by the air wave of the explosion. After doing two somersaults in the air, He fell on the slope and rolled down the slope with a rumble.
Saviev stared at the tanks at the foot of the mountain that were constantly causing casualties to his troops, and his eyes almost burst out with fire. He thought painfully in his heart: "If the five cannons captured last time were not handed over, as long as Two rounds of artillery fire will blow all the German tanks into scrap metal."
The German infantry was getting closer and closer to the position. The few soldiers at the front could rush into the trench within a few seconds as long as they accelerated. In order to prevent the enemy from rushing into the position, the bullets fired from the trenches became more dense. The flames spewed by machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles were like an airtight fire net, causing the German soldiers who rushed up to fall in pieces.
Although the Germans were only one step away from the trenches, it was not necessarily a bad thing for the Third Company that stayed in the position. The tanks at the foot of the mountain had stopped firing in order to prevent accidental injuries to their own people, allowing the soldiers of the third company to lean out and use their weapons to shoot at the enemies in front of the trenches.
The German soldiers who lost the cover of artillery fire seemed to be no longer fighting. They were unable to break through the Soviet fire network and could only hide in the craters and engage in fierce exchanges with the opponent.
The offensive and defensive battle on the high ground lasted for almost an hour. The Germans, who suffered heavy casualties, finally chose to retreat after several attempts and finding that they could not break through the Soviet positions.
As soon as the German troops withdrew, the company's correspondent bent down and ran to Saviev's side, saying loudly: "Comrade company commander, there is your phone number in the company command post. It is from the battalion commander."
"Comrades, seize the time to repair the fortifications and treat the wounded. Go to the hillside with a few more people to collect usable weapons from the corpses of the Germans." After explaining all this, Saveyev turned to the correspondent and said: "Let's go. Come on, take me to the company command post."
