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Sokov hurried back to his command post and contacted Chernyshev by radio. Chernyshev did not ask about the progress of the battle here, and said directly to Sokov: "Major Sokov, your battalion will hand over the position to the defending friendly forces before tomorrow evening, and then rush to the Soviet Union. Hinich.”
"Transfer the position to friendly forces?" When Sokov heard what Chernyshev said, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Comrade division commander, can I ask which unit will take over our defense?" ?”
"It is the 411th Infantry Division of the Tenth Army." Chernyshev replied: "The task of holding on to the unknown heights will be completed by them."
Sokov originally thought that the troops to take over the defense of the unknown highlands would be drawn from Sushinich. He was worried that the other party would draw troops from himself to supplement them due to insufficient troops. Now that he knew that the friendly forces on the left wing would take over the defense, he felt much more at ease.
More than an hour later, the unknown high ground held by the third company was once again shelled by the Germans. The cunning German army took advantage of the bombardment and sent a small detachment of eight tanks along the simple road, trying again to detour back to the high ground. Behind the tank detachment were four armored personnel carriers loaded with soldiers.
The leading tank opened the top cover of the turret while driving, and a German tank soldier leaned out half of his body to observe the surrounding environment vigilantly.
Artillery platoon commander Porochenko hid in the observation post on the west slope, staring at the tank squad with binoculars, mentally calculating how far they were from the anti-tank mines laid by engineers. When he saw the first tank getting closer and closer to the mine, he couldn't help but hold his breath, preparing to hear the violent explosion.
But unfortunately, the tracks of the first German tank drove past the anti-tank mine smoothly. Seeing this scene, he was so angry that he punched the wall hard. He could only place his hope on the second tank. He hoped that the tank following him could run over the buried mines. But he was soon disappointed again. The second tank also passed through the mined position unscathed.
"What the hell, what's going on?" Porochenko thought to himself: "Have all the anti-tank mines laid by engineers become ineffective, so that a tank running over them will not cause an explosion?"
Just as he was thinking wildly, there was a sudden dull explosion, and the third tank was enveloped in black smoke. When the smoke cleared, Porochenko saw that one track of the tank had been blown off and the body of the tank was burning. As the tank hit the mine, not only the tank following it stopped, but the two tanks in front also stopped. An armored vehicle from behind sped up and stopped next to the burning tank.
Porochenko saw German soldiers jumping off the armored vehicle. Based on the mine detectors they held, he could tell that they were engineers. Since the engineer platoon had only planted two anti-tank mines here, one of which had exploded and destroyed a German tank, he was not concerned about whether the remaining mine was discovered by the enemy's engineers. He picked up the phone and said loudly to the gunner who commanded the anti-tank gun: "Comrade sergeant, have you seen the enemy tank?"
"I saw it, Comrade Second Lieutenant," the gunner replied.
"Aim at the two tanks in front and fire," Porochenko ordered the gunner. "After destroying them, immediately move positions."
After the gunner put down the phone, he immediately gave the order to the first gunner: "Aim at the second German tank and fire!"
With a loud "boom", a dazzling fire burst out from the body of the second German tank, followed by a puff of black smoke. Seeing the first hit of the anti-tank gun, Porochenko in the observation post couldn't help but cheer.
The gunner ordered a gunner to aim at the first German tank and fire a second time. The armor-piercing projectile fired this time penetrated into the interior of the tank and exploded, causing the ammunition to explode. The flames shot straight into the sky from the open hatch cover, like a burning oil well.
After completing two rounds of shooting, the gunner immediately ordered the transfer of the firing position. The soldiers did not dare to neglect and moved the anti-tank gun to a new firing position in a hurry.
The German tanks at the back saw that the two tanks at the front were destroyed by anti-tank fire from the hillside. They immediately turned their guns and fired at the false position on the hillside. Several false positions that were deliberately exposed became targets of German tank guns. In a series of explosions, the cannons made of wood were blown to pieces.
At this time, the anti-tank guns had been moved to new locations. This time, without waiting for Porochenko to give an order, the gunner commanded the first gunner in a self-taught way: "Aim at the last tank on the road and shoot!"
Although the German tanks were all parked on the road, because they were a little far away, the shells fired by the anti-tank guns missed and exploded on the side of the last tank, causing a column of mud to rise into the sky.
Seeing that the shell did not hit the target, the gunner couldn't help but glared at the first gunner. When the first gunner saw that the shell missed due to an error in his aim, his face turned red to the root of his neck. In order to redeem himself, he put his eyes close to the scope and carefully aimed at the farthest tank.
The fourth shell flew out and successfully hit the German tank again. Seeing the German tanks starting to burn in the distance, the gunner calmly gave the order to move to a new firing position.
Shortly after the anti-tank guns were moved, the exposed firing position was shelled by German tanks. Seeing all this, the gunner thought with lingering fear: "Fortunately, we moved the position in time, otherwise this anti-tank gun would have been destroyed."
Four artillery shells destroyed three German tanks, which greatly increased the confidence of the artillery soldiers. After they arrived at the new firing position, they immediately deployed anti-tank guns and continued shooting at the tanks parked on the road. They fired seven rounds at once, destroying three tanks and three armored vehicles.
Although the enemy only had one tank and one armored vehicle left, the third gunner responsible for loading the shells said to the gunner with a sad face: "Comrade gunner, there is only the last shell left. Which target should we hit?"
"Needless to say, of course it's the enemy's tank." The gunner shouted to the first gunner: "Aim at the enemy's tank and fire!"
The last shell hit the tank that was trying to escape. It dragged the fire for a while, then stopped on the road and started to burn. The armored vehicle sent in front to carry the engineers saw that all the tanks and armored vehicles it was traveling with had been wiped out. It dared to stay no longer, so it quickly loaded up the engineers and prepared to escape.
Unexpectedly, before driving very far, it unfortunately ran into another landmine that had not been cleared. With a loud "boom", the two front wheels of the half-track armored vehicle were raised high, and the entire body of the armored vehicle turned over. A 180-degree somersault, and then he fell heavily on the road.
