Just when Sokov was busy disbanding the first platoon of the second company and the first platoon of the machine gun company and reorganizing them into the 291st Infantry Regiment. Belkin called Oleg aside, who was about to join the battle with Sokov, and said to him seriously: "Comrade Sergeant, when we attack later, you and the soldiers in the guard squad must ensure the safety of the battalion commander. .Understand?"
After Oleg glanced at Sokov who was not far away, he assured Belkin with a serious expression: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, please rest assured that the soldiers in the guard squad are all ready to take bullets for the battalion commander. Be prepared, even if we all die in the battle, the battalion commander will never be harmed at all."
Belkin held Oleg's hand tightly, shook it twice, and said: "Sergeant Oleg, I wish you good luck!"
After the attack order was issued, although the artillery of the group army continued to fire towards the town of Maklaki, the commanders and fighters of the 291st Infantry Regiment still formed a loose attack formation, taking long strides and heading towards the distance without hesitation. Walk to town.
Sokov was holding a submachine gun and walked on the far right of the third row. Oleg was on his left, and a dozen soldiers from the guard squad were walking in front and behind him. Halfway through the attack queue, Sokov realized something was wrong. The soldiers in the front row of the guard squad all squeezed to the right during the march, blocking his way. Oleg on the side kept turning his head to look at him, as if he was ready to pounce at any time to block bullets for him.
"Spread out, spread out!" Sokov guessed from the reactions of Oleg and the soldiers that the other party was ready to take bullets for him at any time. Although he was moved in his heart, he still shouted loudly: " Don't crowd together, if the German shells fly over, we will all be destroyed."
When Oleg heard Sokov shouting, he quickly waved his hands to the soldiers who were blocking the front intentionally or unintentionally, and they immediately resumed their original loose formation.
When the attacking force was still 150 meters away from the town, the army's artillery stopped shelling. The soldiers immediately changed from a brisk walk to a trot, and rushed towards the German positions that were still smoking.
The German observation post, which was stunned by the artillery fire, saw that the Soviet shelling had stopped, and quickly struggled to crawl out of its hiding place to see if the Soviet army had launched an attack. When he leaned halfway out from behind a pile of rubble and looked out, he was stunned by what he saw: hundreds of Soviet commanders and fighters were trotting towards his position. .
Just when he was about to open his mouth to shout, two shining bayonets pierced his chest, blocking the words he wanted to shout. The Soviet commanders and fighters who had killed the observation post crossed the ruins on the edge of the town like a tide over a dam, and headed towards the town that was still shrouded in gunpowder smoke.
"Comrade Commander, have you seen this?" Chernyshev, who was in the distant observation post, saw that the troops led by Sokov had successfully rushed into the town and couldn't help but cheered excitedly: "Soko Major Husband has led his troops into the town, and he's so good, so good!"
Rokossovsky saw the troops led by Sokov rushing into the town almost unscathed. Although he knew that there would be a fierce battle next, he couldn't help but want to laugh out loud. However, in front of so many commanders and fighters at the observation post, he still tried hard to control his emotions and said in a calm tone: "It's not like you don't know the level of Major Sokov. He can lead the troops into the town smoothly. It’s so normal, there’s nothing to make a fuss about.”
Although Terebinsky handed over the command of the troops to Sokov, he was still uneasy in his heart. Therefore, after lying in the health team for a long time, he ran to the observation center regardless of the military doctor's dissuasion. When he saw that the troops led by Sokov successfully rushed into the town without being blocked by the Germans, he was shocked.
Seeing his reaction, Chernyshev smiled and said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you may not think that Major Sokov is young, but he is very good at fighting. Otherwise, I would not have handed over the command of the division." give him."
Terebinsky looked at the smoke-filled town in the distance and said with a wry smile: "In the last attack, one-third of our regiment suffered casualties, and even the regiment commander and deputy commander were sacrificed before we could barely approach the town; and he When leading the charge, no one was lost, and they entered the town so easily. It seems that Major Sokov was right, the tactics of our people are outdated."
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After the troops entered the town, they took the initiative to divide into several teams without waiting for Sokov's order. Under the guidance of Grisa's soldiers, they rushed along the streets in different directions of the town. The machine gun company commanders who participated in the battle quickly seized advantageous terrain, set up their machine guns, and were ready to shoot at any enemy that appeared.
Sokov personally led more than a hundred people and rushed along the street towards the church that was looming in the distance. Based on his experience, the German army usually locates its headquarters in a relatively strong church.
They were running forward when suddenly a group of soldiers wearing field gray uniforms rushed out from the dilapidated buildings on both sides of the street ahead. They were running towards the town entrance with guns in hand.
"It's the Germans, take cover." When Sokov saw the group of German soldiers appearing in front of him, he shouted loudly. Then he ducked to the side of the road, crouched behind a pile of rubble, and shot at the approaching German soldiers. .
The German troops who were about to enter the position at the entrance of the town suddenly saw so many Soviet troops appearing in front of them, and they subconsciously fired at the crowd. Following a burst of gunfire, the Soviet soldiers in the front row who had not yet reacted immediately fell to the ground. But the soldiers behind him quickly came to their senses, holding the weapons in their hands and shooting towards the opposite side.
Due to the sudden incident, most of the soldiers did not have time to take cover, but stood on the street and shot at each other. Amidst the crackling sounds of shooting, people from both sides fell into a pool of blood.
Hearing Sokov's cry, Oleg, who was hiding behind the rubble on the roadside for the first time, shot at the Germans in the distance and shouted to his comrades who were still standing stupidly in the middle of the road: "Hide, hurry up hidden!"
Following his shouts, the surviving Soviet soldiers rushed to both sides of the street, imitating Sokov and Oleg, hiding behind the rubble, and shooting at the German soldiers still standing on the street. .
Five minutes later, there were no more German soldiers standing on the street in front. Sokov stood up straight and shouted to the soldiers hiding behind: "Comrades, continue to walk forward with me. Walk along the buildings on both sides."
In this round of shooting, more than 20 German soldiers blocking the road were knocked down, and the Soviet army also suffered nearly 40 casualties. The soldiers who followed Sokov and continued to rush forward, when passing by the pile of German corpses, saw that there were still a few wounded people struggling inside, they immediately stopped, shot them in the head or stabbed them with a bayonet, and then Keep going forward.
