Despite the limited number of artillery personnel and shells of the Soviet army, they could only use two artillery pieces to shoot at the German army. But these two 105mm howitzers that kept firing caused a lot of losses to the Germans.
When they were first bombarded, neither Lieutenant Colonel Siconius of the 2nd Armored Regiment nor the commander of the 79th Infantry Regiment realized that the artillery shells that were bombarding them came from the artillery position of the 16th Artillery Regiment. It was a shell fired by the few remaining artillery pieces of the Soviet breakout force, so it did not attract enough attention.
The artillery observers hiding on the hill couldn't help cheering when they saw artillery shells continuously falling and exploding in the German ranks, causing heavy losses to the soldiers near the explosion point. One of them turned to the radio operator squatting behind him and said: "Change." Report the firing parameters to the artillery position via phone call."
The operator did not complain at all about the observer's approach, which might expose his target and bring him death. He immediately picked up the microphone and reported the data reported by the observer verbatim. Give it to Yegor so that the impact point of the cannonball can be corrected in time.
As soon as the cannon fired, Sokov couldn't sit still. Now that there were more than 700 commanders and soldiers around him, there was no reason to let them sit and enjoy themselves, so he decisively issued the order to attack.
As Sokov's order was issued, the troops immediately launched an offensive formation in the order of the seventh company, the eighth company, and the ninth company. The soldiers held their guns and followed Sokov and Andrei, marching He strode towards the enemy's position.
After crossing the hill where the artillery observers were hiding, the commanders and fighters began to accelerate, changing from a long walk to a trot, and quickly rushed towards the location where the German troops were gathering. From the beginning of the descent, soldiers continued to cross Sokov and squeeze in front of him, forming a new skirmish formation.
The Germans discovered the Soviet troops rushing towards them. Regardless of the fact that they were still being bombarded by artillery fire, they immediately used machine guns and mortars to bombard them, trying to prevent the Soviet offensive formation from approaching them.
Bullets flew overhead, and artillery shells exploded around him from time to time, which made Sokov feel terrified. In the current situation, let alone turning around and running back, even if his pace was slightly slower, the soldiers might become timid, so Sokov could only bite the bullet and rush forward.
A mortar bomb landed seven or eight meters away and exploded. The air wave of the explosion lifted a soldier near the explosion point away, and he fell heavily in front of Sokov. But Sokov did not lower his head to check the soldier's injuries. Instead, he stepped over his body and continued walking forward, leaving the soldier with the health worker behind him who was responsible for the rescue. As for whether he could survive, It all depends on his personal destiny.
After walking a dozen steps forward, another artillery shell exploded not far away. Sokov instinctively squatted down and heard a "dang" sound, as if someone hit his head with a hammer. Sokov knew that shrapnel had hit the helmet, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He thought that if he hadn't squatted down in time, he might have been lying on the ground wailing at this moment.
Although the German machine guns and mortars caused certain casualties to the attacking troops. But their positions were reported to the artillery in the rear by the artillery observers on the hill. It didn't take long for these machine gun fire points and mortar teams to be lifted into the sky by artillery fire.
The soldiers of the third battalion had rich combat experience. When they were still fifty or sixty meters away from the enemy, they first fired a round of volleys, knocking down the oncoming enemies. Then they charged while dropping bombs, blasting the enemies until they howled like ghosts.
Just as the German army was in chaos, Sokov and his men rushed in front of the German army. Soldiers armed with submachine guns fired at the chaotic enemies, knocking them down in pieces. As soon as a magazine was finished, a soldier with a bayonet rushed forward and started a hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
Sokov was not good at bayonet. He could only see a blind German charging toward him, and he would shoot the enemy. If he couldn't be killed by one shot, he would shoot him again. At such a close range, an enemy hit by an assault rifle has no chance of surviving. When Sokov finished firing a magazine, fifteen or sixteen German corpses were lying around him.
When Sokov was about to change his magazine, a German soldier rushed up with a bayonet drawn. In order to avoid the opponent's bayonet, Sokov accidentally dropped the magazine on the ground while dodging. Facing the approaching German soldiers, he had no chance to pick up the magazine and could only block with the assault rifle in his hand. Assault rifles are originally much shorter than ordinary rifles. If there are no bullets, they are no different from fire sticks.
Just when Sokov was in danger, a short soldier with bare hands swooped over from the side and threw the German soldier to the ground. The two hugged each other, rolling and wrestling on the ground. The tall German soldiers quickly gained the upper hand, rode on the soldier's body, and grabbed the soldier's throat tightly with both hands.
Sokov held the barrel of the gun with both hands and raised the assault rifle high above his head. Just as he was about to hit the German soldier's back hard, he suddenly remembered what Pavlov said and immediately changed the position of the attack. , adjusted from the back to the cervical spine. After swinging the gun and smashing it down, there was only a clear "click" sound, and then the German soldier's body froze in place, and the hands holding the soldier's neck suddenly lost their strength.
The soldier who was pinned down by the German soldier pushed the German soldier's body away with his hands, sat up halfway, and said gratefully to Sokov: "Thank you, Comrade Brigade Commander."
Sokov didn't speak, just nodded to the soldier, then bent down to pick up the magazine on the ground, and replaced the magazine quickly with his hands and feet. Then he raised his hand and fired a burst, killing another German soldier who rushed over.
Andrei rushed to Sokov's side. After knocking down two German soldiers with two shots, he stood back to back with him and said loudly: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the Germans are much more numerous than us. If we continue fighting like this, we will suffer."
While shooting at the rushing German soldiers, Sokov replied loudly: "Comrade Captain, hold on, hold on. As long as Colonel Bolvinov's troops rush out, we can reverse the situation."
Sokov's judgment was accurate. When he led his troops to engage in close combat and hand-to-hand combat with the Germans, Bolvinov on the other side also saw it. He decisively issued the order to attack to the battalion commanders.
Regarding his order, the chief of staff said hesitantly: "Comrade Brigadier, the number of troops coming from the opposite direction seems to be only a few hundred, and the Germans are at least more than 2,000. I am worried that they may not be able to support us going out. , the entire army will be destroyed. In my opinion, we should continue to hold our position."
Bolvinov glared at his chief of staff, and then said righteously: "Comrade chief of staff, those are friendly forces who came to support us. No matter how many there are, they are using their own blood and lives. To reduce the pressure on us, we cannot just watch their entire army be destroyed. Now I order: The entire brigade will attack immediately and attack this enemy with friendly forces."
After the order to attack was given, Bolvinov found a helmet, put it on, and walked out of the command post with a submachine gun. The chief of staff stood there in a daze for a while, then followed up with a pistol in hand. Just a few minutes later, the more than a thousand remaining commanders of the 149th Brigade, led by the brigade commander, launched a charge towards the location where the German troops were gathering.
As the two sides were fighting together, although the Germans set up several machine guns not far away, they did not dare to fire easily because they did not know whether the bullets would fly and kill the Soviets or their own people.
While the German machine gunner was in a daze, he suddenly heard the sound of "Ula" coming from behind him. The shouts alerted the soldiers who had not yet entered the battle, and also alerted the German command headquarters in the tent. Sikenius came out of the tent and saw the Soviet troops rushing from the other side. He realized that the situation was not good for him, so he returned to the tent and said to the commander of the 79th Infantry Regiment: "Mr. Colonel, the Russians They rushed over from another direction. I think we should retreat immediately, otherwise we may be surrounded by them."
The hand-to-hand fighting between the Soviet Union and Germany originally made the infantry commander terrified. When he heard that the Soviet army was coming from another direction, he couldn't help but panicked and said: "If this is the case, then I will leave a battalion to stop the Russians and cover the evacuation of the large forces. This damn place.”
When the remnants of the 149th Brigade rushed over, the main German army had abandoned the troops still engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Third Battalion and retreated hastily. The abandoned troops saw that they were surrounded by the Soviet army and knew that they had no chance of winning if they continued to fight, so they decisively chose to lay down their weapons and surrender.
Bolvinov came to Sokov and said excitedly: "Comrade Commander, the enemy has escaped and we have won."
Sokov waved his hand and gasped: "Comrade Colonel, the battle is not over yet. You leave a company to guard the prisoners, and the remaining soldiers follow me to chase the fleeing enemies. It is not so easy for them to escape. "
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Andrei heard Sokov's order and quickly reminded him: "The soldiers are exhausted. If we continue to pursue the enemy, I'm worried..."
"I know that after the battle just now, our soldiers suffered heavy casualties and were very tired." Sokov said to Andrei and Bolvinov: "If we don't completely defeat this enemy, wait until they have recovered. If they come, they will attack us again. If we want to destroy them then, it will not be as easy as now."
As Sokov's order was issued, except for the company that was left to guard the prisoners, the rest of the commanders and fighters who could still walk pursued the Germans in the direction of their escape with weapons in hand.
