The joint operation between the tank battalion and the fourth battalion ended in only twenty minutes. The headquarters of the 102nd Infantry Regiment of the German 100th Jäger Division was taken away. Under the protection of more than a dozen guards, the regiment commander and chief of staff escaped quietly while the guard troops were fighting Soviet tanks and infantry.
Seeing the end of the battle in the distance, Yakov couldn't help but raise his hand to look at his watch and said in surprise: "Oh my God, Misha. This battle actually only took twenty minutes to defeat the Germans." The regiment is really amazing.”
Regarding Yakov's praise, Sokov smiled faintly, and then said: "The reason why we won so easily is because the German army is too weak. The number of troops defending the German Army Headquarters is at best a hundred people, except for Apart from a few anti-tank guns, there are no heavy weapons. Facing our tank assault, they have no way to deal with it."
"What to do next?" Yakov asked: "Let them continue the attack?"
Sokov shook his head and said: "Yakov, you were also present when I assigned the combat mission. You should know that I ordered them to return immediately once the German command post is destroyed."
"Misha, I think you are too conservative." Yakov shook his head and said: "Since you can easily destroy the German regiment headquarters, you should take the opportunity to attack the German positions to achieve greater results. "
"No, Yakov, under the current circumstances, I have to control the scale of the battle." Sokov reminded Yakov: "Don't forget, our counterattack against the German army is about to begin. If the scope of my attack today exceeds It is so big that it arouses the alert of the German army, which will be very detrimental to our future counterattack."
"What you said seems to make sense." Yakov said with regret: "What a pity. It took so long to see the Germans defeated like a mountain, but it ended so hastily."
As soon as Yakov finished speaking, his eyes suddenly stared at one place in a daze. "What's wrong, Yakov?" Seeing Yakov's surprised expression, Sokov felt that the other party must have seen something. He raised the telescope and asked casually: "What did you see?"
Yakov stretched out his hand and pointed toward the east and said excitedly: "Misha, look to the east quickly, there are Germans!"
"There are Germans in the east?!" Hearing what Yakov said, Sokov quickly turned his telescope to the east and found a group of German soldiers, following several tanks, heading towards the German Army Headquarters. go in the direction. Seeing this, he couldn't help shouting: "What the hell, where did these Germans come from?"
He put down his telescope, leaned over and shouted to the operator standing below: "Operator, immediately send a report to Colonel Bely and tell him that German infantry and tanks have appeared at four o'clock, and ask them to prepare for battle immediately. .”
After reading the telegram sent by Sokov, Bely immediately shouted to Brisky who was standing in front of the ruins: "Comrade Captain, there are Germans at four o'clock, prepare for battle immediately." As soon as he finished speaking , there was a violent explosion nearby, and two soldiers near the explosion point were lifted far away by the air wave of the explosion.
The sudden shelling caused the infantry standing around the tank to become confused. Briskey shouted to them: "Don't mess up, hide, hide quickly."
Belly looked east and saw a few German tanks in the distance, followed by a dark mass of infantry. He quickly shouted to the tank soldiers who poked their heads out of the turret: "The Germans are at four o'clock. Rush up and crush them." As the order was given, the tank crews retracted into the turret and closed the hatch cover. For a while, the sound of closing the hatch cover came and went.
First company commander Shereda's tank turned around and took the lead in rushing towards the German tanks in the distance. Before returning to the tank, he had already seen clearly that the German tanks appearing in the distance were all Panzer III tanks equipped with 50mm cannons. They were no match for the T-34, so he immediately rushed forward. Seeing that the company commander had bravely charged towards the enemy, the tank crews of the first company were not to be outdone and followed him with increased power.
Seeing a dozen T-34 tanks forming a battle formation and rushing toward him, the German tanks that had stopped advancing opened fire one after another, trying to prevent the Soviet tanks from approaching. However, because the opponent moved too fast, the armor-piercing projectiles fired by the No. 3 tank all failed.
After missing a hit, the German tank crews did not turn around and run away. They knew very well that in a tank battle, they could only rush forward and not retreat, otherwise their weakly armored backs would be exposed to the enemy's tank guns. Therefore, facing the Soviet tanks rushing over, all they could do was line up in a row and shoot continuously, praying for a miracle to happen and destroy the Soviet tanks.
Briski saw two tank companies, formed a battle formation, and rushed towards the enemy in the distance one after another. He was worried that the tanks without infantry cover might be attacked by German anti-tank fighters, so he rushed towards them. He shouted to his men: "Brothers, keep up with the tanks. We must not let the enemy's anti-tank fighters destroy our tanks."
Shereda stopped when he was still four hundred meters away from the German tanks, slowly turned the turret, aimed at one of the Panzer III tanks and fired. The 47mm front armor was easily penetrated, and with a loud "boom", the turret of the Panzer III tank flew into the sky. When it fell, it was smashed into pieces by several German soldiers standing behind the tank.
Seeing the hit, Shereda cheered and ordered the driver: "Drive up, let's get closer and then hit!"
The remaining Panzer III tanks aimed at the oncoming T-34s and fired desperately, but they were still unable to penetrate the armor of the Soviet tanks. Imagine that as long as the shells fired by the Soviet tanks hit them, they can be easily destroyed. In less than five minutes, four more Panzer III tanks were destroyed. The commander of the remaining Panzer III tank was frightened and shouted repeatedly: "Stop shooting. Reverse, reverse quickly!"
When the No. 3 tank reversed, it immediately ran over many German soldiers standing behind. Then the tank soldiers continued to reverse regardless of the soldiers in order to escape, and they rushed out of the crowd to make a bloody path. Seeing the German tanks escaping, the Soviet tanks rushed a hundred meters away from the Germans and fired with vehicle-mounted machine guns, knocking down the bewildered German soldiers in pieces.
Sokov in the factory saw that the battle was becoming one-sided. While he was happy, he was also quite puzzled: Where did these Germans come from?
Before he could think of an answer, the phone at his feet rang. He bent down, grabbed the receiver, put it to his ear and asked, "I'm Sokov, where are you from?"
"Hello, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov." Peter's voice came from the phone: "I am Peter, the factory director."
"Hello, Comrade Factory Director." Sokov felt strange when he heard that it was Peter who called him. In the past, Peter always contacted Zinchenko directly about everything, and then conveyed it through Zinchenko. What happened today? Will you call yourself suddenly? He asked with doubt: "What do you want?"
"That's it, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Peter said dryly: "Half an hour ago, about a company of German soldiers, under the cover of several tanks, rushed into the factory area and came to the factory building. nearby……"
Sokov was shocked when he learned that German troops had appeared near the factory building. He wanted to send people to rescue him, but he only had more than 200 militiamen with weak combat effectiveness, and Bely and Briski's troops were in the process of rescuing them. Fighting with the German army, he could not mobilize troops in a short time, so he could only say to Peter tactfully: "I'm sorry, Comrade Factory Director, I really can't mobilize troops to reinforce you now."
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you are mistaken." Peter said with a smile on the phone: "I didn't call you to ask you to send troops to rescue."
Hearing what Peter said, Sokov felt very uncomfortable and thought to himself: Since you don't want me to support you, why are you making this call? Are you just teasing me? He was unhappy, so his tone of voice was naturally not too polite: "Comrade Factory Director, I am directing the battle. If you have anything to do, please tell me quickly." What he meant was: if you have something to say, say it. Just let it go, if you have nothing to do, don't compete here, I have to command the battle, and I don't have time to waste time with you.
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the situation is like this. When the enemy was attacking, something happened, and their infantry suddenly withdrew from the factory. In order to find out what was going on, I asked Bolshak to send people to conduct reconnaissance. . Guess what happened?" Peter continued: "We captured a prisoner, and after interrogation, we found out that their regiment headquarters was attacked, and those troops rushed back to support."
"The enemy's regiment headquarters was attacked. It has nothing to do with us..." Sokov was halfway through his words when he suddenly realized that the enemy who attacked the factory building retreated because Bely and Briski attacked the German 102nd Army. Because of the infantry regiment headquarters. Thinking of this, he asked tentatively: "Comrade Factory Director, does the retreat of a certain non-enemy have anything to do with the battle we are having here?"
"That's for sure, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Peter said with a smile: "The enemy's regiment headquarters was attacked by you. They have no intention of attacking us. They can only withdraw in despair to rescue their regiment headquarters... …”
Sokov raised his binoculars and looked towards the area where the fighting was taking place. He saw that the German infantry had been defeated by Soviet tanks and were running away, while Briski's troops were also chasing the enemy everywhere. He was about to speak when he suddenly heard Peter ask himself: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, can you take time to come to my place?"
"Comrade Factory Director," Sokov felt particularly uncomfortable when he thought about the other party cutting wages and transferring the annihilation battalion, leaving him with no troops here. He said vaguely: "I have a lot of things going on here, I'm afraid I can't leave. open."
"Hello, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov." Peter's voice came from the phone: "I am Peter, the factory director."
"Hello, Comrade Factory Director." Sokov felt strange when he heard that it was Peter who called him. In the past, Peter always contacted Zinchenko directly about everything, and then conveyed it through Zinchenko. What happened today? Will you call yourself suddenly? He asked with doubt: "What do you want?"
"That's it, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Peter said dryly: "Half an hour ago, about a company of German soldiers, under the cover of several tanks, rushed into the factory area and came to the factory building. nearby……"
Sokov was shocked when he learned that German troops had appeared near the factory building. He wanted to send people to rescue him, but he only had more than 200 militiamen with weak combat effectiveness, and Bely and Briski's troops were in the process of rescuing them. Fighting with the German army, he could not mobilize troops in a short time, so he could only say to Peter tactfully: "I'm sorry, Comrade Factory Director, I really can't mobilize troops to reinforce you now."
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you are mistaken." Peter said with a smile on the phone: "I didn't call you to ask you to send troops to rescue."
Hearing what Peter said, Sokov felt very uncomfortable and thought to himself: Since you don't want me to support you, why are you making this call? Are you just teasing me? He was unhappy, so his tone of voice was naturally not too polite: "Comrade Factory Director, I am directing the battle. If you have anything to do, please tell me quickly." What he meant was: if you have something to say, say it. Just let it go, if you have nothing to do, don't compete here, I have to command the battle, and I don't have time to waste time with you.
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the situation is like this. When the enemy was attacking, something happened, and their infantry suddenly withdrew from the factory. In order to find out what was going on, I asked Bolshak to send people to conduct reconnaissance. . Guess what happened?" Peter continued: "We captured a prisoner, and after interrogation, we found out that their regiment headquarters was attacked, and those troops rushed back to support."
"The enemy's regiment headquarters was attacked. It has nothing to do with us..." Sokov was halfway through his words when he suddenly realized that the enemy who attacked the factory building retreated because Bely and Briski attacked the German 102nd Infantry. Because of the infantry regiment headquarters. Thinking of this, he asked tentatively: "Comrade Factory Director, does the retreat of a certain non-enemy have anything to do with the battle we are having here?"
"That's for sure, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Peter said with a smile: "The enemy's regiment headquarters was attacked by you. They have no intention of attacking us. They can only withdraw in despair to rescue their regiment headquarters... …”
Sokov raised his binoculars and looked towards the area where the fighting was taking place. He saw that the German infantry had been defeated by Soviet tanks and were running away, while Briski's troops were also chasing the enemy everywhere. He was about to speak when he suddenly heard Peter ask himself: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, can you take time to come to my place?"
"Comrade Factory Director," Sokov felt particularly uncomfortable when he thought about the other party's draining of wages and transferring the annihilation battalion, leaving him with no troops here. He said vaguely: "I have a lot of things going on here, I'm afraid I can't leave. open."
