Under the leadership of the warrior, Sokov soon arrived at the location where Bely and Vanya stayed.
Seeing Sokov coming, Bely said to him seriously: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the tank crew led by Captain Sereda has lost contact with us."
Sokov knew that three tank crews, including Captain Sereda, and more than 20 soldiers were leading the way ahead. When I heard that they had lost contact, I couldn't help but ask anxiously: "Have you sent anyone to look for them?"
"Found it," Vanya nodded and replied: "Only the bodies of more than twenty soldiers were found. It seems that they were killed in the German bombing. No remains of any tanks were found. Captain Sereda must have gone somewhere else. It’s just that we can’t be contacted for the time being.”
"Time is running out. We will put Captain Sereda's matter aside for now." Sokov raised his hand and looked at his watch: "We must organize an attack immediately and strive to break through the German defensive positions in the shortest possible time."
After Sokov finished speaking, he saw Bely frowning and thinking about something with a solemn expression, so he asked curiously: "Colonel Bely, do you have any questions?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Bely replied: "Half of the infantry has not caught up yet. If we rush to launch an attack with this small force, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed."
"Yes, Comrade Brigadier." Vanya expressed support for Bely's statement: "I think we should wait until all the troops arrive before launching an attack on the enemy. "
"There is no time. The attack must start immediately." In order to dispel the concerns of the two men, Sokov continued: "I have asked General Guryev that the enemy's strength on the opposite position is limited and there are no anti-tank weapons. I What it means is that the armored battalion is used to carry out the assault first, and the infantry follows up."
"Even if the enemy does not have any anti-tank weapons," Bely said with concern: "Once they find that our tanks are not covered by infantry, they can use explosive packs or cluster grenades to blow up our tanks."
"Let Lieutenant Valenla's ball tank open the way in front and use a wedge-shaped assault." Sokov waited for Bely to finish speaking, then said without hesitation: "The ball tank has strong firepower and speed, and the enemy's explosives Bags and cluster grenades are of little use to it. If we use it to lead an assault, I think we should be able to easily break through the enemy's position."
"Comrade Brigadier, our troops are limited." Vanya reminded Sokov carefully: "If we break through the enemy's defense line and leave troops for defense, our forward assault force will become even weaker. "
"Comrade Captain, you can rest assured on this." Sokov said to Vanya: "I will discuss with General Guryev later. Once we break through the enemy's defensive position, his troops will take over. defense."
Seeing that Sokov had considered all the issues that needed to be considered, Bely and Vanya stopped saying anything, agreed, and turned back to their respective units to make final preparations before the attack.
Five minutes later, the tank crew commanded by Lieutenant Valenla drove past Sokov in a ball-shaped tank. Although Sokov knew in his heart that even if he shouted outside, Valianla and the others in the tank would not be able to hear him at all. But when the tank passed by him, he still waved the assault rifle in his hand and shouted hoarsely: "Go forward, Walenla! Go crush the German defense lines and kill every German you see. Go forward, Walenla!" Continuous pull!"
When Guriyev, who was staying in the observation post, saw the spherical tanks leading a group of T-34 tanks forward, his eyes almost fell to the ground. He asked in surprise: "Oh my God, the round ones in front What is that thing?”
However, after he finished speaking, no one in the observation center answered because no one knew what it was. This equipment, which was kept strictly confidential not long ago, shocked everyone when it appeared in front of them.
The spherical tank drove very fast, especially Lieutenant Valenla, who was eager to make meritorious deeds, so the tank drove very fast, and soon the other T-34 tanks fell far behind.
The German troops who were holding on to the position were also stunned when they saw a strange tank appear in the field of vision. Like the soldiers of the Guards Division, no one knew whether this spherical thing was the Soviet army. What new equipment? However, the German commander on the position saw that the distance between the spherical tank and other T-34s had been opened, so he immediately organized soldiers and climbed out of the trench carrying explosive packages and cluster grenades to try to blow up this strange vehicle. Soviet tank.
The spherical tank has a wide field of vision. When the tank crews in the vehicle saw the enemy crawling out of the trench, they guessed that the enemy wanted to bomb the tank, so they fired at them with parallel machine guns and knocked them down one by one.
A soldier finally risked his life and rushed to the side of the spherical tank, but sadly discovered that the explosive packs and cluster grenades he carried could not be placed on the body of this tank, let alone blow it up. . Just when they were worried, several T-34s following far behind stopped, aimed their guns at the spherical tanks and fired. These tanks used grenades. After they hit the ground and exploded, the flying shrapnel could only make the armor of the ball-shaped tank clank, but the German soldiers near the explosion point were blown to pieces.
A German soldier whose legs were broken by a parallel machine gun endured the pain and lay on the path of the spherical tank. When he saw that the spherical tank was still more than ten meters away, he suddenly pulled the fuse of the explosive pack. Try to die with this weird tank.
There was a loud "boom", and the tank crew following behind saw the spherical tank covered by the rising smoke. They couldn't help but feel a little in their hearts. They instinctively thought: Is this the end of the spherical tank?
However, when the smoke cleared, they saw that the spherical tank was still rushing towards the enemy's position unabated. The machine gun on the vehicle kept firing, knocking down the German soldiers who climbed out of the trenches. An MG34 machine gun in the trench kept firing bullets at the spherical tank, but it could not slow down the progress of the spherical tank at all.
Faced with such persistent German machine gunners, the gunner in the tank adjusted the direction of the muzzle and aimed at them. He hit the target with just one shot and blew the machine gun into parts. The first and second machine gunners and ammunition handlers were all blown to pieces.
Facing such an invulnerable tank, the enemies on the position were frightened. Without waiting for orders from their superiors, they ran along the communication trenches toward the positions behind them. The officer unexpectedly did not stop the soldiers from escaping. Instead, he joined them and ran towards the back. When the ball tank rushed to the trench and stopped, there was no living German soldier in the trench except for corpses.
Seeing Sokov's tank troops one after another rushing to the enemy's trenches and stopping, and the infantry rushing towards the enemy's positions not being intercepted by artillery fire, Guryev could not help but be surprised and said: "What a hell, the Germans Was our position just taken down by friendly forces?"
"Comrade General," Sokov's voice came from the door: "I need your help."
Seeing the German resistance being destroyed like a child's play, Guryev was in a particularly good mood. After hearing Sokov's request, he said carelessly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, if you need anything, just ask, as long as it's me If you can do it, I will give you my full support.”
"That's it, Comrade General." Sokov pointed to the direction in the distance where the battle had just ended, and said to Guriyev: "The troops in my hands are limited, and I hope that your troops can take over the defense."
"No problem, I will send a battalion to take over your defense immediately." After Guryev said this, he asked curiously: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I feel very strange, why did the Germans not attack when you attacked?" Shelling or bombing you?"
"Comrade General, this is actually very simple." Sokov said lightly: "The enemy planes did not bomb us. Maybe they ran out of ammunition and were returning to replenish fuel and ammunition. As for why they were not attacked To intercept, I guess our tanks advanced too fast, so fast that before the enemy could react, we had already rushed in front of them, leaving them no time to notify the artillery to intercept and fire on us."
"You make sense." After listening to Sokov's analysis, Guryev nodded, and then asked: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, what are you going to do next?"
"There are still a few hours before dark," Sokov replied: "I plan to keep pushing forward and try to reach Orlovka before dark."
If Sokov had said this an hour ago, Guriyev would have thought he was bragging, but after the battle just now, Guriyev felt that Sokov's troops were fully capable before dark. Continuously break through the four directions of the German army and reach Orlovka as soon as possible.
Out of concern, Guryev asked specifically: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, you seem to have a few fewer people. Do you need me to send troops to assist you in the attack?"
Although Sokov's troops were seriously insufficient, he politely rejected Guryev's proposal: "Comrade General, thank you for your kindness. My army has its own set of tactics. If we fight with unfamiliar troops, If you cooperate, I'm afraid it will affect the combat effectiveness. However, you can send a small team carrying a radio to follow us. Once we occupy a certain German position, you can send troops to take over the defense to avoid having to fight again. Take the Germans back.”
His proposal was rejected by Sokov, and Guryev looked very unhappy. He wanted to have a fit, but what the other party said seemed very reasonable. He had lost more than 2,000 people and had failed to win the position, but they succeeded with almost no losses. Just when he was feeling depressed, he heard Sokov's words, and suddenly there was a smile on his face again, and he quickly replied: "Okay, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I will prepare a liaison team right away to accompany you." Action. At the same time, the 120th Guards Regiment will follow behind you and take over the defense of the areas occupied by you at any time."
Sokov left the command post and got into an armored vehicle parked not far away. Yakov, who was waiting impatiently in the car, saw Sokov appear and looked behind him and asked curiously: "Misha, didn't General Guryev send troops to you? "
"He offered to send troops to me, but I refused." As soon as Sokov sat down, he ordered the driver: "Drive!"
After the armored vehicle started, Yakov asked strangely: "Misha, you now have about thirty tanks and more than 500 soldiers. With such a force, it would be suicide to break through the four lines of defense of the German army. Since General Guryev is willing to send troops to you, this is a good thing, why do you refuse?"
"Our troops have experience in infantry-tank coordinated operations, but the Guards Division may have less experience in this area." Sokov explained to Yakov: "If I rashly accept the troops of the Guards Division, on the surface It seems that the number of people has increased, but because the two sides are using different tactics, not only will the combat effectiveness not be improved, it may even have a counterproductive effect."
Regarding Sokov's statement, Yakov pondered for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement and said: "That's right. Although you have fewer people, your combat effectiveness is incomparable to General Guryev's troops. You are here With almost no casualties, they broke through the first line of defense of the German army, and the Guards Division lost more than 2,000 people in front of this line of defense. It is really useful to have two troops with different combat styles fighting together. It could be counterproductive.”
Although Yakov agreed with Sokov's statement, the lack of troops was still a problem that worried him: "But your troops are limited. If you leave a part of the troops to guard the defense line every time you occupy it, in the end we will The force that can be used to attack will become weaker and weaker."
"I have already agreed with General Guryev," Sokov replied: "He will send a liaison team to accompany us. Once we occupy the German position, they will notify nearby troops to take over those Defense of the position.”
"If so, that would be great." Yakov nodded and said: "After we capture the enemy's positions, we can continue to advance, and the task of holding on to these positions will be left to the comrades of the Guards Division. Responsible."
"Operator!" Sokov turned to the operator and said: "Get in touch with Colonel Bely immediately and ask if the ball tank was damaged in the battle and whether it can participate in the next battle."
"You can put the matter of contacting Colonel Bely on hold for a while." Yakov reminded Sokov: "Now that we have broken through the first line of defense of the German army, should you send a telegram to Chuikov and tell him the good news? tell him?"
If Yakov didn't remind him, Sokov really didn't think of telling Chuikov the good news. He quickly added to the radio operator: "First send a report to the commander and tell him about our breakthrough of the German defense line. Then get in touch with Colonel Bely."
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