Seeing the group of soldiers running closer and closer, a soldier standing next to the officer suddenly realized that something was wrong. The soldiers who ran over were actually holding Soviet-style equipment. Although they had a lively fight with the pursuers behind them, and people on both sides continued to fall, there was no bloodshed.
The soldier carefully observed the Romanian soldiers lying on the ground and found that some actually waved to the Guards soldiers as they ran past. Seeing this scene, the soldier still didn't understand that these so-called Romanian officers and soldiers were all Russians in disguise. He quickly shouted "They are Russians!"
After shouting, he picked up the rifle in his hand and pulled the trigger at the Guards soldiers disguised as Romanian officers and soldiers. With a "pop" gunshot, a Guards soldier who rushed to the front immediately staggered, then dropped the weapon in his hand, covered his chest with both hands and fell forward.
If the soldier had a submachine gun in his hand, it might cause great harm to the Guards officers and soldiers more than 20 meters away. Unfortunately, he was holding a rifle. When he pulled the bolt, he loaded another bullet. Before he had time to pull the trigger, the Guards soldier who found himself exposed had already picked up the submachine gun in his hand, aimed at him and pulled the trigger crazily. In just ten seconds, the other party fired all the bullets in the drum in one go. The soldier and the officer around him were hit by more than a dozen bullets, and fell down in the trench screaming.
All this happened so suddenly. Before other Romanian soldiers could figure out what was going on, the Guards soldiers who rushed to the position had already pulled the string of the grenade and threw it towards the trench. After a series of explosions, the screams of Romanian soldiers could be heard in the rising smoke.
Before the smoke cleared, the Guards soldiers had jumped into the trenches and fired at the soldiers who were stunned by the bombing with their weapons. When the submachine gunner saw the enemy lying on the ground, as long as he was still breathing, he would shoot a few more shots; while the soldier holding the rifle was more straightforward and directly went up and stabbed the bayonet.
The enemy, who was desperately blocking the Soviet attack from the front, suddenly found that there was chaos in the position on his flank, and the commander quickly sent people over to support him. Unexpectedly, the Romanian soldiers running along the trenches were attacked head-on by the officers and men of the Guards Division. Under the attack of machine guns, submachine guns, rifles and grenades, except for a few who luckily escaped at the back, the rest were in disarray. The ground lay in the trench.
The Soviet troops that originally attacked from the front are being suppressed in front of the position by the firepower from the Romanian position. At this moment, seeing that the enemy's firepower suddenly weakened, it seemed that there was still chaos on the position, and a new charge was launched. This time, due to the weakening of the enemy's firepower, the commanders and soldiers successfully advanced to the front of the enemy's position.
The Guards soldiers who were fighting with the enemy in the trench saw the friendly troops approaching their position and were ready to rush over to meet them. Unexpectedly, the few soldiers who rushed to the front were stopped by their own company commander, "Stop, what are you going to do?"
Facing the company commander's question, several soldiers couldn't help but froze, and answered honestly, "Comrade company commander, friendly troops are rushing up, let's go support them!"
"Look down and see for yourselves, what kind of clothes are you wearing?" Due to the constant sound of gunfire and explosions around them, the company commander had to shout at them at the top of his voice, "You are wearing Romanian military uniforms and rushing over, so you are not afraid of being attacked by friendly forces." Did you treat your comrade as an enemy?"
The company commander's words reminded several soldiers that the friendly forces attacking from the front did not know that among the Romanian troops on the position, there were their own people wearing enemy uniforms. But even if they know, what's the use? They can't always ask each other if you are one of their own before shooting?
The soldiers hurriedly took off their Romanian military uniforms, revealing the pullover military uniforms underneath. Then, holding their weapons, they rushed towards the most intense battle.
With the cooperation of the Guards, the troops attacking from the front, after a fierce battle, finally successfully broke into the enemy's position and began to eliminate the remaining enemies who were still resisting.
Gorishny saw his troops rushing into the enemy's position through the telescope, and couldn't help shouting excitedly, "Colonel Gurdiev, did you see it? Our troops rushed into the enemy's position and are fighting with the enemy." Start a battle for position."
"I saw it, I saw it." Compared with Gorishny's ecstasy, Gurdiev acted quite calmly. "If it weren't for the assistance of Colonel Sokov's troops, we might not have been able to seize the enemy's position. so easy."
"What, Colonel Sokov sent troops to assist us in our attack?" Gorishny's attention had been focused on his own offensive troops, and he did not even notice that he was attacked by a troop on the right wing of the enemy's position. It was this team of several hundred people that changed the outcome of the battle. He was particularly surprised and asked, "Colonel Gurdiev, why didn't I see it? Are you mistaken?"
"There is no mistake." Gurdiev said firmly. "I saw it with my own eyes."
Seeing that Gurdiev was so sure, Gorishny couldn't help but be dubious, "But I didn't see the enemy's right wing being attacked by artillery fire just now."
"There is no artillery cover for the friendly forces' attack." Gurdiev deduced Sokov's attack routine based on what he just saw. "He sent a small force, disguised as the Romanian army, and then approached the enemy. When he was in position, he launched an attack by surprise and easily captured the enemy's position."
"Disguised as a Romanian army?" Gorishny had never thought of using this tactic to attack the enemy's position. He asked in a skeptical tone, "The enemy saw an army suddenly appear on the flank, even if it was dressed like his own. With the same uniform, wouldn’t that raise suspicion?”
"Making the enemy unable to distinguish between true and false is exactly what Colonel Sokov is good at." Gurdiev said in an admiring tone, "I saw the disguised Romanian army leave the position they occupied. , there was a troop of our army following closely behind. The two troops were chasing and escaping, and they were still exchanging fire. People on both sides fell down. At the time, I thought it was accidental damage, but then I observed carefully. Suddenly, I discovered that when those commanders and soldiers fired, their muzzles were pointed toward the sky."
While Gurdiev and Gorishny studied Sokov's tactics, Sokov also saw friendly forces occupying enemy positions on the high ground. He quickly picked up the microphone and told Papuchenko, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, our friendly forces have captured the enemy's position on the right wing. You can launch an attack on the enemy's second line of defense."
"Comrade Division Commander," Papuchenko saw a lot of T-34 tanks parked on the right flank and asked Sokov euphemistically, "Can we allow the tank troops on the right flank to cover our attack?"
"I will contact Colonel Bely immediately," Sokov considered that Bely's tank troops were originally under his command. There should be no problem in moving them to the left wing to assist the 122nd Regiment in the attack, so he said readily Say, "As soon as the tanks come, you will attack immediately."
When he learned that Sokov planned to use tanks to help him, Papuchenko couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "I understand!"
Sokov thought that mobilizing tank troops was a sure thing, so as soon as he contacted Colonel Bely on the battlefield, he said bluntly, "Colonel Bely, we are about to launch an attack on the enemy's second line of defense. I hope you can Tank troops were brought in to provide us with artillery cover."
Unexpectedly, after Bely waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he sighed and said, "I'm sorry, Misha, my tank unit may not be able to provide you with any help in a short period of time."
"Why?" Bely's words shocked Sokov, and he quickly asked, "What happened? Is it lack of fuel or ammunition?"
"With the fuel in the tank, there will be no problem even if we travel another fifty kilometers." Bely said with a grimace. "Half of the shells in the new tanks provided to us by Director Peter are armor-piercing projectiles. If we engage in a decisive tank battle with the enemy, These armor-piercing bullets can still be used, but if they are used to attack enemy positions, their usefulness is very limited. I can’t use armor-piercing bullets to attack enemy civil firepower points, right?”
"What should we do?" Sokov couldn't help but worry when he heard that tanks could not participate in the battle. "If my troops attack without artillery support, they will inevitably suffer huge casualties."
"Misha, you can only wait a little longer." Bely said to Sokov, "I have just contacted the director of the factory, Peter, through Colonel Gurdiev. He said that it will take two hours at the fastest. The high-explosive grenades we need are here. If you want to get tank fire support during the attack, you can only wait two hours."
Sokov did not want his troops to make unnecessary sacrifices during the attack. He wanted to keep these precious troops for use in the next more than a month. So when he heard Bely say this, he immediately replied without thinking, "Okay, Colonel Bely, then I will wait two hours before attacking the enemy's second line of defense."
Sokov wanted to wait two hours until Bely's tank troops could provide him with artillery support before launching an attack on the enemy's position. Unexpectedly, just half an hour later, the phone in the observation center rang. He picked up the microphone and put it to his ear, and heard Krylov's voice coming from inside: "Colonel Sokov, your right-wing troops have captured the enemy's position, why haven't you attacked the enemy's second position yet?" Launch an attack?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff," after hearing Krylov's question, Sokov quickly replied, "The enemies on the second line of defense have strengthened their defenses. If we launch an attack rashly without the support of artillery fire and tanks, then the troops will There will be a huge price to pay. Therefore, I plan to let Colonel Bely's tank unit assist us in the attack."
"When can the tank troops enter the attack starting position?" Krylov asked briefly.
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov replied hesitantly, "I just asked Colonel Bely that the high-explosive grenades carried by the tanks have been used up, and only armor-piercing shells are left. As you also know, armor-piercing shells are harmful to enemy fortifications and A dense combat formation will not do much damage, so they have to wait for the new high-explosive grenades to arrive, which will take about two hours..."
"Colonel Sokov." Krylov said impatiently before Sokov finished speaking, "Do you know that the more you hesitate, the more prepared the enemy will be on the position. If you give The enemy has two hours to prepare. After the high-explosive grenades are delivered, even with the cover of tanks, your casualties will definitely be huge."
Hearing what Krylov said, Sokov immediately realized that the opponent might order him to launch an attack immediately, so he asked tentatively, "Comrade Chief of Staff, when do you think we should launch an attack?"
"Immediately, immediately!" Krylov said in an unquestionable tone, "You must seize the enemy's second line of defense in the shortest possible time, further seize the concession points, and cut off the Germans' railway transportation. As long as they If there is a problem with the logistics supply, then the next situation will develop in a direction that is beneficial to our army."
Now that Krylov has spoken to this extent, Sokov can only bite the bullet and agree, "Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff, I will have the troops attack immediately."
After putting down the phone, Sokov looked at Ivanov standing beside him and said apologetically, "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, you also heard the call from the Chief of Staff. He said that even if there is no tank cover, we must immediately Launch an attack on the enemy's position. You know, although I am commanding this force now, you personally organized it after all. I want to hear your opinion on whether to launch an attack at this time!"
Ivanov did not expect that Sokov would ask for his opinion on this matter. He thought for a long time before replying: "Comrade division commander, our division has fought many tough battles. Every time, in order to win, the troops have sacrificed their best." Huge casualties. This is the first time I have seen such a battle to seize the enemy's position at a very small cost. To be honest, I also want to continue to fight according to this tactic to save the lives of more soldiers.
But judging from the current situation, this is obviously unrealistic. If it is delayed any longer, it may delay the opportunity for fighting. I think it is better to follow the orders of the superiors and launch an attack on the enemy's position immediately. In order to defend our great motherland, even if we pay huge sacrifices, I believe our commanders and soldiers will understand. "
Sokov originally wanted to wait for Ivanov to raise objections to the attack, then he could argue with Krylov, and wait until Bely's tank troops were re-equipped with high-explosive grenades before attacking the enemy's second line. position to launch an attack. But after listening to Ivanov's words, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, then picked up the phone and said to Papuchenko on the other end of the phone, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, immediately launch an attack on the second line of defense." !”
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