"Use Molotov cocktails!" Seeing that the armor of the enemy tank was so strong that even a dozen anti-tank guns could not penetrate its armor when fired at the same time. The company commander suddenly remembered the anti-tank matter that the regiment commander had explained, and hurriedly rushed to his own tank. The subordinate shouted: "Blow up the enemy tanks with Molotov cocktails!"
Although there were a lot of Molotov cocktails piled in the trenches, if the company commander didn't shout this voice, everyone would almost forget that there was such an anti-tank weapon. After all, they all used anti-tank rifles to deal with enemy tanks. ｗｗｗｗ． ?r?anwenA`ｏｍ
As soon as the company commander shouted, a corporal next to him grabbed a Molotov cocktail in each hand, crawled out of the trench on his hands and knees, and crawled towards the approaching Tiger tank. The Tiger tank was obviously not aware of the threat it was about to face. As it drove slowly, it stopped from time to time and fired or machine-gunned at suspicious targets.
The corporal crawled forward to a place more than 40 meters away from the German tank, suddenly jumped up from the ground, and rushed towards the enemy tank at a sprint speed of 100 meters. But before he could throw out the Molotov cocktail in his hand, the German soldiers following the tank opened fire on him. The dense bullets hit the corporal and fell to the ground.
Although the corporal was hit by more than a dozen bullets, he was only seriously injured. He endured the severe pain all over his body and used the last bit of strength in his body to straighten his upper body and prepare to throw the incendiary bottle at the enemy tank. But as soon as he tremblingly raised the Molotov cocktail, his chest was hit by a dense barrage of bullets. Under the huge inertia, his body lifted back and fell heavily to the ground, unable to move anymore.
Seeing that the corporal who bombed the tank died, several other soldiers who could not hold back their composure climbed out of the trench with Molotov cocktails, trying to complete the mission that the corporal had not completed. Unfortunately, their luck was still bad. Before they could get close to the enemy tank, they were shot into pieces by the infantry following the tank.
"Stop!" Seeing their comrades dying one after another, the anti-tank soldiers in the trenches couldn't hold their breath. Anyway, the anti-tank gun he used was of no use against the enemy's heavy tanks, so he might as well use Molotov cocktails to deal with it, so they all bent down to pick up Molotov cocktails in the trenches, preparing to climb out and blow up the enemy's tanks. Unexpectedly, when they were about to run out, they were stopped by the company commander: "Stop all of you, are you going out to die in vain?"
"Company Commander!" The soldiers who were stopped by the company commander said unconvincingly: "Our anti-tank guns are useless against the enemy's heavy tanks. Let us go out and blow them up with Molotov cocktails."
The company commander glanced at the Tiger tank less than a hundred meters away from the trench, and then said decisively: "You all just stay in the trench, and I'll blow it up."
"Company Commander, you can't go!" Upon hearing that the company commander was going to blow up the tank himself, a soldier closest to him quickly expressed his position loudly: "Let me blow him up."
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the company commander glanced at him and said with a sneer: "Do you have more experience in dealing with enemy tanks than I do?" Then he raised his voice and said to the nearby subordinates, "I'm going to blow up the enemy's tanks. You all just stay there." In the trenches. If I die, you will follow me, do you understand?"
After finishing speaking, the company commander did not care to see the reaction of his subordinates. He grabbed two Molotov cocktails and crawled out of the trench on his hands and knees. After careful observation, he discovered that in order to successfully approach the enemy's tank, he had to crawl forward. After the corporal died, the few soldiers who rushed out acted too impulsively. They actually rushed forward straight up. It was strange that they were not targeted by the German infantry. The position where the corporal stood up was too far away from the tank. If he had jumped twenty meters away from the tank, the Molotov cocktail would have hit the Tiger tank's body before the enemy could react.
It was precisely after summarizing these experiences and lessons that the company commander personally brought two Molotov cocktails to blow up the enemy tanks, and he was still confident that he could escape unscathed. In this way, he successfully arrived at a position twenty meters away from the Tiger tank. He took a deep breath, jumped up from the ground, and raised the Molotov cocktail high in his right hand, preparing to smash it at the enemy tank.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a German soldier standing not far away noticed him and instinctively picked up his submachine gun and shot at him. The bullet shattered the glass bottle, and the liquid in the bottle poured over him. As soon as the white phosphorus mixed in it met the air, it began to burn violently, and the company commander instantly became a burning man.
The soldiers in the trenches saw their company commander covered in fire and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Company Commander~!!!"
Just when they thought that the company commander's attempt to blow up the tank would end in failure again, they were surprised to see the company commander, covered in fire, continue to rush towards the enemy tank and use the remaining Molotov cocktail. It hit the engine of the enemy tank hard. In an instant, fire and smoke engulfed the heroic company commander and the enemy tanks.
The German infantrymen around the tank were stunned by the heroic actions of the company commander. Perhaps they were worried that the ammunition in the tank would explode and injure themselves. After a brief moment of confusion, they all turned around and ran back.
The top hatch of the Tiger tank, which was enveloped in raging fire, was pushed open from the inside. First, a thick black smoke with flames came out, and then three tank soldiers jumped out, covered with fire. They jumped off the tank and ran toward the back, howling and dancing, occasionally throwing themselves to the ground to try to extinguish the flames on their clothes.
"Avenge the company commander!" the soldiers in the trenches roared, firing at the fleeing German infantry and tank crews, killing them one by one like target practice.
Two other Tiger tanks and three Panzer III tanks a few hundred meters away saw the Tiger tank in front of them on fire. They thought that the Soviet army had some powerful anti-tank weapons. In order to avoid repeating the same mistake, they also stopped advancing. He turned around and drove back.
The German attack was once again blocked. The heroic performance of the anti-tank company commander on the battlefield was reported by the first battalion commander to the regimental commander, Lieutenant Colonel Yershakov. After receiving the call, Yershakov was silent for a long time before he said: "First Battalion Commander, he is a great hero in our Red Army. Please report his name to me immediately. I want to apply to my superiors." , awarded him the title of 'Hero of the Soviet Union'."
Unexpectedly, after Yershakov finished speaking, the first battalion commander was speechless for a long time and did not say the name of the deceased company commander. When Yershakov saw that the commander of the first battalion did not reply for a long time, he roughly understood what was going on. The anti-tank company was temporarily supplemented by his superiors before the troops crossed the river. They only got to know each other for a day, and he did not know the name of the other party. That's so normal.
However, in order to prevent the hero's deeds from being buried, Yershakov reminded the first battalion commander: "First battalion commander, although you don't know the name of the anti-tank company commander, his soldiers should know. You go to the anti-tank company Go find the soldiers and ask them the name of their company commander, and you will definitely get the answer."
While the battalion commander went to inquire about the news, Yershakov ordered the radio operator: "Send a report to the division headquarters and report to them the deeds of this heroic company commander."
Sokov received the telegram, and after reading its content, he handed it to Anisimov who was sitting next to him, and said to him: "Comrade Political Commissar, during the battle that just ended in the Yershakov Regiment, there emerged A heroic company commander has emerged, and his deeds are written on it. Please think about how we can publicize his heroic deeds throughout the division!"
Anisimov took the telegram from Sokov with doubts. When he finished reading the contents, the muscles on his face twitched violently. He slapped his hand on the table, then stood up and said to Sokov with a firm expression: "Comrade division commander, please don't worry. I will immediately go to the comrades of the Political Department to discuss with them how to publicize this The heroic deeds of the anti-tank company commander.”
