The German troops occupying the building turned every window into a firepower point, shooting at the attacking Soviet troops from above. The Soviet force that carried out the counterattack was obviously temporarily formed by staff and logistics personnel. They used various weapons in their hands to bravely shoot at the enemies in the building. However, due to their inferior firepower and lack of terrain advantages, some of them were shot and fell at all times in the face of the enemy's intensive firepower.
Colonel Omelichenko, the commander of the 109th Guards Regiment who was staying in the building behind, felt his heart bleed when he saw that his men suffered heavy casualties. He quickly ordered someone to blow the whistle and prepared to let the remaining people withdraw first. Inside the building, re-adjust your forces before attacking.
As soon as the Soviet troops began to retreat, the German troops in the building rushed out. They tried to follow the retreating Soviet troops and rush into the building opposite. At this moment, Sokov's troops arrived at Liumian Street. According to their prior deployment, the troops immediately deployed in platoon units and launched a surprise attack from the enemy's back.
The German army invested one battalion in Liumian Street, but due to fighting in several positions at the same time, the troops were extremely scattered. Facing Sokov's new force, they were caught off guard.
Sokov personally led two platoons of the guard company to attack the four-story building that the Germans had just occupied. Seeing that the Soviet army was attacking behind him, the German commander quickly mobilized the remaining troops and organized a new defense inside the building. When the soldiers of the guard company approached the building in skirmish formation, the enemies hiding in the rubble and behind the windows immediately used crossfire to block the building. Almost all of the squad in the front fell into a pool of blood.
Fortunately, the guard company is Sokov's old base. It is not only well-equipped, but also has rich combat experience. The machine gunner immediately selected a suitable location, built a machine gun position, and suppressed the exposed fire points. As for those machine gun fire points that pose the greatest threat, sharpshooters are used to deal with them.
Seryosha, who was staying with Sokov, saw the German machine gunner who was shooting wildly. He was shot in the head by a sharpshooter. The machine gun immediately became mute. He couldn't help saying with emotion: "Misha, I finally understand. Why don't you let the sharpshooters from the company participate in the sniper detachment? It turns out that they are put to great use at times like this."
"Don't talk nonsense." Sokov saw that the deputy shooter took over the shooting position and was killed by the sharpshooter of the company before he could pull the trigger. He turned to Seryosha and said: "After the enemy's firepower point is eliminated by the sharpshooter, You lead the people into the building yourself."
"What if I take everyone away?" Seryosha heard Sokov's order and asked worriedly, "What about your safety?"
"Don't worry," Sokov turned to look at Guchakov and the other two soldiers behind him, and said to Seryosha: "With Guchakov by my side, there will be no problem with safety."
"What, let Guchakov protect your safety?" Seryosha thought of Guchakov's history of being captured twice, and was not at all confident that he would be responsible for Sokov's safety. He shook his head and shouted loudly Said: "I can't trust him. If something happens to you, what will happen to our division in the future?"
As soon as Seryosha's words came out, Sokov noticed that Guchakov's face turned red. He was obviously seriously irritated. He quickly came out to smooth things over: "Okay, Seryosha, stop talking. I believe Guchakov Sokov can protect my safety. You should take your people and occupy that building quickly." After hearing what Sokov said, Seryosha could only reluctantly agree, bent down and ran to the front to command the troops. went.
Seeing Seryosha leading the soldiers into the building, there was the sound of gunfire like exploding beans and the sound of grenades exploding one after another. Sokov felt relieved. He felt that as long as the soldiers of the guard company could rush into the building, there would be no problem in taking over the building.
Although the German troops in the building were powerful, their resistance against Sokov's elite troops lasted less than ten minutes. When the gunfire in the building stopped, a soldier came over and reported to Sokov: "Comrade division commander, the company commander asked me to report to you that the building has been fully occupied by us and 29 Germans have been captured..."
Knowing that the building had been completely occupied, Sokov stood up and said to Guchakov: "Let's go to the building."
Arriving inside the building, the soldiers led Sokov and the others to a relatively intact room on the second floor, where Seryosha was interrogating the prisoners. Seeing Sokov enter the door, he quickly stood up and reported respectfully: "Comrade division commander, the guard company commander Lieutenant Seryosha reports to you that I am interrogating the prisoners, please give instructions!"
Seeing Seryosha pretending to be 13, Sokov wanted to go up and kick him, but in front of so many soldiers and prisoners, he had to save face for him, so he said in an official tone: "Continue the interrogation. "
A soldier standing in the room brought Sokov a freshly cleaned chair. After Sokov sat down aside, he looked at the translator who was interrogating the prisoners, and asked Seryosha in a low voice: "Did the interrogation yield any valuable information?"
"They are from the 54th Chasseur Regiment of the 100th Chasseur Division," Seryosha heard Sokov's question and quickly replied: "The enemy attacking Liumian Street probably has a battalion, and the battalion commander is Major Bazel. Prisoners. I just confessed some interesting information.”
"Interesting information?" This was the first time Sokov heard that the information confessed by the prisoners could be described as interesting, so he asked curiously: "Tell me, what interesting information?"
"That's it, Misha." Seryosha introduced to Sokov: "When friendly forces launched an attack on this building, Major Bazel issued an order for the soldiers to shoot at ordinary targets. warriors, not officers.”
Sokov thought about it carefully and found that this order was indeed interesting. According to various indications, the Soviet commanders and fighters involved in the counterattack were staff officers or logistics personnel transferred from the headquarters. Especially those officers. Although they performed bravely in battle, it was difficult to achieve any results due to lack of combat experience and the weapons they used. Once those experienced warriors are sacrificed, they will either be targeted by the enemy or easily defeated by the enemy. The negative impact of a group of officers being defeated on the battlefield is definitely ten times worse than the same number of soldiers.
Although the two sides were hostile, Sokov still had a strong interest in Major Bazel. He asked Seryosha: "Where is Major Bazel? Bring him to see me. I want to talk to him." chat."
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Seryozha shrugged his shoulders and said in a regretful tone: "Misha, I'm sorry, I think I may not be able to fulfill your wish."
"Why?"
"During the battle in the building, Bazel was shot more than a dozen times and almost lost his combat effectiveness." Seryosha said to Sokov with a wry smile: "Our soldiers saw that he was a German officer and thought He wanted to capture him alive, but unexpectedly he fired a grenade and died together with the three soldiers who went to capture him."
"What a pity." Sokov was shocked, but also had some admiration for this German major he had never met. It seemed that not only the Soviet commanders and soldiers could regard death as home at the last moment of their lives, but also their enemies. can do this. Thinking of this, he sighed softly and told Seryosha: "Seryosa, although Major Bazel is our enemy, as a soldier, his actions are worthy of our admiration. Later, you will send His body was buried properly.”
"Understood." Seryozha nodded, "I will arrange for someone to handle this matter immediately."
