The German bombing had just ended, and the gunpowder smoke shrouding Mamayev Hill had not yet dissipated. Under the cover of more than a dozen assault guns, the German ground troops launched an attack on the Nangang position.
As soon as the enemy attack began, Sokov received reports from observation posts. After he put down the phone, he asked Sidorin: "Chief of Staff, how many explosive bags do we have left?"
Sidorin had to personally count the number of explosive packets after each battle. When Sokov asked about it, he replied without hesitation: "There are more than fifty left."
"What, just that little?" When Sokov heard this number, he asked in surprise: "Such a small amount of explosives can only fire two or three rounds at most. Have you contacted the Red October Factory and asked them to continue to provide us with it?" Explosives?”
"Comrade Commander, before you came back yesterday, I had discussed this matter with Factory Director Peter." Sidorin replied with a wry smile: "Director Peter said that the explosive storage capacity in the factory is not unlimited. During this period of time, we We have already received thirty tons of explosives from the factory and cannot provide us with any more explosives.”
After Sidorin finished speaking, he noticed that Sokov's eyes had been staring at the phone on the table. He guessed that he might call Peter to discuss collecting explosives, and quickly added: "Comrade division commander, you We called Director Peter a few hours ago and asked them to imitate 20,000 German hand grenades for us. I’m afraid it will also require a lot of explosives. Even if you call him now, I’m afraid he won’t provide us with explosives. .”
Without enough explosives, it would be impossible to continue to use the tactics of the previous two days to deal with the enemy. Therefore, after a brief consideration, Sokov ordered Sidorin: "Chief of Staff, I think the circular position on the top of the mountain has been changed beyond recognition under the bombing of enemy planes. You immediately call Lieutenant Colonel Starcha and order He pushed his position to the edge of the front slope and resisted the enemy's attack from a high position."
After receiving the order, Lieutenant Colonel Starcia immediately ordered the commanders and fighters who had just emerged from the tunnel to use the crater to build a new defensive position on the ridge line close to the positive slope. However, a complete trench had not yet been dug, and the attacking enemy had already rushed to the foot of the mountain.
After seeing clearly the uniforms worn by the enemy at the foot of the mountain, the Soviet company commander on the position couldn't help being secretly surprised, because this was not the Romanian army that had been howled by thunder cannons two days ago, but the German army that had not been seen for a long time. They blew their whistles desperately and gave orders to their soldiers to shoot.
Amidst the shrill whistles, the Soviet soldiers who entered the position opened fire on the enemies who were rushing up the hillside. The condescending soldiers poured ammunition downwards, blocking the enemy's path forward. But the German soldiers on the hillside were all veterans with rich experience. The machine gunners quickly selected a suitable terrain, established a machine gun position, and used intensive firepower to cover the charge of other soldiers.
The German soldiers used the cover of machine guns to lower their bodies and quickly rolled from one bomb crater to another, using the terrain to gradually approach the position on the top of the mountain. In order to eliminate the enemies on the hillside, the Soviet commanders and fighters on the hillside had to lean out half of their bodies from the bunker to shoot. As a result, they became the targets of German machine gunners.
As the firepower on the top of the mountain was suppressed, the German soldiers quickly rushed to the Soviet position, and a hand-to-hand battle began inadvertently. Upon hearing the news that the German troops had rushed into the position, Starca decisively ordered the other two companies to be put into battle and rushed to support the troops who were fighting with the enemy with bayonets.
The Soviet army's level of stabbing was much higher than that of the German soldiers. Even though their number was smaller than that of the Germans, they used their skilled stabbing skills to make up for this gap. Just as the two sides were fighting inextricably, the reinforcements sent by Starcha arrived. The German army, which had been fighting hard to begin with, saw the Soviet army's fresh troops arriving. They dared not fight anymore and retreated in a hurry. hillside.
The assault guns parked at the foot of the mountain waited for their soldiers to retreat, and then immediately bombarded the Soviet positions on the top of the mountain with artillery fire. Although most of the shells fired by the assault guns missed their targets due to angle problems, a few shells fell into the Soviet army's simple trenches. The air wave of the explosion lifted the soldiers near the explosion point from the ground. It was thrown high into the air and fell heavily to the ground.
Seeing the assault guns showing off at the foot of the mountain, the soldiers became a little anxious. The Soviet company commander quickly called Starcha and reported to him: "Comrade commander, the enemy has several assault guns parked at the foot of the mountain and is constantly shelling our position. They need to be destroyed with thunder cannons." ?"
If it had been two days ago, Starcha would have agreed to the company commander's request without hesitation, but at this moment, he could only say helplessly: "Comrade company commander, we don't have many explosive packs anymore. Destroying a few enemy assault guns will consume all the explosive packets. So in the following battle, when the enemy's attack becomes more fierce, what weapons will we use to deal with them?"
"I understand, Comrade Commander." After hearing what Starcha said, the company commander knew that the other party did not intend to use thunder cannons to deal with the German assault guns, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "I will find a way to kill them." Enemy assault guns."
After Starcha ended the call with his subordinates, he felt that he should report the matter to Sokov to see if he had any solution. Thinking of this, he immediately called Sokov's headquarters.
"I am Sokov!" When Sokov's voice came from the receiver, Starcha immediately said into the microphone: "Comrade division commander, the assault guns at the foot of the mountain are bombarding the positions on the top of the mountain. The soldiers requested to use flying thunder. Cannon to take out the enemy's assault gun."
"No! Lieutenant Colonel Starcha, we can't waste precious explosive bags in such a meaningless place." Sokov said to Starcha on the phone: "You have used flying thunder cannons, you should We know that it is not very accurate. If you want to kill an enemy assault gun, you need to spend at least seven or eight explosive packs. We currently have no way to get explosives to make new explosive packs, so we need to save the remaining explosive packs. Use it."
Seeing that Sokov did not allow the use of thunder cannons, Starcha sighed secretly in his heart and asked tentatively: "Comrade division commander, since the thunder cannons cannot be used, can I send people to blow up the enemy's assault guns? ?”
"Sending people to bomb?" Sokov couldn't help but sneered when he heard this, and then said: "Lieutenant Colonel Starcha, as soon as the soldiers leave the position, they will be attacked by the enemy on the unobstructed hillside. The machine gun is used to sieve. Not only will it not be able to blow up the enemy's assault guns, it will also have a negative impact on the morale of the troops."
"Then what should we do?" Starcia asked cautiously.
"The enemy's assault guns are intended to be used against fortifications," Sokov said thoughtfully: "As long as the soldiers hide in the trenches, the assault guns will not pose much of a threat to us."
After receiving Sokov's instructions, Starca immediately ordered the soldiers near the ridge to hide in simple trenches. At the same time, he sent people to dig a new trench more than 20 meters behind, preparing to withdraw his troops here to temporarily avoid the enemy when the enemy rushed up the hillside again.
After the German assault artillery shelled for a while, seeing that there was no counterattack on the top of the mountain, they stopped firing and allowed the infantry hiding behind the assault artillery to launch a new attack. With the lessons learned from their recent failure, the German army was much more cautious in their attack this time. They first established more than a dozen machine gun fire points, and after starting to shoot at the top of the mountain with intensive firepower, the infantry crouched and cautiously launched the attack.
Due to the suppression of German machine gun fire, the firepower on the hilltop position was very weak and could not prevent the German troops from approaching the top of the mountain. The German soldiers used the craters and corpses to skillfully approach the hilltop position. When they were still more than twenty meters away from the top of the mountain, they all stopped, took out a grenade, pulled the string and threw it upward. Before the grenades landed, they had already jumped out of the crater and rushed toward the top of the mountain.
Dozens of grenades landed in the trenches and exploded, causing misery to the Soviet soldiers hiding inside. As soon as the explosions stopped, the Germans had already rushed to the edge of the trenches. With their submachine guns, they fired at the Soviet soldiers who were in a mess in the trenches, causing them to fall in pieces like rice in autumn.
The soldiers who recovered their senses were not to be outdone and raised their guns to fight back. The German soldiers who were hit by bullets either fell backwards and rolled down the hillside; or they fell headlong into the trenches.
When the commanders and soldiers who were digging trenches behind saw the Germans rushing into the trenches near the ridge again, they put down their sapper shovels and charged forward bravely with their bayonets drawn. They planned to use their skilled stabbing skills to drive the enemy down the hillside again.
In this way, the Soviet Union and Germany launched repeated tug-of-war around the ridgeline position close to the positive slope. As soon as the German troops rushed into the position, they were driven out with bayonets by the Soviet soldiers who came up like a tide. Before the Soviet troops could gain a foothold, the enemy rushed forward again under the cover of breakthroughs and machine gun fire.
Within an hour of fighting, nearly three hundred people from both sides fell in this small area. The trenches were filled with corpses of officers and soldiers from both sides.
The German bombing had just ended, and the gunpowder smoke shrouding Mamayev Hill had not yet dissipated. Under the cover of more than a dozen assault guns, the German ground troops launched an attack on the Nangang position.
As soon as the enemy attack began, Sokov received reports from observation posts. After he put down the phone, he asked Sidorin: "Chief of Staff, how many explosive bags do we have left?"
Sidorin had to personally count the number of explosive packets after each battle. When Sokov asked about it, he replied without hesitation: "There are more than fifty left."
"What, just that little?" When Sokov heard this number, he asked in surprise: "Such a small amount of explosives can only fire two or three rounds at most. Have you contacted the Red October Factory and asked them to continue to provide us with it?" Explosives?”
"Comrade Commander, before you came back yesterday, I had discussed this matter with Factory Director Peter." Sidorin replied with a wry smile: "Director Peter said that the explosive storage capacity in the factory is not unlimited. During this period of time, we We have already received thirty tons of explosives from the factory and cannot provide us with any more explosives.”
After Sidorin finished speaking, he noticed that Sokov's eyes had been staring at the phone on the table. He guessed that he might call Peter to discuss collecting explosives, and quickly added: "Comrade division commander, you We called Director Peter a few hours ago and asked them to imitate 20,000 German hand grenades for us. I’m afraid it will also require a lot of explosives. Even if you call him now, I’m afraid he won’t provide us with explosives. .”
Without enough explosives, it would be impossible to continue to use the tactics of the previous two days to deal with the enemy. Therefore, after a brief consideration, Sokov ordered Sidorin: "Chief of Staff, I think the circular position on the top of the mountain has been changed beyond recognition under the bombing of enemy planes. You immediately call Lieutenant Colonel Starcha and order He pushed his position to the edge of the front slope and resisted the enemy's attack from a high position."
After receiving the order, Lieutenant Colonel Starcia immediately ordered the commanders and fighters who had just emerged from the tunnel to use the crater to build a new defensive position on the ridge line close to the positive slope. However, a complete trench had not yet been dug, and the attacking enemy had already rushed to the foot of the mountain.
After seeing clearly the uniforms worn by the enemy at the foot of the mountain, the Soviet company commander on the position couldn't help being secretly surprised, because this was not the Romanian army that had been howled by thunder cannons two days ago, but the German army that had not been seen for a long time. They blew their whistles desperately and gave orders to their soldiers to shoot.
Amidst the sharp whistles, the Soviet soldiers who entered the position opened fire on the enemies who were rushing up the hillside. The condescending soldiers poured ammunition downwards, blocking the enemy's path forward. But the German soldiers on the hillside were all veterans with rich experience. The machine gunners quickly selected a suitable terrain, established a machine gun position, and used intensive firepower to cover the charge of other soldiers.
The German soldiers used the cover of machine guns to lower their bodies and quickly rolled from one bomb crater to another, using the terrain to gradually approach the position on the top of the mountain. In order to eliminate the enemies on the hillside, the Soviet commanders and fighters on the hillside had to lean out half of their bodies from the bunker to shoot. As a result, they became the targets of German machine gunners.
As the firepower on the top of the mountain was suppressed, the German soldiers quickly rushed to the Soviet position, and a hand-to-hand battle began inadvertently. Upon hearing the news that the German troops had rushed into the position, Starca decisively ordered the other two companies to be put into battle and rushed to support the troops who were fighting with the enemy with bayonets.
The Soviet army's level of stabbing was much higher than that of the German soldiers. Even though their number was smaller than that of the Germans, they used their skilled stabbing skills to make up for this gap. Just as the two sides were fighting inextricably, the reinforcements sent by Starcha arrived. The German army, which had been fighting hard to begin with, saw the Soviet army's fresh troops arriving. They dared not fight anymore and retreated in a hurry. hillside.
