Although the Workers' New Village held by Lieutenant Colonel Papuchenko's 122nd Guards Regiment has turned into ruins, it is still impossible for the enemy to pass through these ruins. ??Huo Ranwen????. r?a?n?w?e?na`com Troops entering the Workers' New Village will always be attacked by fire from all directions, or grenades thrown from the ruins.
Even though the troops transferred to this combat area are the Romanian 1st Infantry Division, their fighting will is simply not as good as the Romanian 13th Infantry Division. At least the officers and soldiers of the Thirteenth Division dared to fight the defenders face to face with bayonets on Mamayev Hill. Although in the end they lost the ability to continue fighting due to heavy casualties, their tenacity on the battlefield was still appreciated. It was recognized by the officers and soldiers of both sides.
However, as soon as the officers and soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division came under fire from the defenders, they would either lie on the ground and fire their guns randomly, or they would turn around and run back. For a whole day, they advanced less than 200 meters to the workers' new village, but they paid the price of more than 400 casualties.
Chuikov learned that Sokov planned to launch a small-scale counterattack against the enemy in the Workers' New Village area, and couldn't help but look forward to it. Since dawn, he kept raising his hand to look at his watch and asking Krylov over and over again: "Chief of Staff, is there a call from Mamayev Heights?"
"No, Comrade Commander." However, Krylov's answer was always the same: "Mamayev Heights did not call us."
"What the hell is going on?" Chuikov said to himself: "It's already dawn, why haven't they launched a counterattack?"
"I don't know." Krylov shook his head and comforted Chuikov and said: "Comrade Commander, didn't you say that Colonel Sokov is very good at fighting and often gives people unexpected surprises. I was thinking that he has not yet Taking action may have other plans."
"Other plans?!" Chuikov looked at Krylov in surprise and asked, "Comrade Chief of Staff, what do you think he has planned?"
"I can't explain this clearly." Krylov shook his head again and said, "I always have a feeling that Colonel Sokov's counterattack will be completely unexpected."
Seeing that they couldn't guess the answer, the two of them stopped guessing. After all, the situation at the Barricade Factory and Dzerzhinsky Factory was still precarious. Although the town of Gorodishe, where the enemy stockpiled ammunition, had been destroyed by Sokov's men, the enemies who attacked the two factories still had some ammunition in stock. The offensive momentum may not be as good as the previous two days, but the attack has never stopped.
Krylov asked Chuikov for instructions: "Comrade Commander, according to reports from the front, the German offensive momentum today has been greatly weakened. Do you think we can use this opportunity to launch a counterattack against the enemy like Sokov?" "
Chuikov thought for a long time, then shook his head and rejected Krylov's proposal: "Our troops deployed in the direction of these two factories have been greatly weakened, and their ammunition is also insufficient. If they are allowed to do so in this situation , to counterattack the enemy is to let them die.
Chief of Staff, call the division commanders. After repelling the enemy's attack, they immediately adjusted their deployment, reinforced and improved their fortifications, and prepared to deal with the next more brutal and fierce battle. "
Seeing that Chuikov disagreed with his counterattack, Krylov didn't say anything. After all, he knew the situation of the troops very well and knew that even if he reluctantly launched a counterattack, the chance of success would be low. Then he got up and walked towards the communications troops, preparing to convey Chuikov's order to the commanders of each division.
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Sokov, who was staying at the Mamayev Hills headquarters, received a call from Papchenko. The other party reported to him on the phone: "Comrade division commander, the enemy has launched several attacks on the Workers' New Village. All attacks were repelled by us. Not long ago, the observation post reported to me that the enemy had mobilized a batch of anti-tank guns and set them up a few hundred meters away from the Workers' New Village. They used direct aim to fire grenades. Come and destroy our firepower in the ruins."
Learning that the Germans used anti-tank guns to fire grenades to destroy the firepower points in the Workers' New Village, Sokov quickly asked: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, what caliber of anti-tank guns did the enemy use?"
"According to the report from the observation post, it should be a 75mm anti-tank gun." Papuchenko replied on the phone: "There are eight such anti-tank guns in total."
"Lieutenant Colonel Papuchenko," Sokov waited for Papuchenko to finish and then asked bluntly: "Is Lieutenant Colonel Agafoon with you?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander, he is by my side." Papuchenko asked tentatively: "Do you need to talk to him?"
"Give him the microphone. I have something to say to him."
Hearing Agafoun's voice coming from the receiver, Sokov said into the phone: "Comrade Lieutenant, I believe you already know about the enemy's deployment of eight 75mm anti-tank guns, right?"
"That's right, Comrade Colonel, I have been staying with Lieutenant Colonel Papuchenko and heard the report from the observation post." Agafen misunderstood the meaning of Sokov's question and said smartly: "Don't worry, When I attack later, I will give priority to killing these anti-tank guns."
"Wrong, Comrade Lieutenant, you made a mistake." Sokov heard that the other party misunderstood what he meant, and quickly explained: "I asked you to find a way to capture these anti-tank guns."
"Capture these anti-tank guns?" Agafoon asked with some confusion: "Comrade Colonel, when the enemy launched an attack on Workers' New Village now, they did not use tanks or assault guns. Even if these anti-tank guns were captured, they would have little effect. Not big."
"Comrade Lieutenant, why have you forgotten that these enemy anti-tank guns are used to deal with the firepower points in the workers' new village, that is to say, they use grenades instead of armor-piercing bullets." Sokov saw that Agafoon still didn't understand, so he just Can continued to explain to him: "If these anti-tank guns are really captured, then the troops stationed in the Workers' New Village can use these anti-tank guns to deal with the enemy's infantry in the following days."
At this point of Sokov's words, Agafoon finally understood and understood Sokov's real purpose of letting him capture the anti-tank guns. He quickly replied: "Understood, comrade colonel, we must find a way to capture these anti-tank guns." gun."
Seeing that Agafoon finally realized his intention, Sokov ordered him: "Comrade Lieutenant, give the phone to Lieutenant Colonel Papuchenko. I still have something to explain to him."
"Comrade Commander!" Papuchenko took the phone and said respectfully, "What instructions do you have?"
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you must be very clear about the attack order. In the evening, take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the enemy begins to retreat, and decisively adopt the tactics of tank assault and infantry follow-up to defeat the Romanian Army's 1st Infantry Division in front of you. Sokov warned on the phone: "Remember, our tanks are limited in number and pose little threat to the enemy. Therefore, the infantry must follow closely behind the tanks to seize enemy supplies and capture prisoners." Understand?"
"Understood, Comrade Commander!" Papuchenko replied respectfully: "I will carry out your order seriously."
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In the evening, the commander of the Romanian 1st Infantry Division saw that it was getting late and ordered the troops to stop the attack. In order to prevent the troops who entered the Workers' New Village from being attacked by the Soviet army at night, all the troops were withdrawn from the starting point of the attack and prepared to wait until dawn tomorrow before launching a new attack on the Workers' New Village.
Papuchenko and Agafoon stood on the remaining second floor of a building, raising their binoculars to look at the retreating enemy in the distance. Seeing the enemy's infantry gradually withdrawing from Workers' New Village, Papuchenko remained unmoved and did not issue any order to attack. Until he saw the Romanian artillery, which was dragging the anti-tank guns out of the artillery positions one after another, hanging them on the back of the truck, preparing to follow the troops to the rear.
Seeing this situation, Papuchenko put down his telescope, turned to Agafoon and said: "Comrade Lieutenant, your tank team is ready to go out. As soon as you start fighting, my troops will come out of the ground." Come out, follow behind you and attack the enemy."
Ajiafon raised his hand in salute, turned around and prepared to leave. Papuchenko hurriedly warned him from behind: "Lieutenant, watch your step. The floors here have been half-pierced by enemy shells. If you fall, there will be no one to help you command the tank detachment."
"Don't worry," Agafoon grinned and said, "We tank soldiers have very good eyesight. We will never miss the mark and fall downstairs." There was a motorcycle parked behind the building. The motorcyclist sitting above waited for Agafoon to get on the car, and immediately started the motorcycle and headed towards the location where the tank was parked.
A few minutes later, Lieutenant Colonel Papuchenko heard the roar of tank engines from the north. He knew that this was Agavon's tank detachment attacking, so he quickly picked up the phone beside him and said into the receiver: "Two. Battalion Commander, Second Battalion Commander, you go out with the battalion that came yesterday, follow our tanks, and attack the enemy."
The Romanian artilleryman who was hanging the anti-tank gun on the back of the truck heard the roar of tanks getting louder and louder. Several people were still discussing privately: "The sound is coming from the north. Are German tanks coming?"
"It's possible," another artilleryman said: "In the direction of the barricade factory, there are many areas where it is difficult to use tanks to fight. I think the Germans will eventually have to move the tanks back here..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw a tank bypassing the ruins of Workers' New Village and appearing in his field of vision. "Damn it, it's not a German tank, it's a Russian tank. Alert, battle alert! Get ready for battle now."
The artilleryman with him looked doubtfully in the direction of the sound of the tank engine, and sure enough he saw a Russian tank in his field of vision. Seeing five or six tanks forming a battle formation and rushing towards their position, the Romanian army artillerymen were frightened out of their wits. They still had the courage to fight. They threw away the anti-tank guns and rushed towards their own Flee in the direction of the position.
As they fled, they shouted loudly: "Russians, Russian tanks are coming!"
The retreating artillerymen and infantry thought they were joking when they heard their shouts. When they saw the Soviet tanks rushing towards them menacingly, they immediately panicked. The infantrymen climbed onto the truck one after another. After all, four wheels were definitely faster than their own two legs.
When the artilleryman sitting on the truck saw the groups of infantrymen desperately climbing onto the truck and refused to let them get on the truck, they quickly punched and kicked the climbing soldiers in an attempt to kick them off the truck. This will allow the vehicle to speed up.
When Lieutenant Agavon led the tank detachment in the assault, he was still worried about being attacked by the Romanian army's anti-tank guns. At this moment, he saw that the enemy was in a mess. Everyone was busy running for their lives, and no one cared to stop and block their own tanks. The detachment was immediately overjoyed and quickly issued combat orders to other tanks through the vehicle radio: "Attention all tanks, shoot at the target of your choice, be careful not to damage the enemy's anti-tank gun!"
As the order was given, the moving tank paused briefly, fired a shot at the enemy in the distance, then moved forward; stopped again, fired, and continued moving forward. Since the enemy had no tanks, Agafond and the others used grenades instead of armor-piercing projectiles. The shell landed next to the truck and exploded. The flying shrapnel hit the enemy who was climbing on the truck and fell from the truck like a ripe apple. Seeing that there was no safety on the truck, the infantrymen who tried to climb onto the truck changed their minds. They jumped out of the truck one after another and ran forward.
The tank driven by Agafond overturned a truck, and after crushing the soldiers on the truck under the tracks together with the truck, he shouted loudly into the microphone: "Brothers, use machine guns, use machine guns to shoot, destroy these enemy."
After hearing Agafond's order, the tanks that had rushed into the middle of the enemy stopped shelling one after another. Instead, they used vehicle-mounted machine guns to shoot at the enemy infantry, knocking them down in pieces.
The Romanian soldiers who were escaping saw the Soviet tanks slaughtering them, and the Soviet infantry also rushed out of the ruins. Knowing that they would only die if they continued to resist, they quickly threw away the weapons in their hands and squatted in the crater. Li raised his hands high.
Seeing that the enemy had surrendered, Agafoon continued to issue orders to the tank soldiers: "Brothers, continue to rush forward, and be sure to cut off the enemy's retreat so that no one of them can escape."
"Understood!" Upon hearing Agavon's order, the tank crews immediately increased the accelerator and ran over the fleeing Romanian army, carving out alleys of flesh and blood in an attempt to completely cut off the enemy's retreat.
He saw the Soviet tanks rounding back in front of him, and the Soviet infantry from the Workers' New Village behind them were rushing towards him. The Romanian officers and soldiers who were escaping felt that their situation was over. No matter they were escaping or fighting, they would inevitably die. The best way was to abandon their weapons and surrender immediately, hoping to save their lives. For a time, the Romanian officers and soldiers on the entire battlefield stopped running away, threw away their weapons and stood there with their hands raised, waiting for the Soviet infantry to take over them.
