Leading the charge was Captain Grisa, the fourth company commander. He had been suppressed in a crater by German firepower and was unable to raise his head. The grenades thrown by the German army from the trench exploded all around him, and the mud, broken limbs, and parts of some guns kicked up by the air waves kept falling on him.
Captain Grisa has missed many important battles since he was injured last time. Otherwise, given his qualifications and abilities, he would be at least a captain and battalion commander now. Therefore, when the regiment commander Yershakov handed over the task to the second battalion, he approached the battalion commander Major Andrei and took the initiative to assume the main attack task.
Now he saw that his company was suppressed by enemy firepower and was only thirty meters away from the trench, unable to move forward, and the casualties continued to increase. He turned to the communications soldier lying aside and said: "Contact the battalion commander immediately and ask them to cover the enemy's trenches with rockets to cover our company's attack."
After shouting for a long time, the signal soldier still lay there motionless, as if he didn't hear Grisa's shout at all. Grisa shouted twice more, but the signal soldier still didn't move. He was so angry that he pushed the signal soldier hard.
With this push, the communication soldier turned over. Only then did Griza see clearly that there were blood stains on the opponent's head and shoulders. It turned out that he had been shot and died long ago. In desperation, Grisa could only reach out and grab the walkie-talkie carried by the communication soldier. He didn't care about the codes or secret words he used, and said directly into the transmitter: "Batalion Commander, Battalion Commander, I am Grisa. I am Grisa."
Soon, the voice of battalion commander Andre came from the earphones: "Grisa, I see that your troops have been suppressed by the German firepower. It seems that they cannot continue the attack. I order you to lead the troops immediately." Withdraw the troops and regroup before launching an attack on the enemy."
"No, Comrade Battalion Commander." Grisa shouted into the microphone: "The enemy's firepower is too strong. If we retreat now, we will definitely pay huge casualties."
"What should we do?" Andre said anxiously: "If you continue to stay there, you will also be wiped out by the enemy. Otherwise, I will put the fifth and sixth companies into battle. In this way, the enemy will have no time to take care of it. It will be much easier for you to continue the attack or retreat."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, investing too many troops in such a narrow front will not only increase casualties, but it will be difficult to achieve offensive effects."
Seeing that Grisa rejected both of the plans he proposed, Andre couldn't help but feel a little angry: "Should the battalion commander command the company commander, or the company commander command the battalion commander? Tell me, what should I do?"
"Use new rockets to cover the enemy's trenches with firepower." Grisa said anxiously: "This may be able to suppress the enemy and cover our charge."
"Grissa, are you crazy?" After hearing the plan proposed by Grissa, Andre suddenly became angry: "You are only twenty or thirty meters away from the enemy's trenches. If you use rockets to attack, it is very likely that Hurt your own people.”
"Comrade Battalion Commander, it's too late, give the order quickly." Grisa said anxiously into the microphone: "My company is suffering casualties constantly under the enemy's firepower. If you don't take action, we will There is a danger of the whole army being annihilated.”
"Okay, Captain Grisa." Andre said sadly: "You tell the soldiers to hide, we are about to launch rockets."
After finishing the call, Grisa risked being shot by leaning half of his body out of the crater and shouting to the left and right: "Lie down, everyone, lie down!" After shouting, he retracted back into the crater; After more than ten seconds, he leaned out again and continued shouting.
Captain Andre at the foot of the mountain called in rocket launchers and ordered them to bombard the German trenches on the hillside. At the same time, he repeatedly warned them: "Comrades, please, there are our comrades above. You must be careful when launching, don't hurt them."
"Comrade Major," the rocket launcher Corporal Minishki said bitterly after hearing Andre's instructions: "You also know that the new rockets are powerful, but their accuracy is insufficient. We can only do our best. I wish those brothers in front of the enemy positions good luck."
After finishing speaking, Corporal Minishki said to his men: "Dismantle the launcher and use a single or double tube to launch bombardment of the enemy's trenches."
After hearing Corporal Minishki's words, the rocket launchers quickly dismantled the six-tube rocket launchers that had been prepared and changed them into double or single tubes. After loading the rocket, they waited for Corporal Minishki's order.
"emission!"
As the order was given, seven or eight rockets flew out of the two-tube or single-tube launchers, dragging their long flame tails and flying towards the German position on the top of the mountain.
After an earth-shattering explosion, the top of the mountain was once again shrouded in smoke. However, the gunshots that had been ringing suddenly stopped. Seeing that there was no gunfire at the top of the mountain, Andrei called Corporal Minishki and asked: "Corporal, what is going on? Why is there no movement up there?"
"Maybe they were all killed by rockets, right?"
After hearing Corporal Minishki's answer, Andrei, who was worried about Grisa's safety, could no longer sit still. He jumped out of the trench, raised his pistol high, and shouted to the soldiers hiding in other places: "Brothers, follow us. let me try!"
"Ula!" As soon as Andre's shouting stopped, a roar like a mountain roar rang out behind him, and then hundreds of soldiers stood up from their hiding places and rushed towards the hillside with their guns in hand.
Although Andre was the first to charge, he was quickly overtaken by more and more warriors. In the smoke in the distance, sporadic gunshots were heard. With the tip of his ears, Andrei immediately recognized the firing of the Soviet Popov submachine guns and Mosin Nagant rifles, indicating that there were still many soldiers alive in the Fourth Company. down.
By the time Andre reached the top of the mountain, the battle was basically over.
Stepping on the soft soil, smelling the bloody smoke, and looking at the corpses on the ground, he couldn't help shouting: "Captain Griza, where are you? Captain Griza, where are you?" "
"Comrade Battalion Commander, Captain Grisa is here!" Just when Andre was extremely anxious, he suddenly heard someone not far away replying loudly: "Captain Grisa is still alive."
Looking at the clay figure being carried by two soldiers, it took Andre a long time to realize that this man was Grisa whom he was eager to find. He stepped forward and grabbed the opponent's shoulders and said loudly: "Well done, Captain Grisa. Without you, we would never have been able to capture the enemy's position so quickly."
"Report to the battalion commander, comrade," Grisa stood up straight and replied indifferently: "Your rockets were so accurate that almost two-thirds of them hit the enemy's trenches..."
The soldiers beside Grisa saw Andre's confused look and quickly explained to him: "Comrade Battalion Commander, Captain Grisa's ears were deafened, and he couldn't hear what you said at all. "
Andre sighed, and then ordered the soldiers: "Escort Captain Grisa down, let the doctor treat him well, and make sure he recovers his hearing as soon as possible."
