Seeing that the Soviet resistance was tenacious, the Germans fought for a while and then withdrew.
Seeing the Germans retreating, the commander of the first battalion quickly ordered his company commander: "Immediately count the casualties of the troops, and at the same time, be prepared to change defenses with the second battalion."
The battle just now was so difficult that some recruits who went to the battlefield for the first time were so scared that they peed their pants. In the trenches, in addition to the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke, they could also smell urine. Smell.
Andrei at the foot of the mountain, seeing that the battle on the top of the mountain was over, immediately called the sixth company commander Yegor and said to him: "Your company will first take over the position of the first battalion. Remember, when the enemy's shelling begins, you You must hide on the reverse slope to minimize your casualties."
"Don't worry, comrade battalion commander." Yegor said to Andrei with a smile: "I have been fighting with the division commander for more than a day or two. I know where is the safest place to hide when the enemy's shelling starts. "
Yegor took the Sixth Company to the top of the mountain to take over the position of the First Battalion. He saw the remains of more than 300 soldiers of the first battalion placed on the reverse slope, and his nose felt sore. He called several platoon leaders under his command, pointed to the bodies of the soldiers and said to them: "Comrade platoon leaders, you have all seen that these soldiers were basically sacrificed in enemy shelling. There were many new recruits among them. He was sacrificed in vain under the enemy's fire without even seeing the enemy."
"Comrade Captain," said a platoon leader: "There are only simple fortifications on the top of the hillside. Once they are bombarded by the Germans, whether they can survive or not depends on their own luck."
Yegor stared at the platoon leader for a long time, and finally said: "Comrade platoon leader, if this is what you think in your heart, then I can tell you that when the enemy's shelling starts again, you and your men will Blown to pieces in the shelling.”
"Then what should I do?"
"You immediately return to your respective platoons and order the soldiers to dig a communication trench leading to the counter slope. As soon as the enemy's shelling begins, you run along the communication trench to the counter slope. In this way, the danger posed to you by the enemy's shells , will be greatly reduced.”
Yegor's order was implemented by several platoon leaders who tried hard to save their lives. As soon as several platoons of soldiers entered the position, they began to repair the fortifications in full swing, preparing for a new round of enemy attacks.
Several communication trenches leading to the reverse slope had just been repaired, and the German shelling began again.
Yegor immediately ordered the signal soldiers to use signal flags to signal each platoon, ordering them all to withdraw to the reverse slope.
The platoon leader who had just argued with Yegor thought he had read the order after seeing it, and called a signal soldier to confirm. When he learned that he had indeed ordered all his troops to enter the reverse slope, he gave the order to retreat to the soldiers.
When they came to the reverse slope, the platoon leader immediately found Yegor and asked curiously: "Comrade company commander, why do you have to withdraw everyone, not even an observation post?"
"There is no need to leave an observation post. We only need to use the periscope on the reverse slope to see clearly the enemy's movements." Yegor explained to the platoon leader: "Besides, we don't have any solid positions at all. If we leave an observation post, there will be danger at any time." There is a possibility of sacrifice, so it is better to retreat to the reverse slope."
As soon as the shelling stopped, Yegor blew the whistle vigorously, allowing the soldiers to quickly enter the position under the cover of gunpowder smoke. When the soldiers began to enter the position, Yegor lay down behind a mound on the hill, raised his telescope and looked into the distance. Four German tanks appeared in the distance. They were making zigzag maneuvers and were heading towards the mountaintop position in a roundabout way. Behind each tank, there were only four or five soldiers. This sparse distribution of troops was to prevent the Soviet army from attacking them with new rockets.
"Signal soldier," Yegor put down the telescope and turned to the communication soldier on the side: "Immediately notify the first platoon leader and second platoon leader and ask them to immediately send anti-tank soldiers and hide in the crater in front."
When the small German offensive force was still three hundred meters away from the trench, the Soviet sharpshooters in the trench fired at the infantry following the tank. Although they are all sharpshooters, they are not professional snipers after all. In addition, the distance is a bit far, so of the ten bullets fired, only one third of them can hit the target at most.
Seeing the soldiers who were following the tanks falling down in the snow from time to time, Yegor, who was hiding behind the mounds to observe, kept cheering secretly. He thought to himself: If several snipers in the division were here, I am afraid that all the infantry following the tanks would be wiped out before the enemy tanks approached the trenches.
But even if there are no real snipers in the company, these sharpshooters have done quite well. As the German soldiers got closer to the trenches, their fire became more and more accurate. It used to take three or four bullets to hit a target, but now it basically takes two bullets to destroy an enemy.
When the German tanks arrived only more than 150 meters away from the position, all the soldiers following them were killed by Soviet sharpshooters. The tank crews did not realize at all that the infantry providing cover for the tanks had all been wiped out, and they continued to approach the Soviet trenches according to their original driving route.
Since the infantry following the tank attack had been killed by the sharpshooters on the position. The anti-tank fighters hiding in the craters suddenly became more confident. As soon as the German tanks approached, they immediately stood up and fired rockets at the opponent.
In less than two minutes, the anti-tank crews fired nine consecutive rockets and successfully destroyed four German tanks. After the tank was hit by bullets and caught fire, the surviving tank crews crawled out one after another. They didn't even have the courage to fight, so they turned around and headed back in the direction they came from.
At this moment, they were only more than a hundred meters away from the position. For the sharpshooters in the trenches, they were the best targets. After a series of crisp sounds, the tank soldiers who were lucky enough to escape from the tank fell to the ground in a mess, turning into corpses that gradually cooled.
The German Imperial Division battalion commander who was directing the battle from behind saw that the tanks and soldiers he sent were easily killed by the Russians on the other side's position. After careful consideration, a shocked expression appeared on his face: "Oh my God, the opponent is no longer the ragtag group just now, but the elite division of the Russians."
He quickly ordered the communications soldiers around him: "Get in touch with the commander in the city immediately and ask him if he knows the number of this Russian group?"
After a while, the signal soldier reported to him: "Mr. Major, we have figured it out. The one holding the position on the opposite side is the Russian 41st Guards Division."
"What, the 41st Guards Division?" the major said in surprise: "It seems that we have met a real opponent."
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