The company sent by the 122nd Regiment to deliver rockets was Captain Paulkoski's company. The order he received was to immediately send all the remaining rockets in the regiment to the regiment headquarters of the 124th Regiment. Unexpectedly, he was almost there when he received an order to redirect the rockets to the location of the leading battalion of the 124th Regiment.
After receiving the order, Paulkoski had no choice but to order the company to change direction and move towards the newly provided position by his superiors. Because of this, valuable time is wasted unknowingly. It took Paulkoski's company nearly another hour to join Golia's vanguard battalion.
Seeing the belated arrival of Paulkoski and his company, Golya looked very unhappy. He immediately asked the other party: "Comrade Captain, why are you here so late? If it is because of your company, it will affect Considering your superiors’ operational intentions, can you afford this responsibility?”
Paulkoski did not refute, but ordered his subordinates to hand over the rockets they brought to the soldiers of Golia Battalion. When the platoon leader, Captain Narva, saw that his company commander had been wronged, he defended him and said: "Comrade Major, the reason why we are late is because our superiors temporarily changed our delivery when we were about to arrive at our destination. location, thereby delaying our arrival here.”
Goria glanced at Narva's rank and asked casually: "Comrade Captain, what is your position?"
"Report to Comrade Major." Hearing Golia ask about his position, Narva quickly straightened his body and replied: "I am Captain Narva, commander of the first company and platoon."
"Captain and platoon leader, your military rank is not low." Golia looked at Narva and continued to ask: "Are you an old man from the Guards Division?"
"Yes, Comrade Major." Narva understood the purpose of Golia's question and quickly answered truthfully: "The 73rd Infantry Brigade has just been formed, and I am in this unit."
From Narva's words, Golya heard that the other party was also Sokov's old subordinate, and the expression on his face suddenly softened: "In this way, we are all old comrades."
"Yes, Comrade Major." Narva quickly replied: "I stayed in your battalion for a while when the troops were transferred to Stalingrad."
Since the other party was his old subordinate, Golia didn't want to get angry again. Instead, he put on a reasonable look and said: "Let it go this time. If a similar situation happens next time, I will never let it happen easily." Forgive you."
Seeing that the matter had ceased, Zheliya quickly asked: "Comrade Battalion Commander, since all the rockets have been sent over, can we attack the enemy?"
"How many rockets are there now?" Before issuing the shooting order, Golia decided to find out the specific number of rockets first, so that he could decide what method to use to attack the German troops a few kilometers away.
"There are two hundred and forty-seven rockets in total." After Zhelia reported the specific number, he asked: "Comrade Battalion Commander, could you please give me instructions on how to carry out the attack?"
"First two groups of 12 rounds will attack the forest behind the enemy. We must first cut off their retreat, and then use more intensive firepower to eliminate all the enemies gathered together."
However, before the Goliya battalion could fire the rockets, the enemy had launched another attack on the town of Dobropiliya.
Seeing the German officers and soldiers pouring into the positions outside the town like a tide, Zhelia asked Golia for instructions: "Comrade Battalion Commander, the enemy has launched an attack on the friendly positions. What should we do?"
"Still according to the original plan, attack the forest first, wait for the forest to burst into flames, and then use dense rockets to attack the enemies exposed in the open ground."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, if the enemy and friendly forces get involved, and we fire rockets again, we may accidentally injure our own people."
After listening to Zhelia's reminder, Golia explained to him: "If we bombard the enemies who are attacking the town first, they will flee into the forest in the shortest time when they see that the situation is bad. But if we By bombarding the forest first and turning it into a sea of fire, and then bombarding the enemies attacking friendly positions, we can eliminate as many of the enemy's effective forces as possible."
After the order to fire rockets was given, two twelve-barreled rocket launchers fired at the forest behind the enemy. After a series of explosions, the edge of the forest turned into a sea of fire, and countless trees began to burn.
The German officers and soldiers who were attacking the Soviet positions suddenly heard the roar of an explosion behind them. They couldn't help but stop and turned around to look, only to see that the forest had turned into a sea of fire. Before they could react, countless objects dragging long white smoke appeared in the sky again, flying towards their location.
Countless rockets dropped from the sky and exploded in the chaotic and crowded team! Every rocket splashed out was dazzling blood. Thousands of German officers and soldiers seemed to be sitting in the crater of an erupting volcano, tightly wrapped in the rising black smoke. There were explosions in the black smoke, one after another, and there were explosions and fire everywhere. There is no place to escape or hide!
Although the Soviet rocket attack only lasted a few minutes, to the German officers and soldiers who suffered the bombing, it felt like a century. The officers and soldiers who had been stunned by the bombing were like headless flies, scurrying around in the smoke. They ran towards wherever there were many people, as if only places with many people were the safest for them. place.
The 199th Regiment, which was holding on to the town, saw that the enemy had suffered heavy losses from the sudden artillery fire. He quickly ordered two companies to stay and hold on to the town. The remaining troops attacked at the same time and launched a counterattack against the retreating German army.
Seeing the Soviet troops rushing out of the town, the German officers and soldiers who had already been bombed were even more confused. The officers lost their ability to judge and did not know how to direct their men to respond; while the soldiers were scared away and they I just want to escape from this land of death as soon as possible, but I still have the courage to continue fighting.
After Golia and other troops fired the rockets, he immediately ordered the entire battalion to launch an attack. As for the two companies that came to deliver ammunition, he also forcibly incorporated them into the second battalion to participate in the counterattack against the Imperial Division.
Neither of the two company commanders raised any objections to the move to forcibly organize their companies into the second battalion. They all had eyes and saw that the enemies in the distance were left in a mess by dense rocket bombs. In the face of friendly counterattacks, they were unable to fight back at all. Since there is such a good opportunity to defeat the Germans, who would give up such a good opportunity? Therefore, the two company commanders readily accepted Golia's command and led their companies to participate in the counterattack.
The counterattack launched by the commanders and fighters of the 199th Regiment and the Golia Battalion made the German army, which suffered heavy casualties, even more panic. Facing the Soviet commanders and fighters rushing from all directions, the resistance organized by the Germans would soon be overwhelmed by the counterattack troops. submerged.
At the same time, the 196th and 201st Guards Regiment of the 67th Guards Division, and the 122nd Regiment of the 41st Guards Division also appeared nearby. Several troops formed a huge encirclement, surrounding the remaining troops of the Imperial Division.
If it were other German troops, encountering such a situation, I am afraid that many officers and soldiers would have begun to lay down their weapons and surrender. But the Imperial Division is not an ordinary German army, but a so-called elite SS division. The officers and soldiers in the division were all fanatical NC elements. They knew that if they continued to fight, they would have little chance of escaping, but they still continued to resist, ready to fight to the last man and to the last bullet.
The company sent by the 122nd Regiment to deliver rockets was Captain Paulkoski's company. The order he received was to immediately send all the remaining rockets in the regiment to the regiment headquarters of the 124th Regiment. Unexpectedly, he was almost there when he received an order to redirect the rockets to the location of the leading battalion of the 124th Regiment.
After receiving the order, Paulkoski had no choice but to order the company to change direction and move towards the newly provided position by his superiors. Because of this, valuable time is wasted unknowingly. It took Paulkoski's company nearly another hour to join Golia's vanguard battalion.
Seeing the belated arrival of Paulkoski and his company, Golya looked very unhappy. He immediately asked the other party: "Comrade Captain, why are you here so late? If it is because of your company, it will affect Considering your superiors’ operational intentions, can you afford this responsibility?”
Paulkoski did not refute, but ordered his subordinates to hand over the rockets they brought to the soldiers of Golia Battalion. When the platoon leader, Captain Narva, saw that his company commander had been wronged, he defended him and said: "Comrade Major, the reason why we are late is because our superiors temporarily changed our delivery when we were about to arrive at our destination. location, thereby delaying our arrival here.”
Goria glanced at Narva's rank and asked casually: "Comrade Captain, what is your position?"
"Report to Comrade Major." Hearing Golia ask about his position, Narva quickly straightened his body and replied: "I am Captain Narva, commander of the first company and platoon."
"Captain and platoon leader, your military rank is not low." Golia looked at Narva and continued to ask: "Are you an old man from the Guards Division?"
"Yes, Comrade Major." Narva understood the purpose of Golia's question and quickly answered truthfully: "The 73rd Infantry Brigade has just been formed, and I am in this unit."
From Narva's words, Golya heard that the other party was also Sokov's old subordinate, and the expression on his face suddenly softened: "In this way, we are all old comrades."
"Yes, Comrade Major." Narva quickly replied: "I stayed in your battalion for a while when the troops were transferred to Stalingrad."
Since the other party was his old subordinate, Golia didn't want to get angry again. Instead, he put on a reasonable look and said: "Let it go this time. If a similar situation happens next time, I will never let it happen easily." Forgive you."
Seeing that the matter had ceased, Zheliya quickly asked: "Comrade Battalion Commander, since all the rockets have been sent over, can we attack the enemy?"
"How many rockets are there now?" Before issuing the shooting order, Golia decided to find out the specific number of rockets first, so that he could decide what method to use to attack the German troops a few kilometers away.
"There are two hundred and forty-seven rockets in total." After Zhelia reported the specific number, he asked: "Comrade Battalion Commander, could you please give me instructions on how to carry out the attack?"
"First two groups of 12 rounds will attack the forest behind the enemy. We must first cut off their retreat, and then use more intensive firepower to eliminate all the enemies gathered together."
However, before the Goliya battalion could fire the rockets, the enemy had launched another attack on the town of Dobropiliya.
Seeing the German officers and soldiers pouring into the positions outside the town like a tide, Zhelia asked Golia for instructions: "Comrade Battalion Commander, the enemy has launched an attack on the friendly positions. What should we do?"
"Still according to the original plan, attack the forest first, wait for the forest to burst into flames, and then use dense rockets to attack the enemies exposed in the open ground."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, if the enemy and friendly forces get involved, and we fire rockets again, we may accidentally injure our own people."
After listening to Zhelia's reminder, Golia explained to him: "If we bombard the enemies who are attacking the town first, they will flee into the forest in the shortest time when they see that the situation is bad. But if we By bombarding the forest first and turning it into a sea of fire, and then bombarding the enemies attacking friendly positions, we can eliminate as many of the enemy's effective forces as possible."
After the order to fire rockets was given, two twelve-barreled rocket launchers fired at the forest behind the enemy. After a series of explosions, the edge of the forest turned into a sea of fire, and countless trees began to burn.
The German officers and soldiers who were attacking the Soviet positions suddenly heard the roar of an explosion behind them. They couldn't help but stop and turned around to look, only to see that the forest had turned into a sea of fire. Before they could react, countless objects trailing long white smoke appeared in the sky again, flying towards their location.
Countless rockets dropped from the sky and exploded in the chaotic and crowded team! Every rocket splashed out was dazzling blood. Thousands of German officers and soldiers seemed to be sitting in the crater of an erupting volcano, tightly wrapped in the rising black smoke. There were explosions in the black smoke, one after another, and there were explosions and fire everywhere. There is no place to escape or hide!
Although the Soviet rocket attack lasted only a few minutes, to the German officers and soldiers who suffered the bombing, it felt like a century. The officers and soldiers who had been stunned by the bombing were like headless flies, scurrying around in the smoke. They ran towards wherever there were many people, as if only places with many people were the safest for them. place.
The 199th Regiment that was holding on to the town saw that the enemy had suffered heavy losses from the sudden artillery fire. He quickly ordered two companies to stay and hold on to the town. The remaining troops attacked at the same time and launched a counterattack against the retreating German army.
