At eight o'clock in the evening, two or three hours before dark, Sokov took two staff officers and Samoilov's guard platoon and set off, rushing to the location where the three troops were secretly assembled.
The temporary command headquarters was set up behind a hill. When Sokov's convoy stopped near the hill, two soldiers with live ammunition immediately emerged from the grass half a man tall: "Stop, what are you doing?"
"I am Major General Sokov, commander of the group army." Sokov saw that the two Marines blocking his way were using tactics, so he asked straight to the point: "Where is your headquarters?"
"In the cave on the hill."
"Take me there."
Under the leadership of the sailors, Sokov came to the temporary headquarters.
The light in the cave was very dim, and Sokov felt only darkness after entering. It took a while before I finally got used to the light here. The headquarters is about thirty square meters. There are radios, telephones, etc. on the table near the door. There are staff officers and communications soldiers busy next to it. There is a simple square table in the corner. There are three people sitting at the table, who should be the three brigade commanders he will command next.
"Hello, comrades, commanders." Sokov saw that he had been in for so long and the other party hadn't noticed him yet, so he walked over and greeted them loudly: "What are you talking about?"
The three commanders only noticed Sokov's arrival at this moment. They quickly stood up and saluted, saying in unison: "Hello, Comrade Commander!"
Although Sokov didn't interact with the three commanders for a long time, he knew each of them. After shaking hands with the three of them one by one, he asked with a smile: "How is it going? Are the troops ready for battle?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." The first person to answer was the infantry brigade commander Lieutenant Colonel Uzakov: "Our troops are ready for battle and can only launch an attack on the enemy as soon as the time comes."
"Comrade Commander, I have a question." Colonel Chuvashov, the commander of the naval brigade, frowned and asked: "Although the Imperial Division in front of us has been rebuilt recently, if we go towards it without artillery cover, If we launch an attack against the enemy, the casualties must be huge."
"You don't have to worry about this." Sokov comforted the other party: "Before your three brigades launch an attack, I will use the new rockets of the 182nd Division to attack the enemy, and wait until they are hit hard and fall into chaos. , you are launching an attack, so as to reduce unnecessary casualties."
Sokov took the hot tea handed by a staff officer, took a sip, and asked the three of them slowly: "Do you know why I want three brigades to take turns to fight?"
The three brigade commanders were also confused about the question raised by Sokov. Logically speaking, the German troops were gathered in such a dense area. If the three brigades launched attacks at the same time, wouldn't they be able to defeat the enemy faster? But Sokov had to let three brigades go into battle one after another. The three brigade commanders were very puzzled by his refueling tactics.
Seeing that everyone was worried, Sokov no longer made things difficult for them, but took the initiative to tell the reason: "If three brigades go into battle at the same time, then you will not have any reserves available. Once the enemy emerges from the chaos Wake up and implement echelon defense. It will be very difficult for you to break through their defense.
The biggest advantage of putting the troops into battle one by one is that when the first echelon's attack is frustrated, the second echelon, which has not suffered any loss in strength, can immediately enter the battle and continue to attack the enemy until it breaks through the enemy's defense.
Even if the attack goes smoothly and there is no decent resistance from the enemy along the way, the commanders and fighters of the first echelon will definitely get tired after advancing a certain distance. At this time, the second echelon will take over the attack, allowing the first echelon to gain Time to rest. As long as we adopt this rotational attack tactic, I believe we will be able to successfully destroy the enemy's resistance along the way and successfully join forces with the troops that have detoured behind the enemy's rear. "
The German army, whose attack was frustrated, camped five or six kilometers away from the Soviet position. Many people never dreamed that their lives had entered a countdown.
Although Lieutenant Shafer's company did not participate in today's attack, the entire attack process was watched by Shafer. As a battle-experienced officer, he looked down upon the Soviet army at all, and a few months ago, he had commanded his company to defeat a mixed regiment of the Soviet army. This victory made him even more proud.
But today's battle subverted his three views. The intensive artillery fire exploded the Russian defensive position into a sea of flames. According to his idea, after such a fierce bombardment, there might not be any living creatures on the position. After the bombardment ended, the most elite troops charged towards the position that had been blown into ruins. Everyone thought that they would easily capture the position. But what happened next was something they would never forget. They were repelled by intense firepower without even getting close to their position, and they paid a huge price.
While Shafer was sitting in his tent thinking wildly, explosions suddenly came one after another outside, and the ground beneath his feet was shaking violently. His first reaction was that the Russians had begun shelling our camp.
When Shafer rushed out of the tent, the entire camp was in chaos. The motorized camp was located in the open land between two hills. At this time, small Soviet troops appeared in the valleys on both sides. They attacked the camp with new rockets from a high position. After each rocket landed and exploded, it would form a killing radius of up to 50 meters from the explosion point.
As long as you enter the explosion range, even if you have nine lives like a cat, you may not be able to survive. The flying shrapnel will penetrate your body, and the huge shock wave will shatter your internal organs. The lucky ones will die on the spot, while those who survive by chance will have to wait for death in despair and pain.
The German soldiers in the camp had never seen this kind of weapon before. Those who had seen it had long been wiped out, and for a while they were scurrying around like headless flies. Rockets continued to fall from the sky, and each explosion would cause several German officers and soldiers to fly bloody. For a moment, the air was filled with the strange smell of gunpowder smoke and blood.
"It's over. In less than half an hour, our camp will be completely destroyed." Shafer looked at the explosive spots around him and was muttering to himself when a rocket landed three or four meters behind him and exploded. . When the fire and smoke dissipated, the spot where Lieutenant Shafer was standing turned into a smoking crater. The fragments of broken military uniforms inside showed that a German soldier had been standing in this position before the explosion.
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