"Comrade Sergeant," the anti-tank man muttered to Hollor as he saw one German unit after another heading east along the road: "There are so many enemies, how can we fight them?"
"Don't be anxious." After a brief panic, Hollor has returned to normal: "Be patient. After the large German army passes, there may be small lone units, and we can deal with them then."
I thought I would be able to wait for the fighter planes soon, but I waited until two o'clock in the afternoon. Finally, I could no longer see the large German troops on the road. Instead, there were only sporadic small troops and one or two messenger motorcycles, which had no attack value at all. . Seeing this situation, the anti-tank soldier said disappointedly: "Comrade Sergeant, I think our visit today was in vain. Look, the large German army has passed by, and the remaining small and scattered units have no attack at all." Value. In my opinion, we should withdraw to a place close to the defense area and set up defenses, and maybe we can achieve some results."
After waiting here for most of the day, but still unable to find a suitable fighter plane, Holor couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He raised his hand to look at his watch, thought for a moment, and then said, "We'll wait another half an hour. If we still can't find an ideal target, we'll retreat."
Half an hour passed by in a flash, and seeing that there was not even a trace of a German on the highway at this moment, Hollor couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Just when he was about to order the transfer, the ammunition hand who was dozing in the ditch suddenly opened his eyes and said solemnly: "Convoy, a German convoy is coming?"
"Convoy, where is the convoy?" Hearing what the ammunition man said, the anti-tank man said angrily: "Have you not woken up yet and taken what you saw in your dream seriously?"
"That's right, Comrade Sergeant." Seeing that Holor was looking at him suspiciously, the ammunition hand quickly defended: "I really heard the sound of German trucks, at least five of them, heading here. .”
The anti-tank soldier casually looked at the road outside, pursed his lips, and said disapprovingly: "Where is the convoy? I'll just say you heard it wrong."
But the ammunition hand did not defend himself. Instead, he listened for a moment and suddenly exclaimed: "The enemy's convoy appeared, and it is now no more than 500 meters away from us."
Everyone was dubious about the ammunition man's statement. Hollor also raised his telescope to carefully observe the direction in which the enemy convoy might appear. At this glance, he actually saw a convoy of six covered trucks driving towards his location along the road.
Although it was unclear what was in the car, Hollor felt that it was impossible for the Germans to send an empty vehicle to the place where the fighting was fiercest under such circumstances, so the car must contain materials with attack value. Thinking of this, Hollor raised his hand and slapped the ammunition hand hard on the shoulder, and then said: "Your ears are really good, you can hear the sound of trucks from such a distance."
Hollor rolled up his sleeves and said to the anti-tank man: "Give me your rocket launcher, and I will destroy the truck in front."
"Comrade Sergeant, you can't fight like this." The anti-tank man waved his hands and said, "If you attack the leading vehicle directly, the trucks following behind will turn around and escape at any time."
Even though Holor has the highest military rank in the team, he did not act arbitrarily on how to attack the enemy convoy. Instead, he humbly asked for advice: "Tell me, which target should we attack first?"
"According to my experience, it takes at least a minute or two for a German truck to turn around on the road. In such a long time, we have enough time to severely damage this German convoy." The anti-tank expert said confidently : "Hit the truck in the middle first. When the truck being hit burns on the road, the trucks in front and behind will not be able to escape in a short time. In this way, we can eliminate the enemy's convoy in an orderly manner."
When the German convoy passed the location where the team set up an ambush, the anti-tank gunner aimed at the truck in the middle and decisively pulled the trigger. Unexpectedly, the truck was loaded with ammunition. As soon as the rocket hit the target, the truck exploded violently.
When Holor saw this, he couldn't help but screamed, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Hide, hide quickly." After shouting, he had squatted down, his body curled up like a cooked prawn, and he held it tightly with his hands Cover your ears, open your mouth wide, and prepare to withstand a huge shock wave attack.
The black smoke raised by the explosion tightly wrapped the German convoy. The explosions in the black smoke were one after another, the sound was one after another, there were explosions and fire everywhere.
The members of the team huddled in the ditch, imitating Holor's example, shrinking down and covering their ears with their hands to avoid being injured by the shock wave of the explosion. But even so, they still felt like a small boat sitting on the sea, bumping up and down. Flying shrapnel and car parts whizzed past the ravine and flew into the woods not far away.
I don't know how long it took, until the violent explosions gradually subsided, and Hollor cautiously stuck his head out. He saw that the road was full of craters, and the truck that had been blown to pieces was lying on the road and burning. As for the corpses of the German soldiers, not a single one was seen. In such a violent explosion, let alone anyone surviving, it would be good to have a whole corpse.
"Prepare to transfer." Holor shouted loudly to everyone, but no sound was heard. Only then did he realize that his ears were temporarily deafened by the explosion not long ago. He could only walk next to each other, pat the soldiers on the shoulders, and then point in the direction of the woods to indicate that everyone could move.
Fortunately, the soldiers of the small team had understood the mission in advance, and now they saw that the enemy's convoy had been destroyed. Even if Holor didn't say anything, they knew they should move. The soldiers packed up their weapons, followed Holor's guidance, and headed towards the pre-set place.
A long time after Hollor's team evacuated, a German army of more than 40 people arrived. Seeing the convoy still burning on the road, the German commander immediately ordered the troops to search nearby. Since Holor and the others had already retreated, the enemy's search was in vain.
After moving to a new nearby location, Hollor felt that his hearing had recovered somewhat, but when listening to others speaking, he always felt as if there was a ball of cotton stuffed in his ears, making him vaguely unable to hear clearly. In desperation, Hollor had no choice but to gesture to the soldiers, telling them to take cover and prepare to ambush passing enemies again.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, a convoy consisting of one tank, two armored vehicles, and two trucks approached Holor's ambush site again.
Seeing this situation, Hollor, whose hearing had basically returned to normal, whispered to the soldiers around him: "Pass it down, calm down, and move the enemy closer before hitting."
When the enemy tank was only more than thirty meters away, Hollor waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Shoot!" As the order was given, the anti-tank man pulled the trigger decisively. The rockets equipped by Hollor and others have armor-breaking effects within 150 meters. Now firing at such a close distance, let alone ordinary German tanks, even Tiger tanks cannot escape the end of destruction.
After the tank was destroyed, the German officers and soldiers on the armored vehicle behind immediately shouted at the top of their lungs: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, get off the vehicle quickly!" However, before the German soldiers on the armored vehicle could come out, a second rocket arrived. , easily tore through the armored vehicle's weak armor and exploded it into a ball of fire.
The soldiers of the fire team saw the truck behind them stop, and then many German soldiers jumped out of the truck, bent over, and cautiously approached here with guns in hand. The soldiers didn't wait for them to get close, and immediately opened fire. Amidst the intensive gunfire, the German soldiers at the front fell to the ground, and the rest quickly fell down on the spot.
Holor roughly counted and found that the enemy had more than 30 soldiers, plus an armored vehicle. His own strength was at a disadvantage. If he fought hard with them, he would definitely not get a good deal, so he ordered the soldiers: "Stay with the fire team." Three people cover, and the rest follow me and retreat."
What happened next proved that Holor was a little too worried. Although the German army had a numerical advantage, the tanks and armored vehicles they relied on were destroyed, and their combat effectiveness was suddenly greatly reduced. Going to attack an enemy whose details they didn't know, they had no idea at all. Amidst the intensive gunfire, the German attack seemed weak. As soon as they heard gunshots coming from the position, they immediately lay down in the crater and shot, never daring to rush forward easily again.
The three soldiers who served as cover saw that Holor and other members of the team had successfully retreated to a location 500 meters away from the ambush site. They fired machine guns again at the enemy who was trying to charge. Waiting for the frightened enemy As they lay down to avoid the bullets, the three soldiers quickly evacuated their positions with their weapons on their shoulders.
The squads commanded by Hollor achieved success one after another, but other squads had little success. In fact, the reason is very simple. As Horlor analyzed to his subordinates, the enemy did not want to waste his troops in Sokov's defense area, so he only sent some troops for surveillance, while the main force bypassed it from a distance. After entering the defense zone, they advanced towards the city of Prokhorovka.
Most of the troops have bypassed the defense area of Sokov's troops, and the sporadic small troops will not appear in this area to avoid being attacked by Sokov's troops. Under such circumstances, it is amazing that a few small teams ambushed close to the position can achieve results.
By evening, Sokov asked Koida: "Comrade Colonel, is there any news from the squad?"
Koida replied: "Comrade Commander, I have received reports from six teams so far. There is no trace of the enemy at all in the areas where they are operating."
"What area are they operating in?" Sokov asked.
"Here, Comrade Commander." Koida pointed to the map and introduced the situation to Sokov. "These six teams are basically deployed on the original positions of the 658th Regiment."
"So that's it." After listening to Koida's words, Sokov immediately understood why these troops had not achieved any results. You must know that the area where they set up an ambush was the location where the fiercest fighting took place yesterday. The main direction of attack of the German army today is the city of Prokhorovka, and they have no interest in fighting the Soviet army in these insignificant areas. He shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I really don't understand what the commanders of these detachments think about. The German army suffered heavy losses in these areas yesterday. It is strange that they are willing to show up again."
What happened next proved that Holor was a little too worried. Although the German army had a numerical advantage, the tanks and armored vehicles they relied on were destroyed, and their combat effectiveness was suddenly greatly reduced. Going to attack an enemy whose details they didn't know, they had no idea at all. Amidst the intensive gunfire, the German attack seemed weak. As soon as they heard gunshots coming from the position, they immediately lay down in the crater and shot, never daring to rush forward easily again.
The three soldiers who served as cover saw that Holor and other members of the team had successfully retreated to a location 500 meters away from the ambush site. They fired machine guns again at the enemy who was trying to charge. Waiting for the frightened enemy As they lay down to avoid the bullets, the three soldiers quickly evacuated their positions with their weapons on their shoulders.
The squads commanded by Hollor achieved success one after another, but other squads had little success. In fact, the reason is very simple. As Horlor analyzed to his subordinates, the enemy did not want to waste his troops in Sokov's defense area, so he only sent some troops for surveillance, while the main force bypassed it from a distance. After entering the defense zone, they advanced towards the city of Prokhorovka.
Most of the troops have bypassed the defense area of Sokov's troops, and the sporadic small troops will not appear in this area to avoid being attacked by Sokov's troops. Under such circumstances, it is amazing that a few small teams ambushed close to the position can achieve results.
By evening, Sokov asked Koida: "Comrade Colonel, is there any news from the squad?"
Koida replied: "Comrade Commander, I have received reports from six teams so far. There is no trace of the enemy at all in the areas where they are operating."
"What area are they operating in?" Sokov asked.
"Here, Comrade Commander." Koida pointed to the map and introduced the situation to Sokov. "These six teams are basically deployed on the original positions of the 658th Regiment."
"So that's it." After listening to Koida's words, Sokov immediately understood why these troops had not achieved any results. You must know that the area where they set up an ambush was the location where the fiercest fighting took place yesterday. The main direction of attack of the German army today is the city of Prokhorovka, and they have no interest in fighting the Soviet army in these insignificant areas. He shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I really don't understand what the commanders of these detachments think about. The German army suffered heavy losses in these areas yesterday. It is strange that they are willing to show up again."
