The two regiments fought together and successfully repelled the German attack.
But in this way, the hidden position of the 233rd Regiment was also exposed. It could no longer lurk there and could only withdraw to its original position.
After the acting commander of the 233rd regiment saw Colin, there was no joy of victory on his face. Instead, he asked with a sad face: "Comrade Colonel, our regiment suffered nearly a hundred casualties in the battle just now. If we continue to fight like this, , I think our group will become an empty number."
"Comrade Major," Colin raised his hand and patted the opponent on the shoulder and said to him: "You have completed your mission. I don't think you will be needed in the next battle. I will call the division commander immediately. Call and ask him to agree to withdraw to the rear for repairs."
Before Collim could call the division commander, Malankin called him first: "Colonel Collim, I have some good news for you. The 188th Division that will take over your defense is now only two or three kilometers away from us. As soon as they arrive, you will immediately hand over the position to them, and then all retreat to the back to rest."
After Corim put down the phone, he said to the acting regimental commander: "Comrade Major, friendly forces will arrive soon to take over the defense of our two regiments, and then we will be able to retreat to the rear together to rest."
The vanguard of the 188th Division arrived very quickly. After Collim and the acting commander had chatted for a few words, a soldier came in from outside and reported to him: "Comrade Colonel, there are two friendly commanders outside. The officer wants to see you."
"Commander of friendly forces?" Colin was stunned after hearing this, and asked instinctively: "Which army is it from?"
Before the soldiers could answer, two commanders had already walked in from the outside. One carried a commander with the rank of captain and reported to Kolim: "Comrade Colonel, Captain Guchakov of the 1st Battalion of the 562nd Regiment is here to tell you. Report, our battalion has been ordered to take over your defense."
"Hello, Comrade Captain!" Colin raised his hand to return the salute, then stepped forward to hold Guchakov's hand and said excitedly: "Finally, I've been waiting for you to come. By the way, how many of you are here?"
"Report to Comrade Colonel." Guchakov replied respectfully in accordance with the regulations: "After this period of fighting, our battalion still has 198 people left."
"198 people!" After Corim repeated the number, he said with emotion: "The number is a bit small. It may be difficult to hold such a wide position." The reason why he had such emotion was entirely because With more than a thousand men guarding this position, it is still full of dangers. Now it seems too childish for a force of less than two hundred men to take over the defense.
"Don't worry, Comrade Colonel." Guchakov replied with a smile: "Although we have fewer people, our commanders and fighters are well-trained, well-equipped, and have rich combat experience. Even if we face the two sides of the German army, An attack with a full battalion can completely stop them."
"Bragging, it's just bragging." When Colin heard Guchakov say this, he immediately defined him in his mind, and at the same time he couldn't help but worry about the future of this position.
"Comrade Colonel," Guchakov urged Kolim when he saw that he didn't speak, "please hand over the defense to us as soon as possible. I will also arrange the next defense work."
"Okay, okay, I will immediately arrange for personnel to hand over the defense to you. Chief of Staff! Chief of Staff!!" After Collim shouted twice in a row, he remembered that his Chief of Staff had already been sent to the second hospital because he was injured. Without a line of defense, he could only change his words and said: "It's better for me to hand over the defense to you personally."
Within ten minutes, Kolim handed over the defense to Guchakov, then led the troops to withdraw from the first line of defense and retreated to the second line of defense.
The acting regimental commander looked at the busy friendly commanders not far away, and asked Collim worriedly: "Comrade Colonel, there are more than a thousand of us holding this position, and it is very difficult to block the enemy. Now they have less than 200 people. Can it really stop the enemy?"
Collim glanced at the acting regiment leader and said with a wry smile: "I don't think they can stop them either, but our superiors ordered us to hand over the defense to them, and we can only obey the order. I feel that maybe the next German attack will start shortly after , our two regiments still need to rush over to reinforce them."
"Since we will come to reinforce them later, why do we need to retreat now?" The acting regiment leader said puzzledly: "You know, there are no communication trenches connecting the two lines of defense. In other words, we have to risk the enemy. The shelling and machine gun fire passed through this open area, and we still don’t know how many casualties we will pay by then.”
"Comrade Major, these things are not something you and I can consider." After Colin finished speaking, he suddenly asked: "Have all your regiments withdrawn?"
"Yes, they have all been withdrawn." The acting regiment commander reported to Colin: "While you are still handing over the defense to the friendly commanders, I will order people to evacuate the wounded from the two regiments. When the handover of the defense is completed , except for me, everyone in our regiment withdrew to the second line of defense."
Guchakov, who accepted the defense, immediately summoned his three company commanders to the original regiment command post in Kolim and began to assign tasks to them: "Comrades, the commander once said that we are targeting the Germans. Defensive operations are anti-tank operations. In the early days of the war, why our army was retreating steadily was because the troops holding the position could not stop the German tank assault. Once the position was torn open by enemy tanks, there would soon be The infantry swarmed forward to expand their breakthrough. Under such circumstances, it is surprising that our friendly forces can hold their positions."
Captain Narva, the commander of the first company, and Captain Yegor, the commander of the second company, both came with Sokov from the 27th Army. They are old members of the infantry brigade and have rich combat experience. As soon as Guchakov finished speaking, the two of them rushed to ask: "Comrade Battalion Commander, which company do you plan to assign the task of anti-tank operations to?"
Guchakov's eyes swept back and forth between Narva and Yegor, wondering who should be sent to carry out this arduous task? Finally, his eyes rested on Yegor: "Captain Yegor, I think it is up to you to carry out this arduous and glorious task."
Hearing that Guchakov assigned the task to his company, Yegor couldn't help but smile, thanked Guchakov repeatedly, and promised: "Comrade Captain, don't worry. As long as our company is here, the enemy's Don’t let the tanks get close to our position, we will control whether they come back or not.”
"Comrade Captain," Narva, who did not get the assignment, said aggrievedly: "Why did you give this task to the second company? You know, our first company has the strongest combat effectiveness in the entire battalion."
"Yes, your company has the strongest combat effectiveness." Regarding Narva's statement, Guchakov did not refute, but affirmed it: "It is precisely because of this that I left your company to hold the position. "
Seeing Narva shooting himself in the foot, Yegor couldn't help laughing. But when he saw Narva glaring at him, he quickly suppressed the smile on his face, pretended to be serious, and waited for Guchakov to continue assigning tasks.
"Captain Yegor," Guchakov pointed to the map and said to Yegor: "I think you all saw the battle that ended not long ago in the telescope. The enemy relied on the lack of effective weapons of the 81st Guards Division. The anti-tank weapons were brazenly parked tens to a hundred meters away from the position, shelling and machine-gunning the position. In order to effectively destroy the enemy tanks, Captain Yegor and your company must be deployed in a position where Stay as far forward as possible.”
"Stay as far forward as possible!" Hearing what Guchakov said, Yegor raised his eyebrows, and then asked tentatively: "I wonder where our company should be placed?"
"Here! Five hundred meters away from the position." Guchakov nodded at a certain location on the map with his finger and said: "The deployment of your company here was completely unexpected by the Germans. When When the enemy attacks again, you can let go of some of the tanks, and then use rocket launchers to attack the tanks behind them. After destroying some of the tanks, you can then turn around and attack those tanks with their backs to you."
Guchakov's arrangement made Yegor's face light up. He thought this arrangement was very interesting. When some German tanks pass through their own defense area and then launch an attack, it will definitely cause confusion among the enemy tanks. If the smoke on the battlefield is too thick at that time, the enemies can even kill each other.
Just when Yegor was ecstatic, Guchakov poured cold water on him: "Captain Yegor, don't be too happy. Although such tactics can destroy as many enemy tanks as possible , but because your position is too far forward and you are out of touch with the troops in the trenches, once you are attacked by German infantry, we will not be able to provide you with any support at all."
Yegor thought about it, right? If his company was really positioned five hundred meters in front of the position, it would be a lonely force. Once the German infantry surrounds them, they will not be able to retreat even if they want to.
"How's it going, Captain Yegor?" Seeing Yegor's expression become solemn, Guchakov asked specifically: "If you find it difficult, I can hand over this task to other companies." When he said this, his eyes swept over the three company commanders in front of him, and finally stopped at the third company commander who had been silent. "I think the third company is qualified for this glorious and arduous task."
Hearing that Guchakov intended to hand over such an important task to his third company, the third company commander immediately blushed. He quickly organized vocabulary in his mind, preparing to wait for Guchakov's announcement. The task was given to his own company, and he immediately expressed his determination to the other party.
Unexpectedly, Guchakov just said casually that since he had given the task to the Second Company, he would not change his mind easily, as this would have an impact on his prestige. "Since there is no difference of opinion, let's start preparations for battle immediately. I believe it won't be long before the enemy will launch a new attack on us."
"First company commander, third company commander." Guchakov said: "Immediately hand over half of the rocket launchers in the company to the second company so that they have enough rocket launchers to deal with German tanks."
Although the two company commanders were reluctant to hand over the rocket launchers in their hands, since it was the order given by the battalion commander, Captain Guchakov, they could only choose to obey: "Yes!"
"Captain Yegor!" Guchakov held Yegor's hand and said earnestly: "Whether we can hold our position depends on whether your company can destroy as many German tanks as possible. Do you understand? ?”
"Stay as far forward as possible!" Hearing what Guchakov said, Yegor raised his eyebrows, and then asked tentatively: "I wonder where our company should be placed?"
"Here! Five hundred meters away from the position." Guchakov nodded at a certain location on the map with his finger and said: "The deployment of your company here was completely unexpected by the Germans. When When the enemy attacks again, you can let go of some of the tanks, and then use rocket launchers to attack the tanks behind them. After destroying some of the tanks, you can then turn around and attack those tanks with their backs to you."
Guchakov's arrangement made Yegor's face light up. He thought this arrangement was very interesting. When some German tanks pass through their own defense area and then launch an attack, it will definitely cause confusion among the enemy tanks. If the smoke on the battlefield is too thick at that time, the enemies can even kill each other.
Just when Yegor was ecstatic, Guchakov poured cold water on him: "Captain Yegor, don't be too happy. Although such tactics can destroy as many enemy tanks as possible , but because your position is too far forward and you are out of touch with the troops in the trenches, once you are attacked by German infantry, we will not be able to provide you with any support at all."
Yegor thought about it, right? If his company was really positioned five hundred meters in front of the position, it would be a lonely force. Once the German infantry surrounds them, they will not be able to retreat even if they want to.
"How's it going, Captain Yegor?" Seeing Yegor's expression become solemn, Guchakov asked specifically: "If you find it difficult, I can hand over this task to other companies." When he said this, his eyes swept over the three company commanders in front of him, and finally stopped at the third company commander who had been silent. "I think the third company is qualified for this glorious and arduous task."
Hearing that Guchakov intended to hand over such an important task to his third company, the third company commander immediately blushed. He quickly organized vocabulary in his mind, preparing to wait for Guchakov's announcement. The task was given to his own company, and he immediately expressed his determination to the other party.
Unexpectedly, Guchakov just said casually that since he had given the task to the Second Company, he would not change his mind easily, as this would have an impact on his prestige. "Since there is no difference of opinion, let's start preparations for battle immediately. I believe it won't be long before the enemy will launch a new attack on us."
"First company commander, third company commander." Guchakov said: "Immediately hand over half of the rocket launchers in the company to the second company so that they have enough rocket launchers to deal with German tanks."
Although the two company commanders were reluctant to hand over the rocket launchers in their hands, since it was the order from the battalion commander, Captain Guchakov, they could only choose to obey: "Yes!"
"Captain Yegor!" Guchakov held Yegor's hand and said earnestly: "Whether we can hold our position depends on whether your company can destroy as many German tanks as possible. Do you understand? ?”
