In fact, Sokov wanted to use those 12 special rockets to see what the Germans hiding in the solid fortifications would look like after being ignited by napalm bombs. But then I thought about it, it was inappropriate to do this. The battle had just begun, and I had already revealed my trump card in a hurry. How could I fight the next battle?
In his mind, he identified special rockets as his trump card when attacking Kharkov, and would never use them easily until the critical moment. As for the battle to seize the fruit cannery, General Polubyarov's tank troops would assist. Marine brigade get it done.
After receiving the order from Samyko, General Polubyarov immediately ordered the tanks parked by the river to cross the river through the bridge they had just captured and rush to the fruit cannery to reinforce the Marine Brigade fighting there. .
Just as the tanks of the Tank Army were driving across the bridge at full speed, the Steppe Front Army and the Voronezh Front Army stopped shelling. As a red signal flare was lifted into the sky, tens of thousands of commanders and soldiers who had been on standby for a long time, all like tigers descending from the mountain, came towards the bridge. Belgorod launched an attack.
The force that launched the attack from the northwest of the city was the 53rd Army commanded by Lieutenant General Managarov, and the main offensive task was the 241st Infantry Division; the force that launched the attack from the north was the 23rd Army of the 6th Guards Army. 375th Infantry Division.
The commanders and fighters of the 241st Infantry Division rushed to the river carrying the river crossing equipment. Once they put the river crossing equipment they carried into the river, they braved the hail of bullets from the enemy on the other side and began to board the ship, preparing to launch a strong attack on the enemy on the other side.
Seeing the Soviet army begin to cross the river, the enemy's firepower on the other side immediately fired like a storm, and the dense bullets knocked down the commanders and fighters who boarded the ship. Some of the shot commanders and fighters fell on the bank, while others fell into the river and were washed away by the rushing water.
The leader of the vanguard regiment immediately organized fire cover to suppress the firepower on the other side and cover his soldiers boarding the ship. However, the enemy's firepower was fierce and could not be suppressed by a few machine guns. The first batch of commanders and fighters responsible for the assault mission finally completed boarding the ship after suffering nearly half of their casualties.
The soldiers listened to the bullets fired from the other side whizzing past their heads. They pressed their bodies against the hull of the ship and rowed sideways as hard as they could, hoping to pass through this section blocked by enemy fire in the shortest possible time. River surface.
When the Germans saw the Soviet boats approaching from the other side, they could not suppress them with machine guns alone, so they used mortars to bombard them. From time to time, mortar shells hit the small boat full of soldiers. Amidst the loud noise and fire, fragments of human bodies and the small boat were mixed together and blasted into the sky.
The small boat of the first battalion of the vanguard regiment had just crossed the center of the river when it was hit by German artillery and machine gun fire. One-third of the boat was lost. The river was filled with floating corpses and burning boat wreckage.
Fortunately, the river was not too wide. After the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, some of them still tenaciously climbed onto the river bank. But as soon as they landed, they were mercilessly fired by German machine guns. They could only lie down on the spot and mechanically fire back at the German firepower points. Whether they could hit the target depended on their luck.
The division commander who stayed in the temporary observation post saw that his men suffered heavy casualties while crossing the river. They finally reached the other side, but were suppressed by enemy fire and unable to move.
He put down the telescope and said to his chief of staff: "Chief of Staff, please put me through the phone call of the commander of the group army immediately. I want to report to him the situation here."
The chief of staff strongly agreed with the division commander's statement: "Comrade division commander, you are right. Without the support of artillery fire, I think we would not be able to occupy the German positions at all."
The division commander said thoughtfully: "When the commander conveyed the spirit of the meeting to us two days ago, he inadvertently mentioned something."
"what's up?"
"The friendly forces attacking the city from the west are General Sokov's 27th Army." The division commander replied: "It is said that General Sokov once stated his position in public, saying that his troops could successfully capture the enemy within a quarter of an hour. position along the river."
"Comrade division commander, this is obviously bragging." After listening to the division commander's words, the chief of staff said disdainfully: "Almost half an hour has passed since our division attacked, but where are our commanders and fighters?"
In fact, Sokov wanted to use those 12 special rockets to see what the Germans hiding in the solid fortifications would look like after being ignited by napalm bombs. But then I thought about it, it was inappropriate to do this. The battle had just begun, and I had already revealed my trump card in a hurry. How could I fight the next battle?
In his mind, he identified special rockets as his trump card when attacking Kharkov, and would never use them easily until the critical moment. As for the battle to seize the fruit cannery, General Polubyarov's tank troops would assist. Marine brigade get it done.
After receiving the order from Samyko, General Polubyarov immediately ordered the tanks parked by the river to cross the river through the bridge they had just captured and rush to the fruit cannery to reinforce the Marine Brigade fighting there. .
Just as the tanks of the Tank Army were driving across the bridge at full speed, the Steppe Front Army and the Voronezh Front Army stopped shelling. As a red signal flare was lifted into the sky, tens of thousands of commanders and soldiers who had been on standby for a long time, all like tigers descending from the mountain, came towards the bridge. Belgorod launched an attack.
The force that launched the attack from the northwest of the city was the 53rd Army commanded by Lieutenant General Managarov, and the main offensive task was the 241st Infantry Division; the force that launched the attack from the north was the 23rd Army of the 6th Guards Army. 375th Infantry Division.
The commanders and fighters of the 241st Infantry Division rushed to the river carrying the river crossing equipment. Once they put the river crossing equipment they carried into the river, they braved the hail of bullets from the enemy on the other side and began to board the ship, preparing to launch a strong attack on the enemy on the other side.
Seeing the Soviet army begin to cross the river, the enemy's firepower on the other side immediately fired like a storm, and the dense bullets knocked down the commanders and fighters who boarded the ship. Some of the shot commanders and fighters fell on the bank, while others fell into the river and were washed away by the rushing water.
The leader of the vanguard regiment immediately organized fire cover to suppress the firepower on the other side and cover his soldiers boarding the ship. However, the enemy's firepower was fierce and could not be suppressed by a few machine guns. The first batch of commanders and fighters responsible for the assault mission finally completed boarding the ship after suffering nearly half of their casualties.
The soldiers listened to the bullets fired from the other side whizzing past their heads. They pressed their bodies against the hull of the ship and rowed sideways as hard as they could, hoping to pass through this section blocked by enemy fire in the shortest possible time. River surface.
When the Germans saw the Soviet boats approaching from the other side, they could not suppress them with machine guns alone, so they used mortars to bombard them. From time to time, mortar shells hit the small boat full of soldiers. Amidst the loud noise and fire, fragments of human bodies and the small boat were mixed together and blasted into the sky.
The small boat of the first battalion of the vanguard regiment had just crossed the center of the river when it was hit by German artillery and machine gun fire. One-third of the boat was lost. The river was filled with floating corpses and burning boat wreckage.
Fortunately, the river was not too wide. After the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, some of them still tenaciously climbed onto the river bank. But as soon as they landed, they were mercilessly fired by German machine guns. They could only lie down on the spot and mechanically fire back at the German firepower points. Whether they could hit the target depended on their luck.
The division commander who stayed in the temporary observation post saw that his men suffered heavy casualties while crossing the river. They finally reached the other side, but were suppressed by enemy fire and unable to move.
He put down the telescope and said to his chief of staff: "Chief of Staff, please put me through the phone call of the commander of the group army immediately. I want to report to him the situation here."
The chief of staff strongly agreed with the division commander's statement: "Comrade division commander, you are right. Without the support of artillery fire, I think we would not be able to occupy the German positions at all."
The division commander said thoughtfully: "When the commander conveyed the spirit of the meeting to us two days ago, he inadvertently mentioned something."
"what's up?"
"The friendly forces attacking the city from the west are General Sokov's 27th Army." The division commander replied: "It is said that General Sokov once stated his position in public, saying that his troops could successfully capture the enemy within a quarter of an hour. position along the river."
"Comrade division commander, this is obviously bragging." After listening to the division commander's words, the chief of staff said disdainfully: "Almost half an hour has passed since our division attacked, but where are our commanders and fighters?"
In fact, Sokov wanted to use those 12 special rockets to see what the Germans hiding in the solid fortifications would look like after being ignited by napalm bombs. But then I thought about it, it was inappropriate to do this. The battle had just begun, and I had already revealed my trump card in a hurry. How could I fight the next battle?
In his mind, he identified special rockets as his trump card when attacking Kharkov, and would never use them easily until the critical moment. As for the battle to seize the fruit cannery, General Polubyarov's tank troops would assist. Marine brigade get it done.
After receiving the order from Samyko, General Polubyarov immediately ordered the tanks parked by the river to cross the river through the bridge they had just captured and rush to the fruit cannery to reinforce the Marine Brigade fighting there. .
Just as the tanks of the Tank Army were driving across the bridge at full speed, the Steppe Front Army and the Voronezh Front Army stopped shelling. As a red signal flare was lifted into the sky, tens of thousands of commanders and soldiers who had been on standby for a long time, all like tigers descending from the mountain, came towards the bridge. Belgorod launched an attack.
The force that launched the attack from the northwest of the city was the 53rd Army commanded by Lieutenant General Managarov, and the main offensive task was the 241st Infantry Division; the force that launched the attack from the north was the 23rd Army of the 6th Guards Army. 375th Infantry Division.
The commanders and fighters of the 241st Infantry Division rushed to the river carrying the river crossing equipment. Once they put the river crossing equipment they carried into the river, they braved the hail of bullets from the enemy on the other side and began to board the ship, preparing to launch a strong attack on the enemy on the other side.
Seeing the Soviet army begin to cross the river, the enemy's firepower on the other side immediately fired like a storm, and the dense bullets knocked down the commanders and fighters who boarded the ship. Some of the shot commanders and fighters fell on the bank, while others fell into the river and were washed away by the rushing water.
The leader of the vanguard regiment immediately organized fire cover to suppress the firepower on the other side and cover his soldiers boarding the ship. However, the enemy's firepower was fierce and could not be suppressed by a few machine guns. The first batch of commanders and fighters responsible for the assault mission finally completed boarding the ship after suffering nearly half of their casualties.
The soldiers listened to the bullets fired from the other side whizzing past their heads. They pressed their bodies against the hull of the ship and rowed sideways as hard as they could, hoping to pass through this section blocked by enemy fire in the shortest possible time. River surface.
When the Germans saw the Soviet boats approaching from the other side, they could not suppress them with machine guns alone, so they used mortars to bombard them. From time to time, mortar shells hit the small boat full of soldiers. Amidst the loud noise and fire, fragments of human bodies and the small boat were mixed together and blasted into the sky.
The small boat of the first battalion of the vanguard regiment had just crossed the center of the river when it was hit by German artillery and machine gun fire. One-third of the boat was lost. The river was filled with floating corpses and burning boat wreckage.
Fortunately, the river was not too wide. After the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, some of them still tenaciously climbed onto the river bank. But as soon as they landed, they were mercilessly fired by German machine guns. They could only lie down on the spot and mechanically fire back at the German firepower points. Whether they could hit the target depended on their luck.
The division commander who stayed in the temporary observation post saw that his men suffered heavy casualties while crossing the river. They finally reached the other side, but were suppressed by enemy fire and unable to move.
He put down the telescope and said to his chief of staff: "Chief of Staff, please put me through the phone call of the commander of the group army immediately. I want to report to him the situation here."
The chief of staff strongly agreed with the division commander's statement: "Comrade division commander, you are right. Without the support of artillery fire, I think we would not be able to occupy the German positions at all."
The division commander said thoughtfully: "When the commander conveyed the spirit of the meeting to us two days ago, he inadvertently mentioned something."
"what's up?"
"The friendly forces attacking the city from the west are General Sokov's 27th Army." The division commander replied: "It is said that General Sokov once stated his position in public, saying that his troops could successfully capture the enemy within a quarter of an hour. "Comrade division commander, this is obviously bragging." After listening to the division commander's words, the chief of staff said disdainfully: "Almost half an hour has passed since our division attacked, but where are our commanders and fighters? ?”
"The friendly forces attacking the city from the west are General Sokov's 27th Army." The division commander replied: "It is said that General Sokov once stated his position in public, saying that his troops could successfully capture the enemy within a quarter of an hour. "Comrade division commander, this is obviously bragging." After listening to the division commander's words, the chief of staff said disdainfully: "Almost half an hour has passed since our division attacked, but where are our commanders and fighters? ?”
