Captain Zuminte, commander of the first battalion of the 546th Regiment of the 182nd Division, and Captain Zheliya, commander of the second company, are both Sokov's old subordinates. Since dawn, this battalion has been the vanguard of the entire division, and Zheliya's second company has been the sharp knife company.
When the Soviet bombers had just finished their indiscriminate bombardment of the German positions, Zhelia rushed forward with his second company, looking for traces of the Germans in the smoke that had not yet dissipated.
But the positions here were blown to pieces, and the fortifications reinforced with logs were also blown to pieces. The commanders and fighters of the Second Company searched the ruins for a long time, but except for the mangled corpses of the German soldiers, they did not find even one breathing person. Seeing this, Zheliya was so angry that he stamped his feet. All the German troops on the position were wiped out by the air force. How could his sharp knife company make achievements?
At this moment, the sound of shooting from the MG42 machine gun suddenly came from the distance.
Hearing this sound, Zheliya suddenly became excited. He led a few soldiers and ran along the trenches that were riddled with holes and in the direction of the gunfire.
Soon, Zhelia saw the civil fire points being fired, which must have survived the bombing just now. Before Zhelia could give the order, a rocket launcher team had already moved along the trench. They stopped seventy or eighty meters away from the fortifications. After loading, the rocket launcher stood up suddenly and aimed at the enemy's civil fire points. The trigger was pulled.
After a loud bang, the German civil fire points were immediately destroyed. Zheliya rushed over with a group of soldiers and found that the machine gun had been blown into scrap metal. There were three bloody corpses lying in the firepower point. They should be the machine gun shooter, deputy shooter and ammunition hand.
The soldiers who followed couldn't help but shake their heads when they saw this situation. One soldier even asked Zhelia anxiously: "Comrade company commander, didn't our superiors tell us that there is a strong bone standing in front of us? Why do I feel that they are all vulnerable?"
The soldier's words caused a burst of laughter around him, and Zheliya stared: "What are you doing here? Be careful that a German artillery shell will fly over and wipe you all out. Why don't you continue searching quickly? Is there anyone alive?"
The soldiers of the second company continued to search in the fortifications destroyed by the air force. When friendly forces arrived, they barely found seven or eight German soldiers who had not been killed. The soldiers' eyes were dull, and when they saw the Soviet soldiers rushing in front of them, they had no intention of resisting.
As soon as Zheliya arranged for people to send these prisoners away, Zu Mint came over and asked Zheliya anxiously: "Captain Zheliya, what was the result of your company's battle? How many prisoners were captured?"
"Here, comrade battalion commander." Zheliya pointed at the prisoners who were being escorted away by his subordinates, and said angrily: "Our company only captured seven or eight prisoners, and the rest were bombed by the air force brothers. Dead. If we continue to fight like this, there will be no chance for us to make meritorious deeds."
The progress of the 182nd Division was very smooth, but the situation encountered by the 84th Division was much more complicated. They were soon blocked by a large group of fortifications. There are about fifty or sixty reinforced concrete bunkers here. They were originally prepared as permanent fortifications by the Soviet army to resist the German army after the war broke out. However, before they could be used, the German army occupied Kharkov.
Now, in order to resist the Soviet attack, the German army deployed troops in each bunker. As soon as they saw the Soviet troops approaching, they opened fire violently, causing considerable casualties to the advancing Soviet troops.
Although this area was also bombed by the Soviet army, because the walls and roof of the bunker were made of one meter thick reinforced concrete, the Soviet bombing did not cause any substantial damage to this fortification. In this way, the attacking troops of the 84th Division were intercepted by German firepower.
Facing the densely packed bunkers ahead, the commanders and fighters of the 84th Division repeated their old tricks, using rocket launchers to attack the enemy's bunkers, trying to quickly clear the obstacles blocking the road in order to quickly approach the Merefa Fortress. What they didn't expect was that the rockets hit the surface of the bunker. Although the sound was earth-shattering, they could not effectively penetrate. When the smoke cleared, the enemies hiding in the bunker were already shooting wildly through the shooting holes.
The 252nd Regiment, which launched the attack first, was blocked by this fortification. The battle lasted for more than two hours. Not only did they not advance any further, they paid the price of more than half of the casualties.
After the division commander Fomenko learned that the attack had failed, he was about to send the 254th Regiment to take over the 252nd Regiment, but was stopped by Belkin, the deputy division commander and head of the 258th Regiment: "Comrade Division Commander, I think you can still break through this fortress area. Leave the task to our group to complete.”
"Leave it to you?" Fomenko looked at Belgin and couldn't help but frowned: "Can you do it?"
Seeing Fomenko's delay in expressing his position, the political commissar Colonel Manokhin next to him quickly intervened and said: "Comrade division commander, since the deputy division commander is so confident, we might as well let them implement it. Maybe we can really break through the enemy's defense."
Now that the political commissar has expressed his position, it seems a bit unreasonable for Fomenko to disagree. After thinking for a while, he finally nodded and agreed to Belkin's request: "Okay, Comrade Deputy Division Commander, since you are so confident, I will leave the task of breaking through the enemy's fortified area to your regiment." Captain Zuminte, commander of the first battalion of the 546th Regiment of the 182nd Division, and Captain Zheliya, commander of the second company, are both Sokov's old subordinates. Since dawn, this battalion has been the vanguard of the entire division, and Zheliya's second company has been the sharp knife company.
When the Soviet bombers had just finished their indiscriminate bombardment of the German positions, Zhelia rushed forward with his second company, looking for traces of the Germans in the smoke that had not yet dissipated.
But the positions here were blown to pieces, and the fortifications reinforced with logs were also blown to pieces. The commanders and fighters of the Second Company searched the ruins for a long time, but except for the mangled corpses of the German soldiers, they did not find even one breathing person. Seeing this, Zheliya was so angry that he stamped his feet. All the German troops on the position were wiped out by the air force. How could his sharp knife company make achievements?
At this moment, the sound of shooting from the MG42 machine gun suddenly came from the distance.
Hearing this sound, Zheliya suddenly became excited. He led a few soldiers and ran along the trenches that were riddled with holes and in the direction of the gunfire.
Soon, Zhelia saw the civil fire points being fired, which must have survived the bombing just now. Before Zhelia could give the order, a rocket launcher team had already moved along the trench. They stopped seventy or eighty meters away from the fortifications. After loading, the rocket launcher stood up suddenly and aimed at the enemy's civil fire points. The trigger was pulled.
After a loud bang, the German civil fire points were immediately destroyed. Zheliya rushed over with a group of soldiers and found that the machine gun had been blown into scrap metal. There were three bloody corpses lying in the firepower point. They should be the machine gun shooter, deputy shooter and ammunition hand.
The soldiers who followed couldn't help but shake their heads when they saw this situation. One soldier even asked Zhelia anxiously: "Comrade company commander, didn't our superiors tell us that there is a strong bone standing in front of us? Why do I feel that they are all vulnerable?"
The soldier's words caused a burst of laughter around him, and Zheliya glared: "What are you doing here? Be careful that a German artillery shell will fly over and wipe out all of you. Hurry up and continue the search. See if there are any more Is there anyone alive?"
The soldiers of the second company continued to search in the fortifications destroyed by the air force. When friendly forces arrived, they barely found seven or eight German soldiers who had not been killed. The soldiers' eyes were dull, and when they saw the Soviet soldiers rushing in front of them, they had no intention of resisting.
As soon as Zheliya arranged for people to send these prisoners away, Zu Mint came over and asked Zheliya anxiously: "Captain Zheliya, what was the result of your company's battle? How many prisoners were captured?"
"Here, comrade battalion commander." Zheliya pointed at the prisoners who were being escorted away by his subordinates, and said angrily: "Our company only captured seven or eight prisoners, and the rest were bombed by the air force brothers. Dead. If we continue to fight like this, there will be no chance for us to make meritorious deeds."
The progress of the 182nd Division was very smooth, but the situation encountered by the 84th Division was much more complicated. They were soon blocked by a large group of fortifications. There are about fifty or sixty reinforced concrete bunkers here. They were originally prepared as permanent fortifications by the Soviet army to resist the German army after the war broke out. However, before they could be used, the German army occupied Kharkov.
Now, in order to resist the Soviet attack, the German army deployed troops in each bunker. As soon as they saw the Soviet troops approaching, they opened fire violently, causing considerable casualties to the advancing Soviet troops.
Although this area was also bombed by the Soviet army, because the walls and roof of the bunker were made of one meter thick reinforced concrete, the Soviet bombing did not cause any substantial damage to this fortification. In this way, the attacking troops of the 84th Division were intercepted by German firepower.
Facing the densely packed bunkers ahead, the commanders and fighters of the 84th Division repeated their old tricks, using rocket launchers to attack the enemy's bunkers, trying to quickly clear the obstacles blocking the road in order to quickly approach the Merefa Fortress. What they didn't expect was that the rockets hit the surface of the bunker. Although the sound was earth-shattering, they could not effectively penetrate. When the smoke cleared, the enemies hiding in the bunker were already shooting wildly through the shooting holes.
The 252nd Regiment, which launched the attack first, was blocked by this fortification. The battle lasted for more than two hours. Not only did they not advance any further, they paid the price of more than half of the casualties.
After the division commander Fomenko learned that the attack had failed, he was about to send the 254th Regiment to take over the 252nd Regiment, but was stopped by Belkin, the deputy division commander and head of the 258th Regiment: "Comrade Division Commander, I think you can still break through this fortress area. Leave the task to our group to complete.”
"Leave it to you?" Fomenko looked at Belgin and couldn't help but frowned: "Can you do it?"
Seeing Fomenko's delay in expressing his position, the political commissar Colonel Manokhin next to him quickly intervened and said: "Comrade division commander, since the deputy division commander is so confident, we might as well let them implement it. Maybe we can really break through the enemy's defense."
Now that the political commissar has expressed his position, it seems a bit unreasonable for Fomenko to disagree. After thinking for a while, he finally nodded and agreed to Belkin's request: "Okay, Comrade Deputy Division Commander, since you are so confident, I will leave the task of breaking through the enemy's fortified area to your regiment." Captain Zuminte, commander of the first battalion of the 546th Regiment of the 182nd Division, and Captain Zheliya, commander of the second company, are both Sokov's old subordinates. Since dawn, this battalion has been the vanguard of the entire division, and Zheliya's second company has been the sharp knife company.
When the Soviet bombers had just finished their indiscriminate bombardment of the German positions, Zhelia rushed forward with his second company, looking for traces of the Germans in the smoke that had not yet dissipated.
But the positions here were blown to pieces, and the fortifications reinforced with logs were also blown to pieces. The commanders and fighters of the Second Company searched the ruins for a long time, but except for the mangled corpses of the German soldiers, they did not find even one breathing person. Seeing this, Zheliya was so angry that he stamped his feet. All the German troops on the position were wiped out by the air force. How could his sharp knife company make achievements?
At this moment, the sound of shooting from the MG42 machine gun suddenly came from the distance.
Hearing this sound, Zheliya suddenly became excited. He led several soldiers and ran along the trenches that were riddled with holes and in the direction of the gunfire.
Soon, Zhelia saw the civil fire points being fired, which must have survived the bombing just now. Before Zhelia could give the order, a rocket launcher team had already moved along the trench. They stopped seventy or eighty meters away from the fortifications. After loading, the rocket launcher stood up suddenly and aimed at the enemy's civil fire points. The trigger was pulled.
After a loud bang, the German civil fire points were immediately destroyed. Zheliya rushed over with a group of soldiers and found that the machine gun had been blown into scrap metal. There were three bloody corpses lying in the firepower point. They should be the machine gun shooter, deputy shooter and ammunition hand.
The soldiers who followed couldn't help but shake their heads when they saw this situation. One soldier even asked Zhelia anxiously: "Comrade company commander, didn't our superiors tell us that there is a strong bone standing in front of us? Why do I feel that they are all vulnerable?"
The soldier's words caused a burst of laughter around him, and Zheliya glared: "What are you doing here? Be careful that a German artillery shell will fly over and wipe out all of you. Hurry up and continue the search. See if there are any more Is there anyone alive?"
The soldiers of the second company continued to search in the fortifications destroyed by the air force. When friendly forces arrived, they barely found seven or eight German soldiers who had not been killed. The soldiers' eyes were dull, and when they saw the Soviet soldiers rushing in front of them, they had no intention of resisting.
As soon as Zheliya arranged for people to send these prisoners away, Zu Mint came over and asked Zheliya anxiously: "Captain Zheliya, what was the result of your company's battle? How many prisoners were captured?"
