The battle to defend the landing site started in the early morning of the next day.
The German army, preparing to launch an attack on the landing site, learned from the tactics of the Soviet army and dispatched a reconnaissance force of 200 people before the battle began. This German force penetrated deeply into the Soviet defense area and was prepared for two things: first, to conduct reconnaissance of the Soviet positions and figure out the Soviet defense deployment; second, to avoid alerting the large Soviet troops. , occupying some forward fire support points as the starting point for the German attack.
The German reconnaissance force reached an outpost position south of the landing site. The troops holding on here were a platoon of the 764th Regiment of the 254th Infantry Division. The platoon leader received a call from regimental headquarters shortly after dark, informing him that friendly forces would take over their defense.
Therefore, when a German reconnaissance force appeared nearby, the platoon leader naturally regarded it as a friendly force coming to take over the defense. The German commander, wearing a Soviet uniform, saw that the other party regarded him as a defensive force, so he took the initiative to meet him.
When the Soviet platoon leader saw a captain, he quickly raised his hand in salute and reported: "Comrade Captain, I am the defending platoon leader, and I have been ordered to hand over the position to you."
After the German captain returned the salute, he pretended to say: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, after you hand over the position to us, you can take your people to the back to rest."
In this way, the unsuspecting Soviet platoon leader handed over the commanding heights held by his platoon to German troops disguised as Soviet troops. After completing the handover, the platoon leader led his men out of the position and walked back along the hill path.
Watching the Soviet troops leaving in formation, another German commander was about to order his men to shoot and eliminate all the Soviet commanders and fighters who had been kept in the dark. But the German captain stopped him and whispered: "Lieutenant, don't shoot. Once you fire, it will alert the Russians and be detrimental to our next move."
Hearing what the captain said, the German lieutenant withdrew his gun, looked at the Soviet commanders and soldiers in the distance, and said through gritted teeth: "Those Russians are lucky. I will definitely not spare them lightly when I see them next time."
However, the Soviet commanders and fighters who withdrew from the hill had no idea that they had handed over their positions to the Germans disguised as Soviet troops. They are still retreating according to the designated route, preparing to rush over as soon as possible to join the main force of the division.
Unexpectedly, not long after walking, the second squad leader's shoelaces came loose. He quickly bent down to tie his shoelaces. When he accidentally saw a footprint on the ground, his eyes widened in surprise.
At this time, the platoon leader came over and saw his second squad leader, bent over in a daze. Then he patted him on the back and asked: "Hey, second squad leader, what are you doing?"
"Comrade platoon leader," the second squad leader grabbed the platoon leader, pointed to the footprints on the ground and said to him, "hurry up and look at the footprints on the ground."
"Footprints on the ground?" The platoon leader looked at the footprints on the ground with the help of the moonlight and said disapprovingly: "What's so strange about the footprints? Maybe they were left by the friendly troops who came to defend them just now."
"Comrade Platoon Commander," the second squad leader said anxiously, "If it is really left by the friendly troops who just took over the defense, that would be terrible."
The platoon leader didn't notice that there was anything wrong with the defending troops until now, and asked with a confused look on his face: "Second squad leader, don't scare me. What's wrong?"
"Comrade platoon leader, please look at these footprints quickly." After the second squad leader pulled the platoon leader to squat down, he pointed at the footprints and said to him: "The spikes at the bottom of our military boots are all round, and although the German boots are They look like our boots, but their soles have square spikes."
After hearing what the second squad leader said, the platoon leader quickly lay down on the ground and carefully looked at the shoe prints. The shape of the spikes on them was indeed square. He raised his head and asked the second squad leader with a bloodless face: "Second squad leader, if these shoe prints are really left by the defending troops, it means they are disguised by the Germans!"
"That's right, Comrade Platoon Leader." The second squad leader nodded and said, "I think the troops that will take over our defense should be Germans in disguise."
Hearing what the second squad leader said, the platoon leader was even more frightened. He knew that the mistake he had made could cost him his life, so he said reluctantly: "Second squad leader, tell me, could it be us?" Did the Germans leave their footprints here before they captured the hill?”
"This is impossible, comrade platoon leader." The second squad leader poured cold water on the platoon leader: "After our platoon stationed in the hill position, I once patrolled the vicinity and found no footprints on this road at all. It should be Just left behind.”
The words of the second squad leader made the platoon leader even more confused. He grabbed the other person and asked nervously: "Then what should I do?"
"We should find a way to regain the position."
"How to seize it?" the platoon leader replied in panic: "We only have forty people, and I think there are two hundred people on the other side."
"Comrade platoon leader," a soldier ran over from the front of the team at this time. He reported to the platoon leader: "We found a small unit in front. It should be one of our own. The squad leader asked me to come over and report to you."
The second squad leader was still somewhat uncertain about his own judgment. Now when he heard the soldiers' report, he immediately understood that the small unit coming in front should be the real friendly forces coming to take over the defense.
"Second squad leader," the platoon leader asked the second squad leader in a tearful voice, "What should I do?"
The second squad leader thought for a moment, and then asked the confused soldier: "How far is that small unit from us?"
"There are still more than three hundred meters." The soldier replied, "In five minutes at most, we will be able to meet up."
"Comrade platoon leader," the second squad leader said to the platoon leader after waiting for the soldiers to finish speaking: "Let's go say hello to the small unit on the opposite side and see which part they belong to." The defense battle for the landing site started in the early morning of the next day. of.
The German army, preparing to launch an attack on the landing site, learned from the tactics of the Soviet army and dispatched a reconnaissance force of 200 people before the battle began. This German force penetrated deeply into the Soviet defense area and was prepared for two things: first, to conduct reconnaissance of the Soviet positions and figure out the Soviet defense deployment; second, to avoid alerting the large Soviet troops. , occupying some forward fire support points as the starting point for the German attack.
The German reconnaissance force reached an outpost position south of the landing site. The troops holding on here were a platoon of the 764th Regiment of the 254th Infantry Division. The platoon leader received a call from regimental headquarters shortly after dark, informing him that friendly forces would take over their defense.
Therefore, when a German reconnaissance force appeared nearby, the platoon leader naturally regarded it as a friendly force coming to take over the defense. The German commander, wearing a Soviet uniform, saw that the other party regarded him as a defensive force, so he took the initiative to meet him.
When the Soviet platoon leader saw a captain, he quickly raised his hand in salute and reported: "Comrade Captain, I am the defending platoon leader, and I have been ordered to hand over the position to you."
After the German captain returned the salute, he pretended to say: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, after you hand over the position to us, you can take your people to the back to rest."
In this way, the unsuspecting Soviet platoon leader handed over the commanding heights held by his platoon to German troops disguised as Soviet troops. After completing the handover, the platoon leader led his men out of the position and walked back along the hill path.
Watching the Soviet troops leaving in formation, another German commander was about to order his men to shoot and eliminate all the Soviet commanders and fighters who had been kept in the dark. But the German captain stopped him and whispered: "Lieutenant, don't shoot. Once you fire, it will alert the Russians and be detrimental to our next move."
Hearing what the captain said, the German lieutenant withdrew his gun, looked at the Soviet commanders and soldiers in the distance, and said through gritted teeth: "Those Russians are lucky. I will definitely not spare them lightly when I see them next time."
However, the Soviet commanders and fighters who withdrew from the hill had no idea that they had handed over their positions to the Germans disguised as Soviet troops. They are still retreating according to the designated route, preparing to rush over as soon as possible to join the main force of the division.
Unexpectedly, not long after walking, the second squad leader's shoelaces came loose. He quickly bent down to tie his shoelaces. When he accidentally saw a footprint on the ground, his eyes widened in surprise.
At this time, the platoon leader came over and saw his second squad leader, bent over in a daze. Then he patted him on the back and asked: "Hey, second squad leader, what are you doing?"
"Comrade platoon leader," the second squad leader grabbed the platoon leader, pointed to the footprints on the ground and said to him, "hurry up and look at the footprints on the ground."
"Footprints on the ground?" The platoon leader looked at the footprints on the ground with the help of the moonlight and said disapprovingly: "What's so strange about the footprints? Maybe they were left by the friendly troops who came to defend them just now."
"Comrade Platoon Commander," the second squad leader said anxiously, "If it is really left by the friendly troops who just took over the defense, that would be terrible."
The platoon leader didn't notice that there was anything wrong with the defending troops until now, and asked with a confused look on his face: "Second squad leader, don't scare me. What's wrong?"
"Comrade platoon leader, please look at these footprints quickly." After the second squad leader pulled the platoon leader to squat down, he pointed at the footprints and said to him: "The spikes at the bottom of our military boots are all round, and although the German boots are They look like our boots, but their soles have square spikes."
After hearing what the second squad leader said, the platoon leader quickly lay down on the ground and carefully looked at the shoe prints. The shape of the spikes on them was indeed square. He raised his head and asked the second squad leader with a bloodless face: "Second squad leader, if these shoe prints are really left by the defending troops, it means they are disguised by the Germans!"
"That's right, Comrade Platoon Leader." The second squad leader nodded and said, "I think the troops that will take over our defense should be Germans in disguise."
Hearing what the second squad leader said, the platoon leader was even more frightened. He knew that the mistake he had made could cost him his life, so he said reluctantly: "Second squad leader, tell me, could it be us?" Did the Germans leave their footprints here before they captured the hill?”
"This is impossible, comrade platoon leader." The second squad leader poured cold water on the platoon leader: "After our platoon stationed in the hill position, I once patrolled the vicinity and found no footprints on this road at all. It should be Just left behind.”
The words of the second squad leader made the platoon leader even more confused. He grabbed the other person and asked nervously: "Then what should I do?"
"We should find a way to regain the position."
"How to seize it?" the platoon leader replied in panic: "We only have forty people, and I think there are two hundred people on the other side."
"Comrade platoon leader," a soldier ran over from the front of the team at this time. He reported to the platoon leader: "We found a small unit in front. It should be one of our own. The squad leader asked me to come over and report to you."
The second squad leader was still somewhat uncertain about his own judgment. Now when he heard the soldiers' report, he immediately understood that the small unit coming in front should be the real friendly forces coming to take over the defense.
"Second squad leader," the platoon leader asked the second squad leader in a tearful voice, "What should I do?"
The second squad leader thought for a moment, and then asked the confused soldier: "How far is that small unit from us?"
"There are still more than three hundred meters." The soldier replied, "In five minutes at most, we will be able to meet up."
"Comrade platoon leader," the second squad leader said to the platoon leader after waiting for the soldiers to finish speaking: "Let's go say hello to the small unit on the opposite side and see which part they belong to." The defense battle for the landing site started in the early morning of the next day. of.
The German army, preparing to launch an attack on the landing site, learned from the tactics of the Soviet army and dispatched a reconnaissance force of 200 people before the battle began. This German force penetrated deeply into the Soviet defense area and was prepared for two things: first, to conduct reconnaissance of the Soviet positions and figure out the Soviet defense deployment; second, to avoid alerting the large Soviet troops. , occupying some forward fire support points as the starting point for the German attack.
The German reconnaissance force reached an outpost position south of the landing site. The troops holding on here were a platoon of the 764th Regiment of the 254th Infantry Division. The platoon leader received a call from regimental headquarters shortly after dark, informing him that friendly forces would take over their defense.
Therefore, when a German reconnaissance force appeared nearby, the platoon leader naturally regarded it as a friendly force coming to take over the defense. The German commander, wearing a Soviet uniform, saw that the other party regarded him as a defensive force, so he took the initiative to meet him.
When the Soviet platoon leader saw a captain, he quickly raised his hand in salute and reported: "Comrade Captain, I am the defending platoon leader, and I have been ordered to hand over the position to you."
In this way, the unsuspecting Soviet platoon leader handed over the commanding heights held by his platoon to German troops disguised as Soviet troops. After completing the handover, the platoon leader led his men out of the position and walked back along the hill path.
Watching the Soviet troops leaving in formation, another German commander was about to order his men to shoot and eliminate all the Soviet commanders and fighters who had been kept in the dark. But the German captain stopped him and whispered: "Lieutenant, don't shoot. Once you fire, it will alert the Russians and be detrimental to our next move."
