More than a dozen grenades with white smoke were tied to ropes by the soldiers and placed under the bridge. Soon, there was a series of explosions, and Samoylov, Mikhailov, Serelkov and others standing on the bridge felt their feet shaking slightly.
After the blast ended, Serelkov gave another order: "Continue blasting."
Soon, the second batch of grenades with white smoke were also placed under the bridge by the soldiers...
As soon as the gunshots and explosions sounded on the Dnieper River Bridge, Sokov was awakened from his sleep. He grabbed the pistol placed under his pillow and asked warily: "Where was the gunshot?"
In fact, the bridge is five or six kilometers away from the church where Sokov's headquarters is located, but in the dead of night, some sounds can travel very far. Sokov, who was usually quite alert when sleeping, was naturally awakened when he heard gunshots and explosions in the distance.
"Comrade Commander, it's nothing serious." Samyko heard Sokov's voice and turned to him and said: "There is a German sabotage team occupying the right bank of the Dnieper River Bridge. Lieutenant Samoilov is standing there. The officers and men commanding the special company are destroying the enemy."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Sokov put the pistol aside and asked displeasedly while bending to put on his boots: "If the Germans really occupied the right bank bridgehead, the special company without heavy weapons would have to pay a huge price Even if we suffer casualties, it will be difficult to recapture the bridgehead on the right bank."
"In addition to the special company attacking from the left bank, there are also three companies of the infantry brigade attacking from the right bank." Sameko replied confidently: "Five companies attacking from two directions at the same time will definitely eliminate these companies. share the enemy."
"The special company is nominally one company, but it is actually composed of two companies." Sokov picked up the pistol placed aside, walked up to Samyko, slapped the gun on the table, and continued: " With so many soldiers crowding the bridge and charging towards the right bank bridgehead occupied by the Germans, tell me, what a heavy price we will pay?"
Sameko blushed and replied with some embarrassment: "Comrade Commander, I'm sorry. When I received the report, I learned that there were only 20 enemies. I thought it was nothing special, so I didn't wake you up."
"Twenty people?" Sokov was stunned by the number. The Germans only sent out 20 people, but they actually wanted to blow up the bridge over the Dnieper River. Isn't it too whimsical? "Is this number reliable?"
"Totally reliable." Sameko nodded and replied: "This infiltration of enemies was discovered by a sentry of the 73rd Infantry Brigade. He also carefully counted the number of Germans. After the enemies had gone away, , he immediately rushed back to the company to report to Captain Narva, and then the information was reported to my place layer by layer."
"This group of enemies was discovered in the defense area of the infantry brigade." Sokov stared at the map on the table and asked thoughtfully: "How did they pass through our army's defense line and reach the Dnieper River smoothly? What about the bridge?"
After listening to what Sokov said, Samyko realized that his idea was awry, and quickly explained: "Comrade Commander, the enemy did not infiltrate from the infantry brigade position."
When Sokov learned that the enemy had appeared in the infantry brigade defense area, he was still worried about Guchakov's future. He appointed him as the infantry brigade commander. There were many different voices. If it was really the enemy who successfully After infiltrating his defense area, if I want to promote him to another position, I am afraid that there will be a lot of opposition.
At this moment, when Sameko said that they did not infiltrate from the infantry brigade defense area, he breathed a sigh of relief and also raised his own question: "If they did not infiltrate from the infantry brigade position, then did they fall from the sky?" ?”
"According to the report," Samyko pointed to the map and reported to Sokov: "The enemy passed through the mechanized army's defense area along the Dnieper River, quietly entered behind the infantry brigade's defense area, and then moved towards the 3rd Infantry Brigade's defense area. From the bridge on the right bank of the Nieper River."
"What did General Solomatin do?" Sokov said angrily after hearing the report: "Did they not deploy patrols by the river, so they allowed the enemy to infiltrate so easily?"
"It rained for a while after dark." Although Samyko did not call Solomatin to learn about the situation, he could guess the reason why the German army successfully passed through the mechanized military defense area, so he took the initiative to say: "Maybe it was While the patrol took shelter from the rain, German sabotage squads passed through their sector.”
Sokov knew that this was not the time to pursue responsibility, but to find a way to eliminate the enemies occupying the bridge head on the right bank. Otherwise, when they placed explosives on the bridge piers and detonated them with a bang, the bridge might be destroyed.
"Chief of Staff, how is the progress towards the bridge now?"
"The battle is still going on." Sameko replied: "The enemy used the two captured rotary machine guns to form a crossfire to block the bridge deck, frustrating the attack of the special company."
Sokov tried hard to recall the equipment of the special company, and asked in an uncertain tone: "Comrade Chief of Staff, isn't the special company equipped with rocket launchers? Facing the German firepower, rocket launchers can be used to deal with them."
"There are rocket launchers." Sameko replied with a wry smile: "But the range of the rocket launchers is only about 100 meters, and our soldiers can't get close to this effective range. Also, we don't know how many explosives the enemy has planted at the right bank bridgehead. , dare not use heavy weapons easily, lest they accidentally detonate explosives and cause damage to the bridge."
When Sokov heard this, it seemed that this was really the case. Regardless of the rocket launchers equipped by your own troops, they are particularly useful against German tanks and strongholds, but only if they are within effective range. Now the special company launching the attack from the left bank cannot approach the effective range at all, and can only stare blankly at the enemy's firepower.
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov thought that since it would be difficult to achieve results by attacking from the left bank, he could only consider troops attacking from the right bank. In any case, the Germans had limited troops and it was difficult for them to face the two-sided attack launched by their own troops at the same time, so they ordered Sammeko: "Immediately contact the commander in charge of the battle in the infantry brigade and ask them to quickly launch an attack from the right bank and eliminate them." Enemies occupying the bridge.”
"Captain Mikhailov is commanding the battle on the right bank," Samyko said: "I believe he is fully capable of taking over the right bank bridgehead occupied by the enemy before Samoilov."
"Get in touch with Samoylov and Mikheyev immediately and ask them to report the fighting situation at the bridge to the headquarters in a timely manner." Sokov said to Samyko: "This way we can make accurate decisions as soon as possible. judgment."
More than a dozen grenades with white smoke were tied to ropes by the soldiers and placed under the bridge. Soon, there was a series of explosions, and Samoylov, Mikhailov, Serelkov and others standing on the bridge felt their feet shaking slightly.
After the blast ended, Serelkov gave another order: "Continue blasting."
Soon, the second batch of grenades with white smoke were also placed under the bridge by the soldiers...
As soon as the gunshots and explosions sounded on the Dnieper River Bridge, Sokov was awakened from his sleep. He grabbed the pistol placed under his pillow and asked warily: "Where was the gunshot?"
In fact, the bridge is five or six kilometers away from the church where Sokov's headquarters is located, but in the dead of night, some sounds can travel very far. Sokov, who was usually quite alert when sleeping, was naturally awakened when he heard gunshots and explosions in the distance.
"Comrade Commander, it's nothing serious." Samyko heard Sokov's voice and turned to him and said: "There is a German sabotage team occupying the right bank of the Dnieper River Bridge. Lieutenant Samoilov is standing there. The officers and men commanding the special company are destroying the enemy."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Sokov put the pistol aside and asked displeasedly while bending to put on his boots: "If the Germans really occupied the right bank bridgehead, the special company without heavy weapons would have to pay a huge price Even if we suffer casualties, it will be difficult to recapture the bridgehead on the right bank."
"In addition to the special company attacking from the left bank, there are also three companies of the infantry brigade attacking from the right bank." Sameko replied confidently: "Five companies attacking from two directions at the same time will definitely eliminate these companies. share the enemy."
"The special company is nominally one company, but it is actually composed of two companies." Sokov picked up the pistol placed aside, walked up to Samyko, slapped the gun on the table, and continued: " With so many soldiers crowding the bridge and charging towards the right bank bridgehead occupied by the Germans, tell me, what a heavy price we will pay?"
Sameko blushed and replied with some embarrassment: "Comrade Commander, I'm sorry. When I received the report, I learned that there were only 20 enemies. I thought it was nothing special, so I didn't wake you up."
"Twenty people?" Sokov was stunned by the number. The Germans only sent out 20 people, but they actually wanted to blow up the bridge over the Dnieper River. Isn't it too whimsical? "Is this number reliable?"
"Totally reliable." Sameko nodded and replied: "This infiltration of enemies was discovered by a sentry of the 73rd Infantry Brigade. He also carefully counted the number of Germans. After the enemies had gone away, , he immediately rushed back to the company to report to Captain Narva, and then the information was reported to my place layer by layer."
"This group of enemies was discovered in the defense area of the infantry brigade." Sokov stared at the map on the table and asked thoughtfully: "How did they pass through our army's defense line and reach the Dnieper River smoothly? What about the bridge?"
After listening to what Sokov said, Samyko realized that his idea was awry, and quickly explained: "Comrade Commander, the enemy did not infiltrate from the infantry brigade position."
When Sokov learned that the enemy had appeared in the infantry brigade defense area, he was still worried about Guchakov's future. He appointed him as the infantry brigade commander. There were many different voices. If it was really the enemy who successfully After infiltrating his defense area, if I want to promote him to another position, I am afraid that there will be a lot of opposition.
At this moment, when Sameko said that they did not infiltrate from the infantry brigade defense area, he breathed a sigh of relief and also raised his own question: "If they did not infiltrate from the infantry brigade position, then did they fall from the sky?" ?”
"According to the report," Samyko pointed to the map and reported to Sokov: "The enemy passed through the mechanized army's defense area along the Dnieper River, quietly entered behind the infantry brigade's defense area, and then moved towards the 3rd Infantry Brigade's defense area. From the bridge on the right bank of the Nieper River."
"What did General Solomatin do?" Sokov said angrily after hearing the report: "Did they not deploy patrols by the river, so they allowed the enemy to infiltrate so easily?"
"It rained for a while after dark." Although Samyko did not call Solomatin to learn about the situation, he could guess the reason why the German army successfully passed through the mechanized military defense area, so he took the initiative to say: "Maybe it was While the patrol took shelter from the rain, German sabotage squads passed through their sector.”
Sokov knew that this was not the time to pursue responsibility, but to find a way to eliminate the enemies occupying the bridge head on the right bank. Otherwise, when they placed explosives on the bridge piers and detonated them with a bang, the bridge might be destroyed.
"Chief of Staff, how is the progress towards the bridge now?"
"The battle is still going on." Sameko replied: "The enemy used the two captured rotary machine guns to form a crossfire to block the bridge deck, frustrating the attack of the special company."
Sokov tried hard to recall the equipment of the special company, and asked in an uncertain tone: "Comrade Chief of Staff, isn't the special company equipped with rocket launchers? Facing the German firepower, rocket launchers can be used to deal with them."
"There are rocket launchers." Sameko replied with a wry smile: "But the range of the rocket launchers is only about 100 meters, and our soldiers can't get close to this effective range. Also, we don't know how many explosives the enemy has planted at the right bank bridgehead. , dare not use heavy weapons easily, lest they accidentally detonate explosives and cause damage to the bridge."
When Sokov heard this, it seemed that this was really the case. Regardless of the rocket launchers equipped by your own troops, they are particularly useful against German tanks and strongholds, but only if they are within effective range. Now the special company launching the attack from the left bank cannot approach the effective range at all, and can only stare blankly at the enemy's firepower.
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov thought that since it would be difficult to achieve results by attacking from the left bank, he could only consider troops attacking from the right bank. In any case, the Germans had limited troops and it was difficult for them to face the two-sided attack launched by their own troops at the same time, so they ordered Sammeko: "Immediately contact the commander in charge of the battle in the infantry brigade and ask them to quickly launch an attack from the right bank and eliminate them." Enemies occupying the bridge.”
"Captain Mikhailov is commanding the battle on the right bank," Samyko said: "I believe he is fully capable of taking over the right bank bridgehead occupied by the enemy before Samoilov."
"Get in touch with Samoylov and Mikheyev immediately and ask them to report the fighting situation at the bridge to the headquarters in a timely manner." Sokov said to Samyko: "This way we can make accurate decisions as soon as possible. judgment."
