"I really don't have it." Sokov smiled wryly and shook his head, "When the bullets are exhausted, the only way to defend the position is to fight bayonets with the enemy."
"Misha, can you really only fight bayonets?" Seeing Sokov repeatedly mentioning that he could only fight bayonets with the enemy, Selyosha felt a headache. He knew very well that the German army paid attention to firepower output in war, so he was not as good as the Soviet army in terms of hand-to-hand combat. But even if the German army's stinging skills were not as good as the Soviet army, they had the advantage in numbers. Even if two or three soldiers were replaced by one, the winner would be the German army.
“There is another way.”
Hearing Sokov say this, Selyosha seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw. He asked quickly: "Misa, hurry up, what's the solution?"
"You can only change the battlefield." Sokov said helplessly: "Let the city give you a batch of Soviet-style weapons here to replace the German weapons in the hands of the soldiers. However, if the hasty change of clothes, the soldiers are not familiar with the weapons, and their combat effectiveness may be reduced."
"Misa, it's time, you're still looking forward." As long as you don't fight with the German army, Selyosha doesn't care what weapons the troops use. "Hurry up and let the rear send us weapons."
Sokov picked up the phone and asked the communications soldiers to connect to the command post of the defenders' company, but the phone rang for a long time, but no one answered. Seeing that no one answered the phone, Sokov could only let the communications soldiers connect to the three left-behind rows.
As soon as he heard the voice of the third platoon leader, Sokov said bluntly: "I am Sokov. I will order you now to pull a cart of arms immediately and rush to the defensive position in the west. The speed should be fast. Do you understand?"
"I understand, comrade of the division commander." The third platoon leader who answered the phone quickly replied: "I will organize transportation immediately."
"Wait," Sokov suddenly remembered that there was no one in the garrison company to answer the phone, so he ordered the third platoon leader, "Send someone to the garrison company to check it out. I just called them, but I still can't get through."
"Comrade Commander, I'm about to report this to you." The third platoon leader said hurriedly: "A subordinate just reported to me that the garrison company was retreating."
"Retreat?" Sokov didn't understand what the third platoon leader meant for a moment, and asked, "There are no enemies in the city, where are they retreating?"
"My subordinates reported to me that the garrison company had left the city by car. As for where he went, I don't know."
"These bastards who are afraid of death." After listening to the report of the third platoon leader and contacting him when he asked the company commander of the garrison to strengthen the city's defense, Sokov immediately realized that the so-called retreat was actually escaping. He cursed fiercely at the microphone: "I actually abandoned my position and ran away."
"Comrade Commander, what should we do?" The third platoon leader asked nervously: "Now there is only one platoon left in the city. How should we defend?"
"Armed the residents immediately," Sokov said anxiously: "and set up defenses around several arms warehouses to prevent the Germans from seizing our arms after rushing into the city."
"Comrade Commander, even if the residents are armed, we may be too weak." The third platoon leader said with great concern: "It is not realistic to defend the arsenal."
"If you can't hold on, blow it up," Sokov said loudly: "We must not leave the arms of the city to the Germans, and we cannot let them attack us with our weapons. Do you understand?"
"I understand, comrade of the division commander." The third platoon leader replied: "I will blow up the arsenal at the last moment, and I will never let a gun or a bullet fall into the hands of the enemy."
After the German army failed to attack the frontal positions, the German commander immediately realized that it would be basically impossible if the Soviet army on the high ground on both sides did not clear the Soviet army and broke through the frontal defense and rushed into the city. So he changed his tactics in time and turned the focus of the attack into the high ground that seized the left and right wings.
As soon as the battle started, it entered a state of heat. The German troops, divided into two groups, attacked the high ground on both sides under the cover of mortars and machine guns.
Because the Soviet army's defense was very hasty, there were no decent fortifications on the high ground on both sides. The Soviet commanders and fighters who were standing on the high ground suffered great casualties under the fire of the German mortars and machine guns. However, even so, they still used all the terrain they could use to desperately block the German attack.
Sokov, who was in the front position, saw the fierce battles on the high grounds on both sides, and his brows were twisted into a knot. He could see that although his subordinates fought tenaciously, the German army occupied the advantage of numbers and firepower, and it was only a matter of time before they captured the high ground on both sides of the left and right wings.
He raised his hand and looked at his watch. There were still two hours before the reinforcements arrived. But according to his experience, the actual arrival time of the reinforcements would definitely be postponed, which means that he had to rely on the little force in his hand to hold on for two hours or even longer.
"Misha, the enemy has rushed to the high ground on both sides of the left and right wings." Selyosau saw through the telescope that the battle in the distance had moved from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and he couldn't help but ask Sokov with concern; "What should we do?"
"Persist, you can only persist." Sokov knew that if he issued a retreat order to the troops on the high ground on the left and right wings at this moment, it would inevitably lead to a collapse of the defense line, so he could only say with a tough head: "Now is the time for both the enemy and us to compete for fighting will. As long as our soldiers fight tenaciously, they can withstand the enemy's attack."
The battle lasted for more than half an hour, and the enemy's attack was finally stopped by the defenders, and the enemy who rushed to the top of the mountain was driven down. Seeing that the enemy was repelled, Sokov breathed a sigh of relief and said to Selyosha: "Shelyosha, call the first and second rows immediately and order them to withdraw their front positions immediately."
"What, let them withdraw their frontal positions?" Seriosha was not understanding Sokov's order: "Misha, the high ground on the left and right wings is still in the hands of our army, why should we give up?"
"Our troops are limited, and now we are divided into three areas to defend. No matter where we are attacked, we cannot get support." Sokov explained to Selyosha: "In the end, we will be wiped out by the enemy one by one. Don't be too late, give them orders, otherwise when the German attack begins again, they will not be able to retreat."
"Comrade Commander, your phone number." Sokov was explaining the task to Selyosha. The radio operator who was staying in the company's command post suddenly leaned out and said to Sokov: "It's Lieutenant Colonel Papchinko's phone number."
"Ltd Colonel," Sokov rushed into the company's command post, took the headphones and the sender from the radio operator, and couldn't wait to ask, "Where has your troops gone?"
"Report to the division commander," Lieutenant Colonel Papuchinko replied loudly, "We are still seventy kilometers away from your place and are expected to arrive within two hours. How is your situation?"
"It's awful, lieutenant colonel." Sokov said in a heavy tone: "After a fierce battle, the guard company suffered a lot of casualties. We have been forced to give up the high ground on the left and right wings and shrink our troops to the main position."
When Lieutenant Colonel Papchinko learned that Sokov and his friends were in a difficult situation, Lieutenant Colonel Papchinko also became serious. He pondered for a moment, and then said, "Comrade Commander, how long can you last?"
"From the intensity of the German offensive, we can hold on the main position for up to an hour." Sokov said to Papchinko after weighing the situation silently in his heart: "Then we can only retreat to the city and fight street battles with the enemy, and persist until your regiment arrives."
After finishing the call with Sokov, Papchinko immediately called a messenger and told him: "You should immediately go to the front by motorcycle and tell the commander of the vanguard that the division commander is in danger now, so that they must speed up the marching."
Looking at the messenger riding a motorcycle away, the chief of staff of the regiment asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, can we get there?"
"Yes." Papchinko turned his head and looked at his chief of staff and said firmly: "I believe that the vanguard will definitely arrive in time to help the division commander and others. Don't forget that the battalion commander who led the team is Captain Vasily, and he is the old subordinate of the division commander. When he learned that the division commander was in danger, he naturally had a way to speed up the marching."
Papchinko's judgment was correct. He led the two companies to the forefront, indeed, Captain Vasily, the battalion commander of the first battalion of the shrinking regiment. When he heard the news from the messenger, he couldn't help but be anxious and quickly ordered people to call the two company commanders to him.
It is a coincidence that these two company commanders were also Sokov's old subordinates, one was Captain Paulkosky, the former commander of the first company, and the other was Captain Guchakov, the ninth company commander. After the two arrived, Vasily said to them: "Comrades, the messenger sent by the regiment commander just now, said that the situation in the division commander was dangerous and probably would not last long. I now order you to find a way to overcome all difficulties and must rush to the position of the guard company in the shortest time to rescue the division commander."
If others issued this order, perhaps the two company commanders would complain to him, saying that their troops had reached their limits and it was impossible to speed up the marching speed. But now that the division commander was in danger, the two company commanders were not calm enough to keep their anger. They hurried back to their respective companies and issued an order to speed up the marching speed to the commanders and soldiers.
A few minutes later, the slogan "The division commander is in danger, hurry up and rescue the division commander" rang one after another between the two companies. Originally, when the car was stuck in a snow pile and could not move, only a few soldiers came forward to help push it. But now when he heard that the division commander was in trouble, everyone seemed to have been injected with chicken blood. When the car was stuck in a snow pile, they immediately jumped down and pushed it out in a few seconds.
Sokov had no idea what happened here in the reinforcements. Because after completing the occupation of the high ground on the left and right wings, the enemy launched an attack on the remaining frontal positions.
Sokov, who was commanding the battle on the position, said to Selyosha: "Shelyosha, we have more than 60 people left now, so we cannot all be placed in the trenches. We will immediately draw twenty people and find a place behind to hide as our reserve team."
"Misha, we have few people. If you draw twenty more people away, this position may not be able to be maintained."
"Seryosha, have you not seen that the enemy who occupied the high ground on the left and right wings had set up mortars on the high ground and were bombarding us from a high ground?" Sokov said loudly: "If you put all people in the trenches, you will easily become the target of the enemy. If our soldiers suffered heavy casualties under the enemy's artillery fire, they would not last for two hours."
"Misha, do you really think reinforcements can arrive in time?" Selyosha looked around and saw the radio operator sitting in the corner with headphones on his head and receiving information. He shouldn't hear what he said, so he whispered to Sokov: "Or, let's retreat too?"
"Seryosha, what are you talking about?" Sokov heard Selesha say this, grabbed his clothes and said angrily: "Do you know that you are shaking the morale of the army. I can shoot you at any time."
Selyosha thought that based on his friendship with Sokov, the other party might agree. However, he did not expect Sokov to respond to this reaction and was shocked. He quickly said, "Misha, I'm just a joke, don't be angry, I will accompany you to stand on the position."
"Remember, I can think you're a joke this time. But if you dare to say such a shaken army," Sokov said, putting the assault rifle that never leaves his body on the table, "Don't blame me for not thinking about my friendship at that time."
As soon as twenty soldiers were transferred to the back as a reserve team, Samoilov rushed in from outside. He reported breathlessly: "Comrade Commander, it's not good, the enemy has rushed into our position. A platoon leader led the soldiers to fight with them in hand-to-hand combat."
"Let's go and have a look." Sokov learned that the enemy had rushed into the position and could not stay there, so he rushed out with an assault rifle. Samoilov was worried about Sokov's danger and rushed out without thinking. Seryosha hesitated for a long time before lifting the curtain with his gun.
When Sokov arrived at the area where a row was located, he found that more than a dozen German soldiers had rushed into the position and were fighting bayonets with the commanders and soldiers in the row. When Sokov was about to come forward to help, a black shadow suddenly rushed over from the side. Without thinking, he turned the gun and shot a short shot, and immediately knocked the opponent to the ground.
He looked down and found that it was a German soldier. He was worried about hurting his own people by chance at first, but now he felt much more at ease when he saw the person who fell to the ground.
Sokov had a special bulletproof vest on his body. As long as the bullet didn't hit his head and limbs, he was basically in danger. Therefore, he walked forward with confidence and boldness along the trenches. When he saw the Germans blocking the way, he shot down with one shot. When he saw his warriors at a disadvantage, he shot out the enemy who fought with them. In this way, in less than three minutes, more than 20 enemies who rushed into the position were killed by Sokov and a row of soldiers.
After destroying the enemy rushing into the position, Sokov called a platoon leader to himself and asked, "A platoon leader, how many people do you have in your platoon?"
"Report to the commander," the platoon leader replied respectfully: "Even me, there are twelve people."
"I'll send you ten people here later." Although twenty people had just been drawn as a reserve team, when Sokov saw the situation in the row, he knew that it would be difficult for them to defend, so he could only grit his teeth and draw ten people to strengthen their defense: "Also, let the soldiers collect the weapons and ammunition that they can use."
"Comrade Commander," Selyosha ran over to report to Sokov, "Fifteen soldiers who delivered ammunition came to the third row. How should we arrange them?"
"They came just right." Sokov was worried that there were not enough people, so he quickly ordered Selyosha: "Let them come here to strengthen their defenses, and be sure to block the enemy's attack."
The German attack was repelled, but in less than half an hour, they launched another attack. This time, because of the short attack distance, they quickly rushed to the vicinity of the position, and there were only more than 40 defenders in the position, which could not resist their attack at all.
At this moment, explosions and dense gunshots came from the rear of the German army. Then, the "Ula" sound, which was lowered by gunfire and cannon sound, also came from the rear of the enemy. Sokov, who was carrying assault rifles and fighting with the soldiers, showed surprise on his face when he heard this sound.
He shouted loudly to the left and right: "Comrades, our reinforcements have arrived. Beat hard, don't let a German guy go."
Chapter completed!