The German commander who was commanding the battle behind never dreamed that when the Soviet position in front was about to be taken down, there were dense gunfires and grenade explosions around him.
"What's going on?" The German commander squatting in the trading trenches stood up and wanted to see what happened. Who knew that as soon as he stood up, he saw something with a long flame tail flying towards him. After a loud bang, the German commander and his temporary command post were flooded with flames and smoke.
The Soviet army that launched an attack from the rear of the German army was the reinforcement force led by Captain Vasily. According to convention, the reinforcement force should directly enter the defensive position to strengthen defense and wait for an opportunity to repel the enemy's attack. However, as an old subordinate of Sokov, Vasily would naturally not be as dull as other commanders in the use of tactics as other commanders.
He felt that even if the troops were placed on the front defensive position, they would be in a stalemate with the enemy. It would be better to use the troops' high mobility to go back to the enemy and catch the enemy off guard.
The subsequent battle proved that Vasily's decision was completely correct. The enemy focused on the positions that were about to be conquered, and no Soviet troops were found detouring from the flanks. After successfully deciding the German temporary command post, the troops divided into two groups and attacked the high ground on the left and right wings.
The German army deployed on the high ground to find the Soviet army rushing up from behind, and quickly turned the guns to block the attack. However, on the high ground without any fortifications, they could not withstand the troops rushing up like a tide. The mortars and machine guns had just turned around and before they could fire, they were bombed into the sky by the new rockets carried by the Soviet army.
The battle lasted only ten minutes, and the German army at the end of its strength was destroyed. Except for those who were killed, the remaining seventy or eighty officers and soldiers obediently put down their weapons and surrendered.
As soon as the battle ended, Vasily took Paulkosky and Guchakov to the company's command post.
With the help of the dim lights in the room, Vasily saw Sokov sitting by the wall and talking to Selyosha, and hurriedly stepped forward and raised his hand to salute: "Comrade Commander, Captain Vasily, the commander of the First Battalion of the 122nd Regiment of the Guards, reported to you: My battalion is ordered to come to rescue, please instruct!"
"Captain Vasily, you came in time." Seeing that he was his old subordinate, Sokov smiled on his face. He stood up and shook hands with Vasily and others, and said at the same time: "If we come five minutes later, we may have been destroyed."
"Comrade Commander," Vasily thought of himself entering the position and found that he had not seen many people in the trenches, so he asked tentatively: "I want to ask, how many people are left in the guard company?"
"There are 21 people who can breathe on the position." Selyosha said angrily: "In addition to the three rows and one unit left in the city, we had 55 people left in the company. In this battle, we sacrificed 160 people."
"The number of people sacrificed include the soldiers of the Samoilov guard platoon." Sokov added casually and continued to ask: "Captain Vasily, where is the main force of the 122nd Regiment now?"
Vasily raised his hand and looked at his watch, and replied, "Comrade Commander, according to the marching speed of the subsequent troops, they should arrive in Lugansk in half an hour."
"Comrade Captain," Sokov asked, looking at Vasily with a smile, "I want to ask, why did your troops not appear directly on our positions after they arrived, but went back to the enemy?"
"That's right, comrade of the division commander." Vasily was afraid of Sokov's misunderstanding, so he quickly explained: "When we arrived here, the vanguard reported to me that the war here was fierce. I considered that if the troops were directly allowed to enter the position, the soldiers would probably cause chaos. At that time, it might not be able to resolve your crisis, but the situation would be even more chaotic, so I took the initiative to lead the troops to detour to the rear of the enemy."
"Captain Vasily, your approach can be said to be right or wrong." After Sokov said this, he saw Vasily's confused look and explained to him: "How to use tactics on the battlefield depends on the actual situation. For example, in today's battle, you are taking risks and betting that you can defeat the enemy from the rear before occupying our positions. But while you lead the troops to detour behind the enemy, you draw some of the troops to strengthen the defense of our positions, so that even if the attacks launched from the rear of the enemy are frustrated, we can support them for a longer time."
"Comrade Commander, I was wrong." After hearing Sokov's words, Vasily immediately realized his negligence and quickly blushed to admit his mistake to Sokov: "I will not make similar mistakes again in the future."
"In addition to consolidating the existing positions, your next mission is to search nearby to see if there are any remaining enemies." Sokov said: "Although the enemy's sneak attack failed, no one can guarantee that they will not send troops to take risks again."
"I understand, comrade of the division commander." Vasily straightened his body and replied, "I immediately ordered people to lay lightning and wire mesh in front of the position so that the enemy who attacked the enemy could not easily approach our position."
Sokov said "yes", suddenly remembered the garrison company that escaped in the battle, and asked specifically: "Captain Vasily, have you encountered our troops on the way here?"
"Our army's troops?" Vasily was stunned at first, then shook his head and said in a positive tone: "No, I didn't meet." After saying this, he asked in confusion, "Comrade Commander, if there are our army's troops nearby, why don't they come to reinforce?"
Seryosha next to him sneered and said, "Before the Germans rushed into the city, they had oiled their feet. How could they come to reinforce us?"
"What?" Selyosha's words shocked Vasily: "At this time, there are still people who dare to escape in the face of the battle."
"I guess this army has never fought with the Germans, so when I heard the Germans attacked, I was frightened and panicked." Sokov pursed his lips and said, "I will report this to the Front Command and let the superiors deal with these greedy and fearful death."
"Comrade Commander," Vasily, after Sokov finished speaking, he took the initiative to propose: "It's not safe here. I think you'd better go back to the city first. Maybe you can catch up with the commander and the others entering the city."
Sokov knew very well that as long as he stayed here, Vasily would not feel at ease, so he decided to return to the city immediately and wait for Lieutenant Colonel Papuqinko to come, he could still set up defenses. Thinking of this, he stood up and shouted at the door: "Lieutenant Samoilov!"
As he shouted, Samoilov, who was covered in dust and bandages on his head, ran in from outside, straightened his body and asked, "Comrade Commander, what instructions do you have?"
"Take your remaining subordinates and go back to the city with me."
Chapter completed!