After falling into the German encirclement, Rebarco's troops moved into defense on the spot. For two days, they struggled to resist attacks from different directions.
The German troops, which gradually gained the upper hand, felt that it was only a matter of time before they could destroy the besieged Soviet army, so they gradually became arrogant. They felt that the Soviet army had no power to launch an attack, so the night warning work became slack.
Unexpectedly, before dawn on March 5, the Soviet army launched an attack unexpectedly, which stunned the Germans.
After the battle lasted for more than ten minutes, the Germans discovered that the Soviet attack target was the town of Valky, where Paul Haussel Command was located, and hurriedly drew troops to reinforce. However, due to the waist-length snow everywhere around the town, the German reinforcements were unable to come for a while.
There were three infantry battalions and a machine gun company in the town. Although there were less than two thousand people, they were elite soldiers of the SS. Otherwise, Paul Hauser would not have used these troops to defend his headquarters. Faced with the Soviet infantry rushing into the town, they launched one round after another to tentatively drive all the Soviet troops out of the town.
But shortly after the Soviet infantry was driven out of the town, they made a comeback under the cover of tanks. The Soviet tank soldiers received the death order from Rebarko, and as long as they could eliminate the enemies in the town, they would not hesitate to turn the entire town into ruins.
It was precisely with Rebarco's order that the tank soldiers could let go and fight the enemies in the town with all their might. In the past, when they found out that the enemy was hiding in some buildings, the tank soldiers could only use machine guns to suppress the enemy's firepower and cover the infantry to destroy the enemy's firepower points in order not to destroy the town.
Now it’s different. When you see an enemy fire point appearing in a building, you will immediately bombard it. If you can’t solve it with one shot, then use two guns. Where tanks and infantry pass, there are basically no complete buildings.
After Paul Hauser's headquarters entered the town, it was not unavailable by the Soviet army, but the attacking Soviet army was driven out by the elites in the town before they had gained a foothold in the town. Therefore, when Paul Hauser heard the news of the Soviet army's attack, he continued to lie on the bed and sleep. According to his thoughts, his guard troops could soon destroy the group of ignorant Russians.
But he soon discovered that things seemed different from his imagination. After lying in bed for more than half an hour, the sound of gunfire outside not only did not stop, but on the contrary it became more and more intense, and even tended to move closer to his command center.
At this time, Hausel's adjutant rushed in, pulled him out of the bed, and said in panic: "Master Commander, please transfer quickly, otherwise it will be too late. The Russian tanks are less than two hundred yards away from our headquarters."
"What, there is less than two hundred yards left?" Paul Haussel roared when he heard the adjutant say this: "Where is our troops? Why didn't the Russians block it?"
"Mr. Commander, our troops have resisted stubbornly." The adjutant replied: "At that time, the Russians were rushing forward as if they were crazy, regardless of casualties, and soon they were about to come to the headquarters. Let's go quickly, otherwise it would be too late."
Although the Soviet army was less than two hundred yards away from its command center, Paul Haussel was unwilling to leave easily. He ordered the adjutant to say, "Immediately order the troops to launch a counterattack, and be sure to drive the Russians out of the town."
Seeing that Paul Hauser was unwilling to leave, the adjutant did not dare to persuade him again. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army was not comparable to that of the elite SS. If he really fled with the commander, but the Russians who rushed into the town were repelled by the defenders, Paul Hauser would become the laughing stock of everyone. He would not want to take the blame for such a shady matter. So the adjutant turned around and walked out of Paul Hauser's bedroom, returned to the command center to issue a counter-assault order to the battalion commander.
Soon, the German army launched a counterattack against the Soviet army that entered the town from several directions. It has to be said that the combat effectiveness far exceeded that of the SS of the National Defense Forces, even facing the large and powerful Soviet army, they were not afraid at all. On the contrary, an infantry battalion that attacked from the west of the town collapsed under the counterattack of the German army, and the soldiers rushed to escape from the town. A tank company that covered the attack was destroyed by the German anti-tank hands because it lost the cover of the infantry.
"Comrade Commander," the tank commander who was commanding the battle at the front, saw an infantry rushing into the town and was defeated by the German army. He quickly reported to Rebarco: "The enemy's defense is too tenacious, and an attacking force of our army has been defeated. I requested to stop the attack temporarily and wait for the troops to re-adjust the deployment before launching a new attack."
"Comrade Colonel," Rebarco had no room for negotiation when he heard the request from the tank commander: "Based on the information we have, the German commander Paul Hauser is likely to stay in the town. If you attack quickly, there is still a possibility of capturing him alive. It may be difficult for you to take down the town again after the enemy is ready to defend."
"I understand, comrade Commander." The tank commander learned that Paul Hauser was actually in the town, and hurriedly assured Rebarco: "Even if I fight all the tanks, I will take Paul Hauser's headquarters."
"Good example, comrade Colonel." Rebarco said with satisfaction with the statement of the tank commander: "I am waiting for your good news here. Remember, whether our troops can highlight the enemy's encirclement depends entirely on whether you can take over the entire town of Valky in the shortest time."
After the tank commander finished his call with Rebarco, he immediately spoke to all the tank soldiers through the on-board radio station: "Brothers, I just got an information. The German Paul Hauser headquarters was in this town. This is also the reason why the German army resisted desperately in the face of our fierce attack. As long as Paul Hauser is captured or eliminated alive, the enemy who besieged us will fall into panic because they lose unified command.
Brothers, it’s time for us to make achievements. Go forward, tank soldiers and soldiers! Use your artillery and machine guns to beat the enemy into a scattered water!"
It has to be said that the words of the tank commander were very inspiring. There were many tank soldiers who had already seen the infantry attacks frustrated and were already excited as if they were injected with chicken blood. They knew very well that as long as the tanks they drove could destroy Paul Hauser's headquarters, it would be a great achievement that could be recorded in history. So, the tanks that were originally parked in place and remained motioned forward one after another, bombarded the fire in the house with artillery fire, and used machine guns to eliminate the German infantry that carried out counterattacks.
Chapter completed!