Fortunately, Papuqinko executed the order in time. The commanders and fighters of the 122nd Regiment had just strengthened the fortifications in the trenches where the fire was still burning and smoke was still rising, and the German counterattack began. Groups of soldiers wearing steel helmets followed several tanks and rushed along the street towards the place occupied by the Soviet army.
When the enemy approached the first battalion's position, Major Vasily immediately issued a shooting order, and various weapons on the position fired at the same time, firing at the counterattacking enemies. When the enemies who rushed in the front were shot and fell down one after another, the enemies behind hurriedly retreated to the back of the tank, leaned out from time to time, and fired two shots at the Soviet position.
Seeing that the bullet hit the tank's armor plate and could not stop the enemy's tank from continuing to move forward, Andre quickly issued a new order. "The bazooka approaches and shoots, and must not let the enemy approach our position."
Hearing Andre's orders, several soldiers carrying bazooka climbed out of the trenches, bent over, and ran forward against the wall. They came to a place fifty or sixty meters away from the tanks, hid behind the stairs or rubble on the street, and took the bazooka and aimed at the German tanks to shoot.
A moment later, the moving German tanks were shrouded in the smoke of explosion.
When the smoke cleared, Andre saw three tanks hit a fire and were parked in place to burn, while the remaining one continued to move forward, with dozens of soldiers following it.
"Brothers, shoot with machine guns and knock out those infantry!" Seeing a soldier carrying a rocket, after completing the reload, he stood up and was about to shoot, but was discovered by the enemy infantry. He was immediately shot several times and fell into a pool of blood. Andre quickly shouted at the top of his throat.
"Comrade Battalion Commander," a communications soldier ran to Andre, approached his ear, and shouted loudly: "Your phone number was called by the regiment commander."
Andre ran back to his command post, picked up the phone on the wooden table, and heard Papchinko's voice coming from it: "Hey, Comrade Major, how is the situation there?"
"The enemy dispatched four tanks and a company of soldiers to rush into our camp's position." Andre replied: "We destroyed three tanks and killed nearly a hundred soldiers. The remaining tank and dozens of soldiers are not far from our position, but we are confident of destroying them."
"Good, Major Andre." Papuchinko said with relief on the phone: "You guys are doing well."
As soon as Papchinko hung up Andrei's phone, Sokov called in: "Comrade Colonel, how is your situation there? I heard the sound of gunfire very fierce. Is the enemy launching a counterattack against you?"
"Yes, comrade of the division commander." Papuqinko quickly replied: "The enemy is unwilling to accept their failure and is organizing troops to counterattack. But please rest assured that our commanders and soldiers are fully capable of blocking them."
"I order you: rely on your position and do everything possible to consume the German army's vitality. If necessary, call me and I will give you the necessary support."
After learning about Balvinkovo's situation, Sokov asked Cidolin: "Where is the 124th Regiment now?"
"They were heading towards us after ambushing a German unit." Sidolin looked at his watch and reported to Sokov: "They will be here in about two hours."
When the three regiments were all together, they had enough strength to challenge the three elite German divisions, but the premise was that ammunition supplies could keep up. Sokov continued to ask: "Which ammunition is supplied by the superiors?"
"Lt. Samoilov has cleared a gun runway for transport aircraft to take off and land," said Cidolin with a smile: "Twelve transport aircraft sent by superiors have been launched one after another and are in the air formation. After completing the formation, they will fly to the temporary airport to land."
Considering that the Soviet transport planes were not armed, once they were intercepted by German planes halfway, they would have to sit and wait for death, Sokov continued, "Is there an escort plane?"
"Something, the Air Force dispatched two fighter brigades to escort the transport plane."
The situation looked very good. At this moment, Yershakov, the commander of the 125th Regiment deployed to the south, called Sokov: "Comrade Commander, according to the report of the scouts, he found enemy tanks and a large number of infantry at a distance of five kilometers from our regiment's base."
"Can you find out the enemy's number?" Sokov didn't expect that the enemy from other places arrived shortly after the attack on Balvinkovo's originated.
"Although our scouts did not capture the prisoners, they saw the enemy's epaulette through the telescope, and they could confirm that they were the Flag Guard Division."
When Sokov learned that the German flag guard division had also arrived, he felt worried. He understood that the troops attacked Balvinkovo ​​and really stabbed the hornet's nest. Moreover, the enemy's actions were so fast that they arrived in such a short time. He took a deep breath and tried his best to ask in his usual tone: "What kind of force is the enemy?"
Yershakov said excitedly: "The enemy has twelve tanks, more than 30 armored vehicles, and the same number of trucks, with an estimated total force of more than 1,000."
"Don't panic," Sokov said to him after listening to Yershakov's report: "There are only more than 1,000 enemies, and your regiment has nearly 4,000 people. Four of them will beat him. Can't you still beat him? Order the troops to enter the combat position and prepare to teach the Germans a lesson. Remember, you are not fighting alone, we will support you at any time."
"Comrade Commander, what should we do?" Sidolin looked at the icon that just represented the enemy-to-me situation on the map, frowned, and said with a worried look: "I thought we only needed to deal with the German Imperial Division and Skeleton Division, but I didn't expect that even the Flag Guard Division has come up now. It seems that we have been trapped in the German encirclement."
"Send a telegram to Commander Rokosovsky, report to him the location of the Flag Guard Division, and ask him to send a group of bombers as soon as possible to bomb the marching Flag Guard Division."
"However, the enemy is too close to the defense zone of the 125th Regiment. If the bomber bombs, it may accidentally hurt his own people."
Chapter completed!