At 8 o'clock in the evening, two or three hours before dark, Sokov took two staff officers and Samoilov's guards and set off and rushed to the secret place where the three troops gathered.
The temporary command center was located behind a hill. When Sokov's convoy stopped near the hill, two live-fire soldiers immediately emerged from the half-man-high grass: "Stop, what are you doing?"
"I am Major General Sokov, the commander of the group army." Sokov saw that the tactics of the two Marines blocking his way, so he asked straight to the point: "Where is your command center?"
"It's in a cave on the hill."
"Take me over."
Under the leadership of the sailors, Sokov came to the temporary command center.
The light in the cave was very dark, and Sokov only felt pitch black after entering the door. After a while, he barely adapted to the light here. The command center was about 30 square meters, and there were radio stations, telephones, etc. on the table near the door, and there were staff officers and correspondents next to it. There was a simple square table in the corner, and there were three people sitting next to the table, which should be the three brigade commanders he would command next.
"Hello, comrades in command." Sokov saw that he had been in for so long, and before the other party could find him, he walked over and greeted them loudly: "What are you talking about?"
The three commanders discovered Sokov's arrival at this moment, and quickly stood up to salute and greeted each other: "Hello, Comrade Commander!"
Although Sokov had not been instructing the three commanders for a long time, he knew each of them. After shook hands with the three of them one by one, he asked with a smile: "How is it, are the troops ready for battle?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." The first answer was Lieutenant Colonel Uzakov, the commander of the infantry brigade: "Our troops are ready for battle, and they can only launch an attack on the enemy immediately as soon as the time comes."
"Comrade Commander, I have a question." Navy Brigade Commander Colonel Chuwashov asked with a frown: "Although our frontal imperial division has been rebuilt for a while, if we attack the enemy without artillery fire, we must have suffered small casualties."
"You don't have to worry about this." Sokov comforted the other party. "Before your three brigades launch an attack, I will use new rockets to attack the enemy. When they are hit hard and fall into chaos, you are launching an attack so that you can reduce unnecessary casualties."
Sokov took the hot tea handed over by a staff officer, took a sip, and asked the three people slowly: "Do you know why I want to let the three brigades take turns to fight?"
The three brigade commanders were also puzzled about the questions raised by Sokov. Logically speaking, the German army gathered in such a dense area. If the three brigades launched attacks at the same time, wouldn’t they be able to defeat the enemy faster? But Sokov made the three brigades go into the battle one after another. The three brigade commanders felt very ununderstandable about his tactic of adding fuel to it.
Seeing that everyone was worried, Sokov no longer made things difficult for them, but took the initiative to say the reason: "If three brigades were engaged in the battle at the same time, then you would not have any reserve team available. Once the enemy woke up from the chaos and implemented a tiered defense, it would become very difficult for you to break through their defense.
The biggest advantage of putting troops into battle in turn is that when the first echelon's offense is set, the second echelon, whose strength has not suffered any loss, can immediately enter the battle and continue to attack the enemy until it breaks through the enemy's defense.
Even if the attack was smooth and there was no decent resistance from the enemy along the way, the commanders and soldiers would definitely get tired after pushing forward for a certain distance. At this time, the second tier would replace the attack and give the first tier a rest time. As long as we adopt this rotating offensive tactic, we believe that we will be able to successfully destroy the resistance of the enemy along the way and meet with the troops detouring behind the enemy successfully."
The German army, who were frustrated in the attack, camped five or six kilometers away from the Soviet position. Many people never dreamed that their lives had entered the countdown.
Although Lieutenant Shafel's company did not participate in today's attack, the entire attack process was seen by Shafel. As a battle-hardened officer, he looked down on the Soviet army at all, and a few months ago, he had commanded his own company and defeated a mixed Soviet army regiment. This victory made him even more arrogant.
But today's battle overturned his three views. The dense artillery fire blew the Russians' defensive positions into a sea of ​​fire. According to his idea, after such a fierce shelling, there might not be any living creatures on the position. After the shelling, the most elite troops launched a charge towards the position that was bombed into ruins, and everyone thought they would easily seize the position. But the next scene was unforgettable for them. They were defeated by dense firepower before they even got close to the position, and they paid a huge price.
While Shafel was sitting in his tent and was thinking about it, explosions suddenly came from outside, and the ground under his feet was shaking violently. His first reaction was that the Russians began to shell our camp.
When Shafel rushed out of the tent, the entire camp was already in chaos. The location of the motorized camp was on the open ground between the two hills. At this time, small Soviet troops appeared in the valleys on both sides. They attacked the camp with new rockets from a high place. After each rocket fell to the ground and exploded, it would form a killing radius of up to 50 meters at the explosion point.
As long as you enter this explosion range, even if you have nine lives like a cat, it may be difficult to survive. The flying shrapnel will pierce your body, and the huge shock wave will shatter your internal organs. Lucky people will die on the spot, while those who survive by chance will wait for the arrival of death in despair and pain.
The German soldiers in the camp had never seen such a weapon, and they had long since been wiped out, and for a moment they were like headless flies running around. Rockets were still falling from the sky. Every explosion would cause several German officers and soldiers to fly in their flesh and blood. For a moment, the air was filled with the strange smell of gunpowder and blood.
Chapter completed!