Sokov is now strong and has many people, but the reason why he only invested one division and three brigades in the battle to encircle and annihilate the Imperial Division was entirely because the terrain here was complex, which was not conducive to the development of the large army.
It was about to dawn, but the battle was not as smooth as he thought. The three brigades attacking from north to south were personally commanded and fought very well, which made the German army retreat step by step. However, the infantry division that carried out the attack on the southern front was slow and fought all night. Not only did they fail to meet according to the plan, but they were blocked by the German army two kilometers away.
Seeing the sky bright in the east, Sokov couldn't help frowning. Although his troops were severely injured by the imperial division in the evening battle, as soon as the sky was dawn, the enemy's planes appeared in the sky and bombarded his troops. At that time, the situation on the battlefield would develop in a direction that was beneficial to the German army.
In addition, he received a report from Grizenko that they found enemy troops in the rear and continued to fight, and there was a possibility of being surrounded. In order to prevent this situation, Sokov decided to adjust his tactics and put the 84th Marine Brigade, which had been on standby, into combat in advance.
Colonel Chuwashov watched his friendly troops fight with the German troops all night, but his troops followed without a single shot like a logistics unit. He was even worried that his troops would not have the chance to join the war until the moment he wiped out the Imperial Division. At this moment, he was overjoyed when he heard Sokov's order and quickly replied: "Don't worry, comrade Commander, we will definitely come over and meet with the friendly troops as soon as possible."
"Wait a minute, comrade Colonel." Seeing that Chuwashov was anxious to leave, Sokov quickly called him and pointed to the map to analyze to him: "Now, Lieutenant Colonel Dobruthen's 62nd Brigade and the enemy have been in a stalemate. If you enter the battlefield from their location, it will be difficult to break through the enemy's defense in a short time."
"What should we do, Comrade Commander?" Chuwashov asked modestly.
"It is better to detour or to use the flanking detour tactic." Sokov drew a route on the map with his finger and said to Chuwashov: "It is best to detour from the enemy's left wing, which direction is under the control of friendly forces. If you take action there, you can get help from friendly forces."
Just as Sokov put his reserve team into the battle, Major General Grizenko encountered unexpected danger. He was calling his subordinate commander and asking how the attack was progressing, suddenly a soldier rushed in from outside with a gun and shouted loudly: "Comrade Commander, something happened, something happened!"
Seeing the quarrelsome warrior, Grizenko couldn't help but frown: "What's wrong?"
"Tank, enemy tank." The warrior replied: "There is a German tank heading towards us."
"Chief of Staff," Gritzenko immediately called the Chief of Staff and told him: "Let the guard battalion use a rocket launcher to kill the enemy's tanks, and they must not be allowed to get close to the division."
"Comrade Commander," Unexpectedly, after listening to Grizenko's orders, the Chief of Staff of the Division said with an awkward look: "There is no rocket launcher at all in the Guard Battalion."
"What, the guard battalion has no bazooka?" Gritzenko asked with a stern face: "Don't I remember there are two bazooka?"
"Yes, before dark yesterday, there were indeed two rocket launchers in the guard battalion." The Chief of Staff of the Division defended: "But you ordered all the new rockets and rocket launchers to be concentrated last night and handed them over to the troops serving as the main attack. Now, not only does there be rocket launchers in the guard battalion, but also the new rockets are gone."
"Damn!" Major General Gricenko had just said a word when he heard a loud noise outside, and then the dust on the roof fell like snow, making him covered in dirt. Gricenko raised his hand and patted his shoulder, and continued to say to the chief of staff: "Since there is no bazooka, then use cluster grenades to blow it up, and you must destroy this single German tank."
Due to the unsuccessful attack in the front, Grizenko transferred two companies from the guard battalion to strengthen the frontline troops. Now there is only one company left by his side. After receiving the order, the guard battalion commander felt that he could not use all his troops to intercept the enemy's tanks, so he left a platoon to continue to be responsible for the security of the division headquarters. He took the soldiers of the other two platoons to intercept the enemy's alone tank.
The German tanks that appeared here were lost because they were too dark. Now it was almost dawn. The tank commander found that it seemed to be the Soviet position in front of him, so he ordered the gunner to fire. Unexpectedly, after the gun fired, a large number of Soviet troops appeared. They ran around in the simple trenches. The commander quickly issued an order: "Recharge again!"
With the order issued, the loader quickly loaded the shell into the turret. After a brief aim, the shell was fired. The shell fell more than two meters away from the trench and exploded, raising up mud pillars that soared into the sky and the flying mud, causing the soldiers running in the trench to squat down.
"Comrade Major," a soldier asked the guard battalion commander who was lying beside him nervously: "The enemy's tank is at least four hundred meters away from them, how can we knock it off?"
"Don't worry." Seeing the enemy's tank staying far from the trench, the battalion commander understood that letting his soldiers run so far to blow up the tank was purely to let them die. Therefore, after a brief thought, he replied: "Pause it down, everyone should be careful. Without my orders, no one is allowed to open fire!"
The battalion commander's orders quickly spread throughout the position through the soldiers on both sides: "The battalion commander has orders, be careful to be hidden. Without his orders, no one is allowed to open fire!"
After the German chariot commanded the gunner to fire two guns, he found that the Soviet army had not fought back at all. He immediately understood that the opponent did not have long-range anti-tank weapons and could not destroy his tanks at a long distance. However, he was reluctant to let him continue to bombard the Russians hiding in the trenches with artillery fire, because this was a waste of precious shells.
"Chief," the driver saw that the captain neither gave the advance order nor ordered the gunner to fire again, so he asked tentatively: "What should we do next? Are we going to stay here?"
"Don't you know that we cannot pass the Russian trenches without the cover of infantry? I don't want my tank to be destroyed by the Russians." The captain said, and used the on-board radio station to contact his superiors, hoping that the other party could send some infantry to support him.
"What, you said you discovered the Russian command?" After hearing the commander's report, the German commander was immediately overjoyed: "I will send you two tanks and five armored vehicles immediately. You must take off the Russian command. As long as you kill their command, the Russian troops attacking the Imperial Division will fall into chaos because they lose unified command."
The Chief of Staff saw that the German tanks were staying a few hundred meters away and no longer took action, so he suggested to Gritzenko: "Comrade Commander, this place is too dangerous. Should we move to another place?"
"No, we can't leave at this time." Gritzenko said stubbornly: "Don't forget that there are two platoons of soldiers outside ready to fight against the enemy. If we choose to leave at this moment, it will have an adverse impact on their military morale and morale."
"Okay, Comrade Commander." Seeing that Grizenko was unwilling to leave, the Chief of Staff had to give up the idea of ​​transfer: "I will stay and face the enemy with you."
"Chief of Staff, call the frontline troops and ask them to speed up the attack." Major General Grizenko was not just stubbornly. He knew that the best way to get out of the predicament was to speed up the attack, break through the enemy's last line of defense, and meet with the oncoming friendly troops. As long as the two sides unite, these enemies are not worth worrying about.
The German army, compressed by the north and south troops in a narrow area, had about 4,000 people. The division commander ran away, and the remaining commanders were the commanders of each regiment. These officers with rich combat experience soon discovered the gap in strength between the Soviet army from both directions. The troops heading from the north and the south fought without any rushing and were quite regular; while the troops heading from the south and the north were blindly fighting fiercely. After understanding the combat characteristics of the Soviet army, the German army adopted the tactics of north defense, south defense and counterattack to deal with the Soviet army's attack.
When they repelled the infantry division's attack, they would seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack, which not only caused huge casualties to the Soviet army, but also restored some lost positions.
After a night of battle, the three regiments of the infantry division had already suffered heavy casualties and were unable to launch a new attack. However, at this time, the chief of staff of the division called the commanders of each regiment and said that the enemy's tanks were found near the division headquarters. In order to ensure the safety of the division headquarters, they must increase the intensity of the offensive. It is necessary to break through the enemy's defense as soon as possible, meet with oncoming friendly forces, and rescue the troops from danger.
"What should I do?" The three regiment commanders gathered together to discuss: "The division headquarters is in danger, and we cannot go back to rescue. It seems that we can only organize another attack and strive to break through the enemy's defense line as soon as possible. As long as we meet with friendly troops, the division headquarters can naturally be rescued from danger."
However, before the remnants of the three regiments launched another attack, the German army took the lead and launched a counterattack first. The commanders and fighters who rushed out of the trenches came face to face with the enemy. Both sides had no time to make any evasion and directly opened fire. Amid the dense gunfire, the officers and soldiers of both sides fell in groups, and the living people were still pulling the trigger.
Fortunately, the Soviet army changed into assault rifles not long ago and had an advantage in firepower. Although it suffered considerable casualties, it knocked down most of the enemies that rushed out, and the remaining enemies fled back to their positions in a hurry.
After suffering such heavy casualties, he would definitely be unable to continue attacking. The Soviet commanders and soldiers had no choice but to retreat to their positions. After completing the assembly again, they would launch a new attack on the enemy.
When the Soviet commanders and soldiers retreated to their positions one after another, strange sounds suddenly came from the air. Then they saw many rockets with long flame tails rising from the west and flying towards the German positions. Soon, the German positions were shrouded in dazzling flames and rolling smoke, and a huge roar came.
"What's going on?" The three regiment commanders who were staying in the temporary command post rushed out immediately when they heard the explosion outside. They looked at the enemy's position covered in smoke in the distance and asked in a daze: "What's going on? Where did the rockets come out?"
"Report to the regiment commanders," a soldier next to him quickly replied, "I saw clearly that he flew over from the west, probably launched by friendly forces."
"Friends launched by friendly troops?" When a regiment commander frowned and said, "Aren't the friendly troops who came to meet with us in the north? When did another friendly troops emerge from the west?"
Before everyone could figure out what was going on, they heard a faint sound of "Ula" coming from afar. Everyone looked in the sound and saw countless sailors wearing black naval uniforms carrying new assault rifles, launching attacks from the west towards the enemy's positions.
"Our reinforcements are here!" The regiment commander suddenly became excited when he saw the appearance of friendly troops. He shouted: "Comrades, we can't stand here and do nothing. Organize the troops immediately and launch another charge. I guess I will definitely break through the enemy's defense this time."
Just as the main force of the 384th Division, along with the sudden emergence of the Marine Brigade, launched an attack on the enemy's positions, Major General Grizenko's division headquarters encountered a great threat, and two tanks and five armored personnel carriers appeared in the distance.
After the two tanks lined up with the original tank, the German officers and soldiers on the armored personnel carrier jumped out of the car, seized the favorable terrain, and prepared for an attack.
Seeing the German tanks and armored vehicles appearing in the distance, the guard battalion commander was anxious. If the enemy really rushed over, his own strength would not be able to stop him. Thinking of this, he quickly ordered: "Machine gun shooting, destroy the enemy's infantry!"
With the order issued, two turntable machine guns began to shoot. Since the German infantry either lay on the ground or hid behind the tank, the Soviet shooting did not achieve any results. Occasionally, a few bullets hit the tank's armor and would be quickly bounced away, leaving only a row of Mars.
How could German tanks allow Soviet machine guns to shoot unscrupulously? The three tanks adjusted the position of the turret, aimed at the position of the machine gun and fired. After three loud "boom boom boom", two turntable machine guns and machine gunners were blown to pieces, and even the surrounding soldiers were injured and killed.
Chapter completed!