After destroying Hornerdolph's tank, anti-tank players deployed in the crater in front of the position destroyed four or five tanks in succession with the bazooka.
According to Guchakov's idea, once the remaining tanks of the German army are killed by the anti-tank soldiers deployed in front of the position, the infantry that loses the cover of the tank will fall into chaos, and then they can order the troops to launch a charge.
But the next scene that surprised him happened. The remaining tanks quickly reversed and retreated to a position more than 300 meters away from the position. After stabilizing, they used tank guns to shell the trenches. The explosions one after another forced the soldiers to continue lying in the fortifications and dared not stand up easily.
The German infantry in the distance accelerated the charge. The machine gunners dragged the machine guns and the gunners carried the mortars. After reaching the ideal shooting position, they immediately looked for a suitable place to establish a shooting position, and used artillery fire and machine gun fire to cooperate with the tank's artillery fire to cover the remaining infantry to occupy favorable terrain.
"Damn, what's going on?" Guchakov couldn't help frowning when he saw this scene. The tanks that covered the infantry's charge were destroyed by anti-tank hands, shouldn't the infantry that lost the cover of the tank retreat? Who knew that the enemy not only showed no sign of retreat, but on the contrary, the offensive became even more fierce: "Have the Germans gone crazy?"
Sokov in the observation center from afar also saw this strange scene. He felt that the enemy at this moment was like a group of hornets stabbed in an old nest. He turned his head and looked at Koida and asked in confusion: "Comrade Colonel, tell me what's going on. After the enemy's attack was frustrated, he not only did not retreat, but instead increased the attack. Are they going crazy?"
Koida shrugged her shoulders, curled her mouth and said, "Is it because Manstein gave them the death order to seize our army's position within the prescribed time?"
After a while, the German offensive still did not weaken. Instead, new armored troops and infantry were put into battle. Sokov realized the seriousness of the problem and quickly picked up the phone and answered Malankin's division headquarters: "General Malankin, I am Sokov."
When he heard that the person who called him was Sokov, Marantin asked excitedly: "General Sokov, is there any news about General Lukin?"
"Uh," Sokov didn't expect that the first thing that came to mind was this. He replied awkwardly: "My investigation has not made any progress in my investigation yet. When there is news, I will notify you as soon as possible. I will call you today for something else."
"What else?" said Malankin. "May I ask, General Sokov, what are you going to know?"
"How is the German offensive in your defense zone?"
Malankin hesitated for a moment, then said: "Just ten minutes ago, about a battalion of German infantry, under the cover of more than ten tanks, launched a strong attack on the position of the 233rd Regiment. Due to the fierce attack of the enemy, the defenders were almost unable to hold on. When I was about to put the 235th Regiment into battle, the enemy stopped the attack without warning and withdrew from the battlefield."
Sokov was shocked: "What, the enemy suddenly withdrew from the battle when he had the advantage?"
"Yes, General Sokov." Marantin replied truthfully: "If I do not send additional reinforcements to the positions, they will only hold on for half an hour or even less. At that time, I was thinking about whether to use the second line of defense to continue to block the enemy's attack. But suddenly, the enemy who had the advantage retreated without warning."
After Sokov put down the phone, he stared at the map on the table in a daze. He was also confused at the moment. Why did the enemy attacking the defense zone of the Guard Division suddenly choose to retreat while gaining an advantage? Did something unexpected happen?
"Comrade Commander," Koida, who was standing at the lookout entrance to observe the situation on the battlefield, came to Sokov and said anxiously: "Now there are at least forty tanks on the battlefield. They are all parked outside the range of our rocket launcher attack and bombarded our army's defensive positions with artillery fire."
"How is the casualties?"
"Captain Guchakov reported to me that in order to defend the position, he had already put the company as a reserve team into battle." Koida asked Sokov for advice: "Now the enemy is attacking like crazy, and the casualties in our unit are also rising."
When deploying defense, although the entire 52nd Regiment was on the front line, the only one who was involved in the battle is Guchakov's battalion. Seeing that the situation was dangerous, Sokov hurriedly ordered Koida: "Immediately call the commander of the 562nd Regiment and order him to put the other two battalions into the battle."
Seeing Koida pick up the phone and ready to call the 562nd Regiment, Sokov added: "Order the 654th Regiment to be prepared for combat, and if necessary, they need to be transferred to the front line."
"What about the 568th Regiment and the Artillery Regiment?" Koida asked.
"The 568th Regiment continues to serve as a warning task on the right wing and must not be used easily. As for the artillery regiment," Sokov began to think in his mind. The 188th Division's blocking war was only the first day. Is it necessary to put the artillery into battle? After some thought, he said to Koida: "The artillery regiment is ready for all combat. Once it is found that the position is in danger of loss, immediately bombard the attacking enemy."
Sokov stood in front of the lookout, holding a telescope to look into the distance, and saw that the attacking German officers and soldiers were fighting extremely tenaciously. Some even rushed to a place just ten meters away from the trenches, and they were only one step away from rushing into the Soviet trenches. The Soviet commanders and soldiers who were holding positions fought extremely bravely. Seeing that the enemy approached their positions, soldiers holding grenades from time to time rushed towards the enemy bravely. After a loud "boom", they died with the enemy who rushed up.
In order to figure out what happened, the German officers and soldiers became like they were injected with chicken blood, and rushed forward in a rain of bullets, Sokov called the Chief of Staff again and told him: "Comrade Chief of Staff, please inform the officers and soldiers on the front line to capture a few prisoners and figure out the reason why the enemy's attack is so abnormal."
With the order issued, the commanders and soldiers who stood firm no longer killed all the enemies who rushed into the trenches, but tried every means to capture the prisoners. In a short while, they captured five prisoners, except for one private, the rest were non-commissioned officers, and even one was a second lieutenant.
The prisoner was taken to Guchakov's command post by the soldiers. He looked at the prisoner in front of him, thinking that he would find out why the German attack was abnormal and he would definitely be able to ask the reason from the German lieutenant. So he called Sergeant Kopeto and said to him: "Sergeant Kopeto, take your squad and take all these prisoners to the division headquarters. Remember, no matter what happened on the road, you must guarantee me with your life, and make sure that this German lieutenant arrives at the division headquarters alive."
Chapter completed!