After Sokov issued an order to reinforce the North Slope to the military dog ​​company, he was worried that the enemy would be unfavorable to the Front Command, which was preparing to transfer, so he quickly picked up the phone on the table and prepared to call Khrushchev and report the situation here to him. Unexpectedly, when he asked the correspondents to answer the phone, the other party told him: "I'm sorry, comrade comrade, the telephone line of the Front Command cannot be connected for the time being."
"What the hell is going on?" Sokov asked impatiently: "Why can't you connect?"
"The specific situation is not clear." The correspondent was startled by Sokov's attitude and quickly explained to him: "It should be that the telephone line over there has been cut off."
"The telephone line has been cut off? Who has such a courage to cut off the communication line of the Front Command..." As soon as he said this, he suddenly realized that the headquarters might have begun to move, so he hurriedly asked the radio operator: "Comrade Radio, call the Front Command to see if it can be contacted."
But when the radio operator started calling, Sidolin walked to Sokov and asked tentatively: "Comrade Brigade Commander, are you planning to report the situation here to the Front Command?"
"Yes, my chief of staff." Sokov nodded and replied, "The enemy has begun to attack the north slope. Once the oil storage tank on the top of the slope is hit by artillery fire, detonating the fuel in the tank, which will cause catastrophic consequences. The burning fuel will flow down the hillside into the Volga River, burning everything they encounter on the way down the river..."
Although Sokov did not say it clearly, Cidolin still guessed that the other party wanted to warn Khrushchev and others, so he reminded him: "Comrade Brigade Commander, maybe the Front Command has begun to move. If you want to warn them, you can only send a correspondent."
"It makes sense." Sokov agreed with Sidolin's statement. He immediately called a correspondent soldier and ordered the other party: "You immediately rushed to the city department store to find the front headquarters and told them that the enemy began to attack the north slope of Mamayev hill. For their safety, please stop the transfer temporarily."
As soon as the correspondents who had gone to the Front Command to report the news, Sokov called another correspondent and said to him: "You go to the dock to find Selyosha, and ask him to withdraw the guard company immediately and search in the residential community on the south side of Mamayevgang to see if there are deserters from our army and spies sent by the Germans."
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After receiving Sokov's order, Oshanin immediately called the platoon leader to himself and said with some excitement: "Comrade Lieutenant, we have been stationed in Mamayev's hill for a while, but we stayed in the tunnel every day and did nothing. The comrades in the infantry brigade must have their opinions on us. Now it's finally our turn to show our skills. Listen, there are more than 20 German tanks rushing towards the defensive positions on the north slope. You immediately lead a row to the north slope to assist the defenders there to eliminate the enemy's tanks, and let the infantry take a good look. We are not idle."
"Don't worry, comrade Captain." A platoon leader had been in the tunnel for so long, and had been impatient. Hearing the order given by Oshanin, he immediately expressed his opinion to him: "We will never let the enemy's tanks approach the high ground."
"President of the first row, before you set out, you must carefully check the explosive packs carried by the military dog." Before the first row of the second row left, Aoshaning specifically reminded him: "The tunnel is wet, and our explosives will inevitably be damp. Never let the explosives get damp, which will affect the major event of blowing up enemy tanks. Otherwise, the sacrifice of the military dog ​​will have no value."
"I understand," the roster leader nodded vigorously and replied, "Before departure, I will order the trainers to carefully check the explosive packs on the military dogs and avoid using those that are damp."
More than 30 trainers in the military dog ​​row, led by the platoon leader, walked along the tunnel connecting the north and south slopes to the north slope. The one who greeted them was Captain Goria, the battalion commander of the 192nd Battalion.
Seeing the soldiers of the military dog ​​company coming with the military dog, Goria hurriedly stepped forward to greet a platoon leader and said to him: "Comrade Lieutenant, you have been waiting for you. The German tanks are now less than one kilometer away from the high ground. I will take you into the attacking position."
In order to facilitate the blow up of German tanks, there were more than a dozen individual bunkers at the foot of the high ground, which were specially designed for military dog ​​trainers and military dogs to hide. Goria brought soldiers from a row of military dogs to an exit at the bottom of the slope, pointed to the front and said to a platoon leader: "Comrade Lieutenant, your attack location is there. Do you need me to take you there?"
"No need, Comrade Captain. We can go there by ourselves." A row leader saw that the individual bunkers were no more than thirty meters away from the exit, and smiled and said to Goria, "Thank you for guiding us."
Goria reached out and shook hands with the other party, and said sincerely: "I wish you victory!" Then she turned around and walked back to the depths of the tunnel.
As soon as Goria walked away, a row of long squatted in front of the cave entrance and raised her telescope to look into the distance. Twenty tanks were divided into two rows, coming towards the north slope with a fierce momentum. A piece of smoke and exhaust smoke rose from behind the tanks, making the infantry queues farther away looming.
Seeing that the enemy's tanks were far apart from the infantry, a platoon breathed a sigh of relief. He turned his head to the trainer in the tunnel and said, "Comrades, the Germans have more than 20 tanks, but this is nothing. On average, we can't divide one by one. I now order each squad to enter the individual bunker outside in turn. After the German tanks entered the 300-meter range, they immediately let the military dogs attack and blow them up. Do you understand?" After his subordinates agreed, he continued, "Squad one squad first."
German tanks rumbled across the ring railway and entered the minefield laid by the infantry brigade. Unfortunately, the infantry mines buried here. Although the sound of explosions kept sounding, the damage caused to the German tanks was minimal. After passing through the minefield, the German tanks crushed barbed wire mesh under the tracks, opening a passage for the infantry behind them.
Seeing that the enemy's tank was only more than 300 meters away from him, a squad leader decisively issued an attack order. With the order issued, the twelve army dogs jumped out of the individual bunker and rushed towards the German tanks in the distance like lightning.
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After Sokov sent correspondents to the Front Command and the Guard Company, he came to the fortifications on the hillside of the north slope, found an inconspicuous corner to lie down, and then raised his telescope. He wanted to see with his own eyes how the military dogs blew up the German tanks.
When he saw the military dog ​​jumping out of the individual bunker and rushing forward like lightning, Sokov thought to himself: How can he kill seven or eight enemy tanks be killed by dispatching twelve military dogs at once? But the next scene surprised him. The military dog ​​did not fight against a tank as he imagined, but two or three, or even four or five military dogs rushed towards a tank at the same time.
After a moment, he saw the latest army dog ​​that attacked and drilled into the bottom of a German tank No. 4. After a brief pause, he first saw a ball of fire coming out of the tank from the bottom, quickly wrapping the tank body, and then he heard the rumbling explosion.
Then, four or five army dogs drilled under the bodies of different tanks. After a series of explosions, the unlucky tanks began to burn, but not every bombed tank immediately stopped there to burn. It was still a tank with a raging fire. It was still a circle in place and tried to drive back to their starting position. However, it did not drive far away and could no longer drive and parked in place to start burning.
The twelve military dogs exploded four tanks. Sokov thought with some amusement: Only three well-trained military dogs can blow up a German tank. Such a exchange ratio was really beyond his expectations.
The tank, which was not attacked, noticed that its companions had been destroyed, and quickly stopped in place, bombarded the trainee's hiding place with tank guns, trying to destroy them there. At the same time, the infantry who were far behind also accelerated their pace and rushed over to support the tanks in front.
Sokov saw a civil and wooden bunker not far away, so he quickly bent over and walked over. This was an observation room. When the soldiers inside saw Sokov breaking in, they quickly straightened their bodies to salute him and reported: "Comrade Brigade Commander, we are observing the enemy situation, please give us instructions!"
"Please continue." Sokov said, walking over and picking up the phone hanging on the wall, and letting the communications officer connect to the military dog ​​company. As soon as he heard Oshanin's voice, he said loudly: "Captain, why are you still staying in the tunnel? Don't you want to see how your most loyal comrades destroy the enemy's tank?"
Oshanin was a disciplined man. Although he was eager to see the battle between the military dogs with his own eyes, he did not dare to leave the tunnel half a step before receiving the order. At this moment, when he heard Sokov ask him to go to the trench, he immediately agreed loudly, threw down the microphone and ran out.
When Oshanin found Sokov in the observation room, it happened to be the second batch of military dogs attacking. Seeing these military dogs who were with him day and night, they rushed under the enemy's tank one after another. When he died with the tank amid the explosion, his eyes turned red and his nose felt a burst of soreness.
At this moment, he heard Sokov's voice: "Captain, the first group of military dogs, destroyed four German tanks; the second group's results were slightly better, destroyed five tanks. 24 military dogs only destroyed nine tanks. Is this exchange a lot of losses for us?"
Those soldiers who stayed in the observation center couldn't help but wonder when they heard Sokov say this: If infantrymen were sent to blow up nine tanks, at least one platoon of soldiers would have to sacrifice. Now that they have only lost 24 military dogs, is it worth making a fuss?
Oshanin looked at Sokov with a blank look on his face and asked in confusion: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I don't understand what you mean."
"You must have seen the attack of the military dogs just now." Sokov said sadly: "Is it a bit too wasteful for several military dogs to blow up a tank at the same time? If each military dog ​​chooses a target, will the results they achieve more?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander, the situation you mentioned can be done." After observing the battlefield for a while, Oshanin said to Sokov: "No matter how well-trained military dogs are, they cannot compare with people. They do not know how to choose targets, so several military dogs attack a tank."
Sokov heard from Oshenin's tone that the other party seemed to have some measures to deal with it, so he asked curiously: "Is there a way to solve this problem?"
"Yes." Sokov originally just took a lucky mentality, and then asked, but he didn't expect that Oshanning gave him a positive answer: "It was a platoon leader's command error. He should not let the military dogs attack in squads, but should use single or double dogs to attack, so that the number of German tanks can be destroyed can be increased."
Sokov thinks it makes sense for Oshanin's statement. When a single dog attacks, it will go straight to the target and blow it up; even if the two dogs rush towards the same target, it will be just two dogs to exchange for a tank, which is more cost-effective than changing to a tank just now. In Mamayevgang, military dogs are a consumable, and they will not be able to get supplies after use, so they should be used reasonably.
Before Sokov could speak, Oshanin continued: "It's a pity that there is no phone call here to directly contact the platoon leader, otherwise I would order him to use single or double dog attacks to deal with German tanks."
After hearing Oshaning's words, Sokov knew very well that even if he sent someone to inform the platoon leader and used single or double dog attacks to blow up the German tanks, it would be too late. He was thinking about this and saw the third group of military dogs jump out of the individual bunker and rush towards the enemy's tanks. After a series of rumblings, three more tanks began to burn.
The German tankers may never have dreamed that the Soviet army would use the tactic of military dogs to blow up tanks in order to prevent unnecessary losses. The German commander decisively issued an order to the tanks to retreat immediately. The tankers who received the retreat order were as if they were amnesty, and the driver quickly activated the tanks and retreated in a reverse way.
The first attack of the German army was blocked by the anti-tank dog company. After losing twelve tanks, he withdrew his starting position dejectedly.
Chapter completed!