As soon as the tank driven by Sokov approached the factory gate, he saw thick smoke rolling in the direction of the family area outside the factory gate, flames soaring into the sky, and guns and cannons were heard.
Seeing this, Bie Lei issued an order to the train crew through the radio: "All people pay attention, everyone pay attention. After leaving the factory gate, slow down, let the infantry get out of the car, and then launch the battle formation to attack forward. Repeat, everyone pay attention..."
After giving the order, Bere raised his hand and patted Sokov on the shoulder. When he saw him turn around, he said to him: "Comrade Brigade Commander, if you leave the factory later, you can slow down and let other tanks walk in front of us."
Sokov knew very well that the reason why Bo Lei issued this order was because he and his two highest-level commanders were, if the tanks were destroyed by German artillery fire, the troops would fall into chaos because they lost their unified command. Therefore, he slowed down his vehicle speed and allowed one tank after another to surpass him.
After leaving the factory gate, the tank slowed down and allowed the infantry to jump off the body while adjusting the formation in an orderly manner. After completing the adjustment of the formation, Ivanzov gave the order, all the tanks increased their horsepower and rushed forward, while the infantry that had dropped the tank followed closely with weapons.
Although Sokov stayed in the Red October factory for a long time, since the main entrance was the defense line of the 39th Division of the Guards, he had never been there. After leaving the factory gate, he saw buildings collapse in the family area hundreds of meters away. The streets were filled with Soviet or German corpses, destroyed tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks burning. Soviet soldiers hiding in the buildings fired at the German tanks and infantry on the streets with machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles, and threw two grenades from time to time.
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Beret leaned into Sokov's ear and said loudly: "It seems that we are here at the right time. The comrades of the Guard Division effectively dragged the Germans."
"Yes, comrade Colonel." Sokov stared ahead and said without looking back: "As long as our tanks rush forward, we can defeat the enemy."
The German army attacking the family area was stubbornly blocked by the Soviet army and was struggling a little hard to fight. Suddenly, a tank unit rushed towards him in the distance, and how could he dare to fight. The infantry dragged their guns and ran in the direction of the coming, while the tanks stayed behind to cover. While they slowly reversed backwards, they stopped to fire two guns at the Soviet tanks from time to time. Because the armor-piercing shells used by the German army and the artillery shells fired, except for one or two lucky shots, the other armor-piercing shells were hit on the open space, neither destroying the Soviet tanks nor causing any casualties to the infantry following behind the tanks.
Seeing this, Sokov quickly turned his head and said to Bere: "Col. Bere, immediately contact Captain Ivanzov and ask him to inform the infantry to speed up and rush up to destroy the enemy's tank."
"What, use infantry to destroy the enemy's tank?" Berey heard Sokov say this, the first thought that the noise in the tank was too loud and he accidentally heard it wrong, so he asked cautiously: "If you do this, wouldn't our soldiers commit suicide?"
"Don't worry, Colonel Bilei, there will be no problem." Sokov explained to Bilei: "Didn't you see that the enemy's armor-piercing bombs are used? It will not cause any casualties to our infantry. Our infantry rushed to the enemy's tanks, but could use anti-tank grenades or explosive packs to destroy the enemy's tanks."
"Well, comrade brigade commander, since you have ordered this, I will convey your order to Captain Ivanzov." Although Bere thought Sokov was suspected of being in trouble, considering that the other party was a commander valued by his superiors, he must have no problems in command, so he gritted his teeth and notified Ivanzov on the radio: "Captain, please notify the infantry and immediately charge the enemy's tank."
After receiving the order conveyed by Bere, Ivanzov couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He asked in surprise: "Comrade Colonel, isn't this letting the infantry brothers die?"
"This is an order!" Bere glanced at Sokov, who was driving a tank, and said with a thorn in his mouth: "Execute it."
Ivanzov, who was used to obeying, dared not neglect it. He quickly notified the infantry liaison officer sitting on the tank body through the tank phone. After hearing the order conveyed by Ivanzov, the liaison officer immediately used a signal flag to send a signal to the company commander behind the tank.
Seeing the signal from the soldiers sitting in the tank car, the company commander shouted to the left and right without hesitation: "Comrades, go over our tanks and rush up to blow up all the enemy tanks." The soldiers of the company shouted loudly, quickly crossing the tanks that were advancing forward, and rushed towards the enemy tanks.
When Bie Lei saw the infantry soldiers rushing towards the enemy's tank without hesitation, his heart was in his throat. He was worried that even if the enemy's tank guns could not cause losses to the soldiers, the bullets fired by the machine guns on the car could knock the soldiers down in pieces.
But what happened next surprised Bere. When the German tankers saw the Soviet soldiers rushing up, they immediately rushed to fire with machine guns. However, after only a few soldiers were knocked down, the soldiers rushed into the dead corner of their vision and threw the anti-tank grenades they carried with them at the enemy tanks.
Amid the series of explosions, the German tanks that covered the retreat of infantry, fired one after another. Some stopped in place to burn, and some continued to retreat back with fire. The tank soldiers who escaped from the tank were also covered in fire and were running around. The Soviet soldiers standing not far away knocked down these firemen one by one with their weapons.
In just a few minutes, all seven or eight tanks broke out were finished, but because the German infantry retreated early, a company of infantry rushed forward, aimed at the back of the German soldiers with their muzzles, pulled the trigger desperately, and finished one magazine after another. Unfortunately, because the distance was too far, there were only a handful of enemies falling under the muzzles of the soldiers.
Bilei didn't expect the victory to come so quickly. He looked at Sokov and said in an incredible tone: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I was worried that the order you gave would kill many commanders and soldiers in vain. But now it seems that your tactic is very effective."
"Send someone to contact the garrison commander here immediately." Sokov continued to drive the tank forward, and at the same time told Bere: "Let them arrange a defense area for us."
"I understand." Perhaps seeing Sokov's orders achieved such incredible results, Bere became more convinced of him. He quickly agreed and notified Ivanzov with the radio station, asking him to send someone to find the commander of the Guard Division and discuss the next issue of how to deploy defenses.
Chapter completed!