When Major General Blikori rushed to the railway station outside Aerenstein with a company of guards, Yegor came out to greet him, and said excitedly from afar: "Comrade division commander, we have made a fortune, we have made a fortune!" ”

Seeing Yegor so out of shape, Blicori couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and said in his heart that at best, two truckloads of ammunition and a batch of military supplies were seized, and he made you so excited. He turned over and dismounted, and after shaking hands with Yegor, he asked with a smile: "Comrade Colonel, I don't know what good things you seized in the station, and you are actually excited like this?" ”

"Two columns," said Yegor, holding out two fingers and feeling very emotional, "they are all tanks and artillery. Comrade division commander, we have made a fortune! ”

When Blicori heard this, he was a little unsettled, and hurriedly asked, "Where are the captured tanks and artillery?" ”

Yegor hurriedly came to one of the innermost platforms of the station, pointed to the two military columns parked on the tracks, and said: "Comrade division commander, have you seen it?" These were these two columns, with tanks and artillery on them. After our count, there were eight No. 4 tanks, four Tiger tanks, and four Panther tanks; The artillery had six 105-mm field guns and eight 150-mm heavy guns. ”

As soon as Yegor finished speaking, Blikori immediately instructed the operator who followed him: "Immediately get in touch with the chief of staff of the division, and ask him to immediately transfer two companies of artillery from the artillery battalion, without any artillery, and rush here as soon as possible to cooperate with us." ”

When Yegor heard this order from Blikory, he immediately understood his intentions, but he still cautiously asked: "Comrade division commander, did you let the artillerymen come here empty-handed in order to make use of this batch of artillery?" ”

"That's right, that's exactly what I thought." Pointing to the city of Arunstein in the distance, Blickory said: "We want to take the city in front, and we can't do it without artillery support." But you also know that the artillery battalions in the division are equipped with 76.2 mm field guns, and it is okay to bombard the German infantry in the open field, but it is useless to use it for siege. ”

Blicori sighed softly, and continued: "It's a pity that there are no fighters in our division who know how to drive tanks, otherwise our division is fully capable of taking Aerenstein in the east with the tanks in front." At this point, he pointed with his hand at the artillery still fixed on the flat of the column, and ordered, "Colonel Yegor, arrange for the artillery to be unloaded immediately, maybe we will be able to use it soon." ”

Since the 23rd and 28th Cavalry Regiments were still on their way to Allenstein, Blicori was worried that the enemy in the city would launch a frantic counterattack after learning of the loss of the station, so he ordered the 25th Cavalry Regiment to build fortifications to the east of the railway station, ready to stop the incoming enemy at any time.

Blicori's fears soon became a reality, and the commander of the city defense in the city of Alenstein could not help but be greatly annoyed when he learned that a Soviet cavalry had occupied the station, because he knew that there were a large number of weapons and ammunition stored in the station, and there were also newly arrived tanks and artillery, and if these weapons, ammunition and technical equipment were lost, even if there were strong fortifications, it would be very difficult to stop the Soviet attack.

Therefore, the commander of the city defense called one of the regimental commanders and ordered him to immediately organize a counterattack of the troops, and in the shortest possible time, the railway station must be recaptured from the hands of the Soviet troops. Immediately after receiving the order, the German commander sent a battalion of troops and launched a surprise attack in the direction of the station, trying to recapture the station in one fell swoop.

When the German offensive began, Blicori and Yegor were standing on the water tower of the station, where the view was so wide that they could clearly see the rushing enemy. But seeing that the enemy did not prepare for artillery fire before attacking; When attacking, there were no tanks or armored vehicles to accompany the attack, and there was a dense storm formation, Blicori smiled on his face.

Seeing the expression on Blicory's face, Yegor hurriedly asked, "Comrade division commander, what are you laughing at?" ”

Blicori put down the binoculars in his hand, pointed to the German troops in the east, and replied with a smile: "Colonel Yegor, look at these enemies, not to mention the support of tanks and artillery, even the stormtrooper formation is so dense, it seems that they have been stationed in East Prussia garrison, and they have no combat experience. ”

In response to Blicori's statement, Yegor nodded in agreement: "That's right, Comrade Division Commander. Perhaps these German officers and soldiers were well-trained, but they had no actual combat experience and no combat experience. Trying to compete with our battle-hardened cavalry warriors is a matter of death. ”

Blikori then ordered: "Comrade Colonel, when the German attack has been repulsed, you will immediately launch a counter-charge and kill as many enemies as possible, which will help us in the next step of the siege." ”

"Comrade division commander," Yegor said with some concern, looking at the approaching German columns, "the snow is too deep, and if our soldiers attack on foot, I am afraid that they will not be able to catch up with the enemy." ”

The reason why Yegor said this was because the cavalry's target on the battlefield was too large, and the snow was now too deep, and the impact speed would be affected, so in order to prevent the cavalry soldiers from becoming the target of the German army's shooting, they did not ride horses when they attacked.

After hearing this, Blicori waved his hand at him and said: "It doesn't matter, according to the performance of this enemy, they are not ready to attack, presumably there is no machine gun position set up, and when the counterattack is carried out later, let the soldiers ride their horses to charge." ”

The German officers and soldiers who came in the snow, fearing that they would be intercepted by Soviet fire, began to advance with some caution. But as I got closer and closer to the station, I found that there was no movement inside. The German commander who led the charge muttered in his heart: "Could it be that the Russian cavalry only came to the station to harass them?" After completing the mission, they have already left? ”

If it is an officer with a lot of combat experience, he will definitely let the troops stop for a while and send a few people to the station to reconnoitre. It's a pity that this officer has never been on the battlefield at all, so he doesn't know how to send scouts, but continues to take his subordinates and continues to advance towards the station, step by step towards death.

When the German troops were less than 100 meters away from the station, the cavalry fighters hidden in the circular position outside the station began to shoot. They used the newly captured MG42 general-purpose machine gun, six machine guns known as the "Hitler chainsaw" fired at the same time, and six dark red tongues of fire erupted from the muzzle, slamming the dense German ranks like fire whips.

The nearly 100 soldiers who rushed to the front were beaten into blood gourds in an instant, and fell to the ground in various postures. The soldiers who were killed on the spot were fortunate enough to leave this world before they felt any pain; And those wounded soldiers, who were shot several times but did not die immediately, lay in the snow red with their blood and screamed, slowly dying in boundless pain.