The Germans arrived quickly, and almost shortly after the companies entered their defensive positions, Borisova, who was at the observation post, saw the German tanks clearly through the binoculars and heard the rumbling of tank engines ahead. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Borisova took a deep breath, put down her binoculars, turned her head and commanded the signal corpsman sitting behind: "Tell the company commanders that the enemy's tanks have come up and prepare them for battle." When the enemy is near, give me a hard blow. ”

Although just at the meeting, how to fight has been discussed. But at this moment, Borisova felt that only by repeating this order could she feel more at ease in her heart.

Borisova raised her binoculars again, nervously looked at the approaching German tanks, and then looked at the dozen or so trucks following behind, muttering to herself, fortunately the enemy did not carry artillery, otherwise such a rudimentary defensive position would have been flattened with only a few shots.

Due to the long run, the enemy did not carry artillery. The tanks led the convoy to a distance of more than 200 meters from the Soviet position, and then lined up in a line, bombarded the Soviet position not far away with tank guns, and covered the soldiers on the truck behind to jump down and occupy a favorable combat position.

Once the soldiers had disembarked and assembled, the tanks began to move forward slowly, firing with tank guns and machine guns as they went, while the soldiers hid behind the tanks and followed behind.

Seeing that the enemy was getting closer, Starley, who was standing next to Borisova, urged: "Comrade commissar of the regiment, the enemy has entered our range and can let the fighters open fire. ”

Hearing Starey's reminder, Borisova immediately turned around and shouted at the signal soldiers: "Order the companies to fire!" ”

"Understood, Comrade Political Commissar of the regiment." The communications officer replied loudly, and then began to call the companies over the microphone to relay the order to fire.

Since the enemy had long been within range of the Soviet troops, as the order to open fire was given, light and heavy weapons on the positions opened fire at the same time. In the dense gunfire, many soldiers who did not hide in the safety of the tank were shot and fell to the ground.

Seeing that firing began on the Soviet positions, the German tanks stopped advancing and stopped where they were, covering the infantry charge with artillery fire. For those exposed machine gun fire points, they use the method of point fire to destroy them one by one; In addition, against ordinary Soviet soldiers, they continued to strafe with coaxial machine guns.

Seeing that the Soviet firepower was suppressed, the German officers and soldiers who had been hiding behind the tanks rushed out. The soldiers were armed with submachine guns or rifles, either shooting as they ran, or they ran a few steps and half-crouched down to fire two shots before rushing forward.

Starley, who was staying at the observation post with Borisova, saw that the situation was unfavorable to his side, so he hurriedly snatched the microphone and headset from the hands of the communications soldier, and shouted loudly at the transmitter: "Attention to all companies, attention to each company, concentrate fire on the enemy's infantry, and send people with anti-tank grenades to go out to the front of the position to blow up the enemy's tanks." ”

After Starley threw the headset and microphone back to the signal soldier, he walked quickly to Borisova's side and asked loudly: "Comrade political commissar of the regiment, when will our tank company be able to attack, if it is a little later, I am afraid that the enemy's tanks will break through our positions." ”

Borisova replied in a bit of a panic: "We can't contact the tank company here for the time being, but it doesn't matter, as long as Captain Sergei sees a battle here, he will choose the right time to attack." ”

"When is the right time?" Starley said impatiently: "If he does not attack again, just wait for our position to be broken through by the enemy." ”

For Borisova, who had little experience in commanding, Starley's words made her a six-god. She clenched her binoculars tightly in her hands, and thought in confusion: "What to do, what should I do, how can I repel the enemy's attack?" ”

At this moment, the signal soldier behind him suddenly shouted: "Comrade Political Commissar of the regiment, a call from the headquarters of the group army." ”

The words of the communication soldier made Borisova, who was on the verge of despair, feel like grasping a life-saving straw, she hurriedly rushed over to take the microphone handed by the communication soldier, and asked in a voice that changed tone because of nervousness: "Hey, I'm Borisova, where are you?" ”

"Comrade Borisova, I'm Rokossovsky." Rokossovsky's familiar voice came from the microphone: "I heard that the enemy has launched an attack on the Willinghouse, how is the situation now?" ”

"The enemy's infantry, under the cover of tanks, is attacking our positions." Borisova replied with some panic: "Our fire is suppressed by the enemy, and I fear that it will not be long before the enemy's tanks will break through our defenses." Comrade Commander, what should I do? ”

"Don't panic, Comrade Borisova. Don't forget that you are a conductor and must remain calm at all times. Rokossovsky heard Borisova's panic at the moment, and after comforting her, he gave her advice, "... If enemy tanks charge at your position, all you have to do is concentrate your fire and knock out the infantry that is following behind. As for the tank, when it crosses the trenches, destroy it with anti-tank grenades... Do you understand? ”

"Ming... Got it, Division... Comrade Commander. Borisova stammered: "I immediately convey your order to the companies." ”

"Wait a minute, Comrade Borisova." Rokossovsky thought that he had arranged a tank company in the meeting, but in the phone call with Borisova, he didn't hear her mention it, and hurriedly asked: "Didn't I deploy a tank company for you?" Where are they now? ”

"They are hidden in a forest seven or eight kilometers north of the Willinghouse." Borisova said with some chagrin: "It's a pity that we can't get in touch with them now, so there is no way to know whether they will be able to attack from behind the enemy on time." ”

"Don't worry," Rokossovsky, although he didn't know whether the tank company would be able to attack in time, tried to say something that could reassure her when Borisova needed encouragement the most: "The commander of the tank company is an excellent commander with many years of combat experience, if he doesn't even know how to grasp such a good fighter, then he is not worthy of being the company commander." ”

Rokossovsky's half-truths made Borisova feel much more at ease. She said into the microphone: "Thank you, thank you, Comrade Commander, hearing you say this, I have confidence again." Rest assured, I will definitely repel the enemy's attack. ”

As soon as Borisova put down the phone, she heard Starey excitedly shouting: "Comrade commissar of the regiment, hurry up and look, tanks, our tanks, they are rushing up from behind the Germans." ”

Hearing Starey's words, Borisova hurriedly grabbed her binoculars and rushed to the observation port, raising her binoculars to look at the battlefield where the smoke was billowing from gunpowder. I saw that behind the German attack queue, there were several Soviet tanks, which were speeding over. During the drive, they also made short stops from time to time and fired several shots at the enemy's attacking ranks.

Even if the German No. 4 tank competed face-to-face with the T-34, it would not be able to take advantage of anything, not to mention that now the Soviet T-34 is rushing from behind itself. The enemy tanks stopped shelling the positions of the Soviet troops and drove with all their might in reverse, trying to get out of the battlefield as quickly as possible.

"Cavalry!" Seeing that the German offensive was about to collapse, someone in the trench suddenly shouted, "It's our cavalry!" After the commanders and fighters of the Soviet army heard this shout, they then heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the right side of the position, and they all turned their heads to look, and when they saw that it was indeed their own cavalry troops, they could not help but burst into earth-shattering cheers.

Borisova, who was in the observation post, also heard the cheers, she first froze, then turned her binoculars to the line of defense where the sound of horses' hooves came, and saw a group of cavalry coming from the east. Hundreds of war horses galloped wildly at the same time, and the movement of iron hooves trampled like rolling thunder, and the ground trembled slightly. The enemy was about to be defeated, and the timely appearance of the cavalry was bound to destroy more enemies.

The appearance of cavalry made the German army even more panicked. However, they were well trained, and immediately part of their fire was turned over and opened fire on the rushing cavalry. Under the interception of enemy fire, some cavalry fell from their horses, and some horses constantly fell over while running, but the remaining cavalry did not hesitate to raise their sabers and gallop wildly.

"Comrade Political Commissar of the regiment, our cavalry has arrived." Starley looked at the cavalry units that were rushing towards the enemy, and said excitedly to Borisova: "Shouldn't we order the troops to attack and destroy this group of enemies together with our cavalry comrades?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, you should attack!" When Borisova saw her cavalry appear, she was so excited that she forgot to give the troops an order to attack, and when she heard Starley's reminder, she hurriedly ordered the signal soldiers: "Inform the company commanders to immediately attack on all fronts and cooperate with the cavalry to eliminate this damned fascist." Attack all sides now! ”

"Ming... Got it, Division... Comrade Commander. Borisova stammered: "I immediately convey your order to the companies." ”

"Wait a minute, Comrade Borisova." Rokossovsky thought that he had arranged a tank company in the meeting, but in the phone call with Borisova, he didn't hear her mention it, and hurriedly asked: "Didn't I deploy a tank company for you?" Where are they now? ”

"They are hidden in a forest seven or eight kilometers north of the Willinghouse." Borisova said with some chagrin: "It's a pity that we can't get in touch with them now, so there is no way to know whether they will be able to attack from behind the enemy on time." ”

"Don't worry," Rokossovsky, although he didn't know whether the tank company would be able to attack in time, tried to say something that could reassure her when Borisova needed encouragement the most: "The commander of the tank company is an excellent commander with many years of combat experience, if he doesn't even know how to grasp such a good fighter, then he is not worthy of being the company commander." ”

Rokossovsky's half-truths made Borisova feel much more at ease. She said into the microphone: "Thank you, thank you, Comrade Commander, hearing you say this, I have confidence again." Rest assured, I will definitely repel the enemy's attack. ”

As soon as Borisova put down the phone, she heard Starey excitedly shouting: "Comrade commissar of the regiment, hurry up and look, tanks, our tanks, they are rushing up from behind the Germans." ”

Hearing Starey's words, Borisova hurriedly grabbed her binoculars and rushed to the observation port, raising her binoculars to look at the battlefield where the smoke was billowing from gunpowder. I saw that behind the German attack queue, there were several Soviet tanks, which were speeding over. During the drive, they also made short stops from time to time and fired several shots at the enemy's attacking ranks.

Even if the German No. 4 tank competed face-to-face with the T-34, it would not be able to take advantage of anything, not to mention that now the Soviet T-34 is rushing from behind itself. The enemy tanks stopped shelling the positions of the Soviet troops and drove with all their might in reverse, trying to get out of the battlefield as quickly as possible.

"Cavalry!" Seeing that the German offensive was about to collapse, someone in the trench suddenly shouted, "It's our cavalry!" After the commanders and fighters of the Soviet army heard this shout, they then heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the right side of the position, and they all turned their heads to look, and when they saw that it was indeed their own cavalry troops, they could not help but burst into earth-shattering cheers.

Borisova, who was in the observation post, also heard the cheers, she first froze, then turned her binoculars to the line of defense where the sound of horses' hooves came, and saw a group of cavalry coming from the east. Hundreds of war horses galloped wildly at the same time, and the movement of iron hooves trampled like rolling thunder, and the ground trembled slightly. The enemy was about to be defeated, and the timely appearance of the cavalry was bound to destroy more enemies.

The appearance of cavalry made the German army even more panicked. However, they were well trained, and immediately part of their fire was turned over and opened fire on the rushing cavalry. Under the interception of enemy fire, some cavalry fell from their horses, and some horses constantly fell over while running, but the remaining cavalry did not hesitate to raise their sabers and gallop wildly.

"Comrade Political Commissar of the regiment, our cavalry has arrived." Starley looked at the cavalry units that were rushing towards the enemy, and said excitedly to Borisova: "Shouldn't we order the troops to attack and destroy this group of enemies together with our cavalry comrades?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, you should attack!" When Borisova saw her cavalry appear, she was so excited that she forgot to give the troops an order to attack, and when she heard Starley's reminder, she hurriedly ordered the signal soldiers: "Inform the company commanders to immediately attack on all fronts and cooperate with the cavalry to eliminate this damned fascist." (To be continued.) )