Seeing that the two grenades had hit the German tank, the unarmed Tang Sanshui hurriedly turned around and ran towards the position, fearing that the surviving tank soldiers would climb out of the tank and shoot at him from behind. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Just as he was about to pounce into the trench, the tank, whose tracks had been blown off, slowly turned the turret around, and began to fire wildly with the side-by-side machine guns on it. Tang Sanshui, who was squatting in the trench, saw the dirt and gravel that had been blown up by bullets outside, and couldn't help but feel glad in his heart, fortunately he ran fast, if he was a little slower, he might be beaten into a sieve.

At this moment, an explosion was heard outside, and the firing of the tank's machine gun stopped. Tang Sanshui poked his head out curiously to figure out what was going on, only to see a stream of dirt suddenly rising into the sky next to the tank, and then an explosion sounded. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, could it be that the mortars were shelling the German tanks again? But seeing the infantry lining behind the tank, which was constantly bursting with flames and smoke, he immediately dispelled this idea. Because there was only one mortar left in the company, it was absolutely impossible to shell two places at the same time.

Before he could figure it out, a third explosion rang out, this time a dazzling burst of fire from the tank's body, and then the entire tank body was surrounded by flames.

When the soldiers beside Tang Sanshui saw that the tank was blown up, they immediately cheered: "It's amazing, it's just amazing." Someone even ran up to one of the fighters in the distance and congratulated him with a warm hug. Seeing this situation, Tang Sanshui realized that it was not artillery that destroyed the German tank, but the soldier who was surrounded by everyone, and it was the grenade he threw in the trench that blew up the German tank.

He turned his head to look at the burning tank, and saw two tank crews covered in fire, crawling out of the bottom of the tank or the top of the turret, and threw themselves on the ground, screaming and rolling on the ground in an attempt to extinguish the flames on their bodies. But several rifles that were firing at the same time around Tang Sanshui helped relieve their pain, allowing them to lie there motionless and continue to burn.

The German infantry, suppressed by mortar fire in the distance, destroyed both tanks by the Soviets, did not dare to fight, and hurriedly ran up from the ground, turned around and ran back to their offensive starting positions.

Seeing that the enemy had retreated, Lao Zhu walked up to Lei Zifeng, whose face was blackened by the smoke of gunpowder, gave him a thumbs up, and praised: "Good, I didn't expect you to successfully suppress a company of the German army with a mortar, it's really amazing." When the battle is over, I'll ask my superiors for credit. ”

When Lei Zifeng heard Lao Zhu's praise, he raised his hand and touched the sweat that came out of his forehead, and said with a sincere smile: "Comrade Company Commander, if we still have artillery shells, I can dye none of these Germans and not be able to go back." ”

"What, what did you say?" Lei Zifeng's words startled Lao Zhu: "You ran out of the 150 shells that you just gave us last night?" ”

"Well, it's gone." Lei Zifeng pouted at the empty ammunition box on the ground next to him, "There is not a single shot left." ”

Lao Zhu's smile suddenly froze on his face, and after a long time, he pointed at Lei Zifeng and said, "This loser's thing, 150 shells, was all shot by you in less than an hour." Later, when the enemy is attacking, how can you still suppress the enemy with artillery fire? ”

Lei Zifeng said aggrievedly: "Company commander, I can't be blamed for this, in order to suppress the enemy's infantry, I can only use rapid-fire to increase the shelling area......"

Fortunately, at this time, the communications soldier ran over and reported to Lao Zhu: "Company commander, your phone call is from the regiment commander himself. ”

"The regimental commander personally called?" Lao Zhu didn't think about why the regiment commander called, not the battalion commander, so he followed behind the signal corps, trotted to the company command post, and grabbed the microphone on the wooden table.

The voice of the regiment commander came from the earpiece, he called Lao Zhu's Russian name, and ordered: "At present, the position of your right flank is under heavy attack by the Germans, and it can no longer be supported, you immediately send people to reinforce them." ”

"Comrade Regiment Commander," Lao Zhu said embarrassedly about the order given by his superiors, "There are only 25 people left in our company, and half of them are wounded......

Before he could finish complaining, the regiment commander said categorically: "I don't care how many people you have left, now that the position on the right flank is in danger, you have to find a way to support." Once the enemy has captured it, they can rush straight into the city. Your battalion commander has died in battle, and I'm calling you from his headquarters now, and in a few minutes, I'll be taking up arms and going into battle, so come here as soon as possible. ”

Lao Zhu put down the phone and instructed the signal soldiers: "Go and call a few platoon commanders here." ”

Several subordinates who were summoned soon came to the command post. Tang Sanshui thought that Lao Zhu had called everyone because he had successfully repelled the German attack and had been praised by his superiors, so he seemed a little complacent.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lao Zhu said with a serious expression: "Comrades, I just received a call from the regiment commander, saying that the situation in our right flank position is very critical and we need to send people to support. That's why I called you here. ”

Tang Sanshui said unconvinced: "Comrade Company Commander, you don't know that after the battle just now, we only have 25 people left, and it is not easy to hold the defense line with this little force, how can we still send people to support the right flank position?" ”

"Alright, don't say it." Lao Zhu snorted violently, interrupting the grumbling words that Tang Sanshui wanted to say later: "I haven't had time to tell you something, the battalion commander has died in the battle, and after the regiment commander called me, he also personally picked up his weapon and went into battle. ”

After Lao Zhu's words were finished, the command post suddenly fell silent. Since the regimental commander has personally participated in the battle, can he stand by as his subordinates?

After a while, Li Muzi asked, "Comrade Company Commander, I want to hear what you think?" ”

Lao Zhu frowned and said, "The position of the friendly army is dangerous, and we can't see death without help." However, this position must not be abandoned, otherwise even if the main position is kept, the enemy will be able to use this place as a new starting point for attack. So I'm going to leave the wounded behind and keep it here, while the rest of me go with me to support the regimental commander. ”

After hearing this, Li Muzi immediately volunteered to congratulate him: "Comrade company commander, you should leave the wounded behind, and I will take other comrades to support the main position." ”

"No, you may need to respond to the situation at that time, so I'll go, and you can stay and hold your ground here." Lao Zhu waved his hand at Li Muzi and said, "The responsibility here is also very heavy. ”

In this way, Lao Zhu took the two platoon commanders Chen Xiaopaw and Xiao Tian and 9 soldiers to jump out of the trench, lined up in a long line, bent over and quickly ran in the direction of the main position.

Looking at their departing backs, Tang Sanshui asked Li Muzi with a heavy heart: "Deputy Company Commander, do you say they can come back?" ”

Li Muzi turned his head to look at Tang Sanshui, and said solemnly: "Yes, I think they will all come back alive." After speaking, he gently pushed Tang Sanshui on his back, "Hurry up and return to the combat post, maybe the Germans will attack soon." ”

At this time, on the main position, the attacks launched by the Germans were particularly ferocious, constantly impacting the crumbling lines of the Soviet army. In a few weakly defended areas, the Germans had jumped into the trenches and fought with the defenders in the trenches, using every weapon at their disposal, to kill each other by all means.

When Lao Zhu arrived with the soldiers, he happened to see this scene, and soldiers on both sides kept piercing bayonets into each other's bodies; Crushed the opponent's head with a grenade, choked the opponent's neck, and rolled on the ground......

Seeing that the white-knuckle battle was already in full swing, Lao Zhu raised his gun to knock down a German soldier who rushed over, and shouted at the soldiers who followed behind: "Follow me!" Then he raised his rifle and rushed towards the place where the enemy had the most. Chen Xiaopu and Xiao Tian were afraid that Lao Zhu would be in any danger, so they also rushed forward with guns shouted to help Lao Zhu resist the attacks from the left and right.

Zakharov, who was standing on the bell tower of the church in the city, saw that the two sides were fighting inextricably on the main position of the second line of defense, and he couldn't help but feel anxious. Although there was still a regiment in the city, it was left to hold the city, and could not be sent to reinforce the precarious defensive line.

After pondering for a long time, he still called Rokossovsky, and after briefly reporting the situation here, he said loudly: "Comrade commander, if we do not send troops to support us, the Germans will break through the defense line outside our city and rush directly into the city." ”

When Rokossovsky heard this, he covered the microphone and asked Malinin next to him: "How much time do the troops of the 12th Tank Army have to arrive?" ”

Malinin raised his hand and looked at his watch, and replied: "The army is marching towards us along the road, but in the most optimistic case, it will be an hour before they reach Zhizdra." ”

"No, an hour is too long." Rokossovsky shook his head and said: "General Zakharov, they can't hold it for that long." Are there any other troops? ”

"The 50th Cavalry Division and the 86th Tank Brigade can be put into battle." Malinin replied: "It will only take half an hour for them to count in the city of Zhizdra." ”

After listening to Malinin's words, Rokossovsky covered the microphone and thought for a while, then let go of his hand and said: "Comrade Deputy Commander, if you hold on for another hour, reinforcements will arrive!" ”

Although Zakharov knew that it would be very difficult for the troops outside the city to hold out for even half an hour, when he heard Rokossovsky say this, he gritted his teeth and replied: "Well, Comrade Commander, we will definitely hold out for another hour." ”

Putting down the phone, he ordered a staff officer beside him: "Immediately remove another battalion from the troops remaining in the city to reinforce the defenders outside the city." ”

The staff officer was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Comrade Deputy Commander, if we send troops to reinforce outside the city, then the defense in the city will become weak. ”

"If the positions outside the city are lost, do you think we can hold off the Germans with the little strength we have?" After Zakharov said this angrily, he instructed his staff officers: "Okay, you go and give orders, let them immediately go and reinforce friendly forces outside the city, and resolutely block the German attack." ”