If, with roughly equal numbers, the Soviet army, which has always focused on hand-to-hand combat, and the German army, which focused on firepower, engaged in close combat, then the final victor would undoubtedly be the Soviet army. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The company that had been holding its ground, under the siege of the superior German army, had fallen behind, and now it had suddenly increased the number of new forces by two companies, not only in terms of numbers close to the German army, but at the same time, the fighters who had become the end of the crossbow had become unstoppable again.

The white-knuckle battle lasted for another twenty minutes and ended with the victory of the Soviet army. Seeing the retreating German troops like a tide, the battalion commander, who had just arrived at the position, promptly gave the order to stop the pursuit and let all the commanders and fighters return to the trenches.

The company commander, who was wounded in many places, did not understand this order of the battalion commander, and with the support of the soldiers, he came to the front of the battalion commander, and he didn't even care about salutation, so he asked loudly: "Comrade battalion commander, why don't you let us pursue, don't you see what a great price our company paid in the battle just now?" ”

"See, Comrade Company Commander." The battalion commander glanced at the company commander covered in blood and asked with concern, "How many people are left in your company?" ”

The company commander pouted to the side and said bitterly: "We are here even those who can still stand up." In addition to the fifteen seriously wounded who had just been evacuated, there were only seven people left, including me. ”

The battalion commander stepped forward, put his hands on the shoulders of the company commander, patted them gently, and then said: "Comrade company commander, your company has successfully completed your task, and now I order you to go down and rest." ”

"But, Comrade Battalion Commander." The company commander pointed at the Germans in the distance and said angrily: "The enemy has not been destroyed yet, why let us retreat, I am afraid that the soldiers will be emotional." ”

"Let you retreat, this is my order." When the battalion commander saw that the company commander was stubborn and refused to lead the remnants of the troops to retreat, he glared at him and said loudly: "Don't you know that the orders of your superiors cannot be discussed and can only be carried out?" ”

The company commander lowered his head and replied in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I know." ”

"Since you still remember the order, then stop talking nonsense and immediately withdraw with your troops." The battalion commander was afraid that the company commander under his command would still entangle him, so he raised his voice and said in a stern tone: "Execute it, my order cannot be changed." ”

Seeing that the battalion commander's attitude was so resolute, the corner of the company commander's mouth showed a wry smile, he had no choice but to agree, raised his hand to salute the battalion commander, turned around with difficulty, and left the position along the communication trench with the support of two soldiers.

The battalion commander lay in the trench, raised his binoculars and looked into the distance, and saw that the defeated and retreating German troops had joined the soldiers who remained there, and there were still troops arriving in the distance.

The other two company commanders in the battalion also ran to the battalion commander when they saw this. One of the tall company commanders asked worriedly: "Comrade battalion commander, the enemy is gathering in the distance, and I am worried that when they attack again, it will be difficult to stop them with our existing strength." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, another fat company commander said regretfully: "It's a pity that we don't have any heavy weapons, if we have a few mortars, a few shots at the enemy's assembly area can destroy at least one or two hundred of them." Comrade battalion commander, do you want to call the regiment commander and ask him to bring up the mortar company to support us. You know, it's not often that the enemy is still in such a dense formation under our noses. ”

The battalion commander turned his head to look at the fat company commander and said with a wry smile: "Do you think I don't want to fire a few shots?" But the mortar company in the regiment had already run out of shells during the previous day's fighting. If it weren't for the fact that we hadn't been able to replenish the shells by now, I would have asked the regimental commander to come to our aid. ”

While the Soviet battalion commander and his two company commanders were discussing defensive matters on the position, several German commanders on the main road were also discussing how to attack next.

The German battalion commander said: "These Russians are so cunning that if they take advantage of the defeat of our troops, I can form a dense network of fire with the newly arrived mortars and machine guns, and greatly deplete their living forces." As soon as our troops retreated, they retreated back into their positions. ”

The German lieutenant colonel glanced at the hillside where there was still wisps of green smoke, and then said to his subordinates: "I remember that Kaiser Wilhelm said that you should shoot the Russian soldiers twice and push them again. Don't look at the fact that we defeated the Russians in the first two months, but we can't underestimate the enemy, otherwise we will suffer a big loss. ”

"What are we going to do next?" The German battalion commander asked.

"We don't have any heavy weapons right now, and if we continue to attack, our troops will suffer heavy casualties." Based on the current situation, the German lieutenant colonel made his own decision, "After we get in touch with the other side of the river, we will first bombard the high ground in front with artillery fire, and when these Russians are almost killed by our shells, it will not be too late for us to attack again, so as to reduce the casualties of the troops." ”

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, this decision of yours is really wise." After the German battalion commander finished patting the horses, he made a timely suggestion: "Our troops are rushing here one after another, and if they are all exposed on the road, if the murderous Russians launch a deadly counterattack, they may inflict a lot of casualties on us." In my opinion, it is better to dig a trench here before the heavy weapons arrive, so that our soldiers also have a place to hide? ”

The German lieutenant colonel thought about it, and then decisively agreed, he looked left and right, and then pointed with his hand and said: "The trenches should be built there, in order to prevent a possible counterattack by the Russians, you must set aside enough troops to serve as a guard." ”

Although the German battalion commander was a smuggler, he still had some ability, and after obtaining the consent of the lieutenant colonel, he immediately arranged for the relatively complete third company to serve as a guard, and handed over the task of digging trenches to the first and second companies.

Seeing that the Germans were digging trenches in the distance, the Soviet battalion commander also had the idea of letting the troops attack and hit the enemy. But seeing the Germans erecting mortars and machine guns on both sides of the road, he promptly dispelled this idea, because launching a counterattack in such an open area without fire cover was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

Without waiting for the German trenches to be dug, the officer sent by the lieutenant colonel to liaise with the rear rushed over on a motorcycle. He ran to the lieutenant colonel and squatted down, and said respectfully: "Mr. lieutenant colonel, I have already agreed with the artillery on the opposite bank, they are about to shell the positions of the Russians, please order our troops to withdraw to a safe place." ”

Hearing that artillery support would be available soon, the lieutenant colonel secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then asked: "When will our artillery open fire?" ”

The liaison officer looked up at his watch and replied, "Five minutes to go." ”

"What, five more minutes?" The German lieutenant colonel, who was sitting on the ground, jumped up at once, raised his foot and kicked the liaison officer, and scolded angrily: "Why didn't you say it earlier." ”

Then he ordered the German battalion commander: "Major, immediately order your soldiers to retreat two hundred meters and withdraw to a safe place." ”

"Retreat, retreat!" The German battalion commander opened his voice and shouted: "Retreat two hundred meters back for me, and then find a safe place to hide, our artillery will open fire soon." ”

Whether it was the German soldier who was digging the fortifications or serving as a guard, when he heard that the artillery was about to open fire, he immediately cheered, turned around and ran back.

Seeing the Germans running back in a mess, confused several commanders on the position. The fat company commander asked the battalion commander puzzled: "I said comrade battalion commander, what is the matter with the Germans, as soon as the fortifications were half dug up, they turned around and ran." Even the troops who were on guard in front watched the machine guns and mortars running towards the back, what the hell is going on? ”

The battalion commander raised his binoculars and looked at it, then shook his head and said, "I don't know, maybe the enemy felt that they didn't have the ability to seize my position, so they temporarily retreated." ”

The tall company commander was much more cautious, he took the binoculars from the battalion commander's hand, carefully observed the retreating German troops, and kept muttering: "Don't look at the Germans retreating, but their formation is still good, and they don't run around." ”

"Don't look at the fact that the Germans can't take our position, but after all, they conquered all of Europe, and almost all of their troops have a lot of combat experience." The fat company commander said disapprerovingly: "Since it is an elite unit, it is not a big deal to keep the queue neat when retreating. ”

"Ah, that's not right!" The tall company commander suddenly exclaimed: "Why did the enemy suddenly stop, and they are still looking for their respective hidden positions." ”

The battalion commander took the binoculars from the tall company commander, raised them to look at them, and said with some confusion: "Is it possible that our artillery is going to shell the enemy?" But no, I was not notified by the regimental headquarters, and even if our army was going to carry out artillery bombardment, how could the enemy know about it. ”

When the tall company commander heard the battalion commander say this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he thought of a possibility, and immediately shouted: "It's not good, it's the enemy who wants to shell our position." ”

After hearing this, the fat company commander said nonchalantly: "No, if the Germans want to open artillery, they should use artillery in the first wave of attack......"

Before he could finish his sentence, there was a sudden scream in the air, and then a huge flame rose up not far behind the trench. "It was a test firing before the shelling." Seeing the new craters with green smoke not far away, the battalion commander immediately understood what was going on with the retreat of the German troops, and he immediately shouted to the left and right: "Lie down, all lie down, the enemy's shelling is about to begin." ”

It didn't take long for a large number of shells to fall on the front and rear of the position and explode, and the rising flames and smoke immediately enveloped the entire position. The fat company commander scolded loudly in the deafening sound of artillery: "Damn the Germans, they really fired at us." Unfortunately, the explosion was so loud that it completely drowned out his voice, and no one but him heard what he said.

The explosions were endless, one after another, the ground shook violently, and even the bodies of some commanders and fighters were slightly shaken, and the experienced veterans had already opened their mouths, their abdomen shrunk inward, and their backs were slightly arched to reduce the vibration of the ground to their internal organs.

Orlov, who was at the observation post in the distance, saw that the forward position was shrouded in gunsmoke, and hurriedly called his regiment commander again, and asked: "Hey, comrade regiment commander, can you get in touch with the front line there?" What happened to the position? ”

"Comrade division commander," the regiment commander said with a sad face, "I have now lost contact with the 1st battalion. Neither the telephone line nor the walkie-talkie can be connected. It is simply not clear what the situation is on the ground. ”

Orlov really couldn't laugh or cry about the regiment commander under him, if it weren't for the fact that the other party was an old commander who had been in the army for many years, he might have been removed from his post long ago. However, in the current situation, it is not suitable to change the commander on the spot, so he can only suppress the anger in his heart and say to the regiment commander: "Since the communication has been interrupted, then you immediately send a communication corps to the position and tell the commander there to block the enemy's attack no matter what." ”

"Understood, Comrade Division Commander." The regimental commander immediately repeated his order: "I immediately sent a signal corps to the position and told the commanders who were holding there to resolutely hold off the German attack no matter what." ”

The German shelling came to an abrupt halt after half an hour.

The commander of the Soviet battalion got out of the floating soil, stood up with difficulty, looked around, and found that the original trench no longer existed, and the entire hillside was covered with a layer of empty soil, and not a single figure could be seen. He shouted loudly, "Is anyone still alive?" Although he felt that he was shouting with the qi of his dantian, the sound came into his ears, but he couldn't hear it clearly as if he had stuffed a pile of cotton. At this moment, he realized that his ears had been shaken badly by the shelling that had just ended.

The void soil next to him moved, and then a man covered in dirt crawled out, and after looking up at the battalion commander standing next to him, he opened his mouth and said a few words, but the battalion commander couldn't hear anything clearly. He hurriedly squatted down and pulled his hand on the other party's face a few times, before he could barely recognize that this was the tall company commander under him.

The Germans in the distance saw that the shelling had stopped, and before the smoke cleared, they cautiously advanced towards the hillside in a straggler formation, driven by the German battalion commander.

And on the hillside, at this moment, more and more people came out of the empty soil, and the commander of the Soviet battalion roughly counted forty or fifty people, and the remaining more than a hundred people, I don't know whether they died in the shelling, or whether they didn't have time to climb out of the soil.

Just as the battalion commander wanted to see if there were any soldiers crawling out of the soil, he suddenly heard someone next to him shouting hoarsely: "The enemy is coming up, ready to fight!" The enemy is coming up, ready to fight! (To be continued.) )