"There, Comrade Division Commander." The commander, who had just exclaimed, pointed his finger in one direction and said loudly: "I can see clearly, although there are not many of them, they are all new tanks of our army." ”

I looked in the direction of the commander's finger, and through the binoculars I could see that in the rear of the German attacking troops, dozens of tanks were divided into five columns, lined up in battle formation, and plunged straight into the rear of the enemy. When I saw a few self-propelled anti-aircraft guns behind the armored platoon, I knew that it was Colonel Bere's tank detachment.

Almost at the same time that we found out about the appearance of tank detachments, the Germans also found out. The tanks parked at the foot of the hill turned around one after another, ready to meet our tank detachment.

Seeing that the number of tanks of the German army was more than that of Colonel Bere's tank detachment, the commander of the observation post, who was aware of the situation, said worriedly: "It's over, the enemy's tanks are almost twice as many as ours, and the tank units of our army are in danger." ”

I saw clearly that among the German tanks rushing to the tank detachment, there were no Leopard or Tiger tanks, but some very common No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, and my heart suddenly became much more reassured. The two are not the same era of tank duels, and the technologically advanced one is the undisputed winner.

When he saw me put down my binoculars, his expression became lighter. Next to him, Seryugin cautiously asked: "Comrade commander, it seems that our tanks have not been engaged in any battles with the Germans recently. ”

"That's right, Comrade Colonel. You are quite right, there really hasn't been much time for tank units and the enemy to fight lately. In order to reassure him, I deliberately explained: "That's because the new tank has run out of ammunition and can't be replenished for a while." So our tank units did not participate in any battles for the time being. ”

"And what about the tanks of our army that are rushing towards the German armored forces?" Seryugin asked with some concern: "Do they have enough ammunition now?" ”

"No problem. They just replenished a batch of ammunition yesterday. I looked at the two armored forces that were approaching quickly, and said with a relaxed expression: "It should be more than enough to deal with these Germans." ”

Perhaps the Germans knew the difference between their tanks and our new tanks, so they stopped firing at the tank detachment in Bere. Seven or eight tank shells whistled down in the middle of the tank detachment and exploded, and one tank was unfortunately shot. But the tank only shook a little, and continued to rush forward at a rapid pace, while retaliating with a retaliatory response.

Tanks in the first platoon of the German army. After completing the firing action, he continued to rush forward. The shell fired by our troops hit one of them impartially, and the tank first emitted a puff of smoke, and then from the open hatch of the turret, flames more than ten meters high erupted like a volcano, and then stopped in place and began to burn violently.

When the commanders in the observation post saw this scene, they couldn't help but start talking: "It's strange, I obviously saw that the shells hit our tanks, but it didn't seem that anything happened at all, and they opened fire and turned the enemy's tanks into flaming torches. ”

"I haven't seen this tank before. It's newly equipped troops, right? Another commander was also pleasantly surprised: "If the enemy's tanks are as good as ours, even if there are fewer of them." In the end, it is we who win! ”

While everyone was talking about the merits of the new tank, the tank detachment under the command of Colonel Bere opened fire frequently, setting fire to one German tank after another.

When Seryugin saw this, he let go of the big stone in his heart, and he said to me with a smile: "Comrade commander, if our tank corps can completely annihilate or severely damage the German armored units, I can organize the troops to carry out a counterattack and drive the enemy's infantry away from here. ”

"Comrade Colonel, I think it's time for you to prepare for a counterattack." As I said this, my eyes swept around the room, then I stopped on one of the regimental commanders, pointed at him with my hand, and said: "Comrade regiment commander, didn't your division commander just now order you to assemble troops?" Why are you still here? ”

The regiment commander I named was a little at a loss and said: "Comrade commander, didn't you see the danger at the front at that time, so you asked me to gather troops and prepare for reinforcements, but now I ......."

"But now the enemy's attack is powerless, and it may even stop, right?" When the regimental commander had heard what I had said, he nodded vigorously in agreement with what I had said, and I continued: "I have just sent you to lead your troops over to reinforce the friendly forces; Now I have asked you to gather your troops to catch up, in order to cooperate with the friendly forces that have suffered heavy casualties, and to inflict heavy losses on the German troops who are still on the offensive. I see? ”

After listening to my words, the regiment commander did not answer immediately, but turned his eyes to Seryujin next to him for help. Seeing that Xie Liujin nodded with a smile, he replied loudly: "Yes, Comrade Commander, I will go and gather troops immediately!" ”

When the regiment commander went out to assemble his troops, the commanders who gathered in front of the lookout to watch the tank battle on the battlefield began to talk again: "Look, the tank in front is so powerful, the shells fired directly lifted the turret of the German tank." With this one, he took out at least four German tanks. ”

"That's right, I didn't expect our tanks to be so powerful, and they were not afraid of enemy shells." The commander suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Look, that tank actually knocked over the German tank, it's really amazing." ”

Just when I wanted to go over to see the excitement, I suddenly heard a voice say leisurely: "Don't look at the enemy's tanks, they can't help our tanks, but as long as they send planes to bomb, no matter how good the tanks are, they are vulnerable......"

Before he could finish his sentence, two German planes appeared in the sky. Someone next to him immediately slapped him on the back of the head and said viciously: "You crow's mouth, look, just when it comes to German planes, enemy planes appear in the sky." That's a bomber, just drop two bombs down and our tank will be finished. ”

The beaten commander said aggrievedly: "I'll just talk about it, who knew that the Germans' plane really appeared." ”

I pulled away the two commanders standing in front of me and stood at the lookout and raised my binoculars to look at the sky. From the shape of the planes, I immediately recognized that these were two bombers, and as long as they made a dive to drop bombs, then Colonel Bere's tank detachment could be completely annihilated.

Because the tanks of both sides were entangled at this moment, the German planes probably did not dare to dive and drop bombs for fear of accidentally injuring themselves, but circled in the air. At this moment, clouds of black smoke erupted from all sides of the plane, and it turned out that the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns on the ground had opened fire.

Suddenly attacked, the German bombers wanted to climb immediately to get out of this dangerous area. If it was ordinary anti-aircraft artillery, maybe these two bombers would have escaped, but they encountered advanced weapons from the future, and they were advanced weapons specially developed for them, and it was strange that they could escape. Soon one was smashed into a volley and exploded, while the other dragged a long trail of black smoke and planted it far into the plain. After a loud bang, it turned into a huge ball of fire, and after the explosion, the wreckage of the plane burned even more violently.

The German units that attacked our positions, because they were unable to conquer our positions for a long time, may have already had the idea of retreating. At this moment, seeing that his plane was shot down, the proud armored unit was also on the verge of total annihilation, and suddenly let out a shout and retreated from the hillside in a panic.

The reinforcements, who had just departed from our position, saw the enemy on the hillside retreating like a tidal wave, and turned from a brisk walk to a trot, and pursued the fleeing enemy.

Seeing that there was no movement from the troops holding the high ground, Seryukin was a little anxious, he walked over and picked up the phone, and after dialing the high ground, he said angrily: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, don't you see that the Germans in front of you are starting to run away?" …… What, see?! Now that you see it, why are you still holding your ground? …… No, even if you send a company, you have to rush me down. The Germans are now frightened, and if you make a charge, they will all be crushed. Strike, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I am waiting for your good news! ”

After Seryukin finished the call, he walked up to my side and said a little embarrassedly: "The high ground in front of us has suffered heavy casualties in the battle, so the regiment commander saw that the enemy was retreating, and he could not draw troops to counterattack. ”

After destroying all the German tanks, Bere's tank detachment quickly adjusted its formation, formed a dense line, and did not open fire, but ran directly at the fleeing German ranks, followed by several self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

The German officers and men fleeing to the south immediately scattered and turned around and fled in different directions after seeing those fleeing in the front being crushed into pulp by the rumbling tanks. Those who were running to the east collided with the reserves that had just arrived out of breath in a daze, and were knocked down in pieces in front of a dense network of fire consisting of machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles of our troops. Those who fled in the direction of the forest to the west were bombarded by mortars from the top of the mountain, and from time to time officers and men fell under fire. Most fortunately, the officers and men who ran towards the position, when they saw our commanders and fighters rushing down like tigers from the mountains, immediately threw down their weapons, raised their hands high, and took the initiative to take prisoners.

When the battle outside was over, I sent Colonel Basmanov to Colonel Bere, ready to praise him for his initiative, because even Seryukin said that if it had not been for the timely arrival of the tank detachment, it was estimated that at least half of the commanders and fighters of the 89th Guards Division would have been wiped out in the battle. (To be continued.) )