Burning Moscow

"Comrade Commander, this is Sederikov." Soon, Sederikov's familiar voice came from the receiver, and he asked respectfully: "What instructions do you have?"

"The shells of the self-propelled artillery regiment are almost exhausted." For this familiar old subordinate, I did not hide anything, but told him the truth, "When their shells are exhausted, they can only rely on your existing strength. , To deal with the German tanks and infantry. How about it, can you hold back the German attack?"

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Sergeikov said to me confidently: "We are ready for all battles. As long as the German tanks are in range, our anti-tank fighters will use bazookas to destroy them. A little name. As for the German infantry, it’s even more trivial. The minefield we set up in front of the position is enough to make them reimburse a lot."

Seeing that Sergeikov is so confident, I am not good at discouraging his enthusiasm. After a hum, I went on to say: "I will call Baksov and Babaxin immediately and ask them to cover your division's flank. ."

As soon as I put down the phone, the ringtone rang again. I grabbed the microphone and pressed it to my ear. Hearing the voice of Major General Baksov coming out of it, he excitedly said: "Comrade Commander, I just saw our artillery beat the Germans. Isn't it our turn to attack?"

"Comrade Baksov, don’t worry.” Seeing Baksov’s eagerness to fight, I quickly said: “Although the German offensive troops have been attacked by our artillery fire. But at night, the effect of shelling will be greatly reduced. Therefore, the enemy’s strength has not suffered much. If we launch a counterattack at this time, our counterattack forces will definitely suffer a lot of casualties. Wait patiently, and wait for them to touch the position of the 51st Guards Division. When your head is broken, you will launch an assault from the enemy's flank."

Before I finished speaking, there was a violent rumbling in the receiver.

Hearing this sudden sound of cannons, I hurriedly shouted into the microphone: "Comrade General, what happened to you, why is there a sudden sound of cannons?"

After I finished speaking, I didn't hear Baksov's answer, only the rumbling of a cannonball explosion in my earphones. After another moment, Baksov’s voice re-entered my eardrums: “Comrade Commander, it’s a **** of a life. The Germans suddenly launched shelling on our defensive positions. It seemed that they were worried that we would strike them from the flank. So use artillery to suppress us."

"Comrade General, this is a normal phenomenon." Although the German bombardment of the 67th Guards Division made me very annoyed, I pretended to calmly say to Baksov: "The enemy bombarded your positions. Then it proves that they are afraid that you will hit their flanks. Keep your subordinates concealed and be prepared to counter assaults. After the Germans suffer huge losses in front of the Sederikov Division’s position, you will immediately attack. ."

Although I spoke lightly, when I put down the phone, I felt worried. If the German artillery was not suppressed, the 67th Guards' attack would only increase casualties. Just when I was frowning, there was someone called Akhromeyev at the door. When he re-entered the observation post, he said to me happily: "Comrade Commander, our 122mm howitzer regiment has established a position two kilometers behind us. Their regimental commander sent people. Please tell me whether it is necessary to immediately suppress the German artillery that is shelling our positions?"

I really wanted to doze off. Someone immediately gave pillows. I didn’t care to ask why the artillery regiment came so coincidentally, so I directly instructed Akhromeyev: “Well, comrade major, let them immediately attack the German artillery that is firing. To implement countermeasures, we must suppress the enemy’s firepower."

Akhromeyev went to the door, said a few words to the outside, and then returned to report to me: "Okay, Comrade Commander, I have passed your order."

Hearing Akhromeyev’s words, I couldn’t help but froze, and then asked: "Major, didn’t you say that the artillery position is two kilometers behind us? How could it be possible to deliver my order so quickly? Going down?"

"That's it, Comrade Commander." Akhromeyev replied with a smile: "The artillery regiment sent several artillery observers here to conduct observations. Since they communicated by telephone, So I only confessed your order to one of the responsible commanders, and then he will communicate the order to their head of the group over the phone."

"So it's like this." After I figured out what was going on, I went to the observation port and raised the binoculars to look into the distance. At this moment, the battle had begun in front of the position of the 51st Guards Division. The tank destroyed by our army's cannon fodder in the distance was burning, and the fire light enabled the commanders and fighters on the position to see the enemy's actions clearly. Seeing that the enemy tanks and infantry entered the two hundred meters in front of the trenches, the light and heavy machine guns and mortars on the positions broke off, and the anti-tank crew also crawled out of the trenches to find a suitable place to destroy the approaching tank. .

Just as the battle started in front of the position of the 51st Guards Division, the newly entered artillery regiment also fired at the German artillery position. The scream of artillery shells rang out in the air. After a while, they landed on the German artillery position, and the deafening explosion blasted the sky full of smoke and dust, and the German position became a sea of ​​flames in an instant.

After a brief panic, the German artillery also fired back at the position of our artillery that was firing. For a while, the two sides are very hot when you come and I fight, but in this era of artillery strikes relying on experience, no matter how fast the reaction is, the counterattack is fast, just in the counterattack, it is necessary to repeatedly estimate the position of the opponent’s artillery position. The time spent is not something that can be done immediately in a half-and-a-half meeting, let alone the accuracy of the countermeasures implemented in a hurry, so the effect this can have can be imagined. On the other hand, our army ignored the enemy's artillery counterattack and fired artillery shells at the fastest speed, destroying the German artillery positions with intensive artillery fire.

Just then, the phone on my desk rang, I grabbed the microphone and asked loudly, "I am Oshanina, where are you?"

"Comrade Commander, it's me." Baksov's relieved voice came from the receiver: "Our artillery is really good. They successfully suppressed and attracted German artillery. Now the enemy's artillery no longer bombards us. Position, should we go out?"

"Wait a little longer, Comrade General." I glanced at the place where the fighting was still in the distance, and replied: "The German attack has not been repelled by Sergeikov and others. You will wait a while. Now yours The first task is to seize the time to treat the wounded. In the shelling just now, many of the shelters must have been destroyed by German artillery fire. You must rescue the commanders trapped inside as soon as possible. Understand?"

"Understood." Baksov replied very simply, "I will immediately ask the commanders below to rescue the trapped comrades."

In front of the position of the 51st Guards Division, five German tanks were approaching the position of the 2nd Battalion of the 309th Regiment. Soldiers in white camouflage uniforms followed the tanks with their guns and rushed towards the position.

The command post of the second battalion commander was hit by a shell from a German tank a few minutes ago. Except for one correspondent in the battalion headquarters, a dozen commanders including the battalion commander were killed. At this moment, the commander in place of the battalion commander was the regiment commander Major Shumakov. He looked at the approaching tanks and issued an order while taking advantage of the situation: "The anti-tank man prepares, aim at the German tank with a bazooka! Fire!"

Following his order, a dozen rockets with dark red flame tails flew out of the trenches and plunged into the body of the German tank. With a series of loud noises, the five tanks were enveloped in fire and smoke. After detonating the ammunition in the car, they stopped and burned in the same place.

Many of the soldiers who followed were cut down by shrapnel flying horizontally, and the rest hurriedly squatted on the ground, raising their guns and shooting forward. Seeing that the German tanks were all killed, the commanders of the second battalion immediately became morale. They clamped their weapons on the sandbags in front of them and shot at the German soldiers lying on the ground.

The soldiers were suppressed to the ground by the rain of bullets from our army. As soon as they raised their heads to fight back, the sand splashed by the dense bullets collapsed on their faces and heads with pain, making them unable to lift their heads at all. They were lying on the ground, their guns extended forward, slightly raised their wrists and pulled the trigger with feeling, and shot forward in vain. Such shooting is not so much a counterattack, it is more accurate to say that it is for courage.

After fighting for a while, the German soldiers felt that if they continued to fight like this, they would definitely not be able to deal with it. When the bullets in the gun were emptied, the only thing waiting for them was to be captured or killed. So some experienced veterans, while lying on the ground and shooting, while rubbing backwards under the cover of the corpses of their companions, preparing to be farther away from our army's position, they jumped up and ran backwards.

There is always a gap between ideal and reality. The soldiers smashed back a distance and found that under the intensive firepower of our army, the people around them were killed one after another, leaving only fear in their hearts. A few people can really stay in this **** full of dead bodies and dense bullets.

After a while, the unbearable soldiers collapsed. They were so terrified that they jumped up yelling, threw the weapons in their hands, and crawled back to flee. Seeing the enemy stood up and fled, our commanders accelerated their firing speed, and the bullet bit the German army's ass, knocking them down one by one. Soon, another layer of corpses was spread on the snow. But in this case, it will only accelerate the escape speed of the surviving German soldiers. They all had the same idea, no matter who was killed, as long as they didn't lie down.

Seeing that the German offensive had been repelled, Shumakov immediately called Sergeikov to report: "Report to Comrade Commander, the enemy who attacked the second battalion position has been repelled by us. Now the enemy is defeated, I request Lead the troops to attack immediately!"

"Go out, Comrade Major." Sergeikov was very happy when he heard that the enemy had been repelled. He immediately replied: "I will send 310 regiments to meet you."

I received the report from Sergeikov that the troops had attacked. I was satisfied with his active performance. I nodded and said: "Comrade Colonel, since the German attack has been repelled, then you stay The next regiment held its position, and the rest of the troops were thrown into counterattack."

"But, Comrade Commander." Hearing my order, Sergeikov said with some worry: "If we are so lonely and deep, will we fall into the trap of the Germans?"

"Don't worry, Comrade Colonel." Seeing his fear of wolves and tigers, I said with a smile: "I will not let you go deep alone. I will immediately order Major General Baksov’s 67th Guards Division, With the 71st Division of Colonel Babahin’s Guards, rush up from the wings of your division to pursue the fleeing enemy."

"Comrade Commander, I have something to report to you." As soon as I put down the phone on my side, Akhromeyev walked up to me and said a little embarrassedly: "I have not obtained your consent. , Ordered the 82nd tank brigade to be assembled, ready to guide the troops to attack the enemy when our army launches a counterattack."

"Go out~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Comrade Major." Sergeikov was very happy when he heard that the enemy had been repelled. He immediately replied, "I will send 310 regiments to meet you."

I received the report from Sergeikov that the troops had attacked. I was satisfied with his active performance. I nodded and said: "Comrade Colonel, since the German attack has been repelled, then you stay The next regiment held its position, and the rest of the troops were thrown into counterattack."

"But, Comrade Commander." Hearing my order, Sergeikov said with some worry: "If we are so lonely and deep, will we fall into the trap of the Germans?"

"Don't worry, Comrade Colonel." Seeing his fear of wolves and tigers, I said with a smile: "I will not let you go deep alone. I will immediately order Major General Baksov’s 67th Guards Division, With the 71st Division of Colonel Babahin’s Guards, rush up from the wings of your division to pursue the fleeing enemy."

"Comrade Commander, I have something to report to you." As soon as I put down the phone on my side, Akhromeyev walked up to me and said a little embarrassedly: "I have not obtained your consent. , Ordered the 82nd tank brigade to be assembled, ready to guide the troops to attack the enemy when our army launches a counterattack." (To be continued.)