Burning Moscow

Colonel Ruskin's words made me feel uneasy. I thought I had taken all the considerations into consideration in the battle plan that I had worked out for several days. Unexpectedly, when it was actually implemented, it was discovered that there would still be accidents. It's like a boxer who has been poised for a long time, trying his best to hit a punch, only to find that his opponent is not in the position to be hit at all, and the punch he hits is missed.

After handing the headset and microphone to the communications soldier, I stared at the residential area whose outline became gradually clear as the smoke dissipated. I couldn't help but fall into contemplation. The development of the war had completely deviated from my original vision. Where did the enemy go? It is impossible to abandon the transfer of the occupied area when the situation of the battle is obviously beneficial to them. Could it be that they were aware of the possible offensive that we might launch, deliberately evacuated the residential area, and concealed somewhere nearby, and when our troops completely entered the residential area, they would take our lone army under the cover of the armored forces and the air force? Encircle and annihilate?

Thinking of the latter possibility, my forehead suddenly oozes cold sweat. Before I can think about it, I ran to Gaidar's side quickly and decisively issued an order to him: "Order the reserve team to stop advancing. Trenches are excavated in the area to build fortifications to prevent possible counterattacks from the enemy."

Without saying anything, Gaidar ran to the front of his team quickly, raising his hand to stop the troops from advancing. When the infantry began to dig trenches in situ, the company commander of the cannon company was also commanding his subordinates to line up several light cannons behind the trenches.

I turned my head and saw the operators No. 4 and No. 5 inadvertently. I couldn't help but raised my hand to pat my forehead in annoyance and cursed myself for being confused. Can these two operators be able to contact the operator who entered the residential area? You can use them to understand what is happening in the settlement.

Thought of this. I hurriedly ordered two radio operators: "I order, radio operator No. 4 will contact operator No. 1 immediately, and No. 5 and No. 2 will contact them and ask them. What is happening in the residential area. Why can't I hear anything? "The two telegraphers agreed, and then walked aside. Start calling colleagues in the residential area.

Captain Gydar, who had arranged the task, ran back to his side, behind him was the engineer Mikhayev. He walked in front of me and said sadly: "Comrade commander, the engineer suggested to me. Immediately send troops to occupy these colorful wooden houses on the periphery of the settlement, and dig trenches in the small courtyard outside these wooden houses to build a new defense. position."

I thought about it for a while, and also thought that the excavation of the courtyards of these wooden houses was very necessary. Besides, there were originally German individual bunkers inside. As long as these individual bunkers were connected together, they were ready-made trenches. Thought of this. I nodded approvingly.

The order was quickly passed on, and a company of soldiers marched towards the wooden house area in a skirmish formation. Seeing the almost all rifles in these soldiers' hands, I couldn't help sighing secretly. The equipment of the independent division is really bad, except for a few submachine guns and machine guns, the rest are rifles. Even with such equipment, there is no guarantee that every soldier in the division can be armed. At least half of the three regiments staying in the station are unarmed and unarmed.

Heydar, Mikhayev, and the artillery company commander, we all stared intently at the advancing soldiers, listening to their chaotic footsteps, and watching their changing formations from time to time. When I was approaching the wooden house, one of the courtyards suddenly sounded the unique gunfire of the German mp40, and then several adjacent courtyards also sounded the gunshots. The dense gunfire seemed particularly crisp in the quiet early morning. Several tongues of flame spraying death licked the attacking queue of our army, and the soldiers who were advancing fell down in response, and the remaining soldiers hurriedly squatted on the spot. The soldiers who were digging the trenches were also scared to lie down on the spot because of the sudden gunfire.

"Damn it! These **** Germans." Gaidar saw his soldier fall down. He drew his pistol, waved it and rushed forward. I stretched out my hand to pull it, but didn't hold it. In this short time, he has bent over and ran to the middle of the offensive team. He yelled and cursed loudly, and made the soldiers who were lying on the ground stand up and move on. Unexpectedly, as soon as the soldiers got up from the ground, they were knocked down by German bullets. They had to lie down again. Gaidar could not support himself, so he could only lie on the spot, with pistols and the German soldiers in the courtyard. Opposite shot.

Seeing this scene, I yelled at the cannon company commander: "Artillery company commander, fire me immediately! Get rid of all the firepower in the courtyard!"

The artillery company commander said to me with a pale face: "Comrade commander, you are too close to our soldiers. If you fire, you will accidentally injure your own people."

There are no undead in the war. If these few firepower points of the German army are not eliminated, the morale that our teacher has finally built up will be destroyed by the German submachine guns. I was unmoved, and looked serious and issued an order: "Comrade company commander, I order you to fire the cannon immediately to eliminate the enemy's firepower."

The commander of the cannon company had no choice but to agree, turned and walked to the artillery position, raised his right hand high, and issued orders to his men: "No. 2 and No. 3 gun positions, target the colorful wooden house, and load the high-explosive shells. Prepare, let go!" Almost at the same time as shouting to release, his right hand slammed downward.

The two cannons fired at the same time, and the shells roared out of the barrel and flew towards the enemy's individual shelter. The 76mm shells landed accurately in the courtyard, not only blasting a German soldier hiding in the bunker to pieces, but also knocking down the wooden fence and smashing a wall of the wooden house.

"Good fight!" I clearly saw the effect of the shelling, shouting hello, ignoring the buzzing of my ears, and urging the artillery company commander again and again, "Comrade company commander, don't stop, continue. fire!"

When the artillery was loading, I felt someone patted me on the shoulder and turned my head to see. It turned out to be the radio operator No. 4. He approached my ear and said loudly: "Comrade Chief Reporter, I and Telegraph operator No. 1 got in touch. Captain Oleg is online and he is waiting to talk to you." After speaking, he handed me the headset and microphone.

"Comrade Commander, I am Captain Oleg." Oleg's voice came from the headset.

"Comrade Captain, you speak louder, I can't hear you clearly." The sound of the cannon just now shook my hearing so much that I heard Oleg's voice. It was like a ball of cotton in my ears, and the sound was far and quiet. I walked a few steps towards the forest and saw that it was far enough from the artillery position. Then he stopped and asked. "What's going on in the residential area, why can't I hear any movement?"

"Comrade commander. After I led my troops into the residential area, I found two German sentinels on the street. They obviously hadn't figured out what was going on, so they were chopped to death with a **** and an axe by our soldiers. Then we parted. Blasted into Building 1, Building 2, and Building 3. Only five to ten German soldiers were found guarding each building. When we rushed in, they were still sleeping, and most of them were caught in our sleep. Killed, so there was no major movement in the early battle."

Hearing that there are enemies in the residential area, my uneasy mood was calmed a lot. I didn't hear the movement from the residential area because our army was fighting. They are all cold weapons, and it's normal to hear no sound. As long as there is an enemy in the settlement, then this will not be a trap set by the enemy for us. I asked calmly: "What are your plans for the next step?"

"Report to Comrade Commander, we have successively occupied Buildings 1 to 8. We are preparing to launch the final attack on the remaining nine buildings." Before the attack, in order to accurately understand the progress of the troops, we put each building They were all numbered, so as soon as he reported the building number, I knew where the troops were.

"How is the situation with Lieutenant Sederikov?" I just asked Sederikov as a support unit, and suddenly heard the roar of tanks in the distance, which seemed to be reinforcing us. When the tank detachment came, I didn’t care to say anything further. I just said something like: “Then I wish you good luck and finish the mission early. I am waiting for the news of your victory.” Then the communication was interrupted, and the headset was connected to the phone. The telegraph was thrown to the operator, and he ran quickly towards the direction of the tank.

At this moment, the firing of the cannon company had destroyed all the enemy's firepower points in the wooden house courtyard. Gaidar had rushed into the wooden house area with his soldiers, searching for the remnant enemy near the burning house.

Five T-34s stopped near the artillery position. The commander of the tank squadron jumped from the first tank and came to me. After raising his hand in salute, he asked for instructions: "Report to Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the tank detachment is ordered to come. , I am waiting for your instructions!"

I looked at the young commander in the uniform of the tank soldier in front of me, nodded in satisfaction, pointed to the settlement, and said: "Comrade Tank Soldier, you leave two tanks on the artillery position as a guard, and the other three drove to the settlement. To assist the infantry in capturing buildings occupied by the enemy."

The tank soldiers looked at the buildings of the residential area and said with some embarrassment: "Comrade lieutenant colonel, the road in this residential area is too narrow. The Germans who occupy the buildings can easily throw Molotov cocktails or anti-tank grenades at us from the buildings on both sides. , Kill us easily."

I was a little annoyed when I saw the tank soldiers pushing three and resisting four, but because others were here to help our friendly forces, I couldn't get angry at him yet, so I had to squeeze a smile and pretend to be an understatement and said to him: "Comrade tank soldiers, you Don't worry, our infantry has already occupied a lot of buildings in the residential areas, and can help you eliminate the German anti-tank fighters. You can safely drive in the tanks boldly."

Seeing that I said this, the tank soldier could no longer excuse him, so he had to ask in an annoying voice: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, what is our mission?"

"There are a few German armored vehicles in the settlement, and our infantry does not have the necessary anti-tank weapons. If you don’t help them, in the end, we can only watch these armored vehicles and swagger from our encirclement. Stand out."

"No problem, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." The tank soldier heard that they only need to kill a few armored vehicles, and immediately said to me carelessly: "We will definitely kill all these German mouse cages." When he said about the mouse cages, I was still stunned. After a while, he understood that the mouse cage he was talking about was a German armored vehicle.

When Sergeikov contacted me, there was finally intensive gunfire in the residential area. As soon as I heard the gunshots, I immediately asked Sederikov loudly: "Comrade Captain, what's the matter? Why are there such intensive gunshots?"

"Report to Comrade Commander," Sergeikov reported loudly: "It was Oleg's commando team that attacked Building 11, and the Germans who were standing there fired at them."

"How is the situation? Did our troops rush in?" I asked with concern.

After a moment of silence, Sergeikov reported: "The enemy's firepower was too strong. The members of the first commando team had been killed by the enemy's crossfire before they approached the building. All of them died heroically."

"Don't stop, keep on attacking!" I couldn't help becoming a little impatient when I heard the commando's offensive frustration.

"Captain Oleg is organizing a second assault team, ready to attack again." That said. Sejerikov paused. Then he said: "Comrade commander, I think we need the support of heavy weapons. Otherwise, no matter how many assault teams, without any cover of firepower, attack the enemy's buildings will be futile."

"I have sent you tanks." I specifically told him: "When the tank soldiers arrive, you will tell them that they will use tank guns to blast off the enemy's firepower and cover our infantry from entering the building."

"Understood, comrade commander, I will find the commander of the tank detachment and let them assist us in the offensive. If we encounter enemy armored vehicles later, our tanks can easily kill them all." Xie Jerry Cove's reaction was quite quick. I just mentioned the tank unit, and he has already considered how to use this unit later.

I heard the intensive gunfire from the residential area. I walked back to the commander of the cannon company and said to him: "Comrade commander, take two cannons and follow me to the settlement. Let the enemy see what a bayonet on a cannon is!"

The company commander hurriedly greeted the nearby soldiers and assisted the soldiers in the two gun positions to drag the artillery into the residential area. On the way, the artillery company commander asked me curiously: "Comrade lieutenant colonel, what is a bayonet on a cannon? This is a novel idea. This is the first time I have heard of it."

I pointed to the light cannon in front, and explained to the artillery company commander: "Comrade company commander, you see, we ran and pushed the two into the enemy's nose and fired, just bayonet the cannon."

After hearing this, the company commander suddenly realized that he urged the soldiers in front of him: "Hey, I said, comrades soldiers, please move quickly. The infantry in front are still waiting for our artillery support."

We walked into the residential area along the dirt road. Our soldiers stood guard next to the buildings on the roadside, indicating that this place has been occupied by our army. We don't have to worry that enemy bullets will suddenly fly out of the buildings on both sides.

When I walked to the first crossroad, I saw that the three tanks I had just sent in were all stopped in place. My nose was suddenly crooked, and I rushed over and hit the tank's body with the **** of the submachine gun. With my percussion, the hatch of the tank turret opened, and the commander of the tank crew was drilled out of it.

As soon as I saw him, I asked furiously: "I said tank soldiers, why stop and not advance? You know, our infantrymen are attacking the enemy’s fiercely fired buildings with their flesh and blood in front. Casualties, why don't you support them?"

The tank soldier pointed to the front and said helplessly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, look."

I walked around in front of the tank and took a look. I felt that I was wrong with the tank soldiers. There were barricades built by the enemy and two destroyed armored vehicles on the road. The whole road was blocked tightly. The tanks really couldn't move forward. open.

Since the tank can't count on it, we only need to pin our hope of providing fire support on the artillery company. Dozens of us worked together, carried two cannons over this obstacle area, and continued to advance.

Walking out more than a hundred meters, I saw a few windows of a building directly opposite, and German troops were shooting frantically below. As for the soldiers attacking by our army, the large units were crushed on the ground by the intensive firepower, and some of the remaining people hid on the sides of the building or behind the bunkers piled up with the soldiers' remains to avoid enemy shooting.

It was originally such a close distance ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and the German soldiers leaned out of the window unscrupulously, only a few sharpshooters with good marksmanship could kill them. But the offensive soldier has only touched the gun for a few days, and he can calmly shoot out the bullets on the battlefield, even if it is very good. As for where these bullets flew, only God knows.

I quickly instructed the artillery company commander: "Comrade company commander, put the artillery mount here and fire at the enemy's firepower point."

The artillery company commander readily agreed, and immediately ordered his men to set up a gun and personally measure and shoot Zhuyuan. After the two artillery pieces were in place, the artillery company commander yelled loudly: "Target, the second floor window of the building directly in front of you, load the high explosive bomb."

When the artillery reported to him loudly: "Report to the company commander, the loading is complete!"

Without hesitation, he slammed his raised right hand downward and shouted: "Fire!"

With two loud noises, the faint shells of the German corpses, together with the broken bricks, fell from the upper floor and fell heavily to the ground. The firepower in the enemy's building has subsequently weakened a lot. The commando, which had been suppressed by the firepower, got up from the ground and rushed to the building shouting.