Red Moscow

After receiving Chuvashov's call, Sokov ordered the artillery to stop the shelling, so as not to accidentally injure his own people. Because he has already learned through the battle reports that the remaining German troops are compressed in a settlement five kilometers away from Belgorod. The retreat road has been completely cut off by the 84th and 254th Infantry Divisions. Their destruction is only a matter of time. question.

At this moment, when the German division commander was huddling in the basement of a house in a residential area, he said to his chief of staff tremblingly: "Chief of staff, the Russians have completely surrounded us, and we request artillery from the direction of Belgorod." , provide us with artillery support, and cover us from the encirclement!"

"Your Excellency, Division Commander!" The division chief of staff who had just finished the call replied with a wry smile: "The Russians are not only bombarding the positions north of Belgorod, but also dispatched the air force to violently bombard the artillery positions inside and outside the city. .That is to say, neither the artillery inside nor outside the city can do us any favors."

"Damn, it's a hell!" When he learned that Belgorod was not only unable to send reinforcements to support him, but also unable to provide basic artillery support, the German division commander was completely mad: "How could the Russians be at such a time?" How about an attack on Belgorod?"

"Master Commander, I have a bold idea." The chief of staff said: "The Russians in the north of Belgorod do not actually want to attack the city, but just want to restrain the troops in the city so that they dare not leave the city easily. Come rescue us."

When the division commander heard that what the chief of staff said made sense, he quickly grabbed the microphone on the table and said loudly: "I will report this situation to the commander immediately."

"Your Excellency, Commander," the chief of staff grabbed his hand, shook his head and said, "It's useless. I think the commander may have noticed the Russians' intentions, but he is powerless."

Hearing what the chief of staff said, the German division commander asked puzzledly, "Why?"

"Although we all know that the shelling launched by the Russians in the north of Belgorod is likely to contain the defenders in the city, but no one dares to take the risk easily." The chief of staff of the division explained: "If we want to send our division To be rescued from the siege of the Russians, at least one division must be used. In this way, the defense of the city will definitely be weakened. If the Russians are aware of this and turn their feint into a strong attack, then the city may fall. Possibly. With such a risk, let alone the army commander, even if General Huot is in the city, he would not dare to make a decision lightly."

"Then what should we do? Are we just waiting to be captured by the Russians?" the teacher asked angrily.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander." Seeing that the division commander was agitated, the chief of staff quickly comforted him and said, "The rest of our troops are gathered in this settlement. Now our soldiers have formed a complete defense system using individual bunkers and buildings. , enough to persist until dark, when we can consider breaking out.”

"Why wait until dark, can't we break out now?"

"The Russians have more troops than us. If they break out during the day, they will not only be besieged by their superior forces, but also may be attacked by air bombing and long-range artillery fire. When we break out, it is possible fail."

"But when it gets dark, can we break through the Russian siege?"

"Your Excellency, according to my experience dealing with the Russians, as long as it gets dark, their command system can only play a limited role. At that time, the large number of people will become their weakness."

"Their weakness?" asked the teacher, "What do you mean?"

"When it gets dark, different Russian units are crowded together and lack a unified command. At this time, they have to stop attacking." The chief of staff of the division said with some pride: "And we can take advantage of this opportunity, Disguised as Russians and sneaked through their lines."

The words of the chief of staff gave the desperate German division commander a ray of hope: "Great, this is really great. As long as we can persist until dark, we will have a chance to jump out of the Russian encirclement."

But not long after he was happy, he began to worry again: "But, where can we get so many Russian uniforms?"

"That's easy." The chief of staff continued, "There are many Russians in the settlement who rushed in and were killed by us. We can change into their military uniforms and use the night to sneak out."

"Take clothes from dead people?" The German commander frowned and said, "These uniforms are full of bullet holes and bloodstains, will they be worn out?"

"No. After dark, the visibility is low. The Russians will not find any flaws unless they come closer to observe. Your Excellency, sir, don't worry."

The German division commander and chief of staff wishfully thought that with the troops retreating into the settlement, they could persist until dark. After all, after they retreated into the settlement, they successfully repelled three attacks by the 84th and 254th Infantry Divisions, leaving the Soviet army with three or four hundred corpses in the settlement.

But what they didn't expect was that the marine brigade and infantry brigade attacking from the north would suddenly exert their strength, break through their northern defense in one fell swoop, and approach the settlement.

The troops commanded by Chuvashov were divided into three parts and launched an attack from three positions at the same time, which made the German army unable to carry out effective defense.

Within twenty minutes of the battle, the battalion commanded by Major Shamrih entered the settlement.

As Sokov's old subordinate, Shamrich is not only brave in combat, but also good at using his brains. Based on his experience in street fighting in the Stalingrad defense battle, he successfully captured two buildings occupied by the Germans. And use these two buildings as the starting point of the attack, and advance towards the center of the settlement little by little.

Just as he was assigning tasks to the company commanders, the instructor Shapovalenko walked in from the outside and reported to him excitedly: "Comrade battalion commander, I tell you some good news. The German division commander is staying at the left front In the basement of the building a hundred meters away."

"real?"

"real!"

Hearing Shapovalenko's affirmative answer, Shamrich did not ask the other party's source, but gave an order to the first company commander: "First company commander, take your company to attack the building on the left immediately. , we must capture the German division commander alive."

"Don't worry, Comrade Battalion Commander." The company commander said confidently, "If we go out, none of the enemy will be able to escape."

Soon, the first company launched an attack on the building where the German division commander was located.

Seeing the Soviet army rushing towards the building, the machine guns and submachine guns in the windows on the second and third floors immediately fired violently. The German army tried to use intensive firepower to stop the Soviet army from attacking.

But Shamrih had expected this a long time ago. He not only arranged machine gun positions in the building to provide fire cover for the first battalion. At the same time, several sharpshooters were also arranged to fight the enemy's machine gunners. When they saw one kill one, the enemy's machine gun firepower quickly completely misfired.

Since the enemy's firepower was effectively suppressed, the first company commander quickly rushed into the building with his company, and started a battle for the building with the enemies who were standing inside.