Red Moscow

  Chapter 1032 The Battle of Bilie Town (Part 2)

  After the German army occupied the town, they found that there were no fortifications on the north and east sides. If the Soviet army launched a counterattack from these two directions, it would be impossible to resist. Therefore, Captain Becker gave an order to the commander of the fifth company, asking him to direct the manpower to build fortifications in these two directions.

  According to the idea of ​​the fifth company commander, it is best to dig trenches and fortifications, so that his soldiers can hide in the trenches and shoot at the attacking Soviet army. But because it is the season of melting snow and ice, the trench was filled with melted snow just after it was dug less than a foot deep. Seeing that it was impossible to dig a trench, the fifth company commander had no choice but to change his mind and asked the soldiers to pile up sandbags fortifications.

  Pileing up sandbag fortifications is naturally much faster than digging trenches. In less than an hour, German soldiers piled up a sandbag defense line 200 meters long and more than one meter high. Seeing the formed fortifications, the fifth company commander immediately felt more at ease. According to his thinking, as long as his soldiers hide behind these sandbag fortifications, the attacking Russians will never even think about rushing over.

  But it didn't take long for the fifth company commander to realize that he was wrong, and he was wrong too much. After the Russians attacked thousands of meters away, they did not line up as skirmishers like before, and strode to their positions with guns in hand to die. Instead, a group of tanks lined up, rumbling towards their position.

  Seeing that the tank was getting closer and closer to him, the fifth company commander couldn't help but panicked. He quickly waved his pistol and shouted: "Machine gun, machine gun fire, you must block the Russian tank."

  Hearing the company commander's order, the two latest MG42 machine guns on the position began to shoot wildly at the tanks rushing over. The bullets hit the front armor plate of the tank like hail, making the armor clank. But it didn't affect the forward speed of the tank at all.

  A German machine gunner who was shooting thought with great horror: As soon as the Russian tanks stop, I will immediately drop the machine gun and run away. Otherwise, it will definitely be blown to pieces.

   Then before the advancing tanks stopped, there was the scream of shells piercing the air. The machine gunner stopped firing and looked up at the sky in amazement, wondering where this strange sound was coming from. He only saw a black dot flying towards where he was, but it was getting bigger and bigger. When he saw clearly that it was a cannonball flying over, the cannonball had already landed five or six meters away in front of him. explode.

Accompanied by a loud noise that could burst eardrums, the gunpowder smoke cleared, and there was a huge crater in front of the fortification, and a gap was blown open in the sandbag fortification that was connected together. The machine gunner who was shooting, as well as the deputy shooter and the ammunition man disappeared There was nothing left, except for some smoking machine gun parts in the distance.

   The Germans did not understand, the Russian tanks did not stop, but where did the shells come from? Could it be a Russian tank that can fire on the move? Thinking of this, all the German officers and soldiers were scared out of their wits. Seeing the Russian tanks getting closer and closer to them, the soldiers knew that they could not stop them with a layer of sandbag fortifications, so they left their combat posts one after another, bent over and ran towards the middle of the town.

  A soldier came to the Fifth Company Commander and shouted at him: "Mr. Lieutenant, everyone is fleeing towards the town. Are you retreating too?"

"Bastards!" The German lieutenant stepped forward and slapped the soldier, and shouted loudly: "The command given by the battalion commander is to stand firm, but you are lucky. The enemy started to turn around and run away before the enemy came. Let everyone Return to their combat posts, or I'll shoot them all."

  The soldier stood there in a daze for a while, not knowing whether to follow his companions and flee into the town, or to follow the company commander's order and return to his combat post to continue fighting.

   Fortunately, the Soviet tanks quickly helped him make a decision. A T-34 tank rushing to the front easily smashed down the German sandbag fortifications and crushed the German soldiers hiding behind the fortifications into meat paste. The hesitant soldier, seeing his companion killed under the tracks of the Soviet tank, dared to return to his combat post, turned around and fled towards the town in a hurry.

  The fifth company commander saw his soldiers abandoning their positions and fleeing towards the town, he was so angry that he waved his pistol and shouted loudly. He even grabbed the collars of soldiers passing by and ordered them to go back and continue fighting in a stern tone. But the other party ignored him at all, pushed him away, and fled towards the town without looking back.

   Just when the fifth company commander raised his pistol and aimed at a fleeing soldier and was about to shoot, the machine gun on the Soviet tank opened fire. A series of bullets hit the fifth company commander's chest and abdomen. He threw away the pistol in his hand, covered the wound, turned around twice, took another step forward, and then fell limply on the ground. on the ground.

   The shell that destroyed the firepower of the German machine gun was caused by a 122mm self-propelled artillery parked a few hundred meters away. Seeing the German machine guns in the distance firing continuously at the advancing tanks, the gunner got angry and aimed a shot there. But he never dreamed that such a single shot would disrupt the affairs of the German army. Before the tanks broke through the sandbag fortifications, the enemy had already started to flee one after another.

  The infantry of the Soviet army was more than 300 meters behind the tank. Seeing that the tanks in front had broken through the sandbag fortifications of the German army and were rushing towards the town, their morale was immediately boosted. First they changed from brisk walking to trotting, and then from running to sprinting. Less than 20 meters away, hundreds of soldiers with weapons rushed through the sandbag fortifications smashed to pieces by tanks, and bravely rushed towards the town.

  Sokov originally thought that there would be a fierce battle outside the town, but at this moment he saw that breaking through the enemy's position was like a child's play, and he couldn't help being stunned. After a long time, he picked up the phone and said to the Second Battalion Commander Goliath: "Comrade Captain, your vanguard troops have already charged into the town. I now order you to lead the rest of the troops to charge immediately. Take back the town."

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." When Goria saw his troops rushing through the sandbag fortifications and heading towards the town, he couldn't bear it any longer. Just as he was about to lead the troops to charge himself, he received this message from Sokov. He gave an order, as if he wanted to sleep, but someone gave him a pillow. He even stated: "I will lead the troops to rush up immediately."

  Sokov connected the Shamrih Battalion again, and said to Shamrih who answered the phone: "Comrade Lieutenant, the vanguard of the Goria Battalion has rushed into the town. Can your battalion not lag behind?"

  Shamrih saw the performance of the Goria Battalion, but due to the starting position of their battalion's attack, it was farther than the Goria Battalion. As a result, when the friendly forces began to attack, one-third of the soldiers in their battalion failed to enter the position. Hearing what Sokov said at this moment, he blushed immediately, raised his voice and said to Sokov: "Comrade commander, please rest assured that our battalion will never lose to the Goria battalion. Please look at our battalion." next performance."

  As soon as Shamrih put down the phone, he shouted to the officers: "Ready to attack. All commanders and fighters including me must walk at the forefront of the team. Anyone who dares to shrink back will be treated as a deserter."

  (end of this chapter)