Red Moscow

  Chapter 21 Capture the Church

  Many things are easier said than done. Although Lin Hua talked about the "three-three system assault tactics" so well, but when all the squad leaders were summoned and started training with him, a series of problems still appeared. It took Lin Hua more than an hour to force these squad leaders to master this tactic.

When the platoon leaders went back to organize the soldiers to practice new tactics, Ivan walked up to Lin Hua who was frowning, and comforted him, saying, "Misha, don't worry, it's the first time you have come into contact with this tactic. It's inevitable. Didn't you see that everyone cooperated very tacitly at the end?"

   "Comrade Battalion Commander," seeing Ivan trusting him so much, Lin Hua turned to look at him and said gratefully, "Thank you, thank you for your trust in me."

"Misha, you don't need to thank me." Ivan waved his hand at him, looked at the two company commanders beside him, and then said: "You have proved your ability with practical actions, so we will be unconditional." support you."

"Comrade Battalion Commander is right." As soon as Ivan finished speaking, Leskov echoed, "If it weren't for your 'break the wall and open the way' tactic, our battalion would probably have been handed over to Gogol Street. Although everyone is not familiar with your new tactics, but according to my estimation, in the next battle, the casualties of the troops will be greatly reduced."

  According to Ivan's idea, let the soldiers below practice for one to two hours, and after they have roughly mastered this new tactic, they will attack the church occupied by the German army. But Xiedulin, who was staying in the regiment command post, couldn't hold his breath anymore. He called Ivan and asked angrily, "Comrade Major, why hasn't your troops launched an attack yet?"

"Comrade Commander," Ivan explained to him when he heard Scheidulin's anger, "We have already launched an offensive, but we were repulsed due to too much German firepower. Now we are regrouping and preparing to Attack again."

   "It's been since your last attack," Xiedulin raised his hand and looked at his watch while speaking: "It's been two hours, why haven't you attacked yet?"

Ivan glanced at Lin Hua who was standing next to him, and said into the microphone: "Comrade Commander, Lieutenant Sokov has proposed a new tactic, which can greatly reduce the casualties of our army in the attack. We are now Organize soldiers to train new tactics, so the time for combat preparation will be slightly longer."

  I heard that Lin Hua had developed a new tactic, which immediately aroused Xie Dulin's interest. He slowed down and asked, "Major, I wonder what new tactics he has launched?"

   Fortunately, Ivan's memory is not bad, so he immediately repeated the "three-three system assault tactics" that Lin Hua said to Xie Dulin. After listening, Xie Dulin did not express his opinion immediately, but asked instead: "Major, what do you think of this tactic?"

   "Comrade commander, although we haven't had time to put this tactic into actual combat," Ivan said excitedly into the microphone: "But according to the effect of our training, we can greatly reduce casualties in offensive battles.",

"Then when will you start attacking again?" Shedulin said to Ivan in a discussing tone: "The progress of the first and third battalions is very difficult, and they have been stubbornly defended by the Germans. The task is up to you to complete. But you have to hurry up, the troops of the 1073rd and 1075th regiments are moving in the direction where you are, maybe they will seize the church before you."

  Although Xie Dulin said this to Ivan in a discussion tone. But Ivan is also a smart person. He knows that Xie Dulin is also a competitive person, and he is absolutely unwilling to let his allies take the lead. So as soon as he put down the phone, he called the two company commanders in front of him and told them: "Okay, comrades company commanders, the training of new tactics should be done slowly after the battle is over. Our current task , is to immediately resume the attack on the church, we must grab the front of the friendly army and take the church."

  The attack on the church has started again. The light and heavy machine guns placed in the sandbag fortifications and wall holes fired at the church's defense line at the same time to suppress the German firepower.

  The German army in the church saw that the Soviet army had started to attack again, and immediately couldn't wait to start shooting. But they soon discovered that something was wrong. The formation of the attacking Soviet army was very strange. They were all in groups of three, using short leaps with alternating covers, and moved closer to the church a little bit.

  The skirmish formation used by the Soviet Army, as long as a shuttle bullet is fired, it can always knock down seven or eight, or even a dozen people. But now it has become such a strange formation that has never been seen before. Coupled with the suppression of Soviet machine gun fire in the distance, it is very good to knock down four or five people with one shuttle.

Lin Hua, who was watching the battle with Ivan hiding in the sandbag fortification, suddenly heard the roar of a tank engine from the street behind him. He couldn't help but shuddered and thought frightfully: "Where did the tank come from? Could it be the Germans?" Are the tanks outflanking us from behind?"

He turned his head and looked towards the street behind. After seeing clearly that it was a T-34 tank, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and said loudly to Ivan next to him: "The battalion commander Comrade, our tanks are coming."

  Ivan quickly ordered the machine guns placed on the street to stop firing to make way for the approaching tanks. Ivan stood on the side of the road, waving his pistol desperately, and shouted at the tanks passing in front of him: "Brothers, you came just in time. Hurry up and blast the machine guns on the bell tower! Hurry up!"

   Tanks rumbled by in front of him, and it was unknown if the tank crew heard his shouts. However, the tank stopped after driving more than a hundred meters from the barricade, slowly raised its muzzle, and fired a shot at the bell tower in the distance. The shell hit the target accurately, and the violent explosion blasted the German soldiers hiding in the bell tower to pieces, and at the same time, the bell tower on the top of the church collapsed.

  After destroying the bell tower, the tank's tracks began to turn again, approaching the church step by step. When it stopped again, only a hundred meters away from the church, the turret turned slowly again, aiming at the closed wooden door. After a loud bang, the wooden door was shattered, and the soldiers hiding near the church jumped up from the snow, shouting and rushing in through the doorway that was still emitting black smoke.

   Through the binoculars, Ivan clearly saw his soldiers entering through the blasted doorway. Engaged in melee and hand-to-hand combat with the German army in the church. Just a few minutes later, a bright red flag stretched out from a window on the second floor of the church.

"It's unbelievable, it's simply unbelievable." Following the appearance of the red flag, it means that the Soviet army has occupied the church. Ivan looked at the red flag fluttering in the wind and said: "Only a few dozen people were killed or injured, and the church was killed or killed." To take down this church is just incredible."

  (end of this chapter)