Red Moscow

  Chapter 566 Persevere (Part 1)

  As soon as the tank driven by Sokov approached the factory gate, he saw thick smoke billowing in the direction of the family area outside the factory gate, flames soaring into the sky, and the sound of guns and guns rang out.

Seeing this situation, Bely issued an order to each vehicle group through the radio: "All attention, all attention. After leaving the factory gate, slow down, let the infantry get off, and then start a battle formation to attack forward. Repeat, Attention all..."

After giving the order, Bely raised his hand and patted Sokov on the shoulder, and when he saw him turn his head, he said to him: "Comrade Brigadier, when you leave the factory gate, you should slow down and let others tanks are ahead of us."

Sokov knew very well in his heart that the reason why Bely issued this order was because he was with his two highest-ranking commanders. If the tank was destroyed by the German artillery fire, then the troops would lose their unified command. into chaos. So he slowed down and let one tank after another pass him.

   After the tank carrying the infantry drove out of the factory gate, it slowed down and adjusted its formation in an orderly manner while allowing the infantry to jump off the vehicle. After completing the adjustment of the formation, Ivantsov gave an order, and all the tanks increased their horsepower and rushed forward, while the infantry who dismounted from the tanks followed closely behind with their weapons.

  Although Sokov has been in the Red October factory for a long time, but since the direction of the main entrance is the line of defense of the 39th Guards Division, he has never been here. When he left the factory gate, he saw the buildings collapsed in the family area hundreds of meters away, the corpses of Soviet or German soldiers were everywhere on the streets, and the destroyed tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks were burning. The Soviet soldiers hiding in the building fired machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles at the German tanks and infantry on the street, and threw two grenades from time to time.

   "Comrade Brigadier," Bely leaned close to Sokov's ear and said loudly: "It seems that we came at the right time, and the comrades of the Guards Division effectively held back the Germans."

   "Yes, Comrade Colonel." Sokov stared at the front without turning his head and said, "As long as our tanks rush up, we can defeat the enemy."

  The German army attacking the family area was stubbornly blocked by the Soviet army. They were struggling a bit when they suddenly saw a tank unit rushing towards them in the distance. How could they dare to fight. The infantry dragged their guns and ran in the direction they came, while the tanks stayed behind to cover. While they were slowly reversing backwards, they stopped from time to time and fired two shots at the Soviet tanks. Due to the armor-piercing projectiles used by the German army, except for one or two lucky hits, the remaining armor-piercing projectiles hit the open space, neither destroying the Soviet tanks nor causing any casualties to the infantry following the tanks.

  Seeing this situation, Sokov quickly turned his head and said to Bely: "Colonel Bely, get in touch with Captain Ivantsov immediately and ask him to tell the infantry to speed up and rush up to destroy the enemy tanks."

"What, use infantry to destroy the enemy's tanks?" When Bely heard Sokov say this, the first thought he had was that the noise in the tank was too loud, and he accidentally heard it wrong, so he asked cautiously: "How about this?" If we do, won’t our soldiers commit suicide?”

"Don't worry, Colonel Bely, nothing will happen." Sokov explained to Bely: "Didn't you see that the enemy is using armor-piercing bullets? It won't cause any casualties to our infantry, and our infantry rushed to In front of the enemy's tanks, you can use anti-tank grenades or explosives to destroy the enemy's tanks."

"Okay, Comrade Brigadier Commander, since you have given such an order, I will pass on your order to Captain Ivantsov." Although Bely felt that Sokov was suspected of reckless life, considering that the other party was valued by his superiors One commander, presumably there would be no problems in command, so he gritted his teeth and notified Ivantsov via the radio: "Comrade Captain, please inform the infantry to charge the enemy tanks immediately."

  After receiving the order conveyed by Bely, Ivantsov couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and he asked back in surprise: "Comrade Colonel, isn't this sending the infantry brothers to die?"

   "This is an order!" Bely glanced at Sokov who was driving the tank, and said bravely, "Execute."

   Hearing that it was an order from his superiors, Ivantsov, who was used to obeying, did not dare to neglect, and quickly called the infantry liaison officer sitting on the tank body through the tank phone. After hearing the order conveyed by Ivantsov, the liaison officer immediately signaled the company commander following the tank with a signal flag.

Seeing the signal from the soldiers sitting on the tank, the company commander shouted to the left and right without hesitation: "Comrades, jump over our tanks, rush up and blow up all the enemy's tanks." The soldiers of the company Shouting loudly, he quickly passed the advancing tank and rushed towards the enemy tank.

Beley saw the infantry soldiers rushing towards the enemy tanks without hesitation, and his heart was raised in his throat. He was worried that even if the enemy tank guns could not cause losses to the soldiers, the bullets fired by the machine guns on the vehicle could still kill the soldiers. They fell in pieces.

  But what happened next took Biely by surprise. When the German tankers saw the Soviet soldiers rushing up, they immediately scrambled and fired with machine guns, but they only knocked down a few soldiers, and the soldiers had already rushed into the blind corner of their field of vision, throwing the anti-tank grenades they carried with them at the enemy. The tank was thrown over.

  Amidst a series of explosions, the German tanks covering the retreat of the infantry burst into flames one after another, some stopped burning in place, and some continued to retreat with their bodies covered in flames. And the tank soldiers who escaped from the tank were also covered in fire, running around. The Soviet soldiers standing not far away knocked down these firemen one by one with the weapons in their hands.

In just a few minutes, the seven or eight tanks that were broken were all finished, but because the German infantry retreated early, a company of infantry rushed up, aimed their guns at the backs of the German soldiers, and desperately pulled the trigger, firing one after another. . It's a pity that because the distance is too far, there are only a handful of enemies who fell under the soldiers' guns.

Bely did not expect the victory to come so quickly. He looked at Sokov and said in an unbelievable tone: "Comrade Brigadier, I was just worried that the order you issued would cause many commanders and fighters to die in vain. But now it seems , your tactic is very effective."

   "Immediately send someone to contact the garrison commander here." Sokov continued to drive the tank forward, and at the same time ordered Bely: "Let them arrange a defensive area for us."

"Understood." Maybe it was because of seeing Sokov's order and achieving such unimaginable results, Bely became more convinced by him, and quickly agreed, and then notified Ivantsov by radio, asking him to send someone to find the guards The commander of the division discusses how to deploy the defense next.

   After about ten minutes, a major officer, led by soldiers, appeared in Sokov's field of vision. He trotted to the front of the tank, straightened his body and reported to Bely and Sokov who were standing beside the tank chatting: "Two commanders, I am the first battalion commander of the 117th Guards Regiment. What do I have?" Can I work for you?"

  (end of this chapter)