Red Moscow

  Chapter 766 Reinforcements (Part 2)

   A quarter of an hour later, Goliath's troops launched an attack on the enemy occupying the position of the 109th regiment.

As soon as the battle started, Omelchenko, who was staying in the observation post, noticed something strange. He put down the binoculars in his hand, turned his head and asked Goria next to him: "Comrade Captain, you have six or seven hundred people, how do you participate in the attack?" Why are there so few people? I roughly counted, and there are less than a hundred people."

Regarding Omelchenko's question, Golia smiled lightly and replied: "Comrade Colonel, although there are many bomb craters and bricks and rubble between the enemy and our positions, if we attack in a dense formation, the troops will suffer huge casualties." of."

   Seeing Golia's calm face, Omelchenko couldn't help but get anxious: "With just such a small number of people, can you take down the enemy's position?"

   "Don't worry, Comrade Colonel." Goria said with a normal expression: "This is an effective offensive tactic researched by the division commander. There should be no problem in regaining the position from the enemy."

  After listening to Goria's explanation, Omelchenko raised his binoculars dubiously and continued to observe the situation on the battlefield. He saw that the attacking fighters were not crowded together and charged straight to the enemy's position, but several people formed a combat group, braved their waists, and skillfully used various terrains to quickly approach the enemy's position.

Seeing that Omelchenko hadn't spoken, Goria continued to explain to him: "Comrade Colonel, three of us fighters form a combat team, with two fighters in front and the team leader behind, forming an inverted triangle formation. The division of labor is clear, responsible for offense, cover, and support. Three combat teams form a combat squad, and three combat squads form a combat group. When they act, they are deployed in skirmish line formation. After deployment, soldiers According to the instructions, change the battle formation at any time."

Goria's words aroused Omelchenko's great interest. He asked curiously: "Comrade Captain, I would like to ask, how do you communicate with each other when you are fighting? Finally, what is the frontage width they can be responsible for?"

Facing Omelchenko's question, Golia patiently told him: "Since the entire battle group is unfolded, the frontal width will reach about 400 meters, so the communication between the battle groups uses sign language; The connection between the classes is done through the whistle."

Seeing the charging troops, braving the enemy's firepower, quickly approaching the position, Omelchenko felt that this tactic was indeed very effective, so he nodded and said with emotion: "Comrade Captain, can you tell me, Who invented this tactic? I think he's a genius."

  Golia never dreamed that Sokov, who taught them the tactics, knew little about the three-three system tactics, and what he came up with was just a simplified version of the three-three system tactics. But even so, this tactic can also produce unexpected results on the Soviet-German battlefield.

Hearing Omelchenko praise the person who invented this tactic at this moment, Golia felt very honored. He raised his head and said proudly: "Who else, of course, is our commander. It is said that he The first time he used this tactic was in the defense of Moscow, when he was a platoon leader, but now he is the commander of the Guards Division."

  Omelchenko and Sokov had dealt with each other on Liumian Street, and they had a good impression of this young teacher who had rescued him. However, after hearing Goliath's words at this moment, he asked inexplicably: "I have dealt with your division commander some time ago, but in the battle, did you see the troops he led use this kind of tactics?"

Golia was taken aback for a moment, but quickly figured out what was going on, and quickly replied: "Comrade Colonel, it's like this. To skillfully use this tactic, soldiers need to be familiar with each other. Otherwise, not only will you not be able to use this tactic to destroy the enemy, but it may also cause chaos. If I am not wrong, when I rescued you at Liumian Street last time, the division commander must have led other troops."

   "You're right." Omelchenko agreed with Golia's guess, "The troops who rescued us last time were all sailors."

"It's no wonder." Golia continued: "At present, the only units that have mastered this tactic are the downsized regiments in the division. These are all the old troops of the division commander. Know the tactics."

  While the two were talking, the commander of the sixth company who was in charge of the attack had successfully rushed into the position occupied by the enemy and started a melee battle with the enemy. Seeing that the first battle group had successfully attacked, the commander of the sixth company led the other two battle groups to rush forward to support, trying to eliminate the stubborn enemies on the ground in the shortest time.

  The entire battle lasted only 20 minutes, and more than 200 German soldiers occupying the position of the 109th regiment were either killed or driven out of the position. Just when Omelchenko was about to call to report the victory to Zolludev, the other party called first. The division commander hurriedly said on the phone: "Colonel, the Army Group Command has just sent us a guard company. I will hand over this company to you, plus the troops of the 41st Guards Division. We will try to fight within two hours. Take back the lost ground."

   "Report to Comrade Commander." Omelchenko waited for Zoludev to finish speaking, and immediately said excitedly: "I am about to report to you that with the help of our friendly forces, we have successfully recovered the lost positions."

   "What, the position has been restored?" Zoludev was dumbfounded after hearing Omelchenko's words. He knew that there were more than 200 enemies occupying the position of the 109th regiment, and Sokov only sent two companies of reinforcements to him. According to his thinking, unless he added the guard company of the headquarters, he would not even think about it. Take back the ground. Unexpectedly, before the guard company was handed over to Omelchenko, he told himself that the position had been restored, "Comrade Colonel, do you know the consequences of lying about military information?"

Omelchenko was taken aback for a moment, then understood what Zoludev meant, and quickly replied: "Mr. Comrade, what I said is true. Although Colonel Sokov only sent us two companies, but these two companies are reinforced companies, and there are six or seven hundred people in total..."

  After listening to Omelchenko's explanation, Zoludev realized that he had misunderstood the other party. He coughed heavily twice to relieve his embarrassment. Then he changed the subject and asked, "Are the casualties of friendly troops heavy?"

"Not much," Omelchenko, having witnessed the whole battle process with his own eyes, replied without hesitation when he heard Zoludev's question, "They regained their positions with less than thirty casualties. , and killed most of the enemies occupying the position, and the rest fled in desperation."

"My God, this is simply unbelievable." Zoludev felt that Omelchenko's report made him a little unacceptable. He thought to himself, if he wanted to capture a position occupied by more than 200 German soldiers , I have to pay the price of at least five or six hundred people, and Sokov's troops only suffered less than thirty casualties, which is too far-fetched. In order to find out what was going on, he asked again: "How did they fight?"

   Seeing that his division commander wanted to know about the attacking soldiers of the friendly army, Omelchenko was considering whether he should report in detail when he suddenly heard someone shouting outside the observation post: "Where is your commander?"

  Hearing the shout, Omelchenko ignored the report to Joludev, but turned to the door and asked, "Who is outside?"

   "It's me," he said, when a middle-aged man in casual clothes and holding a pistol rushed into the observation station in a panic: "I'm Zalitzman."

  Omelchenko couldn't help being surprised when he saw the person coming, "So it's Comrade Deputy Factory Director, what happened?"

"The enemy stormed into Building No. 4, and our people suffered heavy casualties." Zalitzman grabbed Omelchenko's arm and said emotionally: "Comrade Colonel, send someone to rescue them quickly, otherwise It's too late."

   "What, the enemy broke into Building No. 4?" Omelchenko asked in surprise: "Comrade Deputy Factory Director, don't you have more than 300 people in that building?"

"That's right, we have more than 300 people." Zalitzman said with a sad face: "But most of them are workers with little combat experience. Facing the enemy's attack, they can't stop it at all. The enemy breaks through our building. It took less than two minutes to rush into the building. I was protected by more than a dozen workers before I broke out from the building."

  Building No. 4 is located in the northeast of the 109th Regiment's position. It is a five-story building with a library, archives, canteen, and the switchboard responsible for the telephone communication of the whole factory.

  Omelchenko obviously knew about the situation in Building No. 4. He raised his hand and grabbed Zalitzman's arm, and asked anxiously, "Have the girls at the switchboard withdrawn?"

In the Dzerzhinsky factory, there are two sets of communication systems: one is a military communication system, which is used between divisions, divisions, regiments and subordinate units; the other is used in the factory The civil communication system can not only communicate with various units in the factory, but even combat troops. After some troops entered the new defense area, they used the ready-made civilian communication system before the military communication system was laid. It was the dozens of female operators staying in Building No. 4 who ensured smooth communication.

"No." Zalitzman shook his head and said with pain on his face: "The computer room where the girls are located is on the third floor. Although it is still in our hands, I don't think it will last long. Comrade Colonel, I beg you Please, hurry up and send troops to rescue them, before it’s too late.”

Omelchenko learned that the lives of the female operators on the switchboard were in danger, and he wished to spread his wings and rush to the rescue, but he was powerless at the moment, so he could only turn his eyes to Goria next to him for help, and spoke in a negotiating tone. Asked: "Comrade Captain, can you send troops to rescue Building No. 4?"

At this moment, Zalitsman discovered that there was an unfamiliar commander in the observation post. Although he was only a captain, Colonel Omelchenko was careful when talking to him. Zalitsman immediately guessed This person may be able to help him solve the problem, so he turned to Golia and begged bitterly: "Comrade Captain, please, please send troops to save those girls quickly, we can't just watch the **** Germans kill us future mother."

Since Golia knew that Building No. 4 was in danger, he naturally would not refuse to save him, so he hurriedly asked: "Comrade Deputy Director, I would like to ask, where is Building No. 4, can you send someone to be a guide for us? "

"Building No. 4 is just to the north, about 700 meters away from here." In order to rescue the female operators who were trapped in Building No. 4, Zalitzman decided to go all out. He patted his chest and said to Golia: "Captain Comrade, I can be your guide myself!"

  Seeing that Zalitzman volunteered, Goria nodded, and then asked: "Comrade deputy factory director, I would like to ask, is there any way to get in touch with the building to find out how the fighting is going there."

   "That's right, Comrade Deputy Factory Director," Omelchenko echoed, "Is there any way you can find out what's going on inside the building?"

   "Let me think about it, is there any way to get in touch with the building?" Zalitzman frowned and thought for a moment, then looked around in the observation station: "Do you have a phone here to get in touch with the switchboard?"

  The observation post chosen by Omelchenko was originally a dispatch office. Although the telephone has been smashed by the collapsed building, the original line is still there. A communication soldier was called, and a telephone was connected to the telephone line, so that he could talk to the switchboard in Building No. 4.

  Zalitzman said loudly into the microphone: "Hi! I'm Zalitzman, who is talking to me?"

   "I'm Komarkova, Comrade Deputy Factory Director." A young female voice came from the phone.

   "How's the situation in the building?" Zalitzmann asked nervously.

   "The enemy has already occupied the second floor," Komarkova replied in a panic, "They just tried to rush to the third floor, but they were repelled by the militia guarding the stairs."

"Komarkova, listen to me." Zalitzman became more and more flustered when he learned that the enemy had occupied the second floor and might occupy the third floor at any time: "Take the girls to the fifth floor immediately, I will Take someone to rescue you as soon as possible."

"Comrade deputy factory director, I just saw that the situation is urgent, and I have ordered the girls to move first." Komarkova waited for Zalitzman to finish speaking, and continued: "Now I am the only one left on duty at the switchboard. Comrade deputy factory director, hurry up and bring someone to rescue us, I think the militia guarding the stairs won't last long."

Hearing the cry in Komarkova's voice, Zalitsman's eyes turned red, and he said loudly into the microphone: "Don't worry, Komarkova, I will take someone to rescue you right away. Tell the guards Comrades at the stairs, you must block the enemy. In half an hour, no, in twenty minutes, I will lead people to rescue you."

  (end of this chapter)