Red Moscow

  Chapter 1531 Landing Field Defense Battle (4)

  In fact, the actions of the Soviet army at the foot of the mountain have been under the surveillance of the German army. The condescending German captain carefully observed his surroundings through binoculars, and found that there were no other troops except for the troops gathering on the north slope.

  However, the cautious German captain, in the face of the Soviet attack from the north slope, still only mobilized half of his troops, and the remaining troops were used to guard against the other three directions, so as not to be attacked by the Soviet army.

  Originally, his deployment was very auspicious, but as the battle progressed, he found something was wrong. Except for a few mortars at the foot of the mountain, they pose a great threat to the firepower points in the trenches, and there are even snipers. As long as the firepower of the machine gun is exposed, it will either be directly destroyed by the mortar, or the machine gunner will be shot in the head and fall beside the machine gun.

  Seeing that the attacking Soviet army was only 50 or 60 meters away from the position, as long as they charged, they could rush to the distance where they could drop bombs. At this time, the German lieutenant became anxious, found the captain and said to him: "Mr. Captain, the Russians are getting closer and closer to our position. Do you think that troops from other directions should be transferred to support?"

"No." The captain simply rejected the request of his subordinates: "What if the Russian attack from the north **** is just a feint attack? If it is a feint attack, as long as we transfer our troops to the north slope, they can take the opportunity to attack from other places." direction to attack."

   "Mr. Captain," the lieutenant saw that his proposal was rejected by the captain, and quickly said: "Before the Russians started their offensive, I carefully observed the surrounding area and found that there were no traces of Russians in any direction except the north slope."

In order to enhance his persuasiveness, he continued: "Mr. Captain, you and I have not been dealing with the Russians for a day or two. You should know that their tactics are very rigid. They always only know how to attack from one direction. They never thought of it." Roundabout combat."

"Lieutenant, if it is an ordinary Russian army, the situation you mentioned will indeed exist." The captain said firmly: "But now we are facing Sokov's army, and the tactics he uses are unexpected. Maybe Beipo The attack that was launched, the feint, was to get our attention."

  The two were talking, and several Soviet commanders rushed into the trench and started close combat with the German officers and soldiers inside. Seeing this, the lieutenant immediately said loudly to the captain: "Look, Captain, the Russians have rushed into the trenches and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with our soldiers. If reinforcements are not sent, the position may not be able to be defended."

Seeing that the situation in the northern position was indeed dangerous, the captain of the German army observed the movement on the other three sides again, and found that it was quiet everywhere, and there was indeed no sign of Soviet army activity, so he decisively issued an order, except for leaving a dozen people to serve as guards In addition, the rest of the troops rushed to reinforce the North Slope position.

  When the offensive and defensive battles at the outpost were in full swing, the platoon led by Captain Lei Bin was hiding in the east of the highland. The reason why he chose to hide in this direction is because the mountain is relatively steep and difficult to climb, the German defense will be relatively loose, and there will be no minefields.

  Seeing the flames on the battlefield, the sound of gunfire and explosions, the platoon leader was a little impatient. He came to Lei Bin's side and asked tentatively, "Comrade company commander, when are we going to attack the enemy?"

Rebin, who was holding up his binoculars to observe the enemy's situation, put down the binoculars in his hand when he heard the question from the platoon leader, turned to him and said, "Don't worry, the platoon leader. Now the Germans have deployed a lot of troops to the east. If we attack by force, we may suffer huge casualties. Wait a little longer, and wait until the enemy's attention is attracted by the deputy company commander and the others, then we can start attacking."

   "When will the deputy company commander attract all the attention of the enemy?"

"First platoon leader, don't worry." Lei Bin comforted the first platoon leader and said: "Since we are a special company, we can't fight like ordinary companies. Enemy of the field."

  The German captain transferred the troops back from the other three directions and entered the battle for the trenches. After a fierce battle, the Soviet commanders and fighters who rushed into the trenches either died on the spot or were forced to retreat to the north slope, preparing to regroup before launching a new attack on the high ground.

   Seeing that the attack was not going well, the fifth company commander said to the deputy company commander: "Comrade Captain, it seems that the German army on the high ground is stronger than we imagined. When will your remaining troops launch an attack from other directions?"

Seeing the failure of the attack, the deputy company commander was also very anxious, but now he is the supreme commander here, he can only try to control his emotions, and try to use a calm tone to say to the fifth company commander: "Comrade lieutenant, don't worry, I think the reason why other directions have not taken action is because the time is not yet ripe. When the time is right, they will teach the Germans a deep lesson."

   After the deputy company commander said this, he suddenly saw several soldiers standing in the defense platoon not far away, one of them was the second squad leader. He waved to the second squad leader, signaling him to come to his side.

  After the second squad leader came over, the deputy company commander asked curiously: "How many of you are left?"

  The second squad leader looked at the soldiers standing there, and said sadly: "There are only five or six of us left, and the rest of the soldiers died."

   "Where is your platoon leader?"

   "Just died while attacking."

   When he heard the news of the death of the platoon leader of the garrison platoon, the deputy company commander felt sorry for him, but also thanked him for his sacrifice. According to the mistakes he committed, it would not be too much to shoot him. Now that he has sacrificed and his debts have been eliminated, it is estimated that after regaining the position, no one will pursue this matter any more.

"Second platoon leader, third platoon leader." The deputy brigade commander turned his head and said to the two commanders standing beside him, "You two platoons will be responsible for the next attack. Remember, even if it's a feint attack, you have to make a counterattack." The momentum of the attack is coming."

"Comrade deputy company commander," the third platoon leader waited for the deputy company commander to finish speaking, and said with some disdain, "I don't think the German army's combat effectiveness on the high ground is very good. If my third platoon had been put into battle just now, it might have been killed by the German army a long time ago." Once the position is taken down, there is no need to organize a new attack.”

"Comrade third platoon leader," the deputy company commander immediately realized that the other party had made a mistake of underestimating the enemy, and quickly reminded him: "Don't look at the attack we just launched. At one point, some commanders and fighters rushed into the German camp. Trenches. But as their reinforcements arrived, our commanders and fighters were driven off the high ground again."

"Do you know what this means?" After the deputy company commander finished speaking, he asked himself and answered without waiting for the third platoon leader to answer: "The enemy has only deployed a part of its troops in the position on the north slope. The rest of the troops were deployed in other directions, and they were temporarily dispatched when they saw that the position was in danger of being lost."

The third platoon leader is also a smart person. Hearing what the deputy company commander said, his eyes immediately lit up: "Comrade deputy company commander, if according to your statement, the original warning of enemies in other directions, because of the attack we ended not long ago, all of them are was concentrated in the direction of the north slope. Is my understanding correct?"

"That's right, I think so too." Regarding the statement of the third platoon leader, the deputy company commander agreed: "If it weren't for the fierce offensive of the garrison platoon and the commanders and fighters of the friendly fifth company, there is really no way to move the enemy from other directions. come over."

  The second and third platoons soon went into battle.

  But since they are special companies, their attack methods must be different from ordinary troops. They were in groups of three, alternately covering and approaching the top of the position, instead of bending down and rushing up in groups like ordinary companies. If Sokov was here, he would definitely recognize it at a glance. This is the "three-three system" tactic he proposed at the beginning. He had long given up promoting this tactic in the army. He did not find a special company of the 254th Division, but adopted this tactic to attack positions occupied by the enemy.

  The German captain on the ground found that something was wrong with the Russians attacking this time. As soon as shots were fired on the ground, they took cover; as soon as the shooting stopped, they used short leap tactics to move from one hiding place to a new hiding place.

"Mr. Captain," the German lieutenant standing aside couldn't help but frowned when he saw this, "these Russians obviously seem to be a little bit wrong, their technical and tactical level and combat experience are more sophisticated than the group of Russians just now. "

   "It seems that we have encountered a strong enemy." After the German captain finished speaking, he turned and ordered the radio operator standing behind him: "Send a telegram to the regiment headquarters immediately and ask when they will arrive?"

   The radio operator agreed, and began to send a telegram to the regiment headquarters, reporting the situation here.

  The call back arrived soon, saying that before dawn, two infantry battalions had arrived, asking them to hold on until reinforcements arrived.

  After reading the telegram, the German captain shook his head and said, "The reinforcements won't arrive until dawn, and there are still five or six hours before dawn. Lieutenant, do you think we can last that long?"

   "Mr. Captain," replied the German lieutenant, "I don't think we can last until then."

"You are right, Lieutenant." The German captain said bitterly: "In any case, we are in the Russian defense zone. It won't be long before new troops will come over. I am worried I'm afraid our entire army has been wiped out before we see the shadow of reinforcements."

   "Or, let's retreat." The lieutenant suggested tremblingly: "Since we continue to fight, we will only end up being wiped out. Why don't we retreat first, and save more lives."

"No, lieutenant, this is absolutely not possible." The captain rejected the lieutenant's proposal without hesitation: "Since we have already occupied this outpost, how can we easily hand it over to the Russians? I think we should continue to fight, maybe Our reinforcements will arrive sooner than the Russians, maybe."

  The soldiers in the second and third rows stopped at a position 50 meters away from the position, and started shooting against the Germans relying on the terrain. Compared with the submachine guns equipped by the German army, the assault rifles in the hands of the soldiers had higher shooting accuracy and stronger lethality. They quickly gained an advantage in firepower and suppressed the German army.

   Taking advantage of the attention of the German army, he was attracted by the second and third platoons attacking from the north, and Captain Lei Bin led the first platoon into action. They quietly climbed up to the high ground from the steep east side, solved several guard posts left by the German army in this direction, and quickly advanced towards the north **** position.

   With little effort, a row of commanders and fighters entered the German trenches.

   Once they entered the trench, they were spotted by a sentry. The sentinel immediately started yelling to warn his companions. Now that he was exposed, Lei Bin no longer planned to hide his whereabouts, and fired at the enemy as soon as he gave an order.

   You must know that the assault rifles equipped by soldiers are suitable for this kind of trench warfare. The dense firepower immediately blinded the German troops in the trenches. They didn't know where this Soviet army came from, and before they had time to raise their guns to fight back, they fell into the hail of bullets.

The second row and the third row staying in front of the position saw that the German firing became sparse, and the familiar sound of assault rifle shooting came from the trench. Knowing that it was a row of comrades who launched an attack from the enemy's rear, they immediately Leaped out of hiding place, shouted Ula and rushed up.

  The German officers and soldiers were a little panicked when they were attacked from behind. When they saw the Soviet army rushing towards them again, they became even more flustered. They shot independently, trying to stop the Soviet army from attacking. But their resistance quickly collapsed under the powerful firepower of the Soviet army.

  After a quarter of an hour, the battlefield became quiet.

  The deputy company commander who stayed at the foot of the hill brought the remaining commanders to the top of the hill and joined Captain Lei Bin here.

  When he saw Captain Lei Bin, the deputy company commander hurried forward and asked with concern: "Comrade company commander, have the enemies been wiped out by us?"

"Yes, Comrade Deputy Company Commander, the enemy has been wiped out by us." Lei Bin looked at the Deputy Company Commander and said approvingly: "Fortunately, your attack from the north **** successfully attracted the enemy's attention, allowing us to Smoothly touch the high ground and destroy the enemies entrenched here."

  The deputy company commander called the fifth company commander to Lei Bin, and introduced him: "Comrade company commander, this is the fifth company commander who is going to take over our army's defense."

"Hello, Comrade Lieutenant." Rebin stretched out his hand to shake hands with the fifth company commander, and asked with concern, "How many people are left in your company?" The reason he asked this was because he saw the company attacking with his own eyes. At that time, no small sacrifice was made.

  Hearing Lei Bin's question, the fifth company commander's expression darkened: "Comrade Captain, our company originally had more than 80 people, but in the battle just now, more than half of them died and were injured."

   Lei Bin was taken aback after hearing this, and then asked the deputy company commander: "Comrade Captain, how many people are left in the garrison platoon that sticks here?"

   "There are still five or six people left." The deputy company commander replied: "And the platoon leader has died a heroic death during the attack."

   "Since the garrison platoon has only five or six people," Lei Bin thought for a moment, and said to the two, "From now on, organize the garrison platoon into the fifth company and let them all stay here and stick to the outpost."

   "Comrade Company Commander!" After listening to Lei Bin's order, the Deputy Company Commander reminded him: "After all, we belong to two troops. It may not be appropriate to rashly merge the garrison platoon into the friendly army."

"Comrade Captain," Rebin said to the deputy company commander, "I know you belong to two different units, but the reason why I chose to merge the garrison platoon into the company of the friendly army is because they have been stationed here the longest. , know everything on the battlefield very well, and can help friendly troops quickly adapt to the environment."

Regarding Lei Bin's plan to incorporate the garrison platoon into his own company, the fifth company commander did not object. After all, in the battle just now, he paid the price for more than half of the casualties. powerful.

  (end of this chapter)