Red Moscow

  Chapter 1835 Battle in the town

   It was a battalion and a company that opened the way in the town. The company commander led a row of more than 30 soldiers and walked at the front of the opposite.

In order to prevent their targets from being exposed, after they entered the town, they did not walk swaggeringly in the middle of the road, but spread out, walking in groups of three or four on both sides of the street, and under the cover of buildings, they walked towards the city silently. advance forward.

  A recruit followed behind the first company commander, and he asked nervously, "Comrade company commander, what should we do if we encounter the Germans?"

  The company commander glanced back at him, lowered his voice and said: "What else can I do, naturally greet them with the bayonet and bullets in your hand. Do you understand?"

   "Ming...understood!" The recruit replied in a panic.

  At the same time, a German second lieutenant led a patrol of eight people, walking along the street towards this side.

  At this moment, the second lieutenant of the German army was in a particularly depressed mood. The troops stationed in the south of the town successfully used the fortifications and obstacles outside the town to crush the Russian night attack. In the end, the Russians left hundreds of corpses and fled in a hurry.

  The battle that ended almost an hour ago, because the light was too dark, the German troops staying in the position could not accurately count the results of the battle, so they could only estimate a rough figure. If they knew that they had killed thousands of Soviet troops in a very short period of time, they would have reported their victory to their superiors long ago.

  Walking forward, the second lieutenant of the German army suddenly heard the sound of messy footsteps in front of him, and he couldn't help being taken aback. Didn't he lead a patrol on this street? When will there be another patrol team?

  He drew his pistol, but hesitated without giving the order to be on guard. But the soldiers of the patrol team couldn't help becoming nervous when they saw the second lieutenant drawing his gun in his hand. After all, there was a large Russian army outside the town. What if they came in at night? Without waiting for the second lieutenant's order, the soldiers quietly formed up and clenched their weapons tightly.

  Although the footsteps on the opposite side were noisy, the second lieutenant could tell that there were at least thirty or forty people on the other side. When he was about to ask the other party's password, the moon, which was originally covered by dark clouds, moved out from behind the dark clouds, and the bright moonlight illuminated the entire street.

  Seeing clearly on both sides of the street ahead, many Soviet commanders and fighters were approaching. The face of the German second lieutenant was distorted instantly. He raised his hand and fired a shot forward, while shouting hoarsely: "Shoot, shoot!"

   At the same time, the first company commander opposite him also widened his eyes. He didn't expect to encounter the German army so soon. He quickly raised his gun and shot forward, shouting: "It's the Germans, shoot quickly!"

It has to be said that the well-trained Germans reacted a little faster. Almost at the same time as the second lieutenant gave the order, eight soldiers subconsciously fired a volley. The Soviet commanders and fighters on both sides of the street suddenly hit a transparent wall. On the wall, four or five people fell down with a clatter, and even the company commander was shot in the shoulder by himself.

   Just when the first company commander was shot and fell to the ground, the commanders behind finally recovered, raised their weapons, and began to shoot at the Germans on the street.

  Although the Soviet army has a large number of recruits and lacks combat experience, their number is several times larger than that of the German patrols. In the confrontation, in less than a minute, only the second lieutenant of the German army and a soldier who was shot in the abdomen were left in the nine-member patrol.

  The second lieutenant grabbed the soldier by the collar and dragged him into a doorway. While raising his hand to shoot outside, he asked the soldiers loudly, "Hey, are you okay?"

  "Mr. Second Lieutenant," said the soldier rescued by the second lieutenant, with a painful expression on his face, "I'm in severe pain, and it looks like I won't live long. Hurry up and leave me alone."

"No, I can't leave you behind." When the second lieutenant fired his gun outside, he found that the bullets had already run out at some point. He quickly threw away the pistol with no bullets, bent down and picked up the submachine gun in the soldier's hand, and put The muzzle of the gun stretched out, according to the direction of the bullet flying, and desperately pulled the trigger.

  The first company commander was only shot in the shoulder, but it was not fatal. When the health worker stepped forward to bandage his wound, he stood up again, hid behind a telegraph pole, and carefully observed the situation of the enemy on the opposite side. When he found that the Germans had only one submachine gun firing, he guessed that other officers and soldiers might have been killed by his subordinates.

   "Grenade!" The first company commander saw a veteran lying on the ground not far away, and shouted at him: "Hurry up and blow up the Germans with a grenade."

   After listening to his instructions, the veteran immediately got up from the ground, and ran towards the hiding place of the German second lieutenant against the wall. When there were still more than ten meters left, the veteran stopped, pulled a grenade and threw it out, and then fell directly to the ground, covering his head with his hands, so as not to be injured by the shrapnel of the grenade.

   After a loud "boom", the shooting of the submachine gun stopped.

   A moment later, the first company commander saw a submachine gun fall to the ground, and then a German officer stumbled out of the doorway, turned around in a circle, and fell to the ground.

Seeing that the German patrol had been wiped out, the company commander jumped from behind the telegraph pole to the middle of the road, and shouted at the commanders and fighters on both sides of the street: "Brothers, the German patrol has been wiped out by us. While they If you haven’t recovered yet, continue to rush forward with me.”

  The other two platoons of the first company, after hearing the gunshots here, also rushed over to join in a hurry, and then the whole company, with more than one hundred commanders and fighters, rushed forward along the street. The battle that took place here alarmed the German soldiers in other places, and they rushed over from all directions one after another, trying to figure out what happened. Unexpectedly, when they rushed into the street, they were greeted by an overwhelming rain of bullets, knocking them down in pieces.

  The various fortifications in the town are all facing south, because the German commander believes that the south is the focus of the Soviet attack, so the defense to the north seems a bit perfunctory.

  There is a sandbag fortification at the intersection, where the German army deployed a machine gun. At this moment, seeing the Soviet army emerging from behind him, the awakened German machine gunner quickly turned the muzzle of the machine gun, trying to suppress the Soviet army's attack with intensive firepower. But as soon as his machine gun was set up, he was stabbed with a few bayonets before he could pull the trigger. The German machine gunner, who did not rest in peace, had the final realization: These Russians are so unscrupulous in martial arts, they actually use bayonets.

  Hearing gunfire from the town, Victor immediately reported to Sokov directly via the radio: "Comrade Commander, the assault battalion has already started fighting the enemy in the town."

  After hearing this, Sokov asked rhetorically, "How did you deploy it?"

   "Comrade Commander, I ordered the first company to enter the town and launch a sneak attack on the enemy. The second company is serving as a guard outside the town, and the third company is serving as a reserve team..."

   "What, what did you say?" Sokov became anxious when he heard this: "You actually only sent one company into the town?"

   "Yes," Victor heard Sokov getting angry, and explained bravely: "I think if the Germans launch a counterattack from the town and have soldiers in hand, they don't have to worry about it."

"Nonsense, you are simply nonsense." Sokov said angrily: "The task I give you is to disrupt the German army in the town of Golovanivsik, so that they can't do their best to stop our army's attack from the south. Now you have only sent one company into the town, and once the Germans find that their strength is limited, they will encircle them and even wipe them out. Don’t you understand such a simple question?”

After listening to Sokov's criticism, Victor realized his mistake, that is, he should not divide the troops casually. He quickly admitted his mistake: "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander. Two companies also went into battle."

"Lieutenant Colonel Victor," Sokov said earnestly, "The mission I gave you to the assault battalion is to disrupt the enemy's defenses. The more troops you invest, the bigger the noise will be, and the Germans will touch it." If you don’t know your reality, then they will have to divide their troops to defend, and our army will attack from the front at this moment, there is a chance to break through the enemy’s defense and capture the town of Golovanivsik. Do you understand?”

  Sokov's words made Victor understand that tonight's raid is different from previous battles, and there is no need to consider keeping a reserve team. As long as it can turn the town occupied by the Germans upside down, it is a big victory. He waited for Sokov to finish speaking, and quickly replied: "I understand, Comrade Commander, I will carry out your order and stir up chaos among the enemies in the town."

After finishing his conversation with Viktor, Sokov called Chumakov again and said bluntly: "Comrade Commander, an assault battalion I sent has broken into the town of Golovanivsik. , are fighting the enemy."

   "The assault battalion you sent has already stormed into the town of Golovanivsik?" Chumakov asked in an unbelievable tone, "Is this all true?"

   "Comrade Commander, do you think I called you in the middle of the night just to make a joke?"

   "No, no, how could you be kidding me." Chumakov replied with an awkward smile: "What you said must be true."

Sokov didn't care about the opponent's attitude, but directly gave him an order: "Comrade Commander, the assault battalion entered from the north of the town. Their actions have caused a certain degree of confusion in the German army. You should seize Take this opportunity to launch an attack in time."

   "Yes, Comrade Commander." Chumakov quickly agreed: "I will immediately notify Colonel Yesenin and ask him to send new troops to attack the town of Golovanivsik."

  The battle in the town of Golovanivsik is still going on, and the troops led by a company commander are advancing towards the church in the center of the town. Under normal circumstances, the enemies occupying small cities or towns would set up their headquarters in the church in the central area. If they wanted to disrupt the enemy's command system, they would have absolutely no problem rushing towards the church.

  At this time, the fortifications outside the church were already in full swing. The machine gunner put the machine gun on the sandbags and adjusted the angle from time to time so as to shoot at any line of defense where the Soviet army might appear. Ready to change belts at any time.

  When the soldiers behind the fortifications were on high alert, they were wondering, where did these **** Russians come from? You know, an hour or two ago, the defensive position outside the town had easily crushed their attack and killed hundreds of people.

  Ordinary soldiers have very limited sources of news, and there is often a huge gap between what they hear and the real situation. At least at this moment, the officers who knew some inside information would not tell them that the Russians who were about to appear within their range came rushing in from the north of the town.

   Soon, the sound of "Ula" sounded in the street ahead, mixed with the sound of a lot of footsteps, and the sound of bodies and guns colliding. The commander in front of the church quickly shouted loudly: "The Russians are coming up, everyone get ready!"

  Hearing the officer's shout, the soldiers' nerves tensed up. They put their fingers on the trigger and fired without hesitation as soon as the target came into their field of vision.

But the first to rush out of the darkness were a dozen or so German soldiers wearing M42 helmets. Almost all of them were wounded. The legs were bouncing quickly so that they could keep up with the two of them.

  After seeing the fortifications in front of the church clearly, they immediately stumbled and ran over, thinking that as long as they escaped into the fortifications, they would be completely safe.

   Several German soldiers after the fortification saw their companions running over, subconsciously straightened up, trying to go out to meet the injured companions. But before they left the fortification, they saw a large number of Soviet commanders and fighters behind them.

  Seeing this, the German commander swung his hand down violently, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Shoot!"

   However, no one carried out his order, and the soldiers who had just escaped from the alley had already blocked the shooting range of the machine gun. Once a shot is fired, it is these people who will be knocked down first. Therefore, the machine gunners were reluctant to shoot, so as not to accidentally injure their own people.

Seeing that the machine gunner didn't carry out his order, the officer became anxious. He put his pistol against the back of a machine gunner's head and said sharply, "Shoot, shoot immediately! If you don't shoot again, I'll shoot you in the back of the head." .” The machine gunner had no choice but to close his eyes and pull the trigger.

  The sudden sound of gunfire beat the German soldiers who were rushing towards the fortifications into blood, and for a while, the sound of screaming and screaming rang out. And some Soviet soldiers who rushed fast fell down neatly under the fire of machine guns.

   Seeing their comrades fall, the soldiers who continued to charge pulled the triggers one after another, and started shooting at the German army in the fortification. Because they were on the open ground without any shelter, although they were brave, their flesh and blood couldn't stop the bullets, and they fell one after another on the way of charging.

The company commander who was rushing forward was lucky enough not to be concentrated by the bullets. He rolled and hid aside, and shouted at the soldiers who were still making a pointless charge: "Retreat, quickly withdraw!" But his shout was heard Overshadowed by gunfire ahead. He quickly picked up the whistle hanging around his neck and blew vigorously. The soldiers who heard the whistle hurriedly lay down on the spot, or turned around and ran back to a safe place.

   After the commanders and fighters found a hidden place, they began to fight back against the German army behind the fortifications. The German soldiers in the fortifications were shot at soldiers lying on their backs from time to time, but they had the advantage of the terrain and had powerful firepower. For a while, the commanders and fighters of a company were crushed by the dense firepower and could not move.

"Rockets, rockets." The company commander, who was suppressed by the firepower, finally thought that before departure, the deputy commander gave him a rocket launcher. He also emphasized that if he encountered a German armored vehicle or a solid firepower point in the town, It can be destroyed with a bazooka.

  (end of this chapter)