Red Moscow

  Chapter 651 Attack without cover (Part 1)

  Seeing the group of soldiers running closer and closer, a soldier standing next to the officer suddenly realized that something was wrong. The soldiers who ran over were holding all Soviet-style equipment in their hands. Although they fought lively with the pursuers behind them, and people on both sides kept falling down, there was no bloodshed.

  The soldier carefully observed the Romanian soldiers who fell on the ground, and found that someone actually waved at them when the Guards soldiers ran past. Seeing this scene, the soldier still didn't understand that these so-called Romanian officers and soldiers were all disguised by Russians. He quickly shouted: "They are Russians!"

   After shouting, he raised the rifle in his hand and pulled the trigger on the Guards soldiers disguised as Romanian officers and soldiers. With a "snap" gunshot, a guard soldier rushing to the front staggered immediately, then dropped the weapon in his hand, covered his chest with his hands and fell forward.

If the soldier is holding a submachine gun, it may cause great damage to the commanders and fighters of the Guards more than 20 meters away. Unfortunately, he is holding a rifle. When he pulls the bolt and pushes another bullet into the chamber, Before he could pull the trigger, the Guards soldier who found himself exposed had already picked up the Popov submachine gun in his hand, aimed at him and crazily pulled the trigger. In just a dozen seconds, the other party emptied the bullets in the drum in one go. The soldier and the officer beside him were hit by more than a dozen bullets, and fell down in the trench screaming.

   All this happened so suddenly, before the other Romanian soldiers figured out what was going on, the guard soldiers who rushed to the vicinity of the position had already pulled the string of the grenade and threw it towards the trench. After a series of explosions, in the rising smoke, the screams of Romanian soldiers sounded one after another.

   Before the smoke cleared, the Guards soldiers had already jumped into the trenches, shooting at the soldiers who were blown dizzy with the weapons in their hands. When the submachine gunner saw the enemy lying on the ground, as long as he was still panting, he would make up a few shots; while the soldier with the rifle was more straightforward, going up and stabbing the bayonet.

  Desperately blocking the frontal Soviet attacking enemy, he suddenly found that the position on his side was in chaos, and the commander quickly sent someone over to support him. Unexpectedly, the Romanian soldiers running along the trenches were hit head-on by the commanders and fighters of the Guards Division. Under the attack of machine guns, submachine guns, rifles and grenades, except for a few who escaped at the back, the rest were in a mess lay in the trenches.

  The Soviet troops that originally attacked from the front were being suppressed in front of the position by the firepower from the Romanian position. At this moment, seeing that the enemy's firepower weakened suddenly, it seemed that there was still confusion in the position, and a new charge was launched again. This time, due to the weakening of the enemy's firepower, the commanders and fighters smoothly advanced to the front of the enemy's position.

  The Guards soldiers who were fighting in the trenches with the enemy saw that the friendly troops were approaching the position, so they prepared to rush over to meet them. Unexpectedly, the soldiers who rushed to the front were stopped by their company commander: "Stop, what are you going to do?"

   Facing the company commander's questioning, several soldiers couldn't help being stunned, and honestly replied: "Comrade company commander, friendly troops are rushing up, let's go support them!"

"Look down for yourselves, what kind of clothes are you wearing?" Due to the constant gunshots and explosions around him, the company commander had to shout at them at the top of his voice: "You are wearing Romanian military uniforms and rushing over, so you are not afraid of being attacked by friendly troops." Did your comrades fight as enemies?"

  The words of the company commander reminded several soldiers that the friendly troops attacking from the front did not know that there were members of their own in the Romanian army on the ground wearing enemy uniforms. But what's the use of knowing, they can't ask each other before they shoot each time: Are you one of us?

  The soldiers hurriedly took off their Romanian military uniforms, revealing their hooded uniforms, and then rushed towards the most intense battle with their weapons in hand.

  With the cooperation of the guards, the troops who attacked from the front, after a fierce battle, finally rushed into the enemy's position smoothly, and began to eliminate those remnants who were still stubbornly resisting.

Gorishny saw his troops rushing into the enemy's position through the binoculars, and couldn't help shouting excitedly: "Colonel Gurdiyev, did you see that? Our troops have rushed into the enemy's position and are fighting with the enemy." The enemy is fighting for positions."

"I see, I see." Compared with Gorishny's ecstasy, Gurdiyev was quite calm: "If it were not for the assistance of Colonel Sokov's troops, I am afraid we would not be able to seize the enemy's position." It's not that easy."

"What, Colonel Sokov sent troops to assist us in our attack?" Gorishne's attention was always focused on his attacking troops, and he didn't even notice that the right flank of the enemy's position was attacked by a troop. It was this team of hundreds of people that changed the outcome of the battle. He also asked in amazement: "Colonel Gurdiyev, why didn't I see it? Did you make a mistake?"

   "There is no mistake." Gurdiyev said convincingly: "I saw it with my own eyes."

   Seeing Gurdiyev's words with such certainty, Gorishny couldn't help being dubious: "But, I didn't see the enemy's right flank being attacked by artillery fire just now."

"Friendly attack without artillery cover." Gurdiyev deduced Sokov's offensive routine based on what he had just seen: "He sent a small force, disguised as the Romanian army, and approached When attacking the enemy's position, attack by surprise, thereby easily capturing the enemy's position."

"Disguised as a Romanian army?" Gorishny had never thought that this tactic could be used to attack the enemy's position. He asked in a suspicious tone: "The enemy sees an army suddenly appearing on the flank, even if they are dressed Doesn’t a uniform like mine create suspicion?”

"Making the enemy unable to tell the truth from the fake is what makes Colonel Sokov special." Gurdiyev said in an admiring tone: "I saw the camouflaged Romanian army leaving the position they occupied. Afterwards, there was another unit of our army in the rear. The two units were chasing and fleeing, and they were still exchanging fire, and people on both sides fell. At that time, I thought it was an accidental injury, but after careful observation After a while, I found that when the commanders and fighters fired their guns, their guns were all aimed at the sky."

  While Gurdiyev and Gorishny were studying Sokov's tactics, Sokov was also on the high ground watching friendly forces occupying enemy positions. He quickly picked up the microphone and told Papchenko: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, our friendly forces have captured the enemy position on the right wing, and you can launch an attack on the enemy's second line of defense."

   "Comrade Commander," Papchenko saw a lot of T-34 tanks parked on the right-wing position, and asked Sokov tactfully: "Can the right-wing tank troops cover our attack?"

"I'll contact Colonel Bely right away," Sukov said, considering that the tank troops in Bely were originally under his command, and there shouldn't be any problem in transferring them to the left flank to assist the 122nd Regiment's attack. Said: "As soon as the tanks come, you will attack immediately."

   Knowing that Sokov intends to let tanks help him out, Papchenko couldn't help being overjoyed: "Understood!"

Sokov thought that the mobilization of tank troops was a sure thing, so as soon as he contacted Colonel Bely on the battlefield, he said bluntly: "Colonel Bely, we are about to launch an attack on the enemy's second line of defense. I hope you can Bring in the tanks and provide us with artillery cover."

  Unexpectedly, after Sokov finished speaking, Bely sighed and said, "Sorry, Misha, my tank unit may not be able to provide you with any help in a short time."

   "Why?" Bely's words surprised Sokov, and he hurriedly asked, "What happened? Is it insufficient fuel or ammunition?"

"The fuel in the fuel tank, even if we drive another 50 kilometers, there will be no problem." Bely said with a bitter face: "In the new tank that Director Peter provided us, half of the shells are armor-piercing shells. If we have a tank battle with the enemy , These armor-piercing bullets can still be used, but if they are used to attack the enemy's position, the effect they can play is very limited. I can't use armor-piercing bullets to attack the enemy's civil firepower, right?"

   "Then what should we do?" Sokov heard that the tanks could not participate in the battle, and couldn't help being anxious: "If my troops attack without artillery support, they will inevitably suffer huge casualties."

"Misha, you have to wait a little longer." Bely said to Sokov: "I have just contacted the factory director Peter through Colonel Gurdiyev, and he said that it will take two hours at the earliest Send us the high-explosive grenades we need. If you want to be supported by tank fire when you attack, you can only wait two hours later."

  Sokov is unwilling to make unnecessary sacrifices when the troops attack. He wants to keep these precious troops for use in the next month or so. So when he heard Bely say this, he immediately replied without thinking: "Well, Colonel Bely, then I will wait for two hours before launching an attack on the enemy's second line of defense."

  Sokov wanted to wait two hours later, when Bely's tank force could provide artillery support for him, before launching an attack on the enemy's position. Unexpectedly, just half an hour later, the phone in the observation center rang. He picked up the microphone and stuck it to his ear, and heard Krylov's voice coming from inside: "Colonel Sokov, your troops on the right have captured the enemy's position, why haven't you attacked the enemy's second line?" Attacking the position?"

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov hastily replied when he heard Krylov's questioning, "The enemy on the second line of defense has already strengthened their defenses. The troops are bound to pay a heavy price. Therefore, I intend to use Colonel Bely's tank force to assist us in our attack."

   "When can the tank troops enter the attack starting position?" Krylov asked briefly.

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov replied hesitantly, "I just asked Colonel Bely that the high-explosive grenade carried by the tank has been used up, and only armor-piercing shells are left. You also know that armor-piercing shells are harmful to enemy fortifications." And the dense combat formation does not do much damage, so they have to wait for new high-explosive grenades to arrive, which will take about two hours..."

"Colonel Sokov." Krylov said impatiently without waiting for Sokov to finish speaking: "Do you know that the more you hesitate, the more fully prepared the enemy is on the ground. If you give It takes two hours for the enemy to prepare, and after the high-explosive grenades are delivered, even with the cover of tanks, your casualties will definitely not be small."

  Hearing what Krylov said, Sokov immediately realized that the other party might order him to launch an attack immediately, so he tentatively asked: "Comrade Chief of Staff, when do you think we should launch an attack?"

"Immediately, immediately!" Krylov said in an unquestionable tone: "You must take down the enemy's second line of defense in the shortest possible time, and further seize the pass, and cut off the German railway transportation. As long as If there is a problem with their logistical supplies, then the next situation will develop in a direction that is beneficial to our army."

  Now that Krylov has already said this, Sokov can only bite the bullet and agree: "Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff, I will immediately let the troops attack."

After putting down the phone, Sokov looked at Ivanov standing beside him, and said apologetically, "Comrade deputy division commander, you heard the call from the chief of staff. He said that even without the cover of tanks, we must Immediately launch an attack on the enemy's position. You know, although I am in command of this army now, it was formed by you after all, and I want to hear your opinion on whether to launch an attack at this time!"

Ivanov did not expect that Sokov would seek his own opinion on this matter. After thinking for a long time, he replied: "Comrade commander, our division has fought many tough battles. It caused huge casualties. This is the first time I have seen such a battle to seize the enemy's position at a very low cost. To be honest, I also want to continue to fight according to this tactic, so as to save the lives of more soldiers.

  But judging from the current situation, this is obviously unrealistic. If we continue to delay, it is possible to miss the opportunity to fight. I think it is better to follow the order of the superior and launch an attack on the enemy's position immediately. In order to defend our great motherland, even if a huge sacrifice is made, I believe our commanders and fighters will understand. "

Sokov originally thought that after Ivanov raised his objection to the attack, he could argue with Krylov on reason, and waited until Bely's tank troops were re-equipped with high-explosive grenades before attacking the enemy's second line. The position launched an attack. But after listening to Ivanov's words at this moment, he couldn't help but sighed, then picked up the microphone, and said to Papchenko on the other end of the phone: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, immediately launch an attack on the second line of defense." attack!"

  (end of this chapter)