Chapter 631

After the truck started, I turned to kirilov and they said, "political commissar and Morozov will accompany me to the top of the mountain. Chief of staff akhromeyev will go back to the headquarters and continue to maintain contact with their positions in horushov." Then he waved his hand and said in a loud voice, "let's go!"

The three of us and a few of the guard camps walked along the trench to the top of the hillside and stood in a place with a wide view. I raised my telescope and looked to the high ground to the West. At the foot of the hillside, there was a long tank stopping and shelling. From time to time, the shells fell on the high ground and open ground, burst open, and burst into bright flames.

Kirilov pointed to the distant highland, turned his head and said to us anxiously, "you see, the German tanks are shelling, covering their infantry to charge our position. I don't know whether the casualties of our army on the present position are great or not. Can we block the enemy's attack? "

Morozov laughed and said to kirilov, "don't worry, comrade political commissar. I've been to that highland and I know something about the terrain. Although the north slope is gentle, easy to attack and difficult to defend, as long as our soldiers skillfully use fortifications and those craters for defense, if I want to block the enemy's attack, the problem should not be big. "

After watching the movement on the high ground for a while, I turned my attention to the foot of our hillside to see where the trucks loaded with thunderguns had gone? Now there are only two or three tanks shooting at the open area. My worry is that as soon as the truck enters the open area, it will be found by the enemy. At that time, if all the tanks turn their guns and fire at the truck, the situation will be serious. You know, each truck carries more than 100 kilograms of explosives. Once it is hit, it will cause earth shaking explosion.

When I saw the trucks on the open ground, I felt a little more secure. Although the four trucks were advancing side by side, the distance between them was at least 100 meters. Even if one of the trucks was shot and caused an explosion, it would not affect the nearby vehicles. Moreover, the four trucks had no headlights. The driver should have seen the road ahead through the fire generated by the explosion, and carefully bypassed the craters blasted by the shells.

Just now, Morozov told me that he was going to let the soldiers get close to the enemy by truck, and then directly attack the enemy with thunder guns on the truck. However, as the truck got closer and closer to the German tank at the foot of the mountain, I became worried about gain and loss. I grabbed Morozov's arm and said nervously, "Captain Morozov, Where do your men plan to rush to before firing? According to their method of attack, they will rush into the German tank line in a few minutes

"Report to division commander, I once told them to stop and fire decisively when they were close to the German 200 meters." Although Morozov tried to keep calm, his trembling voice revealed his inner tension.

Kirilov was also affected by Morozov's mood. He asked nervously, "do you think we can succeed, Colonel oshanina? If the truck is found by the German tanks before it enters the effective range of fire, it is likely to attract overwhelming artillery coverage. "

I've only seen the power of thunder guns in movies, but I haven't seen the effect in actual combat. To put it bluntly, this kind of torpedo is even a quasi rocket launcher for close fire, and it is basically a barrel. It's troublesome to charge. Moreover, the range is too close, and there is basically no target. Therefore, I have no idea what kind of results can be achieved by using the torpedo. But when I heard that kirilov and his two men were obviously lack of confidence, I, as the head of the first division, had to give them encouragement: "don't worry, they are not too far away from the German tanks. Since the enemy has not found them now, their chances of success are still very high."

After my words, I found that Morozov was quietly drawing a cross on his chest. It seems that he had no bottom in his heart about this kind of thunderbolt. I quickly asked him, "Captain Morozov, how often can you launch this kind of torpedo?"

Morozov, who was praying quietly, was startled by me. After a short period of confusion, he nervously answered me and said, "Mr. reporter, when we first explored, we launched every two minutes. Later, after the soldiers were proficient in operation, they could launch once a minute. "

After listening to the data reported by Morozov, kirilov shook his head and said, "no, it's too slow. It's too slow. You know, we are shooting close. After a round of firing, it is estimated that the German shells will come before our soldiers on the truck are fully loaded. "

Although I understand that kirilov is telling the truth, it has come to this point, and everything can only be left to fate. But in order not to affect their emotions, I said with a puffy face: "Comrade political commissar, you've been over worried. Our soldiers are the best at creating miracles. Maybe when they shoot later, they will have a way to speed up the launch

At this moment, the truck, which had already approached the German tank, suddenly made a 180 degree turn, then stopped neatly, and pointed the rear of the car towards the enemy tank line. From where we stood, the trucks and tanks were almost next to each other.

Four trucks in the car, in turn flashed a fire, and then a black object in the air to draw an arc, flying to the German tank. Soon around the tank, there were four big groups of dazzling lights, followed by one dull roar after another. I could clearly see the pieces of soil that had been blown up, big and small, crashing down on the body of the tank.

Before we could express our feelings, the fire flashed again on the truck, and four black objects drew a beautiful arc in the air and landed in another area, which also caused a huge explosion, killing the German infantry near the explosion point.

Seeing this scene, kirilov asked curiously, "Captain Morozov, don't you think that the thunder gun can only be fired once a minute? How can I see it's continuous shooting? "

Morozov was also at a loss. He took off his hat, scratched the back of his head, and said confusedly, "political commissar, I don't know. No matter how fast the soldiers are loading, it's impossible to carry out such contact shooting?"

With a light smile, I solved the riddle for them in time: "Hey, I said political commissar and Comrade Morozov, didn't you just take a close look at the fact that the truck only fired one explosive bag at a time? In other words, the soldiers on the truck used only one torpedo in the first round. After the explosive bag landed and exploded, they launched the second explosive bag. The advantage of this is that it can shorten the gap between the launching of the thunderguns. "

Kirilov listened to me, picked up his telescope suspiciously and looked at the truck in the distance. When the thunder gun on the truck fired the explosive package again, he finally nodded his head and said with approval: "the division commander observed carefully. The soldiers on the truck were indeed firing the explosive package with the two thunder guns in the carriage in turn, which shortened the firing gap." When he said this, he put down his telescope and said with a little regret, "if our infantry can attack in time at this time, we will surely wipe out all the enemies."

"Division commander, political commissar, look, there are troops moving in the open field." Cried Morozov suddenly in surprise.

The telescope in my hand looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, there was an army of several hundred people, using the cover of the crater at night, rushing towards the German troops still gathering on the north slope. Because the light was too dim, I couldn't tell whether it was horushov's Highland Garrison or gordunov's third regiment.

The attacking German army was already dazed by our thunder guns, and the army that came down from the sky was immediately defeated. The rest of the defeated soldiers had to fight and go, and fled to the North under the cover of the night.

When I saw that the German army was attacked by our army, and the truck that fired the explosive package returned smoothly, I first told Morozov: "Comrade captain, you go to the foot of the mountain to wait for your soldiers, and see if they have any casualties." Then he said to kirilov easily, "come on, comrade political commissar, this enemy will be wiped out by us soon. We will go to the headquarters and wait for news."

As soon as I entered the headquarters, I saw razumeyeva face to face. She nervously asked me, "Sir, comrade, do you have any news from vonia?"

Wonia? Because my mind is still thinking about the scene of the thunderbolt falling into the enemy's line and exploding, I suddenly heard the name and never recovered. After listening to razumeyeva's words, kirilov glared at her and said, "Comrade lieutenant and Comrade division commander are considering the next battle deployment. She has no time to think about such a small matter."

When I heard kirilov teach razumeyeva a lesson, I remembered that Vania had just been sent out by razumeyeva to check the line. She was concerned about the safety of her subordinates, and there was nothing wrong with her. So I quickly waved to kirilov and said to razumeyeva with a pleasant face, "don't worry, comrade lieutenant. The battle in the Highlands is coming to an end. I will immediately arrange for people to find the whereabouts of wonia."

Razumeyeva's mood still did not completely calm down. I told her that she would send someone to look for wonia. She urged me anxiously and said, "Sir, you can send someone to look for her quickly. If it's too late, I'm afraid she will be in danger. You know, the first few male stringers were killed under the enemy's artillery fire."

"OK, OK, I'll arrange for someone to look for her immediately." I said half seriously and half perfunctorily. I came to the table and asked akhromeyev, who had just stood up: "Comrade chief of staff, how is the situation? Have you got in touch with captain horushov on the high ground? "

Akhromeyev nodded and said with certainty, "I'm in touch. Just a few minutes ago, Captain horushov called to say that the enemy's offensive was fierce, and there was a big earth shaking explosion at the foot of the mountain. At the same time, the tanks at the foot of the mountain also stopped shelling. The captain took advantage of the favorable opportunity for the German army to fall into chaos, transferred the troops of the three companies hidden on the south slope, and launched a counterattack against the German army on the hillside. At present, most of the German troops have been destroyed, and the remaining enemies have fled to the enemy by night. "

"Very good!" After a casual compliment, I then told akhromeyev: "Comrade chief of staff, call captain horushov immediately and say I have something to look for him."

As soon as the phone was connected, horushov heard my voice and excitedly reported to me, "report to Mr. division commander, we have successfully defeated the German attack and joined up with captain gordonov's third regiment."

I knew the result of the battle long ago, so I just asked faintly, "what's the result?"

"Report to division commander," said horushov with irrepressible joy, "we have destroyed a company of German infantry, destroyed 15 trucks, captured 10 tanks and captured more than 20 tank soldiers."

I had already sat down, and when I heard what horushov had reported, I immediately jumped out of my seat. I cried to him excitedly, "what are you talking about, Captain horushov? Ten German tanks were captured. What's the matter? " When they heard that the 1st Battalion of the 2nd regiment had captured 10 German tanks in the battle, kirilov and akhromeyev were curious to hear what was going on“ It's true, sir. I don't know what happened to the earth shaking explosion just at the foot of the mountain, but according to the report of my soldiers, when they got to the foot of the mountain, they saw enemy bodies lying on the ground, piled up in piles, some crouched in the soil, some protruded half of their bodies from the crater. Surprisingly, there was no wound or blood on the surface of these bodies. When our soldiers opened the tank turret hatch, they found that most of the tank hands inside were in a coma“ Well, well done, comrade captain When I heard this, I covered the microphone with my hand and said to kirilov and akhromeyev, who were also listening, do you know what happened? The reason why there are no wounds or blood stains on the bodies of these German soldiers is that they were all killed by the huge shock wave of explosive package. " After hearing this, akhromeyev just nodded with a smile. Kirilov murmured, "my God, I didn't expect that this thunder gun is so powerful. We need to build more in the future." I released the microphone and continued to say to horushov, "Comrade captain, next, you should hurry up to clean the battlefield and repair the fortifications. As for the ten captured tanks, you should stay there for the time being. I will send someone to accept them." After I finished, I just wanted to put down the phone. Suddenly, I remembered the request of razumeyeva just now, so I told horushov: "Comrade captain, I have another task to give you."“ Sir, I'm at your command! " Said horushov respectfully“ During the fighting, the telephone lines between the division headquarters and you were broken several times by the enemy's artillery fire. Division communications sent several groups of stringers to repair telephone lines, but most of them were sacrificed. Now there is a female signalman who is missing in the process of repairing the line. I command you to send your men immediately to search along the telephone line. Live to see a man, die to see a corpse. " When I said the last sentence, I unconsciously lowered my voice“ Yes, I see. I'll send a platoon to look for it When I put down the phone and turned to see razumeyeva standing by the wall, trying to tell her the news, I saw her smiling and nodding to me. Obviously, I heard the order I gave to captain horushov“ What about the ten tanks? " "If we can't transfer the spoils in time, we may blow them up again when the German planes arrive at dawn," ahlomeyev asked Akhromeyev's words reminded me of pelsjian, commander of the tank unit, who had no news for a long time. So I picked up the phone and called one of the team leaders, shijerikov, and asked frankly, "Hello, comrade shijerikov? I have something to ask for captain perskin. Do you know where he is now? "