Chapter 795

Out of the gate of the command post, I saw teams of commanders and fighters running out of the shelter. Then, under the leadership of their own commanders, they bent down and quickly ran to the shooting platform in the trench. They put their weapons on the trench wall one after another, and the muzzle of their guns pointed to the lower part of the high ground.

Shereblenny and I came to the observation post. After the German artillery bombardment, the top and side of the observation post had been blown down, and the observation post was full of debris. Seeing this situation, Xie lieboliang said with embarrassment: "Sir, you see that this place has been destroyed by the enemy's artillery fire. Why don't you change it?"

"No, I'll stay here. The view of other places is not as wide as here." With that, I stepped on the pile of rubble in front of me and walked inside carefully.

The original location of the lookout was only a waist high half of the wall. If I stood and observed as before, it would be easy to expose. So my body approached the broken wall, half squatted down, raised the telescope and looked out.

If you don't look at it, you'll be surprised. When we were shelled, the German infantry quietly approached a place only one or two kilometers away from the highland. The tanks that stopped shelling also came to us in a wedge-shaped line. Howitzers, which have brought us great trouble and casualties, are still in place. Their muzzles point to our high ground. There is almost no shelter in front of their positions. They seem to expect that we have no long-range firepower and can pose a decent threat to them. Therefore, they did not set up artillery positions according to the regulations. This shows the arrogance of the German army.

I looked down at the positions on the hillside and found that many of the trenches had been destroyed by the artillery fire. Half of the officers and men entering the positions were on guard and half were nervously repairing the collapsed fortifications.

Xie liebolianei came to me quietly, squatted down and asked in a low voice, "Comrade division, did the enemy find our troops hidden on the slope?"

I shook my head and replied, "I don't think so, otherwise it won't be so quiet down there." I pointed to the troops lurking in the distance. "We can see the troops lurking here, but it's hard for the Germans to find them. Don't you see that their infantry have left the road and come from the grassland? In this way, they are less likely to find our troops. "

"When can they attack?" After hearing what I said, the restless sherebrian asked nervously, "the Germans have more than 20 tanks, and there are so many cannons in the back. Can they beat the enemy just by their armor?"

With a smile, I put down my telescope and asked, "what's the matter, comrade captain? Don't you have any confidence in your commander, Lieutenant sergeant chejerikov? If we think that the enemy has more technology and equipment than us, we can't beat them? "

I just wanted to make a joke and enliven the atmosphere. Unexpectedly, shereblenny was frightened by my words. He waved his hands in a hurry and explained to me, "it's not like this, sir. I don't doubt their combat effectiveness in defeating the enemy, but worry that they will suffer greatly when they face a powerful enemy. "

Although shereblenny put it mildly, what he expressed was the same meaning. I didn't dwell too much on this issue. Instead, I told him, "Comrade captain, there's nothing for you here. Go back and command the troops." Just as he promised to get up and leave, I suddenly stopped him. "If you see captain busmanov coming back, call him here and let him be responsible for arranging the security personnel near the observation post."

Xie liebolianei stopped and hesitated for a moment. Then he asked me, "Sir, there are few mines that have not exploded in the minefield at the foot of the mountain after being bombarded. Do you want me to arrange someone to mine them?"

"To mine at this time?" When I heard his whimsical suggestion, I was surprised and asked, "Comrade captain, don't you know that the German infantry and tanks are coming towards us? If we send people to mine at such a time, the German tanks only need to fire one or two guns, and the mines killed will wipe out all our soldiers who laid mines. " In order to prevent him from making any ridiculous suggestions to me, I waved him away.

The speed of German tanks was much faster than that of infantry. When the infantry were seven or eight hundred meters away from our position, the tanks and infantry joined together. Originally, the speeding tanks stopped, lined up neatly and pointed the black muzzle to the high ground. Seeing this scene, I couldn't help cursing indignantly: Damn the Germans, they want to use tank fire to suppress the firepower on our position, so as to cover their infantry charge.

I just thought that the German tank guns were firing neatly. More than twenty tank shells came whistling towards our high ground. A moment later, they landed in different areas and exploded. One of the shells fell five or six meters in front of the observation post and exploded. I quickly squatted down and hid my whole body behind the broken wall, but the soil still fell on me.

I peeped out from behind the wall and found that the German infantry at the foot of the hillside had changed from a walk to a trot, and they were rushing towards our position. Seeing the enemy approaching our position, the commanders and fighters leaned out of the trench and set up their shooting positions no matter the German tanks were still shooting.

About a company of German infantry rushed to the foot of the mountain and was stopped by the barbed wire there. Just as they were trying to clear the barbed wire, the firepower on the hillside suddenly opened fire. Two light machine guns, seven or eight rifles and more than 30 rifles brought down more than a dozen German soldiers in an instant, and the rest turned around and fled“ Hell, why did you shoot so early? " Seeing that the commanders and fighters on the hillside position were not able to hold their breath, they opened fire rashly without bringing the enemy closer. As a result, they only killed such a little of the enemy and exposed their own firepower. Next, waiting for them will be the enemy tank fire retaliation. I yelled at the door, "Hey, who's out there? Someone's coming in." As I called out, a soldier appeared at the door and asked politely, "what instructions do you have, sir?"“ Comrade soldier, ask captain shereblenny I said angrily: "ask him, who is commanding the hillside position, who let them shoot first?" Before the soldiers left, shereblenny appeared in front of me first. He should have been hiding in the shelter nearby. He also saw the scene just now and knew that I might get angry. So he appeared in front of me before I sent someone to call him. Seeing that shereblenny appeared in front of me, I repeated what I had just said angrily: "Comrade captain, who asked your men to shoot first?" In the face of my accusation, Xie liebuliannei blushed. He murmured: "Sir, it's my fault that I didn't make it clear to them. I'm responsible for this." Ignoring his answer, I continued to question, "do you know the consequences of such recklessness?" Then I pointed to the hillside and said, "look carefully, how many Germans did we kill and how many Germans did we run in that round of shooting just now? For these enemies who attack the Highlands, we do not want to drive them away, but to destroy them. Now that we have driven them away, the German tanks, which are shooting aimlessly, will concentrate their fire on destroying our firepower points on the hillside. Once the firepower point is destroyed by the artillery fire, do you think the existing forces on the position alone can block the enemy's attack? "“ Of course not. " Xie liebolianei replied in a low voice, and then he explained to me, "Comrade division, maybe the round of shelling just now has brought out the anger of our commanders and fighters, so as soon as we see the enemy approaching our position, we can't help it." As soon as I finished, the German tanks no longer fired aimlessly as they had just done, but concentrated their fire on the hillside. The shells exploding in the front and back of the trench forced the soldiers to retreat into the trench without arms“ Remember, comrade captain, even if you can't help it. " With a strong wave of my hand, I said discontentedly, "now you go back to your troops to set up your defense and try your best to block the German attack. Do you understand?" Shereblenny nodded in silence and turned away. Several barbed wire nets at the foot of the mountain were torn open by the explosive shells, enough for the troops to pass through the middle. With the cessation of tank bombardment, more than 200 German soldiers rushed up, quickly through several gaps, and began to climb the hillside. As the enemy approached, even without binoculars, I could still vaguely see the German's face. My heart could not help pounding. I was afraid that they would suddenly speed up and rush past our army's position on the hillside. When the enemy was only 50 meters away from the hillside position, there was still no movement in the trench. At this moment, I could not help but panic. I said that the commanders and fighters in the position would not have died in the shelling just now, would they? When the German went forward about 20 meters, from the trench suddenly flew out of dense grenades, like a group of crows flying in the sky. The grenade exploded in the German line. Maybe my ears were shocked a little bit in the shelling just now. The short continuous explosion sound was surprisingly small to me. Shrapnel flying around swept down the German soldiers near the explosion point. Some soldiers were directly hit by several grenades at the same time and were blown to pieces“ Red flag medal? " When shejerikov heard the news, he was stunned for a moment. Then he tentatively asked, "Comrade deputy division commander, do you mean to award the red flag medal to the independent division, not to the individual?" I can't help but feel very ashamed when I hear that. Even my subordinates know that the award of the red flag medal to the individual and the collective is different, but I, as a teacher, can't understand it. What a shame. After hearing basmanov's question, bantailief nodded his head and said, "yes, comrade commander, it's the higher authorities who award the red flag medal to the independent division, not to individuals. Do you understand the difference between the two? " Xiejerikov also nodded his head vigorously, affirming: "I understand, I understand, comrade deputy division. Of course, I understand that as long as the superior awarded the red flag Medal of the independent division, then our future title will become a glorious red flag independent division. "