Chapter 1416 Dark Night (Part 2)
"Shock" is "shock", but it is different from Kurbalov's timely reply to Malashenko. Kurbalov, who did not dare to delay the division commander, quickly took off the transmitter and pressed the communication button to speak.
"I can hear you, division commander. The battle is still going on. The Germans can't get in for the time being. We are sure we can suppress them, but we don't have enough troops to organize a counterattack to surround them in front of the position. The enemy and our troops should be evenly matched."
Malashenko, who was holding the transmitter in his hand, listening to Kurbalov's report and advancing at full speed, saw the general situation of the exchange of fire on the position. It was dark on our side and we could not see anything. We could only hear the rumbling of artillery and see the constant light of the muzzle fire rising into the sky.
The situation on the German side was embarrassing and miserable. The flares that continued to hang high in the sky not only illuminated the living German soldiers and equipment, but also the dead bodies and wreckage, which were as bright as day and clear.
The leopard head that fell to the ground, the black car body engulfed by the flames in the raging fire, and the twisted and deformed No. 3 assault gun with the barrel turned into a twist.
Not to mention the bodies of German soldiers lying on the ground, there were all kinds of miserable deaths, broken arms and bloody things scattered all over the ground. It was good to be shot to death and leave a whole body.
The most surprising thing for Malashenko, who could even stuff a big apple in his mouth, was of course the No. 4 tank that was upside down and blown up. The ammunition detonation could not cause such a scene. Malashenko even suspected for a moment that it was caused by the Germans themselves turning over the car.
If Malashenko knew that the scene in front of him was a masterpiece created by the ingenious Varosha using the "World War II version of homemade IED", then our old comrade Ma would probably pat Varosha on the shoulder and say a sincere compliment: "Hey! You are really a genius!"
Marching side by side with Malashenko is the 20th Guards Tank Brigade, which is slightly weaker than Malashenko's own troops. It is the anti-assault force that Malashenko brought to make dumplings with the Germans.
Although less than 100 tanks are less than half of the strength of Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division, as long as they are combined with the 1st Regiment of Kurbarov and half of the Varosha Infantry Regiment stationed here, the strength will be qualitatively changed, and it will not be a problem to eat up the group of Germans in front of the position in one go.
"Expand the range of the flares, don't be stingy when firing more! Follow the predetermined plan! Bring your troops to press forward, Kurbalov, I will command the 20th Tank Brigade to encircle from both wings, we can't let these Germans continue to be so comfortable!"
The goal is to eat up all the Germans in front of him in one breath and destroy them all in front of the position, but Malashenko is also prepared to not kill all the Germans.
The reason for doing this at present is simply that Malashenko doesn't want the Germans to fight so comfortably and put all his energy on the breakout attack. Even if he can't kill these Germans, at least he must disrupt their tactical deployment and delay the Germans' time. As long as the battle is dragged until dawn, it will be considered a win! The Germans who can no longer hide themselves in the night can't think of running away!
The attack action carried out in accordance with Malashenko's order was quickly launched, and the first to rush to the front was the Kurbalov regiment that was the first to switch from defense to offense.
As the saying goes, "One soldier is a bad general, and so are the generals." What kind of generals can bring out what kind of soldiers.
With Malashenko, a "militant" and a division commander who was good at physically conquering the Germans, many other officers and soldiers at all levels of Stalin's First Guards Tank Division followed suit. When they met the Germans on the battlefield, they screamed with blood boiling. Kurbalov, who had been following Malashenko for some time, was such a person.
"Charge! Keep the distance between the vehicles and don't pull too far, dense formation! The Germans have no anti-tank positions and not many tanks left. Don't care about anti-tank firepower, just rush up and crush them!"
The biggest problem faced by the German army in an offensive state is that there is no defensive position to rely on. Once they encounter a strong counterattack from the Soviet army and a battle breaks out before the position.
Unless the Germans have enough troops to play attack against attack and fight to the death, any slight retreat in this combat situation is equivalent to failure. The German army, which does not even have a position, will not have the opportunity or time to establish a second line of defense.
Under the relentless pursuit of the highly mechanized, fast and heavy-armored troops of the Stalinist First Guards Tank Division, there is absolutely no chance of escaping, even in the middle of the night.
Kulbalov, who took advantage of this weakness and bullied the Germans who had no positions to rely on, directly adopted a intensive assault formation that was rarely seen in the past.
The distance between the vehicle groups was reduced to the minimum, like a slender and sharp knife. The Germans' current anti-tank firepower was not enough to pose any major threat. It was more appropriate to use this tactic that should have a great risk of casualties to attack the Germans.
"Comrades! Destroy the German fascists for the motherland! Ura!!!"
Ura-ra-da-da-da-da-boom ...
The roar of the charge and the dense explosion of guns and artillery rang out in the night sky. The Red Army soldiers, who were only three or four hundred meters away from the enemy, simply gave up their tank cavalry and rushed out with their weapons in their hands, following the tanks under cover.
The vast tide of incoming troops finally revealed under the light of the flares basically scared the German army, which was at a disadvantage, to death.
"Russians, Russians are coming! There are so many of them!"
"There's Ivan on the left! Damn it, why are there also on the right!?"
"This is a trap, the Russians are waiting for us to take the bait! We are surrounded!!!"
Malachenko, who had prepared flares in advance, ordered almost all the backup ammunition to be fired. On the night of the decisive victory, the consumption of ammunition must not be stingy. The battlefield, which was originally blocked by dark clouds and blocked the moonlight, was even brighter than when it rained during the day after hundreds of artillery flares were fired.
The flares hanging in the air not only illuminated the battlefield, but also illuminated the entire process of the German army's demise.
The encirclement troops commanded by Malashenko charged forward almost just at the edge of the flares. They could see the enemy's situation clearly and hide their whereabouts with the help of darkness. They had not been discovered by the German army since they joined the battlefield. The most important thing was to copy the smallest arc attack line possible and shorten the time required for encirclement.
The front-line pressure of Kurbalov's troops made the exhausted German army have no time to care about other things and attracted almost all of their attention. They were completely unaware that their two wings had been surrounded by enemies who suddenly appeared from nowhere.
The German army, which had no defensive positions to rely on, was surrounded and besieged from the south, north and west by the Red Army that came out of the darkness in less than five minutes.
At this point, the German army could no longer even retreat to the east in the direction they came from.
The only result of the close and fierce fighting is that one side will fall first, but no matter how you look at it, this side cannot be the Red Army which has all the advantages and is well-rested.