Don’t see the town full of SS, but they were also scared when facing the Soviet army’s desperate fighting style. Seeing the Soviet commanders and fighters rushing up like a tide, some soldiers were finally timid and turned around and fled. His behavior affected other soldiers. Not long after, more and more soldiers joined the escape queue.
When the adjutant saw the Soviet army breaking through the defense line, he approached the headquarters step by step, and hurriedly ran into Paul Hausel's bedroom and said anxiously: "Commander, the situation is not good. The Russians are less than fifty yards away from the headquarters. If they don't leave, it will be too late."
"What, the Russians are only fifty yards away?" Paul Haussel was reluctant to leave just now because he felt that his troops were fully capable of blocking the Russians' attack. But less than half an hour later, the situation became so dangerous. He quickly turned over and got out of bed, put on his boots, and ordered the adjutant: "Prepare the bucket cart immediately, and we must leave this dangerous place as soon as possible."
Paul Haussel and his adjutant left the bedroom, and a whizzing tank shell hit the small building. After the explosion, a collapsed floor slammed heavily on the bed where Paul Haussel slept, flattening the solid iron bed. If Paul Haussel did not leave, he would be smashed into meat sauce at this moment.
When the German officers and soldiers in the headquarters saw that Paul Hauser had fled in a bucket cart, they would stay here to die, they also escaped from the room and followed Paul Hauser's bucket cart and fled to the south of the town.
The establishment resistance was gone, and the remaining resistance organized by the stragglers lasted less than an hour and was completely blocked. After the German army in Valky Town was eliminated, the tank commander immediately reported good news to Rebarco: "Comrade Commander, I will tell you a good news, we have successfully occupied Valky Town."
"Have you caught Paul Haussel?" Rebarco asked tentatively.
"No." The tank commander who was standing in the German command at this moment replied awkwardly: "Comrade Commander, when we rushed into the German command, all the people here had run away. We were unable to catch Paul Haussel."
Rebarco was also very regretful when he learned that he could not catch Paul Hauser. But he thought that Zhukov had repeatedly reminded himself that after seizing Paul Hauser's headquarters, he even organized his troops to break through, so he ordered the tank commander: "Forget it if you don't catch it, immediately gather the troops and prepare to break through the north."
"Break through?" Hearing Rebarco's order, the tank commander asked in surprise: "Comrade Commander, since we have occupied the town of Valky, we can build fortifications here to fight against the German attack."
"Comrade Colonel," Seeing that his tank commander was actually trying to defend in Valky Town, Rebarco quickly explained to him: "I order you to attack Valky Town to disrupt the German command system and create conditions for us to highlight the German encirclement. If we continue to stay here and wait for the German army to surround us, the only thing waiting for us is the fate of the destruction of the entire army. Now, stop being too slow, take the troops quickly and move."
After finishing the conversation with the army commander, Rebarko immediately sent a telegram to Zhukov, reporting to him about the successful capture of Valky Town and his preparation for breaking through.
When Zhukov saw Rebarko's call, he nodded with relief and said to Sokov: "Misha, Rebarko's troops have successfully occupied the town of Valky. Although they cannot capture Paul Haussel alive, they have successfully disrupted the German command system, which is very beneficial to their next breakthrough."
"Although the German command system was disrupted, it would take only two or three hours to return to normal at the German speed." Sokov frowned and said, "Comrade General, they can use it very short, so they must accelerate the speed, otherwise all their efforts will be wasted."
"I think Rebarko should understand this." Zhukov put the telegram in his hand on the table and said confidently: "I don't think we have to interfere with the commander's determination anymore."
Rebarco realized the seriousness of the problem. After confirming that the town of Valky had been captured, he immediately organized troops to break out to the north, and once again notified the 15th Tank Army, ordering them to speed up and join the main force and jump out of the German encirclement together.
However, what he did not expect was that the 15th Tank Army troops did not move north as ordered, but continued to pursue the fleeing German army. The person who made this decision was the commander of the Tank Army. He originally wanted to collect the troops and move north as Rebarco's order, but one of his tank brigade commanders said: "Comrade Commander, Paul Hauser is now fleeing south. If we take advantage of the victory to pursue, it will make the enemy even more chaotic. Maybe we can completely reverse the current adverse situation of our army."
When the tank commander thought about it, it seemed like this. No matter how brave and good at fighting troops lost their system, their combat effectiveness would become vulnerable. The enemy who escaped from Valky Town was only concerned about escaping and could not organize decent resistance. If he led his troops to pursue, he would definitely achieve greater results.
It was precisely for this reason that the tank commander was so angry that he issued an order to continue pursuing the troops. The town he had just captured was handed over to the infantry for defense.
Dozens of tanks from the tank army chased them along the direction of the German army's escape. Not long after, sporadic German soldiers appeared in their sight. Because the road was covered with waist-deep snow, these fleeing German officers and soldiers could only run forward along the road. Seeing Soviet tanks chasing from behind, they could only escape while using their weapons in their hands to shoot at the tanks in vain.
The bullets made the tank armor plate jingle, but it did not slow down the tank's speed at all. On the contrary, the tank soldiers in the tank could easily kill these German soldiers on the road with machine guns and like target shooting.
They chased forward for two or three kilometers, and the number of German troops on the road was even greater, which made the Soviet tank soldiers so excited. They fired machine guns and bombarded the German soldiers, making them cry and howl.
However, the joy was so sad. When they were fighting happily, a tank that rushed in the front was blown into a ball of fire after a loud "boom". After a while, two tankers covered in fire struggled to escape from the tank. They rushed into the snow on the side of the road, rolled back and forth, trying to extinguish the fire on their bodies.
Chapter completed!