The company sent by the 122nd Regiment to deliver rockets was the first company of Captain Paulkosky. The order he received was to immediately send all the remaining rockets in the regiment to the regiment headquarters of the 124th Regiment. Unexpectedly, he was about to arrive at the place, and he received another order to change the rockets to the location of the 124th Regiment's vanguard.
Paulkosky, who received the order, had no choice but to order the company to change direction and move towards the newly provided position of his superiors. It is because of this that precious time wasted unknowingly. Paulkosky's company spent nearly an hour before he met with the vanguard of Goria.
Seeing Paulkosky and his company who were late, Goria's face looked very bad. He immediately asked the other party: "Comrade Captain, why did you come so late? If it was because of your company that affected your superior's intention to fight, can you afford this responsibility?"
Paulkosky did not refute, but ordered his subordinates to hand over the rockets he brought to the soldiers of the Goria Battalion. When the platoon leader Captain Narva saw that his company commander was wronged, he upset him and said: "Comrade Major, the reason why we were late is that when our superiors were about to arrive at our destination, they temporarily changed our delivery location, which delayed our arrival time."
Goria glanced at Narva's military rank and asked casually: "Comrade Captain, what is your position?"
"Report to Comrade Major." Hearing Goria ask about his position, Narva quickly straightened his body and replied, "I am Captain Narva, the leader of the line and rows."
"Captain Platoon Commander, your rank is not low." Goria looked at Narva and continued to ask, "Is it the old man of the Guards Division?"
"Yes, Major Comrade." Narva understood the purpose of Goria's question, and quickly replied truthfully: "The 73rd Infantry Brigade has just been formed, and I am in this unit."
From Narva's words, Goriya heard that the other party was also Sokov's old subordinate, and the expression on his face suddenly became softer: "So, they are all old comrades."
"Yes, Major Comrade." Narva replied quickly, "I have been in your camp for a while when the troops were transferred to Stalingrad."
Since the other party is his old subordinate, Goria is not going to get angry anymore, but instead acts rationally and says, "Forget this matter, if a similar situation occurs next time, I will never forgive you easily."
Seeing that the matter had stopped, Geria hurriedly asked: "Comrade Battalion Commander, since the rockets have been sent, can we attack the enemy?"
"How many rockets are there now?" Before issuing the shooting order, Goria decided to figure out the specific number of rockets so that he could decide what method to attack the German army several kilometers away.
"There are 247 rockets in total." After Geria reported the specific number, he asked back: "Comrade Battalion Commander, please instruct how to carry out the attack?"
"First two groups of 12 consecutive shots, the target of attacking is the forest behind the enemy. First, we must cut off their retreat path, and then use more dense firepower to eliminate all the enemies that gather together."
However, before the Goria Battalion fired rockets, the enemy had once again launched an attack on the town of Dobropilia.
Seeing the German officers and soldiers who had emerged from the outside of the town like a tide, Geria asked Goria for advice: "Comrade Battalion Commander, the enemy has launched an attack on the friendly positions. What should we do?"
"As long as the original plan, attack the forest first, wait for the forest to catch fire, and then use dense rockets to attack the enemies exposed to the open ground."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, if the enemy and friendly forces get involved, we will fire rockets again, and we may accidentally hurt our own people."
After listening to Geria's reminder, Goria explained to him: "If we first bombard the enemies who are attacking the town, they will escape into the forest in the shortest time when they see that the situation is not good. But if we bombard the forest first, turn it into a sea of ​​fire, and then bombard the enemies who attack friendly positions, we can eliminate as much of the enemy's vitality as possible."
After the order to fire rockets was issued, two twelve-tube rocket launchers opened fire on the forest behind the enemy. After a series of explosions, the edge of the forest turned into a sea of ​​fire, and countless trees began to burn.
The German officers and soldiers who were attacking the Soviet positions suddenly heard the rumbling of explosions behind them, and they couldn't help but stop and turn their heads to look. The forest had turned into a sea of ​​fire. Before they could react, countless objects dragging long white smoke appeared in the air again, flying towards their location.
Countless rockets falling from the sky fell into the chaotic and crowded team and exploded! Each rocket was splashed with dazzling blood. Thousands of German officers and soldiers were like sitting in an erupting crater, wrapped tightly by the rising black smoke. The explosions in the black smoke passed one after another, and waves rang out, and explosions were everywhere, and fire was everywhere, making people nowhere to escape and nowhere to hide!
Although the Soviet rocket attack lasted only a few minutes, it was like a century for the German officers and soldiers who were bombed. The officers and soldiers who had been stunned by the bombing were like headless flies, running around in the smoke of gunpowder. Wherever there were many people, they would run toward, as if only places with many people were the safest place for them.
The 199th Regiment, who was standing in the town, saw that the enemy was hit by sudden artillery fire and suffered heavy losses, he quickly ordered two companies to stay in the town, and the remaining troops attacked at the same time and launched a counterattack against the retreating German army.
When they saw the Soviet army rushing out of the town, the German officers and soldiers who had been blinded by the bombing were even more confused. The officers lost their judgment ability and did not know how to command their subordinates to deal with it. The soldiers were scared away with courage. They just wanted to escape from this land of death as soon as possible, and there was no courage to continue fighting.
After the rockets were fired, Goria and other troops immediately ordered the entire battalion to launch an attack. As for the two companies that came to deliver ammunition, he was forcibly organized into the second battalion to participate in the counterattack against the Imperial Division.
The two company commanders did not raise any objection to the act of forcibly organizing their company into the second battalion. They all had eyes and saw that the enemy in the distance was killed and injured by dense rockets. Faced with the counterattack of friendly forces, they did not have the slightest power to fight back. Since there was such a good opportunity to attack the German dog, who would give up such a good opportunity? Therefore, the two company commanders readily accepted the command of Goria and led their company to participate in the counterattack.
The counterattacks launched by the commanders and fighters of the 199th Regiment and the Goria Battalion made the German army more panicked. Faced with the Soviet commanders and fighters who rushed from all directions, the resistance organized by the Germans would soon be overwhelmed by the counterattack troops.
At the same time, the 196th Guards Regiment, the 201st Regiment, and the 122nd Regiment, the 41st Guards Division, also appeared nearby. Several troops formed a huge encirclement, surrounding the remaining troops of the Imperial Division.
If it were other German troops, in such a situation, many officers and soldiers might have begun to put down their weapons and surrender. But the Imperial Division was not an ordinary German army, but an elite SS. The officers and soldiers in the division were all fanatical NC elements. They knew that they would not have a chance to escape if they continued to fight, but they were still fighting stubbornly, preparing to fight to the last person and shoot to the last bullet.
After an hour of fierce fighting, the remaining more than a thousand imperial division officers and soldiers were surrounded in the forest, occupying a narrow area that was only 500 meters long and 300 meters wide.
Sokov was overjoyed to learn that the remnants of the Imperial Division had been trapped in the encirclement of his own troops. In today's battle, Colonel Ximeng, the acting commander of the Skeleton Division, had captured. If he could capture Major General Val, the commander of the Imperial Division, alive, his name would definitely be recorded in history.
The commander of the troops besieged the remnants of the Imperial Division was General Merkulov. He reported to Sokov on the phone: "Comrade Commander, the Imperial Division's division and the remaining troops were trapped in the forest by us. What should we do next?"
"It's very simple. Send someone to persuade the surrender first. If the enemy does not surrender, they will be eliminated firmly."
"I understand, Comrade Commander." Merkulov replied, "I will send someone to the forest to persuade me to surrender."
"Wait a minute, Comrade General." Just as Merkulov was about to hang up the phone, Sokov stopped him: "I'd better deal with the matter of persuading surrender. You should immediately send someone to shout into the forest, and say that they will send someone to negotiate, otherwise they will face the end of being annihilated by us. If the enemy sends negotiators out, let him wait and I will rush over immediately."
When Lunev heard the conversation between Sokov and Merkulov, he quickly reminded him: "Comrade Commander, you must know that the members of the Imperial Division are all fanatical NC elements. Even if they know they are in a desperate situation, they will never put down their weapons and surrender to us."
"Comrades of the Military Commission, according to the report, there are quite a lot of enemies in the forest. If we want to eliminate them all, we may suffer a considerable casualties." Sokov told Lunev: "If we can negotiate and let the remaining enemies lay down their weapons and surrender, then we will reduce unnecessary sacrifices."
"Comrade Commander," Seeing that Sokov had made up his mind, Lunev did not persuade him anymore, but instead recommended himself: "Since you are going to negotiate with the enemy in person, I will go there together."
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At the same time, deep in the forest, the once arrogant Imperial Division officers and soldiers are now sitting in groups on the ground, covered in mud, and are in extreme embarrassment. Major General Val is staying in a wooden shed with several officers in a hurry, calling Hauser through the radio station, begging him to send troops to reinforce.
Faced with Major General Val's request for help, Hauser was in a difficult position. The Skeleton Division and the Imperial Division were defeated by the Soviet army in such a short time, and even faced the destruction of the entire army. Several German commanders who were staying in Balvinkovo ​​knew very well that even if they pulled out their troops, it would be an incomplete task to rescue the remnants of the Imperial Division.
Therefore, in the face of the orders issued by Hauser, the commanders of each division tried every possible way to make excuses and found various reasons to refuse to send troops. Hauser had no choice but to call Manstein and report the situation here to him, hoping that he could find a way to rescue the remnants of the Imperial Division.
In the face of severe lack of fuel and ammunition in the Air Force, Manstein sent a large number of planes to rescue the Imperial Division, but was hit by the Soviet Air Force and lost a lot of planes. Now there is no enough fuel and ammunition to support the air force's dispatch. He could only say to Hauser: "General Hauser, our air force has exhausted ammunition and fuel and cannot take off to fight. I think you should send ground troops to reinforce."
"Marson," Haussel said bitterly: "Because our enemy is Sokov, and the Skeleton Division and the Imperial Division were destroyed too quickly, the other division commanders were frightened. Faced with the orders I issued, they were trying every means to make excuses, but they didn't want to send troops, and were afraid that they would suffer the same fate."
"Since it is impossible to send troops to reinforce," Manstein said helplessly after hearing Haussel's words: "Then you immediately give Major General Val the order so that he no longer has to stand waiting for assistance, but to find a way to break through as soon as possible. Due to the air blockade of the Russians, they have almost no recharge since they entered the frontier positions. I am worried that they will not support them for two days in the Russian encirclement."
"Breakthrough?" Haussel couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard Manstein say this: "Marson Marshal, if the imperial division was surrounded by other Russian troops, even if they were surrounded by an infantry army, I firmly believe that Major General Val and others could persevere until the arrival of reinforcements. But now, they are facing Sokov's troops. Whether they are defending and waiting for reinforcements or concentrating their efforts to break through, I don't like them."
"Persistence is death, breaking through is death." Manstein said: "Anyway, it's all dead, and there is still a glimmer of hope for breaking through. Why don't you let them try to break through."
The order to break through was soon conveyed to Major General Val through a telegram. After reading Haussel's telegram, he couldn't help but sigh to the sky. Judging from the battle situation just now, he knew that it would be a fantasy for his troops to break through. But if he continued to hold on, the ammunition of the officers and soldiers was basically exhausted, and there was not much food left. Even if the Soviet army did not attack, as long as they surrounded him for a few days, many soldiers would probably not even be able to take up their weapons.
Just when he was desperate, an officer came to report to him: "Sir, the Russians have just shouted at the opposite side, and let us send people to negotiate. If our negotiators do not show up within half an hour, they will launch the final general offensive."
Chapter completed!