As night fell, the rear of the Don River position rarely sent people to send a large amount of ammunition to position 19. By the way, an additional group of less than 50 people were added here, but the age was generally over forty. year old veteran.
These soldiers were obviously very familiar with Aleutian and Vanya, and the undisguised disgust and well-hidden fear in the eyes of other soldiers around them made Wei Ran easily guess their identities.
The key point that further confirms this guess is that after meeting these veterans, Aleutian not only took the initiative to salute, but even directly assigned almost all the soldiers in Position 19 to these veterans equally, leaving them alone They selected and formed combat groups one by one, and gave these veterans the right to directly deal with deserters.
Wei Ran can even be sure that if it weren't for the existence of the blue hat who sent these veterans here, the Aleutian Company Commander would probably have handed over the command of Position 19 to the other party.
On the other hand, although this order caused dissatisfaction among some soldiers, it is undeniable that with the participation of these veterans, the operating efficiency of Position 19 has been greatly accelerated.
In particular, the 82mm mortar, which had been expanded to five guns, quickly fired several rounds of intensive salvos with the cooperation of these veterans, and it actually hit the barely completed German trench on the opposite side and silenced it. For a full five or six minutes, there was no decent counterattack.
This move not only suppressed the German soldiers on the opposite side, but also the unconvinced soldiers in Position 19 immediately calmed down. Regardless of whether these veterans were really from the correction camp, anyone with a brain Everyone knows that following these veterans, the probability of survival is definitely far higher than that of inexperienced recruits.
However, less than a minute after the five mortars, whose launch tubes were still hot to the touch, were sent into the bunker, a shrill and deadly whistle sounded in the night sky, and the Germans on the opposite side unexpectedly Artillery support once again!
"Hidden! Hidden!"
While Captain Aleutian and Vanya shouted, they each pulled Zoya and Wei Ran into the command post. Those who had just arrived The veterans were not slow to react either. Even those who pushed and shouted took the soldiers assigned to them and got into the nearest bunker.
Dense artillery shells exploded one after another around Position 19. One of the anti-tank artillery squads and four machine gunners, led by two veterans, followed the trenches that had just been dug before dark. Running to the forefront of the entire No. 19 position!
"Hound! Dog! I am Don No. 19!" In the command post, which was constantly shaking off dirt, Aleutian skillfully operated the radio station to call artillery observer Kaze, who had not responded for two days.
"Don't waste your efforts, they must have died long ago." Vanya lit a crumpled cigarette against the damp wall and puffed away the smoke.
The Aleutian Captain seemed not to have heard it. After calling twice or three times, he directly dragged Wei Ran to the edge of the table and said, "Keep calling!"
p>"Hunting dog! Hunting dog! I am Don No. 19!"
Wei Ran immediately started calling before he could sit down. In the past few days, he has been following Wanni Ya learned how to operate this old-fashioned radio station. At the same time, he also secretly hoped that the artillery observer Kaze, the communication soldier Beshev, and the veterinarian Cyril were still alive.
However, it wasn’t until the forefront anti-tank gun position received a call to remind the Germans that they had dispatched tanks, and until all the anti-tank guns in position 19 began to counterattack, there was nothing but a stabbing noise on the radio channel. However, there was still no response from the artillery observer Kaze.
"Boom!"
A shell hit not far from the command post, and a broken shrapnel was firmly embedded in the command post with a dull loud noise. Outside there is a log wall as thick as a thigh.
"Don't be stunned! Keep calling!" Aleutian glanced at the smoking shrapnel, then raised the telescope again with an expressionless face, observing the situation on the battlefield.
Wei Ran swallowed, and while calling into the microphone beside his mouth, he picked up the table temporarily nailed with wooden boards and carefully moved it to the corner of the command post against the wall.
“Courageous than a bullet!” Zoya muttered disdainfully, and then also focused on the battlefield outside the observation window.
Amidst the repeated calls of the guards, the tanks on the opposite side drove closer and closer under the cover of artillery. The forward artillery position, which was hastily built just before dark, opened fire decisively under the order of the Aleutian company commander and the cover of the other four anti-tank artillery pieces in position 19. Within ten seconds, the two shells were fired hard. It smashed into the side armor of two tanks!
Amidst the loud noise, the two tanks that were serving as mobile infantry bunkers exploded one after another, throwing their respective turrets into the air in the soaring flames. Then, amid the exclamations of the German soldiers, they exploded smashed onto the muddy ground.
At the same time, the Deshka heavy machine guns on both sides of the anti-tank gun also opened fire one after another, eating the bullet chains that had been deliberately replaced with tracer bullets as quickly as possible and spitting them out of the barrel. By the way, a large number of German soldiers' lives were harvested!
"Aleutian Company Commander, we have lost an anti-tank artillery!" A soldier braved the intensive artillery fire from the other side and ran to the door of the command post to deliver bad news.
"Organize manpower and send the artillery shells to other artillery positions!" The Aleutian company commander dismissed the messenger, turned around and looked at the guards who were still calling, and then raised the telescope again.
In the rumbling sound of artillery fire, the German tanks quickly approached the front of position 19. In the slow rotation of the turret, they either destroyed the machine gun fire points that were fatal to the infantry, or were destroyed. The anti-tank gun penetrated the armor and set off a raging fire!
At this moment, the trenches that were hastily dug before dark played a huge role. Under the leadership of those veterans, nearly half of the troops in Position 19 instantly filled the 150-meter-long trench. ,fromOn the side, submachine guns were used to harvest the lives of German soldiers, and anti-tank guns were used to focus fire on the side armor of German tanks.
The German tanks, which were attacked at a 90-degree angle, were in a dilemma. If the Soviet soldiers in the side trenches were left alone, the infantry following the tanks would be their living targets, but once it was directed towards them If you drive over, the anti-tank guns and machine guns on the front will also cause huge damage to yourself and even the infantry behind you!
What makes the German side even more uncomfortable is that they did not know the existence of this trench before the war started. Even if the support artillery they worked hard to mobilize was to change the target at this time, it would be too late, because this time is enough time for Aliu The soldiers commanded by Captain Shen used various light and heavy weapons to devour all the troops on the battlefield!
At the same time that they were in a dilemma, a cheer came from the command post of Position 19, because the radio channel that originally had only noise finally sounded the concise and accurate artillery instructions of artillery observer Kaze. !