Before the poor two German soldiers could shout, the Soviet soldiers rushed forward in a swarm to cover their mouths and pierce them with military thorns to form a hornet's nest.

At this time, of course, Shulka would not pay attention to such a small thing.

He got up from the ground and looked ahead, then ordered: "Act as planned!" ”

"Yes!" Several company commanders answered the call and led their troops in different directions.

At this time, it was obviously inappropriate to use the battalion as a combat unit, because the German artillery fire was relatively scattered, and the combined force was not efficient and would give the enemy more time to react.

Therefore, it is necessary to fight as a company or even as a platoon.

It's just that fighting in platoons is a bit difficult for the Soviet army, because they lack communication equipment, and it is difficult for a platoon to be released to fight in the dark of night, and of course it is impossible to command.

Shulka personally commanded the third company.

The Third Company is Shulka's old unit, and there are many old subordinates who are easier to command, so Shulka is always used to being with them.

The plan was simple, to attack with the sound of German artillery.

All the attention of the Germans was focused on the main Soviet forces that were attacking head-on, and their infantry were also fighting fiercely with the Soviets in the front trenches, completely unaware that a Soviet army had already penetrated and broken into their artillery positions behind them.

The sound of the artillery was getting closer and closer, and Shulka could even hear the German artillery commander shouting loudly about the metadata.

The German artillery bunkers were very secretive, they dug a pit in the ground to hide the entire gun body, and then propped up a white canvas on it, revealing only a white-painted barrel...... If it weren't for the sound of the cannons and the fire from the muzzles, it would not be easy for Shulka and the others to find them, let alone the reconnaissance planes in the sky.

"Hit!" With Shulka's order, several Soviet soldiers who had already touched the edge of the bunker immediately stood up and rushed forward, and then rushed at the German troops in the bunker.

Several nimble German soldiers noticed that it was not good to pull their legs and tried to run, but they were quickly knocked to the ground in a barrage of bullets from the "Bobosha".

Gunfire ensued, with the occasional explosion of grenades.

However, these grenades should have been ignited by the Germans...... Before the war, Shulka had ordered the Soviet troops not to use grenades as much as possible.

On the one hand, the Soviet army was prepared to fight and at the same time infantry versus artillery, and it was completely easy to destroy the enemy.

On the other hand, grenades are likely to cause unnecessary losses and casualties due to the detonation of artillery shells.

What's more, howitzers are so important in Rzhev that if they can be captured, especially with a considerable number of shells, then a radius of ten kilometers will be under their control.

So it was a considerable asset for the Soviet army...... This wealth is not just the artillery itself.

In fact, the German howitzer did not mean much to the Soviet army, as mentioned before, the standard M30 howitzer of the Soviet army had a range of 1.5 kilometers and was more powerful than the German howitzer.

What is more important is to buy considerable time for the troops.

The captured German artillery and artillery shells were immediately put into use, providing cover for the Soviet army and even supporting the nine Soviet divisions encircled in Sychovka...... Sychovka was only a dozen kilometers from Rzhev, that is, the German armored units that surrounded the Soviet troops were even under the guns of Rzhev.

The Germans were soon in disarray.

This is not to say that the quality of the German army is not good, but that the German army originally relied on the artillery fire in the rear to suppress the frontal attack of the Soviet tank units, and as soon as the rear artillery units were attacked, the situation quickly deteriorated sharply.

There was even a part of the Soviet army that immediately adjusted the muzzle of the gun after capturing the German artillery and hit the German line with shells...... This was unplanned, and it was purely because the 1st Infantry Battalion had some artillery that had been taken out of the Brest Fortress, and the captured artillery would of course itch and use them at once.

On the other side, Moder, he simply did not realize that Rzhev was already in danger.

At this time, he flew to the wolf's den on the FW189 reconnaissance plane...... The FW189 reconnaissance aircraft had a good view and was usually used by the Germans as a small aircraft to calibrate artillery fire.

Moder flew to the Wolf's Den because he knew that reinforcements from Berlin had arrived at this time, and Hitler did not seem to want to hand them over to him and intended to use them for the attack.

Yes, Moder was quite sure of this, and their Führer did not give up attacking Moscow even in this situation.

This is clearly a mistake, and Moder wants to correct it.

Therefore, as soon as he walked into Hitler's headquarters, he said bluntly: "Your Excellency, I need reinforcements, otherwise we will not be able to stop the Russian attack!" ”

"What's wrong? My general! Hitler replied: "I think you have done a good job so far...... Not only did you hold our line, but you even surrounded the enemy who broke through! This also proves that I am right, as long as we boldly launch a counterattack, the enemy will undoubtedly be routed by us! ”

"But, Your Excellency!" "The good situation at the front is only scratching the surface," replied Moder: "The 9th Army is only 67 percent strong, and a considerable part of them are wounded, and our tanks and anti-tank guns are insufficient, which makes us helpless against the surrounded Russians...... We should have eaten them long ago and secured the whole line. But now we have a serious shortage of troops at the front! ”

Hitler was silent for a moment, then replied: "Well, my general!" I can give you an armored division......"

"No, Your Excellency!" Modell interrupted Hitler: "I need all four divisions!" ”

The reinforcements consisted of the 5th Panzer Division, the 11th Panzer Division, the 10th Panzer Division, and the Imperial Division, which was quite a formidable force.

Model's request was not just to supplement the 9th Army to win the battle, the subtext was to tell Hitler: give up attacking Moscow, that is unrealistic, what we need to do is to hold the line and ensure that our troops do not collapse.

Hitler understood what Moder was saying.

He hesitated for a moment...... If it had been before, he would not have hesitated at all.

But now, after the generals were replaced by him, there was finally a general who could turn the tide.

Hitler feared that if he did this again, he was afraid that no one would be able to hold up the command at the front.

So his tone was surprisingly not as tough as before: "I think you can think about it, my general, the situation is just as grim for the Russians now!" ”

At this time, the staff officer walked into the headquarters, and he said to Moder in a panic: "Your Excellency, the front line is in an emergency, and Rzhev is under a sneak attack by the enemy!" ”