At eleven o'clock sharp, the offensive battle of the 1st Tank Battalion in the front began.

However, this attack was different from the previous one, and its purpose was not to take Rzhev, but only to attract the attention of the Germans or to silence the voice of the 1st Infantry.

Then, amid the sound of gunfire and explosions, the 1st battalion began to climb the cliffs.

It was Sergeant Yevdokim who took the lead, for he could find his way through the darkness and snow.

Ivanovich, who followed closely behind, dug a hole in the snow with sapper shovels...... This makes it easier for those who follow them to follow.

The weather is very cold, around 11 at night is the lowest temperature of the day, it may drop to minus 50 degrees, especially at this cliff there is still a mountain wind blowing, Shulka feels that his only exposed eyelids are going to be frozen.

But it wasn't that worried Shulka even more, but rather wearing a thick cotton coat and carrying rifles, grenades, etc., and in this case, walking along the cracks of the cliffs was almost like walking a tightrope.

Ivanovic's idea was indeed good, and after a few more nails, the boots were much more stable on the snow, and as for the pain...... My feet were so cold that I didn't feel much of it, so I couldn't feel it at all.

Things went more smoothly than expected, except that two soldiers fell down the hill in the process.

Luckily, though, they didn't seem to be in trouble, mainly because there was snow everywhere as a buffer, and maybe they hadn't climbed very high, so Shulka saw that they had fallen down the hill and got up from the snow to join the climbing team again.

If anything, I heard a shout in German as I approached the top of the cliff.

There are Germans on top of the cliff?!

Frightened by this discovery, Yevdokim immediately stopped the team, lying on his stomach and motionless.

Ivanovich had the information transmitted to Shulka one by one: "Discover the enemy!" ”

This information also frightened Shulka, in such a situation that a few grenades thrown by the Germans in this direction could cause heavy casualties to the first battalion and lead to the failure of the entire battle plan.

But after thinking about it, Shulka responded: "That's probably the enemy's artillery observers, go ahead and kill them!" ”

"Yes!" One by one, the soldiers passed on the orders.

Shulka would make such a judgment with a reason.

If the Germans had discovered the movements of the 1st battalion, then they should not have made a noise to be detected by Yevdokim and others.

This was the basis on which Shulka ordered the troops to move on.

Secondly, the Germans would constantly make sounds, most likely radio-directed artillery fire...... The top of the cliff is a good artillery observation position.

If so, then there would not have been many Germans at the top of the cliff, and only a few people would have been needed for artillery observers.

Shulka turned out to be right.

This matter was led by the veteran who walked in the front...... They sneaked up to the top of the cliff under the guidance of Yevdokim.

It was not easy to find someone in the dark and snow, but the German artillery observers were constantly shouting, and even shouted loudly so that they could hear themselves clearly in the sound of artillery fire.

Unbeknownst to them, the veteran and the others had sneaked up behind them, then suddenly pressed their heads into the snow and stabbed them in the back into their lungs...... The lungs are larger, and they only need to be flattened to penetrate the lungs diagonally from the side ribs.

The lungs are respiratory organs, through which blood is quickly sucked back into the mouth and nose, making it impossible to make a sound.

If anything, it's the sound of swallowing when you drown in your own blood.

At this time, several veterans were already middle and veterans, unlike in the Brest Fortress before, assassinating a few sentries still required the help of several people to press and stab several times at the same time to ensure that the other party did not make a sound.

Then the veteran used a flashlight to signal safety downward, and the Soviet soldiers climbed up from the cliff one by one.

The people who climbed up first did not attack immediately, they scattered nearby and found a place to lie down...... As soon as they lie down, it is difficult for them to blend in with the snow around them, and it is difficult to see anything without looking carefully.

On the other side, the German artillery was confused by the loss of contact with the artillery observers.

As Shulka had guessed, the Germans were guided by a group of artillery observers in groups of five guns, which made it easy for them to carry out various forms of fire suppression.

Commanding the howitzer group was Captain Shalot, who shouted over the walkie-talkie for a while and did not answer, so he shouted to the two communications men beside him: "Soldiers, there seems to be something wrong with our artillery observers, maybe their radio is broken, take your radio and rush to their place immediately!" ”

"Yes!" Bauer answered, and ran with his men on the radio in the direction of the cliff.

The communications corps often had to repair lines in the snow, so they were equipped with bamboo slippers that made it easy to walk in the snow.

The slippers were made so large that they were draped over the boots like open duck paws and then tied.

Although it is also inconvenient to move in this way, because the force area is increased, it will not be as deep and shallow as usual, and you will not be able to run at all if you are not careful.

Signal soldiers, on the other hand, are usually physically demanding.

This is a principle that all forces follow...... The most common thing a communications soldier does is to pull a telephone line on the battlefield or connect a telephone line that has been cut or blown up by the enemy.

Therefore, the signal corps does not require good marksmanship or intelligence, but requires that they can run, and run far and fast, otherwise they will miss the fighter.

In some cases, it is even required that the communications corps can climb the telephone pole and complete the wiring with one hand, relying only on their feet and one hand.

Needless to say, even if the communications corps is injured or even one hand is blown off, they can complete their wiring tasks.

Bauer and his men were experts at this, so they carried a radio station on their backs and stepped on snow slippers like rabbits to their destination.

They arrived at their destination after ten minutes, but before they could find the artillery observers, they found several figures on the cliff.

"What's that?" The subordinate asked in panic.

Bauer was stunned for a moment, then ordered: "Pick up your weapons, Fred, the enemy is climbing up from the cliff!" I'm covering you, you should go back and report ......"

But before the words fell, Bauer realized that he was too careless.

White "snowmen" stood up around them, and they actually walked into the enemy group without noticing.