Evgeny was no longer a company commander, and now he had more than six hundred men under his command, and he was well armed. His fighters had more machine guns and submachine guns than the ordinary infantry battalions of other units, and their firepower was very strong, but the fly in the ointment was that the troops were very short of heavy firepower.

The troops had a number of large-caliber mortars, and there were very few of them. In this operation, the deputy division commander was his previous boss, and he ordered his troops to carry only small-caliber mortars. The actual heavy firepower of the troops was scarce, and there was no way to sacrifice them, but on the contrary, the speed at which the troops maneuvered in the forests and in the wilderness was truly unique.

The battle had already begun, and Evgeny led his men to attack from the right flank, aiming directly at the enemy's camp.

On the way to the offensive, they received some obstruction. The enemy machine gunners seemed to have made some preparations, and the suddenness of the operation did not work out well. After paying some price, the enemy's machine-gun positions were flattened by cluster grenades.

"Comrades, follow me and be merciful to the enemy!" Evgeny also took the lead like his commander, even faster than the battalion commissar.

The fighters were greatly inspired, and the veterans among them were mainly fighters of the former special anti-tank battalion, who knew the orders of the deputy division commander very well. The commander is very fond of night raids, and the previous night raids have played an amazing exchange ratio, and its tactical characteristic is suddenness.

The fighters were fleeting, the fighters shouted Ula like a rainbow, and one by one the bayonets of the fighters charged bravely, but they still caught the enemy's large number of soldiers by surprise.

Now, for Schneider, the commander of the German 707th Division, the situation is indeed very difficult, and the enemy is already under the city. On the edge of the town, the defenders of the German army, who had come to their senses, were fighting fiercely with Yang Mingzhi's attacking troops, and the scene was extremely bloody.

On Yevgeny's side, standing in front of him was a battalion of the German army, which was also very special.

As the battalion commander Yevgeny, he always maintained his composure. The troops rushed fiercely, the sound of gunfire in their ears came and went, and the surrounding flames were also soaring, and every second there were new explosions. He didn't know what was going on with the main attacking force, and now he couldn't control it so much, and the order was to destroy as much as possible and destroy the enemy's living forces.

On the cover of the wide right flank attack, the troops advanced in a skirmish line of threes, and many soldiers had already stormed the enemy's camp, firing wildly at the tents, and many German soldiers who were still dressed were unfortunately shot.

It's just that the German army still has some preparations for this attack, after all, the German division commander has strengthened some defenses.

Evgeny set up a temporary battalion headquarters in a captured German machine-gun fortress, where he controlled the offensive of the entire battalion.

With a black and gray face, the herald hurried to Evgeny.

"Report to the battalion commander! Our men have been engaged in an exchange of fire with the enemy in the streets, and our vanguard has discovered something special. ”

"What is it?! Speak! Because the noise was so loud, the conversation between the two was yelling.

"It's people! It's our people! Captives, to be exact! ”

Evgeny stood up with a lap on his thigh, and his heart blossomed. "Well done, was it the company that found them?"

"It's the second company, battalion commander."

"Okay, let's complete another task set for us by the deputy division commander! We're going to get all the captives out of nowhere, these unlucky guys are going to rejoin the army in the future, and now we're going to save their lives. ”

The battalion headquarters moved forward, and Evgeny rejected the advice of the battalion commissar that the so-called front line was too dangerous. He didn't say anything, he resolutely carried Bobosha all the way, and when he encountered the enemy, he strafed and fired, and he also achieved some results.

The first company was attacking the enemy's camp, the third company was already fighting the enemy in the town, and the second company found a pile of prisoners of war.

When Evgeny led a group of men to the position of the second company, which had already established a temporary position, the company formed a circular offensive and was exchanging fire with the enemy. Colleagues, there are also some new faces in the team, they are all in tatters, and they are stubbornly shooting at the enemy.

At this time, he couldn't manage so much, and came to the commander of the second company with a hunched back, and at the same time he also saw the so-called prisoner of war camp.

Without saying a word, Yevgeny yelled at the commander of the second company: "This is a prisoner of war camp, how many captured people have you found?" I see that there seem to be guys already assisting us in the fight. ”

The commander of the second company immediately saluted, and then pointed with his right hand to the wire fence that had been opened.

"Report to the battalion commander that there are at least four hundred of these captives. The enemy executed some of the prisoners, and in the end more than four hundred remained. As you can see, we are already unleashing them, and some of them have taken up enemy weapons and are already engaged in battle. ”

"Good! That's it! Evgeny patted the man on the shoulder, "I'll have a new mission with you, your company will try to arm the captives and order them to shoot at the enemy." ”

The battalion commissar, who had not spoken for a long time, also took the opportunity to speak: "All the prisoners did not follow the orders of the leader, and it is already a crime for them to surrender to the enemy. Now they can continue to fight to atone for their sins, my company commander, you have the right to order them to go into battle immediately, and whoever refuses to fight will be directly enforced according to the battlefield discipline of the traitors! ”

The commander of the second company gave a clear guarantee about this, and Evgeny also moved the battalion headquarters to the prisoner of war camp for the time being. He personally supervised the release of the prisoners of war, and many of them were frightened by the surprise attack on this battlefield where the artillery was shaking.

They had realized that it was the Soviet troops who had invaded the area, and since the Germans had executed more than 100 people for no reason a few days earlier, the prisoners of war had no last illusions about the Germans. Surrender has no chance of survival, just a humiliating longer period of life, and eventually you have to die.

The battalion commissar simply shouted at the gap in the wire fence: "All of you must take up arms and fight again, and those who have no weapons will lie on their stomachs." No one is allowed to flee, or they will be shot immediately. ”

Most of the freed POWs were very conflicted. Being a prisoner is a huge insult to the soldiers, and the German army treats the prisoners in a mess. There was very little food every day, the dwelling was like a "sheepfold", and the enemy was a stupid prisoner for no reason. Now they have a chance to fight back, and they can finally take revenge on these enemies who have shamed them in their daily lives.

Evgeny was pleased to see that the freed captives decisively picked up their rifles from the corpses of the German soldiers, and then, in high spirits, went into battle with the attacking troops. As a result, the strength of the army's right-flank offensive has really increased.

"Now send a report to the deputy division commander that the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment has entered the right flank of Kuta Town, and is engaged in battle with the enemy, and we have liberated 400 prisoners of war, and the prisoners of war have been re-entered into battle. That's it, get in touch! ”

The radio officer hurriedly informed the troops who were attacking head-on, and Yang Mingzhi got the result accurately.

"Well done, now try to attack the center of the city!" Yang Mingzhi shouted loudly into the walkie-talkie, "You must act immediately, I order you to support, my side is under strong resistance!" ”

Evgeny did not quite know what the so-called powerful resistance from the deputy division commander was. He thought about it, could it be the tank armored car that can stop the boss?

The order had been passed down, and the commander of the second company asked in a loud voice: "Battalion commander, what should we do now?" Now we have more people and fewer guns here! ”

"More people and fewer guns?" Evgeny stood up pointlessly and roared angrily: "The order has been given, comrades, all follow me to support the offensive of the deputy division commander!" All those who have no weapons, you rush with them. When your comrades fall, you take up your comrades' weapons and continue to charge. Or find the corpse of the enemy, pick up the enemy's weapon and continue the fight! ”

Evgeny brandished the submachine gun and ordered everyone to continue the attack. The freed prisoners of war had no choice but to shoot those who refused to fight, and to continue fighting, and when all was over, all the blame was successfully offset by the merits.

Evgeny threw himself into supporting the offensive of his own headquarters of the third company, which was fighting with the enemy in the streets at this moment, and did not break through the enemy's machine-gun fire point for a while. As the battle continued, Evgeny saw the enemy's special weapon, which turned out to be several artillery pieces.

To make matters worse, he stared at a cannon with its muzzle flattened little by little.

"Damn! The enemy's artillery is fired! ”

Yevgeny shouted loudly for the attacking troops to quickly retreat, and the shelling had already taken place.

He would never have imagined that he was attacking the enemy's artillery battalion. Because of this 707 division, he is a security division, the soldiers are mainly infantry, and there are only a few artillery pieces. This is the latest component of the unit, because it is responsible for policing the occupied area and guarding the lines of communication, and the heavy firepower is naturally very small. The only artillery was placed inside the town as part of the city defense.

This was originally the 707th Division Commander Schneider's practice of eating a trench and growing wise, but I didn't expect it to really work, and the Soviet army did not succeed as easily as in Luvanka Town.

In this way, the violent explosion gave the Soviet army a great tremor, and the few soldiers who threw fire in the ruins evaporated in an instant.

However, the enemy's 105 mm guns did very little damage to concrete, and most of the fighters survived. It's just that the fact that the enemy has heavy artillery gives ordinary soldiers a great shock. After all, the soldiers who have fought here no longer care whether they live or die, but they will consider whether it is worth it or not. For example, now, if you attack rashly, it is very easy to be blown into minced meat by the enemy's heavy artillery, and the shock wave can even shake the internal organs apart.

Instead of needless death, it is better to calm down and think about countermeasures. This colleague is also the situation that Yang Mingzhi encountered, and their situation is even worse.

Yang Mingzhi looked at the sky, the sky had begun to turn blue, the battle had been going on, he never thought that the battle had started for more than an hour, it was about to be five o'clock, and the troops were still fighting in the town. To make matters worse, once the battle begins, it is difficult to get out of the battle alone.

"Hell! The enemy's artillery fire is too fierce, and I am afraid that the enemy's reinforcements are rushing towards such a wild rush! Yang Mingzhi lay under the cover and called the radioman over. Send a telegram to the reconnaissance company over there and ask if the enemy reinforcements have appeared! ”