Chapter 123: Capture the City

The Soviet troops rushed over, and several recalcitrant Lithuanian soldiers were directly killed, and the Lithuanian officers could not hold it anymore, so they had to abandon the city walls and retreat into the city. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Soviet troops, who were attacking the Lithuanian headquarters in the middle, arrived at the Lithuanian troops who came to support them from the eastern gate, and the two sides fired at each other across the street, and for a moment no one could help the other.

Ivan saw that the ambush of the West Gate had entered the city, and the enemy's artillery would no longer continue to bombard the East Gate, so he immediately ordered the troops of the East Gate to attack forward and entangled the enemy's army to the death.

Gules stood at the command headquarters, watching that the east and west gates of Mark Melgay had been broken through by Soviet troops, and the situation was extremely critical.

"Sir, get out of here! Mark Melgey couldn't hold on. The officer next to him reminded.

"General Zukascos gave me such an important task, and I didn't hold it for a day!" Gulais said angrily: "We still have one hope, I will not give up until the last moment, I will fight with them in the streets, we have so many weapons and supplies・・・・・・"

"Boom ・・・・・・" The sound of the 105mm cannon kept coming.

"You see, as long as the cannon is in our hands, we still have a chance to turn defeat into victory. Pass the order to go down, shoot all the shells, and be sure to destroy more enemies! Gulas shouted.

Suddenly, a Lithuanian officer came running and reported: "Sir, no, the Soviet troops have captured our artillery on the city walls and are using them to shell our troops in the city. ”

Commander Gulas was stunned.

The Soviet artillery received the 105mm cannons of the Lithuanian army, immediately turned them around, aimed directly at the Lithuanian troops in the city, and carried out artillery shelling.

The Lithuanian army finally got a taste of what it was like to have annihilated the Soviet army at the eastern gate. The Soviet artillery on the city wall was condescending, clearly seeing the distribution of the Lithuanian army, the shells accurately fell on the dense places of the Lithuanian army, and the Lithuanian soldiers who were bombed cried and shouted and scurried around.

The Lithuanian soldiers fled into a house, and when a shell came down, half of the second floor of the house collapsed, and when another shot came down, half of the first floor collapsed, and if two more shots came, a house was in ruins.

The Soviet army was in full swing and soon forced the Lithuanian army firmly into the center of the city where the headquarters were located.

"Sir, the army has suffered heavy casualties under the enemy's artillery fire, and it can't resist anymore." A Lithuanian officer came to report.

"Wait a minute, I'll figure it out." Gulais said calmly as he looked at the crowd and walked into his office alone.

The Lithuanian officer waited anxiously.

"Bang!" A crisp gunshot rang out from inside the office, and everyone immediately rushed in, only to see Gulais leaning back in his chair, holding a delicate Luger pistol in both hands.

An officer walked over and looked at the bullet hole in his head and said to his colleague in horror: "What should we do if the commander dies?" ”

Soviet troops occupied the surrounding city walls and condescendingly fired at the Lithuanian troops inside the city. Heavy machine guns firmly blocked several streets in the town, trapping the Lithuanian troops in place. The artillery continued to bombard the Lithuanian army in the city, directly blowing up the Lithuanian army.

After half an hour, the Soviet troops, seeing that the center of the town was already in shambles, finally stopped shelling. Bands of Soviet soldiers rushed towards the center of the town.

The road was full of Lithuanian dead and wounded soldiers, all of whom were crushed by the heavy bombardment, and when they saw the Soviet soldiers rushing towards them, they raised their hands and surrendered as if they were relieved.

The Soviet troops rushed into the headquarters without hindrance and captured all the officers who were destroying all kinds of materials.

Ivan followed the troops into the headquarters and immediately asked his soldiers to sort out the information of the Lithuanian army.

"Sir, this time we really sent it, there are 2,000 Mauser rifles, dozens of Maxim heavy machine guns, 4 captured 105mm howitzers, and there are more than a dozen artillery pieces of various kinds in the warehouse, 10,000 shells, and 1 million bullets. There are even a lot of other kinds of clothes, tents, medicines, food, and other military supplies, and we have not yet finished counting them. An officer excitedly ran over and reported.

"Yes, with these things we can hold this town." Ivan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Today's battle is very hard, how many losses does our army have?" ”

"Russia, the three battalions that attacked the east gate for the first time suffered heavy losses, they were covered by the enemy's artillery fire, half of them were sacrificed, and the remaining half were almost all wounded, and they had no combat effectiveness for the time being. The 2nd Battalion, which attacked Simon, also lost nearly 200 men. The officer's heavy report said.

"In this way, our army can now use only the regimental headquarters and the first and second battalions, a total of nearly 2,000 people, but this time we have obtained so many military supplies, and our strength has not been weakened." Ivan said.

"Ivan, do we let the soldiers carry supplies and prepare for retreat, and burn all the things that can't be taken." The mustachioed commissar walked over and asked.

"Let's go! No! Now we don't need to go. With these supplies, especially the artillery and ammunition inside, we were able to hold on to the town.

If we leave now, we will only be able to take a small part of the supplies here, and we will have to give up most of the things, which is a shame. And this time we have so many wounded that it is really not suitable to move on the march immediately. Ivan explained.

"But this time we have taken Makmergay and seized the enemy's supplies, and the enemy will definitely concentrate all his strength on attacking here! We are in the heart of the enemy, and it is very dangerous. An officer said.

"Then let them come! With these artillery, it was impossible to capture the town in a very short time with the strength of the Lithuanian army. Ivan said confidently.

Ivan immediately summoned the officers and told everyone about his plan: "If the Lithuanian army turns back to attack us, we only need to hold the town firmly and block their retreat route." The main forces of our Soviets will be able to attack from behind them, and if we are flanked on both sides, the enemy will surely be doomed. ”

"If the Lithuanian government sends troops from their capital, Kaunas, to flank us, we will also be very dangerous." An officer said.

"The Lithuanian nation has only a million people, many of whom have joined us, and it is impossible for the Lithuanian government to raise another army in a short time. According to our intelligence, another unit of the Lithuanians was on the Northern Front, almost a week away from us. If we have a week's time, we will definitely be able to deal with this main army in the south of Lithuania. Ivan said confidently: "As long as we kill the army of the Lithuanians on the southern front, we can draw troops to aid the northern front." If the Lithuanians lose half of their army at once, then they will definitely lose, and it will be difficult for us to be a problem again. ”

The officers below listened to Ivan's analysis and agreed to his plan.

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