Chapter 196: The Siege (3)

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Forty meters away, some Polish soldiers took out their grenades and threw them at the line of Soviet troops, feeding the ducks the fire of the Soviet soldiers.

Polish soldiers, armed with Mauser rifles with bayonets, mingled with Soviet soldiers in the outermost trenches.

Several Polish soldiers killed several Soviet soldiers in the vicinity, and suddenly heavy machine-gun bullets swept through their positions, knocking them all down in the trenches.

"Get rid of the enemy's heavy machine guns!"

"Our light machine guns hurry up and keep up!" Polish officers commanded the troops.

Two Polish soldiers quickly ran to the bottom of the façade of a three-story house.

The house had been hit by the artillery fire just now, and the sound of heavy machine gun fire came from inside.

The sound of gunfire on the battlefield drowned out the footsteps of the Polish soldiers, and the two of them crept in along the holes in the houses, where a heavy machine gun crew was firing frantically from the second floor. The two looked at each other, took out the grenade they were carrying, and at the same time pulled off the drawstring and threw it up to the second floor.

After two explosions, the sound of the heavy machine gun immediately stopped. Two men marched up the stairs vigilantly with rifles, and four Soviet soldiers fell next to a broken heavy machine gun.

"Smack!" A gunshot rang out, and a soldier felt a heavy bite on his arm.

The two men suddenly found a Soviet officer lying near the window of the house, holding a pistol to themselves.

The two men immediately aimed at the target and pulled the trigger, and the Soviet officer was hit by bullets and put down the pistol in his hand weakly.

"Are you okay?" A Polish soldier asked.

"What bad luck! I'm fine, I was hit in the arm. The wounded Polish soldier said depressedly: "What a damn! Do a quick search and see if anyone else is hiding. ”

The two men looked at the house carefully five or six meters apart.

"There's no one else."

The wounded Polish soldier ran to the window, kicked twice at the corpse of the Soviet officer, and pulled a pistol from the officer's hand.

A Soviet soldier wounded by a grenade lay on the ground groaning incessantly.

Syllable! The wounded Polish soldier fired a shot directly at the wounded Soviet man lying on the ground, and the groaning stopped abruptly.

"Shit! Carlo, what are you doing? The other soldier shouted as he looked at Carlo in surprise.

"Nothing is going on now, everything is settled." Carlo said disapprehantly.

The Polish army soon occupied a section of the first trench and used it as a springboard to continue the assault on the interior and flanks.

"Yes, this time I finally got in." Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush shouted.

Koval took the telescope and looked at it carefully, and had a bad feeling in his heart: with the experience of the previous battle of crossing the river, the Soviet army was definitely not so easily defeated.

The Polish troops ran quickly towards the interior of the city along the junction of several streets.

Suddenly, many bullets were fired from inside the houses on both sides of the street. In front of the street, a row of barricades blocked the way forward, and a heavy machine gun mounted on it fired wildly, completely blocking the entire street.

"Spread out!"

"Spread out!"

The Polish soldiers had to run to the eaves, steps, and trees on both sides of the road, and they used them to escape the dense bullets. The bullets from the Polish soldiers' rifles rattled against the thick shields of Maxim's heavy machine guns, but they could not stop firing.

Occasionally, one or two soldiers broke down the door and rushed into the houses on either side, and after a burst of gunfire, there was no movement.

"What about our machine guns? Where is the machine gunner? Polish soldiers shouted.

A machine gun crew brought a light machine gun and set it up on the ground to fire at the Soviet heavy machine gun.

Numerous bullets hit the thick shield, and suddenly one bullet passed through the shield and killed the Soviet shooter in the back.

"The light machine guns of the Poles are there!" A Soviet soldier shouted.

The Soviet deputy shooter next to him immediately pushed away the body of his comrade, grasped the heavy machine gun with both hands, pressed the downward trigger in the middle, and fired continuously at the position of the Polish light machine gun.

The Polish light machine gun crew was completely finished.

The Polish soldiers gradually retreated to their positions near the first line of trenches, confronting the Soviet troops through the dilapidated houses under their control.

"Second Battalion!" Lieutenant Colonel Plutoka ordered.

Another battalion of nearly 1,000 infantry skirmishers rushed forward.

Out of nowhere, the Soviet artillery burst out of nowhere and fired three shells at the Polish reinforcements, and immediately stopped firing.

Koval glanced at it and saw that this burst of artillery killed and wounded nearly 100 Polish soldiers.

However, the Soviet artillery constantly changed its position, and the Polish artillery could not locate the Soviet artillery position at all.

Having received reinforcements, the Polish troops continued to organize two offensives. But the Soviet troops had already set up a defensive line around there.

The Soviet soldiers used houses and barricades to block the Polish soldiers in the unconcealed streets and kill them indiscriminately.

Cronin watched two battalions of Polish soldiers huddle on the small position he occupied, and immediately ordered: "Order the artillery regiment to quickly aim at the position occupied by Poland, and run away after a while." ”

Platoka watched the troops delay in opening the gap, and was anxious.

Boom boom・・・・・・ more than two dozen shells fell on the heads of the Polish soldiers, exploding incessantly.

Polish soldiers immediately jumped into the trenches and nearby houses to take refuge.

Several shells hit the wall on this side of the house, and with a bang, the loose and crumbling house that had been bombed suddenly tilted down and fell in half.

Only two Polish soldiers of one squad inside escaped.

Soviet soldiers sounded the horn of a counteroffensive.

The Soviet troops, divided into a dozen people, charged the Polish troops from three directions.

Two battalions of Polish troops suffered heavy losses at this time and could only rely on a trench to fire at the Soviet troops.

A thousand meters behind, the remaining units of the 1st Advance Corps also fired machine guns at the rushing Soviet soldiers, slightly slowing down the Soviet offensive.

"Sir, the First Legion is in big trouble! If they don't act again, these two battalions will be handed over to Daugavpils. Koval said solemnly with a telescope to Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush.

"The 1st Light Artillery Regiment aimed at a hundred meters from the front line of the 1st Corps and bombarded. Captain Dufort of the 2nd Tank Regiment was informed and reinforcements were immediately dispatched. Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush said solemnly.

"Yes, sir." The staff officer replied.