Hearing my order, the warrior's face was full of surprise, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Leviakin. Leviakin, who was also puzzled, only frowned slightly, and then ordered the soldiers: "Didn't you hear the order of the division commander?" Hurry up and convey it to the troops. ”

"Yes." The soldier agreed, his shoulders suddenly collapsed, and he went back to the command post to deliver the order in a dejected manner.

Watching the soldiers walk away, Leviakin asked with some puzzlement: "The Germans have been surrounded by us in the house, as long as the soldiers rush up, they can all be wiped out, why should you stop the attack at this time?" If we don't hurry up and destroy them, and when their reinforcements arrive, we will be in a position where we will be in a position where we are under attack. ”

"I'm just waiting for their reinforcements." I replied disapprovingly.

"Huh?!" When he heard my answer, he was startled and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

I didn't answer his question directly, but pointed to the relatively intact building complex on the opposite side and asked him: "Those buildings are all equipped with our warrior defenses, right?" ”

He looked in the direction I was pointing, then nodded and said, "Yes, I have arranged personnel to defend these places, and judging from the current situation, only some of them are attacking, and there are still a considerable number of soldiers guarding the building. ”

I smiled and said, "If we just surround this enemy and don't destroy it, the enemy will definitely send troops to reinforce it soon." These fortified buildings are located on either side of their path, and as soon as they are within effective firing range, we can launch a new attack on them and destroy the enemy who comes to their aid. ”

Leviagin listened to me, looked at me with a frown, and asked in a skeptical tone: "Will this be successful?" ”

"Yes, definitely." I explained to him, "It's called a siege reinforcement. Although it will not be too difficult to destroy these surrounded enemies, it is a fortified attack after all, and even if it is defeated, our own losses will be relatively large. Now we have changed to besiege rather than attack, inducing the enemy to send troops from elsewhere to support us, while we ambush and annihilate them in selected locations. ”

"Encircle the point to send reinforcements?!" Leviakin still asked with skepticism: "I have never heard of this tactic, will it really work?" ”

"Don't worry, my judgment won't be wrong." This tactic, which was so famous in later generations, must have been tested in practice, so I confidently told him: "The troops on the march, no matter how well equipped, are vulnerable. Coupled with the suddenness of our attack, it is entirely possible to inflict heavy damage or total annihilation on the enemy forces that come to our aid. ”

"Since you're so confident, we'll see." Hearing me talk about this matter in such a positive tone, Leviakin had no choice but to echo my proposal.

Although I have ordered the offensive to be stopped, the communications corps has not yet had time to convey this order to the combat units, so the offensive of the troops below continues.

Fighters rushed over the rubble with their weapons in their hands and rushed towards the building. The Germans in the building hid behind several windows and stretched out their weapons to shoot wildly at the soldiers, sending earth and rocks flying on the ground. Several soldiers who rushed into the range of the Germans burst into blood and fell straight to the ground.

"Machine guns! Machine gun cover! Seeing the sacrifice of the fighters, Leviagin was heartbroken and shouted loudly to the side. As soon as he finished speaking, a machine gun next to him began to rattle. Dense bullets hit the wall of one of the windows, flying bricks and sawdust, and the shooting behind that window suddenly stopped.

Having eliminated this point of fire, the machine gun turned to the next window. "Great!" Leviagin slapped the window frame and excitedly shouted: "The machine gunner is really good, just like this......" I was just halfway through the sentence when I suddenly heard him "ah". Turning his head, he saw that he was already sitting on the ground, covering his forehead with his hand, blood running down his fingers.

Seeing that he was injured, I couldn't help but panic, and hurriedly squatted down and asked with concern: "Comrade General, what's wrong with you?" ”

He smiled bitterly and did not let go of the hand covering his forehead: "It doesn't matter, it's just a bite from an enemy's stray bullet." ”

I looked left and right, saw that there were still many soldiers around, and hurriedly shouted: "Hygienist, where is the hygienist?" Come to me! ”

A nearby soldier who was squatting by the window to observe the battle situation, after hearing my shout, bent down and ran over, crouched down in front of me, and reported loudly: "Report to Comrade Commander, I am a hygienist, and I am waiting for your orders. ”

I looked at the medical box he was carrying on his shoulder and the Red Cross on his sleeve, and told him: "Comrade General is wounded, you should quickly help him bandage it." ”

"Yes!" The hygienist agreed, moved a few steps in front of Leviakin, and began to bandage him.

I cautiously poked my head out, raised my binoculars to observe the battle, and found that our attack had been repulsed by the Germans, and the soldiers had withdrawn, hiding behind the rubble and engaging in a shootout with the Germans in the building.

A fighter removed a grenade from his body, pulled the fuse and threw it through a window with a flick of his hand with unmistakable accuracy. However, unexpectedly, the grenade was thrown out of the window by the Germans and landed in the open space outside the window, and a stream of mud and snow was blown up into the sky. The soldier took another grenade and pulled the fuse again, and this time he did not rush to throw the grenade into it, but stayed for two or three seconds before throwing it violently. As soon as the grenade flew into the window, there was an explosion immediately, and in the light of the explosion and the smoke of gunpowder, a German soldier was lifted out of the window by a wave of air, fell heavily on the ground outside, struggled twice, and lay there motionless.

The warrior jerked to his feet, lunged forward with his rifle in hand, and as soon as he approached the building, a grenade flying out of the window landed beside him, and the blast of the explosion lifted him violently, sending him in a whirl in mid-air, and then falling heavily on the snow.

At this time, my order reached the combat troops, and the soldiers who had been eager to try stopped their attempts to attack and hid behind the rubble to stand on guard.

"How's it going?" Leviakin, with a bandage on his head, appeared next to me and asked with concern.

"The troops have stopped attacking." I sighed softly and said, "The enemy's resistance is strong, and the attack launched by our army just now has failed. ”

"What?" He said with some disbelief: "The fighters who participated in the attack have rich combat experience, and the number is as many as 300 people, can't they destroy the dozens of Germans in the building?" ”

"Look at it!" I pointed to the area where the fire was going on and said, "There were nearly a hundred corpses near the building, except for a dozen or so left by the German army when it was defeated, and the rest were all our fallen soldiers." ”

Seeing this scene, the corners of Leviakin's mouth twitched violently, and his hands kept shaking. After a long time, he turned around and stabilized his mood before he said to me: "I can't imagine that the Germans are so stubborn in their resistance, and if we continue to attack, we will definitely pay an even more painful price." It seems that you are right, we should indeed just besiege and not attack, attract other enemies to reinforce us, and then find the right time to destroy them. ”

"Report!" The communications soldier just now bent over, ran briskly in front of us, and reported loudly: "According to the report of the observation post, about two hundred German soldiers, under the cover of two tanks and five armored vehicles, are rapidly advancing towards our area!" ”

"I know it!" Before I could speak, Leviagin had already preemptively instructed the signal soldiers: "Tell the observation post to continue to observe, and if there is any new situation, report to the command in time!" ”

"Yes!" The Messenger said yes loudly, turned and ran away.

Leviagin looked at me, then said with a wry smile: "The reinforcements of the Germans are coming, there are still quite a few of them, and we will fight a tough battle next." ”