As the commander of the fortress, Zavrilov always left himself some reserves, and now the two assault engineer battalions that were about to be put into the night attack were the two strongest assault reserves in the hands of the special division: he had not been willing to throw two battalions into the line of fire, but now the time had come!

The assault engineer battalion is not an engineer in the general sense, but a class of troops with stronger assault capabilities than ordinary infantry, and the assault ability to deal with strong fortifications is even more outstanding, because they are equipped with stronger firepower than ordinary infantry, and hard bones are the specialty of assault engineers!

A quarter of an hour later, young Lieutenants Nikolai Chetchabakov and Anatoly Vinogorodov walked into the division headquarters, "Hello, Comrade Division Commander, Comrade Political Commissar. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

This is the commander of the 1st and 2nd battalions of the assault engineer battalion of the special division, an excellent commander who came from the Brest fortress. The lieutenant as the battalion commander seemed somewhat out of order, but there was no time to promote the two of them in wartime, and Chet Chabakov and Vinogorodov had already proven themselves in battle and were fully capable of commanding the two battalions.

The shells whistled in, and the scattered dust made a few people in the headquarters look disgraced as soon as they finished greeting, but no one took it seriously. Compared to in Brest, such harassing artillery fire was simply a drizzle, and the fortress soldiers did not care at all.

"I have a difficult task for you. At 19 o'clock today, the city defense headquarters will launch a large-scale counter-assault, and the main force is the newly reinforced 147th Infantry Division, and the whole division will be engaged in a night attack. We are going to support the actions of the 147th Division from the flank, to attack the Minsk East Railway Station from the flank, and before the attack is launched, there will be 15 minutes of artillery fire ready by the artillery group, and your troops will act as the flank cover of the 147th Division, clearing the German troops from the machine shop to the freight yard area. Can you complete the mission?! ”

It was Fuming who spoke, and it was his responsibility to mobilize politically.

One of the two battalion commanders "snapped" and stood upright: "Guarantee to complete the task!"

At Zavrilov's signal, the two walked to the map and confirmed the battle plan. "The main thing is two points, you can only start the charge at 19:15, don't let your shells bombard; The 147th Division was responsible for clearing the freight yard area and establishing contact with friendly forces as soon as possible after arriving at the freight yard area to avoid misunderstandings. ”

"Yes, Comrade Division Commander." Chet Chabakov, who had a slightly longer qualification, glanced at Vinogorodov, the commander of the second battalion on the side, "The first battalion is on the left flank, and the second battalion is attacking from the right, how about it?" ”

"No problem." Lieutenant Anatoly Vinogorodov shrugged his shoulders and agreed. The two worked together in Brest, and they held the Brest Gate together for many days, and they almost had a "heart" in cooperation. The troops at hand are also reorganized after the formation of multiple units is disabled, but it will not affect the coordination of the troops; It was precisely because of the heavy losses of the commanders of the troops coming out of the Brest Fortress after several months of fighting that Zavrilov made an exception to make two young lieutenants the battalion commanders of the storming troops.

"Is there a problem that the divisional artillery can't give you direct fire support?"

"No, it is enough to have artillery preparations, it is easy to get injured by mistake in the dark, and we can overcome the difficulties." Vinogorodov is right, there are enough mortars and bazookas for the two battalions, or don't count on those 76-mm cannons in the back, and you still have to rely on your own insurance against the German machine-gun positions on the ruins.

Who has ever seen a cannon in a night raid street fight to carry out targeted killings? Chet Chabakov and Vinogorodov have never met! -- Two lieutenants "have less knowledge", the Red Army artillery in the Great Patriotic War can often push large-caliber howitzers less than a kilometer from the target building for direct fire support - no matter whether you have a machine gun position or a sniper inside, after a few shells everything is solved!

But that was only the case in the middle and late stages of the war, and it was basically during the day that "artillery fought bayonets", and now infantry had to rely on machine guns, mortars, and rocket launchers to attack the fortifications.

After receiving the task, the two battalion commanders walked out of the division headquarters, and Vinogorodov said to Chet Chabakov: "Whoever gets to the freight yard area first, two bottles of vodka." ”

"It's decided, you're waiting to deliver it to the bar!"

Vinogorodov smiled indifferently, shook hands with Chetchabakov and parted, and returned to the troop station to prepare.

It is rumored that there are two groundhogs in the division that can only dig holes and do not bite people, and unfortunately, these "groundhogs" refer to the first and second battalions of assault engineers: not only are their rear fortifications first-class, but they also help their brother units build a lot of fortifications and make great efforts -- the assault engineers still wear the title of "sapper" at least, and the level of earthwork is always better than that of other infantrymen. But after the two battalions arrived in Minsk, they did not participate in the actual battle in the line of fire, and the comrades were holding back their strength, and now the opportunity has finally come.

"Groundhog?! Lao Tzu's troops are tigers, wolves, and polar bears! "The two battalion commanders want to show everyone - sappers, the ability to attack fortifications is not comparable to ordinary infantry!

Night raids are generally "autumn wind sweeping away leaves", but this is not the case in Minsk, where the two sides are fighting as if they were in a huge fortress, and every time they think of a step forward, they will attack the fortifications to the letter, just under the cover of darkness.

After two battalion commanders made a bet on this, the division commander Ryzavrilov said to Fomin: "After this battle, it's time to give them a promotion report." ”

"I don't think there is a problem with commanding regimental-level troops, so I don't know if the two lieutenant colonels can approve it."

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As soon as Chetchabakov returned to the battalion, he summoned all the battalion commanders at and above the platoon level to make operational arrangements, and the orders from above made the comrades understand that tonight would be a fierce battle.

"Take out all the canned food and cabbage we have in store, and let the cooking classes hurry up and cook." The battalion administrator in charge of logistics was instructed that this meal would be the last dinner for many comrades, and that Chetchabakov should bring out all the good things.

When the soldiers learned from the commander about the operation that was going to take place tonight, they did not have much mental turmoil, but they each began to check their equipment and prepare for tonight's battle. They have seen too much life and death, they can see death and corpses every day, maybe the comrades who had just smoked with them died after a while, and they had no fear of death.

This is a veteran who has experienced life and death, and looks down on life and death, or war makes them look down on their own lives. No one wants to write a suicide note or anything to themselves, what should have been prepared for months has already been prepared - hundreds of shells fall every day, bullets stick to the scalp, grenades run in the crotch of pants, it's not a big deal!

The assault sappers are very confident in their equipment, except for a few snipers and heavy machine guns, all new fully automatic weapons, and there are also a lot of equipment used to attack fortifications. The fighters had already understood that the Germans on the other side were no match for their small arms firepower, and that this would give them an advantage in night battles - at least half of the Germans were still using those Mauser rifles.

After the street fighting in Minsk began, the German logistics department did everything possible to increase the number of submachine guns for the street fighting troops, and those captured Soviet assault rifles and ammunition were also concentrated and sent to Minsk as much as possible, otherwise the automatic fire of the Germans would not be as good as it is now.

MP38 and MP40 are obviously at a disadvantage in the battle with AK47, but they can still resist for a while in street fighting, at least in close range, the two sides still have a fight, and whoever hits will be finished. But the AK47's comprehensive performance has already made German soldiers and commanders gnash their teeth - this is simply a devil's designed weapon! : The two sides met unexpectedly in a ruin, the submachine guns on this side hit the brick wall where the Soviets were hiding in debris everywhere, but the Soviets seemed to be fine, a counterattack, the dense bullets that came easily penetrated the thin brick wall, and a large piece of this side immediately fell!

Intermediate Power Bullets - It's not a small one, and the assault rifles of the Soviets are so reliable and easy to control! Formally, because of this, if possible, German soldiers would drop their submachine guns and use captured Soviet assault rifles.

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After dinner, the soldiers, leaving behind all unnecessary items, left the bunkers and went to the starting positions in groups. On the flanks of the assault engineers, the commanders and fighters of the 147th Infantry Division are also entering the starting positions one after another, replacing the original troops.

At 18:58 p.m., there was only the sound of sporadic firefighting over the city of Minsk, and most of the city was still fighting, but it was not as lively as during the day: neither side seemed to want to storm the walls at night.

At 19 o'clock sharp, Major General Pozarisky, who was at the artillery headquarters of the army group, arrived at the hour with the hands of the watch and gave a loud order: "Open fire!" ”

In an instant, the roar of hundreds of large and medium-caliber guns tore apart the "calm" of the night sky in Minsk, and the fire fired by rocket artillery illuminated the entire night sky, and the sky seemed to be burning!

The earth trembled with a huge recoil, and a dense number of shells whistled across the sky to the target - in front of the eyes of the Red Army in the starting position, a dense explosion raged the German positions, everything was shattered where the shells hit, and steel and explosives weaved a magnificent death march! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )