476 Decisive Battle (5)
Polsky was also in big trouble at this time, and when he lost contact with the 1st and 2nd Divisions, Ubolevich's new punch landed on his head.
Ubolevich threw two divisions in one breath and ran over Polsky with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, and while Pranich was still dreaming of waiting for rescue, the rocket artillery units of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army began to exert their might again, continuously pouring bullets and rain of bullets on Polsky's position, firing more than 10,000 shells in an hour and a half, and turning Polsky's position into a sea of fire.
Or the entire northern city of Upper Maukinia was engulfed in flames, and Polsky suffered greatly from white phosphorus burning/burning/bombing, napalm, and anti-explosive bombs, more than 15% of his soldiers were incapacitated by the shelling, and most of the remaining troops were fighting hard against the fire.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, when Polsky had just contained the fire, Ubolevich's 3rd and 4th divisions suddenly entered the battle and almost effortlessly stormed the city to establish a strong support point.
"Fight back, fight back now!" Polsky yelled inside the underground bunker, "Let the 303rd Regiment go into battle, you must give me the support point to uproot the Jews and drive the Jews out!" ”
This so-called support point is actually just a brick and wood structure apartment, half of which was destroyed in the previous shelling, while the remaining half stands tenaciously in the north of the city, as a rare high-rise building in the entire northern urban area, whoever controls this commanding height can take the initiative.
The counterattack of the 303 regiment was first fired by Polsky's artillery. The 75-mm mountain gun was really not suitable for use in the city. Still, Polsky's artillery did its best. Under the cover of trenches and ruins, they managed to push the artillery under the noses of the Jews.
"Aim at the first window on the left-hand side of the second floor, prepare, put!"
With a bang, the retreating plane moved backwards, the bolt was unlocked, and the loader with a big waist and a round waist didn't care about the hot hand of the shell, and fiercely pulled it out with the tail of the gun. Then he picked up a new shell. With one hand, he pushed it into the chamber with force.
Bang!
There was another cannon shot, and the loader could see that smoke was coming out of another window on the second floor of the apartment opposite, and it seemed to him that the Jews hiding inside were either dead or maimed!
"One more shot!" Following the order of the artillery company commander, the loader hurriedly stuffed the third shell into the chamber, followed by another boom.
But this time it wasn't just the smoke coming out of the windows, this time the shells seemed to hit the load-bearing wall, and with a bang, part of the floor on the third floor collapsed, if there was anyone in that room. That will never escape the fate of being buried alive.
Sudden ...... Sudden ......
While the Polish artillerymen were observing the results of the battle, flames began to erupt again from another window on the third floor. The machine guns fired continuously, hitting the shields of the 75-mm mountain guns. The artillery on the emplacements almost scattered, some hiding behind the rubble, some jumping into the trenches, and only one unlucky man fell unprepared and fell in a pool of blood.
And at this moment, the 75-mm mountain gun on the other gun emplacement opened fire, which, although it did not directly hit the damned machine gun, also forced the Jews to shift.
"Carry the corpse down!"
Following the order of the company commander, several artillerymen carried the unlucky ghost to the back of the position.
"Keep firing and bombarding the windows on the third floor!"
The Poles' plan was to use strong artillery support to drive the Jews upstairs, so that their infantry could easily storm the apartments and then eliminate the Jews inside.
"Platoon commander, the footcloth artillery fire of the dog day is too sharp, and if we continue like this, we will be in danger!"
The dusty squad leader of the 1 squad, whose infantry squad had previously been responsible for defending the first and second floors, had already lost three brothers and a machine gun under the shelling of the Poles.
However, the platoon commander did not have a good solution to the situation in front of him, he lacked heavy weapons that could threaten the enemy's artillery, so he could only watch the enemy's artillery torture.
"Organize a few brothers, go around from the side, and kill those two mountain cannons!" In desperation, the platoon commander could only use a solution that was not a solution.
Stokic, a veteran of the operation, later recalled: "The situation was so critical that we were overwhelmed by the enemy's artillery, and as we watched the Polish debris advance towards the apartment, the platoon commander ordered me to take two brothers to take a detour from the side to destroy the two mountain guns." ”
"The streets were full of rubble and craters, and I walked cautiously with Cassan and Kus against the corners, observing every step we took, because we could encounter the Poles at any moment...... In just three hundred meters, I walked like a year, and when we passed through a half-collapsed pub and slit the throat of a Polish guard, we could see the two mountain guns in the middle of the road......"
"In addition to artillery, the Poles sent a squad for defense. Two or three Poles could be faintly seen moving in the house across the street, and we could hear the Poles talking overhead...... Truth be told, the situation is a bit tricky, if we charge directly to the gun emplacement in the middle of the road, there is a good chance that we will be beaten into a sieve before we can do it, and if we stay where we are and shoot, we may be able to kill a few Polish miscellaneous, but we will not be able to destroy the enemy's artillery! ”
"I didn't have much time to think at that time, I could see more and more Polish infantry pouring in the direction of the apartment, and if they were allowed to enter the apartment, the whole platoon of brothers would be in danger! I remember picking up the explosives bag and saying to Cassan and Kuss: 'Grenade, cover me!' The two of them took out their grenades and threw them at the enemy's artillery......"
There were two loud bangs, and the Polish artillery was completely unprepared, and a large part of the Polish artillery was killed, and before the smoke had completely cleared, Stokic had already rushed out of his hiding place, and he strode forward with two explosive packets.
At this time, the Polish guards on the roof also came to their senses. Shots rang out in a ball. But Stokic didn't back down at all. He quickly picked up the explosives bag and rushed towards the enemy's cannon.
According to Stokic himself: "My mind was blank at the time, just thinking about how to complete the mission, I stuffed the first explosive bag into the first mountain gun, and ran towards the second mountain gun...... I ran as fast as I could, and before I could get to the second mountain gun, I lit the fuse and shoved it under it...... Then I turned around and ran back, ready to pull the first explosives pack...... But this time my luck wasn't so good. I hadn't jumped out of the gun position a few steps before I felt a blow in the back, and I immediately lost my balance and fell hard to the ground......"
Speaking of this, Stokic suddenly grinned and took out the dentures in his mouth, and said to reporters: "I lost a row of teeth in that moment, and my sciatic nerve was also injured, as long as it is a rainy day for decades, I can't get out of bed, damn Polish miscellaneous!" ”
Of course. Stokic did not mean to complain and complain, quite the opposite. What he wants to say is gratitude: "But what is this little pain? I am the happiest man in the world compared to my dead comrades, I have seen the Jewish people gain independence, I have seen my compatriots live in peace and contentment, and they have closed their eyes forever! ”
After being shot, Stokic stumbled on the road until a deafening explosion sounded, and the blast and shock wave of the explosion woke him up.
"One of the mountain guns was blown up, but the other was unscathed," he recalled. I tried hard to get up, but I was sad to find that my lower body was not feeling at all, I crawled and crawled and climbed towards the first mountain cannon, although it may only be a distance of ten meters, but it was almost impossible to cross ten meters......"
Speaking of this, Stokic's voice choked, "Obviously, I can't get the job done." My comrade-in-arms and fellow countryman Kasan took over from me and began to carry out the mission, he rushed out from behind the door, buried his head in the direction of the mountain artillery, at that moment my heart was about to jump out, I kept praying for him, constantly shouting to cheer him on, and he lived up to my expectations, rushed into the gun position unscathed! ”
From the moment he jumped into the gun position, the Poles began to go crazy, and they shot at Kasan frantically, trying to kill him, but Cassan skillfully used the cover of the gun shield and ammunition box to fight them, and soon he pulled the fuse...... At that moment I was as happy as a child, I knew that even if I died, the Poles would have no fun, and without the cover of artillery, our brothers could easily kill them all! ”
At this point, Stokic's voice suddenly became low again: "But I was too happy too soon, when Kuchi covered Kassan's retreat, when Kasan successfully escaped back to his hideout, when I thought that the dust had settled, an accident happened!" A damned Polish artilleryman suddenly got up, he staggered to the explosive bag, pulled it out with great difficulty, and threw it out! ”
Stokic took a sharp breath: "At that moment I screamed, I couldn't believe it was true, I saw that the fuse was about to come to an end, but there was such an accident, I slammed the ground twice, I hated myself so much, if I had pulled the fuse in the first place, wouldn't there have been these twists and turns?" ”
Just when Stokic was at his most desperate, Kasan once again burst out of cover, and like a madman, he rushed to the explosive bag that was about to explode, and Kuss inside the bunker was shouting and trying to dissuade him.
But Cassan was deaf, and the Poles began to shoot at him again, and this time Cassan was not as lucky as the other time, and soon he was shot, but the bullets did not stop him from advancing. He stumbled and crawled to the whirring and smoking bag of explosives, scooped it up, and then made a move that made Stokic tear his eyes - he slammed into the mountain cannon with the bag in his arms, and with a loud bang, the mountain cannon disappeared along with him, and the hateful Polish artilleryman disappeared......
"I was carried back by Kuch, and it took me half a year to get back on my feet," Stokic recalled, "and I'll never forget the last expression on Kasan's face, and I could see him as soon as I closed my eyes......"
Cassan sacrificed his life to destroy the artillery of the Poles, he saved his brothers in his platoon, and also saved the precarious support point. Without artillery support, the Polish infantry was no match for the Jews, and they were soon driven away from the battlefield.
"Try again!" Polsky was very dissatisfied with the appearance of the troops, if it went on at such a pace of battle. Don't do it for two days. He will be eaten to the bone. "Two mountain cannons can't work, just go up to four, even if it's a bomb, you have to bomb that building for me!"
Polski's idea was good, but it was simply impossible to realize, and the battalion commander of Stokic soon sent two 81-mm mortars to the apartment battlefield, and the poor Polish artillerymen were driven away by a barrage of indiscriminate bombardment before they could dig their positions.
After a long day of fierce fighting, the night battle became even more brutal. The two sides constantly launched night attacks and counter-charges, repeatedly fighting around every house, every barricade, and even every bomb crater, and it can be said that every step forward has to pay the price of blood.
At the same time, in Warsaw, Pilsudski finally waited for his long-awaited army of King Qin, and he could finally wave his troops north to counter the encirclement of the Jewish "bandits".
"The 27th and 29th Divisions were the vanguard, and they immediately went to Wowomin to support the 11th and 12th Divisions and the 202nd Mixed Brigade, and the 10th and 30th Divisions were in the center. The 34th Division responded after the rear! ”
With these five divisions as the foundation, Pilsudski held a swearing-in meeting with great pride. A large number of journalists and representatives of the Entente Group were invited to observe. The whole ceremony was really atmospheric and impassioned, and those who don't know may think that Pilsudski has won the victory, and this is a victory parade!
In fact, for Pilsudski, this pledge meeting was a rehearsal for the victory march, and he confidently announced to the world: "Within a week, I will exterminate the Jewish bandits!" ”
However, in response to Pilsudski's bold words, Lierwin mercilessly ridiculed: "Big talk! ”
"You don't think well of him?" M asked.
"Of course not!" Learwin snorted coldly and replied very contemptuously: "It's time to burn his brows, this guy is still wasting time, his main force has been divided and surrounded by the Jews, and the rescue force can't take a step beyond Wovomin, what can be said to be nonsense in such a state?" ”
"But now that he has seven divisions, there shouldn't be any problem with attacking Wovomin with seven divisions, right?" M asked rhetorically.
"I can't see it, he is indeed outnumbered, but the problem is that Wowo Ming is just a small land, let alone seven divisions, four divisions can't be placed, what's the use of having more people?"
M didn't know much about military affairs, so she didn't take Lierwin's explanation seriously, and in her opinion, Pilsudski, who had seven divisions, could fill in Vovomin even with the tactics of a sea of people. There was no accident at all that the Jews were eaten!
"Pilsudski, a fool, thinks that if there are more people, he will be able to bully fewer people, you see, before he sent out the army, he still had the leisure to hold a pledge meeting. In that case, we have to teach him a hard lesson, didn't he say that he would get rid of us in a week? Then we'll be on top of him for at least a week in Wowomin, and we'll be ashamed of his face! ”
Compared with Li Xiaofeng's optimism, Triandafilov is more realistic: "Our troops are still too small, and it may be difficult to hold out for a week under the siege of seven divisions." First of all, we are very short of ammunition, Comrade Andri, from now on we are afraid that we will not be able to fight the enemy as aggressively as before, we must control the consumption of ammunition, otherwise we will ......"
"You don't have to worry about the ammunition," Li Xiaofeng waved his hand directly, "You are responsible for commanding the battle, and I am responsible for logistics." Let's do our jobs, lose your position and spank you, and spank me if we don't have enough ammunition, food, and medicine! ”
Trian Dafilov reminded: "But once surrounded! ”
"Don't be afraid to be surrounded!" Li Xiaofeng interrupted him directly, "Even if I am surrounded, I can still get ammunition, you just let me go and fight me, and teach that bastard a hard lesson!" ”
Trian Dafilov was worried about Li Xiaofeng's "boldness" at the time, and he doubted that according to the previous style of play, the troops would be able to hold out for another day. Especially when Pilsudski's seven divisions surrounded Vovomin, his worries were infinitely magnified.
But what kept Triandafinov puzzled was that no matter how much the consumption at the front line, that miraculous Comrade Andrei always seemed to have a way to get ammunition. Not only ammunition, but also food, medicine, and even morale-boosting alcohol, cigarettes, chocolate, and candy are never lacking. So much so that he couldn't help but wonder if someone had mastered the secret passage to the outside of the encirclement.
In his memoirs, he wrote: "The ammunition consumption of the troops is an astronomical figure, and I never thought that a brigade, not much larger than a regiment, would consume more ammunition than a corps...... And the shells, those damn artillerymen are cool this time, the shells are thrown at the enemy's head as if they don't want money, and even if there is only one person on the other side, they are happy to fire a few cannons......"
However, what impressed Triandafyilov the most was not the ammunition, but the food: "The food of the troops was quite good, there was meat for every meal, and it was openly supplied, so to speak, our lads were surrounded in Vovomin for ten days, but after the battle, most of the soldiers had a significant increase in weight!" And it's simply incredible! Many times, I wonder if we are surrounded by enemies. Compared to the Poles outside the encirclement, they are truly pitiful......" (to be continued......
PS: Bow and thank you Pig Chic 2, the fish over the city and Comrade Juventus!