Chapter 369 Retreat

The headquarters of the artillery regiment was breached by the Soviets within a few minutes, and it was Pukarev who commanded the battle, not Shulka, because Shulka didn't think it was a headquarters at all... Rzhev had too much This is just one of the buildings defended by the remnants of the German army.

At this time, Shulka was commanding a platoon of troops to harass the German defense line from the rear, which accelerated the collapse of the German army because they believed that they were flanked by the enemy on both sides.

Then, a communicator ran up to Shulka... At this time, the Soviet army generally did not have a radio station at the company level, and the communication mainly relied on the communicator, the signal flag or the telephone line. Of course, there was no telephone at this time. Line times and conditions.

"Comrade Captain!" the signalman reported, "Comrade Pukarev thinks you should visit him. We have captured a building, probably the artillery headquarters!"

"Artillery Command?" Shulka's eyes lit up involuntarily.

Following the communications team to the three-story building, Shulka found that it was indeed an artillery headquarters as Pukarev said, as evidenced by the many German officers among the corpses.

"I led the three platoons to attack here!" Pukarev reported: "I thought that many Germans were gathered because the building was easy to defend and difficult to attack. I didn't expect this to be a headquarters!"

A platoon laying down a building guarded by a guard company was unimaginable in the past, and a platoon would be shot by German machine guns in minutes.

However, with the bazooka, things are reversed.

Those German machine gunners placed in the windows were knocked off by rocket launchers one after another before they even saw the target... The machine gunners may not be obvious, but the windows are too obvious, and the rocket launcher shooters only need to aim at the windows.

When I reached the second floor, there were corpses and documents scattered on the floor.

Shulka picked up one at random. Although he couldn't read German, he could understand the sketches drawn on it.

"Organize and protect these documents!" Shulka immediately ordered: "Just like protecting your women!"

"Yes, Captain!" Pukarev stood up and immediately ordered his subordinates: "Did you hear that? Protect these documents!"

The soldiers hurriedly bent down to pick up the documents, and the Cossack said as he picked them up, "But Comrade Captain, I usually punch my women!"

The people around couldn't help but "coax" and laughed.

The next thing was simple. Shulka immediately found a German-speaking translator to interpret the documents, and at the same time urgently called up the artillery.

The artillery was actually ready before that, because it was expected that a batch of German artillery would be seized after the victory of this battle.

The problem is that the Soviet army only prepared one artillery battalion. The fact is that the Soviet army captured fifty-three howitzers in Rzhev, and these artillery pieces are enough for an artillery regiment.

As a result, Katukov immediately asked a Soviet artillery regiment to abandon its artillery and rush to Rzhev.

All the process was not completed until an hour later... The movement and coordination of the Soviet army was relatively slow, which was impossible.

Then, batches of shells poured towards the German fortifications on the coordinates.

The news soon spread to the headquarters of the Ninth Army. Before Model returned to the headquarters, the staff officer reported: "Rzhev has fallen, and our fortifications and warehouses near Rzhev have been attacked by the Russians." bombing!"

Model knows what that means

----- Netizens please remind: Please pay attention to the rest of your eyes when reading for a long time.

:

----This is a gorgeous dividing line---

Well, this means that the Russians not only occupied Rzhev, but also seized the artillery and documents he arranged in Rzhev. This is the reason why the Russian army can bomb accurately in the dark.

After thinking for a while, Model ordered: "Order the reinforcements to stop advancing!"

"General..."

"Bring them back!" Model said in an unquestionable tone: "We have already lost, don't have any hope for Rzhev, it will only make our loss worse!"

Model is rational. With Rzhev's terrain, the Soviet army has successfully used artillery, and it also has the "Matilda" tank, which the German anti-tank guns can't do anything about... The Soviet army can easily Use tanks to build a steel defense line that the German army cannot break through, and then use artillery to ruthlessly bomb any enemy who tries to attack Rzhev, just like the German army did to the Soviet army before.

"If Rzhev falls into enemy hands..." Colonel Krebs asked Model.

Model knew what Colonel Krebs meant.

Rzhev is not just a problem of a small town, but also a problem of commanding heights and artillery advantages. Once it falls, a hole will be torn open in the defensive line that the German army has worked so hard to close... a hole with a radius of ten kilometers around Rzhev.

This would expose the flanks of the 23rd Army and the 27th Army on the left and right to the front of the Soviet army.

"Retreat!" Model ordered with a sullen face: "Retreat fifteen kilometers!"

"Then those Russian troops that were surrounded..."

"Open a gap in the north!" Model ordered: "Let them break through!"

"Yes!" Colonel Krebs responded.

Doing so was a helpless move, otherwise, when the Soviet army attacked in front of the German defense line, the German army would face the dilemma of being attacked from inside and outside, and it would not be as simple as giving up fifteen kilometers.

However, the German army also conditionally allowed the besieged Russian army to break through.

On the one hand, this is because the German army is not reconciled, and on the other hand, it is because if the Russian army is allowed to break through with heavy equipment, those tanks, cars, anti-tank guns, etc. will inevitably pose a great threat to the German army, and even get a batch of supplies After a U-turn, it can become the main force to attack or even encircle the German army.

Therefore, the German army destroyed the road, set up mines, and roadblocks before opening the gap, so that the Soviet army could only break through with light equipment.

This is no problem for the Soviet army, because they were surrounded and lacking supplies. The tanks were short of fuel and shells. Even if the German army asked them to drive, they might not be able to drive back.

So with an order, the Soviet army blew up the heavy equipment and broke out.

"Congratulations, Comrade Shulka!" Katukov immediately called Shulka: "You have succeeded again, I just received the news that our besieged troops have broken out !"

"Thank you, Comrade Katukov!" Shulka replied: "This is the honor of our 1st Guards Tank Brigade!"

"We don't need to say such kind words between us, Comrade Shulka!" Katukov said: "We all know that without your wisdom and courage, the 1st Guards Tank Brigade would have hardly won this battle , or even if you can win, you have to pay a heavy price!"

"So..." Shulka replied: "That's why I'm desperately trying to find a way, because I too may be part of the 'heavy price'!"

Katukov on the other end of the line laughed.