The phone on the table rang suddenly, but what was strange was that no one near the phone answered it. They were all thinking to themselves: Who is calling this call and who is it being called to?
Seeing that no one answered the phone, he stood at Atakuz to prevent Sokov from being unhappy. He turned around and asked Mikhailov sharply: "Comrade Captain, the phone is ringing right in front of you, why don't you
untie?"
"Comrade Commander," Mikhailev replied awkwardly, "the phones here are all from the 300th Infantry Division. I think the phone calls should be made to them."
"Confused, you are really confused." Sokov said dissatisfied: "Although this phone call belongs to the 300th Division, the most sober people in the entire Fesky Collective Farm are now only your battalion. If there is any enemy situation,
, you are the only one who can deal with it in time. Don't wait any longer and answer the phone quickly."
When Sokov reprimanded Mikhailev, both Atakuz and Chuklik lowered their heads in shame. If they hadn't ordered people to move the vodka from the underground wine cellar after occupying the Fisky collective farm,
Come out and let all the soldiers drink happily, how could we end up where we are today?
After Mikhailev answered the phone, he immediately reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, the call came from the scouts I sent to the west. He said that they found a large number of German troops in the highlands to the west.
Assemble.”
"A large number of German troops are gathering?" Sokov was startled by Mikhailev's words and broke out in a cold sweat. Even though there are tens of thousands of troops in the farm today, if the German army really launches an attack and can take up arms and fight the troops, then
There was only one battalion of Mikhailev. He hurriedly asked: "What is going on? What is the number of the German troops assembled in the highlands and how many troops are there?"
"Comrade Commander, I can't tell you the specific situation at the moment." Mikhailev replied: "It will only take a few minutes for the scout to arrive. You can ask him in detail then."
A few minutes later, a soldier wearing a hooded raincoat with branches on his body and hat hurried back from outside. Seeing this man appear, Mikhailev quickly stepped forward and asked him a few questions in a low voice
, then brought him to Sokov and said: "Comrade Commander, he is one of the scouts I sent to the west."
Sokov looked the other person up and down and found that the other person was a soldier in his thirties who looked very reliable, so he said to him: "Comrade soldier, tell me what you found."
The scout agreed and began to tell Sokov about his experience: "Our reconnaissance team went to the west of the farm to conduct reconnaissance on the order of the battalion commander... Everything was normal at first. No one was found in the woods or on the grass.
Traces of the enemy. The leader of the team said: If we cross the high ground in front and find no trace of the enemy, we can return to the farm.
Unexpectedly, as soon as we arrived at the bottom of the high ground, we heard the collision of pickaxes and shovels digging out the ground. When the team leader heard this sound, he quickly ordered us to stop moving forward and find a place to hide. We lay down on the high ground.
After staying in a ravine on the ground for about five minutes, the sound of digging the ground not only did not stop, but became more and more intensive, as if hundreds of people were digging the ground at the same time.
In order to find out what happened, the team leader personally took me on his hands and knees and secretly climbed up to the high ground. As soon as we climbed halfway, we were blocked by piles of newly dug soil. The team leader
Carefully, we half-raised our body and carefully observed the movement in front of us. We discovered that there were actually hundreds of German soldiers digging fortifications in front of us. Looking towards the top of the mountain, there were an equal number of enemies on the top of the mountain who were also repairing the fortifications..."
After listening to the scout's report, Sokov asked expressionlessly: "After you complete the reconnaissance, the leader of the reconnaissance team will order you to come back to report, right?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." The scout nodded and replied: "The team leader ordered me to come back to report. He and the remaining soldiers are still hiding under the high ground to monitor the enemy's movements."
"Then where did you call us?"
"It's at the guard post at the entrance of the farm." The scout replied: "I saw a phone right there. I thought it would be right to report such important information to the battalion commander even a minute earlier, so I used that phone.
The phone called here."
"Comrade Commander," Weisbach learned that a large number of German troops had appeared on the nearby high ground. He quickly stepped forward and asked, "What is the combat mission of our division?"
"Don't be anxious, Comrade Colonel." Sokov waved his hand to Weisbach and said: "I still have questions to ask. You go and wake up the commanders and soldiers first. When we have enough troops, we will talk about the attack.
."
As soon as Weisbach and Atakuz left, Sokov asked Chuklik again: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, can your tank brigade operate at night?"
Upon hearing Sokov's question, Chuklico did not answer immediately, but looked at Major Bunch aside.
"What do you think he did?" Sokov said: "Major Bunch has just taken over the tank brigade and doesn't know anything about the situation. You know the situation of the tank brigade well, so it's up to you to answer this question."
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Sokov's words gave Chuklik the confidence: "Most of the commanders and fighters of our tank brigade are veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles and have rich combat experience. Night combat is very important to them.
, it’s not a problem at all.”
"Let's do this, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Sokov considered that the tanks were moving at night and making too much noise, which might alert the enemies who were digging fortifications, so he said to Chukliko: "You'd better find a way to let the soldiers
Wake up first, and when the forward attack fails, it will not be too late for you to join the battle."
"Comrade Commander, I wonder how far we are from the high ground?" Chuklico naturally stepped into the role of tank brigade commander: "Knowing the accurate distance, I can calculate when to dispatch the tanks and how long it will take.
Rush to the battlefield within a few seconds."
Sokov didn't know how far the farm was from the high ground, so he turned to look at the scout, hoping that he would answer this question. Seeing this, the scout who understood the situation quickly replied: "The straight-line distance from the farm to the high ground is
It’s about three kilometers, with trees blocking the way.”
"Oh, there are woods blocking the way." Sokov was originally worried that the distance was so close and the troops gathering in the farm would definitely alert the enemies on the highlands. Now when he heard the scout say that there were woods blocking the way, he suddenly felt alarmed.
The chance of a successful sneak attack by the troops was greatly increased. However, to be on the safe side, he still asked the scout: "So, you can't see any movement in the collective farm from the hills?"
The scout thought for a while, then nodded and replied: "Yes, Comrade Commander. When the team leader and I went to the high ground for reconnaissance, I once turned back and glanced in the direction of the farm. Due to the cover of the woods, I couldn't see at all.
There’s no movement here.”
"How far are the woods from the high ground?"
"No more than five hundred meters."
"Not more than 500 meters?!" Sokov began to secretly calculate in his mind. If the distance between the woods and the high ground was really not more than 500 meters, then he could have his troops assemble in the woods and then attack the enemy. It's such a short time.
With such a small impact distance, the troops conducting night attacks can quietly approach the enemy's positions and catch them off guard.
"Captain Mikhailev," Sokov turned to Mikhailev and said, "Immediately send a company and go to the woods with this comrade scout to set up security positions there to prevent the Germans from hiding in the woods and sneaking up on us.
."
Ever since he learned that the German army was building fortifications on the high ground to the west of the farm, Mikhailev considered sending troops to the woods close to the high ground to serve as a guard to prevent the German army from using the night to sneak attack the farm. But now the group army commander Sokov was in
Here, before he issued any orders, Mikhailev could only choose to wait.
At this moment, seeing that Sokov's order coincided with his own idea, Mikhailev quickly agreed loudly, then walked to the door and told a soldier outside: "Go and call the first company commander over."
After a while, Sokov's acquaintance Captain Narva appeared at the door. Narva looked at Sokov and Mikhailov standing in the room, wondering who he should report to first.
Fortunately, Sokov saw his dilemma, shook his head towards Mikhailev, and said: "Comrade Captain, report to your battalion commander, and he will assign the task to you."
After listening to Sokov's words, Narva raised his hand to salute Mikhailev and reported to him in accordance with the order.
"Comrade Captain," Mihayev waited for Narva to lower his arm and said to him: "Immediately take a battalion and follow this comrade scout to the woods to the west of the farm to set up security there. Do not
Let the Germans get into the woods."
"What, there are enemies to the west of the farm?" Narva asked in surprise.
"What, Comrade Captain, are you afraid?" Seeing Narva's expression, Mikhailev couldn't help showing a look of contempt on his face: "If you are afraid, just say it and I will send others to carry out this task.
mission.”
"Captain Mikhailev, you misunderstood. Captain Narva was not scared, but surprised." Sokov saw Narva blushing because of Mikhailev's words, and quickly interrupted.
Said: "You must know that not long ago, the troops commanded by Captain Narva were surrounded by enemies ten times larger than themselves in the Compass Town of Kazachia. They were still fighting tenaciously and persisted until our reinforcements arrived.
arrive."
Listening to Sokov mentioning his battle in the Compass Town of Kazachya, Narva couldn't help but raise his chin with pride. When the troops were surrounded by more than ten times the number of German troops, he thought that he would definitely not be able to escape and die.
Fate, but never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that not only would I survive, but I would also follow Guchakov to the new army.
Mikhailev raised his hand and patted Narva twice on the arm, and said with a smile: "Well done, comrade captain. Since you have a good record in Kazakhya Compass, I hope you will perform well tonight."
, don’t let me down either.”
"Captain Narva," just as Narva was about to leave with the scouts, Sokov stopped him again and said: "So far, we don't know about this German army building fortifications on the highlands.
Number. After your company reaches the designated location, you must find a way to figure out the enemy's number in the shortest possible time. If possible, it is best to capture a few more prisoners, which may be more helpful for our subsequent battle."
At ten o'clock in the evening, Weisbach and Atakuz came in from outside and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, through our efforts, so far, more than 3,000 commanders and soldiers have recovered from drunkenness.
The remaining commanders and fighters will also be fully awake tomorrow morning."
"More than three thousand people have woken up?!" Hearing this data, Sokov felt somewhat confident. Although he didn't know which part of the enemy was building fortifications on the high ground and how many troops they had, he could use it.
Even if these three thousand commanders and soldiers attack, they will all be trampled to death. So he ordered Weisbach: "Then organize these three thousand people as soon as possible, and go out to hide in the woods near the high ground, and wait until the time is right."
When the time comes, launch an attack on the enemy on the high ground."
"Comrade Commander," Weisbach, who had just taken office, was eager to show off in front of Sokov: "Why don't we take advantage of the fact that the enemy's fortifications have not been completed and launch a fierce attack on them. Maybe we can defeat them in the shortest possible time.
Destroy all enemies on the high ground."
"Colonel Weisbach," Sokov waited for the other party to finish, and then said: "You know, our commanders and soldiers have just woken up from intoxication, and the various skills of the body have not yet fully returned to normal, whether it is reactions or actions.
The speed is much lower than usual. In this case, if you order them to attack the enemy, wouldn't you let them die?"
"Then when should we launch an attack?" Weisbach asked.
"The best time to attack should be three o'clock in the morning, when people are the most tired." Sokov said: "Even if the enemy is awakened by us, he will be in a state of confusion in a short period of time and will not be able to attack in time.
If we respond, we may be able to rush into the enemy's position smoothly."
Since Sokov had already said this, Weisbach couldn't say anything more, so he asked Sokov: "Comrade Commander, when will we set off?"
"Colonel Atakuz," Sokov turned to ask Atakuz: "How long will it take for these three thousand people to be completely assembled?"
Atakuz thought for a while and replied: "It will take an hour at the earliest, Comrade Commander."
"Then I'll give you two hours." Sokov knew that it would not be an easy task to assemble these three thousand people within an hour, so he deliberately gave the other party twice as much time, "At zero o'clock
After that, you take this unit and quietly hide in the woods near the high ground, waiting for the time to attack!"
Just as Weisbach and Atakuz agreed neatly, Sokov added: "Fortunately, there is this forest between the highlands and the farm, so people on the highlands cannot see the situation in the farm.
.But even so, you must maintain absolute silence when marching, so as not to be noticed by the enemy and cause our army's night attack to turn into a force attack."
"Comrade Commander, I have a suggestion." Weisbach said: "Anyway, we have to wait until three o'clock in the morning before we can attack the enemy. Can we postpone the departure time by an hour?"
"Why?"
"If we set off an hour later, perhaps more commanders and soldiers will wake up, and then we will have more troops to fight. Comrade Commander, don't you think so?"
This chapter has been completed!