After the two soldiers responsible for liaising with the patrol left, Vanya came to the patrol and said to everyone: "Comrades, I am now giving a battle order: the enemy's strength is 20 German soldiers disguised as our troops.
They are moving in the direction of the Dnieper River Bridge in an attempt to blow up the bridge and cut off our connection with the left bank. We have a total of 13 people and are at a disadvantage in terms of strength, but we must resolutely block the enemy and hold on until reinforcements arrive.
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"Comrade Chief of Staff," the captain asked after waiting for Vanya to finish speaking: "Although our numbers are at a disadvantage, as soon as the battle starts, not only the other two patrols will rush over quickly, but also the patrols stationed nearby.
The troops will also rush over to support them. What I am worried about now is that once the Germans see that the situation is not good, they may turn around and flee, and we may not be able to completely wipe them out by then."
Vanya completely agreed with the captain's statement. He nodded and asked with this expression: "Then do you have any good ideas to annihilate this enemy?"
"You can send people to go back to the enemy's rear and cut off the enemy's retreat when the battle begins." The captain replied: "The enemy who is attacked by us from both sides will have no choice but to jump into the Dnieper River if he wants to escape."
"Comrade Captain, I will leave it to you to cut off the enemy's retreat." Vanya looked at the captain and asked, "How many people do you need?"
After thinking about the existing strength in his mind, the captain said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, our number is limited, just give me two people."
"No." Although Vanya also hopes that the more people he has here, the better, but he knows very well that once the German army sees that the situation is not good, they will turn around and run back before the reinforcements arrive. The three captains alone are
There was no way to stop them: "Two people are too few, I'll give you four." According to Vanya's idea, if there were five people blocking the German army's retreat, then even if the German army tried to break through, they would be able to support them more.
a period of time.
Now that Vanya assigned four soldiers to himself, the captain was secretly happy but was not pretentious. Instead, he assured Vanya: "Comrade Chief of Staff, please rest assured, as long as one of us is alive, we will never
Let the enemy escape from our defensive positions."
But after hearing this, Vanya shook her head and said: "Comrade Captain, I hope you all live to see how we defeated the invaders."
After watching the captain and the four soldiers leave, someone in the queue asked Vanya: "Comrade Chief of Staff, when you see the enemy approaching our defensive area, should you shoot them directly, or shout first?"
Vanya did not answer the question immediately, but asked the soldiers in the queue: "Which of you knows German?"
Soon a young soldier wearing glasses raised his hand: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I understand German!"
Vanya came to the spectacles and asked with a smile: "Do you know German?"
"Yes, I understand German." Glasses nodded vigorously and said in a positive tone: "I can even read German newspapers and magazines and read Goethe's "Faust" aloud..."
"Reading German newspapers and periodicals, reading "Faust" aloud is not useful for the time being." Vanya asked politely, "Can you say 'hands up' and 'put down weapons'?"
"Of course it will." After Glasses read out the two words that Vanya wanted to know, he asked tentatively: "Comrade Chief of Staff, are you planning to shout to the Germans before we shoot?"
Seeing that the glasses had guessed his intention, Vanya nodded slightly. He knew very well that the Germans who penetrated deep into his own defense area would never put down their weapons easily. However, he was still unwilling to give up this glimmer of hope easily, so
He said in an affirmative tone: "Yes, let's shout to the Germans first. It is best if they can lay down their weapons. If they do not surrender and try to resist, then we will shoot without hesitation and kill them completely and cleanly."
Destroy them."
After the mobilization in front of the station, Vanya led the soldiers into the ambush position, lying on the ground motionless, vigilantly observing the approaching enemy in the distance.
The Germans may have moved too smoothly when passing through the 84th Division's defense area, so that they lost the necessary vigilance after entering the 254th Division's defense area. Especially when they heard gunshots and gunshots coming from the direction of the Dnieper River Bridge.
After hearing the explosion, he knew that his companions were engaged in a firefight with the Soviet army in the direction of the bridge. The captain who led the team made a wrong decision. Instead of sending his subordinates to lead the way, he gathered everyone together and rushed as quickly as possible.
Rush to the bridge and join the friendly forces fighting there.
As they were marching, a shout suddenly came from the front: "Hundhoch!"
The German soldiers who had just heard this voice were stunned, because they heard that the other party was shouting in German, and the pronunciation was very standard. For a moment, they thought they had entered a friendly ambush circle, otherwise how could the other party use such standard German?
, what about shouting "hands up"?
Before they could respond, the voice sounded again: "Hundhoch!"
After hearing the shout this time, a soldier walked out of the queue and shouted loudly in the direction of the sound: "We are our own people, we are our own people, don't get me wrong, we are just wearing Russian uniforms, we are our own people."
They are all German."
When the soldier shouted, the other officers and soldiers responded immediately. They quickly dispersed, formed a warning formation, and pointed their guns in the direction of the sound.
Vanya, who was lying next to Glasses, saw that the German soldiers not far away started babbling a lot after hearing the shouting, but he couldn't understand a word, so he turned to ask Glasses: "What are they talking about?"
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Glasses tilted his head and explained to Vanya: "Comrade Chief of Staff, he said that he is one of his own. Let us not misunderstand. They are all Germans, but they are just wearing the uniforms of our army."
After listening to the translation of the glasses, Vanya confirmed that the small team in front of him was undoubtedly the enemy, and immediately shouted: "Fire!" After shouting, he took the lead in shooting at the location of the German soldiers.
Seeing that Vanya was the first to fire, the surrounding soldiers also pulled the triggers, and for a while, there was a loud sound of gunfire.
When the German commander saw that his squad was ambushed, he immediately ordered his men to fight back, trying to break through the Soviet ambush circle through the advantage of firepower. If he encountered an ordinary Soviet army, or even a mechanized army, he would
All attempts may succeed. But he never dreamed that he was facing Sokov's troops. Most of the commanders and fighters of this unit were equipped with assault rifles. Even if the number was small, they could still form a firepower advantage on the battlefield.
After just two or three minutes, half of the German officers and soldiers fell in a pool of blood. However, only one soldier on the patrol team died and two soldiers were injured. The casualties were much smaller than those of the German army. Since the German army still had the advantage in numbers
, Vanya could not order the soldiers to charge, and could only continue to lie on the ground and shoot at the enemy.
According to Vanya's idea, the battle would have to start for at least ten minutes before the other two patrols could arrive. And it would probably take even longer for the nearby troops to arrive upon hearing the news.
But the patrol came faster than Vanya imagined. He picked up the assault rifle of the fallen soldier and was shooting at the enemy in the distance when suddenly there was a burst of chaotic footsteps behind him. He turned his head and looked
, a dozen Soviet soldiers were running toward him with their weapons bent and bent over.
Soon, the soldier who had just been dispatched lay beside Vanya and reported to him: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I brought the first patrol here!"
"Good job." Vanya raised her hand and patted the soldier twice. Then she rolled on the spot and rolled to a safe position. Then she raised her body and said to the captain of the team who came over: "Comrade captain,
Immediately organize your men to engage in firefights with the enemy, and be sure to suppress them with firepower."
Soon after the first team joined the battle, the second team also rushed over.
Vanya ordered the captain of the second team: "Comrade captain, the captain of the third team led four soldiers to detour behind the enemy to cut off their escape route. Now you lead people to rush over to support and make sure not to let a single German soldier escape."
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"Yes, Comrade Chief of Staff." The captain of the second team agreed, and led his men to rush over to join the captain of the third team.
The exchange of fire between the two sides continued, but Vanya was not panicked at all. According to the number of muzzle flashes from the opposite side, he found that there were only about ten people left in the enemy, and on his side, the original three teams, plus himself and
Among the subordinates who rushed back, there are still 9 people who can fight. Together with the first patrol team that just arrived, the total strength has reached 21 people, which already has an advantage in terms of strength.
Just when Vanya was hesitating whether to use the existing force to attack the Germans, dense and chaotic footsteps came from behind again. When Vanya heard this sound, she couldn't help being surprised: It's coming.
Who is he?
Not long after, a troop of hundreds of people appeared in front of Vanya. The company commander who led the team came over and reported to Vanya: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I am the commander of the eighth company of the third battalion. I heard something coming from here.
At the sound of gunfire, they rushed over with their troops to support them."
Vanya was a little surprised that the other party could appear so quickly. He asked with a look of surprise: "Eighth Company Commander, the battle here only lasted a few minutes. How could you get here so quickly?"
"Report to Comrade Chief of Staff," the eighth company commander replied: "I heard gunshots and explosions from the direction of the bridge very early. Knowing what might have happened, I ordered the entire company to assemble and prepare for an attack.
"When I heard gunshots here, I knew that we must be at war with the enemy, so I rushed over with the soldiers."
"Well done, Comrade Captain, well done!" After listening to the eighth company commander's report, Vanya gave him a thumbs up and said hello: "Now there are only a dozen or so enemies left. If we launch an attack at this moment,
If we charge, we can completely eliminate them all in the shortest time."
"Comrade Chief of Staff," but the Eighth Company Commander heard what Vanya said, but he stood still and asked tactfully: "Our company is equipped with two mortars. Do you want to fire two mortars on the Germans?"
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In the previous exchange of fire, Vanya discovered that it was not easy to hit the enemy hiding behind the rocks. But if there was direct firepower such as mortars, it would be easier to deal with the enemy.
He quickly ordered the Eighth Company Commander: "Eighth Company Commander, ask the soldiers to set up the mortars immediately and kill these damn Germans."
As soon as the mortar was set up, it opened fire on the German troops in the distance.
Even though the German troops were hiding behind rocks and bullets could not hit them, the artillery shells falling from the sky still passed over the obstructing rocks, landed behind the German troops and exploded. The air wave of the explosion knocked one German soldier after another out of hiding.
He picked it up and threw it high into the air.
Seeing the soldiers around him being killed one by one by Soviet mortar shells, the German commander panicked. He knew that if he continued to fight, his entire army would definitely be annihilated. In panic, he hurriedly issued an order to retreat.
: "Retreat, retreat quickly!"
Hearing the captain shouting to retreat, the soldiers did not bother to pick up the big box on the ground. Instead, they retreated while shooting wildly, alternately covering the area and retreating into the distance.
When the Eighth Company Commander saw that the enemy began to retreat, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He quickly suggested to Vanya: "Comrade Chief of Staff, the enemy has been repulsed by us. Do you think we should take the opportunity to launch an attack now?"
"There's no hurry, comrade company commander." Unexpectedly, Vanya said with a smile after hearing this: "I have deployed a force behind the enemy. With their small strength, they can't rush out at all. Wait.
The enemy has been almost exhausted, your company will rush forward to capture the prisoners."
The German captain who was commanding his men to retreat suddenly felt more at ease when he saw that the Soviet army just stayed in place and fired and did not pursue him. He thought that the Soviet army was worried that the sky was too dark and could not distinguish between ourselves and the enemy in the night, so they did not dare.
Launch a pursuit.
Then after only retreating two or three hundred meters, intensive gunshots suddenly came from the front. The two soldiers walking at the front fell into a pool of blood in an instant. Seeing this, the German captain immediately realized that he was trapped in
It is obviously unrealistic to continue to break through the Soviet ambush circle.
The German captain knew that there were two fates waiting for him: one was to continue to resist until he was annihilated by the Soviet army, which was outnumbered and outnumbered; the other was to obediently lay down his weapons and voluntarily surrender to the Soviet army.
After a fierce ideological struggle, the German captain felt that instead of resisting to the end and being shot dead, it would be better to put down his weapons and surrender, and maybe there would be a chance of survival. Having made up his mind, he quickly shouted to the remaining men: "Stop shooting.
, stop shooting, stop shooting quickly."
The soldiers who heard the captain's shout stopped shooting one after another and looked at the captain with puzzled eyes, wondering why he gave such an order.
The captain sat on the ground with his back against a rock, as if all his strength had been drained. Seeing that all his men had stopped shooting, he said feebly: "If we continue to fight, none of us will survive. We all put down our weapons and surrender."
Well, I hope the Russians can give us treatment consistent with prisoners of war."
This chapter has been completed!