The two sides maintained a stalemate for more than an hour. Seeing that it was getting late, two snipers couldn't hold it any longer. They whispered to Matvey: "Comrade Sergeant, I guess the German snipers will definitely not show up."
, let’s go back first.”
Matvei felt that there were five of them crowded in this small area. If they were bombarded by the Germans, they might be beaten all at once, so he nodded slightly and said: "Okay, Norma will stay, and the rest of the comrades will go back first."
Position. Our road leading to the rear must also be under surveillance by German snipers. Be careful when you go back."
Ajik had been lying on the cold ground for several hours, and he had already complained in his heart. If he hadn't been worried about the snipers on the other side of the river, he would have run back to his position. When he heard what Matvey said, he immediately said
: "Understood, Comrade Sergeant, we will be careful."
After saying that, Ajik put the Mosin Nagant rifle on his back, turned around and adopted a crawling posture, and crawled towards the position. The other two snipers, seeing that Ajik had taken the lead in taking action, naturally
Without hesitation, he followed him and climbed towards the position.
Jetrov, who was staying in the observation post, saw that three soldiers had successfully returned from the hiding place, and quickly asked the leader Ajik: "Where is Sergeant Matvey?"
"Comrade Battalion Commander," upon hearing Jetrov's question, Ajik quickly replied: "He and Norma are still staying at the lurking location."
Jetrov asked in confusion: "Why haven't they come back yet?"
"There is a German sniper across the river." Another soldier replied: "Senior Sergeant Matvey said that man posed too great a threat to us. If he did not eliminate him, he might cause us losses, so he and
The two of them, Norma, stayed behind to defend the enemy's sniper and find a way to kill him."
After Jetrov informed the three snipers about the results they had achieved, he was about to report it to the regiment when the phone hanging on the wall rang first. He took off the phone and put it close to his ear, and a code came from the receiver.
Kove's voice: "Comrade Captain, this is Major Sokov. How is the situation there? Have all the snipers you sent returned?"
"No, Matvey and another sniper named Norma are still in the lurking position." After Jetrov briefly reported the situation to Sokov, he said: "After they wanted to kill the German sniper,
Return to the position."
Sokov looked out the window and saw that it was getting late and the visibility was limited. Even if the sniper was discovered, Matvey and the others would probably not be able to accomplish anything, so he said casually: "I understand."
Seeing Sokov put down the phone, Potukin quickly asked: "Comrade division commander, what is the result of the sniper team of the first battalion today?"
"Four enemies were killed." After Sokov finished speaking, he asked: "Chief of Staff, is it true that the artillery battalion really doesn't have a single artillery piece?"
Potukin thought for a while and replied: "I heard a report from the artillery battalion commander today that they repaired a scrapped artillery. However, there were a little less shells, only seven rounds."
"What caliber of artillery is it?" Sokov then asked.
"76.2 mm," Potukin quickly replied: "It's a cannon!"
"Very good!" Sokov waited for Potukin to finish speaking and immediately ordered him: "Chief of Staff, please call the artillery battalion commander immediately and ask him to move this artillery to a position close to the front to bombard the German snipers.
s position."
Regarding Sokov's arrangement, Potukin said with some embarrassment: "We only have one cannon, but the shells are limited, so it may not have any effect."
Sokov didn't talk nonsense to him, and just said calmly: "Obey the order!"
Soon, the artillery battalion's artillery was dragged behind the first battalion's position. The artillery commander looked at his battalion commander and asked: "Batalion Commander, where should we fire?"
The battalion commander said with some laughter and tears: "It is said that there is a sniper lurking in front of the German position on the other side of the river. He shot and killed several of our soldiers today. The purpose of our shelling is to drive him out of his hiding place and let him go."
Our snipers took him out. You are the most experienced gunner in this battalion, where do you think the German snipers might be hiding?"
The gunner picked up the telescope and looked at the other side for a while, then said: "Comrade Battalion Commander, although the visibility is a bit low, I can still see clearly that there are many bomb craters on the opposite side. The German sniper must be hiding in one of the craters.
Here, we can definitely use cannon to blast him out of his hiding place."
"I will leave this matter to you." The battalion commander said to the gunner: "You have to remember that we only have seven rounds of artillery shells. Once the shells are used up and the snipers have not been driven out from their hiding places, we will
Even if the mission fails."
"Don't worry, comrade battalion commander." The gunner replied with a smile: "Don't look at there are more than ten or twenty bomb craters over there, but based on my experience, there are no more than five craters where you can hide. I am completely confident.
He burst out from hiding."
After adjusting the shooting points, the cannon fired towards the open space in front of the German position. The first shell landed in an empty crater and exploded, sending a plume of mud rising into the sky.
Matvey and Norma saw that the area where the German snipers were hiding was suddenly bombarded, and their faces showed surprise. They knew in their hearts that unless the German snipers were willing to be killed by artillery shells, they would definitely
It is impossible to stay motionless in the crater. As long as the enemy moves, they will have a chance.
So Matvey said to Norma: "Norma, you and I both know the crater where the German snipers are hiding. Now I will divide the work. I will be responsible for the right side and you will be responsible for the left. As soon as the sniper appears, shoot immediately."
Kill him. Remember, we only have two or three seconds to shoot. Once we miss him, it will not be that easy to find him again."
"Don't worry, Comrade Sergeant." Norma replied while concentrating on aiming: "As long as he shows up, I will never let him escape safely."
The Soviet artillery shells fell in front of the German position. The German observation post was stunned for a moment and thought to himself: Why is the accuracy of the Russian artillery so poor? They are still dozens of meters away from our position. Just as he was thinking about it, another artillery shell was fired.
It landed in the open space in front of the position and exploded, sending up a cloud of soil into the sky again.
Seeing this situation, the observation post immediately understood that the reason why the Soviet artillery shells landed in the open space and exploded was not that they missed the target, but that their attack target was the sniper hiding in the crater in front of the position. Thinking of this, he
Immediately called the German commander and reported the situation to him.
The German commander was shocked when he learned that the Soviet artillery was preparing to kill his own snipers. He quickly called the artillery in the rear, hoping that they could suppress the Soviet artillery fire and cover the sniper's successful escape.
Unexpectedly, after receiving the call, the artillery watchman immediately asked: "Mr. Major, do you know where the Russian artillery is?"
These words stopped the German commander. How did he know the location of the Soviet artillery? He could only ask the other party to wait while he sent someone to notify the observation post and asked him to quickly report the location of the Soviet artillery.
When the German observation post reported to the commander, and the commander called the artillery, the artillery battalion's cannon fired three more shells, accurately hitting the other three empty shell craters. The raised soil was scattered and hidden nearby.
The sniper in the bomb crater shouted. The sniper hiding in the bomb crater was really crying at this moment. He didn't expect that after he was hit by the Soviet sniper, he didn't even have a chance to show his head. Now the Soviet army actually attacked him.
He directly bombarded his hiding place. If his own artillery fire was not suppressed, he might not be able to escape unscathed today.
Soon enough, just as the sniper was thinking wildly, the sixth shell fired from the cannon hit directly into the crater where the sniper was hiding. The shock wave generated by the explosion pulled the sniper up from the crater.
He was thrown into the air and fell heavily to the ground. Just as he fainted, two bullets flying from the other side penetrated into his head and shoulders respectively, leaving him without any pain.
Next, he left this world that he missed so much.
When the Soviet army was shelling, Matvey and Norma stared intently at the crater where the snipers were hiding. Seeing that the shells fired by their own artillery fell into the empty crater, both of them felt very anxious.
, but could not notify the artillerymen to adjust the shooting parameters, so they could only pray silently in their hearts, hoping that the next shell fired by the artillery comrades would accurately hit the target.
Seeing one shell after another miss, the two of them almost collapsed. Just when the two were on the verge of despair, the shell finally hit the crater where the sniper was hiding. Seeing the sniper flying into the air, the two
While shouting "Ula" in their hearts, they pulled the trigger in their hands. Almost at the same time as the sniper landed, the bullet they fired accurately hit the target.
The artillery battalion commander looked through the telescope and saw a figure flying out of the crater. He immediately realized that they had hit the target and completed the task assigned to him by his superiors. He quickly put down the telescope and looked at the man who was still preparing to load the last shell.
The gunner said: "Okay, comrade gunner, the sniper has been killed. Let's move quickly, otherwise it will be too late to withdraw when the German artillery fire comes."
Upon hearing the artillery battalion commander's order to retreat, the gunner was unambiguous and immediately ordered his men to stop loading. Several artillerymen dragged the artillery and ran back. They had just run more than two hundred meters when the German artillery shells
It roared over and landed directly at the location where the artillery had just been set up.
The artillery commander felt that the ground beneath his feet was shaking slightly, and he couldn't help but said to the artillery battalion commander with lingering fear: "Comrade battalion commander, fortunately you gave the order to retreat in time, otherwise we would definitely be doomed today."
The artillery battalion commander saw that the place where he had just been was blown into a sea of fire, and he was panicking. However, in front of his subordinates, he still pretended to be calm and said: "Comrade gunner, even if I don't give the order, at this moment
We have also withdrawn. You must know that our artillery only has seven rounds of artillery shells. It will take more than ten or twenty seconds at most and all of them will be fired. Okay, today's mission has been completed. You go back to the station first. I want
Report to the Chief of Staff."
After Matvey and Norma killed the German snipers, they did not immediately return to the first battalion's position. Instead, they continued to lie motionless in the latent position. According to Matvey's opinion, the German army had lost control of the German snipers in such a short period of time.
, they used artillery fire to suppress the artillery on the Soviet position, proving that they valued this sniper very much. Many German soldiers would definitely leave the position later, and it would be a good opportunity for them to snipe.
After the German artillery fired rapidly for five minutes, they saw that the Soviet artillery was silent and thought they had killed it, so they stopped shooting. The commander who was staying on the forward position saw the sniper lying dozens of meters away.
He was motionless outside. Not knowing whether he was dead or alive, he sent two soldiers to check.
The two soldiers bent down and cautiously ran in front of the sniper. Just as they bent down to check, Matvey and Norma pulled the trigger. Norma knocked down the enemy standing on the left with one shot, and on the right
Although the enemy was also shot, the shot was in the leg. Although he was temporarily unable to walk, it was not fatal.
Seeing the German soldier rolling on the ground, Norma turned her head and glanced at Matvey, wondering what happened to the sergeant. He actually missed the bullet. When he raised his gun and was about to shoot again,
But Matvey stopped him: "Norma, don't shoot. As long as he is still alive, the Germans will definitely send someone to rescue him."
Hearing what Matvey said, Norma was startled for a moment, and then he understood. He knew that Matvey did this to fish, and to use a wounded man to mobilize more German soldiers from the position, and then he would fight again.
Picking them up one by one. Thinking of this, he immediately pointed his gun at the German position, preparing to shoot as soon as he saw any moving figures.
The German commander saw that the two soldiers he sent were killed and wounded by the Soviet sniper as soon as they approached the sniper. He didn't think much and quickly sent two more soldiers to check the sniper attack.
With the life and death of his hands, he dragged the injured soldier back. The two soldiers had just left the position when they were shot dead by Matvey and Norma.
"There are snipers." Seeing that the four soldiers sent in succession fell down in the shortest possible time, if the German commander did not know that there were snipers on the other side, he would have gone to buy a piece of cheese and killed him. He pointed towards the black
After looking at the opposite bank for a while, he asked the soldiers around him, "Where did any of you see the Russian snipers?"
"Mr. Major," a soldier standing next to him replied tremblingly: "It's too dark to see clearly the direction in which the bullet is flying."
"Damn it!" The German commander also knew that in such dim light, it would be even harder to find the location of the Soviet sniper. He originally wanted to stop the rescue operation, but he heard the wounded soldier in the distance wailing.
Due to the screams of people and the unknown snipers nearby, he had to change his mind and sent several more soldiers to rescue.
In just five minutes, eleven more soldiers fell under the guns of Matvey and Norma. But because there were too many corpses and the sky was too dark, one soldier finally succeeded in approaching the wounded and the sniper.
.But after he saw that the sniper had already been killed, he put the wounded man on his back and ran towards the position step by step.
When Matvey and Norma saw the moving target, they fired several shots in succession, but the bullets all hit the wounded on the backs of the German soldiers. When the soldiers dragged the wounded into the trench, they found that their companions had already been shot.
He died after seven or eight shots. He put the body aside and reported to the commander: "Mr. Major, I checked carefully. My sniper was shot in the head and shoulder. He almost died on the spot."
After listening to the soldiers' reports, the commander couldn't help but feel extremely upset. In order to save a dead man, he actually lost the lives of fifteen more soldiers. Such a loss was really too great.
This chapter has been completed!