Eric is also a resolute person, and he does what he says. After interviewing Matvey, he wrote, typed, and printed all night long. By dawn, a copy of the latest "Soldier" with the smell of ink was placed on the
On the table in front of Sokov.
Sokov picked up the newspaper and saw that the interview with Matvey took up one-half of the page. In order to let readers understand Matvey's achievements more vividly, under this report,
There are also 25 huge "X"s, which represent the enemies that Matvey killed.
Potukin walked up to Sokov and said to him with a smile: "Comrade division commander, I think all commanders and fighters in the division can understand the great results achieved by the first battalion's sniper team through the division's "Soldier Newspaper"
…”
Before he finished speaking, the phone in front of Sokov rang. Sokov grabbed the phone, put it to his ear and said: "I am the division commander Sokov, where are you?"
Unexpectedly, Ma Lining's familiar voice came from the receiver: "Hello, Misha. I am Ma Lining."
Hearing that it was Malinin calling him, Sokov quickly stood up from his seat and said respectfully: "Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff, do you have any instructions?"
"It's like this," Ma Lining said on the phone: "I just saw the "Soldier News" sent by your division. Your soldiers are really powerful. In just two days, they killed and wounded 51 people.
The enemy's most outstanding sniper even killed 25 people by one person, which was an extraordinary result. After discussions between Comrade Lobachev, the Military Commissar, and I, we considered awarding this sniper the Order of the Red Star."
"Great, this is really great." Sokov did not expect that Matvey's achievements would alarm even the army chief and even prepare to award him a medal. He quickly expressed his gratitude to Malinin on behalf of Matvey: "Chief of Staff
Comrade, on behalf of Staff Sergeant Matvey, I would like to express my gratitude to you."
"No need to thank me, this is the reward he deserves." After a pause, Malinen asked tentatively: "Misha, do you think you can allow this sergeant to continue his efforts and continue to kill more German soldiers? If he snipers
Once he kills a certain number of targets, he will gain the attention of his superiors, which will be of great benefit to both him and your division."
After Sokov waited for Malinin to finish speaking, he said with a guilty conscience: "Comrade Chief of Staff, the reason why we were able to achieve such results in the first two days of launching sniper operations was entirely because we caught the Germans by surprise. But the Germans
People are not fools. When they know that we are going to use sniper tactics to deal with them, they will not only increase their vigilance, but also send well-trained snipers to counterattack our army. Yesterday, our division had a sniper unit, which is
Under the combined attack of German artillery fire and snipers, the entire army was destroyed."
Sokov did not report the destruction of the sniper unit to the army headquarters, so Malinin did not know about it at all. After hearing the news, he couldn't help but frowned and asked with some displeasure: "Such a big thing happened.
,Why didn’t you report it to the Army Headquarters in time?”
From Ma Linin's tone, Sokov heard that the other party wanted to launch an attack and quickly explained: "I'm sorry, Comrade Chief of Staff, it's my fault. I felt that such a loss was within the range that our army could bear, so
I did not report it to the Army Headquarters. Please forgive me for my negligence. I promise not to make similar mistakes again in the future."
Malinin called Sokov just to tell him about the good deeds he planned to award to Matvey. He didn't even think about punishing him. Therefore, when he heard that he took the initiative to admit his mistake, he said magnanimously: "In this case, then this
Forget it once, it won’t happen next time!”
Seeing that Malinin did not hold him accountable for concealing the losses of the troops, Sokov secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I need a batch of rifles with scopes for snipers. I don't know.
Can Army Headquarters provide it to us?"
Malinin did not immediately reply to Sokov's request. He covered the microphone with his hand, called the logistics minister not far away, and asked in a low voice: "Comrade logistics minister, I wonder if you have any sniper belts there?"
A scoped rifle?”
The logistics director who was reading the "Soldier" knew that Ma Lining would not ask this matter for no reason. He pointed at the newspaper in his hand and asked tentatively: "Is it for them?" Seeing Ma Lining nod in affirmation, he continued.
Said, "There are about 20 rifles left, but we cannot give them all to the 328th Division. We can only give them five at most."
After receiving an affirmative reply from the Minister of Logistics, Ma Linin released his hand covering the microphone and said: "Misha, I have already asked the Minister of Logistics. He can provide you with five rifles with scopes. I will send them soon."
Someone will send it to you."
"Thank you, thank you, Comrade Chief of Staff." After Sokov made the request to Malinin, he was still worried that the other party would not be able to provide the firearms he needed. He was still thinking about it. If that didn't work, he would find a telescope and saw it open, and then press it on
The gun was used as a scope. When I heard that five sniper rifles could be provided at one time, I was overjoyed: "On behalf of the soldiers, I thank you!"
Hearing what Sokov said, Malinin smiled: "Misha, don't always say thank you verbally. If you can kill a few more Japanese invaders, it will be the best thank you to me."
Five sniper rifles with scopes were quickly delivered. As soon as the firearms arrived, Sokov called Jetrov and asked him to take Matvey to the division headquarters to get sniper rifles.
Matvey followed Jetrov to the division headquarters. When he saw the sniper rifle placed on the table, his eyes suddenly lit up. He was so excited that he forgot to salute Sokov and the others, so he walked directly to the table and took the
He picked up the sniper rifle and said: "Is this the legendary Mosin Nagant M91-30 sniper rifle? It looks great!"
Sokov did not care about Matvey's impoliteness, but smiled and said to him: "Okay, Sergeant Matvey, how about this sniper rifle? You can try it first and then talk about it?"
Matvey first raised his gun and took a look out of the window, then put down the gun, opened the magazine and took a look, keeping the expression on his face from becoming serious. Seeing his reaction, Sokov couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart, and then asked
Said: "Comrade Sergeant, what's wrong? Isn't this sniper rifle easy to use?"
"Comrade Commander," Matvey grinned and said, "I just took a look. The power of the scope is 3.5 times, which is only suitable for sniping within 600 meters. In addition, the scope is installed overlappingly on the receiver cover.
The rear of the machine blocks the magazine slot and cannot be loaded with an ordinary five-round magazine. It can only load one bullet at a time, which greatly reduces combat efficiency."
Sokov knew that Matvey's comments were very pertinent and that the Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle did have these problems. However, under the current circumstances, it was impossible to make improvements because he could only comfort the opponent first.
Said: "Sergeant Matvey, I have remembered all the issues you reported. When appropriate, I will report it to the comrades in the weapons and equipment department and let them take necessary rest. Now, you and your sniper team
Familiarize yourself with the performance of this sniper rifle first so that you can make new achievements in the following sniper operations."
This chapter has been completed!