"Captain Briski," Sokov was afraid that the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield would suffer, so he quickly called Briski and urged him: "There is about a battalion of German infantry coming towards us.
.Let your warriors speed up and clear the battlefield before the enemy arrives."
"Understood, Comrade Brigade Commander." Briski replied on the phone: "I will give them an order immediately."
The soldiers of the 10th Company and the 1st Company of the Fighter Battalion were cleaning the battlefield. After hearing the whistle from the trenches, the soldiers stood up straight and turned their heads to look in the direction of the trenches, with expressions of surprise on their faces.
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The soldiers of the 10th company could hear the meaning of the whistle, but the soldiers of the 1st company of the annihilation battalion did not understand. Ganin was a worker who had just joined the annihilation battalion. After hearing the whistle, he curiously asked the soldiers of the 10th company next to him.
: "Hey, Comrade Sergeant, what do these whistles, one long and two short, mean?"
The sergeant who was asked frowned and said, "No, the whistle is reminding us to speed up, and there might be a fight soon." After he finished saying this, he saw that Ganin was still standing there in a daze, so he
He raised his leg and kicked him, then cursed, "What are you doing here? Why don't you hurry up and speed up? Do you want to stay here and be shot by the Germans?"
Ganin said "Oh" and quickly leaned down to search the German corpses on the ground. In addition to taking away their weapons and ammunition, he also took out a pack of unopened cigarettes from the pocket of a German soldier. See clearly.
After the label on it, he said in surprise: "Comrade Sergeant, look, they are actually 'Petersburg' brand cigarettes. It seems that he has been to Leningrad."
Without saying a word, the sergeant took the pack of cigarettes from his hand and put it into his pocket. But seeing Ganin's unhappy face, he took out half a pack of cigarettes from another pocket and handed it to
Past: "This is for you, it's real German cigarettes."
Ganin did not know that Soviet veterans did not like to smoke German cigarettes because they smelled like horse manure. When he saw the sergeant exchanging German cigarettes for his own domestic cigarettes, he immediately took them happily and stuffed them into his own
In the pocket.
After the soldiers who cleaned the battlefield returned to the trenches, Briskey immediately mixed the two companies, with each squad consisting of half veterans and half recruits.
Regarding Briski's arrangement, Bolshak, who was standing with Sokov in the factory, asked with some concern: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, will mixing the troops in this way cause confusion in the command?"<
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"Don't worry, Major Bolshak." Sokov explained to Bolshak: "The commanders and fighters of the 10th company all have rich combat experience. After mixing them with your first company, the unit's strength can be improved.
Combat effectiveness. As for command, since the two companies are under the unified command of the tenth company commander, there will never be any confusion in command."
"That's good." After listening to Sokov's explanation, Bolshak suddenly felt a lot more at ease: "Our workers are very brave, but it's a pity that they have little combat experience. They are mixed with your troops.
I believe they will soon be able to adapt to this battlefield of blood and fire."
The troops stood ready in the trenches, waiting for which battalion of German soldiers to come from the trap. They waited for more than two hours, but they always found traces of the enemy.
Seeing that the enemy had not come for a long time, the soldiers were somewhat relaxed. Except for a few who continued to monitor the gap in the wall, the vast majority of the soldiers were sitting in the trenches eating dry food and drinking water. Ganing had just taken out a cigarette from his pocket.
box, several familiar workers nearby saw it. They asked curiously: "Ganning, where did you get these German cigarettes?"
Ganin pursed his lips towards the sergeant not far away, and said to his robe: "I exchanged a pack of captured Petersburg cigarettes with Comrade Sergeant." Several workers stretched out their hands to Ganin and said to him.
He asked for cigarettes and wanted to taste how German cigarettes tasted.
"Strange, what's going on?" Seeing that the Germans have not appeared for a long time, Sokov couldn't help but wonder: "No matter how slow the Germans move, they should have appeared. Why haven't they been seen yet?"
Where is the shadow?"
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Bolshak, standing next to him, said tentatively: "You heard wrong too. The Germans are not coming in our direction at all."
"Probably not." Hearing what Bolshak said, Sokov's heart began to beat, and he thought silently: "Did he hear wrongly?"
Seeing the hesitant expression on Sokov's face, Bolshak even more wishfully thought that Sokov must have heard wrongly. There were no Germans coming in this direction, otherwise it would be impossible to wait.
There was no movement for more than two hours. He suggested to Sokov anxiously: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I think you should call General Guryev again and ask what's going on."
"Okay, Comrade Major." In order to find out what was going on, Sokov decided to call Guryev and ask if there were really German troops coming towards him. He picked up the phone and heard
After hearing a voice inside, he told the operator: "Please approach the health division headquarters."
After the call was connected, an impatient voice immediately came from the receiver: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Zalijuk, where are you? If you have anything, please tell me quickly!"
Sokov could hear Lieutenant Colonel Zalidyuk's anxiety from his voice, and couldn't help but regret that he shouldn't have made the call at this time. Maybe he hadn't heard anyone speaking for a long time, so Zalidyuk became even more impatient:
"Hey, what's the matter with you? Why don't you speak?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Zalidyuk's voice awakened Sokov from his hesitation. He quickly said into the microphone: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Sokov. I have something urgent to see General Guryev."
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"Oh, it's Lieutenant Colonel Sokov." Upon hearing that it was Sokov, Zaldyuk's voice became much softer: "Comrade division commander has gone to inspect the defense area of the 117th Regiment. If you have anything to do, you can directly
Say it to me."
"That's it, Comrade Chief of Staff." Sokov thought that Guryev had gone to inspect the grassroots units and would never come back within a few hours. He didn't have so much time to waste, so he went straight to the point and asked Zariju
K said: "More than two hours ago, General Guryev called me and said that a battalion of German infantry was moving towards our defense area. After I received the call, I immediately deployed defenses and then waited.
I've been waiting for such a long time, but I still haven't seen the enemy appear. I want to ask the general to confirm whether I heard correctly just now."
"Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, you heard it right." Zaldyuk replied: "More than two hours ago, there was indeed a battalion of German troops moving towards the area you were defending. But now, they are attacking the second worker
Village."
"They are attacking the Second Workers' Village?" The Second Workers' Village is a residential area with about fifty houses. The 117th Guards Regiment is responsible for the defense. When Sokov heard this, he immediately understood why Gurye
My husband has gone to the 117th Regiment. His feeling is that it was attacked by the German army there, but he is very eager to understand why this enemy gave up attacking the assembly workshop and went to attack the well-defended Second Workers' Village? "Comrade Chief of Staff,"
, I don’t understand why the enemy would abandon our place and attack the 117th Regiment’s defense area.”
"Lieutenant Colonel Sokov," Zaldyuk explained to Sokov: "We captured several German officers of the battalion during the battle. After interrogating them, we found out that their original attack target was indeed
When you were almost there, you received an order from your superiors, saying that your place was supported by a tank brigade, and ordered them to turn around and attack the Second Workers' Village."
"So that's it, I understand, Comrade Chief of Staff. Thank you!"
After putting down the phone, Sokov let out a breath, and then said to Bolshak: "Comrade Major, I have made it clear that the German army was originally ordered to attack us, but halfway there, they received a call from their superiors.
The order said that we have received the support of a tank brigade here, and ordered them to turn around immediately and attack the Second Workers' Village."
"Tank brigade, what tank brigade? Where did we get the support of the tank brigade here?" After Bolshak said this in confusion, he suddenly remembered something and raised his hand to slap his forehead, annoyed.
Said: "Damn, damn, how could I forget this?"
He looked at Sokov and said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, it seems that your plan has succeeded. The Germans really regarded those tanks without ammunition as tanks coming to reinforce our troops, so that they did not dare to attack.
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Sokov picked up the phone again and called Briski: "Comrade Captain, cancel the battle alarm and let the soldiers have a good rest. Remember, don't forget to leave someone on guard."
"Comrade Brigadier, I don't understand." Briski was very anxious when he saw that the German army had not appeared for a long time. At this moment, he suddenly received a call from Sokov, ordering him to cancel the battle alert. He asked confusedly: "
The enemy has not appeared yet, why should we cancel the battle alarm?"
"The enemies who attacked us received orders halfway and turned around to attack the Second Workers' Village." Sokov briefly said to Briski: "The reason why they stopped attacking us is because they thought we had obtained
We received reinforcements from a tank brigade, so we had to abandon our original attack plan."
"I understand, Comrade Brigadier." After figuring out the reason, Briski breathed a sigh of relief: "It turns out that our deception tactics worked, scaring the Germans so much that they did not dare to act rashly. I will arrange for the soldiers to rest now.
When the Germans come to their senses and launch another attack on us, the soldiers can wait and beat them to a pulp."
This chapter has been completed!