Sokov stood alone in the bomb crater, raising his binoculars to look at the German artillery positions in the distance, thinking secretly in his mind that if the Germans really brought in a few more heavy artillery, these simple fortifications on the top of the mountain would definitely be razed.
The ground is flat. It seems that to hold the position, we cannot passively defend, we must take the initiative.
If you want to take the initiative, you obviously cannot launch an attack directly from the high ground. The soldiers who have lost the cover of trench fortifications will be directly exposed to the firepower of the German army. During the charge, they will be killed by artillery fire and machine gun fire, and suffer
A huge loss. As for the companies stationed at the foot of the mountain, they have no combat missions until the third company withdraws. They can be ordered to attack the German artillery positions.
Thinking of this, Sokov left the bomb crater and walked towards the station down the mountain without looking back. Saveyev and Stepan, who were directing the soldiers to reinforce the fortifications and treat the wounded, saw Sokov leaving.
After looking at each other, Saviev said: "Instructor, do you know why the battalion commander suddenly went down the mountain?"
Stepan looked at Sokov's back, shook his head, and said in an uncertain tone: "I think Comrade Battalion Commander may have gone down the mountain to arrange troops to take over our defense. After all, the enemy's artillery fire was too fierce. If it continues like this
After a few rounds like that just now, there will only be a few people left in our company."
Belkin, who was in charge of the battalion command post at the foot of the mountain, heard the soldier's report that the battalion commander came down from the position on the mountain alone, and quickly walked out of the command post to meet Sokov. Each company had observation posts observing the people on the top of the mountain.
direction, so the company commanders of each company also immediately received the news that the battalion commander was coming down the mountain.
When Sokov returned to his battalion command post, he found Belkin and several company commanders standing at the door waiting for him. He couldn't help but curiously asked: "Why are you all here?"
"Comrade Battalion Commander," Andre replied first: "We saw you coming back from the top of the mountain and guessed that you might have a combat mission to give us, so we all rushed over."
Vasily asked anxiously: "Comrade Battalion Commander, we have just seen the enemy's shelling on the top of the mountain, and we know that the commanders and soldiers of the third company suffered a lot of casualties. I request that our machine gun company be transferred up to strengthen the firepower on the high ground."
"Why are you so anxious? I will naturally let you go up when it's time for you to go up." Sokov glared at Vasily dissatisfied and then ordered: "What are you doing standing at the door? Go in and say anything you have to say.
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After everyone sat down in the small battalion command post, Sokov looked at the three company commanders and said: "Comrades, company commanders, due to the small area on the top of the mountain and the crude fortifications, it is difficult to withstand the German heavy artillery bombardment.
.In order to better hold the position, I plan to send a unit to sneak attack the German artillery position during the night."
"Sneak attack?!" Belgin heard this and couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "Comrade Battalion Commander, is this possible? If the sneak attack fails, will it have a bad impact on the morale of our army?" <
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"Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander," Sokov turned to look at Belkin and said with a smile: "We cannot carry out unilateral defense, we must find opportunities to take the initiative to attack. Suvorov once said: To win by surprise!
We want to take the initiative on the battlefield into our own hands so that the enemy cannot attack us as planned. Therefore, I plan to send a small force to sneak attack the German artillery positions and reduce the defense of the third company on the high ground.
Pressure."
Hearing what Sokov said, Belkin did not raise any objection. Instead, he glanced at the three company commanders and humbly asked Sokov: "Comrade Battalion Commander, which company do you plan to send to carry out this task?"
Huh?"
"Comrade Battalion Commander," as soon as Belkin finished his words, Vanya volunteered: "Although our company suffered a lot of casualties when seizing the high ground, I still have the confidence to eliminate the enemy's artillery positions.
If you are capable, please ask the battalion commander to entrust this glorious task to our company to complete."
Seeing that the other two company commanders were also eager to try, Sokov quickly raised his hand to stop them and said: "In order to prevent the target from being exposed, we can only send a small force to conduct a sneak attack. But after thinking about it, just
It's not possible to rely on one company, so I plan to draw ten soldiers from each company to form a small team, led by Pavel, the deputy guard platoon leader, to sneak attack the enemy's position. Do you have any opinions?"
Seeing Sokov asking all companies to allocate manpower to participate in this operation, who would raise objections? So the three company commanders shook their heads in unison and said in unison: "No objection!"
"You all go back to your respective units and pick out the soldiers who will participate in the night attack as soon as possible." When the three of them left, Sokov specifically told them: "Remember, the soldiers who participate in the night attack must be selected from the best.
Strong general. If I find someone who is perfunctory, I will definitely punish him."
After the company commanders left, Sokov shouted at the door: "Here comes someone!" Following the shout, a soldier came in from the outside. As soon as he entered the door, he immediately straightened his body and stood at the door, waiting for Sokov
Giving the order, Sokov pointed his hand at him and said: "Comrade soldier, go and call the deputy platoon leader Corporal Pavel immediately!"
After Pavel walked into the command post, he asked with a smile: "Comrade Battalion Commander, are you looking for me?"
"Come here, Comrade Pavel." Seeing Pavel enter the command post, Sokov quickly called him to the wooden table and said to him: "I have an important task that I want to entrust you to complete."
Pavel came to the table and saw a sketch spread out on the table. This was a topographic map drawn by Sokov while waiting for Bavel's arrival. He pointed at the various symbols on it.
, said to Pavel: "Comrade Corporal, you see, this is the high ground defended by the Third Company, and three kilometers south of them, there is a temporary artillery position of the German army. The task I give you is to destroy the enemy's artillery.
Position."
"Comrade Battalion Commander," Pavel waited for Sokov to finish and then asked, "I wonder how many people you plan to give me to complete this task?"
"Since you are performing a sneak attack mission, in order to prevent the target from being exposed, the number of people cannot be too large, so I have only assigned thirty people to you." Sokov emphasized: "These people are all elites drawn from each company.
I think they will cooperate with you to complete this mission."
"I have another question, Comrade Battalion Commander." Pavel asked expressionlessly: "How many troops does the enemy have?"
"Before attacking the high ground, they had a company of about two hundred men. When they were repulsed, they lost about fifty or sixty men." In order to ensure the accuracy of the intelligence, Sokov spoke very slowly when introducing the situation to Pavel:
"But not long ago, they had a new infantry unit arrive. The total strength is about three hundred people."
"More than three hundred infantry and dozens of artillery, that's a lot of people." Pavel murmured while staring at the map. Then he straightened up and replied: "Comrade battalion commander, please rest assured, although the enemy's strength is
We are ten times stronger, but I guarantee you that we will definitely be able to eliminate the German artillery positions."
Sokov stood up, held Pavel's hand, and said: "Comrade Corporal, since you are so confident, I will wait for your good news here. I wish you good luck!"
This chapter has been completed!