Oleg was afraid that Sokov would not believe Matrosov's words, so he said on the side: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I think Matrosov's words are very credible. If it weren't for him, our team might still be in the south, conducting a futile search."
Sokov was not concerned about where the plane was, but was considering where Grissa and the others were, because the people he personally led the team to look for were with them. This is the depth of the forest that was rarely visited, and the Germans would not appear here for no reason, which proves that Grissa and the others might be ahead. What he can do now is to continue waiting. When the Germans take action, he will give them a "mantis stalk the cicada oriole behind" and beat them up with a fallen flower and water.
Thinking of this, Sokov ordered Matrosov: "Comrade Matrosov, go to the back immediately and inform the comrades of the second and third echelons to come here. Remember, put the sled in the original place, don't bring it here for the time being."
Although Sokov and his team were only 150 meters away from the second and third echelons, before Matrosov brought the troops over, the German attack began. A bean-like gunshot sounded in front of him, and the echo of the gunshot echoed in the forest, shaking the snow on the branches and falling, falling down Sokov and his team.
When Oleg saw dozens of German soldiers lined up in a scattered formation, walking away with his back to him, he said to Sokov anxiously: "Comrade Battalion Commander, the enemy has begun to attack. Let's shoot, right?"
"No, wait a little longer," Sokov turned his head and looked back. Seeing the soldiers in the second and third echelons, stepping on the snow that was not over their knees, jumping towards him, and then continued, "Let's talk about it when the main force arrives."
After a few minutes, the soldiers who arrived were all lying on the snow, pointing their weapons to the Germans' backs in the distance. Everyone turned their eyes to Sokov, wondering: "Why didn't the battalion commander order the shooting?"
When Sokov heard the gunshots, he felt more anxious than anyone else. He felt that Grissa and the others could not stop so many enemies. But before issuing a combat order, as a commander, he had to figure out how many troops the enemy had and where they were distributed.
After seeing the enemy's position clearly, Sokov began to issue orders to the soldiers around him: "The five sharpshooters designated in advance are the first combat team, and they will launch snipers when they are two hundred meters away from the enemy; the machine gunners and submachine guns are the second combat team, and cooperate with the first group to eliminate the enemy and cover the reconnaissance team to break through..."
Although Sokov introduced the "three-three system" when attacking the city of Krukovo, he soon discovered the problem. Due to the lack of tacit understanding among the soldiers, this tactic is just a false example and is difficult to use in large-scale offensive battles. Therefore, he could only give up and adopt the old tactics that the soldiers were familiar with.
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Seven hundred meters ahead of Sokov and his team was the hiding place of the Grissa reconnaissance team. Although he said that when he sent a message to Sokov last night, he said that there were only two left in the reconnaissance team, in the middle of the night, the planned team members came over one after another. Now, they had seven people and seven guns in total, and they had the strength to fight against the German army.
Before the attack, the enemy fired machine guns at their hiding place, and dense bullets hit the snow, causing them to be unable to shoot back effectively.
The staff officer sitting in the gully was wrapped with a thick bandage on his head. Seeing the enemy's machine gun fire, he couldn't raise his head, and the enemy's infantry rushed over step by step. He took out the documents he carried with him, placed them in front of him, and took out a box of matches from his pocket, preparing to destroy the documents.
Seeing that the enemy's firepower was so strong, Grissa didn't think his reconnaissance team could be born, so he did not stop the staff's attempt to burn the documents.
Just as the match in the staff officer was about to touch the document, the German machine gun roaring wildly suddenly became mute. "What's going on?" The staff officer stopped, looked at the direction where the German soldiers rushed over with some confusion, and thought to himself, "Is the enemy's machine gun stuck?"
The match burned to the end and burned his hand. The pain made him hurriedly throw the almost extinguished match aside. Just as he was about to burn another match, the sound of machine gun shooting sounded from a distance, but for some reason, there was no bullet flying over his head, saving the soldiers who had even leaned out to look outside.
"Comrade Commander." Grissa suddenly turned his head and said to him with a happy face: "Don't be busy burning documents for the time being, as if our people are here."
"We are here?" When Grissa said this, the staff officer couldn't help but think in his heart, but when he listened to the gunshots outside, his face became dark again. He said with a sad face: "But I only hear the gunshots of German weapons. Where is our troops?"
"If I'm not wrong, it's probably the comrades from our battalion who arrived." Grissa said confidently: "You're just hearing the gunshots of German weapons, because they are equipped with German weapons."
When the staff officer heard Grissa say this, he quickly poked his head out and looked curiously into the distance. He saw that the German soldiers who were pushing towards him were in a mess in the snow more than 200 meters away. They were running back and forth like headless flies, colliding with each other, and people kept falling head-on into the snow.
Grissa saw the German troops in front of him lying on the snow one after another, guessing that it was the sharpshooters in the battalion who were shooting at them, and hurriedly shouted at his subordinates: "Comrades, our reinforcements have arrived, rush over, rush over!" After that, he jumped out of the hiding gully, running forward, and shooting at the running German soldiers with the submachine gun in his hand.
When Sokov led his men to attack from the rear of the German army, he did not yell, but approached the enemy quietly. Then sharpshooters sniped the German commander and machine gunner, causing the enemy to lose unified command and powerful firepower in the first time. Then he ordered the machine gun and submachine gun to open fire on the German army that was in chaos.
Chapter completed!