During the first day of sniper battle, the sniper team of the 1135th Regiment caught the Germans off guard, killing and injuring 31 German soldiers. Bindasov was very satisfied with this result. He said to his chief of staff: "Chief of Staff, I really didn't expect that after we adopted the sniper tactics proposed by the division commander, we eliminated 31 enemies, and only one soldier on our side was slightly injured, which was almost as good as the results of our battalion-level offensive."
The chief of staff also said with a smile: "Yes, comrade commander, I really didn't expect the tactics proposed by the division commander to be so effective. I suggest that sharpshooters should be drawn immediately in the other two battalions to form a sniper team, so that more Germans can be eliminated."
In fact, as early as the first battalion formed a sniper team, Bindasov issued an order to the other two battalions, asking the two battalion commanders to draw sharpshooters from the battalion to form a sniper team. However, the two battalion commanders believed that their defense zone was too far away from the German positions, so they took a lip service to Bindasov's orders.
At this moment, they learned the achievements of the first battalion, and the two battalion commanders could not sit still. While they ordered people to select sharpshooters in the battalion, they sat together to discuss where the sniper locations of the two battalions should be placed.
After learning about the results of the sniper, Sokov did not get carried away. Instead, he said to Chief of Staff Potukin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, although today's sniper team has achieved good results, we still have many problems and need to be improved."
"What's the problem?" Potukin asked curiously.
"Our snipers use ordinary Mosinnagan rifles, without scopes," Sokov said. "If you snipe a target within a range of one or two hundred meters, the problem is not big. Once it exceeds two hundred meters, their hit rate will be greatly reduced due to the help of the scope."
Potukin recorded what Sokov said in a small book, looked up and asked, "Is there any, comrade instructor?"
"If possible, let the superiors replenish the artillery battalion needed as soon as possible." Sokov saw Portukin's questionable look, and before he could ask, he said first: "When the enemy is beaten by our snipers and dare not show their heads, our artillery needs to take them out of their hiding place. Do you understand?"
"I understand." After hearing Sokov's explanation, Potukin suddenly realized: "I will submit a report to my superiors as soon as possible to replenish the artillery battalion's needed artillery."
Early the next morning, the 2nd Battalion of the 1135th Regiment and two sniper teams of the 3rd Battalion arrived at the edge of the Jizdra River and chose a bush as the sniper location.
Matwei was taking his subordinates to leave the position to carry out the mission. He saw the sniper teams of the Second and Third Battalions from afar, entering the sniper position he had already selected, and hurried back to find Jetrov.
After listening to Matvey's report, Jetrov's first reaction was: It's impossible, how could the sniper teams of the Second Battalion and the Third Battalion come to our defense zone. So he looked at Matvey and said, "Comrade Sergeant, are you not mistaken?"
"No, absolutely nothing wrong." Seeing that Jetrov refused to believe his words, Matve said anxiously: "Comrade Battalion Commander, if you don't believe it, you can see for yourself. The Germans may not be able to see the location of their hiding, but it can be seen clearly from us."
Hearing Matvey say this, Jetrov hurried to the lookout, raised his telescope and looked towards the river. Sure enough, he saw seven or eight soldiers hiding behind a bush, two of whom were sitting face to face and smoking. Seeing this, Jetrov couldn't help but be furious. He walked to the table and picked up the phone. After asking the communications soldiers to connect to the Second Battalion, he said directly: "Second Battalion Commander, I am Captain Jetrov, the acting battalion commander of the First Battalion. I want to ask, why your soldiers appeared in my defense zone?"
When the second battalion commander heard Jetrov call to seek guilt, he hurriedly covered the microphone and said to the third battalion commander who was sitting beside him: "It's Captain Jetrov's phone number." After that, he moved his hand away from the microphone and replied to Jetrov with a smile, "Captain, we are also ordering the regiment headquarters to send a sniper team to carry out the mission."
"Comrade Major, I know the orders of the regiment headquarters." Thinking that the other party's rank was higher than his, Jetrov could not get angry, so he could only try hard to control his emotions and asked in a steady tone: "But why did your sniper team enter the defense zone of our battalion?"
The second battalion commander and the third battalion commander looked at each other and said in an official voice: "Captain, you should know that, except for your battalion, our battalion and the defense areas of the third battalion do not border with the German army. To complete the tasks assigned to us by the regiment, we can only lend a place in your battalion, and I hope you can understand."
Hearing that the second battalion commander had already said this, Jetrov knew that he had refuted it, and had no intention, so he could only say with a stingy bullet: "Okay, Comrade Major, since you said that, let's forget it today. But I hope that from tomorrow, you and the snipers of the third battalion should not enter our area casually."
When the second battalion commander put down the phone, the third battalion commander who was sitting next to him said with some concern: "I said, man, will this Captain Jetrov come to the regiment commander to sue us?"
"Don't worry, old man." The second battalion commander said carelessly: "Even if he complains, we are not afraid. Anyway, it is all for the purpose of completing the tasks of the superiors. Who makes the defense zone of only the first battalion look across the river from the enemy's position?"
Seeing Jetrov hit a soft nail, Matve asked him for instructions: "Comrade Battalion Commander, our sniper position has been occupied by friendly forces. What should we do?"
"What should I do, what else can I do?" Jetrov looked at Matvey and said unhappily: "You can only find a new location. Okay, it's getting late, so you can set off quickly."
The joint sniper team of the second battalion and the third battalion took the sniper position chosen in advance, and was worried that the other party would drive him away. When they received the information sent by the second battalion commander, they felt at ease. Second Lieutenant Blatash, who was responsible for commanding the joint sniper team, said to the snipers with snipers with snipers in a proud manner: "Comrades, after negotiations with the first battalion in the battalion, this sniper position will be used by us today. Okay, everyone should prepare for sniping."
When the soldiers of this sniper team were happy that they occupied a good sniper position, they did not know that the God of Death was approaching him step by step. The German army was snipered by a sniper the day before and suffered considerable casualties. This matter immediately attracted the attention of the German commander. He sent a senior sniper overnight to deal with the Soviet sniper.
Before dawn, the German sniper lurked into a bullet crater in front of the position and carefully observed the movement of the Soviet position. When the joint sniper team of the Second and Third Battalions entered the position, he was discovered by him. Because he did not know the strength of the Soviet sniper, he did not act rashly, but lay in the crater and waited for the opportunity.
After dawn, the mortars on the German positions opened fire first, and the artillery targets were locked in the bushes where the joint sniper team was hiding. The bullets fired from there yesterday killed more than a dozen German soldiers, so they were set by the German artillery as a priority target.
The Soviet snipers hiding behind the bushes did not expect that the Germans would first use artillery fire to bombard their hiding places. If they were professional snipers, they would definitely choose the right place to avoid artillery attacks. However, these snipers were temporarily drawn sharpshooters and had not undergone professional training at all. Once they were bombarded, they would inevitably lose their positions. In order to prevent being killed by shells, they ran out of their hiding places and fled to the positions behind them in a mess.
Chapter completed!