Sokov's troops were stationed in a forest 20 kilometers away from Kursk. At noon the next day, a reconnaissance team led by Christopher returned from Kursk. When they were wearing German uniforms, they rode into the forest on the side three rounds, the sentry on duty thought it was the enemy who broke in, so they almost shot.
"Comrade Lieutenant, what's the situation?" Sokov saw Christopher wearing German sergeant costume walk in from outside, and immediately asked straight to the point: "Have you figured out the enemy's troops deployment?"
"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander." Christopher said excitedly: "The German army has only one company of troops in Kursk, and it is distributed in different locations in the city. There are about two or three hundred policemen responsible for maintaining public order in the city, but their combat effectiveness is very poor."
After Sokov and Christopher pointed out the specific location of the German army, he said to the three company commanders standing in front of him: "Comrades, the situation in the city has been cleared. Do you have any ideas?"
"Comrade Battalion Commander, I want to ask." The first person to speak was the first company commander Vanya: "What are you going to fight this battle?"
"How to fight?" Hearing Wanya's question, Sokov raised his eyebrows and said, "How else can he fight? Of course, he uses the previous trick of dressing sneak attack." After he said this, he saw that everyone's faces showed a embarrassed expression. He guessed that everyone was worried about something, so he continued, "I know that the number of German uniforms carried by each company is limited, but we can still make full use of them."
"How to use it?" Vasily asked hesitantly: "The German uniforms in the entire battalion are only forty sets. If we adopt the tactic of clearing one by one, once the enemy escapes, the enemies in other places will take defensive measures, causing trouble for our next steps."
Seeing that the company commanders were all frowning, Sokov smiled and said, "Comrades, I think so. Since we have forty soldiers wearing German uniforms, we will divide them into four groups, each with ten people, and take action at different locations at the same time..."
"Comrade Battalion Commander," Vasily interrupted Sokov and said with great concern: "What should we do if we encounter more troops than ours and cannot eat them for a moment? Once gunfire sounds in the city, our army's actions will be discovered, and then we may fall into a melee."
"Don't worry, Captain Vasily." Sokov said to Vasily with a smile: "I will give each operation team another thirty soldiers in our uniforms. Tell me, can't we deal with the scattered Germans?"
Sokov's words surprised everyone. They all understood in their hearts that the Germans were not blind. Several groups of soldiers wearing Soviet uniforms appeared in Kursk in a swagger. It would be strange if they couldn't find it. This time, the question to Sokov was Belkin: "Major Sokov, as soon as our people enter the city, they will be discovered by the enemy immediately. How can we complete the sneak attack mission next?"
"If our soldiers were wearing uniforms and swaggering into the city, they would definitely be discovered by the enemy at the first time." Sokov said with a smile: "But if the enemy saw that there were several teams of prisoners of war and were taken into the city by other German soldiers, what would they think?"
"Prison prisoners, where did they come from?" Berkin muttered casually. As soon as he said something, he suddenly shook all over his body. Then he looked at Sokov and asked in surprise: "Major Sokov, are you planning to let our soldiers pretend to be captured and then escort them into the city by soldiers disguised as enemies?"
Sokov nodded with a smile, affirming Belkin's guess: "Yes, that's how I think about it."
"It's a good idea, Major Sokov." Belkin applauded after hearing this: "In this way, even if our soldiers enter the city with great swagger, they will not arouse the enemy's suspicion."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, I have another question." After Berkin finished speaking, Wanya looked at Sokov and continued to ask: "You just said that each operation group, each group of forty people, including ten people disguised as German troops and thirty people disguised as prisoners of war. I want to ask, prisoners of war must not carry weapons on their bodies, and the fake German soldiers escorted them cannot carry four guns on each. If that happens, the enemy can see the flaws at once. If there is no weapon, the soldiers disguised as prisoners of war are unarmed, how should they fight?"
"Captain Vanya, what you are worried about is nothing." Sokov had considered the question raised by Vanya long ago. He replied: "Soldiers pretending to be Germans, each carrying double weapons. Once the scattered enemies are eliminated, they can hand over the captured weapons and costumes to the soldiers pretending to be captured, and some of them are replaced with German uniforms. The remaining 'captive' is divided into two parts and taken to different locations by the "German soldiers"."
"It's indeed a good idea." Everyone present applauded Sokov's statement. After studying some details, the company commanders returned to their respective troops to prepare for a sneak attack on Kursk.
As soon as the company commanders left, Belkin asked Sokov for advice: "Major Sokov, it is not a trivial matter to capture Kursk. Look, have we sent a telegram to the Front Command to report our situation to them?"
"I think it's better to slow down for the time being." Sokov led his troops out of the Dym area without asking his superiors for instructions. If he reported to his superiors at this time and said that he had led his troops to the Kursk area, it would be easy to leak information, and it would be possible to be blamed by Rokosovsky. After all, he said so by his own decision. Therefore, he refused Belkin's proposal: "It's not too late to report to his superiors after we occupy Kursk."
"Well, Major Sokov." Seeing that Sokov rejected his proposal without hesitation, Berkin did not argue, but asked politely: "Can I ask, what should we do after we occupy Kursk?"
Chapter completed!