The next morning, Sokov brought several soldiers to the position in the south of the city to learn about the drainage situation of the trenches here. After the car stopped near the position, Sokov took the lead in jumping into the trenches. Although there was no water in the trenches, the soil on the ground was not dry yet, and his feet were soft on it as if they were stepping on a thick carpet.
Grissa, who was still sleeping in the company command post, heard the soldiers' reports that Sokov had come to inspect the position, quickly sorted out the military appearance and ran out to greet him.
Seeing Grissa running towards him, Sokov asked first: "Comrade Lieutenant, has the water in the trenches been cleaned up?"
"Yes, comrade brigade commander." Grissa quickly replied: "After the efforts of all the commanders and soldiers of the company, before dark last night, all the accumulated water in the trenches were emptied."
Sokov walked a long distance in the trenches and saw no water everywhere. He was very curious about where Grissa and the others had drained the water, so he asked curiously: "Comrade Lieutenant, I want to ask, where have you drained the water and returned to the Tenebra River?"
After hearing Sokov's question, Grissa smiled and replied: "Comrade Brigade Commander, please come with me, I will take you to see the drainage place."
Under Sokov's guidance, he came to the forefront of the position. When he saw the vast ocean in front of the position, he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Comrade Lieutenant, have you drained all the accumulated water in front of the position?"
Grissa nodded and replied with certainty: "Yes, we have laid all the accumulated water on this open space, which is equivalent to forming a natural barrier. If the Germans want to attack from here, their soldiers will have to trek through the accumulated water above their knees, so that our soldiers can destroy them all like a target."
Looking at the water accumulation area that was several kilometers wide and five or six hundred meters deep, Sokov nodded with satisfaction. He thought to himself: This is a blessing in disguise. The Germans sent sabotage elements to destroy the gates on the Tenebra River and flooded the positions of the 2nd Battalion and the 1st Company of the Second Battalion. Unexpectedly, Grissa's mind was quite good, and he actually discharged the water accumulation in the trenches to the front of the position. With such a wide water surface, the German tanks could not come. They could only rely on infantry to interfere with one foot deep and one foot shallow, but before the defensive positions equipped with a large number of machine guns, they could only be killed in the water.
"Not bad, very good." Sokov said approvingly: "If the Germans want to attack your company's positions, they must first cross the Tenebra River, and then travel five or six hundred meters to reach your positions. Facing exhausted enemies, they only need a few machine guns to block them."
When Sokov saw the water accumulation in front of the Grissa Company's position, he formed a natural barrier. He felt that as long as the German commander had no brains, he would never choose the direction of the attack here. Therefore, he took the soldiers accompanying him to inspect the position in the west of the city with confidence.
Whether it was Sokov or Grissa, they believed that the enemy would not choose the direction of the attack, and chose the direction full of water. However, at 2 o'clock in the morning, Yelizavita, who was on duty on the position, vaguely heard something moving in front of the position. Just as he was lying on the edge of the trench to check, another sentry named Aino came over and asked curiously: "Hey, Yelizavita, what are you looking at?"
"I heard something happening by the river." Yelizavita pointed at the dark river with his hand and said, "The sound came from that direction."
Aino narrowed his eyes and put his hands on the awning to look in the direction Yelizavita pointed, but because there was no moon in the sky, he couldn't see anything clearly. He could only shake his head and say, "But I didn't see anything."
"No, this matter needs to be reported to the company commander immediately." After Yelizavita finished speaking, he stood up and walked into an observation room next to him, and picked up the phone hanging on the wall: "Hey, is it the company? I am Yelizavita, who is on duty tonight."
"Comrade Yelizavita," Grissa, who answered the phone, heard that the sentry on duty called him, and asked politely: "Do you have anything to report to me?"
"Comrade Commander," Yelizavita said uneasyly: "I seemed to hear something moving by the river."
"Move, what's the movement?" Grissa, who was awakened by the ringing of the phone, was originally a little confused, but when he heard Yelizavita say that there was movement by the river, he immediately became awake: "Tell me clearly, what's the movement by the river?"
"I can't say it well, comrade Commander." Yelizavita said: "It feels a bit like a man rowing, but unfortunately there is no moon in the sky, so I can't see anything clearly."
"I get it," Grissa said to the microphone while wearing her boots: "I'll go to you right away and hear what the hell is going on."
When Yelizavita hung up the phone, Aino also criticized him: "If you don't understand the situation, just call the company commander. If the company commander comes later and finds that there is nothing moving by the river, you have heard it wrong and you will definitely criticize you."
After hearing what Aino said, Yelizavita was also in a state of great turmoil, but since he had called the company commander, whether he would be criticized depends on his personal luck. So he gritted the bullet and said, "We are both on guard tonight. If we notice something is not reported in time, we will be punished afterwards."
Grissa came soon, and a platoon leader and a soldier were following him. He shook his flashlight on the faces of Yelizavita and the others, and then quickly extinguished it. Then he asked in a low voice: "Is it Comrade Yelizavita?"
"It's me, the company commander." Yelizavita was very afraid that Grissa would not know his position, so he specifically reminded him, "I'm at the position of yours a few steps."
Grissa came to Yelizavita and asked in a low voice: "What's going on? Where is there any movement?"
Yelizavita pointed forward and said, "Comrade Commander, right in the direction of the river. I heard the sound of rowing, but it was too dark to see anything."
"Signal Soldier." After Grissa and Yelizavita finished speaking, he turned to the warrior who came with him and said, "Get a flare into the sky."
The signal soldier agreed, loaded a flare into the gun, and fired a shot into the air. After the flare rose into the sky, it illuminated the accumulated water in front of the position, but the water surface was very calm and I saw nothing. Yelizavita's face turned red, and he felt that he must have heard it wrong, how could the German army appear in such a bad area?
Just as the flare was extinguished, Grissa suddenly heard him raise his voice and say to the signal soldier: "Get another flare and hit it in the direction of the river. Do you understand?"
"I understand." The signal soldier agreed, after loading the flares again, he raised the muzzle diagonally and pulled the trigger again.
When the flares rose into the sky, everyone's eyes looked at the river. There were a row of small boats parked by the river, and countless German soldiers were jumping down from the boat, wading in the direction of the position with guns.
Chapter completed!