After summoning enough artillery, Yegor came over to report to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the artillery is ready to take its place. Please instruct the shelling target."
"Arson the target?" Sokov was secretly happy when he heard Yegor saying that the artillery was ready to take his position, but when he heard the words behind, the smile on his face immediately disappeared. Although he knew that the German army was just a few kilometers ahead, if there were no accurate parameters, even if all the shells were shot out, it would not pose any threat to the Germans.
He turned his head and looked at Andre and asked, "Comrade Captain, do you know the parameters of the shelling target?"
Andrei shook his head, saying, "Unless we have artillery observers, we cannot lock the target at all."
"Braft Commander, Battalion Commander, I have a solution." Seeing that the two of them were at a loss, Yegor quickly said: "There are motorcycles on the artillery position. We send two artillery observers to the front to observe, and then they will provide the shelling parameters."
Regarding Yegor's proposal, Sokov thought about it, but finally shook his head to object: "No, the enemy's location is at least six or seven kilometers away from here. Even if we send artillery observers, how can they provide the observed parameters to the artillery on the position?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander, the problem you are worried about has been solved." Yegor said excitedly: "We have seized two small radio stations from the German army and can hand over one of them to artillery observers so that they can provide us with parameters at any time."
"Good job, Lieutenant Yegor." Seeing the problem that he had a headache, Sokov asked Yegor to solve it so easily, so he nodded at him and said, "Let the artillery observers and communications soldiers set off immediately, and the artillery is ready to shoot."
"Yes, let the artillery observers and correspondents set off immediately, and the artillery is ready to shoot." After repeating Sokov's order, Yegor whispered to Sokov: "But comrade brigade commander, I am a second lieutenant, not a lieutenant."
Sokov looked at Yegor and said meaningfully: "Comrade Yegor, I said you are the lieutenant, you are the lieutenant. Do you understand what I mean?"
If Sokov had said so clearly, Yegor would not understand that he had been promoted to military rank, he would be a fool. He quickly straightened his body and said to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, please rest assured, I will not let you down."
"Lieutenant Yegor," Sokov called out from behind when Yegor was about to turn around and leave: "I plan to support the 7th and 9th companies, so I will leave you two platoons, and I will take all the remaining troops away. Remember, once the shells are finished, blow up all the cannons and then take the prisoners back to our defense zone."
"clear."
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There were twelve trucks used to pull cannons on the German artillery positions, all of which were used by Sokov to transport the soldiers of the Eighth Company. It was at least five or six kilometers from the artillery positions to the 7th and 9th Company positions, and it would take at least more than an hour to walk. It took only a quarter of an hour to arrive at the destination.
When Guchakov and the seventh company commander saw Sokov's arrival, they hurried out to greet him, and asked curiously: "Comrade Brigade Commander, have the enemy's artillery positions been resolved?"
"Solved." Sokov said with a relaxed expression: "Next, it's time to deal with the enemies who are attacking the 149th Brigade."
"Comrade Brigade Commander, I have sent someone to reconnaissance." As the commander of the troops that assisted in surveillance of the enemy, Guchakov took the initiative to report to Sokov: "The enemy who attacked the 149th Brigade was the German 2nd Armored Regiment and the 79th Infantry Regiment. The armored Regiment was attacked by our troops in the early morning, and threw away the tanks and armored vehicles in the camp and fled, so they had become an infantryman. After most of the day of attack, the strength of the regiment had been greatly reduced, so the Germans drew the 79th Regiment to strengthen the attack..."
Sokov listened quietly to Guchakov's report. After he finished speaking, he nodded with a smile and praised: "Lieutenant Guchakov, you did a good job. In just such a short time, you have made the enemy's situation clear. I really did not see you wrong."
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Guchakov grinned at Sokov's praise, and then asked: "Since the German artillery position has been resolved, should we launch an attack from behind the enemy next?"
"No, no hurry." At this time, Andre came over from behind and said with a smile: "When our artillery completes the shelling of the German army, we will launch an attack."
"Architecture?!" Guchakov was confused by Andre's stupid words: "Have you sent us artillery?"
"It was not that the superior sent us artillery soldiers." Andrei explained to Guchakov: "It was because we seized the German artillery positions and seized 32 artillery pieces and more than 100 shells. The brigade commander said that we should return all these shells to the Germans so that they would always feel like they were on their own."
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Two artillery observers and a communications soldier carrying communication equipment arrived at a hill more than 400 meters away from the German assembly site. They lay on the top of the slope to observe the enemy's movements with a telescope, constantly calculating various data.
The communication soldiers squatted in the bushes behind them. After they told themselves the observed shooting parameters, they immediately sent a telegram to Lieutenant Yegor who was staying on the artillery position. After receiving the telegram, Yegor immediately ordered the gunner who was proficient in calculations to measure the location of the German army on the map.
After knowing where the German army was, the artillery should be shown. With the issuance of Yegor's gun order, an experienced old gunman immediately commanded his artillery and fired a shot at the calculated target.
The shells roared and landed about forty meters west of the German assembly ground and exploded. Some soldiers were lying on the ground, while others were still sitting on the grass in a daze, muttering in their hearts where the shell flew from. After the artillery observer saw the landing point of the shell, he hurriedly reported a series of data to the communications soldiers for correction.
After the Soviet artillery was corrected, the second shell fired was ready to land in the middle of the enemy and exploded, lifting more than a dozen German soldiers sitting on the ground to rest. Seeing this, the artillery observer couldn't help but cheer, and then said to the radio operator: "Send the report quickly, hit the target, and continue shooting!"
Chapter completed!