When the gunshots sounded, Brisky, who was resting in the battalion command post, suddenly sat up from the floor and asked sternly, "What's going on? Where did the gun fire?"
After hearing his question, an officer quickly ran out of the command post, stood in the trench and observed for a moment, and came back to report to Brisky: "Comrade Battalion Commander, the lurking whistle arranged on the right is opening fire. It is estimated that a German infiltrated the factory."
Since there is no telephone number between the command post and the lurking whistle, even if people are sent to contact us, they will not get reliable information for a while. Brisky heard only sporadic gunshots coming from outside. It seems that the number of enemies will not be too large. He then asked the officer: "Where is the lurking whistle on the left? Didn't they open fire?"
"No, the left side is very calm, and the lurking whistle deployed there is not firing." The officer shook his head and replied in a affirmative tone: "And the lurking whistle on the right wing is only the rifle shooting, and neither the machine gun nor the submachine gun fires, which proves that the scale of the enemy coming is not very large."
Brisky nodded and ordered the officer: "Appoint a soldier to the lurking whistle on the right to find out what happened."
As soon as the officer went out to arrange personnel, Sokov called in: "Comrade Captain, what happened outside? Where is the shooting?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander!" Brisky quickly stood up and replied respectfully: "It is the lurking whistle deployed on the right wing that is firing, but so far, only two rifles are firing, and the number of enemies entering the factory is probably not very large."
"I don't want to hear your estimate," Sokov said impatiently after hearing Brisky's answer: "I think of how many Germans have entered the factory and what are their goals."
"Don't worry, comrade comrade commander." Brisky assured Sokov: "I have sent someone to contact the lurking whistle to find out what happened. When the sent soldiers come back, I will report the detailed situation to you."
"Comrade Captain," Sokov was silent for a moment after receiving Brisky's assurance, and continued: "If possible, I hope you can send someone to support the lurking whistle of the right wing and eliminate the enemies infiltrating the factory as soon as possible."
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Brisky said hesitantly about Sokov's order: "The visibility on the battlefield is limited, and it may be a counterproductive effect to send reinforcements. I think it is not too late to make a decision after the soldiers sent out to contact come back."
"Okay, Comrade Captain." Sokov realized that he had thought the problem too simply and replied: "Then you prepare your manpower first, and once you find out the situation, send reinforcements immediately."
After Sokov put down the phone, he said to Ballshaq and Cousto who were sitting beside him: "The enemy has sneaked into the factory and was discovered by the lurking whistle we deployed. Captain Brisky has sent someone to understand the situation. I believe that it will take no time to figure out what is going on."
After waiting for about five minutes, Brisky called: "Comrade Brigade Commander, we have figured it out. At our lurking whistle, we found that three German soldiers quietly entered the factory in the night and shot. After a battle, they killed two people and captured one alive."
When he learned that a German soldier had been captured, Sokov immediately ordered without hesitation: "Comrade Captain, send someone to me immediately." After putting down the phone again, he looked at the two sitting in front of him and asked, "Is there anyone who knows Russian in the factory?"
The two learned a little about the content from the conversation between Sokov and Brisky. At this moment, when Sokov asked who knew German, Ballsak quickly replied: "Comrade Zinchenko, deputy director, had visited Germany before the war. His German level was good. Do you see if you called him here?"
Sokov was eager to get some useful information from the German prisoners, so he heard that the deputy factory director Zinchenko knew German, so he immediately said to Cousto: "Comrade Workshop Director, please call Director Peter and say that we need a German translation. I hope he can send Deputy Factory Director Zinchenko to help us."
The factory manager Peter just fell asleep and was woken up by the phone ringing. He didn't get angry because he knew that the calls he would call at this moment were extremely important. He said to the microphone: "I am the factory manager Peter, where are you?"
"It's me, Comrade Director, I'm Cousto."
"It's Cousto." Peter heard clearly that it was Cousto who was looking for him. He guessed that the other party called him so late, which must be related to the infantry brigade, so he asked solemnly: "You call me at this time, what's the important thing?"
"Comrade Director, a German has just sneaked into the factory and was wiped out by our lurking soldiers." Cousto did not go around in circles, but said straight to the point: "We captured a German soldier. Lieutenant Colonel Sokov wanted to get useful information from him, so he urgently wanted to find a comrade who knew German to act as a translator."
"This is the third update in the middle of the night, where will I find a German-knowledge translator for you?" After Peter said this impatiently, he suddenly remembered his deputy Zinchenko and asked tentatively: "Custo, do you call me, are you planning to ask Zinchenko to help you?"
"That's right, Comrade Director." Seeing that Peter guessed his intention, Cousto did not hide it, but said truthfully: "This is the first German prisoner we have caught. We need to learn from his mouth that is useful to us."
When Peter heard this, he realized that the matter was urgent and hurriedly said, "I will call Comrade Zinchenko immediately and ask him to get to your place as soon as possible."
The captured German army was soon taken to Sokov, a young German corporal of medium size. When he saw Sokov was the highest rank in the room, he immediately yelled at him. Sokov saw him roaring with a hideous face, sneered, turned his head to Ballshaq and Cousto: "Can you hear clearly what he is saying?"
The two of them shook their heads together, and Cousto said, "Although I don't understand what he said, judging from the expression on his face, what he said is definitely not good."
Zinchenko learned that he was coming to the assembly workshop to assist the comrades in the infantry brigade to interrogate the prisoners. In order not to waste time, he found a truck parked outside the factory building and rushed over as quickly as possible.
When Sokov saw Zinchenko coming in, he stepped forward and shook hands with him, and then said politely: "Comrade Deputy Factory Director, this is the German prisoner we captured. Please help us as an interpreter. I want to know what their purpose was to sneak into the factory late at night?"
After hearing this, Zinchenko nodded, and then started talking to the German corporal. After hearing what he reposted, the German corporal said excitedly. Zinchenko quickly translated his words: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, you can shoot me. By tomorrow, our air force will blow you into ruins."
Air Force, ruins?! When he heard these two words, Sokov couldn't help but feel a little slack in his heart. He thought to himself: If the German army really bombed the place, the factory would be razed to the ground. It would be an unknown whether he could hold on to it. Thinking of this, he hurriedly said to Zinchenko: "Comrade Deputy Factory Director, please ask him when will their bombers bomb this place?"
After asking the German corporal, Zinchenko replied: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, he said they were ordered to go to the factory to reconnaise and instruct the bomber to attack the target tomorrow morning."
After figuring out the reason why the German prisoners appeared in the factory, Sokov waved his hand to the soldiers standing behind the prisoners, signaling them to take the prisoners away. Seeing the German corporals being taken away, Sokov asked everyone with a serious expression: "The German army will bomb us tomorrow morning. Tell me, what are the ways to prevent the German bomb from finding the target?"
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Zinchenko, who spoke first, but he did not say any solution. If he asked, "I want to ask, why did the German army not bomb this place today, but wait until tomorrow morning?"
"Yeah, why is that?" Ballshack said, scratching the back of his head. "If they were going to bomb us, there were many opportunities today, why wait till tomorrow morning?"
Sokov said in an uncertain tone: "Can it be that the smoke of gunpowder above the factory is filled with gunpowder and the German planes cannot find the target, so they did not bomb us during the day?"
"It makes sense, it makes sense." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Zinchenko nodded and said: "The smoke of gunpowder during the day prevented the German plane from finding the target, but if you waited overnight, the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield was blown away by the wind. They attacked in the early morning and could clearly find the target they were attacking."
"What should we do?" Cousto asked with a frown: "If the factory is bombed intensively, it will definitely turn into ruins, and we will not be able to continue to stick here."
"I have two ways," Sokov said with two fingers: "One is to burn worn-out tires and create smoke around the factory, blocking the German pilot's vision; the other is to make a request to the Front Command to send the air force to provide us with air cover."
"It's easy to burn out worn-out tires. There are a lot of piles up behind the factory, which can be used for waste." Cousto said thoughtfully: "But the German army has occupied the city's air supremacy. Even if we ask our superiors to send air force support, can they agree to us?"
Chapter completed!