Sokov frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Judged from the sound of artillery outside, the enemy uses heavy artillery, and the distance from us must be very far. In this way, the artillery deployed by our army on the other side cannot hit the enemy's artillery positions at all."
He walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, then stopped and said to the radio operator who followed in: "The radio operator, immediately send a report to Lieutenant Grissa and ask where he is and how many rockets are left in his hand?"
The radio operator agreed and immediately began to send telegrams to Grissa. Bere joined after Sokov arrived at the Red October Factory. Naturally, he didn't know who Grissa was, so he asked curiously: "Comrade Commander, who is this Lieutenant Grissa?"
Sokov remembered that Bere didn't know Grissa, so he explained to him: "Comrade Colonel, this is the case. Half a month ago, I sent a small army behind the enemy, responsible for destroying the German transportation and communication lines, and attacking the enemy's warehouses, soldiers and barracks, so that they could not attack us with all their strength. The commander of this small army was Lieutenant Grissa."
"So that's how it is." Be Lei nodded and said thoughtfully: "You are in contact with him at this time. Could it be that you want to use him to restrain the enemy's attack?"
"Yes, that's how I thought about it." Sokov saw that Bere guessing his thoughts, and did not hide it, but said truthfully: "Some time ago, they successfully attacked the 24th Armored Division that was preparing to attack the Red October Factory, making it impossible for the enemy to rush to the designated location within the specified time to launch an attack on our army."
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Sokov's words aroused Belle's great curiosity: "I want to ask, a small army behind enemy lines is at best equivalent to a guerrilla team. How did they cause huge losses to the German armored division?"
Sokov was stunned by the questioning of the lightning, but he soon remembered that the other party did not know the small troops he sent behind the enemy, and the other did not know the powerful rocket. After all, this thing is still in a confidential state, so he explained to him: "Comrade Colonel, we have a new type of rocket..."
"A new type of rocket?" Bi Lei asked in surprise: "Is it the kind of rocket used by rocket launchers?"
"almost."
When Berekov heard what he said, he immediately imagined the situation where the soldiers were carrying rockets of similar height to their own and marched in the forests and grasslands with difficulty, and he couldn't help but tremble. He shook his head and said, "Comrade Brigade Commander, if you ask the soldiers to carry such heavy rockets and act in the rear of the enemy, it will affect the mobility of the troops. Moreover, at least one rocket launcher is needed to fire these rockets. But in this way, our actions behind the enemy will not be easily noticed by the enemy."
When Sokov heard this, he realized that Bere knew nothing about the new rocket, so he briefly introduced him to this new rocket and the achievements he achieved. He finally said: "Comrade Colonel, this new rocket is not only carrying, but also launches. Even when the launch tube is damaged, the rocket can be placed on the ground and fired by battery ignition."
Because of its low level, Bie Lei naturally had no way to know about this new rocket with extremely high confidentiality. After listening to Sokov's explanation, he couldn't help but say in surprise: "Comrade Brigade Commander, if this rocket is really so powerful, why don't we produce more and use it to equip the troops in large quantities, so that we can give the enemy greater damage in battle."
Sokov also wanted the arsenal to produce more rockets, but due to production capacity issues, this rocket was destined to be used by specific troops for a long time in the future. He explained to Sokov: "Due to the limitation of production capacity, the production of this rocket is limited. However, Yakov has assured me that the finished products produced will be provided to my troops first."
When Sokov mentioned Yakov, Berei remembered that after the other party left the command post with him, he disappeared, and couldn't help asking Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, where did Major Yakov go? Why didn't he come together?"
"Col. You should know Yakov's true identity?" After Sokov said this, he saw Bere nodding in affirmation and continued: "He came to Stalingrad this time to improve the existing tanks of our army, rather than picking up his gun and fighting the enemy like us. Therefore, unless the time comes, I will never put him in danger."
"I can ask," he was particularly interested when talking about Bere's major: "How are they going to improve our existing T-34 tank?"
Sokov proposed an improvement plan to Yakov and Kalashnikov some time ago, but Berlei was not there at that time, so he had to repeat the plan again: "According to our vision, the existing T-34 tanks have only four members, namely the commander, the driver, the gunner and the loader. The commander usually also serves as the gunner, which leads to the low combat efficiency of our tanks. Therefore, it is necessary to change the double-man turret to a three-man turret and add a gunner to provide combat efficiency.
Secondly, in order to deal with our tanks, the German army will inevitably launch new tanks continuously. At that time, our 76mm tank gun may not be able to penetrate the enemy's front armor. Therefore, it is completely necessary to increase the caliber of the tank gun..."
When Bo Lei heard this, he couldn't help asking: "Comrade Brigade Commander, what caliber artillery do you think should be changed to?"
"I think 85mm is more suitable," Sokov replied. "We can destroy German tanks at a distance, and there are 85mm caliber. It should be more suitable to transplant them onto the tank."
Bi Lei thought to himself: Although the brigade commander has only a slight understanding of common sense about tanks, some of the ideas he mentioned are worth learning from. If our tanks are really improved in the way he said, then their combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. He said thoughtfully: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I think your idea is very good. If the above can listen to your opinions, the newly launched tank will be a nightmare for the Germans on the battlefield..."
Before he could finish his words, he heard the radio operator calling Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, Lieutenant Grissa, call back."
When Sokov heard the radio operator say this, he was overjoyed and asked quickly: "What did Grissa say in the telegram?"
After the radio operator translated the contents of the telegram, he said to Sokov with a frown: "Lieutenant Grissa said in the telegram that the rockets he carried had been exhausted. The troops encountered the enemy's superior forces the day before yesterday. After a fierce battle, more than half of the casualties were killed and killed. He asked you for instructions, what should we do next?"
The radio operator's words were like a bucket of ice water in the past 39 days, pouring Sokov on his head, making his whole body cool. Sokov never dreamed that the small army he had high hopes had suffered a major loss. Not to mention letting them restrain the enemy, even if they stay behind the enemy for a longer time, they would probably be in danger of the destruction of the entire army.
When Bere saw Sokov frowning, he immediately guessed what he thought, and said carefully: "Comrade Brigade Commander, why don't you let Grissa's troops retreat first? They can't play much role in staying behind enemy lines, but will make unnecessary sacrifices."
"You are right, comrade Colonel." Sokov thought about Bere's proposal in his heart, but when he heard Berere say this, he finally made up his final decision. He turned to the radio operator and said, "Call back to Lieutenant Grissa. Since you can no longer survive behind enemy lines, in order to preserve the vitality of our army, immediately find a way to withdraw Mamayev's hill."
Before the radio operator could send the telegram, the phone ringing on the table rang. Sokov listened to the sound of cannons outside and seemed to stop. He guessed that the phone might have been called by Wanya, so he hurried over and picked up the microphone: "I am Sokov!"
Sure enough, Vanya's voice came from the receiver. It might be the explosion of the shell, which made his ears a little badly. He was shouting at the top of his lungs when he spoke: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I am Vanya, the enemy has begun to attack."
"How many troops do the enemy have?"
"There are about two companies and five tanks in the school direction." Vanya replied: "And here we have eight tanks and infantrymen of about one battalion."
After listening to Wanya's report, Sokov did not simply order them to hold their positions and did not step back at all. Instead, he said tactfully: "Comrade Captain, I authorize you to use new rockets and try every means to repel the enemy's attack."
"Don't worry, comrade comrade commander." When Vanya smiled so hard that his mouth was almost grinning in his ears, he said proudly: "I will let the Germans taste the power of the rockets well and leave them with an unforgettable impression."
"Also, Comrade Captain." Sokov emphasized before Vanya put down the phone: "Remember, use more wisdom and don't let the soldiers bleed more. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" Vanya agreed loudly and hung up the phone.
After putting down the phone, Sokov said to himself, "I don't know when General Guriyev's troops will be withdrawn?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Berey heard something in Sokov's words and asked quickly, "Are you worried that they can't evacuate?"
"It's totally possible." Sokov smiled bitterly and said, "You also know that the counterattack we carried out was not lasting due to the lack of soldiers, equipment and supplies; coupled with the lack of enough artillery and tank cover, the Air Force did not have enough air supremacy. It is basically impossible to achieve ideal results. Therefore, I only hope that the Guards Division will have more people after this counterattack."
Speaking of this, he deliberately paused for a moment, and said in a voice that only he could hear: "If the guards are fighting all, then we have to stay here and fight a cruel positional battle with the enemy."
When the German tanks approached the school and the stadium, Soviet tanks hidden in two places opened fire one after another, and the German tanks rushed to the front were exploding; while the commanders and fighters of the first and second companies fired the infantry following behind the tanks with MG34 machine guns, killing them in pieces around the burning tanks.
Don't watch the battle on the rooftop with Sokov. After seeing this situation, I couldn't help but sigh: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I really didn't expect that the troops under your command could block the German attack so easily, and the casualties were within an acceptable range."
"Col. Bere," Sokov replied with a smile when he heard Berere's praise, "Fortunately, with the assistance of the tank platoon you command, otherwise we would have to pay a considerable price just by blowing up those German tanks."
After the German attack lasted for more than ten minutes, after throwing down seven or eight burning tanks and more than two hundred corpses, he retreated in shame to the attack starting position.
Seeing the German army began to retreat, Berei felt a little itchy. He asked Sokov tentatively: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the enemy has begun to retreat. Should we send a reserve team to pursue it?"
"Chasing, why pursue?" Sokov looked at Bere and asked strangely: "Comrade Colonel, don't you know that the enemy's artillery is waiting for us. As soon as our infantry leaves the fortification, they will be immediately covered by artillery fire, and then our soldiers will suffer heavy losses."
It seemed to be to prove that what Sokov said was correct. The German artillery stopped and fired, and the shells they fired blew up a fire wall in front of the Soviet position. In this case, not to mention that the flesh and blood of the soldiers would be blown into powder; even if the T-34 tanks rushed forward, they would probably become piles of burning wreckage.
Seeing this situation, Bi Lei couldn't help but raise his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and said with fear: "It's so dangerous, comrade comrade commander. Fortunately, you did not issue an order to attack, otherwise the commanders and fighters of the first and second companies would have suffered heavy casualties."
The enemy's attack was repelled, which was just a common thing for Sokov. He was concerned about when the ball tank would arrive. It had been so long since he had not even seen the shadow. He raised his hand and looked at the watch, turned to Believe: "Comrade Colonel, I don't know when the ball tank will arrive?"
If Sokov hadn't reminded him, Bere would have forgotten that a ball tank was going to participate in today's battle. He quickly replied: "Lt. Varenra and I will contact you and see where they went?"
Bere came to the side of the radio operator, squatted down and said to him, "Comrade of the radio operator, immediately call Lieutenant Varenra and ask where the tank he was driving is currently?"
Chapter completed!