Just as Belei squatted beside the radio operator and was waiting for him to contact Lieutenant Varenra, the guard squad leader who was responsible for defending this place ran to the rooftop and asked politely Sokov, who was holding a telescope: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, do I have anything to serve you?"
When Sokov and his team first came, the squad leader was polite to them because the other party's military rank was much higher than his and his attitude towards them was respectful and alienated. Seeing Sokov's troops repelling the German attack so easily made him realize that in order to defend the club and save his life, it was necessary to hold Sokov's thighs tightly, so he would come to show his kindness.
"Comrade Sergeant," Sokov also said to him in a friendly tone, "Can you find someone to bring us the telephone line to the rooftop so that we can better command the troops."
When Bere heard Sokov say this, he immediately agreed: "That's right, comrade Sergeant, we are staying in the office and we cannot understand the situation on the battlefield in time. Please arrange personnel as soon as possible and help us lead the telephone line to the rooftop."
"Is this the request?" The squad leader felt that Sokov and Bere's request was too simple, so he stood there without moving: "Don't I need someone to send some food and drink to your soldiers?"
Since the other party offered to deliver water and food to the soldiers, Sokov naturally would not object. However, he still asked: "Can the sergeant, the defenders in the school and stadium also deliver water and food to them?"
"Ltd Colonel," said the sergeant class leader with some embarrassment about Sokov's problem: "Our class is responsible for sticking to the club, and the rest of the area is not the area we are responsible for."
The class monitor's words made Sokov realize that his request was a bit too much. After all, there was only one class, so they asked them to send food and water to the school and the stadium. One reason was that there was not enough staff, and the other might not have enough food reserves. Thinking of this, he waved to the class monitor and said, "Comrade Sergeant, then you can arrange personnel first and hold a telephone line for us. Then, then send food and water to the soldiers stationed in the club." The sergeant agreed with a smile, turned around and left the rooftop.
After spending a long time, Bo Lei finally contacted Lieutenant Varianla. He asked anxiously: "Comrade Lieutenant, where have you been? How long is it to be fake to get to us?"
"Comrade Colonel," Varianla said with a sad face, "We just left the factory gate, and it may take half an hour to get to you at the earliest."
"What? Have to wait half an hour?" Bo Lei was a little angry when he heard Varianla say this: "Can't the speed of the ball tank reach up to 60 kilometers per hour?"
"Comrade Colonel, you know that it is the maximum speed." Varrenla explained to Bere: "We were driving a prototype car, and we couldn't reach that speed at all, and the tanks had been thrown several times since we left the tank warehouse. I don't even know whether we can drive to your position smoothly."
Sokov never dreamed that the spherical tank that he had high hopes for was so unreliable that he would frequently break down on a short two or three kilometers of road and really go into battle. I am afraid that its battlefield performance would not reach the level he imagined.
But since he has come, he is a mule or a horse, and he always has to take it out for a walk, so he walked to Be Lei and said to him: "Comrade Colonel, don't blame Lieutenant Varenra. I think he has done his best. As for how the ball tank performs on the battlefield, we will be able to figure it out after it enters the battle."
The reason why Bere angry at Varira was because he was worried that Sokov would be angry when he saw the ball tank. Therefore, in front of the other party, he taught his subordinates a lesson, which was also a way for him. Hearing Sokov was so indifferent, he felt at ease: "Okay, Lieutenant Varira, you don't have to say anything anymore. I understand your situation. Your current mission is to drive the tank as soon as possible. As for whether to use you, I will see the situation in the future develop. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
After returning the headphones and the megaphone to the radio operator, Bie Lei apologized to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I'm so sorry, my subordinates' performance has disappointed you."
"Look at what you said," Sokov said to Bere with a smile: "This type of ball tank is just a prototype. Whether it can be put into actual combat is a problem. Some failures are inevitable during driving on the road. Don't blame Lieutenant Varrenla, it's not easy for him. He is acting as a tank repairman along the way."
As the two were talking, they suddenly heard footsteps coming from the door of the rooftop. When they turned their heads, they saw that the squad leader came up with a telecommunication soldier carrying a coil. The squad leader came to Sokov, nodded and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, don't know where to put the phone?"
Sokov pointed at the location of the sandbag fortification and said, "Comrade Sergeant, just put it here in the sandbag."
The squad leader nodded and called the communications officer to start the phone line. The communications officer was very quick and he installed the new phone in just a few minutes. After the test, he nodded to the squad leader and signaled that the phone had been installed. The squad leader turned around and said to Sokov, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the phone has been installed, and you can call now."
"Thank you, Comrade Sergeant." Sokov said gratefully for the help of the squad leader: "If necessary, I will say a few good things to you in front of General Guriyev."
The sergeant squad leader was also a smart person. He naturally knew that what Sokov said about saying good things for him in front of the commander was equivalent to having a bright future waiting for him. Therefore, after thanking Sokov for his gratitude, he left the rooftop with the correspondent soldier.
The sergeant and the correspondents had just left, and the Germans began to attack the school again. The Germans were very smart this time. Before the attack, they did not use heavy artillery to blast the school for a long time, because they knew that the damage the shelling could cause to the Soviet army was limited, and if they wanted to finally resolve the battle, they could only get close to the battle.
Before the attack, the German army fired a large number of smoke bombs at the school. For a moment, the entire school was shrouded by smoke. When Sokov saw that the school in the distance could only be unable to see the outlines due to the smoke, he couldn't help but frown. Just as he was about to call Vanya to learn about the situation, the other party's phone number came first.
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Vanya said anxiously on the phone: "The enemy fired a large number of smoke bombs into the school, making it impossible for us to see where the enemy is. What should we do?"
"Comrade Captain, don't panic." Sokov looked at the smoke in the distance and felt anxious, but in order to prevent his subordinates from panicing, he insisted on calmly: "We can't see the enemy clearly, and the enemy can't see us clearly. Let the soldiers stay in the trenches and move. When they see the people moving later, they will shoot immediately."
"But, comrade brigade commander, how much smoke is, our visibility is limited." Vanya continued: "When we see someone shaking, the enemy is not far away from us."
"Listen, Comrade Captain." Sokov saw that Wanya seemed a little nervous and hurriedly emphasized to him: "The smoke released by the enemy has exactly the same impact on both sides. You can't see them clearly, and they can't see you clearly either. As long as the soldiers hide in the trenches, the enemy will not be able to find them. In this way, the enemy who rushed up will become the target for the soldiers to shoot. Do you understand?"
"I understand, comrade comrade commander." After Sokov's analysis, Vanya was suddenly full of confidence. He quickly expressed his opinion: "Don't worry, I will never let an enemy break into the school."
Sokov put down the phone, raised his telescope and looked at the school covered in smoke, his face full of worry. Seeing his situation, Berehi quickly asked with concern: "Comrade Brigade Commander, what's wrong with you? It seems to be full of worries?"
"Comrade Colonel, look." Although Sokov knew that he could not see anything clearly in the school, he still pointed there habitually: "The main force of a company was deployed in the direction of the school gate, but there were not many people guarding the teaching building. If the Germans used the cover of smoke, bypassed the tightly defended front and rushed directly to the teaching building, our soldiers might be attacked from both sides."
Bire thought about Sokov's statement for a moment, nodded in agreement, "Yes, comrade comrade, you are right. The direction of the teaching building is the weak link in our defense. If the Germans really bypassed the school gate, rushed directly to the teaching building, and defended with the strong buildings, our troops deployed in the direction of the school gate may be surrounded by the enemy."
"Is there any way you can avoid putting a series of enemies in the back?"
"Let me think about it carefully." Bere's eyes stared at the direction of the school for a long time, and finally said to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the only way is to move the tanks in a row to the surroundings of the teaching building to prevent enemies who might rush to the teaching building."
"This is a good idea." Sokov thought that several tanks in a row of tanks were deployed around the teaching building at the same time. Once the enemy was found attacking, they could quickly gather together to give the enemy a headache. He said to Bere: "Comrade Colonel, then order the crew of the tanks to take action and set up defenses around the teaching building to prevent the enemy from getting close to there."
Bere immediately walked to the phone, picked up the sender and contacted the second company commander Ivanzov: "Captain Ivanzov, now I order you to immediately let all the tanks in the row of tanks be driven around the school's teaching building for alert to prevent possible sneak attacks by the Germans."
After seeing that Bere finished his call, he was about to hand over the headphones and the telegrapher to the radio operator, so he stopped him: "Comrade Colonel, please wait."
Belie raised his head and looked at Sokov with a strange look, "Comrade Brigade Commander, is there anything else?"
"I guess there may not be many tanks in the German army attacking the school. It's better to let the ball tanks go and try it to see how much role it can play in the battlefield."
Bere has been thinking about when and where to put the ball tank into use. Since Sokov has suggested sending the ball tank to the school at this moment, he did not object, but connected the communication from Walianla and said bluntly: "Comrade Lieutenant, you are now heading to the school immediately to reinforce our troops there. Repeat again, you are heading to the school immediately to reinforce the troops there."
After hearing the order from Bereth, Varianla agreed loudly: "I understand."
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The smoke shrouded over the school gradually dissipated. The commanders and soldiers who were standing at the school gate suddenly started to find no trace of the enemy in front of them. On the contrary, behind them, there were bursts of roar of tank engines. The experienced soldiers could not help but panic.
A Soviet tank parked in the northwest of the teaching building and found that the outline of a tank appeared in the smoke. Before he could see clearly what tank was coming, the tank had been hit by the armor-piercing bombs fired by the German army. The metal jet of the armor-piercing bombs penetrated the armor and produced a splashing effect, which splashed everywhere in the tank body. First, it killed the tank crew inside, and then hit the shell and exploded.
With a loud "boom", the top cover of the T-34 tank was blown away by a huge shock wave, and then a dazzling flame was like a volcanic eruption, ejecting from the hatch without the top cover, directly rushing to a height of thirty or forty meters.
The German tankers who fired the artillery did not expect that one of their shells could achieve such great results. While they were clapping their hands in the tanks to celebrate, they suddenly heard the roar of the tank engines coming from the front. According to the commander's judgment, at least three Soviet tanks were coming towards him. He quickly issued a combat order, asking the loader to load the shells, and fired without hesitation as soon as the Soviet tanks were locked.
However, when the German chariot captain saw the tank clearly, he couldn't help but be stunned. A ball-type tank that he had never seen before appeared in front of him and rushed towards him. This ball-type tank did not appear alone, but was followed by a T-34 tank on both sides of it.
"One to three!" After silently calculating the strength comparison between the enemy and us in his heart, the captain decisively ordered to aim at the strange tank and decisively issued an order: "Fire!"
As the order was issued, the gunner fired the cannon without hesitation, and the 75mm armor-piercing projectile broke out and flew towards the strange tank. "Kill another Russian tank." The captain thought happily in his heart.
But after a moment, his smile froze on his face. The armor-piercing bullet that accurately hit the ball tank turned into a jumper and was bounced aside.
He thought he was dazzled, and rubbed his eyes hard and looked again. The strange spherical tank was still driving towards his position, and the position hit by the armor-piercing bullet could only see a small white pit. The captain could not believe everything he saw. He murmured to himself: "Hey, what kind of tank is this Russian? Our armor-piercing bullets can't penetrate it?"
Chapter completed!