"Come back, you fools, come back soon." Kalukin saw his subordinates crawling out of the trench and running towards the German army in the distance. He immediately realized that this was Sokov's trick, so he shouted at his subordinates desperately: "Don't run around, if you run out like this, you will die!"
Although Kalukin's voice was almost hoarse, the soldiers under his command ran towards the Germans without looking back after climbing out of the trench, and no one paid attention to him. The idea of ​​these soldiers was very simple. As long as they escaped back to the Germans, their lives would be saved.
Since sending the Eastern Battalion into the Soviet position was a top secret task, not many people knew about it except a few German officers. These oncoming German soldiers suddenly saw a group of enemies jumping out of the trenches in front of them, they instinctively stopped and shot in a vertical, half-squat or lying position.
The soldiers of the Oriental Camp who thought they had escaped never dreamed that those Germans would shoot at them. When many people fell down, their final thought was: Why did they shoot at us! However, no one would tell them the answer, and they could only leave the world with regrets.
Seeing that the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion who escaped from the trenches all fell under the guns of the German army, Samoilov felt very happy. He took back the pistol that was pressed against Kalujin's head, pushed the other party hard, and said disdainfully: "Now, you can get out of our position as well."
Kalujin climbed out of the trench with his hands and feet, and ran towards the German army opposite one by one. In order to prevent him from becoming a tragic devil like his subordinates, he waved his hands desperately while running, shouting loudly: "Don't shoot, don't shoot, it's your own people, your own people!"
When he was shouting, he forgot that he was shouting in Russian, but none of the ordinary German soldiers on the other side could understand what he was shouting. A German soldier holding a rifle shouted loudly at him: "Stop, if you don't stop, I will shoot."
The German soldiers could not understand Russian. Although Kalukin was a member of the Eastern Camp, they also couldn't understand German. They continued to shout and ran towards the Germans. When the German soldiers saw that Kalukin did not listen to his warning, they continued to run forward, so they pulled the trigger without hesitation. The first shot was empty, and the second shot hit Kalukin in the abdomen.
Kalujin, who was running, paused suddenly, then covered her abdomen with both hands, and staggered forward with a painful expression. She turned around in place at any time and slowly fell to the ground. Her body twitched a few times, and then there was no movement again.
Seeing the enemy stepping towards the position again, Samoilov shouted: "Three rows, prepare for battle!" In fact, even if he didn't shout, the soldiers of the Three rows were ready for battle. They could fire at the Germans who entered the range with just one order.
Yakov, who was standing on the hill, saw that all the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion fell under the guns of the German army in just a few minutes. He couldn't help but slapped Sokov on the shoulder and said excitedly: "Misha, your method is amazing. You let these soldiers of the Eastern Battalion run towards the Germans, making them think they can escape; and when the Germans saw a group of soldiers wearing our uniforms rushed out of the trenches, they didn't realize that these people were carrying weapons, not holding hands. They would instinctively treat these people as enemies and shoot."
"Yakov, the Germans will soon realize that they had killed the wrong person." Sokov whined at the German officers and soldiers in the distance and said, "Look, someone is already checking the bodies."
After easily eliminating dozens of "Soviet soldiers" who rushed out, the German battalion commander found something wrong and ordered the troops to temporarily stop advancing and sent one of his most trusted corporals to take five soldiers to inspect the corpse. Several German soldiers responsible for inspecting the corpse came to the middle of the pile of corpses, searching for the ID in the pockets of the corpse, trying to figure out which part of them they were.
One of the German soldiers picked up the Mosinnagan rifle on the ground, pulled the bolt and saw that there was no bullet in the chamber. He felt something was wrong, so he quickly picked up another Mosinnagan, pulled the bolt again, and found that there were still no bullets. He quickly shouted at his companion: "Damn, it seems something was wrong."
After hearing this, the corporal who led the team next to him asked, "What happened?"
The German soldier replied: "Corporal, look, these guns have no bullets. How could the Russians charge us with rifles without bullets?"
When the corporal heard this, he felt an ominous feeling in his heart and quickly ordered several other soldiers: "Look at other guns, are there no bullets inside?"
Hearing the orders of the corporal, the soldiers picked up rifles and pulled the bolts to check. Soon, they reported to the corporal: "Corporate, there are no bullets in the guns I have checked."
"Corporal, there are no bullets in the guns I picked up here."
After listening to the report from his subordinates, the corporal's heart was full of doubts. He quickly ran back to the battalion commander with an empty gun, and reported respectfully: "Mr. Major, something seems wrong. There are no bullets in the weapons used by the Russians who have just been wiped out by us." After that, he handed over Mosinnagan in his hand.
The German battalion commander took the Mosin Lagan rifle, pulled the bolt and looked at it. There was indeed no bullet in the chamber. He leaned closer and smelled it, and there was no smell of gunpowder, indicating that the gun had never been used. He looked at the corporal and asked, "Corporate, are there no bullets in all the guns?"
"Yes, Mr. Major." The corporal replied truthfully: "We checked over twenty Mosinnagan rifles and found that there were no bullets in all the chambers."
"Strange, what's going on?" the German battalion commander said to himself: "Did the Russians consume all their ammunition, so they had to let the soldiers come up with empty guns and fight us desperately?"
"I don't think it's like that," said the corporal cautiously, "Sir Major, look, there are still many people on the positions over there. If they really had to charge us because of their exhaustion of ammunition, they would not have sent only these people. This is not consistent with common sense."
"You make sense." The German battalion commander nodded and said, "There must be some reason for them to charge with these empty guns. Unfortunately, there are no Russian-speaking people in our camp, otherwise we can hear what the Russians are shouting."
As soon as the German battalion commander finished speaking, he suddenly thought of a possibility. He hurriedly called the radio operator who was following him and told him: "Contact the regiment headquarters immediately, destroy a piece of German news and report to them."
After more than ten minutes, the call from the regiment headquarters arrived. After the German battalion commander read the above content, he was stunned. He said to the corporal standing in front of him with some amusement and tears: "Comrade Corporal, I think we may have called the wrong person. Those who have just been eliminated are not Russians."
"Not Russian?" The corporal asked in confusion when he heard this, "But, Mr. Major, they were wearing Russian military uniforms and holding Russian weapons. How could they not be Russian?"
"Corporal, I just received a call from the regiment headquarters." The German battalion commander explained to the corporal: "It is said that they sent a small army from the Eastern Battalion to sneak into the Russian defense line as Russians, and were ready to wait until we launch an attack, and cooperate with us inside and outside to achieve the goal of seizing the Russian positions."
"What, we just killed our own people?" The corporal was really frightened by what the German battalion commander said: "What should we do if our superiors want to pursue the matter?"
"What else can I do?" said the German battalion commander with a bitter face: "If the superiors want to pursue the matter, I will bear all the responsibility."
Seeing that the battalion commander took the initiative to take on all the responsibilities, the German corporal breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the Soviet commanders and fighters who had already prepared in the trenches in the distance. He knew that it was obviously impossible to seize such a position without artillery fire and tank cover, so he asked again: "Mr. Major, is our offense still continuing?"
The German battalion commander thought the same as the corporal. He felt that it was impossible for the troops to seize the Russians without the cover of tanks and cannons, so he decisively ordered: "The offensive operation was cancelled, and everyone retreated back to the original offensive starting point."
When the German soldiers saw that the Soviet army hundreds of meters away were ready for combat, they had no hope of success in order to seize such a position without the support of tanks and cannons. Therefore, when they heard the retreat order issued by the battalion commander, they dared not stay there, so they retreated backwards with their guns.
Sokov originally thought that the German soldiers would continue to attack, but the area where the three platoons defended was too small, and it might not be possible to block the enemy. He was considering whether to draw some troops from the guard battalion to strengthen the area where the three platoons defended. At this moment, he saw the enemy attacking from the south and actually began to retreat. Although he couldn't guess what the German commander was thinking, it was a good thing for him not to attack. As long as he did not fight, he could save more living forces to participate in the breakthrough operations.
Looking at the German army retreating like a retreat, Yakov couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that there are no artillery on our position. Otherwise, a few bombardments with artillery fire can cause a lot of casualties to the attacking enemy."
Chapter completed!