According to Sokov's idea, since the German army on the front of Mamayev's gang was transferred to the north, the enemy would not be able to draw enough troops in a short period of time to attack Mamayev's gang, so that he could get a few days of breathing time to readjust the deployment and improve the fortifications.
Who knew that at dawn, Sokov, who was sleeping on the camp bed, was awakened by the faint sound of cannons from outside. He sat up suddenly and asked at Cidolin, who was sitting at the table, "Chief of Staff, what's going on? Where did the cannons come from?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander, you are awake." Seeing that Sokov had woken up, Sidolin walked to him and reported: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I just received a report from the observation post, and Beigang is being bombarded by the enemy."
"What, Beigang is being bombarded?" Sokov asked with some confusion: "Aren't the enemies on the front of Mamayev Gang all transferred to the north? Why are there still artillery bombarding Beigang positions?"
"I don't know the specific situation yet." Cidolin shook his head and continued: "But according to Captain Goria's report, the 75mm artillery that bombarded their positions were all 75mm artillery, and no heavy artillery was found."
"This is really strange. In the past, we bombarded our positions with 105mm guns, how could we use 75mm guns today?" Sokov muttered in confusion: "Does they think that positions that cannot be destroyed with 105mm guns can be destroyed by 75mm guns?"
"Yes, it's a bit too strange." Cidolin also echoed: "After hearing the sound of artillery, the deputy brigade commander rushed to the Beigang position to find out the situation. What happened? I think there will be an answer soon."
After Sokov turned over and got out of bed, he pointed his hand at the top of the bed and asked Cidolin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, is the observation room on the top of the hillside still there?"
"It's here," Cidolin nodded quickly and replied, "Although our defensive position moved from the top of the hill to the forward slope, the observation room at the top of the hill is still retained."
"Okay, you're here to take charge of the big picture." Sokov reached out to pick up a pair of telescopes from the table and said to Cidolin. "I'll go to the top of the hill to take a look."
Seeing Sokov leaving as soon as he said, Sidolin hurriedly chased and asked, "Comrade Brigade Commander, do you want to send someone to go with you?"
Sokov said without looking back: "Just call Gu Chakov!"
After coming from the passage to the top of the mountain, Sokov first checked the trenches built here and found that most of them were in good condition. Seeing that the enemy's shelling some time ago did not cause much damage to the positions on the top of the mountain. I really don't understand why Vitkov insisted on moving the defensive positions from the top of the mountain to the middle of the mountain, causing unnecessary casualties in vain.
Sokov walked into the observation center, two observation posts who were observing the situation in Beigang, and quickly turned around and stood attentively. Sokov nodded at the two of them and asked casually: "How is the situation in Beigang?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander," heard Sokov's question, a corporal quickly replied: "Based on my observation, the enemy's shelling on Beigang is a bit strange."
"Comrade Corporal," Sokov looked at the other party's military rank on the seal, walked to the lookout, raised his telescope and looked at Beigang, and asked, "What do you think is strange?"
"First of all, the enemy bombarded Beigang today, using small-caliber artillery." The corporal stepped forward and stood behind Sokov and replied: "Secondly, the number of artillery used by the enemy is too small, probably no more than 24."
After hearing what the corporal said, Sokov also found it strange. When crossing the river in the early morning, the artillery used by German artillery to bombard the ferry fleet was at least 105 mm, causing the First Ferry Force to lose one-third. But now the artillery caliber of the Beigang position has not only become smaller, but the number is obviously not as large as before. What is going on?
Before Sokov could come up with something, Guchakov ran over panting and said in a daze: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I didn't expect you to be here so soon..."
"Guchakov," Sokov interrupted his words before he could finish his words, "You have also been a company commander. Come and see the situation in Beigang, and then tell me what's wrong."
Guchakov took the telescope from Sokov's hand, looked at the Beigang position opposite, and silently calculated the landing point of the shell. After watching for a while, he put down the telescope and turned his head to Sokov and said, "Comrade Brigade Commander, something is wrong. The enemy used small-caliber artillery to bombard the Beigang position today, and the number was very limited. What the hell are they doing?"
Seeing that Guchakov also realized this problem, Sokov smiled faintly and said, "This is exactly the problem I want to figure out. The enemy's shelling today is so strange."
When Guchakov heard Sokov say this, he scratched the back of his head and suddenly raised a question: "Comrade Brigade Commander, didn't the Germans transfer all the troops in front of us to prevent our army and friendly forces from joining forces outside the encirclement from joining the nameless highland north of Orlovka? I want to ask, where did the enemy who was shelling us emerge?"
Regarding the question of the greatly reduced caliber and number of artillery, Sokov thought for a while, and then said to himself: "Can we say that the one who is bombarding the Beigang position is not the German?"
When he heard that the artillery on the opposite side might not be German, Guchakov immediately blurted out: "Comrade Brigade Commander, since he is not German, is it the troops of the Eastern Battalion?"
"Oriental Camp?!" When he heard this word, Sokov flashed a similar idea, but he quickly shook his head and denied it: "I don't think it's possible. Although there are so many Oriental Camps serving the Germans, the Germans do not really trust them, so they rarely have any heavy weapons in their weapons equipment. Although the caliber of the guns that are bombarding the Beigang position is not as good as usual, it is impossible for the Oriental Camp to have so many artillery."
Sokov thought that after the shelling was over, the enemy would definitely launch a ground attack immediately. In order to find out who the troops opposite him are now, he turned the telescope and looked at the enemy's position a few kilometers away.
The enemy's position was quiet at first, and the entire position seemed empty. But as more than a dozen tanks crossed the trenches and slowly drove towards Mamayev Hill, countless soldiers wearing yellow military uniforms and steel helmets immediately emerged from the trenches, following closely behind the tanks in dense formations.
"Hey, this is not a German." Although the enemy is still a few kilometers away, Sokov cannot see the enemy's uniform through a telescope, it can be judged from the color of the uniform that the enemy rushing towards the position is definitely not the German army, but the army of a certain vassal state. Sokov turned his head and said to Guchakov: "Immediately call the Chief of Staff and ask him which army of vassal state is stationed near our defense area."
Chapter completed!