"Comrade Colonel!" Major Gladshev never dreamed that the young soldier in front of him, wearing a sergeant's military coat, was the commander of the 41st Guard Division who defended Mamayev. He quickly stood up and apologized to Sokov: "I am Major Gladshev, the commander of the guard battalion of the Army Command. I did not recognize you. Please forgive my recklessness!"
Sokov was not a petty person. He waved his hand at Gladshev and said indifferently: "Comrade Major, this is a trivial matter, don't worry about it." After saying this scene, he asked curiously, "How did the enemy get here?"
"When I just heard gunfire from outside, I immediately contacted the guards I deployed around me, and a platoon in the north could not be contacted." Gladshev looked at the opposite side and said viciously: "It must have been killed by this enemy."
The enemy came from the north, and Sokov judged the direction of the enemy's appearance from Gladshev's words. He asked tentatively: "Comrade Major, if the enemy came from the north, does it mean that the Derzhinsky factory has been lost?"
"I don't think so." Gladshev shook his head and said in a positive tone: "If the Derzhinsky factory was lost, there would not be only dozens of enemies here, but hundreds or even thousands of people, but there would be tanks and assault guns to cooperate with them to act together. I guess this enemy bypassed the defense line of our army and touched here by accident."
"How many troops do the enemy have?" Sokov continued.
"There are about thirty people." Gladshev pointed at the other party and said, "They broke through the two blockade lines I set up, and there were only so many people left."
Seeing that there were only a few more than twenty people in the trench on his side, Sokov asked curiously: "Major, why are there only a few people in your subordinates?"
Gladshev replied with a wry smile: "Comrade Colonel, you don't know that because the barricade factory and the Derrensky factory were in a tight position, the commander drew two companies from the guard battalion to reinforce. I am now commanding only more than one hundred troops. If I want to defend such a large area, I naturally have a little weak force."
After listening to Gladshev's explanation, Sokov immediately understood why the other party ordered him to charge when he saw him, because he had no soldiers to use him. Although the enemy on the opposite side was wrong, if they were not destroyed, it would sooner or later be a disaster. Thinking of this, Sokov asked again: "Comrade Major, do you have a mortar?"
"Mortars?! Yes, I have two mortars here." Gladshev nodded first, and then said in embarrassment: "But there are not many shells, each cannon has only three grenades, and the rest are all smoke bombs."
Sokov compared the forces between the enemy and us in his heart, and then said to Gladshev: "Comrade Major, order the gunner to bombard the enemy's positions with grenades first. After the grenades are all gone, then fire smoke bombs..."
"Comrade Colonel," Gladshev reminded Sokov carefully: "I am worried that the enemy will use our time to fire smoke bombs to escape to other places."
"Don't worry, Major, I won't give them a chance to escape." Sokov raised his hand and slapped the assault rifle's gun, and said confidently: "When the mortar fires smoke bombs, I will immediately lead everyone to charge, and before the enemy can come back to their senses, they will rush to them and destroy them all."
When Samoilov heard that Sokov was planning to lead the soldiers to charge in person, Samoilov was anxious: "Comrade Commander, no, you are the commander of the first division. How can you lead the team to charge like a company commander? You should give me this task. I promise you that I will complete the task well."
"Comrade Lieutenant, don't fight with me." Sokov waved his hand and said, "When it comes to war, I have more experience than you. I am sure to wipe out the enemy on the other side in a short time."
Sokov's words made Samoilov shut his mouth obediently. He knew very well in his heart that everyone had their own expertise. If he was to interrogate prisoners, Sokov was not as good as himself; if he talked about war, he was indeed not as good as Sokov.
Two mortars lined up in the trenches. After the two gunners adjusted the shooting direction, their eyes were all on Gladshev, waiting for him to issue the order to fire. Gladshev did not immediately express his opinion, but instead cast an inquiring look at Sokov. Seeing Sokov nodding slightly, he raised his right hand high, then waved his sharply downwards, shouting: "Fire!"
As the order was issued, two mortars fired at the same time. The gunners fired very accurately, and the shells roared into the trenches opposite. While a large ball of fire was raised, a large area of ​​loose soil was lifted up. The Germans in the trenches did not expect that the Soviet army would suddenly fire, and five or six soldiers were blown away. The rest were curled up in the trenches with their heads in the trenches to avoid the artillery fire. As soon as they shot all the grenades, the gunners began to fire smoke bombs again. Soon, the trenches occupied by the Germans were shrouded in smoke.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Sokov jumped out of the trench with his gun and shouted at the soldiers in the trench: "Comrades, follow me and eliminate the enemies in front! Go ahead~!"
When the soldiers saw Sokov rushing forward with a gun, they shouted "Ula", climbed out of the trench and rushed towards the German position dozens of meters away.
The Germans who were evading the shelling heard the Soviet shouts from the smoke, and realized that the Soviet army had begun to attack. They stood up straight and saw only a piece of smoke, but could not see anyone, so they could only shoot blindly into the smoke.
Sokov, who was rushing in front, vaguely felt something hitting his abdomen a few times, and a few slight metal impact sounds came. However, he did not stop to check, but continued to rush forward.
It took less than twenty seconds for a distance of dozens of meters, and Sokov ran the whole journey. As he ran, he suddenly felt like he stepped on the air, and then he fell into the trench. Fortunately, the soil in the trench was loose and he did not fall. He quickly got up and squatted in the trench. He first shot two points to the left, and heard screams, and knew that an enemy had been hit by him. He turned the gun and then shot to the right.
Chapter completed!