Sokov held the gun and sat motionless in the trenches, listening to the gunshots, explosions and screams from both sides. He knew very well that at this moment, it was better to be quiet than to be motionless. There was smoke everywhere, and everyone's visibility was limited. They were all continuing to fight with their instincts. If he stood up rashly and was killed by stray bullets, it would be too unfair.
Although he was unwilling to make trouble in this situation, he still heard someone running towards him along the trench. He focused his attention in the direction where the footsteps came, and the muzzle instinctively aimed at that direction. Not long after, he saw a shadow breaking into his sight. In less than a second, Sokov saw clearly that the person in his hand seemed to be a submachine gun, and he pulled the trigger without hesitation and knocked the other party down in the trench.
Before taking the lead in charge, Sokov saw that almost all the soldiers on the position used bayonet rifles, and only Gladshev and Samoilov used submachine guns. Therefore, he felt that only those who saw the submachine guns in the trenches were almost all enemies, so he would shoot so decisively. As for other soldiers who picked up the German submachine guns, or Samoilov and others, and were defeated by themselves as Germans, there was no way. After all, this was on the battlefield, and any short-term hesitation would ruin his life.
The gunshots and explosions soon stopped. I don’t know if they were all eliminated, or if both sides were worried about being injured and were afraid of being injured, they temporarily stopped fighting. As soon as the gunshots stopped here, the mortars in the distance also stopped firing smoke bombs at the place. The smoke covering the trenches gradually became thinner under the blow of the river wind. Sokov, who was sitting in the trenches, could clearly see the bodies lying seven or eight meters away and the wounded people who were still struggling.
"Stop shooting, stop shooting!" Soon, Gladshev's shout came from nearby: "The enemy has been eliminated by us, don't shoot again, so as not to cause accidental injury!" Although the shooting had stopped long ago, the major shouted over and over again for safety reasons.
Sokov sat on the ground for a while, and Samoilov came over. As soon as he saw Sokov sitting on the ground, he immediately took a few steps, bent down and asked nervously, "Comrade Commander, are you not injured, are you?"
"Have all the enemies been eliminated?" Sokov stood up holding the trench wall of the trench, looked at Samoilov and asked, "Are our casualties serious?"
"It should be all eliminated." Samoilov replied hesitantly: "Both sides are wearing the same uniforms. In such a chaotic situation, it is really impossible to tell."
"Second lieutenant," Sokov felt that after the melee, there must be some Germans who survived, but what was troublesome was that they were all wearing Soviet uniforms and could not be identified at a glance. This unit was the guard battalion of the headquarters. If one or two Germans were really allowed to get infiltrated, just throw a grenade into the room where Cuikov and others were, the 62nd Army might be in chaos because of losing command. Sokov felt that the remaining Germans should be eliminated immediately, so he ordered Samoilov: "Let Major Gladshev gather everyone together, and I will help me to check whether there are any Germans among them."
Even Samoilov, who has always admired him, was still skeptical: "Comrade, can you identify hidden enemies from people wearing the same uniform?"
"Yes, I have a way to identify it," Sokov said, pushing Samoilov's shoulder and urging: "Go and find Major Gladshev quickly. It's too long. I'm worried that the Germans will slip away in the chaos."
After Samoilov left, Sokov suddenly remembered that when he was charging, something seemed to hit his abdomen, and then looked down. After a look, his face showed a look of surprise. There were two or three holes in his coat. At first, he thought it was scratched when he fell into the trench, but when he looked carefully, he found that the edges of the holes were burnt, which proved that they were not scratched, but were penetrated by bullets.
In order to find out why he was hit by a bullet, there were only holes in the military coat, but he didn't feel any pain at all, Sokov quickly untied the military coat and carefully checked the part of the shot. He found that there were several small white dots on the metal armor inside, which should be where the bullet was hit.
After seeing it clearly, he couldn't help but take a breath, thinking that the man from the parallel space gave him a really vibrating gold material, which could really block the enemy's bullets? He heard footsteps coming, and he hurriedly put on his clothes buttons. Such a treasure cannot be seen by others.
The person who came over was Gladshev himself. After seeing Sokov clearly, he quickly stood at attention and straightened his body and reported: "Comrade Colonel, my troops are gathering not far away. Please come and help us identify if there are any enemies."
Sokov nodded, followed Gladshev to the place where the troops gathered. He asked as he walked, "Comrade Major, do you know all the people in the camp?"
This question gave Gladshev a embarrassed expression on his face. He replied with a bitter face: "Comrade Colonel, there are people in my guard camp who are transferred or sacrificed every day, and people join every day. I really can't recognize them all." After a moment of pause, he asked tentatively, "Do you have any good solutions?"
Sokov did not immediately satisfy his curiosity, but replied casually: "Comrade Major, don't worry, you will know when you get to the place."
The two soon arrived at the place where the troops gathered. Sokov took a look and found that the surviving soldiers were still about twenty, and they were neatly lined up in two rows. It seemed that their casualties were not large in the battle just ended.
Sokov came to the queue and did not speak, but swept through each soldier one by one with his eyes. It might be that Sokov took the lead in charge and gained the respect of the soldiers, but when Sokov looked at them, he could see curiosity and admiration on the faces of the soldiers who were staring at him; while the eyes of the two soldiers seemed to be free, and they looked ahead with expressionless expressions, but when Sokov looked at them, they immediately turned their eyes elsewhere.
"Comrade Colonel," Gradshev came to Sokov and asked in a low voice: "Can you recognize those who are impersonated by Germans?"
Sokov did not answer him, but pointed at the two soldiers who were wandering with his hands, raised his voice and said, "Those two soldiers, please leave!"
The two soldiers who were named by him reluctantly walked out of the crowd and stood in front of Sokov. Sokov shrugged at Samoilov who was standing aside and signaled him to stare at the two of them. Samoilov saw Sokov's wink and nodded in understanding, and immediately pointed the gun at the two of them with his subordinates.
When the two men saw that several soldiers under Sokov pointed the black guns at him, they asked in a slight voice: "Comrade Colonel, what's going on? Why did they point the guns at us? Are we Germans?"
Sokov ignored the two, but asked the soldiers, "Comrades, do you know these two people?"
When he heard Sokov's question, the team was silent and no one spoke. Gladshev thought the soldiers had not heard Sokov's question clearly, so he took a step forward and asked, "Comrade Colonel, ask you, who knows these two people?" The answer was still silent.
In this case, even though Gladshev was dull, he knew that there was something wrong with these two people. He quickly called the two familiar soldiers in the front row to disarm the German soldiers wearing Soviet uniforms. Then he said to Sokov in an admirable tone: "Comrade Colonel, you are so amazing that you can actually pull out the Germans who pretend to be us so quickly."
Sokov felt that there might be more than two surviving Germans, so he continued to ask the soldiers in the queue: "Comrades, there may be Germans hiding among you. Please look at your own side and side to see if you know the people around you?"
Gladshev did not expect that Sokov's methods of identifying the enemy would emerge in endlessly. He quickly shouted: "You have heard the colonel's words? Take a closer look at whether the people you are your comrades-in-arms whom you know?"
The soldiers in the queue, when they heard the orders from Sokov and Gladshev, looked at themselves left and right to confirm whether they were comrades who were fighting side by side with them. In this way, in a moment, another hidden German soldier was caught.
Gladshev looked at the three German soldiers who were caught and asked Sokov for advice: "Comrade Colonel, how should we deal with these prisoners?"
"Major," Sokov said lightly, considering that this is not his own territory, how to deal with the prisoners, and it is not his turn to make trouble, "They are your prisoners, and it is up to you to decide how to deal with them. I also have to rush to the headquarters immediately, and the commander is probably waiting in a hurry."
Hearing that Sokov was about to go to the headquarters, Gladshev asked respectfully: "Comrade Colonel, do you need me to send someone to guide you?"
"No," Sokov waved his hand and said to Samoilov: "My guard platoon leader knows the position of the headquarters, so he can lead the way for me."
When Sokov led Samoilov and the others toward the headquarters, Samoilov asked curiously: "Comrade Commander, tell me, how will Major Gladshev deal with these prisoners?"
Chapter completed!