From Grissa and his team set off, Sokov kept staring at the map on the wall, calculating their itinerary in his heart. Seeing Cidolin hung up the phone, he quickly asked, "Chief of Staff, where do you think Grissa and the others have gone?"
Sidolin hurriedly walked to Sokov's side, looked up at the map on the wall, and thought about how to answer Sokov's question. After looking for a while, he pointed to the bottom of Gorodies with the red and blue pencil in his hand and said, "Comrade Commander, judging from the speed of Lieutenant Grissa and their movements, they should have reached the vicinity of Gorodies."
"Distance," Sokov continued to ask, staring at the map: "Grissa and the others have set out for five or six hours. Even if they move slowly, they should be close to Gorodise at this moment. The question is how far are they from the target?"
"It should not exceed ten kilometers." Cidolin thought for a while and replied decisively: "At this distance, there are many areas that can be hidden. In my opinion, Lieutenant Grissa and others may temporarily hide and send people to the town of Gorodice to find out whether the enemy's ammunition depot is located in the town."
Although Sokov also felt that Cidolin's analysis was reasonable, he was still uneasy. He asked again with some concerns: "Chief of Staff, if our judgment is wrong and the enemy has not set up the ammunition depot here, wouldn't Grissa and the others have gone for nothing?"
"Comrade of the Division," Seeing that Sokov, who had always been full of confidence, began to doubt his judgment. Sidolin knew that it was because the other party was under too much pressure, so he quickly comforted her and said, "Don't worry, the judgment we made last night should not be wrong. You stayed up all night and take a break while the enemy has not attacked yet."
"Okay." Said Sidolin, Sokov was really sleepy. He yawned and walked to the camp bed and clothes in the corner of the wall to lie down, and told Sidolin: "If Grissa and the others have news, wake me up immediately."
"Do you need to wake you up when the enemy attacks Mamayevgang?" Cidolin asked casually.
"Don't call me." Sokov lay on the bed, waved his hand and said, "Even if the Germans attacked Mamayev's hill, the final outcome would be to lose troops and generals. Don't disturb my rest for this little thing."
Just as Sokov was lying on the camp bed and slept, Grissa led his squad to a small canyon south of Gorodieschen. Grissa looked at the surrounding environment and felt that the troops were hidden here during the day and were not easily discovered by the enemy, so he issued an order to hide on the spot to the soldiers.
Corporal Aino in the team heard Grissa's order and hurried over and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, didn't the superiors order us to rush to Gorodice Town, why should we stop here?"
Grissa glared at him and said, "You haven't seen it's going to be dawn? Going forward, there's no hidden place. If so many of us still walk on the road, it won't take long to be wiped out by the Germans who rushed over from all directions."
"But what should I do if the tasks assigned to us by my superiors?" Aino asked.
"We drove all night and the comrades were tired." Grissa replied, "Let them hurry up and rest. I will take a scout team into the town to scout later."
As soon as he heard that Grissa was going to take people to reconnaissance himself, Aino immediately volunteered: "Comrade Lieutenant, let me go with you." He was afraid that Grissa would not agree, and he emphasized, "You know, I am the best person in Reed now, and even if the Germans listened, they would not have doubts."
According to Grissa's idea, when he went to the town of Gorodice to conduct a reconnaissance, the people he brought were going to disguise themselves as German soldiers. He was worried that he had not brought a German-speaking soldier out. At this moment, when he heard Aino say this, he did not immediately believe it, but asked in a suspicious tone: "What, do you understand German? Who did you learn it from?"
"Who else can be there? Of course it's Corporal Ernst." Aino said proudly: "I have a good personal relationship with Ernst. Whenever I have time, I go to him to teach me German. I have been studying for more than half a year and now I have almost finished my teacher."
Grissa was responsible for heavy responsibilities, and he did not dare to take risks with the reconnaissance team, so he asked again cautiously: "Comrade Corporal, I will ask you again, do you really understand German?"
"It's more important to say that even Ernst heard it, it sounded like the Germans were talking." Seeing Grissa doubting himself, Corporal Eno was a little anxious: "I assure you that my German is enough to handle anything."
"Okay, Corporal Aino." Seeing that Aino was anxious, Grissa felt that the other party would not lie to him about such a major issue of life and death, so he nodded and said, "Then you will follow me to reconnaissance later."
The reconnaissance team was soon formed. Lieutenant Grissa led the team, including his old subordinate Corporal Aino, Sergeant Yelizavita and three other soldiers. Everyone changed into German uniforms. Considering that Aino was the only person who knew German, Grissa asked him to wear the uniform of the German lieutenant.
The whole group disguised as a German patrol and headed towards the town of Gorodieshe. Walking in the front were Grissa and Aino. Aino looked at the road that could not be seen at a glance and asked Grissa with a sad face: "Comrade Lieutenant, I wonder how far we are to Gorodieshe?"
Grissa replied without looking back: "There are no ten kilometers, but seven or eight kilometers."
"My God, it's still so far." Aino wailed: "I'd love if I had a car."
"Don't worry, there will be a car."
"Do you have a car?" When I heard that there is a car to carry with me, Ainau's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Comrade Lieutenant, did you hide a car somewhere when you were in this area with your team some time ago?"
"What are you thinking?" Grissa turned his head and glared at Aino, and said unhappily: "Comrade Corporal, don't forget that this is an enemy-occupied area, and there are enemies everywhere. Even if we have cars hidden nearby, we would have been discovered by the enemy." He paused for a moment and asked again, "By the way, can you drive?"
"No!" Aino replied awkwardly: "I was in the factory before the war, and I was just an electrician, and I really had never learned to drive."
Grissa snorted, looked at Aino with contempt and said, "Comrade Corporal, this is not OK. If we can't drive, what should we do if we seize the enemy's car? We can't blow it up directly, right?"
Before Aino answered, the roar of the car motor suddenly came from the road behind him. Grissa's attention immediately became highly concentrated. He stopped and turned his head to the soldiers behind him and said, "Comrades, be prepared for battle! Remember, be calm and calm, act with my eyes, and don't easily reveal your identity!"
After Grissa finished speaking, the soldiers replied in unison: "Yes!"
Grissa turned his head and said to Aino: "Comrade Corporal, it's up to you to see your performance next. I hope you can convince the enemy's driver and let us take a ride into the town of Gorodise."
Soon, a convoy of five trucks appeared in Grissa and their sight. Each truck's carriage was covered with tarp. From the appearance and shape of the tarp, the car was loaded with weapons and ammunition. Grissa saw that in the driver's bridge, in addition to the driver, there were two German soldiers escorting the car, so he shook his head slightly at the soldiers and signaled them not to act rashly.
A German officer sitting in the first car couldn't help but frown slightly when he saw a patrol team suddenly appearing on the roadside in front of him. He put his hand on the gun holster and turned his head to instruct the driver: "Slow down and ask which patrol team is who?"
When the driver heard the officer's order, he quickly let go of the accelerator and slowed down the vehicle speed. The officer rolled down the window, poked his head out and asked loudly at Grissa and the others: "Hey, which part of you are?"
Although Grissa could not understand what the German officer said, he guessed that the other party was asking for his number. He quickly coughed lightly, and gave Anno a wink, signaled him to deal with the officer. After hearing Grissa's cough, the soldiers next to him all pulled their fingers on the trigger, pointing their muzzle at the officer in the car.
"Report to Mr. Lieutenant!" Aino quickly took two steps forward, raised his hand to salute the officer sitting in the vehicle, and said with a respectful look: "Our patrol team of the 389th Infantry Division is carrying out patrol missions."
"So it's from the 389th Division!" After hearing Aino's army's number, the German officer moved his hand away from the gun holster, waved his hand to Aino, and instructed the driver: "Go faster and continue on the way!"
Grissa was worried that the officer would get out of the car and check the identity of his people, and his heart was in his throat. When he saw the officer, he just asked casually and ordered the driver to speed up and leave, he breathed a sigh of relief. When the convoy left, he issued another order: "Continue to move forward!"
Everyone walked forward for about a kilometer, and the roar of the car motor came from behind again. Aino listened carefully for a moment, and then asked Grissa: "Comrade Lieutenant, it seems that there is only one car when we hear the sound. Have we taken this car over?"
"Walking a little further ahead, there should be a German checkpoint." Grissa said thoughtfully: "Even if we seize the vehicle, it is probably not easy to pass the German checkpoint smoothly. I think you should find a way to convince the enemy's driver and let him take us into the town of Gorodice."
"Comrade Lieutenant," Aino heard Grissa mention the second time that he was convincing the enemy driver. For the first time, he thought the other party was joking. At this moment, he knew that this was not a joke, but was going to be serious. He couldn't help but cry and said with a sad face: "How could the Germans let us take a ride at will?"
"If you don't give it a try, how can you know it won't work?" Grissa raised his hand and patted Aino's shoulder twice, and said, "Whether we walk or take a bus, it's all up to you!"
Aino, who was struggling to get off the tiger, gritted his teeth and jumped to the middle of the road. He waved his arms desperately and shouted at the car with a tent that was driving over: "Stop, stop quickly!"
The German driver braked the car five or six meters away from Aino, poked his head out and asked inexplicably: "Sir Lieutenant, is there anything wrong?"
When Aino saw that there was only the driver in the bridge, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic. He quickly walked to the driver's side, pointed his hand at the car behind, and asked, "Is there anyone in the car?"
The German driver shook his head in a hurry.
"What area are you going to?" Aino asked again.
"Gorodieze Town." The German driver replied.
“What to do?”
The German driver thought he had encountered a patrol team, so he quickly answered honestly: "Mr. Lieutenant, I went there to get military supplies."
"Since you are a military supply, why are there not even a escort in the car?" Ainuo asked deliberately with a stern face: "Aren't you afraid of encountering guerrillas?"
"Scared, of course," the driver replied with a wry smile: "But there is no way to get people out of the camp, so I can only let me go to Gorodise Town alone."
Seeing that the driver was indeed from Gorodice Town, Aino was so happy that he wanted to come and make a few flips on the spot, but he still put on a serious face and asked, "Your army number!"
"I'm from the 100th Hunter Division."
"There are guerrillas in the front area recently." Aino said pretending: "To avoid you from encountering guerrillas, I plan to let my patrol go with you to the town of Gorodiche."
When the German driver heard that there was a patrol team to walk with him, he was overjoyed. He thought to himself that with this patrol team, even if he encountered Russian guerrillas on the road, he would not be afraid. He nodded quickly and said respectfully: "Mr. Second Lieutenant, you and your troops should get on the bus!"
Aino went around from the front of the car to the other side of the car door, turned his head and shouted at Grissa and the others who were standing beside him, "Don't stand there, get in the car quickly." He was afraid that Grissa and the others would not understand, so he shouted and gestured desperately.
Although Grissa couldn't understand what Aino was shouting, he guessed from his gesture that he had successfully convinced the German driver to let his group ride, so he waved his head at the soldiers next to him and signaled that they all got in the car.
Aino did not get in the car immediately, but stood by the car door. Seeing all his comrades crawling into the car behind, he got into the bridge. After closing the door vigorously, he ordered the driver with great majesty: "Driver, drive!"
The driver hurriedly agreed, restarted the vehicle and drove along the road towards the town of Gorodice.
Sergeant Yelizavita, who was sitting in the car, whispered and curiously, "Comrade Lieutenant, what did Aino say to the German guy? He actually let us take a ride so readily."
Chapter completed!