"What, there is no enemy in the trench?" Paulkosky's face showed an incredible expression when he heard the warrior's report. He turned his inquiring eyes to the guide beside him and asked in a low voice: "What the hell is this going on? Why are there no enemies in the trench?"
The guide got up from the ground, hid behind a pile of rubble, looked in the direction of the factory for a while, and then whispered to Paulkosky: "Captain, it seems that the enemy thought the trench was too cold, so he hid in the factory and went to burn the fire. Look, there are several fires in the factory."
In fact, even if the guide didn't say it, Paulkosky had already seen the fire in the trenches, but he didn't expect that the Germans would not stay in the trenches to guard the fire, but hid in the factory and roasted the fire. They were really brave enough that they were not worried that they would be blocked by the Soviet army in the factory and caught a turtle in the jar during the night attack.
The sergeant who was ordered to stay behind as a guard, saw Paulkosky and the others stop and even sent soldiers to conduct reconnaissance to report the situation, they did not crawl back but ran back, and they guessed that the enemy situation might have changed. The sergeant crawled from his hiding place to Paulkosky and whispered: "Comrade Commander, did something happen?"
"Didn't I let you serve as a warning behind?" Paulkosky saw the sergeant leaving the alert position without authorization, so he glared at him and said dissatisfiedly: "Who asked you to come up."
"Comrade Commander." The sergeant said with a smile: "I saw you stop here and not move forward, and guessed that the enemy situation had changed, so I came over and took a look. If I was not wrong, there should be no enemies in the trenches, right?"
Seeing that the sergeant had guessed so accurately, Paulkosky couldn't help but ask curiously: "Sir, how did you know?"
"Isn't this simple?" The sergeant whined at the scout who was squatting beside him and said, "If there are enemies in the trench, when he comes back from performing a reconnaissance mission, he will definitely climb back instead of running back. It is based on this point that I judged that there are definitely no enemies in the trench."
The absence of enemies in the trench means that the original deployment needs to be adjusted. Paulkosky looked at the factory with red light in the distance, wondering whether to let the sergeant and others adjust the guard location into the trench, and then take his people to sneak attack the enemy in the factory?
Just as I was thinking, I heard the sergeant whisper: "Comrade Commander, can you let me lead the combat team over, and you and the remaining soldiers stay in the trenches as a warning?"
"Okay." Paulkosky felt that the sergeant's proposal made more sense, so he readily agreed: "Comrade Sergeant, take your group over and take a look, throw two grenades at each fire, and then blow the enemy up and retreat immediately. We will provide you with cover."
After obtaining Paulkosky's approval, the sergeant led the combat team to cross the trench and carefully touched the factory in a scattered formation. But when they were more than 30 meters away from the factory, a huge fire ball suddenly rose up in the middle of them, as if a shell fell and exploded in the middle of them.
Seeing the four subordinates falling down in the flames, Paulkosky was stunned. Could it be that there was an enemy mortarist nearby who was hiding nearby, and when he saw someone approaching the factory, he fired the gun without hesitation? Shortly after this idea came out, he denied it. If it were a mortar, in such a quiet night, you would definitely hear the sound of the cannon ejected from the borehole. He did not hear any sound, and it must be that the combat team led by the sergeant stepped on the landmine.
He made a quick decision and whispered to several soldiers beside him: "Follow me up and carry the injured comrades back." As soon as he finished speaking, the enemy in the factory had been alarmed, and the machine guns set up inside were scattered, but because the machine gunners were already blinded by the bonfire fire, and they were not sure where the Soviet army was attacking was, they just fired aimlessly, and they were quite fierce, but a bullet did not hit any target.
Paulkosky took several soldiers and used the cover of the crater to quickly approach the position where the sergeant and the others fell. He climbed to the sergeant, reached out to find that the other party had stopped breathing. The several soldiers who came with him also quickly checked the situation of the other three comrades. Soon, they reported to Paulkosky: "Comrade Commander, one person died and two people were seriously injured. What should we do next?"
"Turn the wounded on the back and transfer it immediately." Paulkosky said to them: "The enemy will be chased out soon."
The soldiers hurriedly carried the wounded on their backs and stumbled along the original road and headed towards the trenches. Paulkosky stayed behind, hiding in a crater, preparing to block the enemies chasing out of the factory.
Before the soldiers carrying the wounded soldiers ran into the trench, a group of enemies rushed out of the factory with a scream. Paulkosky, who was hiding in the crater, picked up the submachine gun in his hand, aimed at the enemy and pulled the trigger. The half-screw bullet fired, and the two German soldiers rushing in front fell to the ground, and the soldiers following behind hurriedly fell to the ground.
Seeing the enemy lying down, Paulkosky turned his head and looked at it. Seeing that the soldiers carrying the wounded had entered the trench, he threw several grenades in the direction of the enemy's lying down. He took advantage of the explosion as a cover to protect the crater, quickly left the bullet crater, and ran towards the trench.
Paulkosky jumped into the trench, and immediately a soldier came over and asked with concern: "Comrade Commander, you are not injured."
"No." Paulkosky shook his head and thought to himself with annoyance: "I'm really unlucky. First, the sewer leading to the factory was blocked by the enemy. Then he sent a combat team to attack the factory and stepped on the landmines buried by the enemy. Tonight's operation was completely failed."
The German soldiers lying on the ground saw that the sneak attacker threw out a few grenades, and they didn't move anymore. They guessed that the other party must be trying to escape, but they crawled from the ground one after another and rushed up shouting.
Although the number of German soldiers rushing up was twice as many as that of himself, Paulkosky and others who were hiding in the trenches could rely on favorable terrain to repel the enemy's attack. Paulkosky shouted loudly: "Comrades, be prepared for battle! When the enemy approaches, open fire!"
When the German soldiers were more than 30 meters away from the trenches and Paulkosky was about to order the shooting, the roar of shells suddenly came from the sky, and then a series of shells fell into the enemy's queue and exploded. In an instant, the enemy rushing towards the trenches were shrouded in flames and smoke.
Chapter completed!