"No!" The third company commander only thought for a few seconds before replying with a blushing face: "If we carry heavy weapons and set up an ambush in advance, there shouldn't be much of a problem in annihilating this convoy."
"That's right." Mikhailov said: "This time we carried out a mission deep behind enemy lines. In order not to affect the mobility of the troops, we did not carry any heavy weapons at all. If we really wanted to attack the convoy, we would simply
The first few armored vehicles will cause considerable casualties to our troops."
"Captain Yegor," Mikhailev said briefly, then turned around and ordered Yegor: "Order your men to closely monitor the movements on the road, and report to me immediately after the German convoy passes.
"
"Comrade Battalion Commander, I will personally watch it." Yegor knew that this matter was related to the success or failure of the operation, so he took the initiative and said: "I will report to you in time if there is any new news."
When Yegor arrived at the entrance of the village, a platoon leader who was stationed here immediately came up to him. After briefly reporting the information, he asked tentatively: "Comrade company commander, what should we do next?"
"Continue to monitor!"
"Continue surveillance?!"
"That's right, continue to monitor and don't take any action."
Regarding Yegor's statement, the platoon leader asked with some confusion: "Comrade company commander, judging from the vehicle configuration of the convoy, there must be some important German figures in it. If we attack them now, we may be able to achieve good results."
Result."
"Eighth platoon leader," Yegor said with a frown, "have you forgotten that this time we went deep behind enemy lines and in order not to affect our marching speed, we did not bring any heavy weapons at all. Tell me what we will use in the event of a fight.
To deal with German armored vehicles?"
The Eighth Platoon Commander turned his head and glanced at the German armored vehicle in the distance. His mouth twitched violently a few times, and then he shook his head and said: "Comrade Company Commander, unless we send soldiers to risk their lives to approach the armored vehicle and blow it up with cluster grenades,
Otherwise, there is really no way to deal with this damn armored vehicle."
"Comrade Eighth Platoon Leader," seeing that his subordinates had understood what he meant, Yegor continued: "The task of our battalion going deep behind enemy lines this time is to occupy the material transfer warehouse in Pavlish City. We must not do it for small reasons.
What a big loss."
Having said this, Yegor turned his head and looked in the direction of the city and continued: "I guess there must be the weapons and ammunition we need in the warehouse, and then we can use these weapons and ammunition to teach the Germans a lesson.
"
After the convoy passed, several more three-wheeled motorcycles passed by, and then the road became quiet, and no people or vehicles could be seen. Although all signs indicate that all the German troops who moved to the new combat area should have
After leaving the city, Yegor waited for another five or six minutes to be on the safe side. When he saw that no more people or vehicles appeared, he turned around and entered the village to report to Mikhailev.
"Comrade Battalion Commander," Yegor reappeared in front of Mikhailev and reported to him: "Any enemy vehicles have been seen on the road, and all troops who thought they needed to be transferred have left the city. I think we can
Mikhailev knew that Yegor was a cautious commander, and hearing his answer be so certain, he felt that all the enemies who wanted to be transferred should have left Pavlish, so there were only two pitiful battalions in the city responsible for the city.
He decisively ordered: "Then let's set off. Let's take the second company as the leader, the first company in the center, and after the third company breaks up, we can advance towards Pavlish."
"Yes!" the three company commanders replied loudly.
The troops quickly set off again. The soldiers of the Second Company who were at the forefront had recovered their physical strength to a certain extent after some rest. It took them less than half an hour to reach the edge of the city.
According to the account of the captured German soldiers, there is a river more than 20 meters wide outside the city. After crossing the bridge, you enter the city. There is a checkpoint on the bridge, guarded by a squad of soldiers.
Yegor, who was walking at the front of the team, soon saw the outline of the bridge and a figure moving back and forth on the bridge. He knew very well that this should be the soldiers guarding the checkpoint at the bridge. It seemed that these people guarding the bridge
The soldiers are all lazy, otherwise such an important checkpoint would not have only one sentry on duty.
"Stop!" When the team was still more than ten meters away from the bridge, a voice suddenly came from the front: "Which section are you from?"
Yegor saw clearly that the question was the soldier on the bridge, and quickly raised his hand to signal the troops to stop. Then he walked towards the soldiers with two soldiers and said: "I am Captain Conrad of the 198th Infantry Division.
, was ordered to come here to take over the defense."
The man on duty was an ordinary soldier. He didn't know where the 198th Infantry Division was stationed. Hearing what Yegor said, he immediately believed it to be true. He quickly put the gun in his hand on his shoulder again and pointed at Yegor.
Er walked over and muttered: "Mr. Captain, why did you arrive so late?"
"There is no way," Yegor spread his hands and said with a helpless look: "The truck we were riding in was requisitioned by the troops leaving the city halfway, so we could only march on foot."
Yegor originally wanted to say that the car was broken down, but then he thought, even if the car was broken down, it couldn't be that all the cars carrying hundreds of people were broken down, right? So he put the responsibility on the transferred troops, saying that it was those people who
Requisitioned.
The sentry easily believed this reason. He looked at the troops parked not far away and asked Yegor tentatively: "Mr. Captain, are you the only ones?"
"We are the vanguard, and the main force is still behind." When Yegor came with two soldiers, he originally wanted to kill the sentry while he was not paying attention. But at this time, he changed his attention. Since the other party was not paying attention at all,
If your identity is not suspected, why bother?
Yegor raised his hand to stop the two soldiers behind him who were about to attack, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and handed it to the sentry: "Do you want to smoke?"
The sentry never dreamed that he had already passed the gate of hell. When he saw the cigarette handed over by Yegor, he was a little hesitant, not knowing whether to accept it or not.
Yegor smiled and said to him: "Don't be restrained, take it!"
Hearing what Yegor said, the sentry cautiously took out a cigarette from the cigarette case. But Yegor said generously: "Take two more."
Since he has already taken cigarettes from the cigarette case, there is not much difference between taking one and taking three cigarettes. The sentry plucked up the courage, took out two more cigarettes from the cigarette case, and clamped them on his two ears respectively. Look.
When Yegor took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and put it in his mouth, the sentry hurriedly struck a match and lit the cigarette for him.
After taking a few puffs of cigarette, Yegor asked the sentry: "Why are you the only one on duty? Are you the only one at this checkpoint?"
"Of course not, Mr. Captain." The sentry said with a smile: "We have a squad at this checkpoint, but now that the main force has been transferred from the city, there must be no officers coming to check the post, and they have gone to sleep in the house next to it.
"
Yegor followed the direction of the sentry's finger and saw a simple wooden house beside the bridge. Other soldiers must be sleeping soundly in the house at the moment, so he casually asked: "They are all sleeping, how do you arrange it for you?"
On duty?"
"Mr. Captain, you don't know." The sentry heard Yegor's question and said aggrievedly: "I am new here, so drudgery like this always falls on me. Unless it comes later.
Only by being a new soldier can I escape this fate."
Yegor pretended to be understated and asked: "You are the only one on duty in such an important place. Aren't you worried that something will happen?"
"What could happen if something goes wrong?" the sentry replied with a wry smile: "The Russians on the opposite side were suppressed and beaten by us. They were hiding in their fortifications and did not dare to come out. Besides, even if they wanted to attack, we would not be able to attack them a few kilometers ahead.
There is still a line of defense at our location. Even if they really break through the line of defense, when they reach us, we will have already made all preparations for battle."
"We are going to the warehouse in the city." Although the Soviet army conducted reconnaissance on Pavlish's defenses, due to the tight security of the German army, the scouts could not sneak into the city at all, so that Yegor did not know at this moment
Where exactly is the transfer warehouse that he wants to occupy? Seeing that the sentry in front of him had relaxed his vigilance, he asked tentatively: "Do you know where it is?"
"Are you going to the warehouse to take over the defense?" the sentry asked curiously.
"Yes, our mission is to go to the warehouse to take over the defense." Yegor pretended to be embarrassed and said: "The guide who led us injured his ankle when he got off the car and is now far behind. I
I'm worrying about where to look for a warehouse after I enter the city later."
As the saying goes, the man who eats has a short mouth and a short hand. The sentry, who was smoking Yegor's cigarettes, heard that Yegor and others were going to the transfer warehouse, and he quickly said enthusiastically: "Mr. Captain, after you cross the bridge, walk along the
Go straight on the street. After passing two intersections, turn right..."
After the sentry introduced the route to Yegor in detail, he said with regret: "Mr. Captain, it's a pity that I have to stay here on duty, otherwise I can act as your guide and take you to the warehouse."
"This is easy to do." When Yegor heard what the sentry said, he couldn't help but feel secretly happy. Someone would give him a pillow when he felt sleepy. He quickly said to the sentry: "I'll have someone on duty for you. You can act as our guide and take us there."
storehouse."
"This... this..." Regarding Yegor's proposal, the sentry said hesitantly: "If the guard comes out later and finds that I am not on duty outside, I will be punished."
"Don't worry, I am responsible for this." Yegor said in an all-round way: "If someone holds the responsibility, I will help you explain it. What do you think?"
"Okay, I can take you to the warehouse." After weighing the pros and cons, the sentry decided to act as a guide for Yegor's troops and take them to the warehouse. But he still asked uneasily: "But Mr. Captain, are you really
Can you send someone to stand guard for me?"
"This is natural." After Yegor finished speaking, he ordered the two soldiers behind him: "You two stay here, stand guard in place of this sentry, and casually connect with the troops behind. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
After Yegor arranged for the soldiers to stand guard in place of the sentry, he sent a signal to the troops parked not far away, and then headed towards the warehouse under the leadership of the sentry.
As soon as the Second Company crossed the bridge and entered the city, Mikhailev and Narva came over with the First Company.
Seeing the two dark figures on the bridge, the two of them were secretly surprised. Why didn't Yegor and the others clear out the sentries on the bridge when they passed by? When they were about to send someone over to clean up, they saw a dark figure heading towards them.
He ran over from the direction where he was, and at the same time shouted in a low voice: "Batalion Commander, Comrade Battalion Commander."
Mikhailov heard that the other party was shouting in Russian and guessed that he was one of his own. He quickly stopped the soldier next to him who had drawn his dagger: "Don't do anything, it's one of our own."
When the black shadow came in front of him, Mikhailov asked in a low voice: "Is it from the Second Company?" He used standard Russian.
"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander." The other party replied: "I am a soldier of the Second Company."
Seeing that there was no one near the bridge, he asked curiously: "Where is your company commander?"
"He led his troops into the city."
"He brought his troops into the city, why didn't he bring you two with him?"
"That's right, comrade battalion commander." The soldier replied: "The company commander asked the German sentries to take them to the warehouse, and let us stay here to perform duty for the German sentries and pick up the troops behind."
Hearing what the soldier said, Mikhailev couldn't help but shook his head and said to Narva: "Comrade Captain, Yegor has so many clever ideas. He can actually convince the enemy to be his guide and take them to the warehouse. It's really cool.
It’s not simple.”
"Yes, yes." Narva laughed twice and agreed: "Comrade Commander once warned us that we can't just rely on bravery and not being afraid of death to fight a war, we also need to use our brains. I think Captain Yegor is
With this in mind, we came up with the idea of using German sentries to guide him, while leaving our own people here to support us."
Mikhailov nodded and continued to ask the soldier: "Are there any other enemies nearby?"
"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander." The soldier pointed toward the wooden house not far away and said, "There is a squad of enemies sleeping inside."
"Captain Narva," Mikhailev turned to Narva after listening to the soldier's report: "Send someone to clear out all the enemies in the wooden house to avoid any accidents when we cross the bridge later.
.”
Just when Narva agreed and was about to take people to carry out the mission, Mikhailov added: "Remember, never shoot."
Narva knew very well that the inconspicuous gunshots during the day would become earth-shattering in such a quiet night. He nodded vigorously and replied in a low voice: "Don't worry, Comrade Battalion Commander, we won't shoot."
." After saying that, he would walk into the queue and start arranging manpower to carry out the task of destroying the enemy.
The eight soldiers sent by Narva were all experienced veterans. After entering the wooden house, they walked out in less than two minutes and reported to Narva that all the enemies in the wooden house had been eliminated.
Seeing that the task had been completed, Narva returned to Mikhailev and asked him for instructions on the next step: "Comrade Battalion Commander, what should we do next?"
"We are not familiar with the terrain in the city, and the visibility at night is limited. If we accidentally break into the German camp, it will be in trouble." Mikhailev said with a normal expression: "We should stay here.
One is to wait for the third company behind, and the other is to wait for Captain Yegor to send someone to serve as our guide."
