Sokov's troops were stationed in a forest 20 kilometers away from Kursk. By noon the next day, the reconnaissance team led by Christopher returned from Kursk. Wearing German uniforms, they entered on three-wheeled bicycles.
While walking in the forest, the sentry on duty thought an enemy had broken in and almost shot him.
"Comrade Second Lieutenant, how is the situation?" When Sokov saw Christopher walking in from the outside wearing the uniform of a German sergeant, he immediately asked straight to the point: "Have you figured out the enemy's troop deployment?"
"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander." Christopher said emotionally: "The German army has only one company in Kursk, and they are distributed in different locations throughout the city. There are about 100 police officers responsible for maintaining security in the city.
There are two to three hundred people, but their combat effectiveness is very poor."
After Sokov waited for Christopher to point out the specific location of the German troops, he said to the three company commanders standing in front of him: "Comrades, company commanders, the situation in the city is clear. Do you have any ideas?"
"Comrade Battalion Commander, I would like to ask." The first person to speak was First Company Commander Vanya: "How do you plan to fight this battle?"
"How to fight?" Hearing Vanya's question, Sokov raised his eyebrows, and then said: "How else to fight? Of course, we will use the previous disguised sneak attack tactics." After he said this, he saw
Everyone had troubled expressions on their faces. They guessed what they were worried about, so they continued: "I know that each company carries a limited number of German uniforms, but we can still make full use of them."
"How to use it?" Vasily asked hesitantly: "The total number of German uniforms in the entire battalion is only forty. If we adopt the tactic of clearing them out one by one, once an enemy escapes, we will let the enemy in other locations take defensive measures.
, causing trouble for our next move.”
Seeing that the company commanders all looked sad, Sokov said with a smile: "Comrades, company commanders, I think about it this way. Since we have forty soldiers wearing German uniforms, let's divide them into four groups.
, each group of ten people takes action at different locations at the same time..."
"Comrade Battalion Commander," Vasily interrupted Sokov and said worriedly: "What should we do if we encounter an enemy with more troops than us and cannot defeat them for a while? Once gunshots ring out in the city,
Our army's actions will be discovered, and it may fall into a melee."
"Don't worry, Captain Vasily." Sokov smiled and said to Vasily: "I will give each action group an additional thirty soldiers wearing our army uniforms. Tell me, we have a group of four
Can ten soldiers still not be able to deal with the scattered Germans?"
Sokov's words surprised everyone. They all knew in their hearts that the Germans were not blind. Several groups of soldiers wearing Soviet uniforms swaggered into the city of Kursk. It would be strange if they couldn't find them. This time,
It was Belkin who asked Sokov a question: "Major Sokov, as soon as our people enter the city, they will be discovered by the enemy immediately. How will we complete the sneak attack mission next?"
"If our soldiers wear uniforms and swagger into the city, they will definitely be noticed by the enemy at the first time." Sokov said with a smile: "But if the enemy sees several groups of prisoners of war being escorted into the city by other German soldiers,
What will they think?"
"Prisoners of war, where did these prisoners of war come from?" Belkin muttered casually. As soon as he said these words, he was shaken all over. Then he looked at Sokov and asked in surprise: "Major Sokov, are you planning to let us
The soldiers pretended to be captured and then were escorted into the city by soldiers disguised as enemies?"
Sokov smiled and nodded, affirming Belkin's guess: "Yes, that's what I thought about."
"Sure enough, it's a good idea, Major Sokov." After hearing this, Belkin cheered continuously: "In this way, even if our soldiers enter the city in a big way, they will not arouse the enemy's suspicion."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, I have another question." Vanya waited for Belkin to finish, then looked at Sokov and continued to ask: "You just said that each action group has forty people in each group, among whom are disguised as
There are ten German soldiers and thirty people dressed as prisoners of war. I would like to ask, the prisoners of war must not be able to carry weapons, and the fake German soldiers escorting them cannot each carry four guns. In that case, the enemy will
You can see the flaw at once. If you don't bring weapons, how can the soldiers disguised as prisoners of war be unarmed and fight?"
"Captain Vanya, what you are worried about is not a problem." Sokov had already considered the question raised by Vanya. He replied: "Soldiers pretending to be Germans each carry two
Once the scattered enemies are eliminated, they can hand over the captured weapons and clothing to soldiers pretending to be prisoners, and let some of the soldiers put on German uniforms. The remaining 'prisoners' are divided into two parts, each divided into two parts.
The "German soldiers" were escorted to different locations."
"It is indeed a good idea." Everyone present cheered for Sokov's statement. After studying some details, the company commanders of each company returned to their respective units to make preparations for a sneak attack on Kursk.
As soon as the company commanders left, Belkin asked Sokov for instructions: "Major Sokov, capturing Kursk is not a trivial matter. Look, should we send a telegram to the front army headquarters to inform us of our situation?"
Report to them?"
"I think it's better to slow down for the time being." Sokov led the troops out of the Tim area without asking for instructions from his superiors. If he reported to his superiors at this time that he had led the troops to the Kursk area, firstly,
Not only is it easy to leak secrets, but secondly, he may be criticized by Rokossovsky. After all, he said so and made his own decision. Therefore, he rejected Belgin's proposal: "It is better to wait until we occupy Kurdish."
After that, it’s not too late to report to your superiors.”
"Okay, Major Sokov." Seeing that Sokov rejected his proposal without hesitation, Belgin did not argue, but asked politely: "I can ask, after we occupied Kursk
, what should we do?”
"According to the intelligence we have, the enemy has a very large warehouse in Kursk." Sokov replied: "If we occupy the warehouse area, then we will find a way to empty the warehouse there as soon as possible. If this cannot be achieved
For this purpose, just burn it with fire so that the Germans will never get the slightest supply of ammunition and supplies."
