When the gunfire rang out, it alerted Briski, who was resting in the battalion command post. He sat up suddenly from the floor and asked sternly: "What's going on? Where did the gunfire sound?"
After an officer heard his question, he quickly ran out of the command post, stood in the trench and observed for a moment, then came back and reported to Briski: "Comrade Battalion Commander, it was the lurking sentry on the right who was firing.
It is estimated that some Germans have sneaked into the factory."
Since there is no telephone communication between the command post and the latent post, even if someone is sent to contact them, reliable information will not be obtained for a while. Briski heard only sporadic gunshots coming from outside. It seems that the number of enemies is
Not too much. He then asked the officer: "Where is the lurking post on the left? Didn't they fire?"
"No, the left side is very calm, and the lurking posts deployed there did not fire." The officer shook his head and replied in a positive tone: "And the lurking posts on the right wing only fired rifles, and neither machine guns nor submachine guns fired. This proves that
The size of the enemy is not very large.”
Briski nodded and told the officer: "Assign a soldier to the lurking post on the right to find out what happened."
As soon as the officer went out to arrange manpower, Sokov's call came in: "Comrade Captain, what happened outside? Where is the shooting going on?"
"Comrade Brigadier!" Briski quickly stood up and replied respectfully: "It was the lurking sentry deployed on the right wing who was shooting, but so far, there are only two rifles shooting, and the number of enemies entering the factory is estimated to be incalculable.
There will be a lot.”
"I don't want to hear your estimate," Sokov said impatiently after hearing Briski's answer: "I wonder how many Germans entered the factory and what their purpose was."
"Don't worry, Comrade Brigadier." Briski assured Sokov: "I have sent people to contact the latent post to find out what happened. I will report to you when the dispatched soldiers come back.
Details."
"Comrade Captain," Sokov was silent for a moment after receiving Briski's assurance, and then continued: "If possible, I hope you can send people to support the lurking posts on the right wing and eliminate the enemies who have sneaked into the factory area as soon as possible."
"Comrade Brigadier," Briski said hesitantly in response to Sokov's order: "The visibility on the battlefield is limited, and sending reinforcements hastily may have the opposite effect. In my opinion, it is better to wait until the soldiers sent out to contact us come back.
After that, it’s not too late to make a decision.”
"Okay, Comrade Captain." After hearing what Briski said, Sokov also realized that he had thought of the problem too simply, so he replied: "Then prepare your manpower first, and wait until you understand the situation.
Send reinforcements immediately."
After putting down the phone, Sokov said to Bolshak and Cousteau who were sitting aside: "An enemy has sneaked into the factory and was discovered by the lurking posts we deployed. Captain Briski has sent people to understand the situation.
I believe it won’t be long before we can figure out what’s going on.”
After waiting for about five minutes, Briski's phone call came: "Comrade Brigade Commander, we have figured it out. Our lurking post found three German soldiers sneaking into the factory area under the cover of night, so they opened fire.
.After a fight, two people were killed and one person was captured alive."
Upon learning that a German soldier had been captured, Sokov immediately ordered without hesitation: "Comrade Captain, send someone to send him to me immediately." After putting down the phone again, he looked at the two people sitting in front of him and asked.
, “Is there anyone in the factory who understands Russian?”
The two of them learned something about the conversation between Sokov and Briski. When Sokov asked who knew German, Bolshak quickly replied: "Comrade Zinchenko, deputy director of the factory, before the war
He once visited and studied in Germany, and his German is pretty good. Do you think you could call him over?"
Sokov was eager to get some useful information from the German prisoners, so when he heard that the deputy director Zinchenko knew German, he immediately said to Cousteau: "Comrade workshop director, please give Director Peter a call.
Said we need a translator who understands German, and hope he can send deputy factory director Zinchenko to assist us."
The factory director Peter had just fallen asleep. After being woken up by the ringing of the phone, he did not get angry because he knew that the calls he would make at this moment were extremely important. He said into the phone: "I am the factory director Peter, and you are
"It's Cousteau." Peter heard clearly that it was Cousteau who was looking for him. He guessed that the caller calling him so late must be related to the infantry brigade, so he asked solemnly: "You called me at this time.
Is there anything important?"
"Comrade Factory Director, some Germans just sneaked into the factory and were eliminated by our latent soldiers." Cousteau did not talk in circles, but said straight to the point: "We captured a German soldier. Lieutenant Colonel Sokov hopes to get rid of him."
He got useful information from him, so he is eager to find a comrade who understands German to act as a translator."
"It's midnight, where can I find a translator who understands German for you?" After Peter said this impatiently, he suddenly thought of his deputy Zinchenko, and quickly asked tentatively: "Cousteau
, you called me to ask Zinchenko to come over and help you?"
"That's right, Comrade Factory Director." Seeing that Peter had guessed his intention, Cousteau did not hide it, but said truthfully: "This is the first German prisoner we have captured. We need to get it from his mouth."
, and learned information that is useful to us.”
When Peter heard this, he realized that this matter was urgent and said quickly: "I will call Comrade Zinchenko immediately and ask him to rush to your place as soon as possible."
The captured German soldiers were quickly escorted in front of Sokov, a young German corporal of medium build. When he saw that Sokov was the highest-ranking person in the room, he immediately yelled at him.
Cove's face was ferocious when he saw him roaring. He sneered and turned to Bolshak and Cousteau: "Can you hear clearly what he said?"
The two shook their heads together, and Cousteau said: "Although I can't understand what he said, judging from the expression on his face, what he said was definitely not a good thing."
Zinchenko learned that he was coming to the assembly workshop to assist his comrades in the infantry brigade in interrogating the prisoners. In order not to waste time, he found a truck parked outside the factory building and rushed over as quickly as possible.
When Sokov saw Zinchenko walking in, he stepped forward and shook hands with him, and then said politely: "Comrade deputy director, these are the German prisoners we captured. Please help us translate. I want to know about them late at night."
What is the purpose of sneaking into the factory?"
Zinchenko nodded after listening, and then started chirping to the German corporal. After listening to what he relayed, the German corporal said a few more words excitedly. Zinchenko quickly translated his words
He came over and said: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, just shoot me. Wait until tomorrow, our air force will blow your place into ruins."
Air force, ruins?! When he heard these two words, Sokov couldn't help but feel a little in his heart. He secretly thought: If the Germans really bombed this place, then the factory would most likely be razed to the ground. Then he would be able to
Whether he can hold on to this place is unknown. Thinking of this, he quickly said to Zinchenko: "Comrade Deputy Factory Director, please ask him when their bombers will bomb this place?"
After asking the German corporal, Zinchenko replied: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, he said that they were ordered to conduct reconnaissance at the factory and to instruct the bombers to attack targets early tomorrow morning."
After figuring out the reason why the German prisoners appeared in the factory, Sokov waved to the soldiers standing behind the prisoners and motioned for them to take the prisoners away. After watching the German corporal being taken away, Sokov asked everyone with a serious expression:
"The Germans are going to bomb our place tomorrow morning. Can you tell us how we can prevent the Germans' bombs from finding their targets?"
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Zinchenko was the first to speak, but he did not give any solution. If he asked instead: "I would like to ask why the German army did not bomb here today and had to wait until tomorrow morning?"
"Yeah, why is that?" Bolshak scratched the back of his head and said, "If they want to bomb us, there are many opportunities today, why wait until tomorrow morning?"
Sokov said in an uncertain tone: "Could it be that the smoke above the factory area made the German planes unable to find their targets accurately, so they did not bomb us during the day?"
"It makes sense, it makes sense." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Zinchenko nodded and said: "The smoke during the day makes it impossible for the German aircraft to find the target, but if you wait overnight, the smoke on the battlefield will be
The wind blew away and they attacked in the early morning, with a clear target to attack."
"Then what should we do?" Cousteau asked with a frown: "If the factory is bombed intensively, it will definitely turn into ruins, and we will not be able to hold on here."
"I have two methods." Sokov stretched out two fingers and said: "One is to burn old tires and create smoke around the factory, which will block the sight of German pilots; the other is to make a request to the front army headquarters to let
They sent the air force to provide air cover for us."
"It's easy to burn worn-out tires. There are a lot of them piled up behind the factory, which can be used as waste." Cousteau said thoughtfully: "But the German army has already occupied the air superiority of the city. Even if we ask our superiors
If we propose to send air force for support, can they agree to it?"
"Leave this matter to me." Sokov coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and said, "I personally called General Chuikov and asked him to send the air force to support us."
