Compared with Beigang, the forward slope of Nangang is steeper, but the German army's offensive focus was on the direction of Nangang, which made Sokov very puzzled. Before the battle began, Sokov specifically instructed Starcha to capture two German officers alive and figure out what was going on.
After repelling two German attacks in a row, Sokov was talking to Cuikov in the command center. Suddenly, he heard heavy footsteps coming from the door. He looked up, but unexpectedly found that two Germans were coming in. Sokov didn't bother to consider why the Germans appeared here. He threw away the microphone in his hand, picked up the assault rifle placed on his footsteps, and pointed it at the Germans coming in.
"Comrade Commander, don't shoot." Before Sokov pulled the trigger, he heard Selyosha's voice coming from the door: "They were prisoners sent by Lieutenant Colonel Starcha."
After finding out that it was the prisoner sent by Starcha, Sokov secretly breathed a sigh of relief, put down the assault rifle in his hand, and said to Selyosha who was following behind: "Seryosha, call Ernst over to be our translator."
Although Ernst rarely appears in front of Sokov, the place he is not far from the command center. Lesseosha takes Ernst back to the command center less than two minutes after leaving.
Seeing Ernst coming, Sokov nodded at him with a smile and then began to interrogate directly. His eyes swept back and forth twice on the two officers and stopped on the lieutenant: "Your name, rank, and the position you hold."
After listening to Ernst's translation, the German lieutenant quickly replied: "Lieutenant Leon, deputy company commander of the 11th Company of the 276th Infantry Regiment."
As soon as Lieutenant Leon finished speaking, the other officer continued: "Lieutenant Fabian, platoon leader of the 21st Company of the 276th Infantry Regiment."
"Two gentlemen," said two other German officers, after they all reported their homes, Sokov asked again: "I want to ask you a question, why do you choose to focus on the offensive in Nangang instead of Beigang. You must know that the terrain here is not very beneficial to your attack."
Lieutenant Leon's face showed a confused expression when he heard Sokov's question: "Mr. Colonel, don't you know that we call Beigang Death Hill, and no one would want to participate in the attack there if it was not necessary."
This time it was Sokov's turn to be puzzled: "Lt. Leon, can you tell me the reason?"
The questions asked by Sokov were all within the answerable range for Leon, so he answered readily: "Mr. Colonel, don't you know that the Romanian army had attacked that high ground some time ago, but more than 2,000 people died in hand-to-hand combat. You should know that although the Romanian army had poor combat effectiveness, it was better than us when it came to bayonet fights. Our commander believed that since our allies suffered a great loss there, if we attacked again, the soldiers would only lose their lives in vain!"
After Leon's explanation, Sokov finally understood why the Germans gave up the easy-to-attack Beigang and concentrated their efforts to attack Nangang's position. It turned out that they were worried that attacking Beigang would repeat the mistakes of the Romanian army, so they had to turn the direction of the attack to Nangang's position.
"Comrade Commander," Sidolin, who was sitting aside without speaking, suddenly said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that the hand-to-hand battle in the Marine Battle Battalion actually made the enemy feel scared. Even the powerful Germans dared not attack Beigang easily."
Ivanov came to Mamayevgang after the hand-to-hand battle. Therefore, he was unknown about the battle and asked curiously: "Comrade Commander, what's going on? Can you tell me?"
"Comrade Deputy Division Commander, let me explain to you." Seeing that Ivanov wanted to know the battle, Sidorin took the initiative to tell him the tragic hand-to-hand battle that took place in Beigang. He finally said: "The sailors and soldiers of the Marine Battalion who stood in Beigang used their courage and bayonets to make the enemy scared, so that the Germans who took over their attack did not dare to attack Beigang easily."
"Excellent, it's amazing." After Ivanov learned the details from Cidolin, he couldn't help but sigh: "Our sailors are amazing. If they had more people and better equipment, they might be able to eliminate more enemies."
Sokov had already obtained the information he wanted, so he waved to Selyosha who was standing beside him and said, "Shelyosha, take them down and lock them up with other prisoners. Find a suitable opportunity and send them to the Army Command."
After Selyosha took the soldiers of the guard company and took the prisoners away, Sokov looked at Ernst and asked with concern: "Enst, how are you doing recently?"
"It's okay." Ernst asked with a brief answer, expressionlessly: "Comrade Commander, are you allowed to go back?"
From Ernst's attitude towards him, Sokov realized that he had been a little too cold to the other party in the past few months, so he had bad ideas about him. However, the war was fierce at the moment and it was not a good time to talk to him. So Sokov nodded at the other party and said, "Of course you allow it, go back and have a good rest. I will go and talk to you when I have time."
Ernst raised his hand to salute Sokov, then turned around and walked out of the command center.
When Ernst's figure disappeared from the door, Ivanov asked curiously: "Comrade, how come we have a German here?"
Sokov turned his head and looked at Ivanov and explained to him: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, Ernst surrendered to our army shortly after the start of the large counterattack under Moscow. Since then, I have kept him in the command center for interpreters." He couldn't help but sigh softly, "But I've been too busy lately and I've actually ignored him. It seems that I have the opportunity to talk to him so that he won't have any bad ideas."
"Comrade Commander, I have an idea." After Sokov finished speaking, Ivanov said unexpectedly: "According to our plan, aren't we going to send several small teams to go deep into the enemy's rear to launch an attack tonight? I suggest that personnel should be drawn from the Marine Battalion and an elite team should be formed. I believe they will definitely achieve good results."
Regarding Ivanov's proposal, Sokov nodded in agreement: "Yes, the four teams we currently form are composed of personnel drawn from the three guard regiments and the reduction regiments. The combat effectiveness of the Marine Battalion is obvious to all. If such an action is not drawn from the battalion to participate, I am worried that the commanders and fighters will have any opinions."
After the three agreed on the opinions, Sokov personally called Shamrich: "Comrade Captain, I am Sokov. You immediately draw twenty soldiers to form a capable team."
"Comrade Commander," Shamrich said, not immediately agreed when he heard Sokov's order, but asked cautiously: "Is it use to form such a small team?"
"I plan to send several small teams behind the enemy after dark to attack the enemy's traffic lines, warehouses, commands and barracks, disrupt the enemy's attack deployment, so that they cannot attack us as planned." Sokov said to the microphone: "The other four troops were all drawn from each regiment. Considering the strong combat effectiveness of your battalion, after research by the division headquarters, it was decided to draw personnel from you to form a small team."
After understanding the reason why Sokov drew personnel, Shamrikh quickly replied: "I understand, comrade in the division commander, I will immediately draw personnel to form a team."
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After dark, five squads left Mamayev's hill with the help of the night and advanced towards the rear of the enemy.
Sending a small team to the enemy's rear was very common for Sokov and Sidolin, but this was the first time Ivanov encountered this situation, so he seemed particularly nervous. He asked Sokov from time to time: "Comrade Commander, can these troops pass through the enemy's defense safely?"
"Comrade Commander, what target will the squad attack first after passing through the enemy's defense line?"
Ivanov asked a series of questions that made Sokov laugh and cry. But he still patiently explained to Ivanov: "Don't worry, Deputy Division Commander, my troops have entered the enemy's back more than once, causing a lot of trouble to the enemy. I believe that the troops sent today can also disrupt the enemy's rear."
As the two were talking, Selyosha suddenly hurried in from outside. Sokov saw Selyosha even shouting about the report, so he rushed in and asked with some displeasure: "Lieutenant Selyosha, is there anything wrong?"
"Comrade Commander," said Selyosha with a happy face, "You may not guess who is here."
Sokov knew about Selyosci. If an ordinary superior leader came, he would definitely not be so excited. He asked curiously: "Shelyosci, who is here?"
Seryosha smiled but did not answer, but turned around and said to the door, "Come in!"
As soon as his voice fell, a dusty officer came in from outside the door. The officer came to Sidolin, raised his hand to his helmet, and said, "Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff. Lieutenant Grissa reported to you that I have successfully returned from behind the enemy." He turned a blind eye to Sokov when he spoke; after he finished speaking, he stopped his eyes on Ivanov, "Comrade Chief of Staff, is this commander..."
"This is our deputy division commander Colonel Ivanov." Sokov couldn't help but feel a little angry when he saw Grissa who had just returned, "Lieutenant Grissa, didn't I order you to stay in Karachi? Why are you back?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Grissa looked at Sokov with a blank expression, and said to him with his previous position: "Didn't you take us out of Karachi and break through several enemy lines in succession before returning to Mamayev's hill?"
"I will take you out of Karachi and break through several enemy lines of defense?" Sokov asked in confusion when he heard Grissa say this, "When did this happen?"
"It's what happened not long ago." Grissa said at a loss: "You accompanied us to the foot of the mountain and said you had something else to do. Let me take the soldiers into the tunnel first, and you will come in a while. I didn't expect that you were moving very quickly, and you actually arrived at the command center before me."
"Lt. Seryosha!" Before Sokov asked anything, Sidolin suddenly said to Seryosha: "You have nothing to do here, you can go out first."
When Selyosha heard the order issued by Sidolin, although he was unwilling to accept it, he did not dare to disobey the order. He could only smile bitterly and nodded, turned around and walked out of the command center.
As soon as Sedolin walked out of the command center, he lowered his voice and asked Grissa: "Comrade Lieutenant, you said that the division commander personally took you away, right?" As soon as he said this, he suddenly realized that Grissa might not know that Sokov was the division commander now, so he added, "The brigade commander has been promoted to the commander of the Guards Division."
When Grissa learned that Sokov had become the commander of the division, he showed a joyful expression on his face. But he quickly curled his smile and answered the question asked by Cidolin seriously: "Yes, it was the commander and another strange man who took our small army away from Karachi, and passed through the enemy's defense line, and returned here smoothly."
"It's so damn. Why did Grissa meet someone exactly like him?" Sokov thought to himself: "First it was Asia, now it was Grissa. They all saw themselves in different places. What's going on?"
Sidolin and Ivanov looked at each other, and both saw shock in each other's eyes. At the same time, both of them thought to themselves: "It's a hell, the division commander is obviously with us. Why did Asia and Lieutenant Grissa say that they met the division commander in different places?"
"Comrade Lieutenant," Sokov asked Grissa with a straight face: "Is another strange man wearing a blue mask, a blue tights suit, and a round shield on his back." He pointed his hand at his chest, "Is there a huge five-pointed star in his clothes?"
"That's right, comrade of the division commander." Grissa guessed from the expressions of the crowd that the person he met might not be the real division commander. Therefore, facing Sokov's question, he answered truthfully: "Although that man also speaks Russian, his tone is relatively stiff, and it seems that he is a foreigner."
"Comrade instructor!" Ivanov asked in a slight cussing, "First it was Asia, then it was Grissa. They all saw the person who looked exactly like you, and the mysterious person with unknown identity. What was going on?"
Chapter completed!