Chapter 722: Surprise attack on the ammunition depot (Chinese)
Sokov initially planned to equip Grissa with a unit of forty or fifty men, so that if the sneak attack failed, he could also turn to a strong attack. Just throw a grenade into the German ammunition pile, which could cause a shocking death. Since Grissa still had three rockets that could change the situation, the soldiers who were ready to be allocated to him must be reduced.
"Lt. Grissa," Sokov called Grissa to the wall and pointed to the map on the wall and asked, "I want to ask you, where are you hiding the rocket?"
Grissa stared at the map for a while, then pointed decisively at a position with his hands, and said firmly: "Comrade Commander, I am the only one who knows the rockets buried in the forest near this small village."
"I'll give you twenty," Sokov said to Grissa with his hands behind his back: "You are responsible for blowing up all the ammunition stored by the enemy, so that the enemies who attack the Barrier Factory and the Derzhinsky factory would have to stop the attack on the factory due to insufficient ammunition."
Grissa did not express any objection to the number of people Sokov mentioned. He knew very well that as long as there were rockets and magic weapons in his hands, not to mention twenty people, even if there were only two people, he could still take off the enemy's heavily guarded ammunition depot. He paused for a moment and asked Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I want to ask, where is the enemy's ammunition depot?"
"I don't know." Rokosovsky replied very simply, "We only know that behind the enemies who attacked the two factories, there may be an ammunition depot with a large number of weapons and ammunition. Your mission is to find and destroy it and relieve stress for the friendly forces on the front."
The smile gradually solidified on Grissa's face. He didn't expect that Sokov would give him such an unreliable task. He didn't even know where the enemy's ammunition depot was, so he asked himself to lead his troops to destroy it. With such a large area, it was as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack with more than 20 people.
"Comrade," Grissa asked with some difficulty, "I don't know how long you can give us to complete this difficult and glorious task."
"Two days. Lieutenant Grissa, I can only give you two days." Sokov stretched out his two fingers and said firmly: "The squad you lead must find and destroy the enemy's ammunition depot."
While Grissa was hesitating, a sudden light of inspiration appeared in his mind. He thought of the person who looked exactly like the commander. Since the other party could bring him back from Karachi intact, it should not be difficult to find the enemy's ammunition depot. Thinking of this, he quickly replied: "Don't worry, Commander, we will definitely complete the task."
Although Sokov felt that Grissa was completely different from the other party, he could not guess what the other party was thinking and continued to explain to the other party: "Comrade Lieutenant, although we do not know the specific location of the German ammunition depot, we can judge the possible location from clues. For example, if the enemy wants to transport so much ammunition, the ammunition depot will definitely be located in a very convenient place for transportation; and in order to prevent sneak attacks from our army, the ammunition depot's position must be very broad, so that soldiers who serve as guards can observe faraway places..."
When Sokov was telling Grissa about his analysis, Sidolin, who was standing beside him, staring at the map on the wall in a daze, thinking about where to go and echoing the various characteristics of Sokov. After Sokov finished speaking, he slapped the wall suddenly and said excitedly: "Comrade Commander, I know where the enemy's ammunition depot is."
"Where is it?" Sokov asked curiously.
"Here, Gorodieshe!" Sidolin pointed to this location on the map and said excitedly: "To the northwest of this town is Connaya Station, to the south is Razguryaevka Station, to the east is the 94th, 389th Infantry Division, 100th Hunter Division, and 24th Armored Division that attacked the Barrier Factory and the Derzhinsky Factory. Ammunition is stored in Gorodieshe, and the enemy can pass through a well-connected road to meet the town from the station, and then encounter the war zone from the town."
After listening to Sidolin's analysis, Ivanov, who had never spoken, nodded and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I think the Chief of Staff's analysis is very reasonable. The enemy is likely to set up the ammunition depot in the town."
When Sokov learned that the enemy might have set up the ammunition depot in the town, he frowned and said, "If there were our residents in the town, Lieutenant Grissa and others would blow up the ammunition depot, they would definitely razed the town to the ground, and then the residents of the town would be buried with the Germans."
After Sokov finished speaking, the entire command center fell into silence. Everyone knew very well that if the Germans really stored ammunition in the town, as long as the ammunition depot was destroyed, the entire town would definitely be razed to the ground by a huge explosion. By then, no one in the town, whether German or Soviet, would survive.
What should I do? Sokov asked himself secretly in his heart that although destroying the enemy's ammunition depot is to weaken the enemy's offensive intensity, Sokov still couldn't bear to sacrifice so many residents.
In the end, Grissa broke the silence. He asked Sokov curiously: "Comrade Commander, since you think the Germans may set up the ammunition depot in a small town, I will take people to reconnaissance. If it is really there, we will use rockets to destroy the ammunition depot."
"Comrade Lieutenant," before Sokov could speak, Sidolin rushed to say, "Didn't you hear what the division commander said just now? Once we destroy the town, all the residents in the town will die..."
"But, Comrade Chief of Staff. There is not even one of our residents in the town." Grissa looked at Cidolin and said in surprise: "The residents in the town were all evacuated two months ago."
"Lt. Grissa, what did you say just now?" As soon as he finished speaking, Sokov grabbed his clothes and said excitedly: "You said that all the residents of the town had been transferred two months ago. Is this true?"
"Of course it's true." Grissa nodded vigorously and said in a positive tone: "I brought people to this area some time ago, and the terrain here must be quite familiar. At the beginning, I hoped to get some food or medicine supplements from the residents of the town, so I brought people into the town. Who knew that after entering, I found that there was an empty town and everyone was gone. We stayed in the empty room in the town for one night, and then moved before dawn the next day."
Sokov was relieved to learn from Grissa that Gorodise was an empty town. As long as there were no residents in the town, he could use any means to the enemies in the town. After breathing a sigh of relief, he said to Grissa: "Comrade Lieutenant, go to the guard battalion and the reduction regiment to select the right candidates immediately, and be sure to set out in two hours."
Grissa knew that the guard battalion and the reduction regiment had experience in fighting behind enemy lines. Sokov arranged this way in hopes that he could complete the task better. He quickly raised his hand to salute Sokov and others, and then turned around and walked out of the division headquarters.