In this way, with the help of an uninformed German lieutenant, Grissa and his reconnaissance team successfully left the town of Gorodice in an enemy truck. When the car drove to the site where it was attacked, they only saw that the truck burned into a frame had been pushed to the side of the road, and the bodies in the car had been cleared.
After the car stopped on the side of the road, the German corporal sitting next to the lieutenant pushed open the car door and leaned over to Aino in the car and said, "Sir Lieutenant, you are here!" Aino quickly thanked him and asked Grissa and the others to get out of the car!
While the soldiers were in the whole team, Aino came to the bridge and said gratefully to the German lieutenant sitting inside: "Thank you, Mr. Lieutenant. If I hadn't received your help, my subordinates and I would probably still be marching on the road."
The lieutenant waved his hand at Aino and said, "Lieutenant, I'll ask you for the matter of clearing out the guerrillas. Good luck!" After that, he ordered the driver to drive!
The whole set of acting was played. Although the German convoy had already driven away, Grissa and the others still pretended to climb up the hillside. Then they squatted on the top of the hillside, quietly waiting for the convoy to go away.
"Sergeant Yelizavita," he couldn't leave here for the time being, and he was idle, so Grissa asked Yelizavita: "You are the most accurate rocket attacker in the company. Tell me, how sure are you to kill the enemy's ammunition depot?"
"Comrade Lieutenant," Yelizavita did not immediately answer Grissa's question, but asked back: "How far are you going to let me shoot?"
"There is a river outside the town, and the enemy has checkpoints and fortifications on the bridge. We pass by at night, and I'm afraid it will be difficult." Grissa said thoughtfully: "I think you can fire rockets on the right bank of the river. How sure are you?"
"I have visually measured the distance there, and it is at least a little five kilometers to the town." Yelizavita replied: "At such a long distance, I feel that the chance of killing the enemy ammunition depot is less than 20%.
"What, is the hit rate so low?" Grissa frowned and asked in confusion: "Comrade Sergeant, I remember that before shooting at such a long distance, your hit rate was as high as 60%.
"The enemy's open ammunition depot is located in the church square in the middle of the town. Due to the obstruction of the buildings, the chance of hitting the target will be greatly reduced." Yelizavita told Grissa: "Comrade Lieutenant, we must get closer to destroy the enemy's ammunition depot."
Grissa thought for a while and replied, "Since that's the case, then you will take two soldiers across the river to the left bank to establish a launching position. At a distance of 1,200 meters, attack the enemy's ammunition depot."
"No, it's still too far."
"One thousand meters?!"
“Too far!”
Hearing that the two attack distances he raised were denied by Yelizavita, Grissa asked a little displeasedly: "Sergeant Yelizavita, then tell me, how far is the right distance?"
Yelizavita stretched out a hand and said, "Five hundred meters! At this distance, I can increase the chance of hitting the ammunition depot to more than 80%.
Regarding the distance proposed by Yelizavita, Grissa shook his head and said toughly: "No, Sergeant Yelizavita, you can't establish a launch position at this distance."
Yelizavita felt that he had the highest chance of establishing a launching position at this distance and eliminating the enemy ammunition depot. He didn't understand why Grissa opposed it, so he blurted out his question: "Why?"
"The mortars we equipped have a range of about 500 meters. In order to prevent the ammunition depot from being attacked by us, the Germans will definitely put the guard posts five hundred meters away." Grissa said to Yelizavita with a serious expression: "You have built the launch position at a distance of 500 meters from the town. Aren't you going to the trap yourself?"
"Comrade Lieutenant," Yelizavita was immediately shocked and sweated. If the Germans really put the cordon five hundred meters away from the town, they would probably be surrounded by the enemy before they had established a launch position. He asked with lingering fear: "Then where should we build the launch position?"
"One thousand meters is too far, five hundred meters is too close." Grissa thought for a while and said decisively: "You can build the launch position at 800 meters away from the town. I will send a few more soldiers to cooperate with you at that time."
"Comrade Lieutenant," Aino saw that the German convoy was gone, and quickly reminded Grissa: "See if we send someone back and call all the comrades hidden in the valley." Aino said this because he didn't want to walk a few kilometers to return to the hidden valley, and then he had not breathed evenly, so he had to hurry back.
"I'll go!" "I'll go!" As soon as Aino finished speaking, before Grissa could speak, the soldiers expressed their willingness to go back and call back all the soldiers hidden in the valley.
"No!" Grissa shook his head and said, "It's not dark yet. Walking alone on the road, he was discovered by the passing Germans. He either exposed his identity or was arrested as a deserter. I think it's better for everyone to go back together."
When everyone heard Grissa say this, they thought carefully that the lieutenant was right. If only one person was sent back to report the news, even if he was wearing a German uniform, it would cause suspicion from passing Germans. Even if he could not reveal his identity, he would be arrested as a deserter, and perhaps he would miss the big thing.
The reconnaissance team went down the hillside and walked along the road to the hiding place. Although the soldiers had walked for a day, Grissa had already explained the interests to everyone, no one raised any objection. During the march, they occasionally had full or empty vehicles passing by their side. When the Germans on the car saw this small army on the roadside, they thought it was a special highway patrol, so they did not slow down the speed and continued to drive forward.
After more than an hour of march, Grissa and the others finally returned to the hiding place of other soldiers. Seeing Grissa and the others back, a sergeant who stayed in charge hurriedly came up and said to Grissa: "Comrade Lieutenant, you are back."
Grissa heard from the other party's tone that something must have happened, and he asked quickly: "Is something wrong?"
"During your absence," the sergeant replied, "the division headquarters sent us fifteen telegrams, all of which were the same, asking if we had found the enemy's ammunition depot."
"Call back to the division headquarters." As soon as the sergeant Grissa finished speaking, he said confidently: "It is said that after reconnaissance, we have confirmed that the enemy's temporary ammunition depot is located in the town of Gorodice. We will take action tonight to destroy the enemy's ammunition depot. Comrade Sergeant, this telegram is urgent and sent out immediately, so don't let the division commander and others wait and see."