Sokov clearly heard Lyudnikov's shout, and was immediately frightened to death. If the artillery really covered this place with rocket launchers, it would be a doomed outcome. The situation was critical, and Sokov could not even think about it.
There were too many, so he rushed out of the tool room and shouted loudly to Samoilov and others who were shooting at the enemy: "Hide, quickly find a place to hide. There will be a bombardment soon..."
As soon as he shouted, Lyudnikov rushed out of the tool room. Seeing Sokov waving his arms and shouting loudly, without saying a word, he stepped forward and hugged his shoulders, forcing him to the ground.
As soon as the two men lay down, the sharp whistling sound of rockets and non-stop explosions came from outside. The rising smoke and dust covered the sky, as if the sky had suddenly become cloudy.
Fortunately, the rocket stopped after only one round of firing. Sokov, whose internal organs were shaken as if displaced, struggled to sit up from the ground. When he saw Lyudnikov also sitting up, he seemed to be talking to himself.
I said something, but my ears were like a ball of cotton stuffed, and I couldn't hear anything.
Sokov reached out and picked up the assault rifle that rolled aside. He checked it and found that it could still be used normally. He used the gun body as a crutch, stood up with difficulty, and staggered towards where Samoylov and the others were.
Went over to see what their casualties were.
After walking twenty or thirty steps forward, a German soldier suddenly emerged from the smoke, covered with dirt, and his ears, nose, and mouth were bleeding. He stumbled towards him carrying a rifle. But he saw the appearance of a German soldier.
After seeing Sokov in front of him, he hurriedly raised the gun in his hand and prepared to shoot Sokov.
Sokov fired first, hitting the German soldier in the stomach with two consecutive shots. The reason why he shot the enemy in the stomach was Sokov’s experience summed up in countless battles. After the enemy was shot in the abdomen
, the body will bend instinctively, and even if you shoot, the bullet will hit the ground; and if you choose to shoot at the enemy's head, firstly, the target is small and difficult to hit, and secondly, after the enemy is shot, his finger pulls the trigger, which will cause
Shot himself.
The German soldier who was shot dropped the rifle in his hand, covered his stomach and fell to the ground. As soon as the German soldier fell to the ground, a man jumped out of the rubble next to him and rushed over with a bayonet drawn, startling Sokov.
, hurriedly pointed the gun in his hand at the opponent. However, the opponent's target was not Sokov, but the German soldier lying on the ground. He stabbed the German soldier twice before taking back the gun and facing
Sokov asked something.
Sokov saw clearly that the other person was a soldier from the guard platoon, so he quickly walked over, leaned into his ear, and asked loudly: "Where is your platoon leader, Lieutenant Samoilov?"
The soldier's ears were temporarily deafened by the shelling just now. Although he couldn't hear clearly what Sokov was asking, he guessed that he must be asking about the whereabouts of the platoon leader. He hurriedly asked Samoilov
Pointing to the hidden position, he said: "Comrade division commander, where is the platoon commander!" Seeing the soldier pointing the direction for him, Sokov quickly walked there.
Samoilov, who was shaken to pieces, saw that the bombardment had stopped, and was struggling to get up from the ground. When he saw someone walking towards him, he quickly raised the gun in his hand, ready to shoot at any time. Wait.
After seeing clearly that the person coming was Sokov, he sat up straight, looked at Sokov and asked: "Comrade Commander, why are you here?" After asking, Samoilov realized that he could not hear his own voice at all.
It seemed that his ears were deafened by the shelling.
When Sokov saw Samoilov's appearance, he knew that the other party's ears must not be working well either, so he stopped yelling at him, but gestured to him to indicate the number of casualties and to prepare for the situation.
Prepare for battle to prevent the Germans from rushing up again. After finishing all this, Sokov walked back to Lyudnikov's headquarters.
When he entered the door, he saw Lyudnikov wearing headphones on his head and shouting loudly into the receiver: "I am Lyudnikov. I am still alive. It seems that your rocket launchers have driven back the enemy."
…”
Sokov found a corner and sat down, raised his hands to cover his ears, and pressed hard several times, letting air pour into the ear holes and hit the eardrums, trying to restore his hearing in the shortest possible time.
"Comrade Colonel," Sokov's hearing had somewhat recovered, and he said to Lyudnikov, who had just put down his earphones and microphone: "Although the shelling just shattered the German attack, it won't be long before they are still
They will attack again, what are you going to do?"
Upon hearing Sokov's question, Lyudnikov replied with a firm expression: "All our division commanders and combatants will stick to their positions. Even if we fight to the last man, we will never take a step back."
Seeing that Lyudnikov only talked about holding on to the position in general, without any specific plan, Sokov could not help but feel a little disappointed. He continued to ask: "Comrade Colonel, while the rocket just crushed the enemy's attack, it almost killed
We also killed them together. When the enemy attacks again later, you can't let the artillery fire at us again, right? We can survive the first artillery attack. No one can say what the result will be if we try it again.
It’s unclear.”
After Lyudnikov waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and said helplessly: "There is no way, Colonel Sokov, the order given to us by our superiors is to do everything possible to hold on to the barricade factory.
, can’t take a step back.”
"Comrade Colonel, I think you have misunderstood me. I am not asking you to retreat." Seeing that Lyudnikov had misunderstood what he meant, Sokov quickly explained to him: "No matter whether you are in terms of numbers or equipment,
, we are all at a disadvantage compared to the enemy. If we continue to fight such a positional battle, we may not be able to withstand it for long. If we want to hold the position, we must adopt reasonable tactics..."
"I understand what you mean, Colonel Sokov." Lyudnikov said loudly: "Now most of the factory area has fallen into the hands of the Germans. I can only concentrate all my people in this area.
It is a position that is consumed by fighting the enemy. Moreover, the artillery of the 295th Artillery Regiment of our division has been lost in the early battles. Without heavy weapons, I can only use people to fill it..."
"Wait a minute, Comrade Colonel." Sokov heard this and quickly raised his hand to interrupt Lyudnikov: "Isn't the barricade factory producing artillery? Doesn't the factory provide you with their products?
?”
"You are right, the barricade factory is indeed a factory that produces artillery." Lyudnikov said with a bitter look on his face: "I once discussed this issue with the factory director, but he said that the artillery in the warehouse is allocated
Indicators given to other fronts cannot be given to us."
"Hell, how long have we been discussing what indicators are not indicators? Does this factory director plan to leave these artillery pieces in the warehouse and hand them over to the Germans who occupied the factory?" After a few complaints, Sokov asked tentatively.
Question: "Comrade Colonel, do you know where the artillery warehouse is?"
When asked these words, Sokov felt guilty for a while. He was worried that the warehouse where the artillery was stored had already been occupied by the Germans, and his plan would be ruined. Without the support of artillery, facing the German tank troops
, even if Belgin’s downsizing team comes to support it, it won’t be long before it’s all gone.
"It's at a pile of ruins two hundred meters behind." Lyudnikov said with a wry smile: "It's an underground warehouse with a large number of artillery stored in it. There is a squad of internal affairs troops guarding the door. Without orders from superiors,
No one is allowed to come near."
When he learned that there were a large number of artillery stored not far away, Sokov couldn't help but his eyes lit up. However, he was worried that just having artillery without shells would be useless, so he asked tentatively: "Comrade Colonel, in addition to artillery, there is also ammunition in the warehouse."
?"
"Yes, yes." Lyudnikov nodded vigorously and replied: "I heard that in order to make these artillery useful as soon as they arrive on the battlefield, each gun has at least one base number of supporting ammunition.
.”
"I understand, Comrade Colonel." Sokov learned that there were artillery and a sufficient number of shells not far away, and he suddenly felt confident. He said to Lyudnikov: "Leave this matter to me.
, you just need to send a soldier to be my guide."
Lyudnikov guessed that Sokov was thinking about this batch of artillery. He originally wanted to persuade him, but then he thought that if he could really get the artillery out, his remaining artillery would be useful.
Damn it. In any case, if the artillery is converted into infantry, the combat effectiveness is indeed not very good, so let them do their old job.
Sokov left the tool room, found Samoilov, and said loudly to him: "Comrade Lieutenant, bring a squad to me."
"Comrade Commander," Samoylov heard Sokov's order and quickly summoned a squad of soldiers and followed Sokov out of the warehouse. On the way, he asked curiously: "Where are we going?"
"Not far from here, there is an underground warehouse that stores a large number of artillery pieces and supporting ammunition." Sokov replied: "Our mission is to get these artillery pieces and then use them to deal with the Germans."
Hearing that there was an underground warehouse storing artillery nearby, Samoylov asked in surprise: "Comrade division commander, since there are a large number of artillery stored nearby, why were these artillery not used in the battle to defend the factory?"
"
Sokov snorted coldly and said angrily: "Do you think anyone is as considerate as Factory Director Peter? He knew clearly that he would be criticized by his superiors if he provided the factory's products to the troops defending the factory without permission, but he still said...
We put the overall situation first and give priority to providing weapons and equipment to the troops defending the factory."
Led by the guide sent by Lyudnikov, the group came to the entrance of the underground warehouse. There was a sandbag fortification at the entrance, with a Deggarev light machine gun with a large disc mounted on it.
Someone approached, and a stern voice immediately came from behind the sandbag: "Who is it, stop!"
"One of our own!" Sokov replied and continued walking forward.
Unexpectedly, he had just taken two steps forward when he heard the sound of pulling the bolt of a gun from ahead, and then the voice came again: "This is an important warehouse. No one is allowed to approach without permission, otherwise we will
The shooting is about to begin."
"I am Colonel Sokov, commander of the 41st Guards Division," Sokov stopped and said loudly, facing the sandbag fortifications ahead: "Who is in charge here? Come out and talk to me immediately."
Hearing that the visitor said that he was a division commander, the sergeant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs guarding the warehouse did not dare to neglect and walked out from behind the fortification. He came to Sokov, straightened his back and said: "Comrade Colonel, Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Sir Kusin reports to you that our squad is guarding the national defense warehouse, please give instructions!"
"Comrade Sergeant," Sokov said while looking at the Sergeant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in front of him, "In order to defend the barricade factory, I need to use the artillery stored in the warehouse. I now order you to open the warehouse immediately and let us
Go in."
Unexpectedly, after Sokov finished speaking, Sergeant Gushin said in a stiff tone: "I'm sorry, Comrade Colonel, no one is allowed to enter the warehouse without the permission of the People's Commissariat of Defense."
"What did you say?" Faced with such a rigid Sergeant Gusin, Sokov had not yet spoken. Samoylov next to him could no longer hold it in any longer. He stepped forward and grabbed Gusin's shirt angrily.
Said: "The Germans are only a few hundred meters away from here. Are you planning to leave all the artillery in the warehouse to the Germans?"
"I'm sorry, Comrade Lieutenant." Gusin glanced at Samoilov's rank and said in a stiff tone: "We belong to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and do not need to obey the orders of commanders of other troops."
"Humph!" Samoilov sneered a few times and said to Gusin: "Since you said so, I will now give you an order as an officer of the Tenth Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to immediately clear the warehouses.
Open."
Seeing Sergeant Gushin's confused look, Sokov added next to him: "Lieutenant Samoilov was indeed in the Internal Affairs Forces before he became my subordinate. Also, we need to use the weapons in the warehouse.
Artillery to attack the enemies attacking the factory. If your superior wants to be held accountable in the future, let him come to me and I will give him a satisfactory explanation."
Gu Xin is not an old-fashioned person. What he just said cannot be out of his own responsibility. Now he sees that the enemy has rushed several hundred meters away from the warehouse, and there is also a friendly division commander who wants to take responsibility for himself.
, he no longer persisted in his opinion, but led Sokov around the sandbag fortifications and came to the warehouse door. He pointed to the big lock hanging on the door and said with an embarrassed look: "Comrade Colonel, we are just following orders.
We are guarding the warehouse and do not have the key to the warehouse. Do you think we need to contact the leaders of the factory and ask them to send someone to open the door?"
"It's too late. When the factory sends people over, I'm afraid the enemy will rush to the door." After Sokov said this, he turned to Samoylov and said: "Comrade Lieutenant, break the lock."
"Yes!" Samoylov agreed, handed the submachine gun in his hand to a soldier, took the Mosin-Nagant rifle from the soldier's hand, and banged the padlock with the butt of the gun several times.
Next. Just a "bang" sound was heard, and the lock was smashed open. Samoylov quickly handed the rifle back to the soldier, removed the padlock, and pushed open the warehouse door.
Since the power supply in the factory had long been cut off and the warehouse was deep underground, after opening the door, Sokov saw nothing but darkness and could not see anything. He quickly turned to Sergeant Guxin and said: "Comrade Sergeant, where are you?"
