"There are snipers!" A shrill cry sounded from the front row of the Soviet observation group.
Those who were sniped were three reserve division commanders with the rank of major general, that is, all general-level officers present. Although in theory there was also a general named Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov who was also fighting with this
The observation group went with him, but in fact, General Zhukov is still far away in Moscow staying with Stalin.
Originally, Zhukov's name was put in the observation group just to plating it with gold so that he could be promoted in the next step. It was not really that a dignified general would lead the observation group to the war zone all day long.
Who doesn’t know that Zhukov’s famous man next to Stalin was the hero who defeated the Japanese army at Nomenkan. The cronies valued by Chairman Stalin wanted to be plated with gold and earn some qualifications, so everyone just turned a blind eye.
As for the other three major generals and division commanders, they are not actually serious division commanders. According to the Soviets, these major generals are actually the commanders of the "Second Force". Reinhardt secretly informed the German generals
According to their popular names, these major generals are called the division commanders of the "Shadow Force".
The "Shadow Force" originated from the system of the Soviet Army's "Second Army". This very creative system allowed one Soviet division to often become two divisions overnight.
After all, there is nothing magical about the "Second Army" system. It is that each division commander is usually assigned two deputy division commanders, instead of only one deputy division commander like Germany and other countries. And among these two deputy division commanders, one
One is like the deputy commander of the German army, performing his daily duties. The other only does a little bit of this work occasionally, and most of the time is busy with other things-that is, responsible for the work related to the "Second Army".
Similarly, in the Soviet army, the division chief of staff was a colonel. He also had two deputies with the rank of lieutenant colonel, one of whom was also responsible for the "Second Army"-related work, that is, the "shadow force division chief of staff."
The same is true for each regiment, with 1 colonel as commander and 2 lieutenant colonels as deputy commanders. However, each battalion is assigned 1 battalion commander and 1 deputy battalion commander.
Once an armed conflict occurs, a division receives an order to prepare for combat and is required to march to the combat area. Then, this division will only have one deputy division commander who will follow the division commander to lead the troops, that is, the deputy division commander who performs daily duties.
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The same is true for each regiment. Only one deputy commander will accompany the troops on expeditions.
Each battalion is only led by the battalion commander, and the deputy battalion commander is left, together with the deputy division commander and deputy regimental commander left before, to form and lead a new division.
Since the departing battalions do not have a deputy battalion commander, a company commander will be selected from each battalion to be immediately promoted to deputy battalion commander. The vacancy left by the company commander will be promoted to a platoon commander. In this way, this situation at the officer level
This kind of transfer will not affect the combat effectiveness of the division at all, and at the same time, it can leave the skeleton of a new division.
After all the personnel of the division along with weapons and equipment have left their barracks, if the division's soldiers and junior officers are short of personnel, they will look for opportunities to replenish them on the way to the combat area, and replace reserve personnel or other scattered personnel.
Friendly troops find people to fill in.
After the division leaves, the remaining barracks will not be idle. The colonel who usually serves as deputy division commander is still there. At the same time, there are also 6 lieutenant colonels who usually serve as deputy regimental commanders and several deputy battalion commanders.
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But the commanders of this "second force" often lack qualifications. In order to increase their qualifications, that is, to gild them, the Soviet military tried various methods. One of them was to organize the second force.
When an officer joins a battlefield observation group, his seniority will be increased after completing the mission.
But now, three major generals and division commanders who were about to take office as the second unit were collectively killed by snipers. This is equivalent to what military analysis said was directly beheading on a large scale, which is not bad!
"General!" Several regiment commanders who had just been promoted to colonels of the new army ran forward and shouted around the bodies of the three division commanders.
"Pah! Pah! Pah! Pah! Pah..." The sniper team led by Simon fired one after another, realizing a wish for these idiots with the rank of colonel who ran forward to die.
"Retreat!" There was no hesitation. After judging that the general in the intelligence would probably not show up, and confirming that the team had completed the extremely valuable tactical goal today, Simon decisively issued the retreat order.
3 major generals and 8 colonels, this is equivalent to killing the top leaders of 3 divisions! Even if the fight continues, it is impossible to achieve better results. It is better to accept it as soon as possible and keep the green hills for the future.
Achieve great results again.
Moreover, Simon has a natural talent for premonition, which is his greatest luck as a sniper. He instinctively felt that after killing so many high-level officials in the Soviet Union in one go, the other party would definitely not let his group go. Don't run away now,
Maybe I will have to stay here forever later.
Anyway, the massacre of the field hospital was avenged, and he felt more mentally balanced. Simon lowered his body and slid back along the slope, while Murray and Jeweni on both sides turned over against the snow and rolled back to the back of the high ground.
Although it was impossible for the three of them to be hit by bullets on the back side of the slope, Simon still did not relax his vigilance and quickly told the two of them to run into the woods 3 kilometers away. There was the sled equipment they had hidden there. Once on the
Once you get the sled, you will basically be safe if you want to escape.
"Quick! Send people to the direction where the gunshots were fired!" A colonel with a relatively good mind had just hid, and instead became the only survivor among the three major generals and the nine colonels.
At this moment, since he had the highest military rank, the right to command on site naturally fell into his hands.
"Colonel!" Although he was only a major in military rank, the commander of the security force who was given the order by Mr. Colonel still bit the bullet and said: "If the opponent is a Finnish sniper, then our people will never be able to hold them back. We can only
To increase the sacrifice. I suggest that the accompanying artillerymen can fire howitzers in the direction where the gunfire was just fired, so..."
"Second Battalion Commander!" the colonel shouted loudly: "Where are those Italian cannons in your hands!"
During the Spanish Civil War, the Soviet troops on the northern front fought against the famous Italian General Gambara. Although they ultimately failed, they also captured a lot of equipment of the Italian Expeditionary Force in local battles.
In order to whitewash the results of the war, these trophies were transported back to the country and used as showpieces.
After the Spanish Civil War ended, most of these Italian weapons entered the "Second Army" and were used as their equipment. Therefore, there was a story about this group of artillery accompanying the observation group carrying Italian artillery.
"Pull up, commander..." the second battalion commander immediately replied.
"Fire!" The colonel did not hesitate at all and immediately issued this order that threatened Simon's life. In his opinion, if Simon did not die for a moment, he would be in danger of being killed for one more second.
"Bang bang bang...!" Simon and his party had just taken two steps from the high ground and rushed down. Several grenades exploded around where they were lying just now!
The huge explosion carried scattered shrapnel, blowing to pieces the mats and white cloth they had just laid out. But Simon, because of his timely prediction of the crisis, suffered almost no major trauma. It was just his thickness.
The coat was only slightly cut open by a piece of metal flying from a short distance away.