Perhaps only SS soldiers can be called die-hards. Of course these two captured guys wanted to live, so after being promised that they could survive by telling them the airport information, they decisively told everything they knew.
I said it.Δ』
This decisiveness surprised Balzen.
"Sure enough, as long as the gun is pointed at their heads, the smart ones will definitely choose to cooperate." Balzen was very happy and ordered Cota to sort out the intelligence obtained from the interrogation.
The majority of soldiers also took this opportunity to take a break.
Natasha and Igor are both back. This time the battle in the forest went from start to finish very quickly. Natasha only fired one shot. She was a little unwilling. These enemies were almost like meat on the chopping board.
It was all his own food. But his comrades were too fierce and all the victory was taken away from him.
She was a very honest person. When cleaning the battlefield, she only took away the dog tag of the enemy whose head was shot.
Now, the two of them were resting with their backs against the big tree. Natasha was also playing with her trophies.
"Alfonso Faustin, this enemy has such a name. He was born in 1918. He is really young." The girl said to herself and couldn't help but sigh, which made Igor on the side feel something different.
"What? You sighed, are you feeling sorry for this enemy?"
"Maybe. At twenty-four years old, this person is very young, and now I have killed him. Life is really fragile."
"Of course life is fragile, for us too, including yourself." Igor looked up at the sky and began his own memories.
In this war, so many people have died that the girl who should have been frightened out of her wits when facing the dead has become a cold killer. Igor had to accept this reality. Natasha beside him was...
The number of enemies hit during this operation may have even exceeded her official statistics.
Igor saw the girl still playing with the dog tag as if nothing had happened, and said: "My dear, this can be considered an actual result of your action."
"Yes. I hit at least a hundred enemies. To be honest, it's really easy to kill enemies with a weapon in hand."
Killing the enemy is easy? This is what this girl said. If it were her, it would be true. But for this war, most of the soldiers were blown to ashes by the enemy's overwhelming artillery fire before they even came into direct contact with the enemy.
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There are only a few people who truly become heroes in the war, and Natasha is one of them. Her courage, composure, talent, and enough luck make her still alive and kicking now.
Putting the dog tag in her pocket, Natasha said nothing more. The good record was largely due to the excellent weapons. She began to pull out the gun's purge and clean the rifle's rifling.
On the other hand, Cota's interrogation yielded results. The two prisoners explained the exact location of the airport without hesitation, and pointed out its troop configuration, number of aircraft, and fortification issues.
Cota was very surprised because these two men revealed the most critical information, which would be directly related to the fate of the army.
He immediately took the handwritten materials and reported to the company commander Balzen.
“The enemy responded very quickly, and its airport defenders received exact orders to prepare immediately. Even the family members of the army, support workers from Germany, and some Ukrainian and Belarusian workers who supported Germany were all armed.
The entire airport is now on military alert."
This was completely beyond Balzen's expectation. He asked: "The enemy has almost all the people in uniform. Why do they do this? Is it to prevent us?"
"That's absolutely correct. The enemy is guarding against us. Since we fought with the enemy in the forest, it seems that the enemy has paid a huge price. They guessed that our goal was to attack the airport, so they made two decisions. One is
Order the airport to enter a state of combat readiness. And the other..."
At this point, Kota hesitated a bit.
Balzen was very impatient and ordered: "If you have something to say, just say it and don't delay."
"Yes! Company Commander! The enemy... the enemy has dispatched at least four infantry battalions and even armored vehicles. They have begun to reinforce the airport. Theoretically, their troops will arrive as soon as the day after tomorrow."
Balzen's mind was buzzing. He didn't expect that the tongue caught in this encounter would actually reveal such important information. He realized that he really couldn't procrastinate like this anymore, so he immediately ordered the squad leaders of the entire company to hold a meeting.
Natasha was resting with her eyes closed when she was awakened by the noise. When she opened her eyes, it turned out that it was another emergency meeting, and the squad leaders gathered around the company commander, discussing it in a hurry.
At the meeting, Balzen said to everyone without hesitation: "Comrades, there are actually two thousand people chasing us behind us, and they also have tanks. We have suffered heavy losses in heavy weapons, including one recoilless gun.
, there are still 20 rocket-propelled grenades left in each gun. Our self-produced ones have been exhausted. Now we have captured two projectiles and six missiles. It can be said that our combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced. But attacking the enemy
The mission of the airport must continue to be carried out."
No one showed any sign of slacking off, because if they were discouraged at this time, their comrades would have sacrificed their lives in vain. What's more, there was no way to slack off now, there were too many pursuers behind, and war was inevitable.
Balzen advocated: "According to the intelligence, we can reach the target by walking another ten kilometers, and we have already grasped the exact route of action. As soon as possible, we will launch an attack on the enemy's airport at night!"
This is somewhat beyond everyone's expectations. Didn't they agree that they would find the target, conduct reconnaissance tomorrow, and attack the day after tomorrow? Some people raised objections: "Company commander, is what the prisoner said really so credible? They wouldn't
Will you deceive us?"
"These prisoners should not be lying." Balzen paused, "The location of the airport is in this area. Even if they don't tell us, we can find it. Besides, look at what the prisoners said. The enemy's large forces
This is the most critical thing when chasing us. Our advantage is that we are good at mobile combat in the forest, which is a huge disadvantage for the enemy, because we still have this time advantage. So today we found the target, and the battle will be tonight!"
This is an order that each squad leader must obey.
Because the number of troops was only one hundred, Balzen simply made a war mobilization for everyone. After saying a lot, Balzen emphasized one point: "Tonight, we will start a night battle. This is our only chance. We will try to destroy the aircraft as much as possible.
Prepare your own grenades and explosive packs to destroy all enemy aircraft!"
Natasha was also a little surprised. It seemed that the information about the enemy's pursuers had been interrogated, and the battle started one day earlier. Now, she didn't have much time to rest, and the high-intensity battle would continue. This was really a waste of energy.
Destroy.
Balzen talked a lot, and Natasha sighed a little: "Oh! This is the fate of a soldier! I still have to bite the bullet and fight."
"This is your duty." Igor patted the girl on the shoulder, "My dear, you don't have to be afraid. I will carry your supplies for you. When the battle begins, we will fight side by side."
Natasha nodded, of course she trusted this sturdy comrade-in-arms.
The encounter was over, and the reconnaissance company immediately adjusted its mission plan. The bullets and grenades on the enemy's corpse were taken away. The Mauser rifle was still useful and was taken away with them. Only the handsome military uniform was left on the enemy's corpse.
The gray uniforms were incompatible with the white snow, so their bodies were left to be collected by the German pursuers.
Before leaving, two more gunshots were heard in the forest, and the two captured Germans were shot. The so-called promise to save lives by telling information was simply a lie. A veteran was shot with a Ruger pistol.
Killing two people can be regarded as a kind of irony - German firearms killed German soldiers.
The troops continued to advance, the sound of gunfire was blocked by forest vegetation, and the reconnaissance company's actions remained relatively concealed.
The Germans are still building their own fortifications, and they are busy digging trenches and building fortresses at the airport. They know that the enemy will come over, but they don’t know that the battle is about to break out! (To be continued.) 8