"Don't shoot, we're on our own!" When Shulka and others ran out of the tent with guns in hand, they heard a cry in the darkness: "We are from the 50th Army!"
The 50th Army was part of the Bryansk Front.
But in fact, they can no longer be said to be the Bryansk Front Army, because the Bryansk Front Army suffered heavy losses when confronting the German army. After that, troops who were reinforced to Moscow from other directions were continuously replenished. These troops still use their designations... This is almost
It's equivalent to a reorganization.
Out of caution, Major Gavrilov asked several soldiers to come forward to check the other party's ID, and then let him go after confirmation.
Major Gavrilov asked: "What happened? Why did you retreat?"
"We failed!" the skirmishers replied: "The German tanks penetrated our defense lines from the flanks!"
"Retreat, Comrade Major!" Someone advised Major Gavrilov: "They have at least one tank division, we can't stop them!"
"Have you received the order to retreat?" Major Gavrilov asked.
"Yes of course!"
"But we didn't receive it!" Major Gavrilov replied.
"You should check with your superiors!" A skirmisher came forward from the darkness, looking a little embarrassed. He approached Major Gavrilov and asked, "Do you have any cigarettes, Comrade Major?"
"No!" Major Gavrilov simply refused, and he hurried back to the headquarters to send a telegram to his superiors.
At this time, Shulka noticed something strange...the sight of those skirmishers unconsciously followed Major Gavrilov's footsteps, and even followed him.
"I have cigarettes here, comrade!" Shulka called to the group of skirmishers: "Call them all over here, and there is vodka...enough for you to take a few sips!"
"Great!" the skirmisher responded with a smile, but followed Major Gavrilov's direction and pace without changing.
So Shulka no longer hesitated, raised his rifle and knocked down a soldier holding a ppd submachine gun with a bang. He had been following Gavrilov, and he only had to raise his hand to pull the trigger.
Killed Major Gavrilov.
"You are crazy!" the instructor shouted: "What are you doing..."
But before he finished speaking, Shulka pushed him back into the trench, and then there was loud gunfire outside.
Major Gavrilov seemed to understand something, and immediately fell to the ground and shouted: "They are enemies, kill them!"
Only then did the soldiers react and immediately fired at the group of skirmishers with their guns in hand.
The scene was very chaotic for a while. Both the enemy and ours were wearing the same military uniforms and they were in the dark. It was impossible to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. The soldiers could only fire based on their feelings.
However, there were only a few enemies who sneaked into the Soviet defense line, so the situation quickly stabilized.
After a few minutes, the gunfire gradually stopped, and a flare rose into the air. Several skirmishers scrambled to escape in the mud, but were soon knocked down in a pool of blood by the Soviet troops.
"Braffenburg troops!" The instructor finally reacted.
Major Gavrilov crouched up and lay down next to Shulka, saying: "You saved my life, Comrade Shulka! How did you see through them?"
"No one will give up Tula, Comrade Major!" Shulka said: "Because there is a railway directly to Moscow, and there are no roadblocks!"
Major Gavrilov nodded in agreement.
"What's more important!" Shulka said: "They didn't react much when they heard vodka..."
Major Gavrilov was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed: "So they are Germans?"
"Yes!" Shulka said: "Whenever the Soviets hear vodka, they will gather like hungry wolves, but they follow you to the headquarters!"
"They almost cheated me!" Major Gavrilov said with lingering fear.
"Very good, Comrade Shulka!" said the instructor.
"Admit it, comrade instructor!" Shulka said: "They lied to you!"
"Do I need to tell you?" the instructor asked dissatisfiedly.
Several people burst out laughing.
"Prepare to fight!" Major Gavrilov ordered.
This approach is correct. The enemy cannot have a sneak attack by only one Branfenburg force. Even if such a sneak attack is successful, it will not make much sense, even if it is the headquarters.
Therefore, the enemy should at least have a reconnaissance detachment sneaking in... They obviously lacked the strength to face the 333rd Regiment, so they planned to use the Branfenburg troops to sneak attack the headquarters to paralyze the 333rd Regiment's command and plunge it into chaos, and then use the reconnaissance detachment to launch an attack
Raid.
If this develops, they may indeed succeed, because the Brandenburg troops will blend into the Soviet ranks so that the Soviets will not be able to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, and then they will be at their mercy.
but now……
At this time, there was only a "rumbling" sound of motors, and two "Plank 3" tanks appeared on the railway, one on the left and one on the right, covering the German army behind them as they launched an attack on the Soviet army.
When I saw this Shulka, my heart dropped: there are only two tanks, which is simply not enough for the 20 units of anti-tank firepower per kilometer on the defense line... The 20 units per kilometer are centered on the railway to the two wings.
Deployed, that is, 10 units on the left and 10 units on the right.
20 against 2, and the two tanks are still together, it can be said that there is no pressure.
Sure enough, several illumination bombs rose into the sky, and then a burst of artillery fired, and the two "Type III" tanks were paralyzed.
The German reconnaissance unit also retreated... They just wanted to test the enemy's firepower and had no intention of fighting head-on.
From this point of view, the German army's combat method is more flexible and more humane. If it were the Soviet army at this time, they would probably charge forward with a shout.
"What's going on?" the instructor said, "How did the Germans get here?"
"Because they want our heroic group to show off!" Shulka replied.
Major Gavrilov chuckled and ran back to the headquarters to contact his superiors.
This situation needs to be reported to superiors and to obtain more information and next steps.
It turned out that Guderian used another trick when facing the Soviet army. He divided the Kleist 1st Armored Group into two parts and attacked the Soviet defense line from the front, making everyone believe that these two parts were the German army.
The 1st Armored Group and the 2nd Armored Group, even the captured Germans said so.
The Soviet Army was convinced of this.
As a result, Guderian's 2nd Armored Group advanced in the dark, and then quickly broke through Kireyev Straight.
"Their main force will arrive before dawn!" Major Gavrilov said: "There are two armored divisions and one motorized infantry division!"
After a pause, Major Gavrilov added: "Our superiors ordered us to stop them no matter what!"