Red Moscow

  Chapter 212 Sniper Squad

   After Sokov left, Jetrov quickly formed a sniper squad consisting of five sharpshooters. The task he gave them was to snipe and kill all enemies that appeared in their field of vision.

Hearing Jietrov's order, the elderly sharpshooter Matvey asked puzzledly: "Comrade Captain, what about the cooking soldiers who go to the river to fetch water every day? Do you also regard them as enemies and kill them?" ?”

Jetrov looked at Matvey, gritted his molars and said: "Comrade Commander said, as long as they are wearing German uniforms, they are all our enemies. No matter what kind of troops they are, they will all be wiped out. I understand." ?"

   "Understood!" Although the sharpshooters didn't know the reason why Jetrov gave this order, they still replied respectfully: "We will definitely wipe out all the enemies that appear in sight."

  When Sokov returned to the division headquarters, Chief of Staff Potukin already knew about the formation of a sniper squad. He asked Sokov carefully: "Comrade commander, why did you suddenly think of forming a sniper team at the front?"

  Hearing Potukin's question, Sokov raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise: "Comrade Chief of Staff, is there anything wrong with the decision I made?"

"I want to talk about my personal opinion. If there is something wrong, please don't be angry." Potukin said cautiously: "According to our reconnaissance, the German army has deployed an artillery battalion on the opposite bank. Killing the enemy on the other side may usher in revenge from the German artillery. You must know that our fortifications along the river are not strong, and once they are bombarded, they will inevitably suffer huge casualties."

"Comrade Chief of Staff, I have also considered the issues you are worried about." Sokov waited for Potukin to finish speaking, and began to express his opinions: "After the battle of the previous period, the morale of our division has fallen to the bottom. Bottom, if we don't find something to boost morale, I fear our division will be disappointing on the day the offensive begins."

   Having said that, Sokov intentionally paused for a moment to observe Potukin's reaction. Seeing that the other party was silent, he went on to say: "The front of our position is not the Champs-Elyres Avenue in Paris, where the Germans can walk freely. We want to see one and destroy the other, and beat them all in the trenches." Dare to stand up, understand?"

  Potukin waited for Sokov to finish speaking, nodded with a wry smile and said, "Understood."

Sokov knew very well in his heart, don't look at what Potukin said, but he didn't agree with his own actions in his heart, so he added: "Our snipers must closely monitor every possible place where the enemy may appear, As soon as they show up, kill them. Don't underestimate the role of snipers. If they can kill five to ten enemies a day, then on the day of the attack, they will at least kill a company of enemies. An amazing achievement."

Sokov's words made Potukin's eyes shine, and he continued: "Comrade commander, if it is true as you said, each sniper team can kill five to ten enemies every day, as long as we form a few more sniper team, then when the attack starts, the strength of the German army on the opposite side will be greatly weakened." He said, picking up the phone on the table, "I'll call the heads of the other two regiments and ask them to Immediately form a sniper team to snipe and kill the enemy who appears in front of their position."

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov saw that Potukin had been persuaded by himself, and even took the initiative to call the other two regiment leaders to explain to them the formation of the sniper team, and quickly reminded them: "Tell the two regiment leaders, In the early stages of the sniper team's sniper operations, there will definitely be retaliation from German artillery fire, and I hope they will be psychologically prepared in advance."

  The sniper unit of the 1135th regiment hid in the woods by the Zhizdra River shortly after its establishment, and shot coldly at the opposite German position. Among them, the sharpshooter Matvey, who was appointed as the team leader, was the most outstanding marksman. He fired a total of 13 shots, killing 7 German soldiers and wounding 1, while the other soldiers also killed one or two.

  Before the operation, Captain Jetrov had warned them that after sniping the enemy, they should prevent retaliation by the German artillery. Therefore, when they found that no target appeared in their field of vision, they moved the sniping location in time.

  As soon as they left, the German artillery roared. Matvey, who was walking at the end, saw **** of dazzling fireballs rising in the woods, and several birch trees with thick bowl mouths were blown off in the middle and thrown to the side by the air waves. This scene made him break out in a cold sweat, thinking that if he hadn't moved in time, the sniper team might have to confess here.

  The rest of the snipers saw Matvey running out of the woods in a panic, and asked with concern: "Sergeant Matvey, are you okay?"

"It's okay, I'm okay." Matvey shook his head with a pale face, and said to his subordinates: "While the Germans are bombarding this forest, let's find a new sniper location and teach the Germans a lesson. "

A young sniper heard what Matvey said, and quickly reminded him: "Comrade Sergeant, we have killed a lot of enemies today. According to my statistics, there are far more than ten. I think we should go back first." , come back tomorrow.”

"No, we can't go back now." Matvey pointed to the opposite bank and said to his subordinates: "Don't look at the German troops on the opposite side who were beaten so hard by us that they didn't dare to show their heads. I'm sure someone will come out to check the effect of the shelling. Let's go, let's find another sniper location and teach the Germans a lesson." Seeing that Matvey was so stubborn, the snipers couldn't continue to refute, so they could only follow them Behind, continue to look for new sniper locations.

  When they came to a bush by the river, a sniper suddenly pointed at the opposite side and said excitedly: "Comrades, look quickly, the Germans really emerged from their positions."

  The crowd looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, they saw more than a dozen German soldiers emerging from the empty trench. They were pointing their fingers at the woods that had been bombarded, discussing something cheerfully.

Seeing this situation, Matvey shouted excitedly: "Everyone immediately enter the shooting position, and each chooses his own shooting target. When he hears my order, he shoots at the same time. We must find a way to shoot in the shortest possible time. Kill more Germans."

  The snipers agreed loudly, and rushed to the positions they chose, using the Mosin Nagant rifles in their hands, aiming at the exposed German soldiers in the German positions in the distance.

  (end of this chapter)