Red Moscow

  Chapter 213 Fighting for merit

  In the sniper battle on the first day, the sniper team of the 1135th regiment caught the Germans by surprise, killing and wounding 31 German soldiers. Bindasov was very satisfied with such a result. He said to his chief of staff: "Chief of staff, I really didn't expect that after we adopted the sniper tactics proposed by the division commander, we eliminated 31 enemies, while our side only had one." Soldiers were slightly injured, almost catching up with the results of our battalion-level attack."

The chief of staff also smiled and said: "Yes, Comrade Commander, I really didn't expect the tactics proposed by the division commander to be so effective. I suggest that the other two battalions should immediately deploy sharpshooters to form a sniper team, so as to eliminate more Lots of Germans."

  In fact, as early as when the first battalion formed the sniper squad, Bindasov gave orders to the other two battalions, asking the two battalion commanders to draw sharpshooters from the battalion to form the sniper squad. However, the two battalion commanders believed that their defensive zone was too far away from the German positions, so they took an attitude of obediently obeying Bindasov's orders.

   Now that they learned of the achievements of the first battalion, the two battalion commanders couldn't sit still anymore. While ordering people to select sharpshooters in the battalion, they sat together to discuss where the two battalions' sniper sites should be placed.

After learning of the sniper results, Sokov did not get carried away, but said to Chief of Staff Potukin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, although today's sniper team has achieved good results, we still have many problems. Make improvements."

   "What question?" Potukin asked curiously.

"Our snipers all use ordinary Mosin Nagant rifles without a scope on them." Sokov said: "If you snipe a target within a range of one or two hundred meters, it's not a big problem. Once it exceeds two hundred meters, without the help of scopes, their hit rate will be greatly reduced."

  Potukin wrote down what Sokov said in his notebook, raised his head and asked, "Are there any more, Comrade Commander?"

"If possible, ask the superior to replenish the required artillery to the divisional artillery battalion as soon as possible." Seeing Potukin's questioning face, Sokov said before he could ask again: "Wait until the enemy is killed." When our snipers get too scared to show up, we need our artillery, to get them out of hiding. Understand?"

   "Understood." After listening to Sokov's explanation, Potukin suddenly realized: "I will submit a report to the superior as soon as possible, so that they can replenish the required artillery for our artillery battalion."

  Early the next morning, two sniper teams from the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 1135th Regiment came to the Zizdra River and chose a bush as the sniper site.

Matvey was leading his subordinates, preparing to leave the position to carry out the task. He saw the sniper squads of the second and third battalions from a distance, entered the sniper position he had already selected, and ran back to find Jetrov .

  After listening to Matvey's report, Jetrov's first reaction was: Impossible, how could the sniper teams of the second and third battalions come to our defense zone. So he looked at Matvey and said: "Comrade Sergeant, you are not mistaken, are you?"

"No, there is absolutely no mistake." Seeing that Jietrov refused to believe what he said, Matvey said anxiously: "Comrade battalion commander, if you don't believe it, you can take a look for yourself. The location where they are hiding may be German People can't see it, but it's clearly seen from us."

  Hearing what Matvey said, Jetrov hurried to the lookout, raised his binoculars and looked towards the river. Sure enough, I saw seven or eight soldiers hiding behind a bush, and two of them were sitting facing each other and smoking. Seeing this situation, Jetrov couldn't help being furious. He went to the table and picked up the phone. After letting the signalman connect to the Second Battalion, he said bluntly: "Second Battalion Commander, I am Jie, the acting battalion commander of the First Battalion." Captain Trove, I want to ask, why did your soldiers appear in my defense zone?"

The commander of the second battalion heard that Jietrov called to ask questions, so he quickly covered the receiver, and said to the commander of the third battalion who was sitting beside him, "It's Captain Jetrov's call." After speaking, he took his hand from the receiver. He moved up and replied to Jetrov with a smile, "Comrade Captain, we also sent a sniper team to carry out the mission under the order of the regiment headquarters."

"Comrade Major, I know the order of the regiment headquarters." Thinking that the opponent's military rank is higher than his own, Jetrov couldn't get angry, so he could only try to control his emotions, and asked in a calm tone: "But your sniper boy Detachment, why did you enter the defense zone of our battalion?"

The second battalion commander and the third battalion commander looked at each other and said in an official tone: "Comrade captain, you should know that, except for your battalion, the defense areas of our battalion and the third battalion are not bordering the German army. For the mission, I can only borrow a place in your camp, I hope you can understand."

Hearing that the Second Battalion Commander had already said this, Jetrov knew that there was no point in refuting his rebuttal, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "Well, Comrade Major, since you said so, then today is the day." Yes. But I hope that starting tomorrow, you and the snipers from the third battalion will not enter our area casually."

  When the second battalion commander put down the phone, the third battalion commander who was sitting next to him said a little worriedly: "I said man, do you think this Captain Jetrov will go to the regimental commander to sue us?"

"Don't worry, old man." The commander of the second battalion said carelessly: "Even if he goes to sue, we are not afraid. Anyway, it is to complete the task of the superior. Who will let the defense area with only the first battalion face the enemy's position across the river? .”

   Seeing Jetrov hit a soft nail, Matvey asked him for instructions: "Comrade Battalion Commander, our sniper position has been taken by friendly troops. What should we do?"

"What can I do, what else can I do?" Jetrov looked at Matvey and said angrily, "You can only find a new position. Well, it's getting late, so hurry up and set off. "

  The joint sniper team of the second battalion and the third battalion, after occupying the sniper position selected in advance by the first battalion, was worried that the other party would drive them away. When they got the message sent by the second battalion commander, they immediately felt at ease. Second Lieutenant Bratash, who was in charge of commanding the joint sniper team, said triumphantly to the snipers: "Comrades, after negotiation between the battalion and the first battalion, this sniper position is ours to use today. Alright, everyone Get ready to snipe."

  When the soldiers of this sniper team were happy that they occupied a good sniper position, they didn't know that the **** of death was approaching them step by step. The German army was attacked by snipers on the first day and suffered a lot of casualties. This incident immediately attracted the attention of the German commander. He sent a senior sniper overnight to deal with the Soviet snipers.

   Before dawn, the German snipers lurked into a bomb crater in front of the position, carefully observing the movement of the Soviet position. When the joint sniper teams of the second and third battalions entered the position, they were discovered by him. Because he didn't know the strength of the Soviet snipers, he didn't act rashly, but lay in the crater and waited for the opportunity.

  After dawn, the mortars on the German positions took the lead in firing, and the artillery targeted the bushes where the joint sniper team was hiding. The bullets fired from there yesterday killed a dozen German soldiers and were therefore set as priority targets by German artillery.

  The Soviet snipers hiding behind the bushes did not expect the Germans to bombard their hiding place with artillery fire first. If they are professional snipers, they will definitely choose a suitable location to avoid shelling. But these snipers were sharpshooters drawn out temporarily and had no professional training at all. Once they were bombarded, they would inevitably lose their positions. In order to prevent being killed by shells, they ran out of their hiding places and fled in a panic to the rear position.

  The German snipers hiding in the bomb crater saw two Soviet soldiers coming out of the bushes, running towards the trench sixty or seventy meters away. He knew very well that at such a short distance, he could run into the trench in only ten or twenty seconds, so he pulled the trigger on the soldier who was running in the front without hesitation. After the gunshot, the soldier was staggered, After running two more steps forward, he fell to the ground. The soldier who was following behind was tripped by his fallen comrade. When he got up from the ground, before he could stand up straight, the second bullet from the sniper flew over and pierced his throat accurately. Let him fall down with his comrades.

  (end of this chapter)