Red Moscow

  Chapter 216 The victory of two people

The two sides held each other for more than an hour. Seeing that it was getting late, two snipers couldn't bear it anymore. They whispered to Matvey: "Comrade Sergeant, I don't think the German snipers will show up." , let's go back first."

Matvey felt that there were five people crowded in this small area. If they were bombarded by the German army, they might be caught in a pot, so he nodded slightly and said: "Okay, Norma stays, and the rest of the comrades go back first. The position. Our road to the rear must be under the surveillance of German snipers, so be careful when you go back."

   Ajik lay on the icy ground for several hours, and his heart was full of complaints. If he hadn't been concerned about the snipers across the river, he would have gone back to his position. Hearing what Matvey said at this moment, he immediately said smoothly: "Understood, Comrade Sergeant, we will be careful."

   After finishing speaking, Ajik put the Mosin Nagant rifle in his hand on his back, turned back and adopted a crawling posture, and crawled towards the position. Seeing that Ajik had taken the lead in action, the other two snipers naturally did not neglect, and followed him and crawled towards the position.

  Jetrov, who was staying in the observation post, saw that three soldiers had successfully returned from the hiding place, and quickly asked Ajik, the leader, "Where is Sergeant Matvey?"

   "Comrade Battalion Commander," Ajik quickly replied upon hearing Jetrov's question, "He and Norma are still staying at the lurking location."

  Jetrov asked inexplicably, "Why haven't they come back yet?"

"There is a German sniper on the other side of the river." Another soldier replied: "Sergeant Matvey said that the man is too great a threat to us, and if he does not eliminate him, he may cause us losses, so he and Norma and the two stayed behind, defending the enemy's sniper by himself, and trying to kill him."

  Jetrov was about to report to the regiment after he learned about the results of the battle from the three snipers, when the phone on the wall rang first. He took off the microphone and put it close to his ear, and Sokov's voice came from the receiver: "Comrade Captain, I am Major Sokov. How is the situation there? Have all the snipers you sent back?"

"No, Matvey and another sniper named Norma are still in the ambush position." After briefing the situation to Sokov, Jetrov said: "After they want to kill the German sniper, Return to position."

  Sokov looked out the window and saw that it was getting late and the visibility was limited. Even if a sniper was found, Matvey and the others probably would not be able to achieve anything, so he casually said, "I see."

   Seeing Sokov put down the phone, Potukin quickly asked: "Comrade Commander, what is the result of the sniper team of the First Battalion today?"

   "Four enemies were killed." After Sokov finished speaking, he asked: "Chief of Staff, is there really no artillery in the artillery battalion?"

  Potukin thought for a while, and replied: "I heard a report from the artillery battalion commander today, saying that they repaired a scrapped artillery. But the shells are a little less, only seven rounds."

   "What caliber of artillery?" Sokov then asked.

   "76.2 mm," Potukin quickly replied: "It's a cannon!"

"Very good!" Sokov waited for Potukin to finish speaking, and immediately told him: "Chief of Staff, you immediately call the artillery battalion commander and ask him to adjust the artillery to a position close to the front to bombard the German snipers hiding s position."

   Regarding Sokov's arrangement, Potukin said with some embarrassment: "We only have one cannon, but the ammunition is limited, and it may not have any effect."

  Sokov didn't talk nonsense with him, but just said lightly: "Obey orders!"

   Soon, the artillery of the artillery battalion was dragged behind the position of the first battalion. The gunner looked at his battalion commander and asked, "Battlemaster, where should we shoot?"

The battalion commander said with some dumbfounding: "It is said that there is a sniper lurking in front of the German positions on the other side of the river, and he shot and killed several of our soldiers today. The purpose of our bombardment is to drive him out of his hiding place and let him Our snipers killed him. You are the most experienced gunner in this battalion, where do you think the German snipers might be hiding?"

The gunner picked up the binoculars, looked towards the opposite bank for a while, and then said: "Comrade Battalion Commander, although the visibility is a bit low, I can still see quite a few bomb craters on the opposite side. The German snipers must be hiding in one of the craters." We could have shot him out of his hiding place."

"I'll leave this to you." The battalion commander said to the gunner: "You have to remember, we only have seven shells. Once the shells are gone and the snipers have not been driven out of their hiding places, we will Even if the mission fails."

"Don't worry, Comrade Battalion Commander." The artillery commander replied with a smile: "You don't think there are more than ten or twenty bullet craters over there, but in my experience, there are no more than five bullet craters that can hide. He blasted out of his hiding place."

  After adjusting the shooting elements, the cannon fired towards the open space in front of the German position. The first shell landed in an empty crater and exploded, sending a cloud of mud into the sky.

   Matvey and Norma saw the area where the German snipers were hiding and were suddenly shelled, with surprised expressions on their faces. They knew in their hearts that in this way, unless the German snipers were willing to be killed by shells, it was absolutely impossible to stay motionless in the crater. As long as the enemy moves, they have a chance.

So Matvi said to Norma: "Norma, you and I both know the crater where the German sniper hid. Now I will divide the work. I will be in charge of the right side, and you will be in charge of the left side. As soon as the sniper shows up, shoot immediately." Kill him. Remember, we only have two or three seconds to shoot, and once we miss it, it will not be so easy to find him again."

   "Don't worry, Comrade Sergeant." Norma replied while aiming intently, "As long as he shows up, I will never let him escape safely."

  Soviet artillery shells landed in front of the German position. The German observation post was taken aback for a moment, wondering why the Russian artillery was so poorly accurate, and it was still tens of meters away from our position. Just as he was thinking, another shell landed in the open space in front of the position and exploded, causing another cloud of mud to rise into the sky.

  Seeing this situation, the observation post immediately understood that the reason why the Soviet artillery shells fell on the open space and exploded was not because they missed the shot, but because their attack target was the snipers hiding in the crater in front of the position. Thinking of this, he immediately called the German commander and reported the situation to him.

  The German commander was taken aback when he learned that the Soviet artillery was about to kill his own snipers. He quickly called the artillery in the rear, hoping that they could suppress the Soviet artillery and cover the snipers for escape.

  Unexpectedly, after receiving the call, the artillery duty officer immediately asked: "Mr. Major, do you know where the Russian artillery is located?"

   These words stopped the German commander. How could he know the location of the Soviet artillery, so he could only ask the other party to wait a while, and send someone to notify the observation post, so that he could quickly report the location of the Soviet artillery.

  Reporting to the commander from the German observation post, the commander called the artillery again, and the cannon of the artillery battalion fired three more shells, which accurately hit the other three empty craters. The kicked-up soil scattered the sniper hiding in the nearby bomb crater. The sniper hiding in the crater was really about to cry at this moment. He didn't expect that after being topped by the Soviet sniper, he would not even have a chance to show his face. Now the Soviet army is directly bombarding his hiding place. If his own artillery fire is not suppressed, it may be difficult for him to retreat today.

   It was too late to say it, but when the sniper was thinking wildly, the sixth shell fired by the cannon directly smashed into the crater where the sniper was hiding. The shock wave generated by the explosion pulled the sniper out of the crater, threw it high into the air, and fell heavily on the ground. Just as he fainted, two bullets flying from the opposite bank went into the ground respectively. The top of his head and shoulders were broken, and he left the world he missed without any pain.

  While the Soviet army was shelling, Matvey and Norma stared intently at the crater where the snipers were hiding. Seeing that the artillery shells fired by our own artillery fell into the empty crater, both of them were very anxious, but they couldn't notify the artillery to adjust the shooting parameters, so they could only pray silently in their hearts, hoping that the artillery comrades would shoot The next shell can hit the target accurately.

   Seeing the shells miss one after another, the hearts of both of them were about to collapse. Just when the two were on the verge of despair, the shell finally hit the crater where the sniper was hiding. Seeing the sniper flying into the air, the two of them shouted "Ula" in their hearts and pulled the trigger in their hands. Almost at the same time as the sniper landed, the bullets they fired hit the target accurately.

  The artillery battalion commander saw a figure flying out of the crater through the binoculars, and immediately realized that they had hit the target and completed the task assigned to him by his superiors. He quickly put down the binoculars, and said to the gunner who was about to load the last shell: "Okay, comrade gunner, the sniper has been killed. Let's move quickly, otherwise when the German artillery fires over, if you want to retreat That's too late."

  Hearing the artillery battalion commander gave the order to retreat, the artillery commander was unambiguous, and immediately ordered his men to stop loading, and several artillerymen dragged the artillery and ran back. As soon as they ran more than two hundred meters, the German artillery shells roared and landed directly on the position where the artillery had just been erected.

  The artillery commander felt the ground under his feet tremble slightly, and he couldn't help saying to the artillery battalion commander with lingering fear: "Comrade battalion commander, fortunately, you gave the order to retreat in time, otherwise we must be finished today."

  The commander of the artillery battalion also panicked when he saw that the place where he was just staying was blown up into a sea of ​​flames. However, in front of his subordinates, he still pretended to be calm and said: "Comrade Gunner, even if I don't give the order, we will withdraw at this moment. You must know that our artillery only has seven shells, and there will be a delay of ten or twenty seconds at most." , That’s all, it’s all gone. Alright, today’s task has been completed, you go back to the station first, I’m going to report to the chief of staff.”

  After killing the German snipers, Matvi and Norma did not immediately return to the position of the first battalion, but continued to lie motionless on the ambush position. According to Matvey's idea, the German army used artillery fire to suppress the artillery on the Soviet army's position in such a short period of time, which proved that they valued this sniper very much, and many German soldiers would definitely leave the position later. At that time, it is a good opportunity for them to snipe.

  After the German artillery fired rapidly for five minutes, seeing that the Soviet artillery had not moved, they thought they had killed them, so they stopped firing. The commander who stayed at the forward position saw the sniper lying motionless tens of meters away. He didn't know if he was dead or alive, so he sent two soldiers to check.

  The two soldiers bent over and ran up to the sniper cautiously. As they bent over to check, Matvey and Norma pulled the trigger. Norma knocked down the enemy standing on the left with one shot, while the enemy on the right was also shot, but the shot was in the leg. Although it was temporarily unable to walk, it was not fatal.

  Seeing the German soldier rolling on the ground, Norma turned her head and glanced at Matvey, thinking what was wrong with the sergeant, he actually missed the bullet. When he raised his gun and was about to refill it, he was stopped by Matvey: "Norma, don't shoot. As long as he is still alive, the Germans will definitely send someone to rescue him."

Hearing Matvey's statement, Norma was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that he knew that Matvey did this for fishing, and used a wounded person to mobilize more German soldiers from the position. Pick them up one by one. Thinking of this, he immediately aimed his gun at the German position, ready to shoot as soon as he saw a moving figure.

The German commander saw that the two soldiers he had sent were killed by the Soviet snipers as soon as they approached the sniper. The life and death of the hand, dragging the wounded soldier back by the way. The two soldiers were shot and killed by Matvey and Norma not far from the position.

   "There are snipers." Seeing the four soldiers sent in a row, they all fell down in the shortest time. If the German commander doesn't know that there are snipers on the other side, he can buy a piece of cheese and kill him. After looking towards the dark bank for a while, he asked the soldiers around him, "Which one of you saw where the Russian snipers were?"

   "Mr. Major," a soldier standing beside him replied timidly, "It's too dark to see the direction the bullets are coming from."

   "Damn!" The German commander also knew that in such a dark light, it was almost impossible to find the position of the Soviet sniper. He originally wanted to stop the rescue operation at this point, but when he heard the screams of the wounded soldier in the distance and the sniper whose life and death were unknown, he had to change his mind and sent a few more soldiers to rescue.

  In just five minutes, another eleven soldiers fell under the guns of Matvey and Norma. But because there were too many dead bodies and the sky was too dark, a soldier finally managed to get close to the wounded and the sniper. But when he saw that the sniper was already dead, he put the wounded on his back and ran towards the position step by step.

   Matvey and Norma saw this moving target. Although they fired several shots in a row, all the bullets hit the wounded on the back of the German soldier. When the soldiers dragged the wounded into the trenches, they found that their companions had already been shot seven or eight times and died. He put the body aside and reported to the commander: "Mr. Major, I checked carefully. My sniper was shot in the head and shoulder and died almost instantly."

  After listening to the soldier's report, the commander couldn't help feeling extremely annoyed. In order to save a man who had already died, he actually lost the lives of 15 soldiers. Such a loss is really too great.

  (end of this chapter)