Red Moscow

  Chapter 258 Fighting behind the enemy (4)

  Sokov's troops were stationed in a forest 20 kilometers away from Kursk. By noon the next day, the reconnaissance team led by Christopher returned from Kursk. Wearing German uniforms, when they rode into the forest on a three-wheeler, the sentry on duty thought it was the enemy breaking in, and almost shot them.

   "Comrade Second Lieutenant, how is the situation?" Sokov saw Christopher walking in from the outside in the uniform of a German sergeant, and immediately asked straight to the point: "Have you figured out the deployment of the enemy's troops?"

"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander." Christopher said emotionally: "The German army has only one company in the city of Kursk, and it is distributed in different places throughout the city. The police responsible for maintaining law and order in the city probably have There are two or three hundred people, but their combat effectiveness is very poor."

  Sokov waited for Christopher to point out the specific location of the German army stationed, and said to the three company commanders standing in front of him: "Company commanders, the situation in the city has been clarified, do you have any ideas?"

   "Comrade Battalion Commander, I want to ask." First company commander Vanya said, "How do you plan to fight this battle?"

"How to fight?" Hearing Vanya's question, Sokov raised his eyebrows, and then said: "How else can we fight, of course, using the previous sneak attack tactics in disguise." After he finished speaking, he saw Everyone had embarrassed expressions on their faces. Guessing what they were worried about, they continued, "I know that the number of German uniforms carried by each company is limited, but we can still make full use of them."

"How to use it?" Vasily asked hesitantly: "The German uniforms in the whole battalion add up to only forty sets. If we adopt the tactics of eliminating one by one, once the enemy escapes, the enemy in other locations will take defensive measures." , causing trouble for our next move.”

Seeing that the company commanders all looked sad, Sokov smiled and said, "comrades company commanders, this is how I think about it. Since we have forty soldiers in German uniforms, let's divide them into four groups." , ten people in each group, taking actions at different locations at the same time..."

"Comrade Battalion Commander," Vasily interrupted Sokov, and said with great concern: "What should we do if we encounter an enemy with more troops than us and cannot kill them for a while? Once the gunshots sound in the city, The actions of our army will be discovered, and there may be a melee."

"Don't worry, Captain Vasily." Sokov said to Vasily with a smile: "I will give each action team an additional 30 soldiers wearing our uniforms. Tell me, we have a team of four Ten fighters, can't they deal with the scattered Germans?"

  What Sokov said surprised everyone. They knew in their hearts that the Germans were not blind. Several groups of soldiers in Soviet uniforms appeared in the city of Kursk ostentatiously. It would be no wonder if they couldn’t find out. This time, it was Belkin who asked Sokov a question: "Major Sokov, as soon as our people enter the city, they will be discovered by the enemy immediately, so how will we complete the sneak attack mission?"

"If our soldiers wear uniforms and enter the city swaggeringly, they will definitely be noticed by the enemy immediately." Sokov said with a smile: "But if the enemy sees that there are several groups of prisoners of war who were escorted into the city by other German soldiers, What would they think?"

"Prisoner of war, where did this prisoner of war come from?" Belkin muttered casually. As soon as he said that, his whole body was shocked, and then he looked at Sokov and asked in surprise: "Major Sokov, are you going to let us soldiers pretending to be captured, and then escorted into the city by soldiers disguised as enemies?"

  Sokov nodded with a smile, affirming Belkin's guess: "That's right, that's how I thought about it."

   "Sure enough, it's a good idea, Major Sokov." Belkin applauded repeatedly after hearing this: "In this way, even if our soldiers enter the city ostentatiously, they will not arouse the suspicion of the enemy."

"Comrade battalion commander, I have another question." Vanya waited for Belkin to finish speaking, but looked at Sokov and continued to ask: "You just said that each operation team has forty people in each group, and among them are disguised as There are ten German soldiers and thirty dressed as prisoners of war. I would like to ask, the prisoners of war must not carry weapons on their bodies, and the fake German soldiers who escorted them must not each carry four guns. If that is the case, the enemy You can see the flaws at a glance. If they don't have weapons, and the soldiers disguised as prisoners of war are unarmed, how should they fight?"

"Captain Vanya, what you are worried about is not a problem." Sukov had already considered the question Vanya asked, and he replied: "Soldiers pretending to be Germans, each carrying a pair of Once the scattered enemies are eliminated, they can hand over the captured weapons and clothing to soldiers pretending to be captives, and let some of them change into German uniforms. The remaining "captives" are divided into two parts, respectively The "German soldiers" were taken to different locations."

   "Sure enough, it's a good idea." Everyone present applauded Sokov's statement. After studying some details, the company commanders returned to their respective units to prepare for the surprise attack on Kursk.

As soon as the company commanders left, Belgin asked Sokov for instructions: "Major Sokov, capturing Kursk is not a trivial matter. Look, shall we send a telegram to the Front Army Command to report our situation?" report to them?"

   "I think it's better to take it easy for the time being." Sokov led the troops out of the Jim area without asking for instructions from his superiors. If you report to your superiors at this time that you have led the troops to the Kursk region, firstly, it is easy to leak the secrets, and secondly, you may be blamed by Rokossovsky. After all, what you say is self-assessment. Therefore, he rejected Belkin's proposal: "It is not too late to report to the superior after we occupy Kursk."

"Okay, Major Sokov." Seeing that Sokov rejected his proposal without hesitation, Belkin did not argue, but asked politely: "Can I ask, after we occupied Kursk, , what should I do?"

"According to the information we have, the enemy has a large-scale warehouse in Kursk." Sokov replied: "If we occupy the warehouse area, then we will find a way to evacuate the warehouse there as soon as possible. If we cannot achieve For this purpose, just burn it down, so that the Germans will never get any ammunition and supplies."

  (end of this chapter)