Red Moscow

  Chapter 279 Heavenly Bullets

  When the second platoon leader led the soldiers to the first row of positions, with the help of the light from the flaming logs, he could clearly see that many German soldiers had rushed into the position and were engaged in hand-to-hand combat with their comrades. He hurriedly shouted: "Comrades, drive the enemy out of the trenches." After shouting, he raised his hand and shot down a German soldier who rushed over.

   The soldiers in the first row did not suffer too many casualties in the battle, but after discovering that German troops had rushed into the trenches, they seemed a little flustered. Just when they were struggling to hold on, seeing the comrades in the second row rushing up shouting, their morale was immediately boosted. After just a few minutes, more than 30 German soldiers who rushed into the trench were either killed or captured. After eliminating the enemies in the trenches, the soldiers rushed to their shooting positions one after another, shooting at the enemies who rushed to the position.

  Seeing that the attack could not work, the surviving German officers and soldiers retreated to the river embankment one after another. They were ready to wait for the reinforcements from across the river to arrive before attacking the Soviet positions. After all, in the attack not long ago, they once broke through the position of the Soviet army. If there were more troops at that time, they might have gained a firm foothold in the position.

However, the wooden boats on which their reinforcements were riding were still in the middle of the river, and there were sudden screams one after another in the sky. Just when the idea of ​​"the Russians started shelling" flashed through the minds of the German officers and soldiers on the river bank, the river surface was already covered by the sudden attack. The shell exploded, and with the sound of the violent explosion, water jets soared into the sky one by one, hitting the hull of the ship shaking violently in the river; the wooden boat hit by the shell was blown to pieces in an instant. Seeing that the situation was not going well, the soldiers on the boat jumped out of the boat to escape one after another, and splashed desperately in the boiling water. The officers and soldiers with good water quality and life all swam back to the other side, but more people drowned in the splashing. Or be killed by shells.

The German officers and soldiers who stayed on the embankment saw that the reinforcements were almost completely wiped out by the sudden artillery fire. They were afraid that the next artillery fire would fall on them. They scattered and fled towards the upstream and downstream respectively.

The second platoon leader on the position saw that the German troops on the embankment were scared away by the artillery fire. After discussing with the first platoon leader, he called Grisa for instructions: "Comrade company commander, our artillery fire wiped out the German reinforcements." Seeing that the situation is not good, the enemies who stayed on the embankment have scattered and fled in all directions. Do you think we should attack immediately?"

"Attack?" Hearing what the second platoon leader said, Grisa sneered and said, "Since the Germans have already fled, how can they chase after them? Also, what do you want our soldiers to do in the flooded area hundreds of meters in front of the position?" pass?"

   Seeing that his request was rejected, the second platoon leader blushed and asked, "Then what should we do?"

   "Rescue the wounded, rush to repair the fortifications, and count the ammunition consumption of the troops." Griza urged the other party: "Also, after dawn, send people to the front of the position to count the results of the battle and find out how many enemies have been eliminated."

As soon as it was dawn, Griza called Sokov and reported the detailed results to him: "Comrade Brigadier, in the early morning battle, we killed a total of 213 German soldiers. The number of German soldiers killed by our artillery fire cannot be counted, but it is estimated that the number will not be less than one hundred. Three mortars, two MG34 machine guns, 157 rifles, seven pistols and 31 submachine guns were seized..."

"Lieutenant Grisa, you have finished reporting the results of the battle. Next, tell me, how many casualties did you have in this battle?" Sokov waited for Grisa to finish speaking, and asked with a straight face: " Also, how much ammo did you consume?"

"My company lost 34 people in the battle and injured 41 people. As for the ammunition," Griza said quite smoothly when reporting the number of casualties, but when it came to the ammunition consumed, he became hesitant: "It took more than I expected."

   "Much more than you expected?" Sokov heard Grisa say this, and immediately raised his voice and asked: "Lieutenant Grisa, I want to know the exact number."

  Griza hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "During this battle, our company consumed a total of more than 49,000 rounds of ammunition."

"What? Consumed 49,000 rounds of ammunition?" Although Sukov considered that there would be a waste of bullets during the battle due to the large number of recruits in Grissa Company, he never dreamed that such a small-intensity battle In the battle, nearly 50,000 rounds of ammunition were consumed, which is equivalent to 100 rounds of bullets fired by each soldier of the company. Sokov thought of the red army in China. Each soldier had only five bullets in his gun. When charging, he would shoot once and charge for a while. After three shots, he would fight the Japanese invaders with two bullets. . If they could have such a huge amount of bullets, at least they could kill ten times more enemies.

  The muscles on Sokov's face twitched violently a few times, and then suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "Lieutenant Grisa, I want to ask, why do you consume so many bullets?"

Facing Sokov's questioning, Griza replied with a blushing face: "Comrade Brigadier, as you know, three quarters of my company's recruits account for three-quarters of them. They have little combat experience. In order to dissipate the fear in my heart, I can only dissipate the fear in my heart. Especially those new fighters who use submachine guns, they almost hold the trigger all the time. Light up."

After listening to Griesa's explanation, Sokov thought to himself that if not only German-made weapons but also Soviet standard weapons were found in the occupied German warehouses, then the commanders and fighters of the second battalion and the first company would not be able to fight today's battle. Ladies and gentlemen, in the next battle, we can only hold rifles without bullets and fight the enemy with bayonets.

"Lieutenant Grisa, since your company has suffered so many casualties, you should withdraw and rest for a few days." Sukov considered that the number of recruits recruited by Grisa Company was too large, so that the combat effectiveness of the troops was sparse, so he decided to send them Take a rest and hurry up to train, so as not to waste ammunition like this again in the next battle. "I will let the company sent by Captain Vasily take over your defense."

"Comrade Brigadier, you can't do this!" Hearing that Sokov was about to replace his company to rest, Griza was anxious: "Although our company has made some sacrifices in the battle, we still have Sufficient strength, stick to the current position. Comrade brigade commander, please, don't withdraw us."

"This is an order, there is no room for bargaining." Regarding Grisa's plea, Sokov said in an unquestionable tone: "Get ready to execute it immediately!" After finishing the call with Grisa, Sokov picked up another A phone call was connected to the headquarters of the Second Battalion. "I am Lieutenant Colonel Sokov. Let Captain Vasily answer the phone. I have something important to talk to him about."

  (end of this chapter)