Red Moscow

  Chapter 596 Cancellation of offense

"Come back, you idiots, come back quickly." Kalugin saw his subordinates scrambling out of the trench and ran towards the German army in the distance, and immediately realized that it was Soko Seeing the husband's tricks, he shouted at his subordinates desperately: "Don't run around, you will die if you run out like this!"

  Although Kalugin's voice was almost hoarse, after climbing out of the trench, the soldiers under him ran towards the Germans without looking back, and no one paid attention to him. The thinking of these soldiers is very simple, as long as they escape back to the Germans, their own lives will be saved.

  Because sending the Eastern Battalion to infiltrate the Soviet positions was a top-secret task, except for a few German officers, not many people knew about it. These oncoming German soldiers suddenly saw a group of enemies jumping out of the trench in front of them, so they instinctively stopped and shot in a standing, half-squatting or lying position.

  The soldiers of the Eastern Battalion who thought they had escaped from birth never dreamed that the Germans would shoot at themselves. When many people fell down in response, their last thought was: Why did they shoot at us! However, no one will tell them the answer, they can only leave this world with regrets.

Seeing that the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion who escaped from the trenches fell under the guns of the German army, Samoilov felt very happy. He retracted the pistol on Kalugin's head and pushed the opponent hard. With one hand, he said disdainfully: "Now, you also hurry up and get out of our position."

   Kalugin climbed out of the trench with hands and feet, and ran towards the opposite German army with one deep foot and one shallow foot. In order to prevent him from becoming an unjust victim like his subordinates, he waved his hands desperately while running, and shouted loudly: "Don't shoot, don't shoot, it's your own people, your own people!"

   When he shouted, he forgot that he was shouting in Russian, but none of the ordinary German soldiers on the opposite side could understand what he was shouting. A German soldier with a rifle shouted at him: "Stop, if you don't stop, I will shoot."

  The German soldiers could not understand Russian, and even though Kalugin was a member of the Eastern Battalion, he also could not understand German. He continued to shout and ran towards the Germans. Seeing that Kalugin ignored his warning and continued to run forward, the German soldier pulled the trigger without hesitation. The first shot missed and the second hit Kalugin in the stomach.

   Kalugin, who was running, paused suddenly, then covered his abdomen with his hands, staggered forward a few steps with a painful expression, turned around in a circle at any time, and fell slowly to the ground. The body twitched a few times, and then there was no movement anymore.

When Samoilov saw the enemy walking towards the position again, he shouted: "Third platoon, prepare to fight!" In fact, even if he didn't shout, the soldiers in the third platoon were already ready to fight. When he gives an order, he can open fire on the German army that enters the range.

Yakov, who was standing on the hill, saw all the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion fell under the guns of the German army in just a few minutes. He couldn't help but slapped Sokov on the shoulder hard, excited Said: "Misha, this is a very good way of yours. You let these soldiers from the Eastern Battalion run towards the Germans, making them think they will escape; and the Germans saw a group of soldiers in our uniforms. Soldiers, when they rushed out of the trenches, didn't realize that these people were carrying weapons, not holding them in their hands. They would instinctively regard these people as enemies and shoot."

   "Yakov, the Germans will soon realize that they killed the wrong person." Sokov pouted at the German officers and soldiers in the distance, and said, "Look, someone is already checking those corpses."

After easily eliminating dozens of "Soviet soldiers" who rushed out, the German battalion commander found that something was wrong, so he ordered the troops to temporarily stop advancing, and sent one of his most trusted corporals to take five soldiers to examine the corpses . Several German soldiers who were responsible for examining the corpses came to the middle of the pile of corpses and searched for the documents in the pockets of the corpses, trying to figure out which part they belonged to.

  One of the German soldiers picked up the Mosin Nagant rifle on the ground, pulled the bolt and saw that there was no bullet in the chamber. He felt something was wrong, quickly picked up another Mosin Nagant, pulled the bolt again, and found that there was still no bullet. He quickly shouted at his companion: "Damn, something seems wrong."

  The corporal who led the team next to him heard this and asked, "What happened?"

  The German soldier replied: "Corporal, look, there are no bullets in these guns. How can the Russians charge us with rifles without bullets?"

  When the corporal heard this, he also felt ominous in his heart, and quickly ordered several other soldiers: "Look at the other guns, are there no bullets in them?"

  Hearing the corporal's order, the soldiers also picked up their rifles one after another and pulled the bolt to check. Soon, they all reported to the corporal: "Corporal, there are no bullets in the guns I checked."

   "Corporal, there are no bullets in the guns I picked up here."

After listening to his subordinate's report, the corporal was full of doubts. He quickly took an empty gun, ran back to the battalion commander, and reported respectfully: "Mr. Major, there seems to be something wrong. There are no bullets in the weapons used by these Russians." After speaking, he handed over the Mosin Nagant in his hand.

  The German Battalion Commander took the Mosin Lagan rifle, unbolted the rifle and looked at it, and found that there was indeed no bullet in the chamber. He leaned in and smelled it again, but there was no smell of gunpowder, indicating that the gun had never been used. He looked at the corporal and asked, "Corporal, are there no bullets in all the guns?"

   "Yes, Mr. Major." The corporal replied truthfully: "We have checked more than two dozen Mosin Nagant rifles and found no bullets in all of them."

   "Strange, what is going on here?" The German battalion commander said to himself: "Could it be that the Russians have run out of ammunition, so that soldiers have to come up with empty guns to fight us?"

"I don't think so." The corporal said cautiously: "Mr. Major, look, there are still quite a few people in the position over there. If they really had to charge us because they ran out of ammunition, then They won’t send only this group of people. It doesn’t make sense at all.”

"You make sense." The German battalion commander nodded and said, "There must be some reason for them to charge with these empty guns. It's a pity that there is no one in our battalion who understands Russian, otherwise we can listen to the Russians." What are you shouting about?"

As soon as the German battalion commander finished speaking, he suddenly thought of a possibility, hurriedly called the radio operator who was with him, and told him: "Contact the regiment headquarters immediately, and we will wipe out a wave of Germans." report to them."

   After more than ten minutes, a call back from the regiment headquarters arrived. After the German battalion commander read the above content, he couldn’t help but be dumbfounded. He said to the corporal standing in front of him a little dumbfounded: “Comrade corporal, I think we may have hit the wrong person. Those who were just eliminated are not Russians. .”

   "Not Russian?" Hearing this, the corporal couldn't help but asked in confusion: "But, Mr. Major, they wear Russian military uniforms and carry standard Russian weapons. How could they not be Russians?"

"Corporal, I just received a call from the regiment headquarters." The German battalion commander explained to the corporal: "They said that they sent a small force from the Eastern Battalion to sneak into the Russian defense line pretending to be Russians, and they were going to wait until we launched an offensive." , and cooperate with us from the inside out to achieve the goal of seizing the Russian positions."

   "What, we just killed our own people?" The corporal was frightened by what the German battalion commander said: "What should we do if the superior wants to investigate?"

   "What else can I do?" The German battalion commander said with a bitter face: "If the superior wants to investigate, I will bear all the responsibilities."

Seeing that the battalion commander took the initiative to take on all the responsibilities, the German corporal heaved a sigh of relief. He looked at the Soviet commanders and fighters who had already prepared in the trenches in the distance, and knew that without the cover of artillery fire and tanks, he had to think about what to do. It was obviously impossible to seize such a position, so he asked again: "Mr. Major, will our offensive continue?"

The German battalion commander had the same thoughts as the corporal. He felt that it was impossible for the troops to capture the Russian position without the cover of tanks and artillery, so he decisively ordered: "The offensive operation is cancelled, and everyone retreats to the original position." starting point of the attack."

  The German soldiers saw the Soviet army hundreds of meters away, and they were all ready to fight. However, without the support of tanks and artillery, if they wanted to capture such a position, they had little hope of success. So when he heard the command to retreat from the battalion commander, he stepped back with his gun in his hand and retreated wherever he dared to stay.

  Sokov originally thought that the German soldiers would continue to attack, and the third row of defensive areas had too few troops to block the enemy. He was considering whether to transfer some troops from the guard battalion to strengthen the third row of defensive areas. Seeing the enemy attacking from the south at this moment, he actually began to retreat. Although he couldn't guess what the German commander was thinking, it was a good thing for him that the enemy did not attack. As long as there is no war, more vital forces can be preserved to participate in breakout operations.

  Looking at the retreating German army, Yakov couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's a pity that we don't have artillery on our positions. Otherwise, a few bombardments with artillery fire can cause a lot of casualties to the attacking enemy."

"Don't make extra trouble," Sokov disagreed with Yakov's statement: "Even if we have artillery in our positions, we can't shoot at the enemy. Our field fortifications are too simple. If we attract German artillery fire We will pay a huge price for revenge. If everyone is dead, what kind of troops will we use to break out of the encirclement?"

  (end of this chapter)