Red Moscow

  Chapter 633 Servant Army

According to Sokov's idea, since the German troops on the front of Mamayev Post have been transferred to the north, the enemy will not be able to mobilize enough troops in a short time to attack Mamayev Post, so that he can gain several Take a few days of respite to readjust the deployment and improve the fortifications.

   Who knew that just after dawn, Sokov, who was sleeping on the camp bed, was awakened by the faint sound of cannons outside. He sat up suddenly, and asked Sidolin who was sitting at the table: "Chief of Staff, what's going on, where is the sound of the cannon?"

"Comrade Brigadier, you are awake." Seeing that Sukov had woken up, Sidolin walked up to him and reported: "Comrade Brigadier, just received a report from the observation post that Beigang is being attacked by the enemy. Shelling."

   "What, Beigang is being bombarded?" Sokov asked a little puzzled: "Aren't the enemies in front of Mamayev Gang transferred to the north? Why are there still artillery bombarding the Beigang position?"

   "I don't know the exact situation yet." Sidolin shook his head and continued, "However, according to Captain Goria's report, all the artillery shelling their positions were 75mm artillery, and no heavy artillery was found."

"This is really strange. In the past, we used 105mm artillery to bombard our positions. How can we use 75mm artillery today?" Sukov muttered in puzzlement: "A position that cannot be destroyed by 105mm artillery, they thought Destroy it with a 75mm gun?"

"That's right, it's indeed a bit too strange." Sidolin also echoed: "Comrade deputy brigade commander has rushed to the Beigang position to understand the situation just after hearing the sound of the artillery. What's going on, I think There will be an answer soon."

  After getting out of bed, Sokov pointed upwards with his hand and asked Sidolin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, is the observation post at the top of the hillside still there?"

   "Yes, yes," Sidolin nodded quickly and replied, "Although our defensive position has been moved from the top of the hillside to the front slope, the observation post at the top of the hillside still remains."

   "Well, you are here to preside over the overall situation." Sokov reached out to pick up a pair of binoculars from the table, and said to Sidolin, "I'll go to the top of the hill to have a look."

   Seeing Sokov leave immediately, Sidolin hurriedly chased after him and asked, "Comrade Brigadier, do you want to send someone to go with you?"

  Sokov said without looking back: "Just call Guchakov!"

After coming to the top of the mountain from the passage, Sokov first checked the trenches built here, and found that most of them were in good condition. Seeing that the enemy's shelling did not cause much damage to the position on the top of the mountain, I really don't understand Why did Vitkov insist on moving the defensive position from the top of the mountain to the middle of the mountain, causing unnecessary casualties in vain.

  Sokov walked into the observation post, and the two observation posts, who were observing the situation in Beigang, quickly turned and stood at attention. Sokov nodded at the two, and asked casually, "How is the situation at Beigang?"

   "Comrade Brigadier," a corporal quickly replied upon hearing Sokov's question, "According to my observations, the enemy's shelling of Beigang is a bit strange."

   "Comrade Corporal," Sokov glanced at the military rank on the opponent's collar badge, walked to the lookout, raised his binoculars to look towards Beigang, and asked, "What do you think is strange?"

   "First of all, the enemy bombarded Beigang today with small-caliber artillery." The corporal took a step forward and stood behind Sokov and replied, "Secondly, the number of artillery used by the enemy is too small, probably no more than 24."

   Hearing what the corporal said, Sokov also found it quite strange. When crossing the river in the early morning, the artillery used by the German artillery to bombard the fleet crossing the river was at least 105 mm or more, which caused the loss of one-third of the first wave of troops crossing the river. But now when bombarding the Beigang position, not only the caliber of the artillery has become smaller, but the number is obviously not as large as before. What is going on?

   Before Sokov could figure out why, Guchakov ran over panting, and said out of breath, "Comrade Brigadier, I didn't expect you to come here so soon..."

"Guchakov," Sokov interrupted him before he finished speaking, "You are also a company commander, come and see the situation in Beigang, and then tell me, what is the problem? Something is wrong."

   Guchakov took the telescope in Sokov's hand, looked towards the opposite Beigang position, and silently calculated the impact of the shells. After watching for a while, he put down the binoculars, turned his head and said to Sokov: "Comrade Brigadier, something is wrong. The enemy bombarded the Beigang position today, and they used small-caliber artillery, and the number was very limited. What the **** are you doing?"

  Seeing that Guchakov was also aware of this problem, Sokov smiled lightly and said, "This is exactly what I want to figure out. The enemy's shelling today is really strange."

Hearing what Sokov said, Guchakov scratched the back of his head, and suddenly asked a question: "Comrade Brigadier, didn't it mean that the Germans made an unnamed attack on the north of Orlovka in order to prevent our army and the friendly forces outside the encirclement?" Did we transfer all the troops in front of us when we joined forces on the high ground? I want to ask, where did the enemy that is bombarding us come from?"

   Regarding the problem that the caliber and number of artillery were greatly reduced, Sokov thought for a while, and then said to himself: "Could it be that the ones who are bombarding the Beigang position are not Germans?"

  Hearing that the artillery on the opposite side might not be German, Guchakov immediately blurted out: "Comrade Brigadier, since they are not German, are they from the Eastern Battalion?"

"Eastern Battalion?!" Upon hearing this word, Sokov had a similar thought, but he quickly shook his head and denied it: "I don't think it's possible. Don't think there are so many Eastern Battalions serving the Germans. But the Germans don't really trust them, so they rarely equip them with heavy weapons. Although the caliber of the artillery shelling the Beigang position is not as good as usual, it is not enough for the Eastern Battalion to have so many artillery pieces. possible."

  Sokov thought to himself that the enemy would definitely launch a ground attack immediately after the shelling ended. In order to find out who the troops opposite him were, he turned his binoculars around and looked at the enemy's position a few kilometers away.

  The enemy's position was quiet at first, and the entire position seemed to be empty. But as more than a dozen tanks crossed the trench and slowly moved towards Mamayev Hill, countless soldiers in khaki uniforms and helmets emerged from the trench in a dense formation. Follow closely behind the tank.

"Damn it, these aren't Germans." Although the enemy was still a few kilometers away, Sokov couldn't see the enemy's military uniform clearly through the binoculars, but he could tell from the color of the uniform that the enemy rushing towards the position was definitely not the German army. , but it should be the army of a certain slave country. Sokov turned to Guchakov and said, "Call the chief of staff immediately and ask him, which slave country's army is stationed near our defense area."

"Ah, it wasn't the German army or the Eastern Battalion that attacked?" Guchakov was also taken aback by what Sokov said, and he quickly grabbed the phone, "I'll call the chief of staff immediately and ask which army is nearby." The servants are stationed."

  (end of this chapter)