Red Moscow

  Chapter 713 Sewer Defense (Part 2)

  Sokov didn't expect that as soon as he mentioned the tank, Peter would explode like a cat whose tail was stepped on. Seeing Peter's reaction, Sokov couldn't help hesitating. He was worried that if he continued to ask Peter for a tank, would the other party walk away in a rage? But if tanks are not needed, troops lacking anti-tank weapons can only carry out passive defense.

Just when Sokov was in a dilemma, in order to ease the awkward atmosphere in the room, Zinchenko helped Sokov smooth things over with a smile: "Comrade director, I think you should be very clear about the combat effectiveness of Colonel Sokov's troops. I I felt that if I could provide them with more tanks, they would be better able to fight the enemy and keep the factory safe."

"Comrade deputy factory director," seeing Zinchenko speaking for Sokov, Peter said with a straight face: "Don't you know that now only our factory can produce and repair tanks? If you give them all the tanks, It will no longer be possible to provide tanks to other units of the group army, and when the superior blames it, what should we do?"

"Comrade factory director!" Sokov heard Peter's complaints and couldn't help asking curiously: "Isn't the Dzerzhinsky factory the largest tank production base in the city? Even if there is a battle there, production should still be on Continue?" According to Sokov's thinking, when the Red October factory was attacked by the German army some time ago, although the production of tanks in the factory was greatly reduced, it never stopped. Can't the factory even do that?

"Things are not as you imagined, Comrade Colonel." Peter said coldly: "According to what I know, after the enemy stormed into the factory, the workers took up weapons and, together with the commanders and fighters who defended the factory, ruthlessly Fight against the German invaders. However, in the battle, many production backbones were injured or sacrificed, which completely stopped the tanks in the factory. If it were not for our continuous supply of tanks, the tank soldiers who stood there would have long been nothing but Infantry used it."

  From what Peter said, Sokov realized that it would be very difficult for him to get tanks from him again. However, he was still unwilling, and said with a hint of luck: "Comrade factory manager, three tanks of our tank unit were destroyed in Worker's New Village yesterday. Can you see if you can send someone to drag these tanks back to rest so that they can be restored?" into battle?"

Regarding Sokov's proposal, Peter did not object any more, but said to Zinchenko who was on the side: "Comrade deputy factory director, you will send an armored trailer to the workers' new village later, and take those destroyed tanks to the ground. , and dragged them all back to the factory for repairs." Probably because he was worried that Sokov would make excessive demands on himself, after Peter finished speaking, he turned around and walked out the door.

But as soon as Peter walked out of the door, he stopped again, turned his head and said to Sokov: "Comrade Colonel, although you are going to use the sewers to mobilize troops and transport supplies, I would like to advise you that if there is no need, you should still use the sewers." Don't enter the sewer casually. According to the traditional Russian saying, the sewer is a passage leading to another world, and entering and exiting casually will bring bad luck. Although this kind of statement is no longer believed by everyone, some things that cannot be explained by common sense , we still have to maintain enough awe."

Watching Peter's back gradually go away, Zinchenko said to Sokov with a smile on his face: "Comrade Colonel, what Peter said is groundless, that is, an elderly person who has nothing to do. Whatever you say, don’t take it seriously.”

Regarding Zinchenko's statement, Sokov nodded perfunctorily, but was shocked in his heart, because not long ago, he unexpectedly met himself from another time and space in the sewer, and the other party even gave him a shocking gift. The body armor made by Jin, if the body armor was not worn on his body, he would think it was just a dream he had.

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  After daybreak, the Germans noticed that the Soviet army had reoccupied the Workers' New Village, so they fired a burst of artillery fire, trying to use violent artillery fire to wipe out all the defenders standing in the Workers' New Village.

  As soon as the shelling ended, the German infantry, under the cover of assault guns, launched an attack on the workers' new village. What troubled the Germans was that it was obviously a piece of ruins where no one was watching, but as soon as they approached, countless firepower points appeared immediately, knocking down the infantry following the assault guns in pieces. As soon as the assault guns fired, the damned Russians disappeared without a trace.

When the German attack was repelled, Division Commander Lensky realized that there must be hidden secrets hidden in the ruins of the workers' new village, so he ordered the attack to be temporarily suspended, and several regiment and battalion commanders in the battle group A meeting was called to discuss how to deal with the defenders in the workers' new village.

"Gentlemen," seeing that several regiment and battalion commanders had arrived, Lenski said with a straight face: "The buildings in the workers' new village have already been destroyed by our army's artillery fire. Why can't you destroy the buildings hidden in the ruins?" Where are the Russians here?"

"Your Excellency," said Baron Edelsheim, the commander of the battle group, "my subordinates reported to me that during their attack they found Russians constantly emerging from the ruins of the ruins and attacking us. The soldiers opened fire. When our assault guns turned around and tried to destroy these Russians, they disappeared without a trace."

   "Mr. Imperial Baron," Lenski asked Edelsheim with a straight face, "Then you haven't figured out where all these Russians who disappeared from the ruins went?"

   "I don't know, Master Commander." Baron Edelsheim shook his head and said, "My soldiers went into the ruins to search, and except for a few dead Russian bodies, the rest of them are missing."

"Missing!" Lensky slammed the table heavily, and said angrily, "Aren't these Russians magicians who would hide themselves in front of you? If you don't find out the reason for their disappearance, it's considered a re-initiation." Even if we attack many times, I am afraid that we will not be able to completely occupy the factory in front of us."

After Rensky finished speaking, seeing that all his subordinates were silent, he continued: "Now our friendly forces have successfully stormed into the silicate factory, the barricade factory and the Dzerzhinsky workers, and we What? They are still staying outside the family area of ​​the Red October Factory, unable to form a siege to the Russians with the friendly forces according to the command of His Excellency the Commander. If this delays the battle, you will all be court-martialed.”

   Just as Lensky got angry, the battalion commander of the 40th Armored Engineer Battalion stood up and asked cautiously, "Your Excellency, can I say a few words?"

  Seeing the trembling major and battalion commander in front of him, Lensky said angrily: "Major, if you have anything to say, please speak quickly."

The commander of the engineer battalion quickly agreed and reported to Lensky: "Your Excellency, a platoon of soldiers in my platoon went missing in yesterday's battle. Today, a wounded soldier returned to the battalion and reported to me that the Russians were being attacked. When our army bombarded them, they were hidden in the sewers of Workers' New Village. After the shelling was over, they drilled out of the sewers from various exits to resist our army's attack."

"I see, that's how it is." Lensky hesitated for a moment after listening to the report of the commander of the engineer battalion, then punched the palm of his left hand with his right fist, and said excitedly, "No wonder the Russians are being attacked by us." At that time, they disappeared without a trace, it turned out that they were like mice, hiding underground."

   "Your Excellency," Edelsheim waited for Lensky to finish speaking, and asked tentatively, "Then how should we deal with the Russians hiding underground?"

   "It's very simple," Lensky said to everyone: "All of you send out teams to search for the entrance of the sewer, and then go in and destroy the Russians hiding inside."

  As soon as the meeting was over, the officers returned to their troops one after another, formed small teams, and under the cover of assault guns, entered the Workers' New Village again, looking for the entrance to the sewer in the ruins.

   Under the targeted search of German soldiers, the entrances to the sewers were discovered one after another. However, the cunning German soldiers did not enter the sewer rashly, but threw stringed grenades into it as if they didn't need money, blowing up the sewer into flames and billowing smoke. Some fighters hiding near the entrance were either killed or injured by the bombing.

  When the gunpowder smoke cleared, the German soldiers jumped into the sewer one after another. First they swept forward with their guns, and then in groups of two or three, they stuck to the wall of the sewer and carefully searched forward. Seeing that there are still wounded Soviet soldiers on the ground, they will make up for it with a shot.

The first battalion was breached by the Germans. Seeing the menacing enemy, the battalion commander didn't bother to send someone to report to Papchenko, so he led the troops to move quietly towards the central square, trying to find a place to build a defense there. , to block the enemies breaking into the sewer.

Papchenko's headquarters is located in the sewer below the central square. He was assigning tasks to the commander of the second battalion when he suddenly saw groups of soldiers running through the passage not far away, so he stopped. An officer was called and said: "Go and see what happened, why are there so many soldiers running back?"

  The officer agreed and ran over quickly to understand the situation. A few minutes later, the officer returned to Papchenko and reported to him with a livid face: "Comrade Commander, the first battalion is retreating. According to the soldiers, the enemy has rushed into the sewer. They were ordered to retreat."

"Ordered to retreat?!" Papchenko immediately became angry when he heard this: "Who is so courageous to issue such a **** order. You immediately call me the first battalion commander, I want to ask what is the problem."

   Regarding Papchenko's order, the officer said with some embarrassment: "Comrade Commander, there are people everywhere in the sewers. It may not be easy to find a battalion commander."

   "I don't care." Papchenko said angrily, "I'll give you five minutes. When the time is up, I want to see a battalion commander standing in front of me."

  Seeing that Papchenko gave the order to die, the officer had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree, and ran towards the retreating soldiers, hoping to find the battalion commander Papchenko wanted to see among them.

  (end of this chapter)