Red Moscow

  Chapter 717 Charge

"Comrade Colonel!" Major Gladshev never dreamed that the young soldier in front of him, wearing a sergeant's overcoat, was actually the commander of the 41st Guards Division guarding Mamayev Gang. Kov apologized: "I am Major Gladshev, Commander of the Guard Battalion of the Army Group Command. I did not recognize you. Please forgive me for my recklessness!"

Sokov is not a person who cares about every detail. He waved his hand at Gladshev and said without hesitation: "Comrade Major, this is a trivial matter, so don't worry about it." After finishing the scene, he asked curiously, " How did the enemy get here?"

"When I heard gunshots outside, I immediately contacted the security forces I deployed around, but the platoon in the north was still unable to get in touch." Gladshev looked at the opposite side and said viciously: "It must have been attacked by this force." The enemy is gone."

The enemy came from the north. From Gladshev's words, Sokov judged the direction of the enemy's appearance. He tentatively asked: "Comrade Major, if the enemy came from the north, does it mean that Dzerzhinsky The factory has fallen?"

"I don't think so." Gladshev shook his head and said in a positive tone: "If the Dzerzhinsky factory falls, there will not be only dozens of enemies here, but hundreds or even hundreds of enemies." Thousands of people, but there will be tanks and assault guns to cooperate with them. I guess this group of enemies bypassed our army's defense line and came here by mistake."

   "How many troops does the enemy have?" Sokov continued to ask.

   "There are about thirty people." Gladshev pointed at the other party and said, "They broke through the two blockades I set up in a row, and there are only so many people left."

  Sokov saw that there were no more than twenty people in the trench on his side, not many more than the other side, so he asked curiously, "Major, where are your subordinates? Why are there only so few people?"

Gladshev replied with a wry smile: "Comrade Colonel, you don't know something, because the barricade factory and the Dzerzhinsky factory are tight, the commander transferred two companies from the guard battalion to go to reinforcements, the troops I am commanding now There are only more than a hundred people, and to defend such a large area, it is naturally a bit weak."

  After listening to Gladshev's explanation, Sokov immediately understood why the other party ordered him to lead the charge as soon as he saw him. It was really because he had no soldiers at his disposal. Although the enemies on the opposite side are wrong, if they are not eliminated, they will be a disaster sooner or later. Thinking of this, Sokov asked again: "Comrade Major, do you have a mortar?"

"Mortars?! Yes, I have two mortars here." Gladshev nodded first, and then said in embarrassment: "But there are not many shells, and each gun only has three grenades. It's all smoke bombs."

  Sokov compared the strength of the enemy and us in his mind, and then said to Gladshev: "Comrade Major, order the gunners to bombard the enemy's position with grenades first. When the grenades are gone, fire the smoke bombs..."

   "Comrade Colonel," Gladshev reminded Sokov cautiously: "I am worried that the enemy will take advantage of our smoke bombs and flee to other places."

"Don't worry, Comrade Major, I won't give them a chance to escape." Sokov raised his hand and patted the body of the assault rifle, and said confidently: "As soon as the mortar fires a smoke bomb, I will I will immediately lead all the people to charge, and before the enemy recovers, I will rush to them and wipe them all out."

Hearing that Sokov planned to lead the soldiers to charge in person, Samoilov was anxious: "Comrade commander, no, you are the commander of the first division, how can you lead the team to charge like a company commander? You still Leave this task to me, I assure you, I will definitely complete the task well."

   "Comrade Second Lieutenant, don't argue with me." Sokov waved his hand and said, "When it comes to fighting, I have more experience than you. I am sure that I will wipe out the enemy on the other side in a short time."

Sokov's words made Samoilov shut his mouth obediently. He knew very well that everyone has their own expertise. If it is about interrogating prisoners, Sokov is not as good as himself; if it is about fighting , I am indeed not as good as Sokov.

  Two mortars lined up in the trench. After the two gunners adjusted the shooting direction, they all turned their eyes to Gladshev, waiting for him to give the order to fire. Gladshev did not express his opinion immediately, but cast a questioning look at Sokov. Seeing Sokov nodding slightly, he raised his right hand high, then swung it down violently, and shouted: "fire!"

  As the order was given, the two mortars fired at the same time. The gunner fired very accurately, and the shells roared and fell into the opposite trench. While bursting into flames, large areas of loose soil were also lifted up. The Germans in the trenches did not expect the Soviet army to fire suddenly, and five or six soldiers were immediately blown away, and the rest curled up in the trenches with their heads in their hands to avoid the artillery fire. As soon as the grenade was fired, the gunner started firing smoke bombs again, and soon the trenches occupied by the Germans were shrouded in smoke.

   Seeing that the time was ripe, Sokov jumped out of the trench with his gun in hand, and shouted at the soldiers in the trench: "Comrades, follow me and wipe out all the enemies in front! Go forward~!"

   Seeing Sokov rushing forward with his gun in hand, the soldiers also shouted "Hurrah", climbed out of the trench, and rushed towards the German position tens of meters away.

  The German army who avoided the shelling heard the shouts of the Soviet army in the smoke and realized that the Soviet army had begun to attack. They stood up straight and saw only a cloud of smoke, but no figures, so they could only shoot blindly into the smoke.

  Rushing to the front, Sokov vaguely felt something hit his abdomen a few times, and there were also a few slight metal impact sounds. However, he did not stop to check, but continued to rush forward.

  It took less than 20 seconds for Sokov to run the distance of tens of meters. As he was running, he suddenly felt that his foot was in the air, and then he fell headlong into the trench. Fortunately, the soil in the trench was loose, so he didn’t get injured. He quickly got up, squatted in the trench, and first fired two bursts to the left. He heard the screams and knew that an enemy had been hit by him; He turned his gun and shot to the right again.

   After firing a magazine, the gunshots from the left and right German soldiers became sparse. Hearing people jumping into the trench constantly, he knew that the soldiers had arrived. In order to prevent accidental injury, he did not shoot again, but sat in the trench with his gun in his hand, quietly waiting for the moment when the battle ended.

  (end of this chapter)