Red Moscow

  Chapter 721 Surprise attack on the ammunition depot (Part 1)

When Sokov returned to the headquarters of Mamayev Hill, Sidolin and others were immediately overjoyed. After all, the battle in the New Workers' Village was more brutal than that of Mamayev Hill. If Sokov stayed there, the division Several heads of the Ministry are not at ease.

   "Mr. Comrade," Sidolin asked on behalf of the crowd, "You will not return to Workers' New Village when you come back this time, right?"

   Regarding Lieutenant Colonel Papchenko's command ability, Sokov is quite at ease. He believes that even if he is not in the Workers' New Village, Papchenko can command troops to defend there. So he waved his hand at Sidolin and said, "The troops there are commanded by Papchenko, so I won't go there for now."

  Political commissar Anisimov put a cup of hot tea in front of Sokov, and said with a smile on his face: "Comrade commander, you must be tired. Hurry up and drink a cup of hot tea to warm your body."

   After thanking Anisimov, Sokov took a sip of hot tea from his cup, and then said to his colleagues sitting around the table: "Comrades, the commander has assigned us a new task."

   "New mission?!" Hearing what Sokov said, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. They had the same idea as Samoilov, thinking that Chuikov planned to transfer troops from Mamayev Post to strengthen the defense somewhere. Ivanov frowned and asked: "Comrade commander, where does the commander plan to transfer our troops to for reinforcement?"

"I received a call from the commander today and rushed to the headquarters immediately." In order to let everyone understand what was going on, Sokov told them what happened today one by one, even at the headquarters. The incident of the destruction of the German squad disguised as the Soviet army nearby was also mentioned. He finally said: "... After my hard work, although we don't need to launch an offensive against the German army in the old city south of the city, we need to immediately form a small detachment to go deep into the enemy's rear and destroy the ammunition depot where they hoard ammunition. "

"Don't we have four teams behind the enemy lines?" As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Anisimov went on to say: "We sent a telegram to the teams and asked them to carry out this task. "

Regarding Anisimov's proposal, Sidolin remained silent, while Ivanov said impatiently: "I think what the political commissar said makes sense. Anyway, we have troops operating behind enemy lines, so we can let them go Complete this task."

  Unexpectedly, Sidolin went on to say: "In my opinion, in order to complete the task of the superior, several small units in the enemy's rear may not be able to do it. We must re-form a capable small team."

   "Why?" Anisimov asked puzzled: "We already have several small units behind the enemy lines. If we send new troops, wouldn't it be superfluous?"

"The Chief of Staff is right!" Seeing that Sidolin saw the problem, Sokov stood up to help him: "The Germans attacked the Barricade Factory and the Dzerzhinsky Factory fiercely, and every day they consumed A large amount of ammunition. Except for the ammunition that is carried with you, the rest of the ammunition is stored close to the battlefield. In order to prevent possible sneak attacks by our army, their ammunition depots must be heavily guarded. The squad that performs the surprise attack mission must have the entire army at any time danger of destruction.

  The original detachments were just a sneak attack on the enemy, destroying the enemy's transportation and communications. If you want them to perform such a difficult task, I am afraid it will seem powerless. So we had to re-form a small force like this. "

   "Comrade Commander, so to speak," Anisimov said solemnly, "It is possible that none of the soldiers who carried out this mission will be able to come back alive."

"Yes!" Sokov nodded, and said helplessly: "Although it is a mission of a narrow escape, someone must carry it out, so we must send the most capable fighters to form a new team to destroy The enemy's ammunition depot."

   "It's a pity that our new rockets are all used up," Sidolin said with a look of regret: "Otherwise, just launch two rockets at the enemy's ammunition depot a few kilometers away, and all problems will be solved."

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was interested. Sukov heard Sidolin mention the rocket, and a glimmer of hope rekindled in his heart. He hurriedly said to Sidolin: "Chief of Staff, call Lieutenant Grisa and ask him to Come to me immediately."

"Lieutenant Grisa?!" Although the candidate for the commander of the new squad has not been discussed yet, as soon as Sidolin heard the name Sukov mentioned, he tentatively asked: "Comrade commander, do you plan to let He's going to command the squad?"

   "That's right, that's how I think about it." Sokov nodded, and said in a positive tone: "He just came back from the enemy's rear and has a better understanding of the situation behind the enemy. I think he is the most suitable candidate."

   A few minutes later, Griza arrived at the division headquarters. After entering the door, he saluted everyone, and then asked Sukov respectfully, "Comrade commander, what instructions do you have?"

"Comrade lieutenant, the thing is like this," Sokov hurriedly told Grisa about the command of the headquarters to send someone to destroy the German ammunition depot, and finally said: "After repeated consideration, I feel that you You are the most suitable commander of this squad. Do you have any opinions?"

   "No opinion." Griza replied: "I firmly obey your orders!"

"Lieutenant Grisa, I think it is necessary to remind you." Sidolin stood up and said, "This mission is very dangerous. You and your team may not be able to come back alone. You must do it well in advance. Mental preparation."

   "I understand." Griza nodded first, then hesitated for a moment, then looked at Sokov and said, "Comrade Commander, I think the team that carried out this mission should be able to return smoothly."

   "Comrade Lieutenant!" Regarding Griza's confidence, Ivanov asked in a suspicious tone: "Why are you so confident?"

Sokov originally had doubts in his heart, but when he heard Griza say this, he immediately confirmed his conjecture. He didn't go around in circles, but asked directly: "Lieutenant Griza, please tell me truthfully, Do you still have new rockets, hidden somewhere behind the enemy?"

Hearing Sokov's question, Griza couldn't help grinning, and replied with some embarrassment: "Comrade commander, I really can't hide anything from you. Yes, we do have three rockets left. When they were transferred, they were all buried in the forest. I think we can take out all the rockets and use them to destroy the enemy’s ammunition depot. In this way, we can complete the task assigned to us by our superiors with zero casualties.”

  (end of this chapter)