Red Moscow

  Chapter 904 Enemy Night Attack (Part 2)

  After receiving the battalion commander's order, the company commanders of the companies immediately took action with their platoon leaders, and carefully searched every shelter, bomb defense hole, and fortification in the area under their jurisdiction one by one.

   It was the company commander of the third company who made the first achievement. He had visited various parts of the company shortly after dark, and he was well aware of how many people were in each shelter and bomb defense hole. When he checked the third shelter, he found that there was one more person. After careful inspection, he found that the sleeping soldier was an unfamiliar face. Face asked: "Comrade soldier, what's your name?"

  The German soldier who just woke up from his sleep saw several Soviet soldiers with guns standing in front of him. He immediately realized that he had been exposed, and quickly pulled out the dagger hidden under his body, and stabbed at the third company commander. The third company commander dodged sideways, dodging the dagger stabbed by the opponent. Before the German soldier could take back the dagger, a platoon leader standing nearby swung his rifle and hit him **** the back of the head, knocking him unconscious on the spot.

  The platoon leader saw the German soldier fell to the ground, squatted down quickly, stretched out his hand to check his breath, then raised his head and said to the third company commander: "Comrade company commander, he is not dead yet."

   "Second lieutenant, take him to the battalion headquarters and hand him over to the battalion commander."

The platoon leader was extremely nervous because the Germans had mixed into the shelter in his platoon. He was thinking about how to make amends. The dog-like German soldiers got up from the ground, searched carefully, and after confirming that there were no other weapons, they dragged them out of the shelter.

When the platoon leader took the German soldiers away, the company commander said to the squad leader living in the shelter: "Comrade Sergeant, from now on, you sleep at the door, see everyone who comes in, and don't let the Germans get in." gone."

  The squad leader waited for the company commander to finish speaking, and asked inexplicably: "Comrade company commander, how do you know that his is a German?"

   "Although there are hundreds of people in the company, I know everyone." The company commander replied, "But as the squad leader, you didn't even notice the Germans sneaking into the shelter. It seems that you are too incompetent."

  The squad leader who was criticized was flushed with embarrassment, and didn't know how to answer for a while. Fortunately, another platoon leader who was familiar with him came out in time to rescue him: "Comrade company commander, the battalion headquarters said that at least two German soldiers had mixed into our midst, and now only one has been caught, and we will continue to search for it." , lest the enemy escape after being aware of it.”

  After being reminded by the platoon leader, the third company commander immediately realized that his mission had not been completed, and he did not care about criticizing the dereliction of duty squad leader, so he led his people out of the shelter.

   During the search, the Second Company also found a German soldier disguised as a Soviet soldier sleeping in a warm shelter. However, the German soldier was very vigilant. Hearing the sound of chaotic footsteps outside, he quickly grabbed the submachine gun that was placed aside, and quietly opened the safety.

   When the second company commander led the people into the shelter and began to check, the German soldiers pulled the trigger on the crowd without hesitation. The commanders and fighters who were crowded together did not expect that someone would shoot suddenly, and there was no time to react in a hurry, and they were immediately knocked down. The German soldiers rushed out of the shelter in disorder and ran along the trenches.

  After a while of panic in the bunker, seven or eight soldiers rushed out. After looking around, they saw the German soldiers fleeing along the trenches, and they chased after them yelling. Their shouts alarmed the commanders and fighters in the shelter in front, and when the curtain was lifted, some commanders and fighters rushed out from inside.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the German soldiers pulled the trigger in that direction indiscriminately. They didn't care to see if they hit the target, so they crawled out of the trench with hands and feet, and moved towards the German enemy with one foot deep and one shallow foot. The position fled. The Soviet commanders who were chasing after saw the German soldiers leaving the trench, raised their weapons and shot at his back.

Sokov and Starcha, who were staying in the battalion command post, were alarmed by the sudden burst of gunfire. Starr was afraid that Sokov would get angry, so he rushed in front of the other side and questioned a battalion commander: "The battalion commander Comrade, where is the shooting outside?"

  A battalion commander has been staying in the command post. How did he know the reason for the shooting outside? In order to find out what happened, he quickly picked up the phone on the table and tried to ask the company commanders what happened to the gunshots. But as soon as he picked up the phone, Sokov waved his hand to stop him: "Comrade battalion commander, you don't need to call. Those company commanders are leading people to search for hidden Germans at the moment. There must be no one in the command post."

   "But, Comrade Division Commander." Hearing what Sokov said, a battalion commander said in embarrassment: "If you can't get in touch with the company commanders, you won't be able to figure out what's going on outside."

"Actually, the reason for the gunshots is very simple." After the gunshots sounded, Sokov listened carefully to the movement outside, and heard that the shots were all Soviet-style weapons, and there was no movement from German-style weapons, so he said confidently : "It must be that when the company commanders were searching for the enemy, the enemy jumped over the wall and wanted to escape, so our commanders and fighters shot."

   "Comrade Battalion Commander, Comrade Battalion Commander." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, there was a hurried shout outside the door.

The commander of the first battalion listened intently for a while, and said to Sokov and Starcha: "It's the second platoon commander of the third company." After speaking, he walked to the door and asked loudly, "Comrade platoon leader, what are you doing?" thing?"

   "Report to Comrade Battalion Commander, we have captured a disguised German." The second platoon leader said excitedly outside: "The company commander ordered me to send him to the battalion headquarters."

   When he learned that a German soldier had been captured, the first battalion commander couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly ordered: "Bring him in quickly."

  After the German soldiers were dragged into the battalion command post, they were thrown directly on the ground. Seeing the German soldier lying motionless on the ground, Sokov couldn't help frowning slightly, and asked, "Is he still alive?"

  Hearing Sokov's question, the second platoon leader quickly squatted down, reached out and probed the German soldier's nose, then nodded to Sokov and replied, "Comrade commander, he is still alive."

After Sokov asked the second platoon leader how to capture the German soldiers, he said to the first battalion commander: "Comrade battalion commander, you find a comrade who understands German, and I will interrogate him personally. Also, find a way first Wake him up."

  The second platoon leader turned around and walked out of the command post without saying a word. Before Sukov recovered, he saw him walking in with a handful of snow in both hands, and ordered the two soldiers who followed him to the battalion headquarters: "Pull the German to the wall!"

   The two soldiers did not dare to neglect, they quickly pulled up the German soldier who was lying on the ground, and let him sit down with his back against the earthen wall. The second platoon leader stepped forward and wiped the snow on the German soldier's face. After a while, Sokov saw the German soldier coughing violently. Although his eyes hadn't been opened, he should be awake. coming.

  As soon as the German translator arrived, Sokov signaled to start the interrogation. He did not ask the other party's name, military rank and position as usual, but asked straightforwardly: "Which department are you from? What are you doing in our position?"

According to Sokov's thinking, maybe this German soldier will swear to the death. Even if he is tortured by others, the other party will only keep saying his name, military rank and position, and will not speak a word other than that. Say. But to his surprise, the German soldier actually replied honestly: "I am a scout from the 71st Infantry Division's reconnaissance battalion. We are ordered to sneak into your position and find out your defense situation."

   "Have you figured out the deployment situation?"

"I figured it out." The German soldier said carelessly: "You know, this was our position before, and my familiarity with this place is definitely not weaker than yours. You only need to roughly look at a few places to judge your position. Detailed arming situation."

   "Since you have figured out the deployment of our army, why didn't you leave immediately?" Sokov asked puzzled: "Instead, you stayed in the shelter, so that we were captured so easily?"

"According to the order of our superiors, we will return at 0:30, and then they will send engineers to meet us next to the minefield." The German soldier hesitated for a long time, and continued: "It's still early for the time to respond, and it's terribly cold outside. , so I found a shelter and went to sleep, and I was going to return to the reception point when the time was up."

   "You guys are so brave, you actually swaggered into the shelter," Starcha snorted coldly, and said disdainfully, "Aren't you afraid of being discovered by our people?"

After the German soldier's eyes stayed on Starcia for a while, he continued: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, please forgive me, people come and go in and out of your shelter at any time, and everyone is not familiar with each other. It won’t attract attention either. I took advantage of this to lie down in the shelter and sleep boldly. If you didn’t carry out a sudden search, I would have quietly rushed to the reception point at the stipulated time.”

"The reason why we conducted a surprise search was because I found that two sentries were killed by you, and their military uniforms, boots, and steel helmets were taken away." Sokov slammed a hand on the table. He slapped his hands and said sharply: "If you just leave immediately after reconnaissance, you will definitely not attack their military uniforms. Since the military uniforms are in your hands, you must stay in the position for a while, so I sent someone Do a manhunt."

"So that's how it is." After listening to Sokov's explanation, the German soldier sighed secretly, and said, "If we had known it would be exposed, we would not have killed those two sentinels. We just need to bypass them quietly. Maybe it's still hiding somewhere now."

   "How many of you are there?" Sokov stared at the German soldiers and continued to ask, "Where are the others?"

   "There are only two people." The German soldier gestured with his finger, and then said, "I really don't know where he is. But we made an appointment to meet at the reception point."

  As soon as the German soldiers finished confessing, the phone on the table rang suddenly, which shocked everyone. After listening to the phone for a while, the battalion commander reported to Sokov: "Reporting to Comrade Division Commander, the Second Company was arrested by German soldiers during the search and arrest, and they shot at our people first, causing three deaths. Five wounds,..."

   "Where's the German soldier?" Starcha asked before the battalion commander finished, "Have you caught it?"

The battalion commander shook his head and continued to report: "The other party jumped out of the trench under the siege of the commanders and fled towards the enemy. He was shot to death indiscriminately. After searching, he found a The defense map of my battalion."

  Compared with Starcha, Sokov is more concerned about the safety of the commanders and fighters. He waited for Starcha to finish speaking, and immediately asked a battalion commander, "Who are the commanders and fighters who died and were injured?"

   "The second company commander, the ninth squad leader and a soldier died, and the two platoon leaders and three soldiers were injured."

"I guess the enemy will soon attack your battalion's position." Sokov waited for a battalion commander to report, and said to him: "The army cannot be without a military chief. You should immediately arrange manpower to replace the sacrificed soldiers." Second Company Commander."

   "Don't worry, Comrade Commander." The first battalion commander nodded and replied, "I will let the deputy company commander of the second company replace the company commander. He is an old Bolshevik, and there is absolutely no problem with his loyalty."

  After the German soldiers were taken down, Sokov turned his head and asked Starcha: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you reported to me that a minefield has been laid in front of the position. Is this true?"

"Yes, Comrade Division Commander, minefields were indeed laid." Starcha explained to Sokov: "After our regiment occupied this place, a large number of mines were found in the underground warehouse. I don't know if it was the Romanian army or the Germans. For those left behind, I will order people to lay them all in front of the position."

   "The German scouts were able to successfully enter your regiment's defense zone," Sokov said thoughtfully, "presumably the enemy engineers have already opened a path in the minefield."

   "That's for sure, Comrade Division Commander." Starcha agreed with Sokov's statement: "Otherwise their scouts would not be able to pass through the minefield."

"Since the road opened in the minefield can allow the scouts to pass, it can also allow the sneak attack troops to pass." Although Sokov is unwilling to leapfrog the command of the troops, he is not very vigilant when he sees Starcha and others Gao, he reminded them: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, immediately order at least one-third of the troops to enter combat positions to prevent possible sneak attacks by the enemy."

"Comrade Commander," Starcha said with a bitter face when he heard Sokov's order, "the German soldiers who were hiding were just searched, and everyone couldn't sleep well. If you order another third of the soldiers at this moment The fighters went into position, and I was worried that the fighters would get emotional."

"Even if they are emotional, they must enter the position as soon as possible." Sokov said in an unquestionable tone: "Although you have increased the number of sentries, once the Germans launch a large-scale sneak attack, those few sentries of yours will There is no way to stop the enemy."

   "Yes, Comrade Division Commander." Seeing that Sokov had been insisting on his opinion, Starcha did not continue to argue, but straightened his body and replied, "I will immediately arrange the troops to enter the position."

  (end of this chapter)