Red Moscow

  Chapter 95 A small victory

  The German commander didn't know that the machine gun fire that blinded his troops came from the two machine gun platoons led by Vasily; and the soldiers who charged shouting "Ula" were the main force of the Istria battalion. But he saw that the Soviet army outnumbered him, and he would not be an opponent if he faced head-on, so he immediately ordered a retreat.

  Time went back an hour, and not long after Lieutenant Vasili left the highland with his troops, Belgin, who was supposed to stay in the command post of the battalion under the mountain, walked into the observation post with two other company commanders. As soon as the three of them entered, the small observation post immediately became more crowded.

  Sokov didn't expect these three people to appear here suddenly, so he asked strangely: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, why did you come to me suddenly?"

   "It's like this, Comrade Battalion Commander." Belkin explained to Sokov: "We learned that the machine gun company had rushed to the high ground. We thought there was some combat mission, so we rushed here to receive your order."

Ever since he saw the exchange of fire in the distance, and the sneak attack turned into a strong attack, Sokov secretly regretted in his heart: There are two radio stations in his battalion, but he didn't even think that he should bring one to the high ground, which made it impossible for him to respond in time. Get in touch with the troops at the foot of the mountain. If Vasili hadn't cut the guns first and took the initiative to connect to the high ground with the machine gun, he could only watch Pavel's squad fight alone.

At this moment, when he heard Belkin say that he came to the high ground to accept the mission, new hope was ignited in his heart: if all the troops at the foot of the mountain followed these people to the high ground, then he could take the opportunity to attack the German army. counterattack. So he tentatively asked: "Comrade deputy battalion commander, how many of you are here?" As soon as the words came out, he was afraid that the other party would not understand what he meant, so he added, "What I'm asking is, are there only three of you here?" Now, the main force of the battalion is here.”

"I brought up the main force of the battalion." Belkin explained to Sokov with a smile: "Except for the remaining platoon of the machine gun company, I brought up the first company, the second company, and your guard platoon. .”

"Great, this is really great." Hearing what Belkin said, Sokov suddenly had a good impression of him. For the first time, he discovered that his political deputy battalion commander was not So nasty. Now that the main force of the battalion has already reached the high ground, it is entirely possible to take the initiative to attack and disrupt the enemy.

  He said to several commanders: "I am giving an order now: the third company, continue to stay on the high ground; the first company, the second company and the guard platoon, attack with me!"

  Although Savyev was extremely dissatisfied with Sokov's deployment in his heart, he couldn't sing a different tune at this time. He could only bite the bullet and answer loudly like the other two company commanders: "Yes!"

  Sokov turned his face to Belgin, smiled and said to him: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, you are a political cadre and have no combat experience, so stay on the high ground."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Belgin drew his pistol and said with a serious expression: "Comrade battalion commander, please let me attack with you! I once fought against the Germans in Spain, and I have Rich combat experience will definitely not hold you back on the battlefield."

Sokov blushed. He didn't expect that the political cadre he looked down upon actually fought the Germans on the Spanish battlefield. He thought to himself: Belkin is his deputy, and he I don't know anything about his previous experience. In order to get himself out of this embarrassing situation, he quickly said: "Okay, Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, since you said so, let's lead the troops to attack together."

  The machine gun company that started first, because of the weapons and ammunition they carried, affected their marching speed, so the first and second companies that started late quickly caught up with them. In this way, as soon as the machine gun is fired, the infantry can immediately charge towards the enemy.

Sokov led the guard platoon and followed the attacking troops towards the German artillery position in the distance. He suddenly heard someone calling him, and then a soldier rushed in front of him. He took a closer look, and it turned out to be Christopher. He quickly asked, "Christopher, why are you here? Pavel, where is he?"

"Comrade Battalion Commander," Christophe couldn't help but feel a little excited when he saw Sokov bringing a large force to the rescue, and he said in a slightly trembling voice, "Corporal Pavel saw that the enemy's defenses were too strict, and we couldn't blow up the enemy." The enemy's artillery, so I ordered me to lead people to withdraw first, and he led people to cover behind."

   "How many of you are left?" Sokov hurriedly asked, "Where is Pavel now? Has he also withdrawn?"

"We have six people left." Christopher turned his head and looked in the direction of Pavel, and said in a low voice: "A few minutes ago, I heard the gunshots from Corporal Pavel's blocking position, but now There is no sound at all, and I don't know whether he was sacrificed or captured."

"Christopher," Sokov said in a stern tone after the other party finished speaking, "I know Pavel. Even if he dies with the Germans, he will never be taken prisoner. I guess he must be too injured." Heavy, fainted. You immediately take someone to find him, you want to see the dead body. Do you understand?"

   "Understood, Comrade Battalion Commander." Christopher agreed, and took the few soldiers who withdrew with him, and returned to the same way to find Pavel's whereabouts.

  Battle at night, if the command is improper, it will cause unnecessary confusion. When the German commander ordered the troops to retreat, they originally wanted to retreat to the artillery positions and defend them. Unexpectedly, when the German soldiers saw hundreds of Soviet troops, under the cover of more than a dozen MG34 machine guns, they rushed towards them and immediately lost their positions. The retreat turned into a rout. Not only the soldiers were fleeing, but the officers were also fleeing. Everyone wanted to have two more legs. They threw away everything that was in the way of their escape, and fled towards the forest in the south. They were afraid that if they ran too slowly, they would be killed. The Soviet army behind caught up.

  The cannons and trucks lost by the German army were seized by the soldiers of the Istria Battalion; the tents, guns and various supplies they threw away were also seized. Belkin stood on the artillery position, looking at the five captured 150 howitzers, he couldn't close his mouth with joy.

   And Sokov, under the leadership of Christopher, found the unconscious Pavel and another seriously injured person on the blocking position. He reached out and touched Pavel's arterial artery, and found that Pavel was still alive, so he quickly told Christopher: "He's still alive, you immediately take someone to send them back to the high ground, and let the assistant military doctor rescue them."

  (end of this chapter)