Red Moscow

  Chapter 32 Defending the Dam (Part 2)

   The team walked knee-deep in snow, crossed ravines and frozen creeks, and walked through snow-filled bushes for two full hours, finally approaching the edge of the forest.

"Comrade Lieutenant," Pavel, who was walking at the front of the team, stopped, took off his helmet, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and said to Lin Hua, "Walk about two hundred meters to the west and you will find the Germans. outpost."

Knowing that the German outpost was only 200 meters away, Lin Hua couldn't help turning his head to look at the soldiers who were marching. The clicking sound they made when they stepped on the snow was so earth-shattering. His heart couldn't help but rose to his throat, thinking that the soldiers' footsteps wouldn't be heard by the enemies at the outpost, right?

Pavel noticed Lin Hua's nervousness, and quickly comforted him: "Comrade Lieutenant, don't worry. This is a forest, and even if the soldiers' footsteps reach the outpost, they will become inaudible. The Germans will not listen." Until we move."

"The troops stop!" Lin Hua raised his hand to signal the troops to stop. Seeing that all the soldiers were panting from exhaustion, he quickly ordered: "Everyone stay where they are! Sergey, Christopher, Ole Greg, come to me."

After the three old men came to his side, Lin Hua said to them: "Comrades, there are enemy outposts to the west of us, and there are five Germans inside. Your task is to follow Corporal Pavel to clear them out. Get rid of this outpost and find a way to catch one or two prisoners back. Remember, never shoot unless it is absolutely necessary.”

   After Lin Hua had finished speaking, Xie Liaosha immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry, Misha, since we are going to sneak attack, even without guns, we can take down the German outpost."

   But Oleg said with great concern: "Lieutenant Sokov, there are five enemies in the outpost. And we, only four people, do not have an advantage in numbers. Can we succeed?"

"Comrade soldier, what do you have to worry about?" Hearing what Oleg said, Pavel on the side said disapprovingly: "Since it is a sneak attack, the number of people should not be too large, otherwise the enemy will find you before you approach the outpost." Don't worry, we will succeed."

Lin Hua glanced at the soldiers sitting by the tree resting, and said to Pavel: "Comrade Corporal, I will wait for you here for an hour. When the time is up, if you have not returned, I will ask Kovning to act Guide, take us to the dam."

"Don't worry, Comrade Lieutenant." Pavel replied with a serious expression: "I can complete the task in less than an hour." After speaking, he raised his hand to salute Lin Hua, and led three soldiers towards the German army. Go in the direction of the outpost.

  After Pavel and the others left, Lin Hua sat down beside the tree where Asiya was resting. Assia looked at the restless Lin Hua and asked, "Did they go to the German outpost?"

Don't look at Lin Hua's extraordinarily calm performance when assigning tasks, but at the moment he was feeling uneasy. He was deeply afraid that when Pavel and the others approached the outpost, their footsteps on the snow would alarm the German soldiers on guard. sentinel. He was so absent-minded that he didn't hear Asiya's question.

  Asiya grabbed his arm, shook it lightly a few times, and asked, "Misha, what are you thinking, why didn't you answer my question?"

  Lin Hua looked at Asiya blankly and asked, "What did you ask me just now?"

  Asiya repeated the question just now, and finally asked: "Can they succeed?"

   "Don't worry, Asiya, they can succeed." Lin Huaqiang said to Asiya with a smile, "You will help us interrogate the prisoners later."

Although Lin Hua gave Pavel and the others a deadline of one hour, unexpectedly after half an hour, Oleg ran back bouncing and excitedly reported to Lin Hua: "Comrade company commander, it's settled, everything is done." Solved. We've taken the German outpost."

"What, the German outpost has been taken down?" Lin Hua immediately jumped up from the ground and grabbed the opponent's collar when he heard Oleg say this, and said excitedly: "You mean, you have already occupied the German outpost." outpost?"

   "Yes, Comrade Company Commander." Oleg nodded vigorously: "We also captured four German soldiers. Now Corporal Pavel asked me to invite you to interrogate these prisoners."

  While leading the troops towards the outpost, Lin Hua then asked Oleg, "Are there any casualties?"

"No, Comrade Company Commander, there are no casualties." Oleg finished answering Lin Hua's question with some pride, and began to describe the process of their capture of the post: "Corporal Pavel led the three of us to the enemy's post. , there was only one German soldier standing guard outside the outpost. Maybe it was because the weather was too cold, he sat wrapped in a blanket in a corner of the wooden house, and he didn't notice us until we were a few steps away from him. Didn't wait for the German soldiers Responding, Seryozha had already rushed to him, slashed his throat, and prevented him from warning his companions in the house."

  Asiya heard this, she couldn't help interjecting and asked, "And then?"

Oleg narrowed his eyes and glanced at Asiya, and then said: "Then Corporal Pavel led us to break the door and broke into the room. The four German soldiers who were sitting by the stove warming up did not understand what happened. Whatever happened, he became our prisoner."

  When Lin Hua led the troops to the outpost, Pavel was standing outside the door waiting for him. Lin Hua quickly stepped forward, held the opponent's hand, and said approvingly: "You are doing well, Comrade Corporal, you are doing well. After the battle is over, I will definitely ask for credit for you."

   Pavel grinned and said to Lin Hua: "Comrade Lieutenant, the prisoner is in the room, let's go in."

Lin Hua and Asiya followed Pavel into the wooden house, and found that it was a forester's hut. After the German army occupied it, it was rebuilt, and several shooting holes were cut out in the wooden wall. If If you use a strong attack yourself, you must pay a big price.

  The four captured German soldiers huddled in a corner of the room, guarded by Sergey and Christopher, who were armed with submachine guns. Lin Hua saw that they were all wearing white shirts and couldn't see their military ranks, so he asked, "Which of you is in charge?"

  After hearing Asiya's reaction, the four German soldiers were silent for a moment, then stood up and one of them stood up straight and chattered at Lin Hua.

   After the other party finished speaking, Asiya approached Lin Hua and whispered, "He said he was the person in charge of the outpost, German corporal Ernst."

   "Bring him out." Lin Hua pointed at the other party, signaling Pavel and the others to bring Corporal Ernst out, then he turned around and walked to the table, sat down with his back against the stove, and was about to start interrogating the prisoners.

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