Red Moscow

  Chapter 54 Main Attack Task (Part 2)

  When Lin Hua accepted the combat mission at the headquarters, neither Remizov nor Andryushenko ever told him that his company was not the first offensive unit.

  As early as two days ago, Major General Dovator, the commander of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps, personally put on his clothes and led the commanders and fighters of the 50th Cavalry Division to attack the enemy's position. But unfortunately, the attack launched by the cavalry failed, and Dovator was unfortunately shot and died in the battle.

   It was because of Dovator's sacrifice that Remizov understood that the cavalry was not suitable for attacking fortified positions, so he decided to hand over the task of capturing the German positions on the Lama River to the infantry.

  At five in the morning, Lin Hua, who was sleeping in the tent, suddenly heard someone outside the tent asking in a low voice, "Is Lieutenant Sokov here?"

  Lin Hua woke up suddenly from his sleep. He grabbed the submachine gun beside his head, sat up straight and rushed outside, asking vigilantly, "Who? Who is outside?"

  The man heard someone talking in the tent just now, so he went on to say: "Comrade Lieutenant, I am the staff officer sent by the brigade headquarters, and I am ordered to take you to the starting point of the attack."

  When the staff officer spoke outside the tent, not only Lin Hua was awakened, but also the other platoon leaders inside the tent. Everyone sat up one after another, turned their attention to Lin Hua, and waited for his order.

"Comrades platoon leader, it's time to teach the Germans a lesson." Lin Hua stood up, straightened his belt, and pulled the hem of the general's uniform, "Wake up all the soldiers, we don't have much time left .”

  Because the soldiers were sleeping with their clothes on, after being called up by the platoon leaders, it took only ten minutes to assemble. Then the whole company, led by the staff of the brigade headquarters, came to the starting point of the attack designated by the superior.

   After entering the position, the staff officer took Lin Hua to the brigade headquarters to meet the brigade commander Andryushenko. Andryushenko waited for Lin Hua to salute him, and asked with concern: "Comrade Lieutenant, have all the soldiers had breakfast?"

   "Not yet." Lin Huachao glanced at the staff officer standing next to him, and replied, "We rushed here as soon as we received the notification from the staff officer."

"Comrade Second Lieutenant," Andryushenko heard Lin Hua say this, and quickly ordered the staff officer who led them: "Immediately inform the cook to prepare breakfast for the soldiers of Istria Company. Remember, each person must have at least one A piece of hot soup, don't let the soldiers freeze to death in such a cold day."

  The staff officer waited for Andryushchenko to finish speaking, and asked with a smile: "Comrade Brigadier, will you allow me to carry out the mission?"

   "Go!" Andryushenko waved his hand at him, and then greeted Lin Hua: "Sit down, Lieutenant Sokov, please sit down!"

After Lin Hua sat down on a bench, Andryushenko sat across from him and said, "Comrade Lieutenant, the attack will start at seven o'clock. Get ready." Lin Hua thought Standing up and coming back, he quickly raised his hands and pressed down, "Sit down and talk, sit down and talk."

  Lin Hua looked at Andryushenko and said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, our company has made all preparations for combat and is ready to fight at any time. But..."

   "But what?" Seeing that Lin Hua hesitated to speak, Andryushenko urged: "Lieutenant Sokov, if you have any questions, just ask. I will find a way to solve it for you."

   "I want to know the terrain." Lin Hua knew very well in his heart that only by knowing himself and the enemy can he win a hundred battles. Now that he doesn't even know what the enemy's position is, if he rashly launches an attack, isn't that sending the soldiers to their deaths? It was precisely because of this consideration that he bluntly said to Andryushenko: "Only when we understand the enemy's deployment can we be more sure of winning."

  After listening to Lin Hua's request, Andryushenko immediately stood up, raised his hand to adjust the military cap on his head, and then said: "Comrade Lieutenant, come with me, I will show you the terrain."

  The two followed the traffic trench to the frontmost trench. Andryushenko pointed to the front and said to Lin Hua: "The German fortifications are about two kilometers away from us. The front of the defense is 800 meters long and the depth is 200 meters. The defenders consist of a company equipped with machine guns and forced rifles. Shotgun..."

Lin Hua stared at Andryushchenko's introduction quietly, and secretly calculated in his heart: the defenders are a company, even if they are fully staffed, there are no more than two hundred people, and they are all placed in the first trench. A soldier has to defend a distance up to four meters wide. But in fact, it is impossible for the German commander to arrange troops like this, and he must leave a considerable amount of troops for in-depth defense. In other words, if one's own troops want to occupy this position, the probability of success is quite high.

"Well, do you understand everything?" Seeing Lin Hua holding up a binoculars and looking at the German positions, Andryushenko couldn't help asking, "Are you sure you can take down the enemy's positions? "

  Lin Hua put down the binoculars in his hand, turned to Andryushenko and said, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, as long as I can get the necessary artillery support, I think we can still take this position."

Half an hour later, Lin Hua called together several platoon leaders under him, pointed to the German positions in the distance, and said to everyone: "Comrades, the position we are going to attack is ahead, take a look at the terrain first, wait I'll assign tasks to you later."

  As soon as Lin Hua finished speaking, several platoon leaders raised the binoculars hanging on their chests and looked towards the enemy's position in the distance. Seeing this situation, Lin Hua couldn't help laughing, and secretly said that a few days ago, when he observed the enemy's situation, he could only rely on his own pair of naked eyes. After accepting the task of collecting materials, the equipment of the troops can be said to have been replaced by shotguns. Not only did they replace their usual rifles with submachine guns, but the platoon leaders also had submachine guns and binoculars.

After everyone looked at the terrain, Lin Hua went on to say: "Everyone has finished looking at the terrain, and then I will start to assign tasks. The first platoon of Second Lieutenant Vanya, who was in charge of the first attack, and the second platoon of Sergeant Andre, machine guns The first platoon served as covering fire. Savyev's third platoon remained in reserve at the starting position of the attack."

  When the hour hand pointed to seven o'clock, a howitzer regiment deployed behind the 115th Infantry Brigade opened fire. A large amount of fire and gunpowder smoke rose from the German defensive positions, and a large amount of snow mixed with loose soil was thrown into the air; some civil bunkers were directly hit, and they were blown into pieces of wood flying all over the sky.

Half an hour after the shelling ended, before the smoke cleared from the enemy's position, Vanya and Andrei jumped out of the trench, raised the submachine guns in their hands, and shouted at the top of their voices: "Brothers, for Stalin! For the motherland! Come with me!"

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