Red Moscow

  Chapter 93 Night Battle

  At this moment, Sokov was standing in the restored observation post on the high ground, holding up a telescope to watch the German artillery positions. When he saw the fire on the artillery position, he was still feeling secretly in his heart, what a good target this is, if he had two mortars in his hand, there was no need to send Pavel and the others to sneak attack, just condescendingly Launching two cannonballs is also enough to destroy the enemy's artillery positions, thereby achieving the goal of reducing the pressure on the third company's defense.

But when he saw the German positions in the distance, they suddenly started exchanging fire, and he couldn't help the blood rushing to his head. He scolded Pavel loudly as if there was no one else present: "Idiot, you are a big fool. Let you go to attack the German positions , you are good, the sneak attack has turned into a strong attack, let me see if you can blow up the enemy's artillery positions."

Savyev, who was standing next to him, saw that Sokov got angry, and quickly said: "Comrade battalion commander, I think it must be that the Germans' defense is too strict. Comrade Pavel also led the troops when there was no other way." launched a strong attack."

   "The enemy has more than 300 people, and they only have 30." Sokov said without turning his head, "The side with fewer people should attack the side with more people. Only Pavel can do such a stupid thing."

   "Comrade Battalion Commander," Savyev asked tentatively after hearing the gunshots coming from the front, "Do you think we need to take the initiative to help them?"

  The distance of three kilometers, whether it is close or not, is not far. If you want to send people to attack from the high ground, it will take at least half an hour for them to arrive at the location of the exchange of fire. It is still unknown whether the exhausted army can win the German army who is waiting for work. It was precisely because of this consideration that Sokov shook his head and said: "No, the attack distance is too far. When our soldiers arrive, they are exhausted and exhausted. How can they still have the strength to fight the Germans?"

   "But, Comrade Battalion Commander." Seeing that Sokov denied his proposal, Savyev became a little anxious: "Can we just sit and watch our troops be wiped out by the Germans?"

   When everyone was in a dilemma, they suddenly heard someone asking at the door of the observation post, "Comrade battalion commander, can I come in?"

  Sokov turned his head and saw Vasily standing at the door, so he asked curiously: "Comrade lieutenant, what are you doing here if you are not staying in the camp at the foot of the mountain?"

"Comrade Battalion Commander," Vasily replied hastily, "I was worried, so I went to the high ground to have a look. Unexpectedly, as soon as I came up, I saw troops carrying out a sneak attack in the distance and exchanged fire with the Germans. Comrade Battalion Commander , I think we should go and help them."

   "What should I do?" Sokov looked at Vasily and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"

"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander." Sokov, who was a little helpless, didn't even want to get the answer he wanted from Vasily. Who knew that after hearing his question, Vasily said confidently: "I have way to rescue them."

   "What, do you have a way to resolve the current situation?" Hearing Vasily's words, Sokov was overjoyed, and he quickly asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, tell me quickly, what is your solution?"

"Comrade Battalion Commander," Vasili pointed to the distant firefighting area with his hand, and said, "It is three kilometers away from our position. I plan to lead two platoons to support them. As long as they reach a distance of 500 meters from the enemy , we can support our squad with firepower."

"It's a good way." Regarding Vasily's proposal, Savyev said with some embarrassment: "But we can't directly get in touch with the garrison at the foot of the mountain, so we send soldiers to notify the machine gun company to take up the position. , At least ten or twenty minutes of delay. You know, under the current situation, every minute is very precious to us."

"Lieutenant Savyev, don't worry." Vasi said to the two with a smile inside: "When I went up the mountain, I brought two platoons of fighters up. They are outside at the moment. I think our 12 It is a general-purpose machine gun, enough to suppress the enemy's firepower."

   "Vassily, what are you talking about? You have already brought two platoons of soldiers to the position?" Sokov asked in surprise. After seeing Vasily nodding his head in affirmation, he pointed at the other party and said, "Lieutenant Vasily, you are making your own claim!"

   Unexpectedly, when Vasily heard Sokov say this, he said without changing his face: "Comrade Battalion Commander, time is running out, just let me attack. If you want to punish me, wait until my squadron returns."

"Who said you are going to be punished?" Sokov smiled on his face. He raised his chin at Vasily and said, "Hurry up and take your troops to reinforce. Whether the team can complete the mission depends on When will you be able to arrive at the designated location and suppress the German army with firepower?"

But Pavel, who commanded the troops to exchange fire with the Germans, saw that the situation was a little out of control. In order to complete the task of bombing the artillery, he changed the task of the soldiers of the machine gun company in time, and asked them to use two machine guns to suppress the fire from the truck and cover a company. The soldiers approached the artillery so that they could successfully blow up the German cannon.

   Although the soldiers of the second company led by Christopher once suppressed the German infantry so that they could not move, but because of their small number, they seemed a little powerless in the face of the enemies rushing up from several directions. In a short time, two soldiers were shot and died, and four others were wounded to varying degrees.

Christopher fired a short burst at the charging enemy, and then glanced in the direction of the artillery position, thinking anxiously: "What's the matter with the soldiers in the company, why haven't they blown up the enemy's tanks yet?" cannon?"

   It's not that the soldiers of the first company didn't want to get close to the enemy's artillery, but the bullets fired from the truck compartment firmly blocked their way forward. As soon as two soldiers holding explosives jumped up, they were smashed into sieves by random guns, and fell face up on the snow.

Seeing this situation, Pavel couldn't help but get angry. He yelled at the machine gunner next to him, "Hit me hard at the truck. We must kill all the Germans in the truck." The machine gunner desperately The bullets shot into the carriage kept knocking down the German soldiers inside, but the bullets fired from the truck still did not stop.

The soldiers in charge of the company saw that they and their comrades were suppressed by the enemy's bullets and couldn't move. They couldn't help feeling bitter, and said secretly: "It's over, if we can't blow up the enemy's cannons, we can wait for the German infantry to rush over. It's all over.

  (end of this chapter)