When the two came back from outside the village, Vasily pointed at the entrance of the village and said to Lin Hua: "Comrade Sergeant, we will arrange a sentry here later. If there is any situation, we can detect it in time."
"One sentry post is too few." Although judging from all the information Lin Hua obtained, the Germans would not and did not have the ability to launch an attack on Kryukovo Village again, but considering that the German army was now only a few kilometers away, he felt Still needing to be vigilant enough, I pointed to the ruins of the wooden house next to me with my hand, "I also plan to arrange another hidden sentry here."
"Comrade Sergeant, you are too cautious." After hearing Lin Hua's plan, Vasily said with a smile: "To the west of us, the 8th Guards Division, reinforced by a tank battalion, is equipped with two cannon artillery regiments. The 17th Infantry Brigade and the 44th Cavalry Division with two rocket launcher battalions are launching the final attack on the enemies in Kryukovo City. I don’t think the German army can spare its troops to attack the village of Kryukovo under such circumstances. Attack."
"Comrade Second Lieutenant," Lin Hua saw that Vasily was taking things lightly and quickly reminded him, "This is a time of war. Anything can happen. We have to remain vigilant."
"Okay, Comrade Sergeant." Regarding Lin Hua's reminder, Vasily said disapprovingly: "Let me remind you that it is necessary to remain vigilant, but being nervous is harmful rather than helpful."
The two of them were talking and came to the barn unknowingly. I don't know what happened there, and a lot of people gathered around. When Vasily saw this situation, he muttered: "What happened? Why are everyone gathered at the barn door?" After saying that, he left Lin Hua and wanted to see what happened.
Lin Hua saw squad leader Grisa standing not far away and waved to him. After Grisa came to the front, Lin Hua asked: "Comrade Corporal, what happened? Why are so many people surrounding the door of the barn?"
Grisa glanced towards the location of the barn and replied with a smile: "It's the women from the village, surrounding the door of the barn, looking at our warriors."
Lin Hua was thinking about how to strengthen the village's defense. He didn't think about what these women were doing to see the soldiers. He directly ordered Grisa: "Comrade Corporal, this village only has two entrances, the east and west. Later you send two A soldier went to the west entrance of the village to guard the sentry. Remember: it is not a double sentry, but one is an open sentry and the other is a secret sentry. Do you understand?"
Although Grisa didn't understand why Lin Hua arranged for a secret sentry, he readily agreed: "I understand, comrade platoon leader, I will arrange it right away."
Just as he was about to leave, Lin Hua stopped him again, pointed to a burned wooden house not far from the barn, and said to him: "Comrade Corporal, I remember that there is a machine gun in your class, let the machine gunner Put the machine gun there and take cover."
As soon as Grisa left after accepting the order, Vasily came over with Andrei. Vasily said to Lin Hua with a smile on his face: "Comrade Sokov, I just asked the villagers. They said they would like to hold a party with your soldiers and welcome them to garrison in this village."
After hearing what Vasily said, Lin Hua noticed that the villagers gathered around the barn were almost all young women, and there was not a single man in sight. Seeing this, he asked Vasily tentatively: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, there don't seem to be many men in this village, right?"
"Yes, except for five or six-year-old children and elderly people, there is no man." The expression on Vasily's face darkened: "As soon as the war broke out, the men in the village joined the army. Fighting against fascist invaders took place in many places.”
From Vasily's reaction, Lin Hua guessed that the men who joined the army in the village had either died or were missing or captured. He glanced at the group of women wearing headscarves and asked cautiously: "So, they are all military relatives." …”
"No, Comrade Sergeant." As soon as Lin Hua finished speaking, Vasily corrected him: "They are widows. Their husbands died on the battlefield. They are now a group of widows."
Lin Hua was unwilling to argue with Vasily on such a trivial matter. He waited for the other party to finish and then added: "These female villagers want to have a sorority with our soldiers?"
"Yes, that's right." Vasily nodded and said: "They suggested holding a party because they wanted to invite the soldiers to taste the wine they brewed, bake the bread, dance with the soldiers, and listen to the soldiers. Let’s tell battle stories…”
"Okay, Second Lieutenant Vasily, you don't have to say anything." Lin Hua knew that his troops would be stationed in the village, and interactions with villagers like this were inevitable, but he did not want to Let the soldiers have fun with these military families, so he tactfully said to Vasily: "Our soldiers are too tired, they need to rest. As for having a party, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
Seeing that Lin Hua was unwilling to hold a party that day, Vasily felt a little disappointed, but he still said verbally: "Comrade Sokov, you are right to do this. Our task is to hold on to Klyukovo Village. Rather than having a party with the women in the village."
The female villagers who gathered around the barn dispersed in disappointment when they heard that the party could not be held today. When two fat women passed by Vasily and Lin Hua, they said loudly: "Comrade Vasily, these soldiers came from afar to defend our village. How can we not express our gratitude to them and invite them to drink and dance?" Woolen cloth?"
"That's enough," Vasily shouted at the fat woman: "If you want to drink and dance, there will be many opportunities in the future. Don't you see that our soldiers are busy? Okay, go home quickly."
After blasting away the two fat women, Vasily smiled and said to Lin Hua: "Comrade Sokov, if you are done with your work, go to bed early. If we have anything to do, we will talk about it tomorrow."
The soldiers living in the barn had completely different reactions when they heard that tonight's party was canceled due to Lin Hua's objections. The soldiers from the first class and the original garrison class thought it didn't matter; the soldiers from the second class had different opinions. Da, they thought that they finally had a good opportunity to interact with women and drink alcohol, but the platoon leader gave up on it, so their hearts were full of resentment.
Although everyone except the sentries on duty outside had gone to bed early, until midnight, most of the soldiers in the second squad were still tossing and turning. They were even considering whether they should take advantage of the night to sneak out to look for people in the village. Women talk about life. But when they saw Lin Hua lying at the door of the barn, they gave up the idea, because no matter how gentle their movements were, just opening the door would disturb Lin Hua.
Just when they felt extremely regretful, a burst of gunfire suddenly came from outside. Lin Hua, who was sleeping at the door, sat up suddenly. He tilted his head and listened for a moment, and then he heard that the shooting was a Popov submachine gun, but its shooting sound was quickly suppressed by the sounds of German rifles and P40 submachine guns. Go down.
Hearing this sound, Lin Hua didn't understand what was happening. He jumped up suddenly and shouted loudly: "Battle alarm, battle alarm!"
Following his shout, the soldiers who were sleeping in the barn also sat up, hurriedly put on their clothes, and then prepared to charge outside with weapons in hand.
