Seeing that Xie Dulin actually believed Lin Hua's fantastic words, the major couldn't help but became anxious: "Comrade leader, we are at war, but it's just children playing games! Even one of our battalions can't conquer the fortifications, and he can't conquer them all." Can we take down the defense platoon if we are dissatisfied with it?"
Xie Dulin waved his hand to the battalion commander and ordered: "Comrade Major, take Sokov to the front quickly and prepare everything he needs." The major had no choice but to raise his hand and salute Xie Dulin, leading Follow Lin Hua to leave the regiment command post.
As soon as the two men spoke, Shedulin immediately ordered the chief of staff: "Call the tank battalion and ask them if they can pull out tanks to cooperate with our regiment's attack on Gogol Street."
When the chief of staff heard what Xie Dulin said, he couldn't help but curiously asked: "Comrade commander, will you promise Sergeant Sokov to complete the task of attacking alone? Why do you still need to contact the tank battalion?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Shedulin looked at his stubborn Chief of Staff and said with some laughter and tears: "This Staff Sergeant Sokov is very much appreciated by Comrade Commander, although I don't see anything special about him. place, but since he made such a request, he must be allowed to try. No matter whether it is success or failure in the end, we can give an explanation to Comrade Commander."
After figuring out Shedulin's intentions, the chief of staff immediately called the commander of the tank battalion and told him that his troops encountered stubborn resistance from the German army when attacking Gogol Street and asked the other party to send tanks for support.
After leaving the headquarters, the major led Lin Hua and the soldiers of the garrison platoon to the entrance of Gogol Street. The major stood behind a pile of sandbags, pointed to the barricade a few hundred meters away, and said to Lin Hua with great sadness: "Comrade Sergeant, that is
German fortifications. In order to seize it, our battalion launched three consecutive charges, all of which ended in failure, and a full company was lost. "
Lin Hua checked carefully. There were various obstacles everywhere on this street, which was only twenty meters wide. The bodies of the fallen comrades were concentrated near these obstacles. It could be seen that they were climbing over While blocking the road, they were killed by German fire. He turned his attention to both sides of the street and saw clearly that they were three-story buildings with brick-concrete structures, which were very suitable for the "breaking the wall and opening the way" tactic.
After understanding the basic conditions of the battlefield, he became more confident in capturing the enemy's fortifications. He turned to the battalion commander and said: "Comrade Major, please prepare grenades for us as soon as possible. I plan to attack as soon as possible."
Although the battalion commander was very dissatisfied with Lin Hua when he was at the regiment command post, he was now worried about him: "Comrade Sergeant, you must think carefully. There are only twelve of you. If you want to take down the enemy's fortifications, , this is simply impossible.”
"Comrade Battalion Commander, please rest assured, I am confident that I can win this fortification." Lin Hua said confidently: "Please ask someone to prepare enough grenades for us."
The battalion commander called the commander of the second company not far away and ordered him to bring two boxes of grenades to Lin Hua's garrison platoon. After the second company commander left, the battalion commander asked Lin Hua with concern: "Sergeant Sokov, what did you think about it?"
Lin Hua knew that even if he successfully captured the enemy's fortifications and was promoted to company commander by Xie Dulin, he would have to accept the command of the battalion commander for a long time in the future. Therefore, it was absolutely necessary to maintain a good relationship with them. of. Before describing his combat plan, he first wanted to analyze the current situation with the major. He pointed to the barricades in front and said to the major: "Comrade Battalion Commander, in addition to building barricades in the middle of the street, the German army is also building barricades on both sides. Various light and dark firepower points were arranged in the buildings on the side. The reason why our army's attack was frustrated was because when our army was charging, we had to clear the obstacles on the street while advancing under the attack of German firepower. This would inevitably lead to There’s a huge price to pay.”
"Yes, that's true." The major felt that what Lin Hua said was very reasonable. He nodded and asked, "Then what are you going to do?"
"Have you seen the building next to it?" Seeing that the major agreed with his view, Lin Hua continued: "In order to prevent us from being attacked by fire from two sides when advancing on the street, I plan to lead the soldiers into the next building. In the building, after blowing up the inner wall, approach the enemy's barricade from inside the building."
After listening to Lin Hua's tactics, the major couldn't help but cheered: "Great, Comrade Sergeant, your idea is really great!" He slapped the sandbag in front of him hard and said angrily, "I Why didn't you think of such a good tactic?" Then he gave Lin Hua advice, "There is a long corridor in every building, you just need to blow up the inner walls at both ends of the corridor."
As he was talking, the second company commander had already brought two boxes of grenades over. Lin Hua quickly shouted to the soldiers standing nearby: "Don't be stunned, hurry up and put as many grenades in your backpacks as you can."
When Lin Hua and the others loaded the grenades and were about to set off, the major suddenly stopped Lin Hua. He stretched out his hand and said, "Come, let's get to know each other. My name is Ivan Varko, and I am the commander of the second battalion of the 1077th Regiment. You can call me Ivan from now on."
Lin Hua quickly stretched out his hands to hold the other person's hand, and said in a panic: "My name is Mikhail Sokov."
"Then I will call you Misha from now on," Major Ivan held Lin Hua's hand tightly and said in a friendly manner, "I hope you all come back alive!"
"I will, Major Ivan." Lin Hua let go of Ivan's hand, took a step back, raised his hand to his forehead and saluted, then turned around and led the soldiers into the building next to him.
Due to the guidance of Major Ivan, Lin Hua did not blow up the outer walls of each household as originally planned, but only blew up the walls of two sections of the corridor. Not only did it save a lot of grenades, but the advancement speed was also greatly accelerated. Although the explosion of grenades was not small, there was fighting everywhere in Kryukovo, so the German troops who stood in the middle of Gogol Street did not realize that the danger was approaching them step by step.
There were five or six German soldiers in the building on the north side of the barricade. They were all focused on the street and did not notice that the Soviet troops had entered the building. After hearing a dull explosion, one of the German soldiers came out to check with a gun. Unexpectedly, he bumped into Lin Hua as soon as he went out. Before he could shout, the bayonet in Lin Hua's hand had already been inserted. broke his heart.
Christopher, who followed closely behind, rushed into the room quickly, picked up his submachine gun and fired at the German soldiers with their backs to the door. The German soldiers were caught off guard and fell down screaming. One of the German soldiers, driven by the huge impact of the bullet, rolled out of the window and then fell heavily to the ground. He was hiding in the barricade. The German soldiers were startled.
Lin Hua led everyone to the window and smashed the unstrung grenade down. The grenades exploded one after another, setting off clouds of fire and smoke, and the German soldiers in the fortifications were cut down by shrapnel flying everywhere.
Major Ivan, who was staying in the sandbag fortification at the entrance of the street, saw the smoke and continuous explosions suddenly rising from the barricade in the middle of the street. He knew that Lin Hua and the others had succeeded, and he quickly raised his pistol high. Above the head, a loud voice shouted: "Comrades, charge!"
As soon as he finished shouting, the sound of "Ula" like a roaring mountain and a tsunami was heard around him. The soldiers hiding in the fortifications came out of their hiding places one after another, holding weapons and shouting loudly, rushing along the street. Towards that once insurmountable barricade.
The German soldiers in the building on the south side saw the Soviet army launching another charge. He tried to repeat his old trick and fired at the soldiers on the street from a high position, but as soon as he stood up, he fell under the gunfire of the soldiers from the opposite guard platoon.
