When all three companies entered the village, Vanya said to Lin Hua: "Comrade company commander, we have two problems now: The first is the accommodation problem. If we disperse to the homes of ordinary people, if there is any enemy situation in the middle of the night, it will be difficult to Organize effective resistance; the second is the issue of sentries. Although the village is not big, it has three entrances. For the sake of safety, I suggest placing a sentry in each direction."
As soon as Vanya finished speaking, Andrei and Vasily, who had passed the night battle in Klyukovo village, said in unison: "No, one sentry is too few, and another hidden sentry must be arranged."
Vanya was surprised by what the two said. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at the two of them, and then turned his attention to Lin Hua to listen to him make the final decision.
"Just follow what the second platoon leader and the third platoon leader said, add another hidden sentry in each direction." Lin Hua immediately expressed support for Andrei and Vasily without hesitation: "In this way, no matter where the enemy comes from, If the direction comes in, we can detect it in time. The troops are organized into squads and live in the homes of ordinary people. Even if they encounter any enemy situation, they can quickly organize resistance." After speaking, he waved to the three platoon leaders and ordered He said, "Go and carry out the order."
After the soldiers were divided into squads and each went to find a place to live, Lin Hua took Asya, Pavel, Seryosha, and the prisoner Ernst into the office of the village Soviet.
Ernst took advantage of Bavel and the others to prepare food and asked Lin Hua: "Mr. Lieutenant, I don't understand. Shouldn't you send me to a prisoner of war camp? Why did you bring me here? Aren't you afraid that I will Looking for a chance to escape?"
"Mr. Ernst," Lin Hua said with a smile in response to Ernst's question: "If I hand you over to friendly forces, you must have been sent to a prisoner of war camp by now. To be honest, the conditions in the prisoner of war camp are not Well, I don’t want future musicians to die due to malnutrition, which may be a huge loss to the music industry.”
Lin Hua's words narrowed the distance between the two. Ernst grinned and said: "Mr. Lieutenant, since you trust me so much, if you need me in the future, just ask, and I will fully cooperate with you."
After dinner, Pavel, Seryosha and others fell asleep leaning against the wall. Asiya was sitting by the fire, using candlelight to repair the holes in Lin Hua's military coat. While sewing, she said to Lin Hua: "Misha, you are now the company commander. You can no longer rush to the front like you did when you were the squad leader before. Do you understand?"
"Don't worry," Lin Hua heard what Asiya said and immediately said carelessly: "The bullet that can kill me hasn't been made yet."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Asiya shivered all over, and the sewing needle in her hand pierced her fingertips. "You pricked your hand." Seeing the blood drops on his fingertips, Lin Hua hurriedly grabbed Asiya's hand, put his finger in his mouth, sucked the blood from his fingertip, and said angrily: "Why are you so cruel?" be careful."
Asiya took advantage of the situation and threw herself into his arms, pressed her face tightly to his chest and said, "Misha, please promise me that you will be more careful on the battlefield and nothing will happen to you. If anything happens to you Three long and two short, what can I do?" After saying that, he started sobbing softly.
Pavel was a scout and was very vigilant. He kept one eye open even when sleeping. When he heard a slight cry in the room, he quickly opened his eyes. When he saw clearly that it was Asiya crying in Lin Hua's arms, he smiled slightly, then closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.
Lin Hua and Asiya hugged each other and sat by the fire all night.
Just before dawn, a gunshot was suddenly heard from the east end of the village. Lin Hua's first reaction when he heard the gunfire was that the sentry was firing a warning shot. Just when he was about to push Asiya away and get the rifle leaning against the wall, Pavel, who was sleeping not far away, had already rushed out with a submachine gun.
Seryosha's reaction was not as fast as Pavel's. When he picked up his submachine gun and was about to rush out, he was stopped by Lin Hua: "Seryosa, you and Asiya stay here. I'll go out and take a look!"
When Lin Hua picked up the rifle leaning against the wall and stood up to walk outside, Asiya quickly warned: "Be more careful and pay attention to safety."
When Lin Hua arrived at the east end of the village, he saw three platoon leaders and many soldiers who had already arrived. However, they did not enter combat positions. Instead, they crowded at the entrance of the village and pointed in the distance.
"What's going on?" Lin Hua asked sternly while squeezing through the crowd towards the entrance of the village: "Why don't you get into a fighting position?"
"Comrade company commander," a soldier in the crowd said loudly, "the sentry made a mistake, and it was one of our own who came."
One of our own? ! Lin Hua couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard what the soldier said. Could it be that the superiors sent us reinforcements? He came to the three of them, Vanya and Vasily, and asked with a serious expression: "Comrades three platoon leaders, what is going on?"
"Comrade company commander, look over there." Vanya pointed in the distance with her hand and said, "It's our automatic sled unit coming over."
"Automatic sled troop?" Hearing this strange name, Lin Hua asked in confusion, "What is an automatic sled?" As he asked, his eyes involuntarily looked in the direction Vanya was pointing. I saw a white armored vehicle coming towards my location at high speed.
"Damn it," Lin Hua couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise when he saw the armored vehicle speeding in the snow, "How could an armored vehicle run so fast on the snow?"
As the armored vehicle got closer and closer to him, Lin Hua finally saw clearly the true face of the other party. The armored vehicle had neither tracks nor wheels. There were only four long sled plates underneath to support the body, and a propeller was installed at the rear of the vehicle. . The body uses the power generated by the high-speed rotating propeller to drive quickly on the snow.
The automatic sled started to slow down when it was still more than a hundred meters away from the village. Even so, they still rushed to a place only four or five meters away from Lin Hua and the others before stopping. The snow powder they kicked up spread all over them.
Lin Hua stared at the automatic sled intently and found that there was a closed cab in front. The driver observed what was going on outside through the openable lookout. The rear section holds a machine gun, controlled by a soldier wearing white camouflage, goggles and a tank soldier's hat.
After the cab door opened, a similarly dressed officer jumped out. He pushed his goggles to the top of his head, looked at everyone from a distance, and then walked quickly to Lin Hua. While raising his hand in salute, he said with a smile: "I am Captain Yakub, commander of the automatic sled company. Are you the top commander here?"
Lin Hua quickly raised his hand to return a salute to the other party, and said politely: "Hello, comrade captain, I am Lieutenant Sokov, the commander of the Istria Company!" After speaking, he took the initiative to extend his hand to the other party.
When Yakup shook hands with Lin Hua, he took the initiative and said without waiting for the other party to ask: "Comrade Lieutenant, our company's mission is only to detect the enemy's movements and attack the enemy's transportation lines when necessary. I hope to get your cooperation." !”
"No problem, no problem. Comrade Captain, our company will fully cooperate with your actions." After Lin Hua said this, he glanced at the automatic sled behind Yakup and asked tentatively: "But I don't know if you How many such vehicles are there?”
"There are a total of 15 such sleds in the whole company, and each vehicle is equipped with a driver and a machine gunner." Yakup introduced to Lin Hua: "I heard a report from the scouts that someone was found in this village. If there is an event, maybe one of our own people will drive here to have a look.”
