Oleg was deeply afraid that Sokov would not believe what Matlosov said, so he supported him and said: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I think Matlosov's words are very credible. If it weren't for him, we would Our team may still be heading due south, conducting a futile search."
At this moment, Sokov was not concerned about where the plane was, but was thinking about where Grisa and the others were, because the person he personally led the search for was with them. This is an inaccessible deep forest. The Germans will not appear here for no reason, which proves that Grisa and the others may be ahead. What he can do now is to continue to wait. When the Germans take action, he will give them a "praying mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind" and beat them to death.
Thinking of this, Sokov told Matlosov: "Comrade Matlosov, go to the back immediately and notify the comrades of the second and third echelons to come here. Remember, the sled is left where it is. Don’t bring it here yet.”
Although Sokov and the others were only 150 meters away from the second and third echelons, the German attack began before Matlosov could bring his troops over. Gunshots like exploding beans rang out from ahead, and the echoes of the gunshots reverberated in the forest, causing the snow on the branches to fall down, covering Sokov and the others' heads and bodies.
Oleg saw dozens of German soldiers lined up in a skirmish formation, walking towards the distance with their backs to him. He said to Sokov anxiously: "Comrade Battalion Commander, the enemy has begun to attack. We have begun to attack." Shoot?"
"No, wait a minute," Sokov turned his head and glanced behind him. He saw the soldiers of the second and third echelons running toward him in a bounding motion on the snow that was up to their knees. He continued: "We will wait until the main force arrives."
After a few minutes, the soldiers who arrived were lying on the snow, their weapons pointed at the back of the German army in the distance. Everyone turned their attention to Sokov and wondered: "Why didn't the battalion commander give the order to shoot?"
When Sokov heard the sound of gunfire, he was more anxious than anyone else. He felt that Grisa and the others would not be able to stop so many enemies. But before issuing a battle order, as a commander, he must first find out how many troops the enemy has and where they are distributed.
After seeing the enemy's position clearly, Sokov began to issue orders to the surrounding soldiers: "The five sharpshooters designated in advance are the first combat group, and they will carry out sniping when they are two hundred meters away from the enemy; the machine gunners and submachine guns are the third group. The second combat group will cooperate with the first group to eliminate the enemy and cover the reconnaissance group to break out..."
Although Sokov introduced the "three-three system" when he attacked the city of Kryukovo, he soon discovered the problem. Due to the lack of tacit understanding among the soldiers, this tactic was only superficial. In large-scale battles, It was difficult to use it in an offensive battle, so he had to reluctantly give up and use the old tactics familiar to the soldiers.
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Seven hundred meters in front of Sokov and the others is the hiding place of the Grisa reconnaissance team. Although when he sent a report to Sokov last night, he said that there were only two people left in the reconnaissance team, but in the middle of the night, the targeted team members came one after another. Now, including the pilots and staff, they have a total of seven people and seven guns, and they are fully capable of fighting the Germans.
Before attacking, the enemy used machine guns to shoot at their hiding places. The dense bullets hit the snow and set off pillars of snow, making it impossible for them to fire back effectively.
The staff officer sitting in the gully had a thick bandage on his head. He saw that the enemy's machine gun fire was so heavy that the comrades in the reconnaissance team could not raise their heads, while the enemy's infantry was approaching step by step. He took out the documents he carried with him and placed them in front of him. He also took out a box of matches from his pocket and prepared to destroy these documents.
Seeing the enemy's fierce firepower, Grisa did not think that his reconnaissance team had any chance of killing himself, so he did not stop his staff's attempt to burn the documents.
Just when the match in the staff's hand was about to come into contact with the documents, the German machine guns roaring crazily suddenly became mute. "What's going on?" The staff officer stopped and looked puzzledly at the direction in which the German soldiers were charging, wondering to himself, "Is the enemy's machine gun jammed?"
The match burned to the end and burned his hand. The pain made him hastily throw the extinguished match aside. Just when he was about to light another match, the sound of machine gun shooting rang out in the distance again, but for some reason, there were no bullets flying above his head. The soldiers who saved him even looked out. .
"Comrade Commander." Grisa suddenly turned his head and said to him with a happy face: "Don't be busy burning documents for the time being. It seems that our people are here."
"Our people are here?!" When he heard Grisa say this, the staff officer couldn't help but think to himself, but when he listened to the gunshots outside, the expression on his face became gloomy again. He said with a sad face: "But I only heard the gunshots of German weapons. Where are our troops?"
"If I am not mistaken, comrades from our battalion should have arrived." Grisa said confidently: "You can just hear the gunshots of German-made weapons, because they are equipped with German-made weapons. "
After hearing what Grisa said, the staff officer quickly stuck his head out and looked curiously into the distance. I saw that the German soldiers who were pushing towards me were in a mess in the snow more than 200 meters away. They were running back and forth like headless flies, bumping into each other, and constantly Someone fell headfirst into the snow.
Grisa saw the German troops in front falling on the snow one after another. He guessed that it must be the sharpshooters in the battalion who were shooting at them. He quickly shouted to his men: "Comrades, our reinforcements are here, rush for me." Ah, rush over!" After saying that, he jumped out of the ravine where he was hiding, and while running forward, he used the submachine gun in his hand to shoot at the running German soldiers.
When Sokov led his men to attack from the rear of the German army, he did not shout, but quietly approached the enemy. Then the sharpshooter sniped the German commander and machine gunner, causing the enemy to lose them immediately. With unified command and powerful firepower, he then ordered machine guns and submachine guns to fire at the chaotic German troops.
Under their attack, the German army quickly fell into chaos. It was under such circumstances that Grisa and the others successfully broke out of the German encirclement and joined the troops led by Sokov.
