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When Belkin saw that Sokov had returned, he actually brought back an anti-tank gun, and even anti-tank grenades and anti-tank mines. He couldn't help but be overjoyed and said: "Great, this is really great. We have it." With these anti-tank weapons, no matter how many tanks the Germans bring, we don’t have to worry.”
But Sokov poured cold water on him: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, there are only so many anti-tank weapons we can obtain. Once they are used up, they will be gone."
"What, there are only so many?" Belkin saw the wooden boxes that the soldiers were moving out of the carriage, and said with some disappointment: "This is too little. If the Germans only have four or five tanks, how many tanks can there be?" It can barely be dealt with; if there are more than ten, we can only let the soldiers hold cluster grenades to kill the enemy tanks together."
"Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, call up the two platoon commanders of the engineer platoon and the artillery platoon." In order to rationally use these anti-tank weapons, Sokov decided to take people to consider the terrain in person: "Let's go and take a look at the terrain. "
Lieutenant Vasya, the engineer platoon leader, and Second Lieutenant Porochenko, the artillery platoon leader, were on the scene to direct the soldiers to unload the trucks. When they heard that the battalion commander had something to ask him, they immediately ran over. When Sokov saw the two men arriving, he shook his head at them and said: "You two follow me to the west of the high ground to have a look. I plan to establish an anti-tank position there to prevent enemy tanks from coming around again. .”
When everyone came to the western slope, Sokov pointed to the simple road not far away and asked the two platoon commanders: "Comrades, two platoon commanders, if the German army wants to follow this road again and detour back to our high ground, what will you do?" How do you plan to use existing anti-tank weapons to deal with them?"
After the two platoon commanders looked at each other, Lieutenant Vasya, whom Sokov was relatively familiar with, took the lead in speaking. He pointed to the destroyed tank on the road in the distance and said to Sokov: "Comrade Battalion Commander, that tank is blocking the road. If the other tanks want to pass, they can only go around from both sides. We can Plant mines around that tank, and if the enemy takes a detour, they will definitely be bombed."
"Artillery platoon commander," Sokov said after listening to Vasya, he did not express any opinion, but turned to ask Second Lieutenant Porochenko: "How do you plan to deploy the artillery positions?"
Porochenko looked around, then pointed to a crater not far away and said: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I plan to establish an anti-tank position here. Once the German tanks enter the range, we will fire and shoot them down." It’s a mess.”
Sokov turned to Belkin and asked: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, what do you think of their deployment?"
"If we have enough anti-tank mines and more than five anti-tank guns," Belkin said thoughtfully after hearing Sokov's question: "The plan of the two platoon leaders is very suitable. .”
Sokov heard Belkin's voiceover and said with a smile: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, that is to say, you do not completely agree with their plan."
"Yes, I think their plan still has many imperfections." Belkin nodded and explained the reasons for his objections to everyone: "For example, laying mines around the bombed tank, Maybe we can really blow up one or two enemy tanks, but after the enemy suffers a loss, they will definitely send engineers to clear mines. Although we can set up machine gun positions at our feet and use machine gun fire to kill those engineers, the German tank artillery fire Our machine gun positions can also be easily destroyed." Vasya couldn't help but nodded when he heard Belgin's comments, feeling that the deputy battalion commander's analysis was very reasonable.
Belkin then added: "Also, the anti-tank gun position is located here, and of course it can attack enemy tanks from a high position. But we only have one gun. After destroying the front tank, the position will also be covered by enemy artillery fire. …”
After listening to Belkin, Porochenko humbly asked him for advice: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, since you can find the problems we have, is there any way to overcome these problems and improve our defense?" How about becoming more perfect?”
Regarding Porochenko's question, Belkin said with a wry smile: "I can only find the problem. As for how to solve the problem, you should ask the battalion commander. I think he already knows it."
While the two platoon commanders were discussing their opinions with Belkin, Sokov was thinking about how to make reasonable use of this terrain to avoid a war of attrition with the German army. Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him at this moment, he knew it was his turn to speak.
He coughed lightly and said: "If you want to guard this road and prevent enemy tanks from rushing behind the high ground, you must adopt flexible defensive tactics." He pointed at the place where Porochenko wanted to establish a shooting position. Crater said, "Although we only have one anti-tank gun, we must prepare three to four firing points. After firing two guns, we will change the location to make the enemy confused about our strength. In addition, near the real shooting position, Set up a few more false positions, using planks and wood to look like artillery, to attract enemy tank fire.”
When Second Lieutenant Porochenko heard what Belkin said, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "Great, Comrade Battalion Commander, your method is really great. The Germans saw that our anti-tank guns were operating in different If you fire from a position, you will definitely think that there are a lot of artillery on the position, so they will not be able to concentrate their firepower on one point."
Sokov turned to Vasya and continued: "As for the location of anti-tank mines, in addition to the bombed tank, you can also consider placing two mines on the south side of the road. This way the German tanks will be buried along the When the road comes over, it will hit the mine and explode. Then the tank behind will stop and let the engineers clear the mine. At this time, the anti-tank gun commanded by Second Lieutenant Porochenko can target the tank parked on the road. Shoot to increase your hit rate."
"Comrades, two platoon commanders, you have all heard it." After Belkin waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he said to the two platoon commanders with joy: "Comrade battalion commander, how comprehensively have you considered the defense deployment here? . In my opinion, the enemy cannot pass here without losing seven or eight tanks."
Sokov glanced towards the north of the road and thought to himself: "Even if the German tanks break through the interception of anti-tank guns, pass through the minefield, and reach the north of the highland, there is nothing to worry about. Equipped with anti-tank guns, there is nothing to worry about." A company of tank grenade commanders will give them a head-on attack."
He turned his head and said to the two platoon commanders who were standing in front of him waiting for further orders: "Now that your mission has been clarified, don't stand here in a daze. Start building positions and laying mines immediately. You must not let the Germans Tank, easily go around from here to the back of the high ground.”
"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander!" the two platoon commanders immediately replied in unison. "We jumped into action immediately."
