As soon as the bombardment started, Jetrov stood at the lookout of the observation post, raised his binoculars and observed the hiding place of the joint sniper team. But I couldn't help but be shocked when I saw that they were wiped out in just a few minutes under the joint attack of German mortar fire and snipers. He only thought that this army was inferior to his sniper team, but he did not expect that they were so vulnerable that the entire army was wiped out without firing a single shot.
Seeing the soldiers who fell under enemy fire and muzzles, Jetrov was so angry that he itched his teeth. He deliberately ordered the light and heavy machine guns on the position to fire at the same time, strafing the place where the German snipers were hiding, and avenging his fallen comrades, but There was a fear of retaliation from German artillery fire. Once the machine gun fire points on the position are destroyed by enemy artillery fire, if the enemies on the other side forcefully cross the Zizdra River, it will be difficult to stop them with the weak firepower on the position.
After a fierce ideological struggle, reason finally defeated impulse. Jetrov called a communications soldier and told him: "Go and tell Sergeant Matvey that there is a German sniper on the other side and find a way to kill him." The communications soldier agreed, turned around and ran out. Jetrov warned him from behind: "When running in the traffic trench, bend down lower, don't let the German snipers treat you as a target."
After Jetrov sent out the communications troops, he felt that he should inform the Second and Third Battalions of the situation here so that they could be mentally prepared, so he called the Second Battalion's headquarters again.
Hearing another call from Jetrov, the second battalion commander asked a little impatiently: "Comrade Captain, do you have anything else to do?" When he pronounced the word "Captain", he deliberately emphasized his tone.
The anxious Jetrov did not care about the other party's tone, but said straight to the point: "Comrade Major, I have some bad news for you. Your sniper team's hiding place was attacked by German mortar fire. At present, The entire army has been wiped out.”
"What, my sniper team has been wiped out?" The second battalion commander, who originally had a disdainful expression on his face, immediately jumped up from his seat after hearing the bad news. He asked with a sullen face: "Comrade Captain, is everything you said true?"
"Yes, Comrade Major." Jetrov replied: "In addition to German mortar fire, they were also attacked by German snipers. I personally saw two soldiers fall to the sniper's gun Down."
"Damn it, it's so abominable." Hearing this, the second battalion commander asked viciously: "Captain Jetrov, have you taken any measures?"
"I have given an order to the sniper team to kill the enemy's snipers as soon as possible." Jetrov guessed what the second battalion commander wanted to ask next, so he took the initiative and said: "In order to prevent being attacked by German artillery fire." Strike, I did not let the light and heavy machine guns shoot at places where snipers might be hiding."
After learning that Jetrov did not order the machine gun to shoot at the hiding place of the German sniper, the second battalion commander became a little angry: "What? It was because you were worried about being hit by German artillery fire that you didn't order the machine gun to shoot at the enemy's sniper hiding place." Place. I will go to the head of the regiment to accuse you and ask him to give you the punishment you deserve." After saying that, he hung up the phone without waiting for Jetrov to speak again.
Although the second battalion commander said on the phone that he would report it to the regiment commander, Jetrov did not take it to heart at all. After putting down the phone, he came to the lookout again, raised his binoculars and looked towards where Matvey and the others were hiding to see if the communications troops he sent had reached the designated location.
In fact, there was no need for Jetrov to send communications troops to notify Matvey and the others who were hiding at another sniper point. They also saw the destruction of friendly forces under enemy fire. Thinking that if the sniper site was not originally selected and the friendly forces had arrived first, they would be the ones who fell under the fire and sniper rifles at this moment. Thinking of this, everyone in the sniper team suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
Ajik, the sniper lying on the right side of Matvey, asked Matvey with a sad face: "Comrade Sergeant, what should we do? Should we continue to snipe the Germans on the opposite side?"
Matvey glared at the other party and lowered his voice and said: "The order given to us by our superiors is to snipe the enemies on the other side of the river. Before ordering us to retreat, we must seriously implement this order from our superiors."
At this time, Corporal Norma, the sniper lying on the left, suddenly called out to Matvey in a low voice: "Comrade Sergeant, look quickly, there is a jeep coming from the direction of the German position!"
When Matvey heard what Norma said, he quickly looked towards the other side, and sure enough he saw a jeep driving along the bumpy road towards the German position. Looking at the jeep that originally belonged to the Soviet army but was now driven by the German army, a thought suddenly came to Matvey's mind: "There must be a German officer in this car. If I can stop the car, Maybe we can kill the officers in the car." Thinking of this, he quickly turned his gun and aimed at the jeep in the distance.
"Comrade Sergeant," Norma saw Matvey aiming his gun at the moving jeep and couldn't help but curiously asked, "Are you planning to snipe the target in the car?"
Matvey nodded slightly, and then ordered the other soldiers: "You should closely monitor the front of the German position. If you see the sniper showing up, kill him immediately."
After assigning the task, he concentrated on aiming at the right front tire of the Jeep. At a distance of two hundred meters and without a scope, it was not easy to hit a moving tire. Matvey was even mentally prepared to fire two shots.
There was a "pop" sound and bullets flew towards the moving jeep. Within a moment, Matvey saw the jeep swaying left and right, then drove forward for more than ten meters and then stopped. Matvey excitedly waved his fist and secretly shouted: "Great, hit the target!"
After the car stopped, the German driver opened the door and got out, walked around from the front of the car, and carefully looked at the deflated tire. While he was bending over, Matvey decisively pulled the trigger and fired the second bullet. The bullet entered the German driver's left temple and flew out with a stream of blood droplets from the right temple. The driver fell to the ground without saying a word.
"No, there are snipers." The German sitting in the car hurriedly got out of the car on the other side and hid using the car as a cover, trying to figure out where the bullets were flying from.
Norma, who was next to her, heard that Matvey had fired two shots. She couldn't help but look in the direction of the jeep. When she saw that the car was parked and not moving, and there was a German corpse lying on the ground, she couldn't help but say something excited. : "Great, hit!"
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Matvey said angrily: "Stop looking around and keep an eye on the German sniper. Don't let him show up again!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Ajik on the right shouting from the ground: "Look, a German sniper is coming." After saying that, he pulled the trigger without hesitation. With the sound of gunfire, a steel helmet that had just risen from the crater was shot far away by the bullet.
"Damn it, you've been fooled." Matvey said angrily when he saw Ajik shooting: "Didn't you see it was just a steel helmet? Maybe it was a German sniper who deliberately raised it with the butt of his gun, just to find your position."
"No way, Comrade Sergeant..." Ajik was about to retort when suddenly a bullet hit the ground in front of him. The splash of small gravel scratched a small cut on his face, and there was blood. It flows down the cheek.
A sniper nearby saw that Ajik was losing his job. He quickly took out a first-aid kit from his pocket and prepared to bandage Ajik's wound: "Ajik, you are injured."
"Don't move!" Matvey suddenly growled: "The German sniper is still unable to determine our exact position. If you move, won't you become his target? Keep lying down and don't move, and the Germans Compare your patience and see who can hold on longer.”
