Seeing that Sokov only praised Vasily a few words, Sidorin sent him and Zina back to rest, so he asked in confusion: "Comrade Brigadier, I don't understand, Vasily has achieved such great results today, even if he can't What medal should be awarded to him, but at least what military rank could be given to him?”
"My comrade chief of staff," Sokov asked with a smile, "what rank do you think we should give him? Private, corporal, sergeant or higher?"
Before Sidorin could answer, Sokov answered his own question and said: "Although Vasily killed a colonel and a major today, it was his first mission after all. To rashly grant him a military rank, it must be It will cause dissatisfaction among other soldiers in the sniper team of the guard company."
Sidorin agreed very much with Sokov's statement. The soldiers in the sniper team of the guard company could achieve more or less results every time they went out to perform missions, although they had never killed a German colonel. Officers above the rank, but the combined number of enemies they killed was also quite large. There have never been any rewards for them. If a recruit who joined less than 24 hours ago is awarded a medal and promoted to a military rank, it will definitely make them resist.
Thinking of this, Sidorin nodded and said: "Comrade Brigadier, what you said makes sense. As for the matter of conferring military ranks, I think we will let it go for the time being. However, we eliminated two German military school-level officers, but one A great victory, I recommend reporting to Commander Chuikov immediately."
Before Sokov could express his position, Belkin rushed to say: "The chief of staff is right, the German commanders are different from our commanders. Our headquarters is usually only three or four hundred meters away from the front line, while their regiments are The level headquarters is at least five or six kilometers away from the front. It is very difficult for us to kill a colonel. Vasily’s results today are an amazing victory, and I agree to report to the group army headquarters immediately."
Sokov picked up the microphone and asked the communications soldier to connect to the army headquarters. When he heard Krylov's voice coming from the receiver, he immediately said: "Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff. I am Lieutenant Colonel Sokov. I have important information to report to you."
When Krylov heard the call from Sokov, he couldn't help but thought: "Did something happen at Mamayev Heights?" But he still tried his best to ask in a normal tone: "Hello, Comrade Sokov, what's going on there?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov heard the panic in Krylov's tone and knew that he had misunderstood the intention of his call. He quickly explained: "I'm not calling you because something happened here. However, we have achieved great results and I want to report to you."
"Huge victory?!" Krylov heard what Sokov said and quickly winked at Chuikov, who was sitting opposite. The latter immediately leaned over and put his ear close to the receiver, wanting to hear it immediately. What's the good news Sokov said. "Tell me, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, if you have any good news for us."
"The sniper team we sent today achieved great results in the railway employee dormitory area." Sokov said into the microphone: "They killed 19 German officers and soldiers, including the commander of the 21st Grenadier Regiment Lun. Colonel Gerke, and his battalion commander, Major Haydon.”
"This is really an amazing victory." Krylov became excited after listening to Sokov's report: "German officers are afraid of death and always set up their headquarters far away from the front line. So it is difficult for us to eliminate high-level German commanders. What are the names of the soldiers who went to serve as snipers? I want to give them credit!"
"One is Corporal Zina, she is the leader of the sniper team of the guard company." Sokov said: "The other new soldier named Vasily just arrived in Stalingrad last night. He is from the Urals A hunter who killed two German military officers with his own hands."
"This is really amazing." Krylov said in surprise: "It is really amazing that a soldier who has just joined the army can achieve such results on his first combat mission."
Gurov, the military commissar who had just returned from the grassroots company, was worrying about the increasingly low morale. Suddenly, he heard that a new soldier who had just entered the city less than a day had actually killed 19 people with another sniper. When the German officers and soldiers, including two field officers, couldn't help but shine: "That's great, this is simply great. Comrade Commander, I think the results achieved by Vasily should be carried out vigorously throughout the entire group army." Propaganda to boost the morale of our army.”
"This is a good idea." Although the 62nd Army has a lot of numbers, most of the troops have basically lost their combat effectiveness due to heavy casualties. Chuikov was also worried about the low morale of the troops. At this moment, he heard Gurov's words He proposed and nodded quickly in agreement: "Comrade Military Commissar, you are right, we should conduct publicity throughout the entire army to use this matter to boost the morale of our army."
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Just when Sokov reported Vasily's results to the army headquarters, Zina took Vasily back to the sniper team's residence on the next floor.
There were originally six people in the sniper team. Except for Zina and Susanna, the rest were all male soldiers, and they all had rich combat experience. They completed their sniper mission early, returned to their residences, and began to clean and maintain the sniper rifles they used to ensure that the firearms were in the best condition at all times.
When Susanna and another male soldier came back from their mission, they saw that there were only three male soldiers sitting in the room, but no shadow of Zina was seen, so they asked curiously: "Comrades, have you seen Zina?" ?”
"I didn't see it." As soon as she finished speaking, two soldiers shook their heads and answered.
"Comrade Company Commander assigned Zina a task." Another male soldier said with a wry smile: "Ask her to take a new soldier who has just arrived in the city for less than a day to perform a combat mission in the station staff dormitory area. ”
"What? The company commander asked Zina to take a new soldier to perform a mission in the railway employee dormitory area?" Susanna opened her mouth in surprise when she heard the news: "How could the company commander let Zina take a new soldier there? When performing a mission, doesn't he know that the fighting there is fierce, and isn't it equivalent to letting the two of them die?"
"Alas," the male soldier sighed and said, "I hope with God's blessing, Zina can come back safely!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zina's familiar voice came from the door: "Hello, comrades, I'm back!"
"Zina, you can come back." Seeing Zina appearing at the door, Susanna cheered, rushed over and hugged her, and said with some excitement: "I heard that you brought a new soldier to the most dangerous place. You went to a certain place to perform a mission, but it scared me so much that I thought you would never come back."
"How could it be possible?!" Zina grinned and said, "If I find that the situation is not good, I will do everything possible to withdraw." After saying that, she raised her hand and clapped her hands twice, attracting everyone's attention. After that, she continued, "Comrades, please come here and I will introduce you to a new comrade."
Although some of the soldiers in the sniper team had already seen Vasily, they still gathered around after hearing what Zina said. When Zina saw that everyone was here, she pointed at Vasily, who was standing next to her, and said to everyone: "Comrades, I would like to formally introduce someone to you. His name is Vasily Zaitsev. He is from Hunters of the Ural Mountains.”
"Zina," the male soldier who had just spoken to Susanna looked coldly at Vasily, who had a naive smile on his face, and asked in a disdainful tone: "He went on a mission with you today, and he didn't hold you back, right?" ?”
"How could it be, Lerk." Zina heard the sarcasm in the male soldier's tone and quickly said to him: "We killed a total of 19 German officers and soldiers today, including a colonel and a major. They all died under Vasily's gun."
"It seems that he is very lucky." Laerke said in a sour tone: "Two German school-level officers actually got under his gun."
"It's not about luck, it's about strength." Zina said seriously to Laerke: "He shot these two officers to death at a distance of more than 300 meters, both with one shot. Change It’s you, Lelk, can you hit the target?”
Laerke's face turned red immediately, and he thought to himself: "If the distance is one hundred and fifty meters, I can guarantee a hit rate of 80; if it is two hundred meters, I may be able to guarantee a hit rate of 50; but At a distance of three hundred meters, I’m afraid it won’t be possible.”
"Vasily, you are so amazing." Susanna heard that Vasily had achieved such good results on his first day on the mission. Her eyes lit up. She grabbed Vasily's hand and shook it vigorously. Then he said: "I thought you would hold back Zina, but I didn't expect you to perform so well."
"Susanna, actually, I had the same thoughts as you when I went on a mission." When Zina said this, she glanced at Vasily quickly, with a blush on her face: "I thought he would be a burden to me. Not only was it impossible to achieve results, but it might also put me in danger. But when I saw him kill the German colonel cleanly, and then fired a second shot and killed a German lieutenant, I knew that I Wrong, and very wrong. He was born to be an excellent sniper, so good that none of us combined could compare to him."
Among the entire sniper team, Zina's sniping level is the highest, and no one has ever been so praised by her. Except for Laerke, the other three male soldiers stepped forward and extended their hands to Vasily to welcome him to officially join the sniper team.
"Lerk!" Zina saw that the other male soldiers were trying to get close to Vasily, but the rude Lelk stood aside in a daze. She quickly called him in a low voice and winked, gesturing for him to go over and talk to him. Vasily greeted.
Seeing Zina's eyes, Laerke could only walk to Vasily's side and said apologetically: "Comrade Vasily, please forgive me for being rude just now. I apologize to you."
Vasily held Laerke's hand and said reasonably: "Comrade Laerke, if I were in your position, I would have the same scruples about a new recruit. From now on, we will We are comrades-in-arms, and I hope we can fight side by side in the next battle."
"Yes, yes." Laerke did not expect Vasily to be so magnanimous. He nodded vigorously and replied: "Comrade Vasily, please rest assured that I will fully cooperate with you in the next battle." your."
