Everything that needs to be seen has been seen, and everything that needs to be explained has been explained, and Sokov has no need to stay here anymore, so he and Yakov left the Vasily Building with their guard squad and prepared to pass through The city was full of ruins, and he returned to Mamayev Hill to continue directing the battle.
But after the Vasily Building disappeared from everyone's sight, Yakov suddenly whispered: "Misha, you really shouldn't leave at this time."
Yakov's words surprised Sokov, and he asked in confusion: "Why?"
"You know, some of the areas we have to pass are the focus of competition between our army and the enemy. Who knows when we pass there, we will encounter our army or the Germans." Yakov said with a worried look: " If we wait until dark and use the cover of night, we may be able to avoid the enemy's eyes and ears and return to Mamayev Heights smoothly."
"Yakov, I understand your mood very well." How could Sokov, who came from a later generation, not know the situation in Stalingrad at this moment? The defense lines of both the enemy and ours were intertwined. Even in some buildings, Germans and The Soviet soldiers occupied different floors and rooms. It was really dangerous for him to leave the city at this time. However, in order to rush back to Mamayev Heights as soon as possible, he could only take one risk: "But if I stay at Mamayev Heights, I won't be able to command the troops."
Yakov knew that Sokov was telling the truth, and after nodding, he added: "Misha, I also know that going out of the city during the day is very risky, but as the commander of the infantry brigade, you can't stay for too long. Leave your combat post, so I didn’t try to dissuade you when you asked to leave the building.”
"Okay, Yakov, stop talking, let's continue on our way." Sokov didn't want to waste any more time with Yakov on this matter, so he urged him: "We may encounter the enemy, so we must act at any time. Good for battle."
The road started smoothly. The areas that the guard squad passed through were almost all under the control of the third battalion or friendly forces. Except for the gunfire and explosions not far away, not even a shadow of the enemy was seen. . Seeing the hills of Mamayev Hill from a distance, Yakov's mood became lighter. He pointed in front and said with relief: "Misha, Mamayev Hill is ahead. We can walk for ten minutes at most. We can get back to brigade headquarters."
Along the way, he saw no enemies, so Sokov couldn't help but relax his vigilance. He thought to himself: "Since we have not encountered enemies in the most intense fighting area, we can't help but relax in the remaining seven or eight hundred meters." , I definitely won’t meet Germans.”
Unexpectedly, just as he was thinking this, gunfire suddenly rang out from the front, and the two soldiers walking at the front fell down. "Battle alert, take cover!" The guard squad leader shouted when he saw his men were shot and fell to the ground, and then hid behind a pile of rubble.
Sokov and Yakov hid in a crater in the middle of the road. Listening to the bullets flying overhead, Sokov was silently calculating in his mind how many enemies were ambushing him. Although the gunshots outside were all loud, and they were all shots from German weapons, based on Sokov's combat experience accumulated over the past year, most of the shots were made by soldiers in the guard squad. The German side has only five people at most, and its firepower is also very weak.
Not only did Sokov hear the details of the German army from the gunfire, Yakov also heard it. He turned to Sokov and said: "Misha, there seem to be only five Germans. From the sound of their gunfire, Judging, with one officer with a pistol, one submachine gunner and three riflemen, your men are more than enough to take them out."
Hearing that Yakov's judgment was the same as his own, Sokov quickly and cautiously poked his head out from the edge of the crater to check the fighting situation outside. I saw a German submachine gunner hiding behind a half-man-high broken wall. From time to time, he poked his head out and fired a few shots, and then retracted his body.
Sokov felt that among the five enemies, the enemy using a submachine gun was the greatest threat and must be killed first, so he placed the assault rifle on the edge of the crater and aimed at the location of the submachine gunner. However, he did not pull the trigger casually, but patiently waited for the opportunity, waiting for the submachine gunner to appear before shooting.
After waiting only a few seconds, the German submachine gunner stood up straight again and fired at the hiding position of the soldiers. Sokov, who had already locked onto him, pulled the trigger without hesitation and fired a burst. The bullet hit the submachine gunner, splashing three flowers of blood. The huge impact made the submachine gunner lean back and fall straight into the rubble.
After killing the German submachine gunners, the remaining four Germans became nothing to worry about. More than a dozen submachine guns from the security squad beat them until they couldn't even lift their heads. A soldier took the opportunity to throw a grenade into their hiding place. After a loud bang, there was no movement in the enemy's hiding place.
With the help of soldiers, Sokov and Yakov climbed out of the crater and came to the rubble where grenades exploded. They found only the bodies of three German soldiers, and the guns they used were scattered nearby. Sokov said in his heart that there were only three corpses here. Including the enemy who was killed by him after breaking the wall, there were only four people. Could it be that he and Yakov had heard it wrong?
Seeing that there were only three corpses here, Yakov felt quite puzzled: "It's strange. There are three corpses here. Including the submachine gunner behind the wall, there are only four enemies in total. Did I hear it wrong?"
The guard squad leader walked up to Yakov and said with a smile: "Comrade Major, I looked carefully and there are only four enemies fighting with us. You know, there are sometimes errors in judging the enemy's strength based on hearing." …”
"Comrade squad leader," Yakov said with some frustration: "Even if there are only four Germans, how did they appear here?"
The guard squad leader glanced at the corpses on the ground and said thoughtfully: "I think they got lost in the battle and came here by mistake."
While Yakov and the guard squad leader were talking, Sokov's eyes were searching everywhere. He felt that when he and Yakov were hiding in the crater, they really heard the sound of five guns shooting, and one of them was definitely pistol. Just as he was frowning and thinking, he suddenly heard the sound of someone knocking down bricks. This sound was covered up by the gunshots and explosions nearby, but it was noticed by Sokov, who was on high alert. heard it.
He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a pistol slowly stretched out from behind a pile of rubble not far away, aiming at Yakov's location. "Yakov, be careful." Seeing this situation, Sokov instinctively rushed to Yakov's side. While blocking him with his body, he pulled the trigger towards the location of the pistol. The bullets fired from the assault rifle immediately caused the soil to fly away from where the pistol was.
The guards standing around were stunned when they saw Sokov shooting to the side, and then they turned their guns and fired wildly there. But after the soldiers fired all the bullets in the magazine, the hand holding the pistol fell to the ground, and the pistol fell aside.
The guard squad leader ran behind the gravel himself. After taking a look, he raised his head and shouted to Sokov: "Comrade Brigadier, he is a German second lieutenant. He has been shot to death by us indiscriminately."
Hearing what the guard squad leader said, Sokov couldn't help but feel a little proud. He felt that his hearing was still very good. When he heard five enemies shooting, it turned out to be five enemies. At this moment, Yakov who was standing next to him suddenly screamed: "Misha, are you injured?"
Sokov looked at Yakov with some confusion, and asked with some confusion: "Yakov, where am I injured?"
Yakov supported Sokov and said anxiously: "Misha, you were shot in the abdomen, can't you feel it?"
After hearing what Yakov said, Sokov quickly looked down and saw a dark wet mark on the military uniform on his abdomen, and the area continued to expand. The dangerous situation just now put Sokov at the moment when his adrenal gland secretion was at its strongest, so he didn't feel any pain after being shot. As soon as his mind relaxed at this moment, he suddenly felt a sharp pain. He felt as if all the strength in his body had been drained out of him, and his whole body immediately fell softly.
Everything that needs to be seen has been seen, and everything that needs to be explained has been explained, and Sokov has no need to stay here anymore, so he and Yakov left the Vasily Building with their guard squad and prepared to pass through The city was full of ruins, and he returned to Mamayev Hill to continue directing the battle.
But after the Vasily Building disappeared from everyone's sight, Yakov suddenly whispered: "Misha, you really shouldn't leave at this time."
Yakov's words surprised Sokov, and he asked in confusion: "Why?"
"You know, some of the areas we have to pass are the focus of competition between our army and the enemy. Who knows whether we will encounter our army or the Germans when we pass there." Yakov said with a worried look: " If we wait until dark and use the cover of night, we may be able to avoid the enemy's eyes and ears and return to Mamayev Heights smoothly."
"Yakov, I understand your mood very well." How could Sokov, who came from a later generation, not know the situation in Stalingrad at this moment? The defense lines of both the enemy and ours were intertwined. Even in some buildings, Germans and The Soviet soldiers occupied different floors and rooms. It was really dangerous for him to leave the city at this time. However, in order to rush back to Mamayev Heights as soon as possible, he could only take one risk: "But if I stay at Mamayev Heights, I won't be able to command the troops."
Yakov knew that Sokov was telling the truth, and after nodding, he added: "Misha, I also know that going out of the city during the day is very risky, but as the commander of the infantry brigade, you can't stay for too long. Leave your combat post, so I didn’t try to dissuade you when you asked to leave the building.”
"Okay, Yakov, stop talking, let's continue on our way." Sokov didn't want to waste any more time with Yakov on this matter, so he urged him: "We may encounter the enemy, so we must act at any time. Good for battle."
The road started smoothly. The areas that the guard squad passed through were almost all under the control of the third battalion or friendly forces. Except for the gunfire and explosions not far away, not even a shadow of the enemy was seen. . Seeing the hills of Mamayev Hill from a distance, Yakov's mood became lighter. He pointed in front and said with relief: "Misha, Mamayev Hill is ahead. We can walk for ten minutes at most. We can get back to brigade headquarters."
Along the way, he saw no enemies, so Sokov couldn't help but relax his vigilance. He thought to himself: "Since we have not encountered enemies in the most intense fighting area, we can't help but relax in the remaining seven or eight hundred meters." , I definitely won’t meet Germans.”
Unexpectedly, just as he was thinking this, gunfire suddenly rang out from the front, and the two soldiers walking at the front fell down. "Battle alert, take cover!" The guard squad leader shouted when he saw his subordinates were shot and fell to the ground, and then hid behind a pile of rubble.
Sokov and Yakov hid in a crater in the middle of the road. Listening to the bullets flying overhead, Sokov was silently calculating in his mind how many enemies were ambushing him. Although the gunshots outside were all loud, and they were all shots from German weapons, based on Sokov's combat experience accumulated over the past year, most of the shots were made by soldiers in the guard squad. The German side has only five people at most, and its firepower is also very weak.
Not only did Sokov hear the details of the German army from the gunfire, Yakov also heard it. He turned to Sokov and said: "Misha, there seem to be only five Germans. From the sound of their gunfire, Judging, with one officer with a pistol, one submachine gunner and three riflemen, your men are more than enough to take them out."
Hearing that Yakov's judgment was the same as his own, Sokov quickly and cautiously poked his head out from the edge of the crater to check the fighting situation outside. I saw a German submachine gunner hiding behind a half-man-high broken wall. From time to time, he poked his head out and fired a few shots, and then retracted his body.
Sokov felt that among the five enemies, the enemy using a submachine gun was the greatest threat and must be killed first, so he placed the assault rifle on the edge of the crater and aimed at the location of the submachine gunner. However, he did not pull the trigger casually, but patiently waited for the opportunity, waiting for the submachine gunner to appear before shooting.
After waiting only a few seconds, the German submachine gunner stood up straight again and fired at the hiding position of the soldiers. Sokov, who had already locked onto him, pulled the trigger without hesitation and fired a burst. The bullet hit the submachine gunner, splashing three flowers of blood. The huge impact made the submachine gunner lean back and fall straight into the rubble.
