"Comrade Colonel!" Major Gladshev never dreamed that the young soldier wearing a sergeant's coat in front of him was actually the commander of the 41st Guards Division guarding Mamayev Heights. He quickly stood up and asked for help. Kokov apologized: "I am Major Gladshev, commander of the security battalion of the Army Headquarters. I did not recognize you. Please forgive me for my recklessness!"
Sokov was not a fussy person. He waved his hand to Gladshev and said nonchalantly: "Comrade Major, this is a trivial matter. Don't worry about it." ?a?n?w?e?n?a`com" After saying this scene, he asked curiously, "How did the enemy get here?"
"When I just heard gunshots coming from outside, I immediately contacted the security troops deployed around me. A platoon in the north could not be contacted." Gladshev looked at the opposite side and said fiercely: "It must have been caused by this gunfire. The enemy has been killed."
The enemy came from the north. Sokov judged the direction in which the enemy appeared from Gladshev's words. He tentatively asked: "Comrade Major, if the enemy comes from the north, does it mean that Dzerzhinsky Has the factory been lost?"
"I don't think so." Gladshev shook his head and said in a positive tone: "If the Dzerzhinsky factory is lost, there will not only be dozens of enemies here, but hundreds or even hundreds of enemies." Thousands of people, but there will be tanks and assault guns to cooperate with them. I estimate that this enemy has bypassed our army's defense line and got here by mistake."
"How many troops does the enemy have?" Sokov continued to ask.
"There are about thirty people." Gladshev pointed at the other party and said: "They broke through the two blockades I arranged in succession, and there are only so many people left."
Seeing that there were only about twenty people in the trench on his side, which was no more than the people on the opposite side, Sokov asked curiously: "Major, where are your subordinates? Why are there only so few of them?"
Gladshev smiled bitterly and replied: "Comrade Colonel, you don't know something. Because the barricade factory and Dzerzhinsky factory are in short supply, the commander transferred two companies from the guard battalion to reinforce. The troops I am commanding now There are only more than a hundred people, so to defend such a large area, the troops are naturally a bit thin."
After listening to Gladshev's explanation, Sokov immediately understood why the opponent ordered him to lead a charge as soon as he saw him. It was because he had no soldiers available. Although the enemies on the opposite side are wrong, if they are not eliminated, they will be a disaster sooner or later. Thinking of this, Sokov asked again: "Comrade Major, do you have mortars?"
"Mortars?! Yes, I have two mortars here." Gladshev nodded first, and then said awkwardly: "But there are not many shells left, each gun only has three grenades, and the rest It’s all smoke and mirrors.”
Sokov mentally compared the strength of the enemy and ours, and then said to Gladshev: "Comrade Major, order the gunners to bombard the enemy's position with grenades first. After the grenades are used up, they will then launch smoke grenades..."
"Comrade Colonel," Gladshev reminded Sokov cautiously: "I am worried that the enemy will take advantage of our time to launch smoke bombs and escape to other places."
"Don't worry, Comrade Major, I won't give them a chance to escape." Sokov raised his hand and patted the barrel of the assault rifle, and said confidently: "As soon as the mortar fires the smoke grenade, I will He will immediately lead all the people to charge, and before the enemy has recovered, he will rush in front of them and eliminate them all."
Hearing that Sokov planned to lead the soldiers to charge in person, Samoylov became anxious: "Comrade division commander, no, you are the commander of a division, how can you lead a charge like a company commander? You still Leave this task to me, I promise you, I will definitely complete the task."
"Comrade Second Lieutenant, don't argue with me." Sokov waved his hand and said: "When it comes to fighting, I have more experience than you. I am confident that I can wipe out all the enemies on the opposite side in a short period of time."
Sokov's words made Samoilov shut up obediently. He knew very well that everyone has their own expertise. When it comes to interrogating prisoners, Sokov is not as good as him; when it comes to fighting, , I am indeed not as good as Sokov.
Two mortars were lined up in the trench. After adjusting the firing direction, the two gunners turned their eyes to Gladshev, waiting for his order to fire. Gladshev did not express his position immediately, but cast a questioning look at Sokov. When Sokov nodded slightly, he raised his right hand high, then swung it down suddenly and shouted: "fire!"
As the order was given, the two mortars fired simultaneously. The gunner fired accurately, and the shells roared into the trench on the opposite side. While a large ball of fire was rising, a large area of loose soil was also lifted up. The Germans in the trench did not expect that the Soviet army would suddenly open fire, and five or six soldiers were immediately blown away. The rest huddled in the trench with their heads in their hands to avoid the artillery fire. As soon as the grenades were fired, the gunners started firing smoke grenades again, and soon the trenches occupied by the Germans were shrouded in smoke.
Seeing that the time was right, Sokov jumped out of the trench with a gun in hand and shouted to the soldiers in the trench: "Comrades, charge with me and wipe out the enemies in front! Move forward~!"
Seeing Sokov taking the lead and rushing forward with a gun, the soldier shouted "Ula!", climbed out of the trench, and rushed toward the German position dozens of meters away.
The German troops who were avoiding the bombardment heard the shouts of the Soviet troops in the smoke and realized that the Soviet troops had begun to attack. They stood upright and saw only a puff of smoke, but no human figure. They could only shoot blindly into the smoke.
Sokov, who was rushing at the front, vaguely felt his abdomen being hit by something several times, and there were also several slight metal collision sounds. However, he did not stop to check, but continued to rush forward.
It took Sokov less than twenty seconds to complete the entire distance of tens of meters. As he was running, he suddenly felt that his foot was empty, and then he fell into the trench. Fortunately, the soil in the trench was loose and he was not injured. He quickly got up, squatted in the trench, and fired two bursts to the left. He heard screams and knew that an enemy had been hit by him; Then he turned the gun and shot to the right.
After emptying a magazine, the gunfire from the Germans on the left and right became sparse. Hearing people jumping into the trenches, he knew that soldiers had arrived. In order to prevent accidental injuries, he did not shoot again. Instead, he sat in the trenches with his gun in his arms, quietly waiting for the moment the battle ended.
