As soon as the sergeant blurted out his words in German, he realized that his identity had been exposed. He shook his right shoulder, threw up the Bobosha submachine gun under his right flank, held the gun with both hands toward his arms, and pointed the muzzle at Shamrih.
He moved quickly, and Shamrih moved even faster. Before he could pull the trigger, the gun in Shamrih's hand had already fired. Three shots of "pop, pop, pop" accurately hit the opponent. There were three holes in the soldier's chest that kept bleeding out.
The sound of gunfire was an order, and the soldiers in the carriage opened fire on several German soldiers on the roadside. Hundreds of rounds of bullets poured out like a storm in an instant, and bullet casings fell like beans inside and outside the car.
The German soldiers standing on the roadside thought they had gotten away with it, but they didn't expect to fire when the other party said to fire. Without any preparation, they were covered by the firepower of the Soviet commanders and fighters on the car. Their bodies were shaking like an electric shock. Countless blood mist flew out from behind.
In less than half a minute, the five German soldiers pretending to be Soviet soldiers were shot into pieces and lay in a mess on the roadside. As soon as the gunfire stopped, the soldiers in the carriage jumped out of the car one after another and stepped forward to inspect the enemy's corpse.
The deputy battalion commander, Captain Yakuda, who was sitting in several cars behind, heard the gunshots from the front and immediately realized that something had happened. He quickly opened the door and jumped out of the car, brandishing a pistol and shouting at the soldiers in the car: "Brothers, follow me!"
When Yakuda and his men rushed to the front, they found that the front of the leading car was already surrounded by the commanders and fighters from the previous cars, and the smell of blood could be heard from the crowd. Yakuda was worried that something had happened to Shamrih. As he squeezed in, he shouted loudly: "Make way, comrades, please give way."
After squeezing into the crowd, Yakuda saw Shamrih standing in front of a pile of corpses. He quickly squeezed over and asked: "Comrade Battalion Commander, what happened? Why did you shoot?"
Shamrih pouted at the corpse lying on the ground and said: "I met a few Germans pretending to be our army. I found out their identities and eliminated them all."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, these are the documents they carry." A soldier who had just searched the corpses handed several bloody military IDs to Shamrih: "They all seem to be true."
Shamrih took the documents and said without looking at them: "Yes, these documents are indeed genuine."
When Yakuda next to him heard what he said, he couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Comrade Battalion Commander, didn't you say that they are all Germans in disguise, so why are the documents they carry real?"
"The reason is very simple." Shamrih explained to Yakuda: "When I checked the ID of one of them just now, I deliberately looked at the staples used on the ID and found that they were all rusty. They must be used by our army. certificate."
Yakuda also knows how to identify whether the opponent is an enemy by whether the staples on the document are rusty. He asked in confusion: "Comrade Battalion Commander, since the documents are genuine, how do you say they are fake?"
"The reason is very simple." Shamrih continued: "Before we set off, the division commander once told us that our army's 188th Division had just liberated the town of Kazachiya Compass. Think about it, the people who just participated in the battle How can a soldier be wearing a new military uniform, and his face is still clean, with no trace of gun smoke at all?"
Although Yakuda agreed very much with the reasons given by Shamrih, he felt that it seemed too hasty for Shamrih to order people to kill these people lying on the ground, and they might be killed. They are all their own people. He said cautiously: "Comrade Battalion Commander, maybe when they left the town and were ordered to perform the mission, they washed their faces specially and put on new military uniforms."
"Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, I admit that what you said makes sense." Shamrih said with a sneer: "But after I checked the sergeant's ID, I took advantage of him to relax his vigilance and unexpectedly asked him in German: 'Where are you going to go next?' He probably didn't come back to his senses, but he casually answered me in fluent German: 'Let's go to Octobertown.'
You also know that since becoming Commander Sokov's subordinate, I found that he likes to run to the front, and even personally leads people to conduct deep reconnaissance of the enemy or carry out sabotage. I was also lucky enough to go there with him twice. At that time, I was thinking that if I could learn German well, I might be able to put it to use when I went deep behind enemy lines in the future. Unexpectedly, the German I learned came in handy today. "
After listening to Shamrih's words, Yakuda was completely sure that the other party did not accidentally injure one of his own. He accidentally discovered blood stains on Shamrih's uniform, and couldn't help but ask: "Comrade battalion commander, where did you stand when you shot at the enemy?"
"Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander," the driver replied from the side: "When the shots were fired at the Germans, the battalion commander was standing where you were, no more than three meters away from the Germans."
"Oh my God!" Yakuda was startled by the driver's words: "Comrade Battalion Commander, you must know that if you are standing at such a close distance from the enemy, it is entirely possible for our assault rifles to accidentally injure you when they fire. You’re risking your life.”
"Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, don't worry." Shamrih said with a smile: "After I fired three shots at the German sergeant, I immediately took a few steps back and stood in a safe area. Don't worry, I can shoot The bullet that will kill me hasn’t been produced yet.”
"Comrade Battalion Commander, you must not underestimate the enemy." Yakuda said with some fear: "If even one of these German soldiers pulls the trigger before being shot, it may cause harm to you."
"Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, the situation is not as serious as you think." Shamrih said: "The enemy only has five people, and we have thousands of people. What they are thinking about is how to avoid arousing our suspicion and still get through. They didn't expect to fight us. When we started shooting, except for the German sergeant closest to me, the rest of the German soldiers had their submachine guns slung on their shoulders. They had no time to take them off and were wiped out by our soldiers cleanly. .”
The convoy stopped moving forward, and soon there was heavy gunfire from the front. Granin, the regiment leader in the middle of the convoy, realized that there was a big problem and quickly ordered people to go out to investigate.
A few minutes later, the person he sent came back and reported to him: "Comrade commander, we have figured it out. Major Shamrih has discovered five enemies pretending to be our soldiers and has eliminated them all."
Before Granin could ask for more details, Shamrih and Yakuda had already arrived in front of him and reported to him: "Comrade leader, there is something going on at the front. I think it is necessary to report to you immediately. .”
"Comrade Major," Granin asked politely, "are you talking about the five Germans who pretended to be our soldiers?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." After Shamrih gave the other party a positive answer, he continued: "I think this is definitely not an accident, but a premeditated decision by the German army to send a small force to infiltrate our army's rear. .”
"The enemy has penetrated into the rear of our army?" Granin did not easily believe Shamrich's analysis, but asked tentatively: "Comrade Major, can you tell me how you came to such a conclusion?"
"The reason is very simple." Shamrich said: "The documents carried by these German soldiers who were shot down were all genuine documents issued by our army. They should have collected them from the soldiers who died on the battlefield, and even I didn't even have time to change the photo." He handed the documents he held in his left hand to Granin.
Granin took the bloody documents from Shamrih's hand, frowned and asked, "Why are the bloodstains on these documents still fresh?"
"All the enemies carrying these documents have been killed by us. These are the blood of the enemies."
After briefly looking through the document, Granin handed it back to Shamrih and said: "Comrade Major, our mission is to infiltrate into the enemy's rear. This kind of thing should be handled by comrades from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. "
Seeing that Granin did not take this matter seriously at all, Shamrih became a little anxious: "Comrade commander, we encountered enemies disguised as our troops on the road. No matter what the enemy's true intention is, we should report this matter to the division headquarters. Report, please division commander report this situation to comrade commander."
"I don't think it's necessary." Granin raised his hand and glanced at his watch, and said impatiently: "Comrade Major, the order given to us by our superiors is to rush to the south of the Compass Town of Kazachia as soon as possible, and then disguise ourselves as German soldiers. , blending into the enemy's defense area. Now we have been delayed here for almost half an hour, so we should set off as soon as possible in order to make up for the lost time."
Although Granin's indifferent attitude made Shamrih very angry, as a subordinate of the other party, he could only choose to execute it unconditionally. He bit the bullet and agreed: "Yes, comrade leader, let's continue on our way."
Shamrih and Yakuda turned around and walked towards the front of the convoy. After walking a certain distance, Yakuda turned his head and glanced behind him, then asked Shamrih in a low voice: "Comrade Battalion Commander, do you really not need to report such an important matter to your superiors?"
Shamrih also glanced behind him, and seeing that Granin's jeep was nowhere to be seen here, he whispered to Yakuda: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, before we continue to set off later, you Leave two smart soldiers hiding on the roadside, wait for the convoy to pass, and ask them to return as soon as possible and go to the division commander to report what happened here."
Don't look at things like reporting to higher levels. It is the most annoying thing for commanders, but under the current situation, this is the only feasible way. So Yakuda nodded and said: "Don't worry, comrade battalion commander, I will definitely send someone to report the situation here to comrade division commander."
The two sailors left behind in Yakuda waited for the convoy to pass, then came out of their hiding place and rushed north along the road, preparing to report what happened here to the division commander Colonel Chuvasov as soon as possible.
The two soldiers rushed slowly and hurriedly, and it still took them more than an hour to meet the troops following them. When the division commander Chuvashov listened to the report of the two soldiers, he couldn't help being shocked and asked quickly: "Does Lieutenant Colonel Granin know about this?"
"I know, of course I know." The two soldiers replied in unison.
"Then did he take any measures?" After Chuvashov finished speaking, he saw the two soldiers looking at each other. He guessed that the other party might not understand what he meant, so he quickly added: "I am asking, he knows that there are Germans pretending to be our soldiers. Later, did Lieutenant Colonel Granin send someone to search nearby?"
"No." The two soldiers replied in unison again: "He just ordered the troops to continue moving along the road and prepare to reach the designated place within the specified time."
"Nonsense, this is simply nonsense." Chief of Staff Uzakov couldn't help but interject after hearing this: "Maybe there are enemies hidden nearby. If he continues to move forward without conducting any search, it does not mean that his whereabouts have been revealed. , are they all exposed to the enemy?"
"Thank you for your hard work, comrades soldiers!" Seeing Uzakov criticizing Granin in front of his subordinates, Chuvashov quickly said to the two soldiers: "Go down and rest first."
After sending the two soldiers away, Chuvashov said to Uzakov with a straight face: "Comrade Chief of Staff, no matter what is wrong with Lieutenant Colonel Granin, you should not say anything about him in front of his subordinates. This way It will affect his prestige in the group. Do you understand?"
"Comrade Commander, I was wrong." Uzakov, who was criticized by Chuvashov, immediately realized that he had just lost his temper and actually criticized their regiment leader, Lieutenant Colonel Granin, in front of the soldiers of the 296th Regiment. He quickly admitted his mistake to Chuvashov: "I will not make similar mistakes again."
Chuvashov nodded, and then said to Uzakov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to the headquarters to report the situation encountered by the 296th Regiment to Comrade Commander. And ask him for instructions on how to deal with it."
"How to deal with it?" Uzakov looked at Chuvasov in surprise and asked in confusion: "Comrade division commander, what do you mean?" "Thank you for your hard work, comrades soldiers!" Seeing Uzakov The husband criticized Granin in front of his subordinates. Chuvashov quickly said to the two soldiers: "Go down and rest first."
After sending the two soldiers away, Chuvashov said to Uzakov with a straight face: "Comrade Chief of Staff, no matter what is wrong with Lieutenant Colonel Granin, you should not say anything about him in front of his subordinates. This way It will affect his prestige in the group. Do you understand?"
"Comrade Commander, I was wrong." Uzakov, who was criticized by Chuvashov, immediately realized that he had just lost his temper and actually criticized their regiment leader, Lieutenant Colonel Granin, in front of the soldiers of the 296th Regiment. He quickly admitted his mistake to Chuvashov: "I will not make similar mistakes again."
Chuvashov nodded, and then said to Uzakov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to the headquarters to report the situation encountered by the 296th Regiment to Comrade Commander. And ask him for instructions on how to deal with it."
"How to deal with it?" Uzakov looked at Chuvasov in surprise and asked puzzledly: "Comrade Commander, what do you mean?"
