Since the occupation of the Kurdistan Region, the commanders and fighters of the Mikhailov Battalion have undergone a major change of equipment. Almost half of them have replaced submachine guns. Although this thing consumes a lot of ammunition, there are several ammunition depots behind them. , there is nothing to worry about, it can be done on the battlefield.
Even though there were only over a hundred charging soldiers, which was roughly equal to the number of German troops retreating outside the gate, the firepower advantage created by the firing of more than fifty submachine guns beat the Germans to pieces. In less than five minutes, the commanders and fighters retook the gate of the Kurdistan area. Except for a dozen German soldiers who escaped quickly, the rest were either killed or taken prisoner.
After reoccupying the gate of the Kurdish area, Yegor immediately organized commanders and soldiers to repair the fortifications in preparation for resisting a possible second attack by the German army. At this moment, Narva arrived with commanders and fighters from the other two platoons. Seeing that the battle was over, he asked Yegor in confusion: "Egor, the battle is over so soon?"
"The armored vehicles the enemy relies on were destroyed by us. Their firepower cannot be compared with our army, and they do not have strong defenses. It is reasonable for us to defeat them quickly." After Yegor said this, he took a look The commander behind Narva felt that there should be no big problem with so many people guarding the gate of the reservoir area, so he said to him: "Narva, the gate is originally your company's defense area. I think it's better to leave it to you to defend. .”
"No problem." Narva nodded and said: "Although the Germans broke through our defense line, it was because they caught us off guard. After learning this lesson, I will definitely be more vigilant and strengthen defense. To secure the gate.”
After Yegor returned his troops to their original defense areas, he came to Mikhailev's office alone. Here, he met Victor, the warehouse supervisor, who was crying to Mikhailev: "Comrade commander, you are fighting with the Germans, they must know that the entire Kurdish area has fallen into your hands. I'm worried that they will take revenge on our family members, so you must find a way to rescue them all from danger."
"Comrade Victor, don't worry." Seeing Victor's sad face, Mikhailev quickly comforted him and said, "I have reported the information here to my superiors and am now waiting for a reply from my superiors. Don’t worry, even if the superiors don’t send reinforcements, I will send people to protect your families.”
Although Mikhailev had already said this, Victor still felt uneasy. He kept chattering: "Comrade commander, can you send someone over now? I'm worried that it will be late. Germany People will arrest them all.”
When Yegor, who was standing at the door, heard this, he couldn't help but frowned, thinking that if the German army launched a large-scale attack, it would be difficult to defend the Kurdish area with only the current strength. If the troops are further divided to protect the workers' families, the defense force will become even weaker and there will be a risk of being defeated by the Germans one by one.
But before Yegor could express his opinion, the telegraph operator who hurriedly rushed past him and squeezed into the room. At the same time, he reported with some emotion: "Comrade Battalion Commander, telegram, telegram from brigade headquarters. "
Hearing that it was a telegram from the brigade headquarters, Mikhailov suddenly stood up from his seat, grabbed the telegram from the operator's hand, held it in front of his eyes, and browsed nervously.
But after watching for a moment, his frown relaxed and a smile appeared on his face. Seeing this, Yegor knew that there must be some good news in the telegram, so he walked into the office and curiously asked Mikhailev: "Comrade Battalion Commander, is there any good news?"
"Captain Yegor, it's a good time for you to come." Mikhailev shook the telegram in his hand and said with some excitement: "The brigade headquarters just sent a telegram, saying that the troops' preparations for the attack have not been completed yet, and there will be no plans for the time being. They will launch an attack and we need to hold on in the reservoir area for a while longer..."
When Yegor heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and thought to himself: What kind of good news is this? To defend such a large reservoir area, our troops are already insufficient. If we allocate another part to protect workers' families, I'm afraid we won't be able to sustain it for long. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but express his opinion: "Comrade Battalion Commander, what kind of good news is this? You know, our troops are limited, and they are not enough to defend the reservoir area. We will allocate some troops to protect our families... "
"Captain Yegor, please be patient. I haven't finished speaking yet." Mikhailev interrupted Yegor and continued: "Although this telegram was sent by the brigade headquarters, in my opinion, According to the understanding of the brigade commander and chief of staff, they must have consulted the group army headquarters. In other words, this telegram was authorized by the comrade commander..."
Seeing Mikhailev being so verbose, Yegor couldn't help but want to interrupt him, but then he thought about it. After all, the other party was his superior. It was a big mistake to interrupt his superior rashly when he was speaking. Very rude thing. It was precisely based on this consideration that no matter how impatient Yegor was, he could only bite the bullet and listen.
But at this moment, Mikhailev did not continue to talk about the contents of the telegram. Instead, he looked at Victor and asked: "Comrade Victor, how many family members do you have?"
Victor did not expect that Mikhailev would suddenly ask himself. He was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a stutter: "There are about four hundred family members, mostly women and children."
"Comrade Victor, I think you know the situation in the Kurdistan area very well. To defend such a large Kurdish area, our troops are far from enough, so we cannot send troops to the family areas to protect them." Mi When Hayev said this, he saw Victor's expression changed drastically, and he quickly continued: "But don't worry, the telegram said that all family members will be transferred to the reservoir area immediately, and the workers will be armed to cooperate with us. troops to defend the Kurdistan area."
When Yegor heard this, his face immediately showed joy. Yes, arming all 129 workers in the reservoir area and assigning them to each company can strengthen the defense force in the reservoir area.
"Comrade Victor," Mikhailev knew very well in his heart that if he wanted his family members to enter the Kurdistan area as soon as possible, Victor must come forward, so he said to him: "I will give you a platoon, and you can take it with you." They rushed to the family area as soon as possible and must move all the family members in as soon as possible. The Germans must not let your family members be used to threaten the defenders in the Kurdish area."
"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Victor's wife and children were still in the family area. As soon as the gunfire rang out, he began to worry. Now that he heard that all family members would be transferred to the reservoir area, he felt relieved. A lot. As the director of the warehouse, he knew very well that there were a large amount of supplies needed by the Germans in the warehouse. Therefore, even if the Germans launched an attack, they would not shell the reservoir area. It was undoubtedly safest for the family members to stay here. Therefore, he readily agreed to Mikhailev's proposal: "I will take people to move all the family members here."
After Victor left the office, Mikhailev asked Yegor to sit down and said to him: "Captain Yegor, I haven't finished reading the contents of the telegram. Do you want to continue listening?"
Yegor was stunned for a moment, and then nodded vigorously, wondering what else was in the telegram and whether it would be helpful for the next battle.
"The telegram said that just arming the workers in the Kurdistan area may not be enough." Mikhailev said solemnly: "If necessary, the women and children of the appropriate age in their families can also be armed."
"What, arm women and children too?" Yegor, who had just sat down, suddenly jumped up from his seat when he heard this: "Is this appropriate?"
"It's appropriate. There's nothing inappropriate, Comrade Captain." Mikhailev said with a straight face: "You know, there are not only female soldiers in our army, but also teenage children. Although they cannot fight on the front line, they It is still possible to do some security work. Even if sporadic German troops cross our defense lines and sneak into the depths of the reservoir area, with these armed women and children serving as guards, they can be discovered in time and be dispatched in the shortest time. Destroy or capture them within time."
Yegor originally wanted to object, but suddenly he thought that Mikhailev said that this telegram might be Sokov's instruction, and he swallowed the words again. As Sokov's old subordinate, he felt that he had no right to question the commander's decision, so he nodded and said slowly: "You are right, comrade battalion commander, armed workers alone are not enough. , women and children of appropriate age should be armed, so that we can deploy more troops at the front to fight against the attacking Germans."
"In addition to strengthening the defense at the two gates, point defense can be used for defense in other directions. This allows us to deploy more troops in important directions."
"Point defense?!" Hearing this new term, Yegor asked with some confusion: "Comrade Battalion Commander, what does this mean, I don't quite understand?"
"I think this was also proposed by Comrade Commander." Mikhailev pointed to the map of the Kurdistan area and said to Yegor: "The superior meant that in non-important areas, at the door of each warehouse , all placed on the same squad. Regardless of the wrong strength of the troops and the relatively far distance between the warehouses, machine guns can be used to form crossfire and block the path forward of the German army, making it impossible for them to break through our defense line in a short period of time. "
Yegor stared at the map, pondering the pros and cons of this tactic. After watching it for a while, he was filled with admiration for Sokov. If a circle of trenches is dug around each warehouse, at least two or three companies of troops must be deployed to form a circular defense line. But now, only squad-based troops are deployed in a few warehouses near the outer circle, but they can block the German army's path forward through the crossfire formed.
Since the occupation of the Kurdistan Region, the commanders and fighters of the Mikhailov Battalion have undergone a major change of equipment. Almost half of them have replaced submachine guns. Although this thing consumes a lot of ammunition, there are several ammunition depots behind them. , there is nothing to worry about, it can be done on the battlefield.
Even though there were only over a hundred charging soldiers, which was roughly equal to the number of German troops retreating outside the gate, the firepower advantage created by the firing of more than fifty submachine guns beat the Germans to pieces. In less than five minutes, the commanders and fighters retook the gate of the Kurdistan area. Except for a dozen German soldiers who escaped quickly, the rest were either killed or taken prisoner.
After reoccupying the gate of the Kurdish area, Yegor immediately organized commanders and soldiers to repair the fortifications in preparation for resisting a possible second attack by the German army. At this moment, Narva arrived with commanders and fighters from the other two platoons. Seeing that the battle was over, he asked Yegor in confusion: "Egor, the battle is over so soon?"
"The armored vehicles the enemy relies on were destroyed by us. Their firepower cannot be compared with our army, and they do not have strong defenses. It is reasonable for us to defeat them quickly." After Yegor said this, he took a look The commander behind Narva felt that there should be no big problem with so many people guarding the gate of the reservoir area, so he said to him: "Narva, the gate is originally your company's defense area. I think it's better to leave it to you to defend. .”
"No problem." Narva nodded and said: "Although the Germans broke through our defense line, it was because they caught us off guard. After learning this lesson, I will definitely be more vigilant and strengthen defense. To secure the gate.”
After Yegor returned his troops to their original defense areas, he came to Mikhailev's office alone. Here, he met Victor, the warehouse supervisor, who was crying to Mikhailev: "Comrade commander, you are fighting with the Germans, they must know that the entire Kurdish area has fallen into your hands. I'm worried that they will take revenge on our family members, so you must find a way to rescue them all from danger."
"Comrade Victor, don't worry." Seeing Victor's sad face, Mikhailev quickly comforted him and said, "I have reported the information here to my superiors and am now waiting for a reply from my superiors. Don’t worry, even if the superiors don’t send reinforcements, I will send people to protect your families.”
Although Mikhailev had already said this, Victor still felt uneasy. He kept chattering: "Comrade commander, can you send someone over now? I'm worried that it will be late. Germany People will arrest them all.”
When Yegor, who was standing at the door, heard this, he couldn't help but frowned, thinking that if the German army launched a large-scale attack, it would be difficult to defend the Kurdistan Region with only the current strength. If the troops are further divided to protect the workers' families, the defense force will become even weaker and there will be a risk of being defeated by the Germans one by one.
But before Yegor could express his opinion, the telegraph operator who hurriedly rushed past him and squeezed into the room. At the same time, he reported with some emotion: "Comrade Battalion Commander, telegram, telegram from brigade headquarters. "
But after watching for a moment, his frown relaxed and a smile appeared on his face. Upon seeing this, Yegor knew that there must be some good news in the telegram, so he walked into the office and curiously asked Mikhailev: "Comrade Battalion Commander, is there any good news?"
"Captain Yegor, it's a good time for you to come." Mikhailev shook the telegram in his hand and said with some excitement: "The brigade headquarters just sent a telegram, saying that the troops' preparations for the attack have not been completed yet, and there will be no plans for the time being. They will launch an attack and we need to hold on in the reservoir area for a while longer..."
