"What's going on, what's going on?" At this time, Samyko, Trofimenko and others rushed over along the corridor. Sameko, who was rushing at the front, kept asking: "Where did the gunfire come from?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff, don't panic." Sokov raised his hand to stop Samyko and others who were rushing over, and explained to them: "I ordered people to use artillery to blast away the German army's ace sniper. Captain Koshkin We have already taken people to deal with the aftermath.”
"Using artillery to destroy the German army's ace sniper?!" Samek asked in confusion after hearing this: "Comrade Commander, what the hell is going on? You have confused me."
Sokov thought that it would be too troublesome to explain to Samyko here and then explain it again to the condolences group when he returned to the headquarters later, so he said to Samyko: "Chief of Staff, I will explain it to you slowly when I get back to the headquarters."
Trofimenko and Smirnov, who were staying in the headquarters, saw Samyko entering the door and quickly asked: "What is going on outside? Where is the sound of artillery coming from?"
Sameko shrugged, spread his hands, and said helplessly: "Comrade Deputy Commander, I think it's better to let the Commander explain this to you."
When Sokov saw Trofimenko opening his mouth to ask, he quickly raised his hand to stop him, and then said: "Comrade deputy commander, please be patient for a moment. I will explain it to you after all the comrades from the condolences group come in." what's going on."
Soon, the members of the condolence group, accompanied by the old man and Konev's adjutant, entered the headquarters. When Sokov saw everyone coming in, he took the lead in applauding, and soon there was warm applause in the room.
After the applause stopped, Sokov introduced to Trofimenko, Smirnov and Samyko: "Let me introduce to you, this is Marshal Konev's adjutant, and this condolences group is He will lead the team. Comrade adjutant, these are all members of the Army Headquarters, and this is..."
After introducing Trofimenko and others, Sokov said politely: "Comrade Adjutant, please introduce us to the members of the condolences group."
The adjutant nodded after hearing what Sokov said, and then enthusiastically introduced the members of the condolences group to everyone.
After all the procedures were completed, a middle-aged man with round-rimmed eyes in the condolence group asked: "Comrade commander, can any of you tell us what the loud noise outside just happened?"
Although Sokov could not name the man, he remembered that he was an astronomer, so he explained to him with a smile: "Comrade astronomer, the situation is like this. The Germans sent an astronomer to the city. The ace sniper is trying to kill important targets including you in the destroyed attic on the day of your visit. If I don't fire first, someone among us will pay the price with blood. "
But the astronomer expressed doubts about Sokov's statement: "Comrade General, we have been to many enemies, and this is the first time we have heard about snipers. Did you get the wrong information and make a decision?" the wrong decision making?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov said to Smirnov who was sitting aside: "Please stand up and let the comrades of the advisory group take a look."
Smirnov stood up, and everyone in the sympathy group was surprised to see one of his arms hanging in a sling on his chest. The astronomer asked curiously: "Comrade commander, can you tell me how you were injured?"
Smirnov laughed dryly and said: "I was hit by a German sniper's bullet outside the gate a few days ago. If the old man hadn't shot and wounded the sniper at that time, causing her bullet to deflect, I'm afraid I am already lying on the cold ground."
"Who is this old man?" the astronomer asked curiously.
"Me!" The old man raised a hand, stood up and said to everyone in the condolences group: "I am already old. After arriving in this unit, Comrade Commander called me "old man". As a result, soon everyone in the unit Follow him and call me old man." After saying that, he laughed.
The old man's words caused a burst of laughter in the room.
After the laughter stopped, the astronomer continued to ask: "Comrade General, so the German snipers should have caught it, so why are you still bombarding that position today?"
The astronomer's question was what everyone wanted to know the answer to, so everyone's eyes were focused on Sokov, waiting for him to give the final answer.
"Comrades," Sokov said to everyone: "When we caught the sniper who wounded General Smirnov, we thought we had eliminated the enemies in the city. But soon, I discovered that something was wrong. The intelligence provided to us by the captured sniper was half-truth and half-false. If we did not pay attention to some details, we could easily be deceived by her. Then we re-launched the investigation and found that there should be a higher-level ace sniper in the city. Hands exist.”
"Comrade General," the astronomer said again, "even if there is a German ace sniper, you can kill him with a sniper. Why use artillery bombardment? Aren't you afraid of accidentally injuring civilians?"
"Comrade Astronomer, I will explain to you one by one your questions." Sokov said: "Since he is an ace sniper, his observation and judgment must be better than ordinary people. In this regard, The old man can prove that he is also an excellent sniper after all.”
I heard that the old man was an excellent sniper, and many people in the condolence group had expressions of surprise on their faces. A meteorologist asked the old man in surprise: "Molozov, I really didn't expect that you could become an excellent sniper at such an old age. This is simply incredible."
The old man smiled lightly and said: "Being a sniper requires talent, and I just have this talent, so the day I joined the army, I started trying to be a sniper. Unexpectedly, after a period of training, I He really became an excellent sniper.”
"Don't interrupt." The astronomer interrupted the meteorologist who was about to continue asking questions. He looked at Sokov and said, "Comrade General, please continue. How do you think of using artillery fire to eliminate enemy snipers?"
"I have just said that an excellent sniper's observation and judgment are better than ordinary people. And an ace sniper is not only better than ordinary people in these two points, he can even use his sixth sense and accurately judge the possible dangers nearby." Sokov continued to explain: "If I follow the regular deployment and arrange several snipers near the position where he is going to carry out the sniper attack, I am afraid that he has not yet entered the sniper position. , we can discover the position of our sniper, and then he will re-select the sniper position. If we want to guard against him, it will become more difficult.
It was my sudden idea to bombard him with artillery fire. I think he can detect dangers that exist three hundred meters, four hundred meters, or even five hundred meters away, but he certainly cannot detect threats that are eight hundred meters or even one thousand meters away. That's why I decided to use artillery to bombard his hiding place to completely solve this problem.
Comrade Astronomer, you don't have to worry about accidental injuries to civilians. There are no residents in that building. Even though there were several residents originally, as we established the headquarters here, they all moved to other places to avoid unnecessary trouble. "
"To avoid unnecessary trouble?" The astronomer was obviously a natural bully. Even though Sokov had already made it very clear, he still wanted to continue asking: "Comrade General, can you tell me, What's the trouble?"
"It's very simple, Comrade Astronomer." Although Sokov was full of dissatisfaction with the astronomer in his heart, in front of everyone, he still tried his best to smile and said: "The headquarters always attacks the target of the enemy, except for the enemy. In addition to sending people to infiltrate and destroy, they will even use artillery bombardment or aircraft bombing. Residents with a little military knowledge will choose to move their homes away from the headquarters."
"Then tell me, how do you know when to fire?"
This question of the astronomer aroused great interest in Samek. He also wanted to know how the artillerymen in the distance knew when to fire when Sokov did not send the signal in time, so he couldn't help but urge: "Yes, Comrade Commander, how can your artillery deployed far away know when to fire?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov turned to Samyko and said: "Since artillery is deployed in a distant place, artillery observers are definitely indispensable. They will provide the artillery with the necessary shooting parameters. And I sent Lyudmila She used to assist the artillery observer, and it was entirely up to her to decide when to fire the artillery.”
When Sokov explained this, Samyko immediately understood what was going on. He nodded and said casually: "So that's it. I understand. Comrade Commander, your arrangement is really great."
Although Lyudmila has repeatedly appeared in various newspapers and periodicals because of her sniper kill record. But among the condolence groups, there are still people who don't listen to what's going on outside the window and only read the books of sages. For example, the mathematicians among them are such people. He asked his companions in confusion: "Who is Lyudmila? Is she famous?"
"Yes, yes," fortunately, his companion still knew Lyudmila, nodded vigorously, and replied: "She is a young sniper from Ukraine. After the war broke out, she joined the army and became a The sniper killed 309 German soldiers within half a year and was awarded the honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union and the Gold Star."
"What an amazing girl," the mathematician said in surprise: "It's amazing that she was able to kill so many enemies in half a year."
Perhaps because he was worried that the astronomer would quarrel with Sokov again, the old man said with emotion: "Comrade Commander's arrangement is correct. An excellent sniper serves as the assistant of the artillery observer. She can follow the actions of the enemy sniper. , to determine whether the enemy will fire and to accurately calculate the timing of the artillery strike."
"The old man is right," Sameko said: "Facts have proved that Comrade Commander's arrangement is completely correct. First, he arranged for the artillery to set up an ambush in the distance to let the enemy's ace sniper take off his guard; secondly, he asked Lyudmila, one of the best snipers, came to direct the artillery fire."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Samyko said this, the astronomer began to argue again. He said to Sokov: "Comrade General, as far as I know, Lyudmila is the most amazing sniper in our army. Why?" Can anyone compare to her?"
Sokov smiled faintly and replied: "If you were in other troops, you really wouldn't be able to find a better commander than Lyudmila. But in my army, there are two others who are almost as good as Lyudmila." Individuals, one of them is the old man.”
The astronomer heard that the old man was among the snipers who were compared with Lyudmila. He was stunned for a moment, and then continued to ask: "Who is the other person?"
"Vasily Zaitsev!" Sokov said proudly: "He is also an excellent sniper. Now he, Lyudmila and the old man are our sniper instructors."
"It turns out it's Vasily Zaitsev!" The astronomer stopped making excuses this time, but asked respectfully: "It's the man who stayed in the Vasily Building for more than a month during the Battle of Stalingrad. That Vasily?"
Hearing the astronomer talk about the Vasily Building, Sokov couldn't help but blush slightly. The originally famous "Pavlov Building" became the "Vasily Building" because of his appearance. But he quickly calmed down, nodded, and said in a positive tone: "Yes, it's him."
"I wonder where Vasily is?" The astronomer's attitude became more humble: "Can I see him?"
"He is performing a mission outside. When the mission is over, I will let him meet you."
Seeing that Sokov agreed to meet with Vasily, the astronomer quickly held Sokov's hand, nodded and said: "Thank you, Comrade General, thank you very much."
When Sokov saw the other person's expression, he felt quite strange. He secretly thought that Vasily was just a sniper who only killed a few more Germans. Is he worthy of your admiration for him?
At this time, Koshkin came in from outside, holding something wrapped in cloth in his hand. When he came to Sokov, he raised his hand and saluted and said: "Comrade Commander, I'm back!"
"How is the situation? Have you found the German sniper?"
"Yes, we have found him." Koshkin nodded and said, "But when we found him, he had been blown into two pieces, and his head was smashed to pieces by falling bricks and stones. It was not visible at all. His true colors.”
He put the cloth bag in his hand on the table, slowly opened it, and said: "This is his sniper rifle. It has been blown into several pieces by the shells. It took me a lot of effort to collect them all."
When the cloth bag was opened, Sokov saw that the sniper rifle inside had been broken into several pieces just as Koshkin said. Some parts have even become spare parts. After looking at the broken gun, Sokov looked up at Koshkin and asked: "Comrade Captain, are you sure that the deceased is the sniper we are looking for?"
"It's absolutely certain," Koshkin nodded and said, "The person who examined the body with me was Vasily. He carefully observed the deceased's right hand, shoulders and other parts before he came to this conclusion. He was very sure Tell me, the deceased must be the ace sniper we guessed, and there is absolutely no lie."
Now that Vasily had endorsed this matter, Sokov naturally felt at ease. He told Koshkin: "Comrade Captain, go and call Vasily and Lyudmila here. I will tell them in public." Thank you both!"
