Hearing the code-like conversation between Sokov and Lunev, Khokhlov asked with some surprise: "Comrade Commander, can you tell me what you plan to do by taking advantage of the loss of contact between the enemy and your superiors?"
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Sokov did not speak, just smiled faintly. And Lunev helped: "Comrade Colonel, since the enemy does not know that their leading troops have been completely destroyed, they can take advantage of this and let our troops disguise themselves as German troops."
, to raid their camp.”
Khokhlov was startled by Runev's words: "Comrade Military Commissar, what do you mean, let our people disguise themselves as Germans and then sneak attack their camp?"
Lunev nodded and asked: "Yes, is there anything wrong?"
"If the number of people is large, it is easy to be exposed." Khokhlov said with some concern: "But if the number of people is small, there is a possibility of being annihilated by the enemy."
"Comrade Colonel, have you forgotten our new rockets?" Sokov said with a smile: "As long as we know the location of the enemy's camp, we can launch a long-range strike against them. Not only can we cause heavy losses to them, but we can also
It can also minimize our casualties."
Although Khokhlov had seen the power of new rockets during exercises, but now in actual combat, he still did not dare to take it lightly: "Comrade Commander, can using new rockets to sneak attack the enemy's camp really be effective?"
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"In the past few months, the small troops I sent behind enemy lines have repeatedly used rockets to attack the enemy's key targets and achieved great results." Sokov said confidently: "Comrade Colonel,
Arrange manpower immediately and prepare to sneak attack the enemy's camp under darkness."
"Comrade Commander, if our small team carrying out a sneak attack is discovered by the enemy, how will they escape?"
"Didn't you capture a few German armored personnel carriers?" Seeing that Khokhlov was still worried, Sokov couldn't laugh or cry, but he still patiently explained to the other party: "Sneak attack on the enemy's squad, take the captured
The armored personnel carrier goes to the enemy's camp. Once the attack is completed, it is immediately transferred in the armored personnel carrier. Even if the enemy is aware of it, it may not be easy to catch up with them."
Khokhlov thought about it carefully, and it seemed that this was really the case. The troops established a launching position a few kilometers away from the enemy's camp, and immediately moved after completing the attack with rockets. Even if the enemy noticed the location of the team, waiting for them
When we arrived at the place, the team had already disappeared without a trace.
"Comrade Commander," Khokhlov said quickly, having gained confidence, "I will immediately allocate manpower to form a small team to attack the enemy's camp at night."
"Wait a minute, Comrade Colonel." Seeing Khokhlov hurriedly preparing to arrange manpower, Sokov warned him again: "I have a few more points to add: First, among the teams participating in the operation,
It is necessary to have more soldiers who understand German, so that even if they encounter enemy interrogation on the road, they can easily deal with it; secondly, they must find out the enemy's contact information so that they can locate the enemy's camp in the shortest possible time.
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"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." After Khokhlov waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he immediately assured him: "I will definitely arrange the task properly, and I will never betray your trust."
The small team sent to the enemy's rear, commanded by Captain Zhelia, has a total of thirty-six soldiers, including two radio operators. They will be divided into four armored vehicles, carrying fifty new rockets, to the enemy's camp.
Performing night raid missions nearby.
It gets dark later in the summer, so Zhelia chose the departure time at 10:40, so that after they drive on the road for about 20 minutes, it will get dark and the enemy reconnaissance planes will not be able to dispatch, which will hinder their actions.
Not easily noticed.
Through the contact information obtained from the prisoners, the team made contact with the German army more than ten kilometers away through the captured radio and learned their specific location. After figuring out the enemy's location, Reli
The small team commanded by Ya Suo quickly drove towards the enemy's camp in an armored vehicle.
When they were still seven or eight kilometers away from the camp, they encountered a patrol consisting of five three-wheeled motorcycles. The leader was a German second lieutenant. With the bright moonlight, he saw several armored vehicles in the distance.
He drove over and quickly ordered all the motorcycles to stop on the side of the road. After the motorcycles stopped, he got out of the sidecar, stood in the middle of the road, raised his right hand with a white glove, and signaled the approaching armored vehicle to stop.
Seeing the German troops blocking the road ahead, the soldier sitting next to Zheliya was a little panicked and asked in a low voice: "Comrade Captain, have we been discovered by the enemy?"
"No. If they had seen through our identities, they would have opened fire long ago." Zhelia saw that most of the German soldiers were still sitting in their sidecars, and even the soldiers operating the machine guns looked lazy.
He seemed to have no doubts about the identity of his small team, so he said confidently and boldly: "Let the soldiers who understand German deal with him."
The armored vehicle stopped a few meters away from the German second lieutenant. A soldier wearing the rank of sergeant stood up and looked at the German second lieutenant standing on the road and asked: "Mr. Second Lieutenant, what can I do?"
"Which department do you belong to?" the second lieutenant asked arrogantly with his hands behind his back, "Where are you going now?"
"We are from the 1st Battalion and 3rd Company of the 3rd Grenadier Regiment of the Imperial Division. We are led by the platoon leader, Second Lieutenant Phillips." The sergeant replied quickly and respectfully: "Because the ammunition and fuel have been almost consumed, we are preparing to return to the regiment.
I'm going to make supplements."
"Where did you come from?" the second lieutenant asked next.
"Shumakovo region."
"Sumakovo area?" After the second lieutenant repeated the place name, he asked again: "Where is the Russian defense line?"
"Yes, Mr. Second Lieutenant, there is a newly built defensive position by the Russians there." The sergeant said: "Our platoon launched two attacks on the Russian position, but unfortunately it was not successful. Not only did we cooperate with
Two of the tanks were destroyed, and even Second Lieutenant Phillips was wounded."
The reason why the sergeant mentioned the two tanks fighting together was because the armored vehicle they were riding on was full of bullet marks, and even many places were blackened by gunpowder smoke. If he hadn't said that, it would have easily caused the German second lieutenant to
of doubt.
After hearing what the sergeant said, the second lieutenant walked around their armored vehicle and touched the bullet marks on it and the areas blackened by gunpowder smoke. He felt that what the sergeant said must be the truth, so he retreated.
When he reached the roadside, he waved to the armored vehicle, indicating that they could pass.
As the armored vehicles passed by the patrol one after another, Zheliya's heart raised in his throat finally returned to his stomach. He took his hand away from the trigger and raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, thinking secretly in his heart.
Muttering: "If I weren't worried about exposing the target, with just a dozen of you, I would have ordered the soldiers to open fire and beat you to ashes. You are lucky this time, but if I meet you again next time, I will definitely
I won’t be lenient.”
The convoy came to a forest about three kilometers away from the German camp. Zhelia ordered the car to park in the forest and asked the soldiers to get out of the car and move about, and seize the time to eat something and drink some water.
In response to Zhelia's order, a Soviet lieutenant accompanying him said puzzledly: "Comrade Captain, we are only two or three kilometers away from the German camp, why don't we attack them immediately?"
"Comrade Lieutenant," Zhelia looked at the lieutenant from other regiments and explained to him: "It is still too early at this moment, and many enemies have not rested yet. If we attack at this moment, we will survive the first wave of attacks.
The enemies who come down will immediately disperse and look for suitable hiding positions, and then the effectiveness of our attacks will be greatly reduced."
After Zhelia's explanation, the lieutenant immediately understood his intention: "I understand, comrade captain. You plan to wait until the Germans are asleep before attacking them. When the sleeping enemy is suddenly attacked,
The reaction speed is much slower than usual, and we cannot make evasive actions in time, so we can eliminate more enemies."
The soldiers who figured out Zheliya's intentions immediately dispersed. Some stood beside the armored vehicles eating and drinking, some leaned against the trees with their eyes closed to relax, and some were collecting mushrooms in the forest. For the soldiers
Zheliya did not stop their behavior, but reminded them: "Be more careful when picking mushrooms, don't pick poisonous mushrooms."
"Don't worry, Comrade Captain." A soldier who was squatting in the grass and using a dagger to pry mushrooms heard Zhelia's words and immediately responded: "I go to the forest to pick mushrooms every summer. What?
They are poisonous mushrooms. I can tell them apart from edible mushrooms even if I am blindfolded."
The team rested in the forest until about three o'clock in the morning. Zhelia ordered everyone to get in the car and continue to the German camp.
Originally, according to the prior plan, the team should establish a launch position two kilometers away from the German camp. However, Zhelia felt that the two kilometers position would affect the shooting accuracy of the new rockets, so he ordered the launch site on his own initiative.
The launch distance was shortened to one kilometer.
When the commanders and soldiers saw the brightly lit camp one kilometer away, they felt somewhat uneasy. There were only more than thirty of them, while the enemy opposite had at least two to three thousand people. Once their whereabouts were exposed, they might not be able to escape.
Equivalent to the uneasiness of the commanders and soldiers, Zheliya behaved extremely calmly. In order to deal a heavy blow to the enemy in the first wave of attacks, he decided to use twelve tube launchers, so that he could carry out firepower on a certain area of the camp.
Coverage. When the launcher reported to him: "Comrade Captain, the rockets have been loaded, please give instructions!"
"emission!"
When the twelve rockets dragged their long flame tails and roared towards the enemy's camp, Zheliya didn't bother to check the results and ordered the soldiers: "Continue loading and prepare to launch again!"
The second batch of rockets had just been loaded, and the first batch of rockets had already landed on the ground and exploded in the camp. For a moment, there were fires and thick smoke everywhere, and countless broken limbs and weapon parts were flying.
into the air.
The German officers and soldiers who were sleeping in the tent heard an earth-shattering explosion outside, and they did not understand that they were being attacked by the Soviet army. Those experienced veterans did not even bother to put on their clothes and grabbed the weapons beside them.
, and rushed outside the tent.
But when they rushed outside the tent, they were a little dumbfounded. They saw fire and smoke everywhere, and their comrades were running around like headless flies. Before these German soldiers could make a decision, the first
The second wave of rockets arrived again, and the new area was blown into a sea of flames. Countless German officers and soldiers were wiped out in the explosion.
After two rounds of twenty-four rocket attacks, the German camp was in a mess, with the remains of weapons and equipment destroyed by rockets and the mutilated corpses of personnel everywhere.
Zheliya used a telescope to observe the results of the battle. When he saw that the attack was effective and that most of the enemy's camp was in flames, he temporarily changed his mind. He ordered the launcher: "The third wave of attacks is cancelled. Immediately move the things onto the armored vehicle and everyone will do it."
Ready for transfer."
The launcher faithfully carried out Zhelia's order, loaded the rocket onto the armored vehicle, and began to dismantle the erected launch tube. Seeing this situation, the lieutenant raised another question: "Comrade Captain, the enemy's camp
It has not been eliminated yet, so we should continue to attack with rockets."
"Comrade Lieutenant," Zhelia suddenly changed his mind and did not dump all the rockets on this camp because he found that there were no tanks or armored vehicles in the camp. It is estimated that there is only one infantry battalion stationed here at most, which is unnecessary.
Spend precious rockets here. He said to the lieutenant: "According to my observation, this is just an infantry camp of the German army. There are no tanks, armored vehicles, or even trucks at all. It is not worthy of all the rockets we consume."
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After the lieutenant waited for Zheliya to finish speaking, he asked him for instructions: "Comrade Captain, what should we do next?"
"Move immediately." Zheliya said decisively: "Wander around and see if you can find other German camps."
If Sokov heard what Zheliya said here, he would definitely scold him. The noise caused here must have alerted nearby enemies, and he would then quietly attack the enemy's camp with rockets.
, is basically impossible. The most important thing to do now is to withdraw to your defense zone immediately.
How could Zhelia think so much? He was now focused on eliminating more Germans, so he took a few armored vehicles to wander around, hoping to accidentally discover a certain German camp and repeat the same trick. But
They had bad luck. After wandering around for several hours, they still didn't find a new camp. Seeing that the sky was starting to get brighter, Zheliya knew that he would continue to stay. Once he waited until dawn, he might be discovered by the enemy, so he issued an order to the soldiers.
gave the order to retreat.
When approaching their own defense zone, the armored convoy encountered the German motorcycle patrol again. Zhelia had just sworn in his heart that if he encountered this patrol again, he would resolutely kill them. At this moment, since
The enemy came to kill him again, how could he let go of such a good opportunity?
He quickly ordered someone to notify the soldiers behind him through hand gestures. When the motorcycle team passed by the armored vehicle, he immediately opened fire and completely eliminated this group of enemies.