The method Lyushka mentioned was indeed used by Soviet commanders and combatants in the Brest Fortress and even some other areas to deal with the German officers and soldiers who were holding civilians hostage, and it did achieve good results. However, the Germans are not fools. When they understand
After studying the tactics used by the Soviet army, they also formulated corresponding countermeasures.
The commanders and fighters of the 188th Division received Koida's order and sent people to leave the position to approach the trapped civilians, asking them to lie down after hearing the order. Unexpectedly, as soon as the people left the position, they were sniped by the Germans hiding in the crowd.
Knocked down by his hand. After sacrificing several commanders and fighters in succession, Koida realized that something was wrong. The Germans actually discovered his intentions and quickly called Sokov to report.
"What, what did you say?" When Sokov received the call from Koida, he was also shocked and asked hurriedly: "Comrade Colonel, you mean that as soon as our commanders and soldiers leave the fortifications, they will
Will he be shot by German snipers hiding in the crowd?"
"Yes, that's exactly what it is."
"What is the enemy doing now? Is he attacking your position?"
"No, Comrade Commander." Koida replied: "The civilians trapped by the enemy stayed at a distance of 150 to 200 meters from the position, and the German soldiers built defenses behind them. It seems that
I want to use them as human shields to block our army's attack."
"I understand, continue to monitor the enemy." Faced with such a cunning German, Sokov had no good way to deal with it for a while. He could only tell Koida: "Once there are any new trends, remember to report to me in time.
.”
"Understood, Comrade Commander." Koida replied resoundingly: "I will report to you the enemy's new trends as soon as possible."
After Sokov put down the phone, he picked up the cigarette case on the table, took out a cigarette and lit it, and began to think about how to crush the German conspiracy and rescue the civilians who were being held hostage.
After finishing a cigarette, before he could think of a good solution, he picked up the phone and called the headquarters. As soon as he heard Sameko's voice, he asked straight to the point: "Chief of Staff, how is the operation to rescue civilians going?
How are you doing?"
"It's not going well, Comrade Commander." Sameko replied in a low voice: "The Germans seem to know what tactics we will use, so they have arranged snipers among the civilians. As soon as our commanders and soldiers leave the position, they will try to
When they get close to the civilians who are being held hostage, they will be mercilessly sniped, and each division has suffered a lot of casualties."
After hearing this, Sokov couldn't help but sigh, and then ordered Sameko: "Chief of Staff, order those troops who encountered abducted civilians to temporarily stop their attacks, consolidate the existing occupied areas, and wait for further orders."
Upon hearing Sokov's order, Samek was stunned: "Comrade Commander, are you going to stop the attack just like this?"
"Yes, whenever we encounter areas where civilians are being held hostage, we will temporarily stop attacking."
"Comrade Commander, we are about to take the fortress. If we stop at this time, the bloodshed and sacrifice of our commanders and soldiers in the early stage will be in vain." Samyko reminded Sokov: "If the superiors pursue it, you
How to cope?"
"There is no way, Comrade Chief of Staff." It seemed that if he tried harder, he could seize the entire Merefa Fortress, but he didn't expect that the Germans would actually play such a trick on him, leaving Sokov helpless. At this moment, he heard Sa
At Meko's reminder, he smiled bitterly and said: "Can you give the order to shoot at civilians? I can't do it anyway."
"I understand, Comrade Commander." After hearing what Sokov said, Samyko also realized that the other party had made such a difficult decision after repeated thinking. He could only say helplessly: "I immediately and
The relevant troops got in touch and ordered them to temporarily stop attacking the enemy."
"Also, you should report this matter to the front army headquarters immediately." Sokov added before Samyko put down the phone: "I will return to the headquarters as soon as possible and personally request punishment from my superiors on this matter."
"Comrade Commander," Fomenko, who was sitting next to Sokov when he saw Sokov put down the phone, asked quickly: "Are you really going back?"
"Yes," Sokov nodded and replied: "Seeing that the fortress is about to be taken, and something like this happened, I think the front army headquarters will definitely be dissatisfied with me, and I will go back to Kone in person.
Commander Fu explained."
"What should we do here?" Fomenko asked.
"Comrade General, you have not encountered civilians held hostage by the German troops here." Sokov said to Fomenko: "If you continue to attack, as long as you can capture the bastion, it will weaken the enemy's strength in disguise."
Sokov took a few steps towards the door, suddenly stopped, turned around and asked Fomenko: "Comrade General, please tell me, if your troops occupy the bastion in front, can they enter other areas through the underground passage?"
Where are the bastions still occupied by the Germans?”
Fomenko thought for a while and replied: "Comrade Commander, in theory it is feasible. However, our army poured gasoline into the underground passage and set it on fire. I am afraid it will take a day or two at the earliest before it can be used normally.
"
Sokov felt that what Fomenko said made sense. In the underground passage at this moment, people entering would not be able to survive without carrying oxygen. They could only wait until the fireworks dissipated and fresh air re-entered through the destroyed exhaust holes.
Only then can it be put into use again. Thinking of this, he said to Fomenko: "When the bastion is captured, send people in to try. If it can pass, then send a small force to go deep into the German bastion to destroy it. If it cannot pass,
Just don’t risk the lives of the soldiers, do you understand?”
"Yes, Comrade Commander, I understand everything."
When Sokov rushed back to the headquarters, he saw Samyko answering the phone. An ominous premonition suddenly surged in his heart, and he quickly asked loudly: "Comrade Chief of Staff, who are you talking to?"
When Samyko heard Sokov's voice, he quickly covered the microphone with his hand and tried to put a smile on his face: "Comrade Commander, you are back!"
Sokov continued: "Who are you talking to?"
"It's General Zakharov, Chief of Staff of the Front Army."
"Give me the microphone." Sokov felt that before he came in, Zakharov must have criticized Samyko on the phone. As the top commander of the group army, how could he let others suffer for him, so he reached out and took it.
He picked up the microphone in Samyko's hand, put it to his ear and said: "Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army, I am Sokov."
"Oh, it's Sokov." Unexpectedly, the storm he imagined did not come. On the contrary, Zakharov asked kindly: "Are you back from the front?"
"Yes, I'm back from the front." Sokov asked hesitantly: "Is Commander Konev at the headquarters?"
"He's not here." Sokov heard Zakharov say that Konev was not here, and he was secretly relieved, but the next words of the other party scared him out of his wits: "He is on his way to your headquarters.
On the way, I believe it won’t be long before you can see him.”
Sokov raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked Zakharov with a smile: "Comrade Chief of Staff, the situation here is too dangerous, how can I let Comrade Commander come to my place? If anything happens
, you make a call and I will rush over immediately."
"Comrade Sokov, don't worry." Zakharov said with a smile on the phone: "Comrade Commander came to you not to raise troops to prosecute, but to personally understand the specific situation in order to formulate plans.
A suitable plan to rescue civilians trapped by the enemy."
Zakharov's words surprised Sokov. He did not expect that after Konev knew about it, he not only did not blame himself for making arbitrary decisions and stopped attacking the fortress. On the contrary, he came here to understand the situation in person and prepared to base his plans on the actual situation.
situation to formulate a plan to deal with the enemy.
After putting down the phone, Sokov wiped his sweat, looked left and right, and then asked: "Chief of Staff, where did Comrade Military Commissar go?"
"He went to the artillery unit." Samyko explained to Sokov: "He feels that there are some misunderstandings between you and General Nedelin, and he needs to talk to General Nedelin to avoid any consequences for your future.
negative effect."
Sokov was quite touched when he learned that Lunev had settled his grudges for him. His attitude towards Nedelin was too tough. Although it was all for the sake of victory, it only happened because of different tactical guiding ideas.
Who knows if Nijelin will hold a grudge against him in his heart during the dispute. If he is faced with a report in the future, and the other party says a few words through whatever channel, it may ruin his future.
Konev arrived very quickly. Within five minutes of Sokov putting down the phone, he appeared in the headquarters.
After Sokov and Samyko saluted him, Konev just nodded, walked quickly to the wall, and looked up at the map hanging on it. Sokov saw that Konev was concentrating on
It was not easy to disturb him when looking at the map, so I could only stand quietly behind him.
After Konev stared at the map for a while, he turned around and asked Sokov: "Comrade Sokov, which bastions have you stopped attacking?"
Sokov hurriedly took two steps forward, picked up the explanation stick leaning against the wall, pointed at it and explained to Konev: "The civilians who are now being held hostage by the German army are basically concentrated in the east, near the railway hub...
"
After Konev waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he nodded slightly and said, "The Germans made a great move. As long as they control the bastions east of the fortress, they can bombard us with artillery fire from a high position."
Troops at Rail Junction.”
"That's right, Comrade Commander of the Front Army." Seeing that Konev's ideas coincided with his own, Sokov nodded and agreed: "That is indeed the case."
"Then what can you do to deal with this German conspiracy?" As soon as Konev said this, he immediately denied it, "No, it's not a conspiracy but a conspiracy. The Germans are on our side.
In front, but because there are still a large number of civilians trapped between our two armies, we dare not take the initiative to attack at all, and can only stare at them in fear."
"There is no way at the moment, Comrade Commander of the Front Army." Sokov said with a wry smile: "Originally, I learned a tactic from a soldier that can deal with the Germans. But the Germans may have suffered similar losses several times.
As a result, we learned to be smart. As soon as we discovered that our commanders and soldiers had left the trenches and tried to approach the civilians who were being held hostage, we used snipers to kill them, causing us to pay some casualties."
"Comrade Sokov, your decision to temporarily stop the attack is very correct." Konev praised Sokov's decision to order the troops to stop the attack. He continued: "As soldiers, we have the defense
We must not stand by and watch two to three thousand civilians being killed by the Germans in front of our eyes."
He raised his hands and patted Sokov's shoulders. After inviting him and Samyko to sit down, he casually asked: "By the way, where did your military commissar General Lunev go?"
Sokov was about to answer that he had gone to the artillery unit to communicate with General Nedelin, but Samyko had already rushed to answer: "Comrade Commander, the military commissar went to the artillery unit. He said that since the friendly artillery is here to support us,
Yes, it would be somewhat unjustifiable if a group army leader did not show up."
After listening to what Samek said, Konev also felt that he should indeed send a group army leader to show his face in the artillery unit of the 7th Guards Army. After all, others provided you with so much during the battle to attack the fortress.
Prolonged artillery preparations.
Since Lunev was not here, Konev continued to get back to business: "Comrade Sokov, what do you think we should do to deal with this German conspiracy?"
"Before I returned to the headquarters, I told General Fomenko, the commander of the 84th Division, that if we capture the bastion, we will find a way to send troops through the underground passage into the German bastion..."
"Wait a minute, Comrade Sokov." When Samyko reported the intelligence to the front army headquarters, he did not mention the underground passages between the bastions. Therefore, Konev was naturally confused when he heard Sokov talking about the underground passages.
Wu Shui: "Can you explain to me what this underground passage is about?"
When Sokov heard Konev's question, he looked at Samyko with some surprise and asked, "Didn't you report this to your superiors?" Seeing the wry smile on Samyko's face, he immediately understood that the other party was really
Without reporting to his superiors, he explained to Konev: "Comrade Commander of the Front Army, the situation is like this. In order to facilitate the deployment of troops, the Germans have built underground passages between each bastion. In this way, once any bastion
When the fort is attacked by our army and the situation is not good, the German army can draw troops from other forts and reinforce them through underground passages."
"So that's it." Konev nodded after hearing this and said to Sokov: "Then how do you deal with the enemy's underground passages?"
Sokov chuckled, and then explained to Konev: "The underground passages built by the German army are five to six hundred meters long. If such long passages are built underground without enough exhaust holes, people entering them will easily suffocate.
.After we found the exhaust hole of the underground passage, we poured gasoline into it and detonated it with grenades, burning or smoking the enemies hiding inside."
"Your method is really wonderful." Konev said approvingly: "In this way, if the German army wants to carry out reinforcements between the bastions, it must be done through the ground. And once the enemy
If they are exposed within the range of our army, our artillery fire can wipe out more than half of them."
"Yes, since we set fire to the enemy, the communication between the enemy's bastions has been completely interrupted. In order to prevent us from seizing the bastion, they drove out the civilians who had been detained in the bastion and asked them to stand between the two armies.