"Comrade Chief of Staff, I guess the enemy will definitely want to launch missiles at some target again." Sokov said decisively: "Order the reconnaissance unit to launch an attack immediately. If there are new rockets, use new rockets; if not, use new rockets.
Even if people are used to fill it, the German launchers must be blown up, and they must not be allowed to launch missiles at our targets."
"Okay, Comrade Commander." Smirnov replied: "I will immediately notify the scouts on the front line and ask them to destroy the German arrival launcher at all costs."
"Comrade Commander," as soon as Sokov put down the microphone, Victor asked tentatively: "Are the missiles you just mentioned a new weapon that the Germans can use to carry out long-range attacks?"
"Yes, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Sokov replied in a positive tone: "What the scouts found was the launcher of the V1 missile. The Germans used this launcher to launch V1 missiles to attack our army.
Remote target."
Victor is only a regiment-level commander, so he naturally doesn't know what a V1 missile is, but from Sokov's serious expression, he can still tell that this new German weapon is a huge threat to our own troops.
At this time, Sukhalev also curiously asked: "Comrade Commander, is this kind of missile powerful?"
Sokov did not answer his question directly, but asked instead: "Major, do you think the wooden house we are in can withstand the bombardment of several rounds of artillery shells?"
"If the Germans were using 75mm artillery, I think this wooden house could withstand two or three shots."
After hearing this, Sokov nodded and said: "If the V1 missile lands twenty meters away, the shock wave generated by the explosion will be enough to blow down this wooden house, and most of the people in the house will be injured.
.”
"Oh my god, how powerful is this missile?" After listening to Sokov's story, Sukhalev became even more interested in the V1 missile: "Then how does it find its target?"
As soon as these words came out, the whole room became quiet. Yes, how did the V1 missile hit the target after flying over a long distance?
After a while, Shtemenko asked Sokov: "Comrade Sokov, do you know the answer?"
Sokov naturally knew the answer, but if he said it directly, he might arouse Yakov's suspicion: Our weapons and equipment department has not yet understood the working principle of the V1 missile, but you understand it clearly. How to explain this?
?
"I'm not sure." Sokov thought for a while and decided not to tell the correct answer, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to himself: "But I guess there may be some navigation device on the missile that can control the direction of the missile.
It flies towards the preset target. But the German navigation device is probably not perfect enough, so whether the missile can hit the target after launching it depends entirely on God's will."
"So, it is very difficult for German missiles to accurately hit a target?" Shtemenko continued: "Comrade Sokov, is my understanding correct?"
"I think it is correct." Sokov said vaguely: "Although the range of this rocket is very long, its accuracy is not enough, so if the Germans want to hit the target, they must launch a large number of rockets at the same time.
, win by quantity.”
"Comrade Commander, if according to your statement," Victor suddenly interrupted, "the Germans will definitely launch a large number of missiles at the same time if they want to attack our military targets. In other words, unless they are discovered by our scouts,
In addition to the two launchers, there should be more launchers..."
Victor's words awakened the dreamer, and Victor's words made Sokov realize that he had not considered the problem comprehensively. If the Germans really wanted to use V1 missiles to attack their own targets, how could they only launch one or two missiles? They must have also deployed
There are more launchers, but they have not been discovered by the scouts yet.
Thinking of this, Sokov quickly grabbed the microphone, put it to his ear and said: "I am Sokov, pick up the chief of staff for me."
The call was answered quickly.
Smirnov on the other end of the phone thought that Sokov knew whether the order had been conveyed, so he quickly said: "Comrade Commander, I have conveyed the order. I believe it won't take long before our scouts can
Destroy the German missile launchers."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, I just remembered something." Sokov said into the microphone: "The missiles used by the Germans for long-distance attacks, and the navigation device that controls the missile's flight defense line, should not be perfect enough for attack missions.
It is entirely possible for the missiles to deviate from the target. Therefore, if the Germans want to take advantage of the darkness to attack our defense zone, they will definitely launch a large number of missiles to ensure that the missiles hit the target."
Smirnov is also a smart man. After hearing what Sokov said, he immediately understood what he meant and asked quickly: "Comrade Commander, you mean that in addition to the launchers discovered by our scouts, there are a large number of
Launcher?"
"Yes, Comrade Chief of Staff, that's what I mean." Seeing that Smirnov understood what he meant, Sokov felt very happy. He continued: "Let the scouts launch a larger search area.
It is necessary to find more launchers to ensure that the Germans do not allow the Germans to launch a single missile."
"I understand, Comrade Commander." Smirnov assured Sokov, "I immediately contacted the director of the reconnaissance department and asked him to notify the scouts behind enemy lines to expand the search range and make sure to find the remaining missile launchers.
Prevent the enemy from launching missiles towards our defense zone."
The task of expanding the search range and destroying all German missile launchers was quickly conveyed to every reconnaissance unit behind enemy lines. However, for these scouts behind enemy lines, the difficulty of this task was tantamount to hell.
After Sokov put down the phone, he saw Victor and Sukhalev still standing there, and couldn't help but wonder: "Why haven't you left yet?"
"Comrade Commander, didn't you ask us to stay here and wait for the hovercraft?" Sukhalev quickly explained to Sokov: "Without the guidance of a guide, the hovercraft cannot march at night."
"Yes, that's right." Yakov agreed with Sukharev's statement: "In an unfamiliar area, our hovercraft has to take a lot of risks to travel at night. If there is a guide,
This risk can be minimized.”
The reason why Sokov was eager to send the two people away was because Shtemenko was sitting in his forward headquarters and had some things to say, so he had to send the two people away first. But Yakov had already said it.
Go up, Sokov couldn't say anything else, so he could only reluctantly let the two of them stay.
"Two comrades, commanders," Shtemenko saw that Victor and Sukhalev looked familiar, so he asked with a smile: "I think you look familiar, have you met somewhere before?"
"Comrade Deputy Chief of General Staff," Victor glanced at Sokov who was busy, and then said: "When Comrade Commander was studying at the Frunze Military Academy, we were all in the same class as him."
"Oh, so that's it." Shtemenko suddenly realized: "I only heard that after the training class attended by Comrade Sokov, all the students were packaged and accepted by him. You must be two of them.
"
"That's right, Comrade Deputy Chief of General Staff." Victor replied: "The whole class followed the commander to the front line. The two of us were assigned to the grassroots units, and the rest are here to command forward.
Ministry.”
After hearing what Victor said, Shtemenko noticed that the staff officers in the headquarters were all school-level officers. He couldn't help but said to Sokov with emotion: "Comrade Sokov, your advanced command level
Not low, the lowest-ranking staff officers are all majors."
Sokov laughed dryly and explained: "Comrade Deputy Chief of General Staff, since there are not so many command positions in the grassroots troops, I have kept the remaining trainees at the command headquarters. I believe they are
You can learn a lot of useful knowledge here, which will be put to use when you are on your own in the army in the future."
Everyone chatted in the headquarters for almost half an hour. After receiving a call, Ponedelin reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, two transport hovercrafts have entered the defense area of the 18th Guards Corps.
What should I do if General Afnin asks for instructions?"
"Oh, the hovercraft has arrived." Yakov stood up and asked Ponedelin: "I wonder where it is parked?"
"In the defense area of the 15th Regiment of the 4th Guards Airborne Division." Ponedelin asked tentatively: "Colonel Yakov, do you need me to take you there?"
Although Victor and Sukharev are also members of the 18th Guards Corps, they are not familiar with the terrain here and obviously cannot take Yakov to the defense area of the 15th Regiment, so Yakov is very happy.
He agreed: "Okay, Lieutenant Colonel Ponejelin, I'd like you to be our guide."
After Ponedelin left with Yakov, Victor and others, Sokov picked up the phone and called Afunin and asked: "General Afunin, how is the battle ahead?"
Shtemenko, who was about to ask Sokov a question, heard Sokov ask this and then remembered the position of the 124th Regiment of the 41st Guards Division. It was attacked by the Germans a few hours ago. He didn't know what the current situation was like.
. He listened carefully to Sokov's conversation, trying to figure out how the war was going at this moment.
"The two attacks launched by the German army have been repelled by the commanders and fighters of the 41st Guards Division." Afunin reported: "At this moment, General Kurishenko is adjusting his deployment and is preparing to meet the enemy's next round of attack.
"
"Yes, I understand." After learning that the German attack was repelled, Sokov felt relieved. Although the Germans still had the possibility of attacking, they already knew that the defenders had taken precautions. If they were to attack again,
An attack is not a sneak attack but a force attack, and you will definitely pay a higher price. "Keep in touch, and remember to report to me in time if there is a new situation."
"Comrade Deputy Chief of General Staff," when Sokov put down the microphone, he saw Shtemenko staring at him, thinking that he was concerned about the war on the front line, so he explained to him: "The German attack has been repelled by our army.
, I think they have suffered such a big loss, and they should stop and stop attacking."
"Are you so sure?" Shtemenko asked with a half-smile.
"That's right, Comrade Deputy Chief of General Staff," Sokov replied: "The Germans' sneak attack on our positions tonight has ended in failure. If they want to continue the attack, they will have to change the sneak attack into a strong attack.
Judging from the enemy's artillery fire configuration, they are obviously not ready for a strong attack, so I can say with certainty that they will not launch a new attack on the positions of the 41st Guards Division before dawn."
"It makes sense, it makes sense." Shtemenko still somewhat agreed with Sokov's analysis. He nodded, and when he was about to say a few words, the phone on the table rang again.
Sokov thought it was a call from Afunin, so he quickly grabbed the phone and put it to his ear, saying loudly: "I am Sokov. Is it General Afunin? Is there something new about the enemy situation there?
The change?"
Unexpectedly, after a moment of silence in the receiver, Smirnov's voice came out: "Comrade Commander, it's me!"
"It turns out to be the chief of staff." Sokov recognized Smirnov and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Comrade Commander, the situation is like this." Smirnov explained to Sokov: "After our scouts expanded the search area, they quickly discovered three launchers in other areas. However, when launching the attack
, due to the tenacious resistance of the German army, the missile on one of the launchers was launched!"
"What, a missile was launched." Sokov couldn't help being surprised: "Do you know which direction it is flying?"
"I don't know." As soon as Smirnov finished speaking, the sound of an explosion came from the headphones, and then Sokov heard Smirnov ask sharply: "Where did the explosion happen?"
Sokov heard that the sound should not be far from the headquarters, and quickly ordered Smirnov: "Chief of Staff, the explosion is no more than three hundred meters away from the headquarters. Send someone immediately to check where it is.
An explosion occurred.”
"Okay, I'll send someone to check right away." Soon, Sokov heard Smirnov giving orders on the other side of the phone. Just a few dozen seconds later, Smirnov's voice came from the receiver again.
Voice: "Comrade Commander, I have sent people to investigate. I believe it won't take long before we can get to the bottom of this."
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov was very sensitive to the explosion that appeared near the headquarters. He tentatively asked Smirnov: "What do you think happened to the explosion?"
"I think the enemy may be doing sabotage." Smirnov said: "Seeing that our headquarters is heavily guarded, they can't get through at all, so they can only create explosions nearby to attract our attention. Then he
You can wait until the commanders and fighters are searching for the source of the explosion, and then sneak into our defense area."
As soon as he said this, a huge explosion suddenly came from the receiver, and then Sokov found that there was no sound in the earphones. "Hey, hey, hey," he called to the side while tapping the circlip with his hand.
Signal Soldier: "Signal Soldier, come over quickly and take a look. What's wrong with this phone line?"
"Comrade Sokov," Shtemenko asked Sokov concernedly while the communications troops were inspecting the line: "What happened?"
"While I was on the phone with the chief of staff, there was an explosion in the earphone, and then the call was interrupted." Sokov replied: "I asked the communications soldier to check to see if there is a problem with the line."