Colonel Konev's 3rd Guards Airborne Division launched an attack on the German positions on the right bank of the Dniester River at ten o'clock in the evening. Fortunately, it was getting dark late now, so the commanders and soldiers were not affected by insufficient light when fighting.
And affect the vision.
The Germans probably never dreamed that they would be attacked by Soviet troops from upstream. According to the experience of German commanders, the Soviet troops often fought independently, and coordination between different units was rare.
Shao, I didn’t expect that something with such a low probability would actually happen to me.
A few days ago, the German commander was worried about attacks from the upper reaches and deployed a lot of troops in this direction. But after a few days of observation, he found that the Soviet troops who had established a landing site on the right bank upstream were more interested in attacking westward.
, they have no interest in them at all in the south.
Because of this, the German commanders left a small number of troops in the north of the defense zone to monitor the movements of the Soviet troops. The rest of the main force was transferred to the east to deal with the Soviet troops on the left bank and prevent them from crossing the Dniester River.
Unexpectedly, the Soviet army would suddenly launch an attack on its defense area at such a late hour. The northern defense line, which was already extremely weak, was naturally unable to withstand the Soviet attack.
What's even more terrible is that not long after the northern defense line was breached, the Soviet army on the left bank of the Dniester River once again launched a forced crossing operation. The German commander had just ordered the artillery to fire at the boats crossing the river, and they found the boats coming from the river.
The upstream artillery fire covered it, and the entire artillery position suddenly turned into a sea of flames.
As for the Soviet troops crossing the river, most of the boats successfully reached the right bank because they were not hit by German artillery fire. As soon as the boats docked, the soldiers on the boats jumped into the water one after another and rushed to the right bank with weapons in hand.
Rush towards the enemy's entrenched fortifications.
Under attack from both sides by the Soviet army, the Germans were beaten to a desperate situation. In less than an hour, most of the river defense positions fell into the hands of the Soviet army. Although most of the German troops were still in the remaining fortifications,
They were resisting, but a few soldiers had already abandoned their positions and fled further west.
Sokov was naturally delighted when he learned that the 3rd Airborne Division was progressing smoothly. After this battle, the division commander, Colonel Konev, might become Major General Konev.
At this moment, the phone on the table rang, and the idle military commissar Gorokhov picked up the phone. After listening for a while, a look of astonishment appeared on his face.
After finally waiting for the other party to finish speaking, he actually nodded and bowed and said: "General Lunev, I would like to ask, can you cancel his trip?"
Although Sokov was a little far away from Gorokhov and could not hear the content of his conversation clearly, judging from his expression, his request must have been rejected by Runev. So he walked up to Gorokhov.
, asked curiously: "Comrade Military Commissar, what are you and General Lunev talking about?"
Seeing Sokov standing in front of him, Gorokhov simply handed the microphone to him: "Comrade Commander, you should talk to General Lunev. I hope he can change his mind and don't let that person come to the front."
.If something goes wrong, even if you cut off my head, I can't take the responsibility."
Sokov answered the phone confused, wondering who was going to come to the front and actually make the military commissar panic? In order to find out what was going on, he put the receiver to his ear and said: "Lunye
Husband? I am Sokov!"
"Hello, Misha." Lunev's happy voice came from the receiver: "I'm glad to hear your voice again."
"Lunev, who do you plan to send to the front line?" When Sokov said this, he glanced at Gorokhov, who was wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "My military commissar was so scared.
My head is sweating profusely.”
"He is a soldier and an excellent sniper." Lunev said on the phone: "His name is Nikolay Alexandrovich Morozov."
"Morozov?" This was the first time Sokov heard this name, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Is he really just an ordinary sniper? Why did my military commissar become like this when he heard his name?
Gaffe."
After listening to Sokov's words, Luniev looked particularly surprised: "Have you never heard of his name?"
"No. This is the first time I heard his name." Sokov replied truthfully: "Lunev, can you tell me who he is?"
"How should I put it?" Lunev said hesitantly on the phone: "If you want to label him, you can say this: he was a famous early GM in our country, a social activist, a scholar and a writer, and he covered a wide range of topics.
"The scientific research fields cover chemistry, physics, mathematics, astronomy, history, biology, philosophy, economics, linguistics, geophysics, aeronautical science, meteorology, and there are numerous related works."
"Not only that, this old man is also self-taught and is proficient in 11 foreign languages including English, French, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, and Polish. What's even more awesome is that as early as the mid-1870s, he devoted himself to overthrowing
The Tsar’s revolutionary movement later met Marx in London, when Lenin and Stalin were still in their infancy.”
As soon as he heard that the incoming sniper actually knew Marx, Sokov went a little crazy: "Lunev, please don't make fun of me. Marx died as early as 1813. If this
If the sniper really knows Marx, then he is at least in his early eighties. How can such an old man send him to the front? Isn't this nonsense?"
"Misha, I really am not joking with you." Lunev said seriously: "This old man will be 90 years old in two months. Since he was transferred from the Volkhov Front to Moscow, he has
He tried every means to return to the front line. No, he heard that you were fighting well, and he wanted to go to your place to have a look. The Supreme Commander himself couldn't resist him, so he had to agree to his request."
"Wait a minute, Lunev." Sokov heard some key things from Lunev's words: "You mean he served as a soldier after the war broke out, and he was also a sniper. My
Is your guess correct?"
"Exactly, Misha." Lunev on the other end of the phone said with a smile: "Misha, with your IQ, you can definitely become a detective. Maybe after the war is over, this will be your most ideal career.
.”
"Okay, Lunev, don't praise me." Sokov interrupted Lunev's words and asked impatiently: "Hurry up and tell me, where did he become a soldier? What achievements did he make?
Achievements?"
"After the old man retired a few years ago, he still participated in the training courses of the National Defense Militia. Even though he was wearing glasses, he was very interested in sniping, and his level improved quickly. In 1939, after he completed the training course with excellent results,
Still insisting on practicing shooting, his sniper skills became more and more perfect.
After the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, this old man couldn't sit still. He often went to the local recruitment office and asked to join the army to fight the enemy, and urgently requested to be sent to the Leningrad front line.
Because his reputation was so high, the recruitment department had no choice but to reluctantly allow him to "inspect" the battlefield near Leningrad (to put it bluntly, he was allowed to walk around with good food and drink as an official), and only gave him 1
Months of stay.
But Morozov has never been an obedient person. After arriving at the front line, he declined all special care for himself, but willingly lived in the dark, damp fortifications, no matter how difficult the living conditions were and how dangerous the environment was.
Never complain.
On the third day on the battlefield, he began to independently snipe German troops and achieved good results. During his time on the Volkhov front, a large number of German troops fell under his gun, most of them officers.
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The Germans were so angry that they brought in snipers to try to retaliate. They even used bombers to raid Morozov's possible hiding areas, but he was unharmed.
After the commander of his army group learned about the series of actions taken by the German army, he couldn't help but worry about what would happen to this respected and legendary figure. So despite the strong opposition of the other party, he still sent him back to Moscow. For this matter
, the Supreme Command once sent someone to persuade him to focus on scientific research, which was also to serve the motherland.
A few days ago, he had just received the "Defender of Leningrad" medal and the Order of Lenin, and he once again had the idea of returning to the front line. In order to successfully achieve his goal, he personally wrote a letter to Comrade Stalin
letter and was approved.”
"Lunev," Sokov, after learning about Morozov's identity, broke out in cold sweat on his forehead. He said to Lunev in a reproachful tone: "How could you let such an important person go?"
Come to my place? If something happens, who can afford this responsibility?"
"Misha, I have no choice." Lunev said helplessly: "Among so many fronts, can you tell me if there is a safer place than your headquarters? It is precisely because of the consideration that if
Let Comrade Morozov go to your place and your life will be greatly protected, so the superiors will make such a decision."
"Well, since the superiors have made arrangements, I can only choose to obey unconditionally." Sokov sighed and asked, "I wonder when he will arrive?"
"About one or two o'clock at noon." Lunev said: "I was ordered to send him to your place to report. Remember to prepare delicious food for me."
"No problem," Sokov said casually: "If you go back to the old army to inspect, can you still be satisfied with the food?"
After putting down the phone, Sokov called Trofimenko and others in front of him and said to them: "Comrade commanders, we just received a call from General Lunev. The Supreme Command plans to send us a
An old sniper who is nearly ninety years old is here. I hope everyone will show due respect when they see him."
Now, except Sokov and Gorokhov, no one knows that an old man of nearly ninety years old will soon come to his headquarters.
Hearing what Sokov said, Samyko asked curiously: "Comrade Commander, who are you? Why are you almost ninety years old and you still want to come to the front?"
"Comrade commanders," Sokov said to everyone: "The old sniper who is coming, his full name is Nikolay Alexandrovich Morozov. I think there should be someone here who can
know him."
At first, he thought that few people knew Morozov, but Sokov soon discovered that he was wrong. Except for himself, a country bumpkin, everyone present knew Morozov.
"What, it's great that Comrade Morozov is coming to us." Samyko said excitedly: "I have heard legends about him since I was a child. He once participated in the assassination of Alexander II.
It's a pity that it failed.
Soon after, he was arrested in Poland and taken to a military fortress near St. Petersburg in Russia in November 1882 to serve his sentence, which lasted 23 years."
"I have also heard about his deeds." Trofimenko said: "In 1910, he suddenly became very interested in aircraft, and he made and tested a variety of hot air balloons and airplanes at once. Who knew?
However, he was caught red-handed by the Tsarist Russian secret police who were closely monitoring him. The latter searched his home and found the aircraft he had made. They then claimed that Morozov was trying to fly an air raid on the palace and drop a bomb to assassinate Tsar Nicholas II.
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Gorokhov said slowly: "In 1918, Morozov entered the Lesgaft Institute of Natural Sciences in St. Petersburg as a leader. In his later years, he returned to his hometown and lived an active life, but his position as permanent director of the institute remained.
It was reserved for him. And on March 29, 1932, Morozov was awarded the title of Honorary Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union."
For such a legendary figure, how to place him after he arrived in the army became a headache for Sokov.
"Comrade Commander," Smirnov, who had never spoken, suddenly interjected: "Isn't Mr. Morozov a sniper? We happen to have a sniper training class. I think we can assign him there and let him assist.
Vasily and Lyudmila went about their daily work."
The words awakened the dreamer. If Smirnov had not mentioned it, Sokov would have almost forgotten that two of the top ten snipers in the world are now in his headquarters, responsible for training snipers. What if
If you arrange for the elderly to be included in the training class and be responsible for the training of snipers, wouldn't your own problems be solved?
"Comrade Chief of Staff, you are right." Sokov nodded his head several times and said, "Arrange him in Vasily and Lyudmila's sniper training class. This will not only give full play to his strengths, but also
It allows him to stay in a safe place for a long time and avoid unpleasant accidents."
"Sniper training class?" Sameko asked in surprise: "When was this training class established? Why didn't I know?"
"Although the sniper training class was established not long ago, it was before our two armies formed a combat cluster." Sokov explained to Samyko: "It's normal that you don't know."
"Comrade Commander," Smirnov suggested to Sokov again: "Would you like to call Vasily and Lyudmila over now and give them face-to-face instructions on how to deal with the old man?"
"The names of Vasily and Lyudmila sound very familiar." Trofimenko frowned and said, "I just can't remember where I heard them."
"Both Vasily and Lyudmila are excellent snipers." Seeing Trofimenko's sad face, Sokov explained to him: "I specifically applied to my superiors for transfer.
Specially responsible for training me qualified snipers."
"It turns out it's the two of them." After Sokov's reminder, Trofimenko also remembered who the two were. He nodded and said, "I've only seen their photos in newspapers before, but I didn't expect them.