Chapter 1943 The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows (Part 1)
After arranging the combat mission, Sokov planned to go back to his room to rest. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out of the headquarters, he met Captain Koshkin who had just been promoted to the commander of the guard battalion.
"Comrade Commander," Koshkin said anxiously when he saw Sokov, "Lyudmila and Vasily want to see you because they have something important to do."
When he learned that the two sniper instructors wanted to see him, Sokov couldn't help but be a little stunned. He thought to himself, was there something wrong in the sniper school that made the two people rush over to see him?
"Where are they?"
"Waiting for you in the conference room."
"Take me there."
Entering the conference room, Sokov found that no matter where Lyudmila and Vasily were, even the ninety-year-old man Morozov was also present.
Seeing that the three directors of the sniper school were there, Sokov was even more convinced that there must be something wrong with the sniper school.
Seeing the three of them standing up to salute him, he raised his hand to return the salute and asked them to sit down. Then he asked straight to the point: "You three came here specifically to see me today. Did something happen in the sniper school that cannot be dealt with?"
According to Sokov's idea, Lyudmila, Vasily and the old man combined, not to mention himself, even front commanders like Zhukov and Konev must give them some face. They will all deal with it.
Things that cannot be solved prove to be very serious.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Sokov's words came out, the three of them were stunned. After looking at each other, Lyudmila replied on behalf of everyone: "Comrade Commander, the sniper school is fine, nothing happened."
This time it was Sokov's turn to be confused: "Since nothing happened at the sniper school, why did you three come to see me together?"
"Comrade Commander, you misunderstood." Lyudmila explained: "We are in a hurry to see you today, not because there is a problem with the sniper school, but because we found that the enemy may have sent snipers here and will attack you.
unfavorable."
"The enemy sent snipers?" Sokov asked in surprise: "Are they Germans or Romanians?"
"I don't know yet." Lyudmila shook her head first, and then explained to Sokov: "When we were organizing sniper training yesterday, Vasily accidentally discovered that there was something in the window of an attic three hundred meters away from the headquarters.
Problem, after inspection, we found signs that someone had been in the attic..."
"Wait a minute, Lyuda." Sokov heard this and interrupted Lyudmila's next words: "Isn't it normal for someone to live in the attic? Is there anything strange about it?"
"But it was an attic that had been abandoned for a long time," Vasily explained: "You know, our snipers have the most keen observation skills. When the sniper school was first established, I carefully surveyed the surrounding terrain. I know
I remember that the attic window was closed and the glass was covered with dust."
Vasily's words aroused Sokov's interest. He knew that snipers have strong observation skills and can notice details that ordinary people cannot notice, so he nodded to Vasily and said in an encouraging tone: "Go on."
"During the sniper training yesterday, I stood at a commanding height and used a telescope to observe the surrounding environment. I accidentally discovered that the attic window was ajar and the window glass had been wiped clean."
"Perhaps the owner of the house came back and was going to move into the attic, so he cleaned up the house and wiped the window glass by the way."
"I thought so at the beginning," Vasily said, "but after I took someone to check, I found that the attic was full of dust and cobwebs. Only the area near the window had been carefully cleaned."
"Vasily, what can you see from the window?"
"You can see the entrance and exit of the headquarters."
After listening to Vasily's answer, Sokov immediately understood that there was indeed such a sniper. He was lurking in an attic a few hundred meters away from the headquarters, intending to snipe important people entering and leaving the headquarters from there.
I happen to be the most important person in the headquarters.
"Then what measures did you take?"
"I personally led two soldiers to lurk last night, but nothing was gained." Vasily said: "I felt that this matter was of great importance, so I went back and told the old man and Liuda about it, and then came directly to report to you.
"
After confirming that enemy snipers might have sneaked into the city, and that the targets of the attack were important commanders including himself, Sokov scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and said: "Are the enemy snipers Germans or Romanians?"
, we don’t know anything about what he looks like, and even if we want to find out, we can’t find out.”
"Comrade Commander," Lyudmila said, "we can investigate this matter. After all, a sniper's observation ability and sense of things are stronger than ordinary people."
"Okay." Sokov agreed readily: "I will leave it to the three of you to investigate this matter."
"There is no problem with this." Lyudmila said: "But it may be difficult to catch the snipers sent by the enemy. We have too few manpower. So far, there are only 38 students in the sniper school.
Even if we send them all out, I'm afraid it won't be enough."
"No, you can't send snipers to perform such an ordinary search mission." Sokov knew how difficult it is to train an excellent sniper. If you send them to perform such an ordinary mission, it would be a waste.
This was a waste of resources, so he simply rejected Lyudmila's proposal, but said to himself: "If there are not enough manpower, I can draw from the security forces. All snipers are treasures, if they are executed
If there are casualties during such an ordinary mission, then it’s just not worth it.”
"Captain Koshkin!"
"Here!" Koshkin next to him quickly agreed loudly.
"Deploy a company from your battalion to assist Liuda, Vasily and the old man in clearing out the enemies hiding in the city."
"yes!"
After assigning the task, Sokov went directly back to his room to rest.
Koshkin, on the other hand, mobilized one of the most elite companies from the guard battalion he was responsible for to assist Lyudmila and others in hunting down the enemies hiding in the city.
In the afternoon, a young woman wearing a headscarf hurriedly walked into the office of the sniper school. Lyudmila looked anxious and said: "Comrade female commander, I went to work outside the city today. When I came back,
, I saw Germans appearing in the forest on the roadside."
Everyone organized troops to search for half a day, but there was no clue at all. They were feeling worried. When they heard the young woman's words, their eyes suddenly lit up. After Lyudmila asked the woman to sit down, she asked with concern: "This girl,
I don’t know what to call you?”
"My name is Catalina, and I am a seamstress in a tailor shop in the city." The young woman replied: "Today, the boss sent me to deliver clothes to a customer outside the city. When I came back, I passed by a forest and I undoubtedly saw
There were a few German soldiers who hurriedly hid in the forest after seeing me. I felt something was wrong, so I rushed over to report to you."
"Katerina," the old man's voice came from the corner: "Why did you think of coming here to report?"
"I usually see a lot of soldiers coming in and out here, and I guess this may be a headquarters." Catalina replied: "Since it may be a headquarters, then it's not wrong for me to come in and try my luck."
"Katerina," Koshkin could not sit still after learning that German soldiers appeared in the forest outside the city. He quickly asked Katerina: "Can you lead us to where the Germans are?"
"Okay, I'll take you there now." Catalina said enthusiastically: "You have to move quickly. If you are late, they may escape."
When everyone stood up and prepared to leave, Koshkin said to the old man: "Old man, you are old. You don't have to participate in such an action."
When the old man heard what Koshkin said, he did not argue, but nodded and sat back in the corner again.
In order to prevent the German soldiers from noticing and escaping in advance, Koshkin quickly mobilized eight trucks, carrying soldiers from the guard company, and rushed to the area mentioned by Catalina.
After arriving at the place, Catalina pointed towards the forest and said: "I was just here when I saw the German soldiers, and then they walked towards the depths of the forest."
"Is there any hiding place in the forest?" Koshkin asked.
"Yes," Catalina nodded and said, "Four or five hundred meters away, there is a ranger's hut. I think the Germans should be hiding there."
"Comrade Katarina, thank you so much." Koshkin waited for Katarina to finish speaking and expressed his gratitude to her: "It's too dangerous here. I'll send someone to take you back."
Unexpectedly, Catalina hesitated for a moment, but then said: "No, how can there be any danger with you by my side? I will personally take you into the forest to find the forester's hut."
Seeing that Katerina volunteered and was willing to personally lead the way to see the forest hut, Koshkin did not want to dampen her enthusiasm, so he said to Lyudmila: "Lyuda, when you come to take care of Katerina, you must ensure that she
safety.”
"Okay, Koshkin." Although Lyudmila has a higher military rank than Koshkin, Koshkin is Sokov's confidant, and the soldiers around him are his subordinates, so she acted very cooperatively:
"I will take good care of Catalina."
Koshkin left a squad of soldiers to guard the car, and then issued an order to the remaining soldiers, asking them to spread out in formation and head into the depths of the forest.
Not long after walking, they discovered the ranger's hut in front of them. It was built of logs and looked very sturdy. However, there was no sentry outside the door, and they didn't know whether the German soldier Catalina saw was hiding there.
here.
Koshkin ordered the troops to stop advancing and sent two soldiers to conduct reconnaissance, trying to find out whether there were any Germans hiding in the Forester's cabin.
But the two soldiers were still more than 20 meters away from the forest watcher's cabin. The barrel of a submachine gun protruded from the window and began to shoot wildly at the two soldiers.
One soldier was caught off guard and was shot on the spot and fell down. The other soldier saw that the situation was not good, fell to the ground, raised his hand and fired back at the window. The two sides immediately started a back-and-forth gun battle.
Koshkin saw that there were indeed Germans hiding in the forester's wooden house, and quickly ordered the soldiers to shoot. For a time, bullets were fired at the wooden house from all directions, causing sawdust to fly. Unfortunately, the wooden house was built of logs, and although the shooting outside was
It was violent, but the German casualties in the room were very small.
"Liuda," although the shooting of the guard company could hardly cause casualties to the German soldiers in the wooden house, it successfully suppressed the enemy's firepower. Koshkin felt that Katarina's mission had been completed and there was no need to let her go anymore.
If she wanted to stay here and take risks, she said to Lyudmila: "It's too dangerous for Katarina to stay here. You should take her back to the city first."
"Captain Koshkin," but Lyudmila lay on the spot and did not move. Instead, she said to Koshkin: "The wooden house is too strong. Without heavy weapons, it will be difficult to drive the enemy out of the house. I will stay here
Here, maybe it can play a greater role.”
When Koshkin heard this, he felt that Lyudmila's words made sense. Although the guard company's continuous shooting sent sawdust flying into the wooden house, it could not effectively penetrate the wall. On the contrary, the tiles hidden in another corner
Sili, however, took advantage of the moment when a German soldier poked his head out of the window and successfully killed him.
Considering that in such a battle, the role of snipers was greater than that of a platoon of soldiers, Koshkin changed his mind and called a sergeant to lead a squad of soldiers to escort Katrin.
Na returns to the city. When she comes back, bring offensive weapons such as rocket launchers to destroy the enemies hiding in the wooden house.
The sergeant led his men to cover Catalina out of the firefight area and returned to the parking spot.
"Girl," the sergeant asked Catalina politely after the car started, "Where is your home? Can I take you back?"
"There is a coffee shop at the corner of Shevchenko Street, and I work there." Katerina smiled and said to the sergeant: "Comrade Commander, just put me there."
Hearing Catalina call herself a commander, the sergeant explained with some embarrassment: "Girl, I'm just a soldier, not an officer. It's not appropriate to call me commander."
Unexpectedly, Catalina smiled sweetly and said: "You are still so young. It is only a matter of time before you become an officer. It should be right for me to call you commander."
The sergeant knew very well that if he was in a combat unit, it would be easy to become an officer as long as he did not sacrifice himself. But now he was a sergeant in the guard camp, and there were not many opportunities for promotion. He could become an officer.
The possibility is slim. But he would not say such disappointing words to Katrina, but changed the subject in time: "Shevchenko Street is in memory of the famous Ukrainian poet and painter Taras.
Shevchenko, and the street named after him?"
"Yes, yes, Comrade Commander." Katarina said with a smile on her face: "The reason why this street is called Shevchenko Street is to commemorate the famous poet and painter Taras Shevchenko.
You know so much."
Catalina's compliment made the sergeant a little overwhelmed. So much so that he did not arouse the necessary vigilance to the question she asked next: "Comrade commander, you are responsible for protecting the safety of the headquarters, right?"
"Yes," the sergeant nodded and said, "Our first battalion of guards is stationed at the headquarters to closely protect the safety of important commanders of the headquarters. The other second and third battalions are stationed on the periphery."