On the first day of the sniper battle, the sniper team of the 1135th Regiment caught the Germans by surprise, killing and wounding 31 Germans. Bindasov was very satisfied with the results. He was very satisfied with his chief of staff.
Said: "Chief of Staff, I really didn't expect that after we adopted the sniper tactics proposed by the division commander, we eliminated 31 enemies, and only one of our soldiers was slightly injured. This is almost as good as the results we achieved in a battalion-scale attack.
Already."
The chief of staff also said with a smile: "Yes, comrade commander, I really didn't expect the tactics proposed by the division commander to be so effective. I suggest that sharpshooters be immediately deployed in the other two battalions to form a sniper team, so that more people can be eliminated."
Lots of Germans.”
In fact, as early as when the first battalion formed a sniper team, Bindasov gave orders to the other two battalions, asking the two battalion commanders to recruit sharpshooters from the battalion to form a sniper team. However, the two battalion commanders believed that their
The defensive zone was too far away from the German positions, so Bindasov's orders were obeyed and disobeyed.
Now that they learned about the achievements of the first battalion, the two battalion commanders could not sit still. While they ordered people to select sharpshooters in the battalion, they sat together to discuss where the sniper positions of the two battalions should be placed.
After Sokov learned about the results of the sniper attack, he did not get carried away. Instead, he said to Chief of Staff Potugin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, although today's sniper team has achieved good results, we still have many problems. We need to
Make improvements.”
"What's the problem?" Potukin asked curiously.
"Our snipers use ordinary Mosin-Nagant rifles without scopes." Sokov said: "If you snipe targets within a range of one or two hundred meters, it won't be a big problem. Once it exceeds two hundred meters, it won't be a big problem."
meters, without the help of a sight, their hit rate will be greatly reduced."
Potukin wrote down what Sokov said in a small notebook, raised his head and asked: "Is there anything else, comrade division commander?"
"If possible, ask the superiors to replenish the artillery battalions required by the division artillery battalion as soon as possible." Seeing Potukin's questioning look, Sokov said before he could ask again: "Wait until the enemy is attacked.
When our snipers are afraid to show their faces, we need our artillery to take them out of their hiding places. Do you understand?"
"Understood." After listening to Sokov's explanation, Potukin suddenly realized: "I will submit a report to my superiors as soon as possible and ask them to replenish the artillery required for our artillery battalion."
Early the next morning, two sniper teams from the Second and Third Battalions of the 1135th Regiment came to the Zizdra River and chose a bush as a sniper site.
Matvey was leading his men, preparing to leave the position to perform the mission. From a distance, he saw the sniper teams of the second and third battalions entering the sniper position he had already selected, and quickly ran back to find Jetrov.
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After hearing Matvey's report, Jetrov's first reaction was: Impossible. How could the sniper teams of the Second and Third Battalions come to our defense area. So he looked at Matvey and said:
"Comrade Sergeant, are you making a mistake?"
"No, there is absolutely no mistake." Seeing that Jetrov refused to believe his words, Matvey said anxiously: "Comrade Battalion Commander, if you don't believe it, you can see for yourself where they are hiding. Maybe Germany
Humans can't see it, but we can see it clearly."
Hearing what Matvey said, Jetrov quickly walked to the lookout, raised his binoculars and looked toward the river. Sure enough, he saw seven or eight soldiers hiding behind a bush, two of them actually sitting opposite each other.
He was smoking. Seeing this situation, Jetrov couldn't help but became furious. He walked to the table and picked up the phone. After asking the communications soldier to connect to the second battalion, he said bluntly: "Second battalion commander, I am the agent of the first battalion.
Battalion Commander Captain Jetrov, I would like to ask why your soldiers appeared in my defense zone?"
When the commander of the second battalion heard the call from Jetrov to accuse him, he quickly covered the phone and said to the commander of the third battalion who was sitting next to him: "It's Captain Jetrov's call." After saying that, he took his hand off the phone.
He moved up and replied to Jetrov with a smile, "Comrade Captain, we also sent a sniper team to perform the mission under the order of the regiment headquarters."
"Comrade Major, I know the order from the regiment." Thinking that the other party's military rank was higher than his own, Jetrov could not get angry yet, so he could only try to control his emotions and asked in a calm tone: "But your sniper
Detachment, why do you want to enter our battalion’s defense zone?”
The second battalion commander and the third battalion commander looked at each other and said in an official tone: "Comrade Captain, you should know that except for your battalion, the defense areas of our battalion and the third battalion do not border the German army. We must complete the tasks assigned to us by the regiment."
For this mission, I can only borrow a piece of space in your camp. I hope you can understand."
Hearing that the second battalion commander had already said this, Jetrov knew that there was no point in retorting, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "Okay, Comrade Major, since you said so, let's forget it today."
But I hope that from tomorrow on, you and the snipers from the third battalion will not enter our area casually."
When the second battalion commander put down the phone, the third battalion commander sitting next to him said a little worriedly: "Brother, do you think Captain Jetrov will go to the regiment commander to file a complaint against us?"
"Don't worry, old man." The leader of the second battalion said carelessly: "Even if he goes to complain, we are not afraid. Anyway, it is all to complete the mission of the superiors. Who wants the defense area of only one battalion to be across the river from the enemy's position?
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Seeing that Jetrov had hit a soft nail, Matvey asked him for instructions: "Comrade Battalion Commander, our sniper position has been occupied by friendly forces, what should we do?"
"What should I do? What else can I do?" Jetrov looked at Matvey and said angrily: "You can only find a new position. Okay, it's getting late, so hurry up and set off.
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After the joint sniper teams of the second and third battalions occupied the sniper positions selected by the first battalion in advance, they were worried that the other party would drive them away. When they received the information sent by the second battalion commander, they felt at ease.
Second Lieutenant Bratash, who was in charge of commanding the joint sniper team, proudly said to the snipers: "Comrades, after negotiation between the battalion and the first battalion, this sniper position will be used by us today. Okay,
Everyone, get ready for sniping."
The soldiers of this sniper team were happy that they had occupied a good sniping position, but they did not know that the god of death was approaching them step by step. The German army was attacked by snipers on the previous day and suffered a lot of casualties.
This incident immediately attracted the attention of the German commander, who sent a senior sniper overnight to deal with the Soviet sniper.
Before dawn, the German sniper lurked into a crater in front of the position and carefully observed the movements of the Soviet position. When the joint sniper team of the second and third battalions entered the position, he was discovered. Because he did not know
Given the strength of the Soviet sniper, he did not act rashly, but lay motionless in the crater, waiting for the opportunity.
After dawn, the mortars on the German position opened fire first, and the artillery targeted the bushes where the joint sniper team was hiding. The bullets fired from there yesterday killed more than a dozen German soldiers, so the German artillery set the target
as priority targets.
The Soviet snipers hiding behind the bushes did not expect that the Germans would bombard their hiding place with artillery fire first. If they were professional snipers, they would definitely choose a suitable location to avoid the artillery fire. But these snipers were all temporarily deployed
The sharpshooters had no professional training at all. Once they were shelled, they inevitably lost their position. In order to prevent being killed by the shells, they ran out of their hiding places one after another and fled toward the positions behind them in a chaotic manner.
The German sniper hiding in the bomb crater saw two Soviet soldiers emerging from the bushes and running towards the trench sixty or seventy meters away. He knew very well that such a small distance would only take a dozen or twenty.
He could run into the trench in seconds, so he pulled the trigger on the soldier running in front without hesitation. After the gunshot, the soldier was staggered. After running forward for two more steps, he fell to the ground.
On the ground. The soldier following him was tripped by his fallen comrade. When he got up from the ground, before he could stand up straight, the sniper's second bullet flew over again and accurately penetrated his chest.
throat, causing him to fall together with his comrades.