Belgin's proposal made Sokov's heart flutter. He thought that the opponent could successfully escape from the German encirclement after the defeat in the Battle of Kharkov, and accommodate more than a hundred commanders and fighters to fight guerrillas behind enemy lines. If not
With any level of ability, he wouldn't be able to do this.
However, Sokov was still a little worried about the sudden promotion of the other party to the brigade chief of staff. He was worried that the other party's ability was not consistent with the position he was about to hold, so he planned to test the other party for a period of time. Thinking of this, he said to Belkin: "Comrade Political Commissar, let's first
Let Captain Briski serve as the battalion commander for a period of time to see how his commanding ability is, and then decide whether to propose to his superiors to promote him to brigade chief of staff. Do you think this is appropriate?"
Belgin's proposal to let Briski serve as the brigade chief of staff was just a whim. Seeing Sokov talking to himself about this matter so solemnly, he nodded and said: "Then let's observe him for a while.
Well. If he is a competent battalion commander, we will recommend to his superiors that he be promoted to chief of staff."
When Sokov led the soldiers to the competition venue the next day, he found that Rotmistrov and his men had been waiting here. Sokov quickly stepped forward and saluted Rotmistrov.
He smiled and said: "Hello, Comrade General! I didn't expect you to come so early."
"Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, you are not too late." After shaking hands with Sokov, Rotmistrov urged: "Hurry up and let the soldiers take their seats."
Sokov brought many people. In addition to the participating soldiers, soldiers from the third and fourth battalions also came to watch the battle. Sokov ordered them to sit down in the open space opposite the tank army commanders and stopped with his finger.
Several tanks asked: "General Rotmistrov, why are there so many tanks here?"
Rotmistrov smiled and replied: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, the situation is like this. After I went back yesterday, I told several brigade commanders about the military competition, and they suggested that since it is a military competition,
I don’t know if we only consider infantry skills and tactics. After all, we are a tank army, so we should also include tank competitions.”
Rotmistrov's words made Sokov a little dumbfounded. He said that tank soldiers can become infantry as long as they pick up weapons, but if infantry wants to become tank soldiers, they have to go through a long period of training. This temporarily added competition event is not
Are you deliberately making things difficult for yourself?
Perhaps seeing the displeasure on Sokov's face, Rotmistrov chuckled and then said: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I have inquired that there is a tank company in your brigade, which happened to pass this time.
Let’s compete to test their strength. Don’t worry, the tanks you need for the competition will be provided by us.”
Seeing that the matter had come to this, Sokov could only turn around and order a staff officer: "You rush to the tank company immediately and ask Lieutenant Alitai to bring his troops here. Remember, just let them walk here, there is no need to drive a tank
."
After Rotmistrov saw the staff leaving, he immediately said to Sokov: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, it's almost time. Let's go to the viewing platform first."
The so-called viewing platform is a small platform with a height of half a person and more than ten square meters. There is a long table and a few chairs on it. After Rotmistrov took Sokov to take a seat on the stage, he rushed to the side
A colonel nodded, indicating that it was time to start. The colonel took a few steps forward, walked to the edge of the platform, and said loudly to the soldiers sitting on both sides of the viewing platform: "The soldiers of the 7th Tank Corps and the 73rd Infantry Brigade
The military competition has now officially begun. First of all, the soldiers from both sides participating in the shooting competition are invited to come out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, twenty soldiers came out from each side of the viewing platform and stood in front of the platform. The colonel turned his head and glanced at Rotmistrov, as if asking which soldier should shoot first.
Rotmistrov asked Sokov sideways: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, do you think your infantry brigade will shoot first, or our tank corps?"
"I think it's better for the tank corps soldiers to shoot first."
Seeing Sokov being so polite, Rotmistrov stopped being pretentious and said to the colonel: "Comrade Chief of Staff, let our soldiers shoot first."
The army chief of staff nodded, and then said loudly to the soldiers in the audience: "The first ones to shoot are the soldiers of the tank army. Each of them shoots five bullets. The one with the most rounds is the winner."
The soldiers of the tank army were divided into groups of ten, and each entered the shooting position and fired in a prone position. The soldiers who completed the shooting did not get up immediately, but continued to lie on the ground. After the last soldier finished shooting, they stood up neatly.
Get up.
After listening to the report of the target reporting soldiers, the army chief of staff announced loudly: "The result of the first group: 461 rings!" As soon as his words fell, he immediately aroused cheers from the side of the tank army.
"Lieutenant Colonel Sokov," Rotmistrov was obviously very satisfied with this result. He turned to look at Sokov and asked, "What do you think of our results?"
"Not bad, I look like a well-trained veteran." When Sokov said this, he felt uneasy at all. He was deeply afraid that the soldiers selected by each battalion would lose to the tank army in shooting. It would be too much to say it out loud.
Shameful.
Soon, the second shooting of the tank army also ended. The results of this group were better than those of the first group, with a score of 481 points, an improvement of 20 points.
After Rotmistrov saw the soldiers of the infantry brigade entering the shooting position, he searched carefully for a while and asked Sokov curiously: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, why can't you see the two female soldiers from yesterday?"
"
"The two of them are snipers. It's not appropriate to participate in such a competition." Sokov felt that if there were snipers but they were fighting against the ordinary soldiers of the tank army, even if they won, they would not be able to defeat them. Therefore, in today's competition, there would be no
Let Zina and Susanna appear: "So I let them be the audience in the audience." After speaking, Sokov pointed to a corner of the audience.
Rotmistrov looked in the direction of Sokov's finger, and sure enough he saw the two female soldiers he had seen yesterday holding rifles in their arms and looking expectantly at their colleagues who were preparing to shoot.
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Rotmistrov looked at the military uniforms of the two female soldiers that were obviously a few sizes too big, and asked with some surprise: "I don't know where they got the uniforms they wore, and why they were dressed so inappropriately."
Does it fit?"
"After we captured the German army's warehouse, we found that there were a large number of uniforms of our army stored in the warehouse, which should have been captured by the German army." Sokov explained to Rotmistrov: "We happened to recruit thousands of uniforms.
For new recruits, these military uniforms will be distributed to the new soldiers."
"Look, the military uniforms worn by female soldiers really don't fit." Rotmistrov shook his head and said, "I wonder when my superiors will be able to produce military uniforms suitable for female soldiers."
Listening to Rotmistrov talking about military uniforms, Sokov couldn't help but think of the German uniform Agelina wore. To be honest, the German uniforms are much better-looking than the Soviet uniforms, especially the female soldiers.
The uniforms also have a slimming effect, which perfectly brings out the figure of the female soldiers. If Zina and Susanna were to wear German uniforms, they would definitely be able to charm countless soldiers.
While Sokov was thinking wildly, the first group of the infantry brigade had finished shooting. They scored 482 points, which was exactly one point more than the best score of the tank corps. As soon as this result came out, the soldiers of the infantry brigade also
There was cheering. Then, the second group of the infantry brigade fired again. Their results were better than those of the first group, scoring a good score of 492 rings.
Seeing that the tank army was defeated in the first round of shooting, Rotmistrov tried his best to put on a smile on his face and said to Sokov: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, when it comes to shooting, I am still a comrade of the infantry brigade.
A little better than that."
Regarding Rotmistrov's excuse for finding a way out of the stairs for him, Sokov just smiled faintly, and at the same time he was thinking: what was about to be held was a stabbing competition, and the soldiers of the tank corps were definitely no match for the infantry brigade.
The number of participants this time is 30 people from each side, divided into groups of fifteen, and they will fight to see which side has more people left, who will be the final winner. Since there are a large number of used weapons in the captured warehouse,
Armor is used for fighting training, as well as wooden guns with gray bags. Therefore, participating warriors all wear armor and hold wooden guns with gray bags for the stabbing competition.
Before the army chief of staff announced the start of the competition, the soldiers of the Tank Army spontaneously shouted to the participating soldiers because they had lost for a while: "Brothers of the Tank Army, come on!"
When the tank army soldiers who were about to take the field heard their comrades cheering for them, they turned around and waved to them. The soldiers of the infantry brigade neither cheered nor waved, but stood still like clay sculptures and wood sculptures.
Wait quietly for the referee's start order.
Following the order from the army chief of staff, soldiers from both sides rushed towards the opposite side with wooden guns. Seeing the charging postures of both sides, Sokov knew in his heart that his infantry brigade had won this battle again. Tanks
The army is based on individuals as units, each fighting on his own; while his own warriors are in groups of three, stabbing with the opponent. One person stabs with the opponent from the front, and the other two are responsible for covering his left and right wings, blocking him.
Block bayonets coming from the side.
After just two minutes, as the warriors whose armor was stained with white ash withdrew from the game, only the last nine people were left on the field, of which only two warriors were left in the tank army. Facing the opponents who were surrounded from all sides
, although they performed very bravely, they were ultimately outnumbered and the entire army was destroyed.
Seeing that the first group of soldiers participating in the stabbing competition lost, the Army Chief of Staff was about to call the second group, but was stopped by Rotmistrov: "Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff, there is no need to compete anymore.
We admit defeat in this game!"
Hearing that the tank army surrendered, the infantry brigade soldiers sitting in the audience suddenly cheered. They took off their military caps and threw them into the air. Seeing those military caps flying in the air, Sokov couldn't help but feel
I'm a little worried that when the game ends later, there will definitely be many soldiers who can't find their military caps.
Although Rotmistrov lost two battles in a row, there was no sign of discouragement on his face. Instead, he smiled and said to Sokov: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, next we will compete in driving the tank over obstacles.
Whoever reaches the destination in the shortest time will be the final winner."
Even though there was only one tank company in the infantry brigade, Sokov recognized the abilities of his men very much. So as soon as Rotmistrov finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation: "
General Rotmistrov, let your soldiers come down."
Rotmistrov stood up, walked to the edge of the stage, waved to the three crew members standing in front of the tank, and said in an extremely majestic tone: "Let's go!"
The soldiers of the three crews agreed resoundingly, then turned over and climbed onto the tank. Soon a puff of black smoke was emitted from the rear of the tank. After turning in place for half a circle, the three tanks headed towards the obstacle in the distance.
Rush away.
Sokov walked to Rotmistrov's side and looked into the distance. He saw these tanks rushing up the hill quickly, and then swooping down the slope quickly, raising high dust behind the vehicles.
After watching it for a while, Sokov said to himself: "It seems that this obstacle crossing competition is not too difficult. The soldiers of the tank company should be able to complete it easily."
Just as he was thinking about it, Sokov saw a three-meter-wide ravine appearing in front of the tank. He wondered how the soldiers of the tank army would drive through such a wide ravine. Three tanks came to a stop in front of the ravine.
, the top cover of the turret was opened, and two soldiers came out from inside. They unloaded two pieces of wood from the vehicle body, carried them to the ravine, put the pieces of wood on both sides of the ditch, and then returned to the tank to lift out the other two pieces of wood.
Wood, placed on the ravine.
After all this was completed, the three tanks started up again and drove slowly across the ravine on several logs. Seeing their comrades completing this action of crossing the ravine, the soldiers of the tank army cheered again.
The three tanks returned to the viewing platform. The three tank commanders opened the top cover and got out of the tanks. They walked to the stage and raised their hands to salute Rotmistrov on the stage. "Well done, comrades, you are all good."
Like that." Seeing that the three tanks under his command returned successfully, Rotmistrov showed a happy smile on his face. He said to the tank crew, "You have worked hard, go back and rest first. Next,
We watched the comrades from the infantry brigade perform for us."
"Alitai!" Although Sokov had just sent someone to find Alitai, he didn't know if he had arrived. At this moment, it was the turn of the soldiers from the tank company to appear, and Sokov shouted to the crowd in the audience: "Alitai!"
Is Tai here?"
"I'm here, Comrade Brigadier." As Sokov shouted, Alitai, wearing a black tank uniform, walked out of the crowd, looked up at Sokov and said: "I obey your order, please give instructions!
"
"Comrade Lieutenant, I think you have seen the performance of the tank army soldiers." Sokov said to Alitai: "What you have to do next is to repeat what they just did. Do you understand?"
"Understood, Comrade Brigadier." After Alitai answered resoundingly, he said with some embarrassment: "However, I don't have enough manpower, so I may not be able to complete your mission."