Chapter 722: Surprise Attack on Ammunition Depot (Part 2)
Sokov initially planned to equip Grisa with a force of forty or fifty men, so that if the sneak attack failed, he could switch to a strong attack. Just throwing a grenade into the German ammunition pile would cause earth-shattering consequences.
Since Grisa still has three rockets in his hand that can change the situation, he must reduce the number of soldiers assigned to him.
"Lieutenant Grisa," Sokov called Grisa to the wall, pointed to the map on the wall and asked, "I want to ask you, where do you hide the rockets?"
Grisa stared at the map for a while, then pointed decisively at a location with his hand and said firmly: "Comrade Division Commander, I am the only one who knows the location of the rockets buried in the forest near this small village.
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"I give you twenty men," Sokov said to Grisa with his hands behind his back: "You are responsible for blowing up all the ammunition stored by the enemy, so that the enemy who attacks the barricade factory and the Dzerzhinsky factory will have to blow up the ammunition because of the ammunition.
If it is not enough, stop the attack on the factory."
Grisa did not express any objection to the number of people mentioned by Sokov. He knew very well that as long as he had a magic weapon like a rocket in his hand, even if there were only two people, let alone twenty people, he could still kill them.
The enemy's heavily guarded ammunition depot. He paused for a moment and asked Sokov: "Comrade division commander, I would like to ask where the enemy's ammunition depot is?"
"I don't know." Rokossovsky answered simply, "We only know that behind the enemy's attack on the two factories, there may be an ammunition depot storing a large number of weapons and ammunition. Your task is to find and destroy it.
Reduce pressure on friendly forces defending frontally."
The smile gradually solidified on Grisa's face. He didn't expect that Sokov would give him such an unreliable task. He didn't even know where the enemy's ammunition depot was, so he asked him to lead his troops to destroy it.
In such a large area, with more than twenty people, the difficulty is like finding a needle in a haystack.
"Comrade Commander," Grisa asked with some difficulty, "I wonder how much time you can give us to complete this arduous and glorious task."
"Two days. Lieutenant Grisa, I can only give you two days." Sokov stretched out two fingers and said resolutely: "The small team you lead must find and destroy the enemy.
ammunition depot."
While Grisa was hesitating, an idea suddenly came to his mind. He thought of the man who looked exactly like the division commander. Since the other party could bring him back from Karachi intact, it shouldn't be difficult to find the enemy's ammunition depot.
.Thinking of this, he quickly replied: "Don't worry, comrade division commander, we will definitely complete the task."
Although Sokov felt that Grisa was completely different from just now, he could not guess what the other party was thinking, and continued to explain to the other party: "Comrade Lieutenant, although we do not know the specific location of the German ammunition depot
, but the possible location can be determined from clues. For example, if the enemy wants to transfer so much ammunition, the ammunition depot will definitely be located in a place with very convenient transportation; and in order to prevent sneak attacks by our army, the ammunition depot
The view from the location of the library must be very wide, so that the soldiers on guard can observe far away places..."
When Sokov was telling Grisa his analysis, Sidorin, who was standing aside, stared at the map on the wall in a daze, thinking about where to echo the various characteristics Sokov said. Waiting for Sokov
After the husband finished speaking, he slapped the wall suddenly and said excitedly: "Comrade division commander, I know where the enemy's ammunition depot is."
"Where?" Sokov asked curiously.
"Here, Gorodishe!" Sidorin pointed to this location on the map and said excitedly: "To the northwest of this town is Konnaya Station, to the south is Razgulyaev Truck Station, and to the east is Konnaya Station.
On the opposite side are the German 94th, 389th Infantry Division, 100th Chasseur Division, and 24th Armored Division attacking the Barricade Factory and Dzerzhinsky Factory. Ammunition is stored in Gorodishe, and the enemy can pass through roads extending in all directions.
, transport the ammunition from the station to the town, and then transport the ammunition from the town to the war zone."
After listening to Sidorin's analysis, Ivanov, who had never spoken, nodded and said to Sokov: "Comrade division commander, I think the chief of staff's analysis is very reasonable. The enemy is very likely to set up ammunition depots."
In a small town.”
Learning that the enemy might have located the ammunition depot in the town, Sokov's expression became solemn. He frowned and said: "If there are our residents in the town, Lieutenant Grisa and the others will definitely blow up the ammunition depot."
The town will be razed to the ground, and its residents will be buried with the Germans."
After Sokov finished speaking, the entire command headquarters fell into silence. Everyone knew in their hearts that if the Germans really stored ammunition in the town, as long as the ammunition depot was destroyed, the entire town would definitely be destroyed.
The huge explosion leveled the town to the ground, and no one in the town, whether German or Soviet, would survive.
What should I do? Sokov asked himself secretly in his mind. Although the enemy's ammunition depot was destroyed to weaken the enemy's offensive strength, Sokov still couldn't bear to sacrifice so many residents.
Finally, Grisa broke the silence. He curiously asked Sokov: "Comrade division commander, since you think the Germans may have located the ammunition depot in the town, then I will take people to conduct reconnaissance. If it is really there,
There, we will use rockets to destroy the ammunition depot."
"Comrade Lieutenant," Sidorin rushed to say before Sokov could speak: "Didn't you just hear what the division commander said? Once we destroy the town, all the residents in the town will die...
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"But, Comrade Chief of Staff, there is not a single one of our residents in the town." Grisa looked at Sidorin and said with a surprised look on his face: "All the residents in the town were evacuated two months ago."
"Lieutenant Grisa, what did you just say?!" As soon as he finished speaking, Sokov grabbed his collar and said excitedly: "You said that all the residents in the town were moved two months ago.
,is this real?"
"Of course it's true." Grisa nodded vigorously and said in a positive tone: "I led people to this area some time ago, and the terrain here must be quite familiar. At the beginning, I hoped to get some information from the residents of the town.
After replenishing some food or medicine, we took people into the town. Unexpectedly, after entering, we found that it was an empty town and all the people were gone. We stayed in an empty room in the town for one night and stayed there the next day.
If it doesn’t light up, it’s transferred.”
After learning from Grisa that Gorodishe was an empty town, Sokov felt much relieved. As long as there were no residents in the town, he could use any means boldly against the enemies in the town. After he breathed a sigh of relief,
Said to Grisa: "Comrade Lieutenant, you immediately go to the guard camp and the drawdown regiment to select suitable candidates. You must set off in two hours."
Griza knew that the people in the guard battalion and the downsizing regiment all had experience fighting behind enemy lines. Sokov arranged this in the hope that he could complete the task better. He quickly raised his hand and saluted Sokov and the others.
Ring salute, then turned and walked out of the division headquarters.