In this way, with the help of the unknowing German lieutenant, Grisa and his reconnaissance team took the enemy's truck and successfully left the town of Gorodishe. When the vehicle drove to the location where it had been attacked, they only saw the
The truck, whose frame had been burned, had been pushed to the side of the road, and the bodies in the car had been cleared away.
After the car stopped on the side of the road, the German corporal sitting next to the lieutenant opened the door, leaned forward and said to Aino in the car: "Mr. Second Lieutenant, you are here!" Aino quickly thanked him and asked Grisa.
They all get off!
While the soldiers were forming the team, Aino came to the bridge and said gratefully to the German lieutenant sitting inside: "Thank you, Mr. Lieutenant. If it weren't for your help, my men and I would probably still be here right now."
We are marching on foot on the road."
The lieutenant waved his hand to Aino and said: "Second lieutenant, I leave it to you to suppress the guerrillas. I wish you good luck!" After that, he ordered the driver to drive!
Even though the German convoy had already driven away, Grisa and the others still pretended to climb up the hillside. Then they squatted on the top of the hillside and waited quietly for the convoy to leave.
"Sergeant Yelizaveta," he couldn't leave here for the time being anyway, so he had nothing to do. Griza asked Yelizaveta, "You are the most accurate rocket launcher in the company."
Man, tell me, how sure are you of destroying the enemy's ammunition depot?"
"Comrade Lieutenant," Yelizaveta did not immediately answer Griza's question, but asked: "At what distance do you plan to let me shoot?"
"There is a river outside the town. The enemy has checkpoints and fortifications on the bridge. We may have difficulty passing through at night." Grisa said thoughtfully: "I think we can launch rockets on the right bank of the river. You
How certain are you?"
"I have visually measured the distance there, and it is at least 1.5 kilometers to the town." Yelizavita replied: "When launching from such a long distance, I think the chance of killing the enemy's ammunition depot is less than 20%."
"What, the hit rate is so low?" Grisa frowned and asked with some confusion: "Comrade Sergeant, I remember that when you shot at such a long distance before, your hit rate was as high as over 60%."
"The enemy's open-air ammunition depot is located on the church square in the middle of the town. Due to the obstruction of the building, the probability of hitting the target will be greatly reduced." Yelizavita said to Grisa: "Comrade Lieutenant, we must get closer.
Only with a small amount can it be possible to destroy the enemy's ammunition depot."
Grisa thought for a while and replied: "In that case, you will take two soldiers and cross the river to the left bank to establish a launching position. At a distance of 1,200 meters, attack the enemy's ammunition depot."
"No, it's still too far."
"One thousand meters?!"
"Too far!"
Hearing that the two attack distances he proposed in succession were rejected by Yelizaveta, Griza asked with some displeasure: "Sergeant Yelizaveta, tell me how far you want it to be."
What’s the right distance?”
Yelizavita stretched out his hand and said, "Five hundred meters! At this distance, I can increase the probability of hitting the ammunition depot to more than 80%."
Regarding the distance proposed by Yelizaveta, Griza shook his head and said firmly: "No, Sergeant Yelizaveta, you cannot establish a launch position at this distance."
Yelizavita felt that by establishing a launching position at this distance, he had the highest chance of destroying the enemy's ammunition depot. He didn't understand why Grisa objected, so the question in his mind blurted out: "Why?"
"The mortars we are equipped with have a range of about 500 meters. In order to prevent the ammunition depot from being attacked by us, the Germans will definitely put the guard post 500 meters away." Grisa said to Ye with a serious expression.
Lizaveta said: "You established the launch site five hundred meters away from the town. Aren't you throwing yourself into a trap?"
"Comrade Lieutenant," Yelizaveta was immediately startled and broke into a cold sweat when Grisa said this. If the Germans really put the cordon five hundred meters away from the town, they might not have established a launch position yet.
, was surrounded by the enemy. He asked with lingering fear: "Then where should we establish the launch position?"
"One thousand meters is too far, and five hundred meters is too close." Grisa thought for a while and said decisively: "You can set up the launch site 800 meters away from the town. I will send a few more people then."
Soldiers will cooperate with you."
"Comrade Lieutenant," Aino saw that there was no trace of the German convoy, and quickly reminded Grisa: "Do you think we can send someone back to call all the comrades hiding in the valley?" Aino said this because
He didn't want to walk a few kilometers back to the hidden valley, and then rush back again before he could catch his breath.
"I'm going!" "I'm going!" As soon as Aino finished speaking, before Grisa could speak, the soldiers expressed their willingness to go back and call back all the soldiers hiding in the valley.
"No!" Unexpectedly, Grisa shook his head and said: "It's not dark yet. If a person is walking on the road and is discovered by a passing German army, his identity will be exposed or he will be arrested as a deserter. I think it is still
Let’s all go back together.”
After hearing what Grisa said, everyone thought carefully and felt that the lieutenant was right. If only one person was sent back to report the news, even if he was wearing a German uniform, he would arouse the suspicion of the passing German soldiers. Even if he could not be exposed,
If you have no identity, you will be arrested as a deserter, and you may miss important events when the time comes.
The reconnaissance team went down the hillside and walked along the road to the hiding place. Although the soldiers had walked for a day, no one raised any objections because Grisa had already explained the stakes to everyone. They were there
During the march, vehicles, loaded or unloaded, passed by them from time to time. When the Germans in the vehicle saw this small unit on the roadside, they thought it was a specialized highway patrol and did not slow down the vehicle.
, continue to drive forward.
After more than an hour of marching, Grisa and the others finally returned to the hiding place of other soldiers. Seeing Grisa and the others coming back, a sergeant who was left in charge quickly came up to meet Grisa and said to Grisa: "Comrade Lieutenant
, you are finally back."
Grisa could tell from the other party's tone that something big must have happened, and quickly asked: "What happened?"
"During your absence," the sergeant replied, "the division headquarters sent us fifteen telegrams, all with the same content, asking us if we had found the enemy's ammunition depot."
"Call back to the division headquarters." Grisa waited for the sergeant to finish speaking, and then said confidently: "We said that after reconnaissance, we have confirmed that the enemy's temporary ammunition depot is located in the town of Gorodishe. We will
Take action tonight to destroy the enemy's ammunition depot. Comrade Sergeant, this message is extremely urgent. Send it out immediately. Don't let the division commander and others wait."