Since it was already dawn, the selected team could only stay in the tunnel for another day. After dark, they set off from Mamayev Hill and headed towards the old city along the road full of craters and bricks and rubble.
Drive away.
Before the troops set off, Sokov personally called Captain Andrei and told him that three German armored vehicles would pass through his defense area. The vehicles were all comrades disguised as enemies. He asked him to pay attention to identifying them to avoid accidental injuries.
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Although Andrei notified his subordinate troops as soon as he received Sokov's order that friendly troops disguised as enemies were riding through the defense zone in three German armored vehicles and asked everyone to let them go and not to block them. But there were some
The combat teams scattered among the ruins did not receive this order.
When the armored vehicle the detachment was riding entered the defense area of the Ninth Company, Guchakov, who was sitting in the lead vehicle, also used the vehicle-mounted radio to say to Samoilov, who was sitting in the last vehicle: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, I am in front of you.
The Ninth Company Defense Zone, they must have received the order to let us pass, don't worry..."
Before Guchakov finished speaking, a gunshot was heard not far away, and then the sound of bullets hitting the car was heard. "Enemy attack," said Guchakov, sitting next to him, wearing the uniform of a German second lieutenant.
Taflin reacted immediately and shouted to the soldiers sitting in the car: "Hurry and lower your body to avoid being hit by bullets."
A soldier of the Ninth Company hiding in the ruins saw that the shot he fired did not cause any casualties to the people in the car. He quickly picked up a grenade, pulled the string and threw it out. The grenade landed more than ten meters away from the vehicle.
It exploded somewhere, and the flying shrapnel clanked on the car body and the soldiers' helmets.
After the soldiers sitting in the armored vehicle were suddenly attacked, they immediately set up their guns and prepared to fight back, but were stopped by Guchakov. He shouted loudly: "Don't fight back, don't fight back, it's one of our own. Everyone put it down."
Keep your body low to avoid being hit by stray bullets." After shouting to both sides, he shouted to the driver: "Speed up and rush over quickly."
After breaking out of the defense area of the third battalion, Guchakov quickly counted the number of people and found that two soldiers in the car were injured. Fortunately, the injuries were not serious and would not affect the subsequent battle. Seeing that the battle had not started, he appeared.
The unnecessary casualties made Guchakov really want to cry: Didn't the division commander say hello to the battalion commander, why would he still fire on us? What made him most angry was that the place where the convoy was attacked was actually
This is still the defense area belonging to my own Ninth Company. This is simply a slap in the face. When I come back after completing the mission, I must deal with the people who fired randomly.
"Comrade Lieutenant," just as Guchakov was thinking wildly, Samoylov's angry voice suddenly came from the car radio: "Didn't you say that was your company's position? Why are those hiding in the ruins
Soldier, are you, the company commander, involved in the fight? If it really causes huge casualties to the squad, I'll see how you can complete the mission."
"Comrade Second Lieutenant, please listen to my explanation." Since the convoy was attacked in his company's defense area, Guchakov said with a guilty conscience: "Maybe it was the soldiers hiding in the ruins who did not receive the battalion commander's order. Look.
Suddenly several armored vehicles full of soldiers appeared, and they opened fire instinctively. By the way, are there any casualties in your vehicles?"
"No, there are no casualties in my car." Samoylov said impatiently: "We won't encounter another cold shot of our own ahead, right?"
"We have completely left the defensive zone of the Third Battalion." Guchakov said with a smile: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, I assure you that a similar incident will never happen again."
Being attacked by one of his own people for no apparent reason, the soldiers in the car were all simmering with anger, but because Guchakov was his superior, they dared not speak out. Tavlin saw that the atmosphere in the car was a little tense.
, quickly came out to smooth things over: "Comrade Lieutenant, there may have been a little misunderstanding just now. Those soldiers hiding in the ruins mistook us for Germans. Fortunately, their marksmanship is not good, otherwise they will definitely cause us some casualties."
Hearing Tavlin say this, Guchakov showed an embarrassed expression on his face: "Comrade Sergeant, to tell you the truth, there are many workers and residents in our company, and they have only had a short time to hold guns.
Naturally, their marksmanship is not very good. If they are fighting the enemy, this is their shortcoming; but for today's misunderstanding, it is a good thing."
After resolving the embarrassment in the car, Tavlin asked again: "Comrade Lieutenant, I would like to ask, where do you plan to attack the target first?"
"When selecting candidates for the squad, I heard from the guard battalion commander Major Tenev that some time ago Lieutenant Grisa led a squad to penetrate into the vicinity of the town of Gorodishe and used rockets to destroy the enemy's open-air munitions.
depot, disrupting the enemy's attack plan on the Barricade Factory and Dzerzhinsky Factory. I think we can adopt the same tactics this time and attack the enemy's ammunition depot first. If the enemy has no ammunition, how can he still have the ability?
Continue to attack friendly forces."
"I don't think so." Tavlin waited for Guchakov to finish and then retorted: "The enemy's arsenal was bombed last time. I think their defenses will be tighter now. I'm afraid it will take us a while to
Only through reconnaissance can we find the location of the enemy's arsenal."
"Don't worry, Comrade Sergeant." Guchakov said confidently: "The division commander did not set a time limit for us to fight. In other words, we can stay behind the enemy's rear as long as we want. We have enough time.
, to find the enemy’s ammunition depots, military camps and headquarters.”
"Comrade Lieutenant," a soldier sitting next to Taflin asked curiously after listening to the two people's chat: "I want to ask, we can obviously move northwest from Mamayev Hills, but can we
Why do you have to go in such a big circle from the south?"
Hearing the question raised by the soldier, Guchakov straightened his face and was about to scold him, but was stopped by Tavlin's handle. Tavlin smiled and said to the soldier: "Comrade soldier, we
Everyone knows that after leaving Mamayev Heights, driving directly northwest can reach the enemy's rear in the shortest time. Am I right?"
"Yes." The soldier nodded vigorously: "You are right."
"Since we know that this route is the shortest, wouldn't the Germans have thought of it?" Tavlin explained to him with a smile: "In order to prevent our army from sending troops deep into their rear, they must have deployed strict defenses in this direction.
Defense. If we move directly in that direction, we may plunge into the enemy's trap. Let alone a sneak attack on the enemy, whether we can protect ourselves is a question. And if we make a big circle, it is completely beyond the enemy's expectation.
Unexpectedly, even if we appeared behind them, it would be difficult for them to notice it immediately."
"So that's what happened." After listening to Tavlin's explanation, the soldier finally realized: "It seems that it is completely necessary for us to go in such a big circle."