Once the location was clear, the next operation would be much smoother. Ten minutes later, the armored convoy drove out of the forest and arrived at a forest clearing.
Guchakov stood up, raised his telescope and looked around. Soon he found the target to attack. Gumlak Station is four or five kilometers away in the northeast. Through the lens of the telescope, you can clearly see the piles of people outside the station.
Mountains of supplies and long queues of trucks.
"Comrade Lieutenant," Guchakov was carefully observing the enemy's situation when he suddenly heard Samoilov's voice coming from under the car: "What are you looking at?"
"Second Lieutenant Samoilov," Guchakov put down the telescope in his hand, leaned over and said to Samoilov under the car: "I am looking at the first target we are going to attack."
"The first attack target?" Samoilov climbed into the carriage on his hands and knees and asked with some confusion: "Comrade Lieutenant, where is it?"
Guchakov handed the telescope in his hand to Samoilov and said: "In front of you is Gumlak Station, which seems to be a material transfer point for the enemy. If we destroy this place, we will attack the factory area."
The enemy will face a shortage of supplies in a short period of time."
Samoilov did not express his opinion immediately. Instead, he raised his telescope and carefully observed the environment around Gumlak Station. After watching it for at least seven or eight minutes, he put down the telescope, turned to Guchakov and said: "
Comrade Lieutenant, the enemy's defense near the station is not tight, so I don't think there is much of a problem in destroying this material transfer point."
Seeing that Samoylov also agreed to attack the station first, Guchakov was secretly relieved. Even though Sokov appointed him as the commander of the team, when selecting team members, there were familiar people in the guard camp.
The person told him that this second lieutenant used to be in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and was named his deputy on this mission. He was actually responsible for monitoring him. Therefore, after he selected the attack target, he had to find a way to get the other party's approval.
So as not to be held back.
Guchakov raised his hand, looked at his watch, and said: "Let the soldiers immediately establish a launching position and prepare to launch an attack."
"What, attack the station now?" Samoilov was startled by Guchakov's words. He quickly reminded the other party: "Comrade Lieutenant, it's daytime now."
"What happened during the day?" Guchakov raised his eyebrows and asked, "Does this have anything to do with our attack on the station?"
"If we attack the station during the day, we will definitely be discovered by the enemy, and it will be troublesome to escape..."
"Comrade Second Lieutenant, you are worrying too much." Guchakov interrupted the other party before he could finish his words, "We fired rockets four or five kilometers away from the station, and before the enemy saw our
Shadow, we have already moved. I don't think there is anything wrong with attacking during the day."
Others thought that Sokov sent Samoilov here to monitor Guchakov to prevent him from doing anything extraordinary. Only Samoilov knew in his heart that before setting off, the division commander did not tell him anything.
To explain, that is to say, I am just a deputy of Guchakov. I can only obey the orders given by the other party and have no right to object at all.
"Comrade Lieutenant," Samoilov adjusted his position in time and said respectfully: "Since you have made a decision, I will resolutely obey your order."
Seeing that Samoylov agreed so readily, Guchakov was suspicious, but as long as the other party did not object to his plan, he did not want to cause trouble and quickly ordered the gunners to set up a launching position and prepare to attack the station with rockets.
Samoilov got out of the car and saw Tavlin, who was wearing the uniform of a German second lieutenant, staring intently at the station in the distance, with a strange smile on his face. He walked over with curiosity and asked: "
Comrade Sergeant, what are you thinking about? I see you seem very happy?"
"Comrade Second Lieutenant," Tavlin turned to look at Samoilov and said: "In the past few months, our troops were defeated by the enemy. Captain Golya withdrew the surviving soldiers, and met the executioner near the station.
The reconnaissance company of the mission was Lieutenant Christopher, the commander of the reconnaissance company, who sent Corporal Aino to take us to Mamayev Heights and made us a member of the 73rd Infantry Brigade."
Since the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad, troops that have been dispersed and retreated to the city have been everywhere. After entering the city, the remaining commanders and fighters of these troops were disbanded and reorganized into various severely attrited troops to continue to participate in the battle. And they re-entered the city.
Most of the officers and soldiers who went into battle died within a day or two in the brutal battle. It can be said that there are only a handful of people like Tavlin who can survive with all their beards and tail.
Samoilov couldn't help but sigh in his heart. If it weren't for Golia and Tavlin's good luck, they might have become one of the tens of thousands of victims in the city defense battle. He nodded and said: "China
Comrade Shi, it seems that you are very lucky to have become the division commander's subordinate during the retreat. I believe that you will be able to see the day when we repel the enemies who attack the city."
The gunners who followed Guchakov on the mission were all veterans with rich experience. It took them less than two minutes to mount the launch tube on the tripod launcher and lock the attack target.
Seeing that the launch site had been established, Samoylov walked up to Guchakov, looked at him and asked: "Comrade Lieutenant, how many rounds of rockets do you plan to launch at the station?"
"We came out this time with only 90 rockets. If they are not used rationally, I am afraid they will be used up within a few times." Guchakov looked at the station in the distance without looking back.
Said: "We have prepared six launch tubes. We will launch one round at the station first and see how effective the attack is before deciding whether to continue launching."
After saying these words, Guchakov decisively gave the gunner the order to launch. As the order was issued, six rockets roared out of the launch tube, dragging a long flame tail, and headed into the distance.
Fly to the station at.
The busy German soldiers in the station heard a strange scream in the air, and then saw several things with long flaming tails flying towards the station.
"Enemy is attacking, take cover quickly..." German soldiers who had seen rockets immediately shouted at the top of their lungs, and at the same time scattered around looking for suitable bunkers to avoid the incoming rockets.
The rockets plunged into the station, and the entire station immediately became a sea of flames. There were continuous explosions. The wreckage of trucks waiting to pull supplies and the corpses of German soldiers were blown everywhere. Although the piles of weapons and ammunition in the station were not weapons and ammunition, but ordinary
military supplies, but the fire was still raging.
There were bloodstains and mutilated limbs everywhere in the station. The German soldiers inside and outside the station were killed and injured by the bombing. The German soldiers who were lucky enough to survive were scurrying around like headless flies.
Seeing the station surrounded by flames and thick smoke, Guchakov's face showed a smile. Samoylov on the side passed the telescope, watched carefully for a while, waved his fist vigorously, and said repeatedly: "Mr.
Brilliant, our artillery did a great job." He put down the telescope, turned to look at Guchakov, and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, do you need a few more rounds?"
"No need." Guchakov heard Samoilov's question, shook his head and said: "There are no trains in the station, and there is no ammunition, just ordinary military supplies. There is no need to waste our precious rockets."
After speaking, he shouted to the gunners who were still waiting for orders: "Put away the launcher immediately and prepare to move."
Upon hearing Guchakov's order, the artillerymen quickly removed the launch tube from the tripod and put it back into the armored vehicle.
Seeing that all the soldiers had boarded the train, Guchakov said to Samoilov, who had not recovered yet: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, what are you doing standing here? Get in the train quickly, we are about to set off."
"Ah, we are leaving so soon." Samoilov said with some surprise: "I thought it would take more than ten or twenty minutes."
"Comrade Second Lieutenant," Guchakov reminded Samoilov: "We use sneak attack tactics against the enemy, which is to hit and run so that the enemy cannot find our traces. If we stay in one place for too long, we will be
The enemy has discovered it, and if we want to retreat, it may not be so easy."
Before Samoylov returned to his car, he asked again: "Then where are we going next?"
"Before the enemy has discovered us, we quickly bypassed Gumlak Station and rushed to the Orlovka area." Guchakov said briefly: "We will hit the enemy hard there."
After the convoy set off again, Tavlin whispered to Guchakov: "Comrade Lieutenant, when you spoke to Second Lieutenant Samoilov like that, weren't you afraid that he would snitch on you?"
"What's so scary?" Guchakov said disapprovingly: "Since we have completed the sneak attack mission, if we don't move quickly, how can we still stay in the same place and wait for the German planes to bomb? Even if he reported it to the division commander
, I believe the teacher will not blame me."
After the convoy drove forward for more than 20 kilometers along the bumpy road, the armored vehicle suddenly slowed down. "What's going on?" Guchakov asked loudly to the driver: "Why did you slow down?
"
"Comrade Lieutenant," the driver turned around and said to Guchakov with a grimace: "We don't have much fuel. We can only drive two or three kilometers before abandoning the vehicle."
"Hell, how can we go so far behind the enemy lines and abandon the vehicles?" Guchakov immediately became angry when he heard what the driver said: "Without vehicles to travel, what should we do with so many rockets on the vehicle? Are they all left behind?"
To the Germans?”
"Comrade Lieutenant, don't get excited." Seeing Guchakov being so excited, Tavlin quickly persuaded him: "We can find a way to solve the fuel problem."
"How to solve the fuel problem?" Guchakov frowned and said, "Comrade Sergeant, can you let the Germans refuel our armored vehicles?"
"There is nothing impossible about this, Comrade Lieutenant." Tavlin replied with a smile: "Don't forget, we are wearing German uniforms and riding in German armored vehicles. Even if we go to a German supply point to refuel,
, it’s not impossible.”
Hearing what Tavlin said, Guchakov asked hesitantly: "Is this possible?"
"Comrade Lieutenant, I estimate that you will encounter a German mobile supply point not far ahead." Tavlin was deeply afraid that Guchakov didn't know what the German supply point looked like, so he went out of his way to educate him: "I'm passing by.
The German troops could eat and refuel their vehicles at these supply points. After traveling all night, we could eat something at the German supply points and refuel our armored vehicles at the same time."
"Is this possible?" Although what Tavlin said was particularly tempting, Guchakov was dubious.
"It's all up to me later." Tavlin said carelessly: "I will definitely let the comrades fill their bellies at the supply point." After a moment of pause, he added, "But you have to go with me.
The comrades in the other two vehicles said hello to prevent them from directly attacking the enemy's mobile supply point without any explanation later. Not only would we be without food, but we would also be in danger of being exposed."
"Don't worry, I will say hello to the people behind." After saying that, Guchakov used the car radio to contact the two cars behind, conveyed Tavlin's words to them, and warned them not to attack casually.
Enemy's mobile supply point.
Turning around the hillside ahead, I saw a mobile supply point. Two oil tankers were parked on the roadside. Because there were no vehicles passing by, a few idle German soldiers were standing next to the vehicles chatting. A little further away, there were
The dozen or so tents were probably where the German soldiers were passing by to eat. It was not like you could see the German soldiers passing by carrying big pots.
Three armored vehicles stopped near the supply point. Tavlin stood up and shouted to a sergeant standing next to the oil tanker: "Sergeant, come here."
When the sergeant heard the shouting, he quickly jogged to the armored vehicle, looked up at Tavlin above, and asked respectfully: "Mr. Second Lieutenant, what are your instructions?"
Taflin pointed to the armored vehicle he was standing on, and then pointed to the two armored vehicles parked behind him, and said carelessly: "Sergeant, our armored vehicles are out of fuel, you fill them up immediately, we still need to
Go on a mission."
"Yes, Mr. Second Lieutenant." The sergeant heard Tavlin's order and did not dare to neglect. He quickly shouted at the soldiers next to him. When the soldiers heard the shout, they immediately ran over dragging the long oil pipe.
Preparing to refuel armored vehicles.
Seeing that his subordinates were already busy, the sergeant said to Tavlin respectfully: "Mr. Second Lieutenant, it will take a while to fill up your car with gas. I'm afraid it will take some time. Please see if you can ask all your subordinates to get out of the car."
, let’s go to the tent over there to have something to eat first?”
"No problem." Seeing that the enemy didn't notice anything strange about him, Tavlin quickly shouted to the people in the car: "Get off the car and go to the tent to have breakfast." Although the soldiers in the car didn't understand,
Tavlin was shouting something, but seeing him get out of the car first, they guessed what he meant, and they all got off the car one after another, then followed him and walked towards the tent in the distance.