Red Moscow

After confirming the arrival time of the reinforcements, Sokov personally went to the defensive position west of the city to supervise the battle. Seryozha received Sokov in his command post.

As soon as Sokov sat down, he asked Seryozha directly: "Seryozha, I want to ask you, how did you arrange the defense?"

Seryozha put a sketch that he had just drawn in front of Seryozha, pointed to the red and blue arrows on it and said, "Misha, look, there are two mountains on both sides of our company's defensive position. I placed a platoon on each of the hills. When the enemy attacks our company’s frontal position, the troops deployed on the hill can harass the enemy from the flanks.”

Sokov stared at the map for a while, then shook his head and said, "Seryozha, your arrangement is not appropriate."

"What's wrong?"

"Once the enemy attacking your frontal position is hit by firepower from the two wings, they will definitely divide their forces to capture these hills." Sokov pointed to the two hills in front of the defensive position: "The people who stick to the hills There are too few troops, and there is a possibility that they will be wiped out by the enemy soon. After the enemy has occupied these two hills, set up machine gun positions on them, suppress your defensive positions with firepower, and cover the frontal attack of the rest of the troops. Tell me, Under such circumstances, how long can the troops under your command last?"

Seryozha, who was still full of confidence, immediately realized the seriousness of the problem after hearing what Henry said, and asked quickly, "Then what should we do?"

"Place the main forces on the hills on the left and right flanks." Sokov said decisively: "As for the frontal positions, only two squads need to be left."

"There are only two squads left in the frontal position?" Hearing Sokov's words, Seryozha couldn't help but be surprised: "With this little force, can we stop the enemy's attack?"

"Seryozha, didn't you pay attention to the geographical characteristics of your fortification?" Sokov pointed to the map and said to Sergesha: "The enemy attacking the frontal position will be killed by firepower from the hills on both sides. If the enemy wants to attack your company's frontal position with all its strength, it must first occupy the hills on both sides.

They attacked the hills on the right, and the defensive positions on the left and front, and were able to support them with fire. In the same way, when the hill on the left is attacked, it can also receive fire support from friendly forces. "

After listening to Sokov's arrangement, Seriosha quickly ordered the first and second platoon leaders to be called to the command post, and conveyed Sokov's order to them. Finally, he habitually asked, "Any more questions?"

"Yes, Comrade Company Commander." The first platoon leader asked unexpectedly: "The total strength of our two platoons is only more than 120 people. It may be very difficult to block the German troops with more than 200 people. I wonder if we can let the third platoon Come to support us?"

Regarding the question of the platoon leader, Seryozha did not dare to decide, so he could only turn his attention to Sokov, hoping that he could give his subordinates a satisfactory answer.

"First platoon leader, I know that the number of troops fighting here is a little less." Sokov is now a clever woman who can't live without rice. The city is used to defend the city when the enemy breaks through our defense line. As long as they can hold the enemy in the city, they can buy precious time for our large troops to arrive."

"Comrade commander, I would like to ask, when will our main force arrive?" The platoon leader continued to ask: "You always have to tell us an approximate time, so that we can know exactly what to expect."

"Before I came here, I had already contacted Lieutenant Colonel Papchenko, the commander of the 122nd regiment." Sokov knew that he had to tell the other party the truth in order to strengthen their determination to stick to their positions: "He has already dispatched two The elite company, forming the advance force, is rushing towards us as fast as possible. If there are no accidents, they will arrive here at one o'clock in the afternoon."

Knowing that the friendly troops were speeding up towards them, the faces of the two platoon leaders showed joy. A platoon leader asked excitedly: "Comrade commander, so we only need to hold out until one o'clock in the afternoon before we can wait for our reinforcements?"

"First platoon leader, if there are no accidents," Sokov replied with a smile, "Then the vanguard of the 122nd Regiment can come to reinforce us at one o'clock in the afternoon."

After the two platoon leaders left, Seryozha, who had been silent for a while, asked Sokov tentatively, "Misha, is what you told the two platoon leaders just now true?"

"Of course it's true." Sokov asked in a daze, "Seryozha, don't you believe what I said?"

"It's not that I don't believe it." Seryozha shook his head and said, "It's that the road conditions are too bad. Even if the reinforcements take cars, I'm afraid they won't be able to march much faster. Misha, to tell you the truth, I have even done Ready to sacrifice."

"Seryozha, what nonsense are you talking about!" The battle was imminent, but Seryozha said such unlucky words in front of him, and Sokov hurriedly stopped the other party: "Not only will you not die today, but you will not die tomorrow!" Die. You will live to see the day when our red flag is planted in the Reichstag in Berlin. When the war is over, you can marry a wife, have a bunch of children, and tell them what we have experienced like a story Let the children understand how hard-won their happy life is."

After listening to the prospects described by Sokov, Seryozha had a smile on his face: "Misha, if I can really live to win, it would be great..."

While the two were talking, the radio operator sitting in the corner suddenly shouted at Sokov: "Comrade Commander, Lieutenant Samoilov wants to contact you."

Sokov rushed over to take the headset and microphone, and asked loudly, "Samoilov, how is the situation there?"

"Report to Comrade Commander," Samoilov's panting voice came from the earphones, with gunshots and explosions in the background: "We have already engaged the enemy and are orderly attacking Seryoshalian's troops. Retreat in the direction of the defensive position."

"Comrade Lieutenant, use alternate cover to retreat to the defensive position of Serezha Company." Sokov said loudly into the microphone: "You must pay more attention to safety, and you must come back alive!"

Seryozha, who was standing next to him, waited for Sokov to end the call, and immediately said to him: "Misha, this place is too dangerous, you should withdraw to the city."

"No." Sokov shook his head and said, "Under such circumstances, how can I, as the division commander, back down? Tell the two platoon leaders to wait until Samoilov and his men withdraw. , and hit the chasing enemies hard. The better they fight there, the safer we will be here."

A few minutes later, gunshots and explosions could be clearly heard from outside. Sokov walked out of the command post, found a place with a wide view, raised his binoculars and looked into the distance. I saw two groups of people on the snowy ground in the distance, coming towards their position one after the other.

Through the lens of the telescope, Sokov could clearly see seven or eight people running ahead, namely Samoilov and his subordinates. Sokov remembered that when he went out, there were about twenty people, but now there are only less than half of them left, and he doesn't know whether the rest died or were scattered.

After the enemies chasing Samoilov and the others entered the shooting range of the highlands on the left and right sides, the commanders and fighters on the highlands fired at the same time. The firepower network formed by dense bullets immediately knocked down half of the pursuing enemies. The rest of the enemies quickly lay down on the spot and fought back towards the high ground on both sides without any rules.

By the time Samoilov led people to flee into the frontal defensive position, there were not many enemies left who were hit by fire from both sides.

"Comrade Commander," Samoilov didn't expect to see Sokov as soon as he entered the position. He asked in surprise, "Why did you come here?"

"Comrade Lieutenant, why can't I come here?"

"Comrade Commander, the enemy's large forces are coming soon." Samoilov said anxiously, "I'm afraid they won't be able to stop them here, so you should withdraw first."

"No, I'm not going anywhere." Sokov said stubbornly, "I want to stay here and fight with my soldiers."

"Comrade Lieutenant," Seryosha saw that Samoilov was still trying to dissuade Sokov, and quickly stopped him: "I just persuaded him for a long time, but he refused to retreat. No matter how much you say, it is useless. He will never take a step back today."

"But there are so many enemies, I'm worried that this force can't stop them at all." Perhaps to enhance his persuasiveness, Samoilov also said: "I originally took 19 soldiers to perform reconnaissance missions, but with After the enemy exchanged fire, it took less than a quarter of an hour, and there were only seven or eight people left around me. The rest were either sacrificed or injured. Regardless of the soldiers in our guard battalion, their combat effectiveness is stronger than other troops. With this German army, we are no match for them at all."

"Lieutenant Samoilov, you have worked hard, go to the side to rest first." Sokov didn't want to discuss another issue with Samoilov, so he told him: "Let us deal with the enemies here." .”

After another ten minutes, densely packed German troops appeared in the distance. Sokov counted secretly, and found that there were more than two hundred people, and he probably couldn't count four hundred people. His expression immediately became serious. He put down the binoculars and said to Seryozha: "Seryozha, there seems to be something wrong. The enemy who came was not the two hundred that Samoilov said, but four hundred."

"What, are there four hundred people here?" Seryozha was also taken aback when he heard the number. According to his thinking, his own strength could barely block the attack of 200 enemies. But now that the number of enemies has doubled, the success of the original plan is open to question.

After the German army regrouped in the distance, it officially launched the offensive. Perhaps the German commander thought that there were not many defenders on the high ground on the left and right sides, so he did not pay enough attention to it, but concentrated his forces to attack the frontal positions.

Seeing that the enemy ignored the high ground on the left and right sides, Sokov couldn't help laughing. He said to Seryozha who was lying on the side: "Seryozha, the Germans have made our attack focus here, and there is no division of troops at all." To deal with the troops on the two wings, in this way, they will suffer a lot."

When the German army was 150 meters away from the frontal position, the commanders and fighters in the position fired at the same time. Since most commanders and fighters in the guard battalion are equipped with submachine guns, each platoon also has an MG34 machine gun. Although the number of people is a little smaller, the firepower configuration is extremely powerful.

The bullets formed a fire net in front of the position. Any German officers and soldiers who tried to pass through the fire net were not pleased. When shooting from the frontal position, the high ground on the left and right sides remained silent. Seeing that the German attack was frustrated and began to retreat, the machine guns on the high ground opened fire. Amidst the rattling gunshots, the German officers and soldiers who were running back also fell in pieces in the hail of bullets.

"It's really beautiful." Seeing that the German attack was easily repelled, Seryozha couldn't help but smile: "Misha, with the German fighting power, even if I launch three or four more attacks, I will definitely not attack." Let them break through the line of defense."

"Sergesha, don't underestimate the enemy." Sokov reminded Sergesha: "Although the enemy does not have any technical equipment, they have an advantage in strength. As long as they launch a strong attack, we have to block them. I am afraid there will be a lot of trouble." Big problem."

"Problem, what's the problem?" Seryozha said disapprovingly: "Misha, when you saw the enemy's attack, under our intensive firepower interception, you couldn't get any good at all, so you retreated obediently. .”

"Seryozha, let me ask you, what standard weapons are your companies equipped with?"

Seryozha hesitated for a moment, and replied with some hesitation: "We are equipped with all German weapons."

"That's right, you're even equipped with German weapons." Sokov said blankly, "Seryozha, do you know what this means?"

"I don't know," Seryozha answered truthfully.

"Since you are equipped with German weapons, it means that you can't get ammunition replenishment from the warehouse in the city." Sokov said with a wry smile: "Once your bullets are exhausted, you will be able to use them at that time." You can only fight the enemy with the bayonet."

A few months ago, Seryozha witnessed the bayonet battle between the marine battalion and the Romanian army. The scene can only be described as tragic. Now that the feng shui is turning, he wants his company to rush up and fight the enemy with bayonets. When he thinks of this, Serezha feels a headache.

But when he saw Sokov's confident look, he guessed that his old friend must have a good way, so he humbly asked, "Misha, what good way do you have to deal with the German attack?" ?"