Red Moscow

After Baharov gave the order to attack, the 170th Tank Brigade, which attacked first, fought fiercely with the armored regiment of the Skeleton Division for a day. Although it defeated more than a dozen German tanks, the losses it paid were several times that of the enemy. . Such a huge battle loss ratio made the tank soldiers of the brigade simmer with anger.

After receiving the order to attack, the remaining 30 or so tanks formed a battalion in battle formation, turned on their headlights, and galloped towards the area where the German troops were stationed. According to the brigade commander's vision, the assault on the Skeleton Division's armored regiment tonight will definitely be a fierce battle. Maybe by dawn, there will be only one empty number left in his unit.

Unexpectedly, after the battle started, the resistance of the German army seemed very weak. After the tanks parked behind the trenches fired a few shots at the Soviet tanks rushing up, there was no sound. Even the infantry hiding in the trench fell silent after fighting sparingly for a while.

Faced with the abnormal behavior on the German position, the tank brigade commander felt that there might be some conspiracy, and quickly ordered the troops to stop the attack and stop on the spot for orders. After the tanks stopped advancing, the brigade commander reported the situation here to Baharov, and finally asked for instructions: "Comrade commander, I think the Germans may have some conspiracy, so I ordered the troops to stop the attack. Stand by for now. What do we do next?"

Knowing that the resistance of the German army was very weak, Baharov also felt that something was wrong, and after a short thought, he ordered the brigade commander: "Your brigade temporarily suspends the attack, and immediately sends people to reconnaissance in the enemy's position to find out what the enemy is doing? "

Although Baharov ordered the tank brigade to carry out reconnaissance on the enemy, he was still worried. At this time, he thought of the reconnaissance team that first entered the October Farm before the counterattack, and quickly ordered his chief of staff: "Chief of Staff, before we attack the October Farm, we will take the team deep into the enemy's defense area." Scout Commander, what's your name?"

Where did the chief of staff remember the name of an ordinary officer below, he couldn't help blushing, and said to Baharov: "Comrade commander, I can't remember his name, I'll look it up for you right away."

The chief of staff made several consecutive phone calls, finally found out the name of the commander, and hurriedly reported to Baharov: "Comrade Commander, I have already found out. He was the first to lead the reconnaissance team into October Farm, and rely on The commander of the defense of the position was Bisklev, a lieutenant."

"Call him to the army headquarters immediately." Baharov felt that to find out the true intentions of the enemy, he must have a scout like Lieutenant Bisklev: "I have a task to entrust to him."

After receiving the order, Bisklev soon appeared in front of Baharov. He straightened his back and raised his chin slightly, waiting for Baharov to give him an order.

Baharov circled around Bisklev, looked him over carefully, and said, "Comrade Lieutenant, I heard that before our army counterattacked October Farm, you led a small force into the farm. Not only did they occupy the positions temporarily built by the German army, but they also used the captured artillery to bombard the German command headquarters with a few shots, causing the enemy to fall into chaos after losing their unified command. thanks to

Hearing Baharov's affirmation of himself, a smile appeared on Bisklev's face. But when he thought of those sacrificed comrades in arms, the expression on his face became serious again: "Comrade commander, the credit is not for me alone, but for our entire squad. In order to hold the position, most of the soldiers in the squad All sacrificed."

"We will remember them," Baharov continued, "after the Battle of Kursk is over, I will order people to build a monument on the farm, and engrave the names of the commanders and fighters who died for the liberation of October Farm. On the monument."

Knowing that Bharov wanted to erect a monument for the sacrificed commanders, Bisklev was very moved: "Comrade Commander, on behalf of those sacrificed comrades, thank you!"

"Comrade Lieutenant, I called you here today because I have an important task for you." Baharov finished the foreshadowing and got back to business: "Friendly troops are attacking the enemy opposite us from the south, and we need to cooperate with them , Annihilate this group of enemies. But now something is happening, the 170th Tank Brigade, our main assault, did not find any decent resistance during the attack, and I am worried that the enemy may have some conspiracy."

Although Baharov hadn't finished speaking, Bisklev guessed what he meant: "Do you want me to lead a team deep into the enemy's defense zone for reconnaissance?"

"That's right, that's how I think about it." Baharov reminded Bisklev: "Comrade Lieutenant, time is running out, you must seize the time to conduct reconnaissance, and it is best to find out the defense situation of the frontal enemy before dawn. "

Although it is less than ten hours before dawn at this moment, it is difficult to figure out the deployment of the frontal German troops, but seeing Baharov trusting himself so much, Bisklev still straightened his back and replied loudly: "Please, Commander Don't worry, comrade, I will definitely find out the enemy's deployment situation before dawn tomorrow."

The reconnaissance unit originally commanded by Bisklev was basically completely lost in the two days of fighting. However, due to the particularity of the reconnaissance unit, the relevant departments have added some manpower to him, and now the total number of the team has reached 25. He returned to the detachment, briefly described the reconnaissance mission, and then led the detachment to set off.

They passed through the tanks parked about five or six hundred meters away from the German positions, and under the cover of night, they sneaked into the enemy's positions. At the beginning, Bisklev thought that no matter how careful he was, his actions might be discovered by the hidden German sentry posts. Unexpectedly, when they touched the trenches, they still didn't hear the gunfire.

A corporal lying next to Bisklev asked in a low voice: "Comrade lieutenant, what's going on? We've all reached the enemy's trench. Why is there no movement from the enemy? Could it be that they are all hiding in the trenches?" sleeping?"

Bisklev listened attentively to the sound of gunfire coming from the south, then shook his head and said, "This is impossible. As far as I know, not long ago, the 170th Tank Brigade launched an attack on the enemy's position, but due to The enemy's resistance was too weak, and the tank brigade commander felt that the enemy might have some conspiracy, so he ordered the troops to stop the attack. The task given by the army commander was to come here to scout the deployment of the enemy's troops and find out what conspiracy they had. "

The corporal waited for Bisklev to finish speaking, paused for a moment, and offered: "Comrade lieutenant, how about I take two people to climb into the enemy's trench and see what's going on inside?"

"Yes." Bisklev readily agreed to the corporal's proposal, and told the other party: "You have to pay attention to safety, and if you find anything wrong, send someone back to report to us immediately."

After the corporal climbed into the trench with two soldiers, he saw many black figures lying on the edge of the trench with weapons pointed forward, ready to shoot at any time. The corporal and others hurriedly lay down on the bottom of the trench, not daring to move, for fear of being discovered by the enemy. But after waiting for a while, he found that the black shadows hadn't moved for a long time. The corporal felt that something was wrong, so he asked the two soldiers to stay and touched them carefully.

He came behind a black figure, put his hand on the other's shoulder, and tried to fish in troubled waters. But as soon as it rested on the opponent's shoulder, the black shadow fell to the side. The corporal was taken aback. He stared at the black figure lying on the bottom of the trench and dared not move, for fear of alarming the nearby enemies.

After a long while, he stretched out his hand tremblingly to touch the black shadow lying on the bottom of the trench, and the tentacles were cold, as if he was a dead person. The corporal hurriedly took a closer look, and it turned out to be a corpse, with half of his face blown off. After seeing clearly that the corpse in front of him was actually a German soldier, the corporal felt a chill rise from the back of his spine and rushed directly to the back of his head.

After he sat in the trench in a daze for a while, in order to figure out what was going on, he could only muster up the courage to stand up, and rushed over to check the other shadows. Soon, he discovered that these black figures lying on the edge of the trench were corpses that had been dead for a long time. There are a few figures moving in the distance, they should be the only living people left in the position, and they are the ones who put these corpses on the edge of the trench.

The corporal returned to Bisklev and reported to him: "Comrade Lieutenant, I checked carefully. Except for a few German soldiers in the trench, all the rest are corpses. The enemy is very cunning. They put the corpses in the trenches." On the edge of the trenches, weapons are also placed, and from a distance, it seems that there is an army waiting."

"Cunning Germans, you actually came up with such a trick." After Bisklev cursed angrily, he asked, "Did you see their tanks?"

"No." The corporal shook his head and replied, "I found that the enemy used corpses to form a ecstasy formation. I felt the need to come back and report to you immediately, so I didn't continue to reconnaissance."

"It's not enough just to know what's going on in the enemy's trenches." Bisklev said to the corporal: "We need to find out the whole situation of the enemy's defenses. Come on, don't lie down, let's move on and find out the enemy's tanks Where are they all?"

However, when the detachment continued to move forward, Bisklev did not forget to tell the operator: "Send a telegram to the army headquarters immediately, and report the situation we have detected to the army commander."

After receiving the telegram from Bisklev's reconnaissance unit, Baharov frowned and asked his chief of staff: "Chief of staff, tell me, what's going on? Why did the enemy put the corpse on the ground?" What about pretending to be soldiers in the trenches?"