Red Moscow

"Yes, Comrade Major." Sokov looked at the major who asked the question, and said calmly: "Whether it is the Battle of Stalingrad, or the next third Battle of Kharkov, the Battle of Kursk and the first I took part in all four Kharkov battles, and even the breakthrough of the Dnieper."

The major was silent for a moment, and asked politely, "I don't know what to call you?"

"My name is Semyon Aleksandanovich Sokov." Sokov said with a smile, "You may call me Sokov."

After the dean revealed Sokov's identity to the teachers yesterday, the more he thought about it, the more he felt uneasy, so he called Lunev himself, informed him of the matter, and discussed how to prevent Sokov's identity from being leaked.

After some discussion, the two decided to change Sokov's name. Except for the surname, both his real name and his father's name were changed. Originally, according to the intention of the dean, since the name was to be changed, it was better to change it completely, even Sukov's surname was changed.

But his proposal was rejected by Lunev: "Comrade Dean, although the surname Sokov is rare, I am afraid that no one in the training class knows Misha. He was associated with the great general Sokov."

After the conversation between the two, Lunev went to the hospital and explained to Sokov the importance of changing his name. Sokov also felt that he used his real name to study in the training class, and it was only a matter of time before his identity became known to everyone, so he readily agreed to Lunev's proposal.

After listening to Sokov's name, the major said in a friendly tone: "Hello, Captain Sokov. Let me introduce myself, my name is Alexey Milesyev from the 4th Guards The 20th Corps of the Group Army's Guards Infantry, I hope to have the opportunity to fight side by side with you in the future."

Regardless of Alexey Milesyev's military rank, it was higher than the one Sokov was wearing at the moment, but he still maintained enough politeness when he spoke. The reason for doing this is not because he knows Sokov's true identity, but from Sokov's remarks in the past two days, he can see that the other party's future achievements are definitely not just a regiment leader or even a division commander, but also fully capable Become a higher level commander.

Facing the kindness expressed by Alexei Milesyev, Sokov readily accepted: "Alexey, I believe we will have the opportunity to fight side by side in the future." When he said this, Sokov Husband already intends to include the other party in his future commander team.

After Sokov was pushed back to his seat by Victor and Sukharev, the instructor returned to the podium, and he said to many students: "As we all know, when our army is in defensive operations, the biggest casualties come from Intensive bombardment before the German attack. In order to reduce the casualties during the bombardment, in addition to increasing the depth of the trenches, the method of digging anti-gun holes in the trenches was adopted.

In all fairness, when commanders and fighters are bombarded by the enemy, they can indeed reduce certain casualties by hiding in the anti-gun holes. However, after a period of practice, it was found that there are still many shortcomings in the anti-blasting holes. For example, the area is too small, and the number of troops that can be accommodated inside is limited; but once the hole is blown down, the commanders and fighters hiding inside will be buried in the soil. If the hole cannot be dug in time, there will be a danger of suffocation.

The tactics of combining the reverse slope and tunnel fortifications mentioned by Captain Sokov today solved the problem of the anti-blasting holes. I hope that all students will carefully consider the advantages and disadvantages of this combination after they go back, and consider how to use it in future defensive operations. I believe that with the promotion of this new type of fortification, the casualties of our army in defensive operations will be effectively reduced. "

After speaking these words, the teacher said get out of class was over, picked up the textbooks on the desk, turned and walked out of the classroom.

Although the get out of class was over, none of the students left the classroom. They surrounded Sokov and wanted to ask him about the tactics of combining reverse slopes and tunnel fortifications.

Sokov originally wanted to answer them one by one, but because there were too many people asking questions, he could only hear the commotion around him, which was as lively as a vegetable market. Shouted: "Quiet, everyone please be quiet!"

Following Sokov's shout, the entire classroom immediately fell silent, and everyone's eyes were on Sokov, wanting to hear what he was about to say.

"Since you are all interested in this new method of warfare, then I will explain it to you systematically." Sokov felt that if this new method of warfare could be promoted in advance, it would be very beneficial to the next battle, so he ordered Wei Kedo and Sukharev: "Push me to the podium."

Viktor and Sukharev agreed, and pushed Sokov's wheelchair through the passageway that the crowd left, and went straight to the podium. After putting Sokov's wheelchair in place, Sukharev also took the initiative to pick up the brush and wiped the blackboard clean so that Sokov could write on the blackboard.

Faced with the hospitality shown by Victor and Sukharev in front of Sokov, the students who were eager to learn about the new tactics did not care. They took out notebooks and pens one after another, and prepared to record what Sokov was going to say. . Only the squad leader, Major Kryzhuv, had doubts written all over his face: Victor is a major, how could he behave so humblely in front of Captain Sokov?

Before he could come up with a Zichou Yinmao, Sokov, who was sitting in a wheelchair, had already started giving lectures.

"Commanders, using anti-slopes and tunnel fortifications to fight is a new set of tactics that we have summed up after a long period of exploration. The main contents are as follows:

First, we use tunnels to hide people and hoard supplies to prevent them from being killed by enemy artillery fire. On the surface, only a small number of troops need to be deployed, and the main force should be placed in the tunnel. When the enemy is shelling the position, only a few personnel are left to observe the battlefield situation, and the rest of the commanders and fighters enter the tunnel to hide, so as to avoid unnecessary casualties caused by the dense population on the position.

2. Relying on tunnels, we use surface fortifications to block and kill the enemy. When the enemy's bombardment stops and the infantry and tanks charge, our commanders and fighters should come out of the tunnel as soon as possible, occupy the field fortifications, conduct blocking or take the initiative to attack, and wipe out a large number of attacking enemies in front of the position; if the enemy takes advantage of our troops to leave the tunnel , has already broken into the position, we should take advantage of its unstable foothold, and use the strength of the adjacent position or the reserve team hidden in the tunnel to counterattack and repel it.

3. After the surface position is occupied by the enemy, in order to preserve the vitality and prepare to cooperate with the second-line troops to launch counterattacks, the remaining troops should retreat to the tunnels and persist in fighting. After retreating into the tunnel, we should not wait passively, but should use fire control or squad attack tactics to concentrate our efforts to protect the tunnel entrance and resolutely prevent the enemy from entering the tunnel.

4. The troops in the tunnel cooperate with the counterattack troops to counterattack and restore the surface positions. Before the counterattack, the higher-level commander will notify the troops in the tunnel of the counterattack start time, command relationship, coordinated actions and relevant signal regulations. When conditions permit, send small units from the counterattack force to sneak into the tunnel to strengthen the defensive forces inside; after the counterattack begins, the troops in the tunnel cooperate with the counterattack force to carry out multi-way attacks from the side and back, encircle and annihilate the enemy, and restore the lost surface position.

5. The infantry and artillery closely coordinate and hold their positions. When the enemy is attacking, the artillery of the defensive troops forms multiple fire nets to concentrate on bombarding, attacking, and reinforcing the enemy, and suppress their deep artillery; When the infantry counterattacks, the artillery suppresses the enemy occupying the surface position with firepower and supports the infantry to regain the surface position. "

"It's great, it's simply great." Alexey Milesyev said with emotion while recording what Sokov said: "With this tactic, the Germans want to occupy our army." The position we hold on to may not be as easy as it used to be."

A captain sitting in front of him turned his head and asked, "Comrade major, are you so confident in this new method of using tunnel fortifications?"

"It goes without saying," said Alexei Milesyev in a low voice, "this new method of tunnel defense was used in the battle to defend Mamayev's hill, and It has been proved to be true and effective. I believe that if it can be promoted in the whole army, the positions of our army will become impenetrable fortresses in the future.”

"Captain Sokov," Kryzhuv, who felt his authority had been challenged, began to attack: "We must not only defend against the aggressor, but also attack. I have listened to you for a long time, The so-called new tactics can’t be used for defense, I want to ask, can it be used for offense?”

Kryzhiuf's question is exactly what many students want to ask. On the battlefield, your troops not only need to defend, but also need to attack the enemy. It would be somewhat of a pity if this new method of warfare could only be used for defense and not for offense.

Unexpectedly, what Sokov said next surprised everyone: "The original intention of inventing tunnel warfare was indeed to better defend our positions. But as the battlefield situation changed, our army launched an attack on the German army. One kind of necessity, the tunnel fortifications are bound to change from pure defense to both offensive and defensive."

"Comrade Captain, can you explain in detail?" Alexei Milesyev, who was sitting below, said loudly, "Maybe we will be able to use your tactics when we return to the army."

Sokov knew that after the training class was over, all of his classmates would be promoted when they returned to the army. They were basically all regiment-level commanders. It may greatly speed up the speed of defeating the German army.

Based on such considerations, Sokov said straightforwardly: "Well, since everyone is interested in how tunnel fortifications can be used in offensive operations, I will tell you about them. The specific combat methods are as follows:

1. Concentrate troops in the tunnels at the front, hoard combat supplies, and make necessary combat preparations.

2. Take the method of digging tunnels, build garrison holes in the starting area of ​​the attack, and let the attacking troops enter in advance; when the battle begins, suddenly launch an attack from the garrison holes, and reduce the impact distance to reduce casualties. "

Hearing this, Alexey Milesyev raised his hand again and spoke: "Captain Sokov, I would like to ask, we have built a garrison cave in the starting area of ​​the attack, will it affect the artillery preparation before the attack? "

"Naturally it won't affect," Sokov patiently explained: "Because our tunnel is several meters deep underground, even if there are shells falling on the top to ensure that it will not pose a threat to the commanders and fighters in the tunnel. On the contrary, because With the shortening of the attack distance, once the artillery fire of our army is extended, the attacking troops can rush into their fortifications smoothly before the Germans wake up, and engage in close combat or even hand-to-hand combat with them."

The students here are all battalion-level commanders in the army and have participated in many battles. They couldn't help but began to recall the details of those battles, and found that the failure of the troops' attack was often due to the long impact distance. When the troops came to the enemy's position, the enemy had already woken up from the shelling and was ready to shoot.

According to what Sokov just said, using tunnel fortifications to shorten the impact distance of the attack, then when the artillery fire extends and the infantry starts to attack, before the Germans wake up from the shelling that just ended, their troops have already rushed into the enemy's position. Speaking of bayonet fighting, the German army, which focused on firepower output, was definitely no match for Soviet commanders and fighters, so it was clear at a glance how the battle would be won or lost.

Sokov, who was sitting in a wheelchair, naturally couldn't guess what the students below were thinking, he just said to himself: "comrades commanders, I think that the large-scale construction of tunnel fortifications and the tunnel operations carried out It can greatly enhance the defensive stability of our army positions.

Tunnel fortifications are conducive to the preservation of vital forces, and are conducive to repeated struggles with the enemy at one or several points, thereby consuming a large amount of the enemy's vital forces; not only solve the problem of holding positions in defensive operations, but also facilitate the implementation of positional offensive operations. is of great significance. "

After Sokov finished speaking in one breath, he murmured to himself: What I taught you is the valuable experience gained by future volunteer commanders and fighters with countless blood and lives, as well as countless battles. If you can't grasp it, then all my painstaking efforts will be in vain.

Next, Sokov answered some students' questions one after another. Seeing that everyone had no questions, he said, "Since everyone has no questions, let's go."

Victor and Sukharev pushed Sokov out of the classroom and walked towards the parking lot.

On the way, Sukharev asked curiously: "Comrade General, tell me, will the students who have listened to your class today promote your new tactics when they return to the army?"

Sokov knew very well in his heart that although the tactics he described were proven to be feasible in later generations, it was still very difficult to promote them in the current environment. After all, it was consistent with the Soviet army. Defensive tactics play a different tune.

However, in order not to spoil the interest of the two of them, he still said with a smile: "Including the two of you, there are a total of 59 students listening to my lecture. As long as there are three to five people who can promote my tactics, they will be able to make people feel happy." Thousands of officers and soldiers have escaped the fate of being injured or killed. That way, my heart is satisfied."