Red Moscow

"Comrade teacher," Sokov looked at the teacher who had just scolded him, and asked calmly, "Are you going to let me continue, or are you going to let me go back to my seat immediately?"

The instructor stared at Sokov for a few seconds, then picked up the seating chart on the desk, saw Sokov's name clearly, and said in a contemptuous tone: "Captain Sokov, just tell everyone Do you understand street fighting?"

After getting the instructor's permission, Sokov nodded slightly at him, then turned around and turned his gaze to the students, and said firmly: "Students, what I want to talk about today is how to correctly use and Cover our army's armored units.

As we all know, our army's tanks are designed for field battles and are not suitable for fighting in narrow areas of big cities. In addition to the narrow rotation radius of the tank's main gun, it can only attack targets in the front arc in narrow streets; the pitch angle is not enough to attack targets in basements and on top of buildings. Coupled with the thin armor on the top and bottom of the tank, it is vulnerable to iron fists or anti-tank mines.

Some people may say that since our tanks are not suitable for street fighting, we should stop using tanks after entering the city. That's not good, you know, when our troops are fighting in the city, they will definitely encounter many solid fire support points, without the support of artillery fire, it is impossible to destroy them at all.

Although it is now possible to use the "bayonet on the cannon" tactic to shoot the artillery close. However, the advancement speed of the artillery is too slow. If we blindly rely on the artillery, it will greatly slow down the speed of our army's liberation of the city. Therefore, it is inevitable for us to use tanks and infantry to capture cities.

Berlin is an ancient city with wide streets and solid stone buildings on both sides of the road. The enemy can use these buildings to build a complete defense system and attack our troops rushing into the city. "

The teacher standing on the side originally wanted to see Sokov's jokes, but unexpectedly found that other students were taking notes seriously, and couldn't help showing a shocked expression on their faces. You know, one-third of the students are majors, and Sokov who is speaking is just a captain, but everyone's reaction is as focused as listening to a teacher's lecture.

"What's going on here?" The teacher realized that something was wrong, and was going to ask Christonia, who was in charge of the class, what was going on and why a captain could make everyone Convince him?

"When our offensive troops advance along the street, how should we clear the enemies along the way?" Sokov continued: "My idea is that the marching tank troops should form two columns on the street. , The muzzle of the tank on the left faces to the right, and the muzzle of the tank on the left faces to the right. In this way, no matter which side of the street the enemy emerges from, they can be spotted by our tank soldiers in time and can respond quickly.

In street fighting, the enemy will definitely deploy a large number of anti-tank fighters in the buildings on both sides to destroy our army's tanks. In order to ensure the safety of the tanks, each attacking tank unit should be equipped with a considerable number of infantry. They walk in the middle of the two tanks, and while being covered by the tanks, they are also responsible for protecting the tanks. "

"Lieutenant Sokov," when Sokov's words came to an end, a captain below raised his hand and asked loudly: "If the troops encounter the barricades deployed by the Germans at the crossroads during their advance, what should we do?" What should we do? We must know that the enemy's mg42 general-purpose machine gun is enough to cause huge casualties to our infantry."

Sokov looked in the direction where the voice came from. The speaker was a captain from the Baltic Front Army, and he rarely talked to himself. But since the other party raised a question, he naturally wanted to answer it. Only by allowing more commanders to master the street fighting they knew could reduce the casualties of the troops.

"We can stop the tanks at a distance of 150 meters from the enemy's fortifications, destroy the barricades with artillery fire, and cover the infantry to pass through this area." Sokov also deliberately explained to the other party: "Why did we choose to stop at 150 meters? What about the location? It’s because this distance has exceeded the effective range of our army’s rocket launchers, unless the enemy uses large-caliber anti-tank guns, there is no weapon that can destroy our army’s tanks at such a long distance.”

Sokov explained to the opponent in detail how to use tanks to destroy the barricades of the German army and clear the way for the infantry to advance, and then made a concluding speech: "In short, everyone only needs to keep in mind the basic principle of using combined arms. Communication facilities and means of control can reduce casualties in street battles, shorten the time for capturing cities, and achieve final victory."

Looking at the young captain who was talking eloquently in front of him, the instructor vaguely had an illusion, as if the wheelchair sitting in front of him was not an ordinary officer, but a general with many battles and great achievements.

After Sokov finished speaking, Sukharev stepped forward and pushed his wheelchair back to his seat, and gave him a thumbs up: "Your speech is really great. If everyone can remember what you said content and apply it to actual combat, then the speed at which we can liberate the city will be greatly improved."

The content of the teacher's next lecture was still related to street fighting, but with Sokov's jewels in front of him, what he said seemed a bit lacklustre.

The teacher was obviously aware of this, but he could only bite the bullet and continue speaking according to the content of the lesson prepared in advance. When he finally heard the bell rang for the end of get out of class, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately announced the end of get out of class, then packed the books on the desk and hurried out of the classroom.

As soon as he left the classroom, the teacher hurried to the teacher's office, wanting to ask Christonia, who was in charge of managing the intermediate training class, who was this Captain Sokov, who talked so eloquently in his class.

Christonia is in her office, talking to the dean on the phone. Seeing the teacher who had just finished class rushing in, he seemed to be full of thoughts, so he speeded up his speech, and ended the call with the dean after finishing his work.

"My old friend." After Christonia put down the phone, she asked the teacher in surprise, "What happened, I think you seem very upset?"

"Christonia, I want to ask you." The instructor stared into Christonia's eyes and asked, "What kind of person is that Captain Sokov?"

When the teacher asked about Sokov, Christonia couldn't help feeling flustered. He quickly lowered his head and pretended to sort out the textbooks in front of him, trying to put on a casual look and asked, "Did he cause you any trouble?"

"My class today is to introduce the emerging theory of street warfare." Although Christonia hid it well, the teacher still noticed his strangeness, but before interrogating Sokov's identity, he still had to tell the truth about what happened in class. What happened: "Before the class, I asked the students to come up and talk about their understanding of street fighting."

Hearing what the teacher said, Christonia immediately guessed what happened. According to what he knew about Sokov, it was possible that this anonymous general had come up with some ingenious new theories in class. He raised his head again, with a contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth: "You won't let Sokov also come on stage to explain his understanding of street fighting? If so, I'm afraid he will steal your limelight completely."

"Ah, how did you know?" After the teacher said this, he suddenly remembered Christonia's abnormal reaction just now, and immediately felt something was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "Christonia, did you guess it a long time ago?" , I will encounter such a situation?"

"That's right, my old friend." Now that the other party has guessed the truth, Christonia has no intention of continuing to hide it: "No matter which teacher it is, as long as Sokov is invited to speak on stage, their limelight will be overshadowed. live. Compared with them, Sokov is more like an experienced teacher."

"Christonia, stop rambling." The instructor was eager to know Sokov's true identity, so he urged Christonia: "Tell me quickly, who is this Captain Sokov and why he Knowing so much, is it possible that he is a military genius?"

Christonia didn't answer the teacher's question immediately, but got up and walked to the door, looked outside for a while, and closed the door behind her. After returning to his desk and sitting down, he looked at the instructor and asked, "My old friend, have you heard of the 27th Army?"

"Of course I have." The instructor nodded and said, "Whether this unit fought in the battle of Kursk or in the battle of Kharkov a few months ago, it has made a lot of achievements."

When the instructor said this, he suddenly remembered something, raised his eyebrows, and then asked tentatively: "I remember the surname of the commander of the 27th Army, which is also Sokov. Could it be that he and this Captain Sokov Is it a relative?"

"Not relatives." Christonia replied simply: "They are the same person."

"How is this possible?" The instructor said in surprise: "The commander Sokov has now been promoted to lieutenant general, and the student Sokov is now just a captain."

"Since we are friends, I won't hide it from you." Christonia explained to the teacher: "General Sokov was arranged by his superiors to the academy to learn systematic military theory. Because he will be in the intermediate class , advanced class, and general class training, in order not to let his identity bring pressure to other students, when he entered my intermediate class, he appeared as a captain, and even changed his name."

"Christonia, are you telling the truth?"

"How could I lie to you about this kind of thing." In order to increase the credibility of the matter, he also specially emphasized to the teacher: "The dean told me this matter secretly. I told you now, you must Keep it secret, and don't reveal the true identity of General Sokov."

"Don't worry, Christonia, I will keep this a secret." After being shocked, the teacher said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that he is the well-known General Sokov, and I am still in class today I reprimanded him. Thinking about it now, I’m really ashamed.”

Christonia asked in surprise: "What, you reprimanded General Sokov? What did you reprimand him for?"

"When I asked him to speak, he told the students that according to his analysis of the situation, the war would end in at most two years. And he used Berlin as the background to tell the students how to Start street fighting." The teacher blushed and said, "I didn't know his real identity at the time, so I mocked him in front of all the students."

Christonia suddenly became nervous. He was worried that the teacher's actions would anger Sokov. He was eager to understand the situation at the time to decide whether to make a remedy: "What was General Sokov's reaction at that time?"

"The reaction was very flat, as if he didn't hear the sarcasm in my tone." The instructor said thoughtfully: "Instead, he calmly asked me if he could continue to impart street fighting experience to the students."

"You agree?" Christonia asked worriedly.

"Yes, I agree." The instructor gave him a strange look, and continued: "He mainly tells the students how to use tanks in street fighting, so as to reduce casualties and speed up the progress of liberating the city."

Christonia became somewhat interested: "Oh, this is a new tactic, have you written down the content?"

Pointing to his head with a finger, the instructor said, "Don't you know, Christonia, that I have always had a better memory than others? Every word he said is firmly in my mind."

"Then trouble you to record in detail what General Sokov said and hand it over to Comrade Dean." Christonia reminded the teacher, "I think the dean will be interested in these contents."

"Okay." Now that the instructor knows Sokov's identity, he is naturally very happy to record what he said with a pen and let more people see: "I will tell General Sokov what he said as soon as possible." If so, write it up in a report.”

"Very good!" Christonia nodded, and then told the other party again: "My old friend, you must remember that you must not reveal the identity of General Sokov to anyone, so as not to bring him unnecessary trouble."

Seeing that Christonia was actually worried that his mouth would reveal Sokov's identity, the teacher had a displeased expression on his face, and he frowned and said, "Christonia, you and I have also been friends for many years. Now, don’t you know who I am? Since you reminded me not to reveal the identity of General Sokov, I will strictly keep this secret.”

Seeing that his old friend was angry, Christonia quickly smiled and comforted him and said, "My old friend, don't be angry. I am also worried that General Sokov's identity will be revealed, which will cause him a lot of inconvenience. , will tell you again and again."

After leaving Christonia's office, the teacher returned to his own office, sat down, carefully recalled what Sokov said, and then picked up a pen and began to write the report.

The teacher left the classroom to go to the Christonian office, which Sokov knew nothing about. In the next course, the team's offensive and defensive tactics will be taught. Although in Sokov's capacity, tactics of this level are child's play, but when he was in class, he still listened intently and compared the theory taught by the instructor with some regiment-level battles he had commanded. , Find your own shortcomings from it, and actively think about solutions.