Red Moscow

"Comrade Commander," Nikitin felt anxious when he saw that Koshkin didn't pay attention to his warning at all, and said to Sokov, "If the captain and the others rashly attack the enemy without the cover of heavy firepower, I'm afraid the There will be heavy casualties."

"Misha," Rokossovsky also agreed with Nikitin, reminding Sokov: "I think the wooden house should be bombarded first, and after it collapses, troops should be sent up to clean up the mess. "

"No need, Comrade Marshal." Sokov replied with a smile, "I have confidence in my subordinates, they will be able to complete the task satisfactorily."

Five minutes later, the troops commanded by Koshkin adopted a three-three assault formation, and quickly rushed towards the wooden house occupied by the Germans with guns in hand and cats on their waists.

Now that the troops had started to attack, those who stayed at the observation post raised their binoculars one after another to observe the battle that was about to begin.

Soon, Nikitin discovered that the reinforced company led by Koshkin did not rush forward, but formed a triangular assault formation. And each platoon in the company is also distributed according to this charge formation. The strength of only one company gave Nikitin the feeling that it formed a semicircular encirclement of the wooden house occupied by the German army.

Nikitin stared wide-eyed at the troops approaching the wooden house, thinking to himself that if the troops were so spread out, if they were shot by German machine guns, they would easily be punched out one by one.

And Rokossovsky also noticed this. He put down the binoculars and asked Sokov next to him, "Misha, is this the three-three assault formation you told me about?"

"That's right, Comrade Marshal." Sokov nodded and said, "This tactic is very powerful. Although I only dispatched one company, they can completely cover the attack range that originally required a battalion."

Rokossovsky did not speak after hearing this, but just nodded. From the current point of view, this is indeed the case, but we still need to wait and see how the effect will change. He raised the binoculars again and continued to observe the Soviet troops approaching the cabin.

As soon as the Soviet army was dispatched, the Germans discovered it. They immediately entered the combat position, but they did not fire immediately. Instead, they wanted to wait for the Soviet army to get closer, so that their shooting could cause greater damage.

When the Soviet army was still two hundred meters away from the wooden house, the German army's only mortar fired.

The artillery shells roared into the Soviet attack formation. If it was the linear formation of skirmishers in the past, someone would definitely be hit by the artillery shells, but today's offensive formation adopts a three-three system, and it is constantly changing. , The shells fired by the German army fell into the air.

Seeing that the shells failed to hit the target, the German commander showed a surprised expression on his face, and quickly let all the soldiers shoot freely, thinking that this would more or less eliminate a few Russians. But he soon discovered that the soldiers around him were constantly knocked down by the flying bullets, while the other side suffered few casualties.

The three-three offensive formation began to show its power at this moment. As long as the enemy took the lead and suppressed the attacking Soviet army with firepower, the two wings would be attacked by Soviet troops from other directions.

Seeing this, the German commander quickly ordered the machine gunners around him: "Shoot! Shoot quickly, we will shoot down all the Russians."

After receiving the order, the machine gunner immediately fired at the rushing Soviet commanders and fighters, but just after a few bursts of shooting, he was killed by a shuttle of bullets flying towards him.

The deputy shooter quickly took over the position of the machine gunner, ready to shoot again. But he soon discovered that the Russian army attacking in front of him was different from the troops he had seen before. In the past, those Russians huddled together stupidly, and all they had to do was pull the trigger and win the battle. But now, it is necessary to constantly change the shooting direction to find the target.

A lot of time was lost due to the search for the target, so that the deputy shooter soon followed in the footsteps of the machine gunner and was killed by the oncoming bullets.

The three-three assault formation implemented by Sokov in the army, the troops attack in the shape of a character, can cover most of the enemy's positions, and at the same time, because the troops are scattered, it can minimize the casualties of the troops and weaken the heavy firepower of the German army. The advantages.

In addition, there are also several sharpshooters. Although their skills are not as good as snipers, there is still no problem in destroying important targets of the German army on the battlefield. When the two sides began to exchange fire, they targeted the German machine gunners, mortar operators and commanders.

When these Germans encountered Sokov's new tactics for the first time, they were naturally stunned. When they suffered heavy casualties, the anti-tank fighters who moved with the troops, carrying rocket launchers on their shoulders, adopted a half-squatting posture, and aimed at a wooden house one by one to shoot.

After a few loud noises, the wooden house hit by the rocket launcher either collapsed or started to burn. Fortunately, the German soldiers who were not killed by the bombing escaped from the house in a hurry, and fled towards the distance with dancing and dancing.

"Comrades!" Seeing the enemy fleeing from the collapsed wooden house, Koshkin raised the assault rifle in his hand above his head and shouted loudly: "The Germans have escaped, come with me!"

The commanders shouted "Ula" and bravely rushed towards the fleeing enemy with their weapons in hand.

The entire battle ended smoothly in less than ten minutes.

According to statistics, 26 German troops were eliminated in this battle, 11 were captured, and machine guns, 15 submachine guns, 7 rifles and two pistols were seized. The strengthening company only paid a small price of sacrificing 2 people and wounding 5 people.

After listening to Koshkin's report, Nikitin said to Sokov with a face full of shock: "Comrade Commander, the reinforced company wiped out a platoon of the German army, only 2 people were sacrificed and 5 people were injured. Incredible."

"General Nikitin," Koshkin was able to eliminate the enemy so easily, which made Sokov proud. Hearing what Nikitin said at this moment, he said with a smile: "In battle, the use of tactics is very important. Crucial. Good tactics can enable our troops to achieve the greatest victory with the least casualties."

"Misha, this tactic of yours is good." Rokossovsky witnessed the whole process of the battle, and he asked Sokov curiously: "But why don't you promote it within the group army?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander." Nikitin also echoed, "Why don't you promote this tactic in our division?"

Sokov glanced at Nikitin, and then said to Rokossovsky: "Comrade Marshal, this tactic is about the tacit cooperation between the fighters. But you also know that the troops are greatly reduced in battle, and they are constantly fighting. Recruiting new recruits incessantly made the commanders and soldiers very strange to each other. Tell me, in this situation, how can a tacit understanding be cultivated?"

Rokossovsky nodded after hearing this, "You are right. This novel offensive formation does require the cooperation between commanders and fighters. In other words, you cannot promote it within the entire army, you can only Experiment with the guards at headquarters. Am I right?"

"That's right, Comrade Marshal." Sokov affirmed Rokossovsky's statement: "Under the current situation, the only unit with the most stable personnel is the guard unit of our Army Group Command. I'm free and fine. , Let them train according to the offensive formation I created, today is the first time they are on the battlefield, I did not expect their performance to be so good."

After waiting for Sokov to finish speaking, Rokossovsky stared at him for a long time, and finally said slowly: "Misha, after we return to your headquarters later, you jump a few people out for me. , to help me train the guards of the Front Army Command."

"No problem." To Rokossovsky's request, Sokov agreed without hesitation: "I will definitely send the highest-level officers to serve as instructors for the security forces of the Front Army Command."

Before leaving Luerzan Village, Sokov specially told Nikitin: "General Nikitin, this incident is a lesson for you. Don't think that the German army can ignore them with only a few people." Don't ask. If the German army takes advantage of your underestimation of the enemy, secretly gathers troops there, and launches an attack against you by surprise, then you will probably pay a heavy price. Do you understand?"

"I understand, Comrade Commander." Nikitin said with his head down, "I will learn from this lesson. In the future, let alone a group of enemies, even if only one enemy appears near our defense zone, I will immediately order someone to wiped him out."

"General Nikitin," Sokov was very satisfied with Nikitin's statement. He raised his hand and patted the opponent's shoulder twice, and said with a smile, "We will meet later, I wish you good luck!"

After Sokov and Rokossovsky left, Nikitin was still thinking about Sokov's criticism of himself. He picked up the phone on the table and called the division headquarters. The division chief of staff who answered the phone Said: "Chief of Staff, immediately notify the commanders above the battalion of the entire division, and immediately rush to the division headquarters for a meeting. I have something important to announce to them."

"Comrade Commander." Hearing Nikitin's irritable tone, the chief of staff asked curiously, "I don't know what happened?"

"Some things can't be clearly explained on the phone." Nikitin said angrily, "It's not too late to tell you slowly when I return to the division headquarters."

An hour later, more than 30 battalion-level and above commanders under the 120th Guards Division came to the division headquarters one after another.

After meeting at the door, many commanders asked their acquaintances: "Hey, I said buddy, do you know what the commander told us to come here?"

The commander who was asked shook his head, spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and said helplessly, "Dude, I'm the same as you. I don't know anything. I just received a call from the division chief of staff." He called and said that an emergency military meeting was to be held, so he hurried over."

After everyone entered the division headquarters, under the guidance of the staff officer, they sat down on the prepared bench, looked at Nikitin sitting behind the table, and murmured in their hearts: "The commander's face is very ugly, who could it be?" Offended him?"

Seeing that everyone was almost here, the chief of staff of the division walked up to Nikitin, bent down and whispered in his ear, "Comrade commander, everyone is here, can we have a meeting?"

Seeing that Nikitin nodded, indicating that the meeting could be held, the division chief of staff stood up straight, raised his hands parallel to his shoulders, and clapped them hard a few times. The applause immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the division chief of staff officially announced: "comrades, commanders, we are now meeting."

"Comrades," Nikitin stood up after the room became quiet, and said sadly to the subordinates in front of him, "a shameful incident happened today, which seriously damaged the honor of our 120th Guards Division."

When everyone heard this, expressions of astonishment appeared on their faces, and they thought to themselves that it's no wonder the teacher's expression is so ugly. It turned out that something happened that damaged the honor of the guard. But then they wondered, what is the shameful thing?

Fortunately, Nikitin didn't keep it secret, but said bluntly: "The commander called me today and asked me if Luran Town was occupied by the Germans? When I heard him say that, I couldn't help being stunned." , I said in my heart that my division headquarters are still in the town, how could it be occupied by the Germans?

It was only later that it became clear that the Germans occupied not Luran Town, but Luerran Village. No, they didn't occupy Luerran Village either, but just occupied a few wooden houses outside the village. But in the intelligence intercepted by our army, the Germans shamelessly announced that they occupied the town of Luran. "

Nikitin's words caused everyone to burst into laughter, but the next moment, the laughter stopped abruptly, because everyone saw that Nikitin's face was livid, and if he continued to laugh, he might provoke the other party to get angry, so they all shut up obediently. On the mouth.

"I reported the real situation to the commander truthfully." Nikitin gritted his teeth and said, "But I didn't expect that he didn't believe what I said, and actually came to Luerran Village to check the situation in person. And he He didn’t come alone, and he even brought Marshal Rokossovsky, the commander of the front army.”

When everyone learned that Sokov brought Rokossovsky to the landing field on the left bank, they couldn't help but turn pale with fright. They felt that the commander and marshal shouldn't come to take risks, after all, the situation here at the landing field was not stable enough.

I just heard Nikitin say: "At that time, I saw them coming and realized that things were going to be difficult today, so I offered to send troops to eliminate the Germans entrenched in the wooden house. But this matter was also rejected by the commander. , the reinforced company he ordered to bring in, attacked the Germans.

To be honest, I have never seen such a smooth battle. In less than ten minutes, the enemy occupying the wooden house was completely wiped out, and the troops participating in the battle only sacrificed 2 people and injured 5 people. The casualties are simply negligible. Excluding. "

Hearing this, the expressions of the commanders present became serious. Many people know that there are Germans in Luerran village, but considering that the German army only has one platoon, it will not pose any threat to the defenders in the village at all. On the contrary, if you want to eliminate this group of enemies, you may suffer a lot of casualties due to the constraints of the terrain. But what everyone didn't expect was that these enemies were wiped out cleanly by the guard company brought by Sokov, and the troops on the attacking side suffered almost negligible casualties.

The head of the 339 regiment stood up and asked curiously: "Comrade commander, can you tell us about the battle? We are all very curious, how could the guard company brought by the commander survive with such small casualties? Annihilate this group of enemies stationed in Luerran Village."

Seeing someone asking about it, Nikitin naturally didn't hide it, so he told everyone about the battle situation at that time in detail, and finally said: "I plan to go to the headquarters tomorrow to talk to the commander, and ask him to send us two The instructor came over and taught everyone his newly invented offensive formation."