Red Moscow

Eric is also a man of swift action, he walks the talk. After interviewing Matvey, the manuscript was written, typeset and printed overnight. At dawn, a copy of the latest "Warrior", which smelt of ink, was placed on the table in front of Sokov.

Sokov picked up the newspaper and saw that the content of the interview about Matvey occupied half of the page. In order to let readers understand the results of Matvey's battles more vividly, there are 25 huge "X"s under this report, representing the enemies that Matvey killed.

Potukin walked up to Sokov and said to him with a smile: "Comrade Commander, I think all commanders and fighters of the division can learn about the great achievements of the sniper unit of the first battalion through the "Warriors" in the division. ..."

Before he finished speaking, the phone in front of Sokov rang. Sokov picked up the microphone, put it close to his ear and said, "I am Master Sokov, where are you?"

Unexpectedly, Ma Lining's familiar voice came out of the receiver: "Hi, Misha. I'm Ma Lining."

Hearing that it was Malinin who called him, Sokov quickly stood up from his seat and said respectfully, "Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff, do you have any instructions?"

"It's like this," Ma Linin said on the phone: "I just saw the "Warrior" sent by your division. Your soldiers are really powerful. In just two days, 51 people were killed and wounded. The enemy. The most outstanding sniper even killed 25 people by himself. This is a remarkable result. After discussing with Comrade Lobachev, the military commissar, we are considering awarding this sniper the Order of the Red Star.”

"Great, this is really great." Sokov didn't expect Matvey's record. Even the chief of the army group was alarmed, and even prepared to award him a medal. He quickly expressed his gratitude to Malinin on behalf of Matvey: "Chief of Staff Comrade, on behalf of Sergeant Matvey, I thank you."

"You don't need to thank me, this is the reward he deserves." After a short pause, Ma Linin asked tentatively: "Misha, do you think you can let this sergeant continue to work hard and continue to kill more German soldiers? If he sniper If the target of killing reaches a certain number of people, he will be able to get the attention of his superiors, which will be of great benefit to both him and your teacher."

Sokov waited for Malinin to finish speaking, and said with some guilt: "Comrade Chief of Staff, the reason why we were able to achieve such results in the first two days of sniper operations was entirely because we caught the Germans by surprise. But the Germans People are not fools. They know that when we plan to use sniper tactics to deal with them, they will not only increase their vigilance, but also send well-trained snipers to counter our army. Yesterday our division had a sniper unit, which is Under the joint attack of German artillery fire and snipers, the entire army was wiped out."

Sokov did not report the destruction of the sniper unit to the army headquarters, so that Malinin did not know it at all. After hearing the news at this moment, he couldn't help frowning, and asked with some displeasure: "Why didn't you report to the army headquarters in time for such a big incident?"

From Malinin's tone, Sokov heard that the other party wanted to ask for a crime, and quickly explained: "I'm sorry, Comrade Chief of Staff, it was my fault. I felt that such a loss was within the range that our army could bear, so I did not report to the Army Command, please forgive my negligence, and I promise that I will not make similar mistakes in the future."

Malinin called Sokov just to tell him about the good news that he was going to award Matvey an honor. Forget about it once, but not for the next time!"

Seeing that Ma Linin did not pursue his concealment of the loss of the troops, Sokov secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I need a batch of rifles with scopes for snipers. Can the Army Group Command provide it to us?"

Malinin did not immediately respond to Sokov's request. He covered the microphone with his hand, called the logistics minister not far away, and asked in a low voice: "Comrade logistics minister, I wonder if you have any sniper belts there?" A scoped rifle?"

The logistics minister who was reading the "Warrior" knew that Ma Lining would not ask about this for no reason, so he pointed to the newspaper in his hand and asked tentatively, "Is it for them?" Seeing that Ma Lining nodded in affirmation, he continued Said, "There are about 20 more rifles, but you can't give them all to the 328th Division. You can only give them five at most."

After receiving the affirmative reply from the Minister of Logistics, Ma Linin let go of his hand covering the microphone and said: "Misha, I have already asked the Minister of Logistics, he can provide you with five rifles with scopes, and I will send them soon. Someone will send it to you."

"Thank you, thank you, Comrade Chief of Staff." After Sokov made a request to Malinin, he was still afraid that the other party would not be able to provide the firearms he needed, and he was still thinking about it. The body of the gun acts as a scope. At this moment, I heard that five sniper rifles can be provided at one time, and I was overjoyed: "On behalf of the soldiers, thank you!"

Hearing what Sokov said, Malinin smiled: "Misha, don't keep saying thank you verbally. If you can eliminate a few more Japanese invaders, that is the best thanks to me."

Five sniper rifles with scopes were delivered quickly. As soon as the guns arrived, Sokov called Jetrov and asked him to take Matvey to the division headquarters to get a special rifle for snipers.

Matvey followed Jetrov to the division headquarters, and when he saw the sniper rifle on the table, his eyes lit up. In a moment of excitement, he forgot to salute Sokov and the others, so he went directly to the table, picked up the sniper rifle, and said, "Is this the legendary Mosin Nagant M91-30 sniper rifle? It looks really good Extremely!"

Sokov didn't care about Matvey's impoliteness, but smiled and said to him: "Okay, Sergeant Matvey, how about this sniper rifle, you can try it first."

Matvey first raised his gun and aimed it out of the window, then put down the gun, opened the magazine and looked at it, so as not to look serious on his face. Seeing his reaction, Sokov couldn't help but thumped in his heart, and then asked: "Comrade Sergeant, what's the matter, is this sniper rifle not easy to use?"

"Comrade Commander," Matvey grinned, and said, "I just took a look, and the scope's multiple is 3.5 times, which is only suitable for sniping within 600 meters; The rear, which blocks the magazine socket, cannot be loaded with ordinary five-round magazines at all, and can only be loaded with one bullet at a time, which greatly reduces the combat efficiency."

Sokov knew that Matvey's comments were very pertinent, and the Mosin Nagant sniper rifle did have these problems. However, in the current situation, it is impossible to improve it. Because he can only comfort the other party first and say: "Sergeant Matvey, I have remembered all the problems you reported. When it is appropriate, I will report to the comrades in the Weapons and Equipment Department and let them take a necessary rest. Now , you and your sniper team are familiar with the performance of this sniper rifle first, so that you can make new achievements in the next sniper operations."