Red Moscow

At noon the next day, Sokov took Sergesha to the fortifications on the south slope, found an open place, and raised his binoculars to look at the soldiers who were digging traps in the distance.

Seryosha looked left and right, and found that there was no one in the trench except himself and Sokov. There is a reinforced concrete fortification nearby, and all the soldiers on duty should have gone there. Seeing that there were no outsiders around, he leaned close to Sokov's ear and asked tentatively, "Misha, will the Germans really rush into the city?"

Sokov heard Seryozha's question, put down the binoculars in his hand, turned to look at him, nodded and said: "Yes, Seryozha, the Germans will rush into this city sooner or later. Otherwise, I won't I will urge Ozor every day to speed up the construction of the fortifications. I only hope that when the Germans rush to Mamayev Post, we can rely on the perfect fortifications to resist their fierce offensive.”

As the guard company commander of the brigade headquarters, Seryozha had heard from Sokov on different occasions that the enemy would rush into the city, but he was always skeptical about it. Asked in private today, hearing Sokov still say that, his heart suddenly became heavy.

After a while, Seryozha said, "Misha, you must remember the Battle of Kiev. The Germans besieged the troops of the Southwest Front Army in Kiev. In just one month, they wiped out 700,000 of us, and killed 700,000 of us. More than 600,000 were captured, tell me, if we stick to Stalingrad, will we become the second Kiev?"

Regarding Seryozha's worries, Sokov smiled lightly, and then said: "Don't worry, Seryozha, even if the Germans rush into this city, it is still impossible for them to completely occupy this city." Mission. When the time is right, we can strike back and crush them."

After getting along with each other for several months, Seryozha admired Sokov's various judgments so much, so hearing what he said, he felt much more at ease. He then asked: "Misha, how long will it take us to drive away the enemies who rushed into the city?"

"In my estimation, this time will not be too short." Sokov calculated silently in his heart, from the German army rushing into Stalingrad to the Soviet army launching a full-scale counterattack, the interval was more than two months, so he was vague In other words, "It will take about three months."

"Three months?!" After listening to the time that Sokov said, Seryozha calculated silently in his mind, and then asked cautiously: "Misha, you said that with our current strength, we can support three month?"

"It's terrible." Sokov pointed to the soldiers who were digging traps in the distance and said: "Seryozha, you have seen that we lack enough anti-tank weapons. As a means of keeping German tanks away from Mamayev Kurgan as much as possible.”

"Comrade Brigadier," Sokov had just finished speaking, when a soldier emerged from the reinforced concrete fortification not far away, and he said loudly to Sokov, "I have your call."

Sokov walked into the fortification quickly, picked up the microphone on the table, and stuck it to his ear. Belkin's voice came from the receiver: "Comrade Brigadier, the anti-tank unit sent by our superiors has arrived. Come back quickly."

Hearing that it was an anti-tank unit, Sokov's eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly replied, "I'll go back right away."

Seryozha heard the conversation between Sokov and Belkin. On the way back to the brigade headquarters, Seryozha kept asking: "Misha, did Comrade Commissar tell you what kind of people the superiors sent us? anti-tank units?"

"You ask me, who shall I ask?" Sokov said to the impetuous Seryozha as he walked, "When you get back to the brigade headquarters, don't you know?"

When the two entered the tent where the brigade headquarters was located, Sokov saw Belkin talking to an unfamiliar captain, and hurriedly asked: "Comrade political commissar, where is the anti-tank unit you mentioned?"

Belgin pointed to the captain and said to Sokov, "Comrade Brigadier, let me introduce you. This is Captain Oshanin, the company commander of the anti-tank dog company."

"Oshanin?!" When he heard the surname, Sokov was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself: "This surname sounds very familiar, as if I have heard of it somewhere."

"Hello, Comrade Brigadier Commander." O'Shaning heard that the Lieutenant Colonel in front of him was the Brigadier Commander of the Infantry Brigade. Although the other party looked a few years younger than himself, he still stood at attention and saluted respectfully Said: "I am Captain Oshanin, the company commander of the anti-tank dog company. From now on, I will obey your orders."

Oshanin's words reminded Sokov that during the Great Patriotic War, Zhukov once formed several anti-tank army dog ​​companies to carry explosives to blow up German tanks, and achieved good results. Now that there is such a dog company in the brigade, there is an even better chance of winning against German tanks.

Sokov greeted Oshanin to sit down, and asked politely: "Comrade Captain, I wonder how many people and how many dogs are in your company?"

Oshaning, who had just sat down, quickly stood up again, and replied respectfully: "Report to Comrade Brigadier Commander, my company has 150 people and 125 military dogs."

Sokov originally thought that a military dog ​​company could have fifty or sixty military dogs at best, which would be pretty good, but he didn't expect there to be so many. He turned his head to look at Belkin who was sitting by the side, and said with some surprise: "I really didn't expect that there are so many?"

"Comrade Brigadier, we have established four anti-tank military dog ​​companies here." Oshanin straightened his body and reported to Sokov: "The strength of each company and the number of military dogs are the same."

"Comrade Captain," Sokov asked curiously after Oshanin finished speaking, "I would like to ask, how far is the attack distance of the military dogs?" In Sokov's imagination, but the military dog ​​trainer saw After the German tanks appeared, the explosive pack would definitely be ignited immediately, so that the military dogs would rush to the bottom of the German tanks and blow them up. If this method is adopted, the burning time of the fuse must be very limited, so the attack distance must be very short.

But Oshanin didn't seem to understand the question Sokov wanted to ask. After hesitating for a while, he said with some embarrassment: "Comrade Brigadier, can you repeat your question again? Please forgive me, I didn't listen to it just now." Too clear."

Before Sokov could speak this time, Belgin had already said: "Comrade Captain, the brigade commander wants to ask, when you are going to carry out the task of blowing up the tank, how far away should the attack point be from the tank?"

"Two to three hundred meters should be no problem." Ao Shaning was afraid that Sokov and Belkin would not understand, and explained specifically: "In fact, it is also possible to attack at about 500 meters. On the battlefield, amidst the sound of gunfire one after another, we will lose control, so we set the optimal attack distance at two to three hundred meters."

"The length of the fuse may be different depending on the distance." Sokov asked Oshanin humbly: "If it is too short, it will explode before the military dog ​​rushes to the German tank; if The fuse is too long, maybe even after the German tanks fired over the heads of the dogs, the explosives hadn’t exploded.”

"Wrong, Comrade Brigadier Commander, you made a mistake." Unexpectedly, as soon as Sukov's words fell, Oshanin shook his head and said: "The detonation mode of the explosives on the back of the military dog ​​is different from what you imagined. "

"It's different?!" Sokov asked with some surprise: "Captain Oshanin, I want to ask, if you don't use the method of pulling the fuse in advance, then what method do you plan to use to detonate the explosives on the military dogs? ?”

After listening to Sokov's words, Oshanin grinned and said: "Comrade Brigadier, if you allow me, I will bring a military dog ​​and introduce it to you and the political commissar in detail."

When Sokov and the others came outside the tent, Oshanin waved his hand in the distance, and immediately a trainer came over leading a military dog. The military dog ​​came in front of several people, and immediately sat down in a well-behaved manner following the trainer's order. Oshanin introduced the explosives tied to the military dogs to Sokov and Belkin: "Brigade Commander, Comrade Political Commissar, please take a look. The canvas hanging bag tied to the military dogs is called a canvas hanging bag on its back. It is an iron box with a fuze. The wooden stick with a spring on the iron box is called a wooden trigger lever. When the military dog ​​gets into the bottom of the German tank, the trigger lever will be pressed down, thereby triggering the explosion of the detonating charge. ..."

Hearing this, Belkin couldn't help interjecting and asked, "Comrade Captain, can this little explosive blow up the enemy's tank?"

"It's absolutely fine." Ao Shaning pointed to the square leather bags on both sides of the canvas bag, and continued: "This is the explosive bag, which is connected to the detonating charge with a fuse. As long as the detonating charge explodes, it will cause a chain reaction." Explode and blow up enemy tanks."

Seeing Oshanin's hand dangling around the wooden trigger lever, Sokov couldn't help but feel guilty for a while. He was afraid that Oshanin would accidentally press the trigger lever, which would lead to a shock on the dog's back. The dynamite pack exploded, blowing people around them to pieces. Just as he was about to take a few steps back, he heard Oshaning continue to say: "There is a safety pin on the iron box. As long as we don't pull it out, we can touch this wooden trigger lever anyway, and it won't cause an explosion. But As long as the iron ring is removed, when the wooden trigger lever encounters a collision, it will explode in an instant."

"Comrade Captain," Belkin continued to ask curiously: "I would like to ask, what method did you use to make the military dogs charge directly at the enemy tanks?"

"It's very simple," Oshanin explained: "From the beginning of the formation, we fed the military dogs near the German tanks. After a long time, the military dogs knew to rush to the German tanks actively. Even if there were If the military dogs don’t charge, our trainers can order them to charge up…”

When Oshanin talked to the two of them, Sokov thought to himself: "Listen to what Captain Oshanin said, Zhukov meant to form an anti-tank dog company. In order to achieve this goal, he must have touched A lot of nails. You know, dogs are friends of man in Russia. This is not a slogan, but an iron fact. Although stray dogs can be seen everywhere on the streets, they are all well taken care of and provided with adequate supplies. food. Now that these 'friends of mankind' are allowed to carry out such a cruel task, there must be quite a few people who oppose it."

Sokov waited for Oshanin to finish his story, and asked curiously: "Comrade Oshanin, I would like to ask, if all your military dogs are exhausted in the battle, what will you do next?"

"Comrade Brigadier," Oshanin looked at Sokov blankly, and said with some puzzlement, "Is there any need to say that? If the army dogs are exhausted, you can reorganize us into infantry. Don't look. We are all military dog ​​trainers, but it is not a problem to switch to infantry."

"What? Let me use the military dog ​​trainers as infantry?" Sokov frowned and asked, "Don't you need to go back to the rear and retrain new military dogs? You know, you are now a valuable part of our infantry brigade. Wealth, even if all the military dogs are exhausted, you can't be used as infantry."

"Comrade Brigadier, you don't know something." Oshanin said to Sokov with a serious expression: "The four newly formed anti-tank dog companies are already at their limit. Whether it is supplementary trainers or military dogs, It will be very difficult. Instead of letting us return to the rear and wait for the replenishment of military dogs after all the dogs are sacrificed, it is better to take up arms and fight the Germans face to face."

After several people chatted for a while, Oshanin ordered the soldiers to take the general dog away, and followed Sokov and Belkin back to the tent. Belgin looked at Sokov and said with a smile on his face: "Comrade Brigadier, with these 125 military dogs that can blow up German tanks, our defense tasks will be greatly reduced. The Germans must have never dreamed of it. We would send dogs with explosives to blow up their tanks."

Sokov nodded slightly, and then said to Oshanin: "Captain Oshanin, since this war will not end in a very short time, I hope you can be mentally prepared for a long-term battle. Understand ?"

"Understood, Comrade Brigadier Commander." O'Shaning nodded and said affirmatively, "I understand what you mean. You were worried that we would use all our military dogs to blow up German tanks in the early days of the war. Don't worry. , I know how to use these anti-tank military dogs."

Sokov raised his hand and looked at his watch, then smiled and said to Oshanin: "Captain Oshanin, you have worked hard all the way, and I will ask you to take you to the place where you live. You should rest for two days, and the time for training You can slow down a little bit. Xie Liaosha!"

Hearing Sokov calling his name, Seryosha quickly stepped forward, straightened his body and replied, "Yes!"

Sokov pointed at Oshanin, and said to Seryozha: "Take the captain and his men to rest in the tent that has been prepared for them. Whatever needs they have, do what they can."

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