Red Moscow

The commander of the German army who was hiding on the side of the carriage saw the mine-detecting engineer being knocked down, turned his head and said to the engineer platoon leader who had just rushed over, "Lieutenant, hurry up and send people up again, we must clear the landmines on the roadbed as soon as possible." Clean it all up."

The engineer platoon leader glanced forward and saw his five subordinates lying on the roadbed and railroad tracks in a haphazard manner. He immediately felt a chill rushing down his spine all the way to the top of his head. If one's own subordinates went to clear the mines, they would definitely die as many as they went there.

Seeing that the engineer platoon leader did not respond for a long time, the German regiment commander was a little angry. He shouted at the other party: "Lieutenant, you are deaf, didn't you hear what I said to you?"

"Mr. Colonel!" The engineer platoon leader said tremblingly, "There are Russian snipers hidden in the forest on the north side of the roadbed. If I send people to clear the mines again, they will definitely be killed by the snipers."

"Damn Russians!" After the German regiment commander cursed angrily, he called a captain and told him, "Suppress the snipers in that forest with machine guns and mortars immediately, and we must not let them stop us." Interfere with engineers to clear mines."

After the captain received the order, he bent down and ran out of the hiding place next to the carriage immediately, assigning tasks to his subordinates. It's a pity that the ones making cold shots in the forest at this moment are just guerrilla sharpshooters. Their level is at best higher than ordinary guerrillas, and they are not like those well-trained snipers in the army who know how to choose important targets for sniping.

They just lay on their hidden positions and watched helplessly as the German captain commanded several machine gunners, using the rails as cover, set up two machine guns, and even set up a gate on the other side of the rails in the blind spot. Mortar. The movements of the German gunners were very agile, and the mortar was loaded almost at the same time as the mortar was erected. With a soft "bang", a shell roared and flew towards the hiding place of the sharpshooters.

Since the gunner did not know the exact location of the sharpshooters, the fired shells missed and landed more than 20 meters away from the sharpshooters and exploded without causing any harm to them. Seeing that the situation was not good, the team leader of the sharpshooters was about to order the sharpshooters to move, when the German machine guns rang out suddenly, and countless bullets flew towards the hiding places of the sharpshooters like water. Although the machine gunner's shooting was very blind, many bullets still hit the tree trunk behind them, making a series of "bang bang bang" sounds.

The squad leader knew very well that if he organized the sharpshooters to transfer at this moment, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties under the firepower of the German machine guns. He could only yell to the surroundings: "Everyone lie down on the spot and don't move, no one is allowed to move without my order."

Seeing the ambush position of the sharpshooter team, which was attacked by enemy machine guns and mortars, the bearded man who was hundreds of meters away was a little anxious. He knew very well in his heart that if the sharpshooter team was killed by the enemy, even if he filled in the rest of the team, he would not be able to hold back the enemy's progress.

The bearded man pointed at the middle-aged man, and said to him, "Go over there immediately and inform the team leader, tell him to let the sharpshooter team move to another place, and continue to shoot the German engineers." The middle-aged man With a promise, he got up from the ground, held his gun, bent over and ran towards the hiding place of the sharpshooter team.

Yi Na watched the middle-aged man leave, and also made a request to the bearded man: "Comrade Captain, please allow me to go too. The sharpshooter team was attacked by enemy machine guns and mortars, and there will definitely be casualties..."

"I don't allow it." Before Yi Na could finish speaking, the bearded man interrupted without hesitation, "Don't you see how dangerous it is? How could I let you, a future mother, take risks? What would the comrades say about me if something happened to you?"

Hearing what the bearded man said, Yi Na realized that she couldn't make it through. I don't know when, women have become the objects of protection in the army. If women are allowed to do certain dangerous things, the person who gives the order will usually be criticized by others. Although she couldn't rush there to treat the wounded, Yi Na kept her eyes on the position that was being hit by fire, wondering how many people could be withdrawn from there later?

The sharpshooters fell silent immediately after being suppressed by German machine gun and mortar fire. Although the commander of the German army didn't know whether the sharpshooters in the forest had been wiped out or moved, he was in a hurry and urged the engineer platoon leader: "Lieutenant, my men have already suppressed the Russian snipers. You can send people to clear the mines again.”

The engineer platoon leader nodded, called a few engineers, and sent them out to continue demining. Probably because he was worried that his subordinates were afraid of death, he personally picked up a mine detector and cleared mines at the front. He was bold enough to detect mines, while looking at the forest that was being suppressed by firepower from time to time, worried that a few bullets would fly out at some point.

This time they were lucky. They walked seventy or eighty steps forward and found a dozen landmines. The engineer platoon leader handed over the mine detector to another engineer and asked him to continue to detect mines, while he lay down on the ground and carefully dismantled the fuses of the mines.

Magrus stayed in his compartment and waited for a long time. Before he received the report from the head of the 544th regiment, he ordered his adjutant: "Get in touch with the head of the 544th regiment immediately and ask them where they are now. location?"

After receiving the order, the adjutant immediately contacted the radio station of the 544th regiment with the radio. After a brief inquiry, he reported to Magrus with some surprise: "Your Excellency, the 544th Regiment has only advanced less than 300 meters so far."

"What, only advanced less than 300 meters?" Magrus went to the radio, took the microphone and earphone from the adjutant's hand, and asked loudly: "Colonel, I'm Magrus, what do you want?" Let me explain, twenty minutes have passed, why you have only advanced less than 300 meters, are you learning how to crawl like a turtle?"

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Hearing Magrus' reproachful tone, the German regiment commander quickly argued: "The damn Russians have planted a lot of landmines on the roadbed, and there are snipers hidden in the nearby forest. Many engineers were killed by them during demining,..."

"That's enough, you don't need to explain to me any more." Magrus interrupted him without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, "The military department only gave us an hour, if your regiment can't arrive on time At the 564th kilometer station, you will lose the colonel's epaulettes and even be court-martialed."

Hearing Magrus' threat to him, the commander of the German army became anxious: "Your Excellency, although I have ordered people to use firepower to suppress the snipers in the forest, who knows if they will move to a new position and continue to shoot It is simply impossible for our engineers to reach the designated location in such a short period of time without clearing the mines planted by the Russians."

"You idiot, a natural idiot." Seeing his subordinates chattering to him about the troubles they encountered, Magrus suppressed his anger and said, "You never thought that the Russians would concentrate their forces to attack the station. Then it must be a small group of troops to stop us here. You just need to leave the roadbed and continue to advance near the railway line. No matter how many Russian mines are, can they cover all the land?"

What Magrus said made the German army commander realize that he had entered a misunderstanding. Why did he have to remove all the mines on the roadbed before moving forward? It is absolutely possible to let your subordinates leave the roadbed and march on the south side of the railway where there is no forest. In this way, no matter how many Russians are hiding in the forest, it may be difficult to stop your troops from continuing to advance. Thinking of this, he immediately issued an order to the troops, and everyone left the roadbed and marched on the south side of the railway line.

However, the troops marching on the south side of the railway line walked less than 100 meters before stepping on a landmine, killing four people and injuring eight others on the spot. As a result, the soldiers who had already been frightened refused to move on. Seeing that the troops stopped again, the commander of the German army jumped up and down angrily. He cursed angrily: "Damn Russians, if I catch you, I will tie you to these mines and blow you to pieces."

After the mad German regiment commander cursed, he called the engineer platoon leader over and asked them to clear the mines in front, trying to rush to the 564th kilometer station as soon as possible to eliminate the Russian guerrillas occupying there.

After the engineer platoon leader and the commander of the German army finished speaking, he accompanied him carefully and said: "Mr. Colonel, we don't know how many landmines the Russians have planted here and how large the area is. If it is only one or two kilometers, the problem is still there." It’s not that big, we can clear it within two hours. But if they have planted mines between here and the 564th kilometer station, with my staff, even if they line up for a day, they won’t be able to clear them. .”

The commander of the German army knew the consequences of delaying the fighter plane, especially when the military department only gave it an hour. If his troops stayed here, not only would he be dismissed, but he might even lose his head. Thinking of this, he said to the officer beside him: "Order the troops to spread out and move forward. I don't believe it. The Russians can really plant landmines at a distance of more than ten kilometers."

The chief of staff of the regiment quickly reminded him: "Mr. Colonel, if you rush forward in such a reckless manner, I am afraid that the troops will suffer heavy casualties, and when they arrive at the station, their combat effectiveness will be affected..."

"I can't take care of that much anymore." The commander of the German army waved his hand and said cursingly: "Those who were killed by the bombing deserved it. Those who survived will continue to move forward. Anyone who dares to dawdle..." He pulled out the The pistol at his waist was raised high above his head, "I'll kill him with one shot."

Seeing that the regiment leader was furious, the officers and soldiers of the 544th regiment, who were blocked by landmines, started to advance again. They formed a sparse formation and moved forward cautiously. From time to time, someone stepped on a landmine and was blown away by the air wave of the explosion. The flying shrapnel also knocked down many soldiers who were close to the explosion point.

No one cared about whether the fallen comrades were injured or died. They just continued to hold their guns and walked forward with cautious subordinates. As for the wounded who fell on the ground, the division headquarters will send health workers to treat them later.

The bearded man hiding in the forest couldn't help becoming anxious when he saw the Germans marching forward regardless of casualties. After all, there are only more than a hundred mines laid by myself, and they are distributed in such a wide area. As long as the Germans pass through this area, they can rush to the 564th kilometer station unimpeded.

Because it was too far away from the station, the bearded man didn't know how the battle was going. Seeing that the enemy was passing through the minefield he had laid one after another, he was afraid that the attacking troops would be attacked by the enemy, so he quickly ordered the radio operator next to him: "Send a report to Captain Mihiga immediately, saying that the enemy is passing through our blocking area, let them Be prepared."

The bearded warning telegram reached Mihiga a few minutes later. After reading the telegram, he handed it to Tavlin who assisted him in the battle: "Comrade Sergeant, the telegram from the bearded man said that the enemy is passing through his blocking area one after another. Let us take precautions as soon as possible."

After quickly scanning the contents of the telegram, Taflin asked back: "Comrade Mihiga, why didn't he say how many troops the enemy has and what kind of equipment they have? Also, how did they stop the enemy?"

When Mishiga heard Tavlin's question, he immediately realized that the report from the bearded man was too simple, and quickly ordered the operator to send him a telegram to the bearded man, asking the other party to report the battle in detail.

While waiting for the bearded call back, Mishiga asked Taflin respectfully, "Comrade Sergeant, what should we do with so many supplies at the station?"

"I saw two warehouses filled with German army coats and quilts." After occupying the station, Tavlin once sent a telegram to Guchakov, asking him for instructions on how to dispose of the seized materials. Guchakov did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so he sent a telegram to Sokov for instructions. Since he did not receive a reply for a long time, he did not tell Taflin how to dispose of these materials. However, Tavlin is Sokov's subordinate after all, and he has some understanding of Sokov's style. Although he has not received a reply from his superiors, he already knows how to choose: "Before we evacuate, set off a torch. The overcoats and quilts are all burned, and let the Germans experience the cold of the Russian winter."

The bearded call back arrived soon. Taflin read the telegram handed over by Mihiga, and said thoughtfully: "The bearded and the others did not directly fight the enemy, but used mines and cold guns. The enemy has been delayed for a long time. Although the enemy has passed through the minefields they laid one after another, it is not so easy for them to get here."