red moscow

Chapter 2719: Lone Hero (Part )

After Sokov shot and knocked down the German tank soldier, he did not dare to fight and turned around and ran back because he saw more tank soldiers coming over. He knew that two fists could not beat four hands and he was no match for them alone.

As soon as I turned the corner, I heard gunfire from behind. If I had run a little slower, I would have been shot to pieces by the machine guns on the German tanks. And a shell hit the house at the corner, sending bricks and stones flying.

When he ran breathlessly to the place where Andrei parked his car, two T-34 tanks also arrived here.

"Comrade soldier," the major, who had half of his body sticking out of the turret, asked Sokov, "Did you find any German tanks?"

"Yes, Major." Sokov said loudly, "I found several German Type 3 tanks and assault guns parked on the street on the left side of the intersection ahead."

"We only have two tanks, so we are definitely no match for the enemy." The major said, "We should leave the town immediately and think of other ways to avoid conflict with the enemy."

"Major, wait a minute." Seeing that the major was planning to retreat, Sokov suddenly became anxious. He shouted to the major: "You stay here, I will go to lure the German tanks over." After saying that, without waiting for the major to finish, Sokov bent down, grabbed the anti-tank grenade from the sidecar of the sidecar, turned around and ran towards the street where the German tanks were parked.

Seeing that he was about to reach the street where the German tanks were parked, Sokov slowed down to avoid running too fast and rushing directly into the street. The muzzles of the German tanks might be aimed at the turning point, and they would start shooting frantically as soon as they saw a target appear.

Sokov thought quickly in his mind about what he should do to blow up the German tank. Hiding at the corner of the building, quickly sticking his head out, and throwing an anti-tank grenade was definitely the most convenient way, but whether he could hit the target depended on luck.

At this moment, Sokov saw that the windows of several households on the first floor of the building where he was going to hide did not even have window frames. He was immediately delighted and thought that he could enter the second floor of the building and use anti-tank grenades to destroy the German tanks on the street from a high position. He quickly ran to a window, inserted the anti-tank grenade into his belt at the back of his waist, hung the submachine gun around his neck, and used his hands and feet to climb through the window and enter the house.

The house was in a mess, with fallen bricks and rubble everywhere. He walked out of the room carefully, went up the broken stairs to the second floor, found a room on the side, pushed the door and walked in. He went to the window and looked down. There was a long line of German tanks and assault guns parked on the street, and the muzzles were all pointed at the corner where he had just appeared. However, he did not see a single German soldier, who must have hidden in the tanks or assault guns. Even the bodies of the tank soldiers he had killed were gone.

Seeing this, Sokov could not help but break out in a cold sweat. If he appeared from the corner of the street again, he would definitely be shot by artillery and machine guns. If that happened, he might die without a complete body.

He quickly counted them and found a total of six Type 3 tanks and two assault guns. The first and last tanks were both Type 3 tanks. He was closest to the first tank, so he pulled the fuse of the anti-tank grenade and smashed it directly at the tank.

As soon as the grenade was thrown, Sokov quickly took two steps back and squatted on the ground with his head in his hands.

The moment the grenade came into contact with the tank, a deafening explosion erupted. Flames shot up into the sky, and a powerful shock wave spread in all directions. A huge hole was torn in the tank's armor by the power of the explosion, and billowing black smoke rose up.

When Sokov saw the black smoke coming out from below, he knew that the tank had been destroyed. Without stopping for long, he quickly went downstairs, climbed out of the window, and quickly ran to where his tank was parked.

Seeing Sokov running over, the major asked loudly: "Comrade Soldier, what's the situation? I not only heard the sound of the grenade exploding, but also saw the billowing black smoke burning over there."

Sokov came to the tank and looked up at the major and shouted: "Major, there are six Type 3 tanks and two assault guns parked on that street. I have already blown up the first tank. The street is narrow, and the rest of the tanks can't rush over."

"Great, that's great." The major couldn't help but smile and said to Sokov, "Comrade Soldier, now we can go back and inform the convoy behind us to quickly pass through this town while the German tanks are blocking the road."

The major's words surprised Sokov. In this situation, shouldn't he take the opportunity to clean up the chaotic German tanks? Why did they turn around and leave? He quickly said to the major, "Comrade Major, I have an idea. We should take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the enemy tanks' road is blocked and destroy them all."

The major was stunned for a moment when he heard what Sokov said, and then he said, "We only have two tanks, and the enemy has four times as many tanks as we do. Even if you just blew up one, there are still five tanks and two assault guns. We are no match for them at all."

"Major." Sokov climbed onto the tank and said solemnly, "The enemy tanks are now blocked in the narrow streets. You just need to drive through and destroy them one by one like shooting at fixed targets."

The major looked at the intersection where Sokov had escaped, and then said, "Comrade Soldier, you can see that the intersection is too narrow. If both of our tanks drive through, they won't be able to move at all."

"Major, I have a suggestion." Sokov knew very well that he was just a rookie with little influence in the eyes of the enemy. If his suggestion was not convincing, the enemy would not listen to it at all. He continued: "Send a tank to the intersection to attack the German tanks parked on the street. And the other tank will follow me to go behind the Germans and beat them up."

The major thought about Sokov's suggestion for a while, and finally agreed. He said to the lieutenant next to him: "Lieutenant, your tank will go to the intersection ahead and attack the German tanks parked on the street. There are a lot of German tanks, so you must be careful to hide when you carry out the attack. Do you understand?"

"Understood." The lieutenant answered loudly, and the tank he was in drove towards the intersection.

Sokov got into the sidecar of the three-wheeled vehicle, turned his head and shouted to the major, "Major, follow me. I will lead you to attack the Germans from behind."

When the three-wheeled vehicle set off, the tank the major was in also followed at full speed, driving quickly along the street, preparing to cut off the German army's retreat and destroy all those tanks on that narrow street.

The lieutenant's tank came to the intersection, with only the body and turret protruding from the corner of the building. Fortunately, the first destroyed German tank was now burning, and the flames and billowing black smoke blocked the vision of the German tanks on the street, so they did not notice in time that the Soviet tanks had entered the range.

After observing the situation on the battlefield, the lieutenant decisively ordered the loading of armor-piercing shells and fired at the second assault gun.

The flames and black smoke from the burning first tank not only blocked the sight of the German tank soldiers, but also affected the vision of the Soviet tank soldiers. The shells fired hit the top of the assault gun, forming a ricochet, hitting the wall of the nearby building and exploding, and the falling bricks and stones hit the street.

The German tanks on the street were in even greater chaos because of the sudden bombardment. Some were trying to reverse, and some were turning their turrets constantly, looking for the direction the shells were coming from. The assault gun that was hit by a shell decisively fired at the corner.

Although the gun missed the target, the Soviet tank lieutenant was still shocked and ordered the driver to pull the tank back. He knew very well that if he missed the target, he would be in danger of exposing his target if he tried to attack the German tanks. Even if he destroyed one or two tanks, his own tank would probably be destroyed. Besides, Sokov, who was taking the major's tank to the rear, had already appeared behind the German tank column. He saw that the enemy tanks were in chaos, so he ordered Andrei to stop the car on the side of the road, and then sent a signal to the major who was following him, indicating that he could attack the German tanks.

When the major saw the situation of the German armored column, he knew that this was indeed the best time to attack, so he decisively issued an attack order.

A shell flew out and accurately hit the turret of the last tank, and the tank immediately began to burn.

Sokov saw two tank soldiers covered in flames escape from the burning tank, and rushed forward with his submachine gun, pulling the trigger at their backs. After a series of shots, the two tank soldiers staggered forward a few steps, and then fell to the ground.

The major was overjoyed to see that the attack was effective, and quickly ordered the gunners to reload and continue shelling the chaotic German tanks.

But at this moment, he saw Sokov raised his hand and gestured to him, indicating that he should stop shelling.

The major was confused as to why they had to stop firing at this critical moment. He saw Sokov standing in the middle of the road, looking at something in the middle of the tank column. He quickly got out of the turret, jumped off the tank, and walked quickly to Sokov's side. He asked curiously, "Comrade Soldier, what are you looking at?"

"Comrade Major, look, is there a white flag on the tank in the middle of the German tank column?"

The major looked in the direction of Sokov's finger, and sure enough, he saw a submachine gun sticking out of the turret of a tank in the middle, with a white handkerchief tied to the barrel.

A few minutes later, an officer came out of the tank turret and walked quickly towards where Sokov and others were. The submachine gun tied with a white handkerchief was held high by another tank soldier.

"Who is the commander?" the German officer asked. "I want to lead my troops to surrender to him. I wonder if he will allow it?"

Sokov was about to reveal his identity, but he realized that he was just a new soldier, and that the major beside him could only handle this matter. He nodded to the major and said, "This is the major, our highest commander. You can surrender to him."

Unexpectedly, after Sokov finished speaking, Andrei asked curiously, "Sokof, can you speak German?"

Sokov didn't expect that he could speak fluent German when talking to the German officer just now. He thought to himself, is this the benefit of this time travel, that he can speak German fluently? He didn't bother to find a reason to explain to Andrei, and turned to the major and said, "Comrade Major, this German officer said that he wants to surrender to us and asks if you allow it?"

After hearing this, the major showed an embarrassment on his face. He asked back: "Comrade soldier, do you think we should accept their surrender?"

Sokov remembered that during Operation Garden of Death, after the British occupied a bridge, the German garrison nearby was ready to surrender to the British commander. But the arrogant commander refused the other party's request and said that he was not capable of accepting prisoners. Seeing that the British would not accept their surrender, the German army set up a battle formation. In the end, the British army suffered heavy losses, and the remaining officers and soldiers had to surrender to the German army.

In order to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again, Sokov said to the German officer without hesitation: "Mr. Officer, my commander said that he accepts your surrender. Let your men get out of the tanks."

The German officer turned around and whispered a few words to the soldier following him, and the soldier turned around and ran back. He came to the tank, climbed up quickly, and shouted a few words into it.

A few minutes later, tank soldiers gradually came out of the tanks parked on the street and stood against the wall with their hands raised high.

Sokov held a submachine gun and walked towards the middle of the tank column, wanting to drive all the prisoners to where the major and his men were, and have Andrei be in charge of guarding them.

But when he walked to the middle, he accidentally saw an alley next to it, so he turned his head casually. This sight almost scared him to death, because he didn't expect that there were several German tanks parked in this alley.

He gripped the submachine gun tightly in his hand, ready to fight these tanks to the death if necessary.

But his worries were unnecessary. When the tank soldiers came out of the tanks and saw Sokov appear, they raised their hands high, fearing that the other party would suddenly shoot at them.

When Sokov drove the German tank soldiers to the major's side to gather, he heard someone shouting in Russian: "Comrades, save us!"

Hearing the shout, Sokov turned his head and saw a Soviet soldier waving desperately at him from a window of a nearby building. He stopped and asked the other person: "How many of you are there? How many Germans are guarding you?"

"There are more than thirty of us, and there are only two Germans guarding us."

"Confiscate their guns immediately and bring them all out."

The soldier agreed and retracted his head. Soon, Sokov heard cheers coming from inside.

Not long after, two German soldiers with their hands raised came out of the unit door. Behind them, a group of Soviet soldiers followed. Except for two soldiers holding 98K rifles, the rest were unarmed.

Although Sokov saw that one of them had the rank of second lieutenant on his collar badge, he still gave them orders: "Pick up the weapons that the Germans dropped on the ground and follow me to take these prisoners out."

But the major and Andrei outside were stunned when they saw Sokov coming out with a group of Soviet soldiers and escorting German prisoners.

(End of this chapter)