Red Moscow.

Chapter 2783

While the tank soldiers were wielding hammers to repair the damaged tracks, Sokov used the tank as cover to shoot coldly at the German soldiers in the distance. Although you can't shoot one at a time, there is still no big problem if you can shoot two or three at once. In a short time, at least a dozen German soldiers fell under his gun.

During the shooting break, Sokov did not forget to ask the opponent's name: "Tank soldier, what is your name?"

"Bushkin, Sergeant Bushkin."

At this time, two mortar teams and a heavy machine gun team also came to the vicinity of the tank and saw Sokov shooting continuously towards the fierce fighting position. One of the artillery sergeants bent down to Sokov and asked him for instructions: "Comrade Captain, what should we do next?"

The battlefield at this moment has turned into chaos, with people everywhere, fighting everywhere, and people falling every minute and every second. Although the Soviet army's sudden attack caught the German army by surprise, due to the gap in strength between the two, it was not easy for the Soviet army to win.

Sokov saw that in addition to a tank that temporarily served as a fixed firepower point, there were two mortars and a heavy machine gun beside him. It would be a bit exaggerated to directly change the situation of the battle with such firepower, but if you want to increase the number of enemies, casualties, it should still be possible.

Thinking of this, he immediately arranged the placement of mortars and heavy machine guns, and then began to give orders: "Use mortars to drive the German infantry running around to the center. After they gather in the center, the heavy machine guns will attack them." Straf."

Sokov's order was quickly implemented faithfully, and the German soldiers who were originally running around gradually swarmed toward the center under mortar fire. After they gathered a certain number of people, the heavy machine guns opened fire, and the dense bullets made the German soldiers fall down in groups.

After the battle lasted for more than ten minutes, the ammunition for the mortars and heavy machine guns were all used up. It was obviously impossible to continue to expand the results. At this moment, many German trucks appeared in the distance, with artillery behind them, heading towards the fierce battle.

It seemed that those artillery pieces towed behind the truck made Sokov's pupils shrink violently. Those were actually anti-tank guns. It was obvious that the Germans specially sent anti-tank guns to deal with Soviet tanks in order to reverse the situation of the war.

Sokov asked an artilleryman: "How is it? Do you still have artillery shells?"

"No more, comrade captain." The artilleryman shook his head and replied: "All our shells have been fired."

When Sokov heard the other party's reply, he couldn't help but cursed in his heart. The mortar shells had already been fired. How to deal with the incoming anti-tank guns? Could he just watch the Soviet tanks being destroyed by the German counterattack? Are the tanks and guns destroyed one by one?

Just when he was at a loss what to do, he suddenly heard someone shouting to him: "Comrade Captain, the tracks of the tank have been repaired."

Sokov turned around and saw that the person he was talking to was Sergeant Bushkin, who had just repaired the tracks. He quickly asked: "Can the tank start?"

"It should be okay."

Sokov pointed in the distance with his hand and said loudly: "Did you see those convoys? The Germans brought in a lot of anti-tank guns just to deal with our tanks. Since your tanks can move , then rush up and destroy them.”

Sergeant Bushkin agreed, climbed onto the tank on hands and knees, and got into the turret.

After a while, Sokov saw the tracks begin to rotate, proving that the tank soldier was right and the tank could indeed move.

Sergeant Bushkin leaned out of the turret and shouted at Sokov: "Comrade Captain, we are going to collect the German anti-tank guns. Wish us good luck."

Sokov was about to wish the other party good luck, but suddenly a thought came to his mind: He had nothing to do if he stayed here anyway, so he might as well follow this Tucker to destroy the German anti-tank guns.

Thinking of this, he quickly climbed onto the tank body from the front of the tank and said to the tank soldier, "I'll go with you."

After a puff of black smoke was emitted from the rear of the tank, it drove towards the convoy in the distance at full speed.

Sokov, standing on the tank, shouted at Sergeant Bushkin: "First kill the trucks, and then destroy the anti-tank guns."

Sergeant Bushkin quickly lowered his head to the inside of the tank and repeated Sokov's words to the people inside.

The tank stopped suddenly. If Sokov hadn't grabbed the handle on the tank turret, he would have been thrown down by the huge inertia.

The stopped tank slowly turned its turret, and then fired a shot at the convoy in the distance.

The next moment, a moving truck was directly hit by an artillery shell, and an earth-shattering explosion occurred. The artillerymen in the truck were blown to pieces, and their broken limbs flew into the sky in the light of the fire, while the anti-tank gun towed behind the truck It also fell to the ground.

"Great job!" Sokov waved his fist excitedly, and then gave the order again: "Keep going!"

When the tanks in which Sokov and Sergeant Bushkin were riding rushed toward the German convoy, the 4th Tank Regiment sent by Katukov arrived.

When the officers and soldiers sitting on the tanks saw that they had entered the battlefield, they jumped off the tanks one after another, rushed towards the nearby enemies with their weapons, and worked with their comrades to eliminate the enemies who were still resisting.

The battle lasted for another hour. Seeing that the attack was ineffective, the Germans could only evacuate the battlefield in a hurry.

Katukov was also very happy to learn that the attacking German army was repelled.

The chief of staff said excitedly at the side: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I really didn't expect that we easily repelled the enemy's attack with just a mixed battalion and a tank regiment."

"Comrade Chief of Staff, our attack is not easy." Katukov said with emotion: "All our mobile forces have been put into the battle. Even if we want to expand the results, there is no way."

"Comrade Brigadier, I didn't expect that Captain Sokov's plan was really good." The chief of staff realized belatedly at this moment that if the troops had followed their plan and attacked the enemy in advance, they would have suffered heavy casualties. On the contrary, Sokov's plan was to take advantage of the enemy's mood to underestimate the enemy after occupying his own position, and launch an attack unexpectedly, catching them by surprise, disrupting their offensive steps, and laying the foundation for this victory. Good foundation.

"When will the results be calculated?"

"The enemy has just retreated. It will probably take several hours to tally the results." The chief of staff asked Katukov curiously: "Comrade Brigadier, do you plan to report the results to the army headquarters now?"

"That's not entirely the case." Katukov said: "I want to understand the situation of our troops so that I can adjust the next defensive deployment." Before Katukov and others could report the results of the battle, Potapov called first. Came over: "Colonel Katukov, I heard that your troops have just repelled a fierce German attack and caused them huge losses. I would like to congratulate you. Congratulations on your achievements in the battle." results."

"Thank you, Comrade Commander." Katukov said respectfully: "Our results are still being tallied. I will report to you as soon as the statistics are available."

"By the way, where is my liaison officer, Captain Sokov?" Potapov said in a joking tone: "What's wrong with his liaison officer? You have achieved such a huge victory, but he didn't report to me in time. . As a result, I learned about the battle through other means.”

When Potapov asked about Sokov, Katukov seemed a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander, Captain Sokov has gone to the front line. We don't know much about his situation."

"What, he went to the front?" Potapov heard something wrong in Katukov's tone and couldn't help but frowned: "In the defensive zone where he is located, has there been any fighting with the enemy today?" ?”

Katukov heard that Potapov was worried about Sokov's safety, and quickly explained to him: "Comrade Commander, the situation is like this. The fact that we can achieve such results today has a lot to do with Captain Sokov." Relationship." After saying this, he quickly organized the vocabulary in his mind, and before Potapov asked again, he reported the whole story to Potapov in detail.

After listening to Katukov's report, Potapov said thoughtfully: "So, not only did a battle take place in the position where Captain Sokov was staying, he even participated in the battle. My Do you understand correctly?"

"Absolutely correct, Comrade Commander."

"Then do you know where he is now?"

"It's not clear yet."

Hearing Katukov's answer, Potapov couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat. He had tried so hard to poach Sokov from Vlasov's hands, but he lost sight of him not long after arriving at the front. , how to let him not feel lost.

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Katukov knows that Sokov can become Potapov's liaison officer, and he is obviously deeply trusted by the other party. Now that his whereabouts are unknown, it is strange that the other party is not worried. He coughed heavily, stabilized his emotions, and then said: "Comrade Commander, don't worry, I will immediately arrange manpower to find the whereabouts of Captain Sokov. Once there is any news, I will report it as soon as possible Reported to you.”

"Okay, I'll wait for you." After Potapov said that, he hung up the phone.

After Katukov hung up the phone, he immediately asked the communications staff to connect the phone to the mixed battalion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

When he heard someone speaking, he immediately asked straight to the point: "I am Katukov, who are you?"

"Hello, Comrade Brigade Commander." The voice of the battalion commander, Captain Korowin, came from the receiver: "I am the battalion commander, Captain Korowin."

"Comrade Captain." Katukov asked nervously, "How are the casualties of your battalion?"

"Report to Comrade Brigade Commander." Korovin replied: "The two companies that participated in the battle suffered two-thirds casualties; the tank platoon you assigned to us lost one tank; the anti-tank artilleryman on the friendly position All the anti-tank guns of the company were destroyed by the Germans, and only a dozen wounded in the company survived. "

Katukov waited for Korowin to finish his words and asked impatiently: "What about Sokov? Where is Captain Sokov I sent to you? How is he doing now?" When he said this, Katukov asked There was a tremor in Tukov's voice, and he was worried that Sokov had been sacrificed.

But Korowin's next words made him let go of the huge stone in his heart: "Comrade Brigade Commander, Captain Sokov has led people to tally the results of the battle."

"What, he went to tally the results of the battle?" Katukov couldn't help but feel relieved when he learned that Sokov had brought people to tally the results of the battle: "He is not injured, right?"

"No, he is fine." Korovin said excitedly: "Comrade Brigade Commander, you may not know that Captain Sokov commanded Sergeant Bushkin's T-34 tank during the battle, plus two With artillery fire and a heavy machine gun, they destroyed 9 German tanks, 5 trucks, 7 anti-tank guns, and a company of infantry.”

Katukov was stunned after hearing this. He knew that Sokov participated in the battle, but he did not expect to achieve such amazing results.

After a moment of silence, he asked: "Captain Korovin, is what you said true?"

"Comrade Brigadier, this is just an approximate number." Korowin said in an uncertain tone: "I think the real data may be more. After all, there was a melee everywhere at that time, and some tanks were destroyed by who. How many enemies were killed, who can say for sure.”

"Captain Korovin, I am giving you an order now."

"Comrade Brigade Commander, please give the order." Korowin said seriously: "I promise to complete the mission."

"You immediately take people to assist Captain Sokov personally, and you must complete the statistics in the shortest possible time." Katukov said: "After the statistical results come out, you must report to me as soon as possible. Do you understand?"

"Understood, Comrade Brigadier." Korovin assured Katukov: "I will definitely tally the results as soon as possible."

After Katukov ended the call, he said to the Chief of Staff: "Chief of Staff, I only knew that Captain Sokov was a capable commander, but what I didn't expect was that his performance in this battle was even more... It surprises me."

The chief of staff was busy with other things and did not hear the conversation between Katukov and Korovin. Hearing what Katukov said at this moment, he couldn't help but asked curiously: "Comrade Brigade Commander, what kind of results did Captain Sokov achieve that surprised you so much?"

"Captain Korowin just reported to me." Katukov recounted the situation that Korowin just reported to him in detail to the chief of staff, and finally said: "I think even if I was on the battlefield at that time, I would probably You can’t achieve results like he did.”

"He is indeed an excellent commander." The chief of staff nodded and said with emotion: "If we can make him one of us, I think our brigade can achieve more brilliant results in the future."

"Chief of Staff, what you said makes sense." Katukov nodded and said, "I will find an opportunity to talk to the Corps Commander to see if he is willing to cut off his love and transfer Captain Sokov to our brigade. If true If he is transferred, I can give him the position of battalion commander."

"Comrade Brigade Commander, as far as I know, the Army Commander spent a lot of effort to recruit Captain Sokov from General Vlasov." The Chief of Staff reminded Katukov: "To the Army Commander, "Captain Sokov is his beloved general, so he would not give it to anyone else easily."

Katukov was silent for a while after hearing this, and finally said slowly: "Although we have made such a request to the military commander, he may not agree. But if we don't mention it, there will be no chance at all. I think, Sometimes you should try your luck.”

(End of chapter)