Struggle in Soviet Russia

When Victor rushed out of the mill, the gunfire became denser and came from the jungle west of the slope. Looking from the top of the slope, you can see Soviet soldiers running outside the jungle. They are rushing in the direction of the gunfire.

Two soldiers in camouflage uniforms ran over from the other side of the **** and crawled down less than 30 meters away from Victor. They looked in the direction of the woodland with binoculars. They were snipers equipped in the guard company. At the same time, they are also the best scouts.

The guard company's camp at the outermost edge of the town also reacted. More soldiers were rushing over here, and some people dragged the heavy Maxine heavy machine gun.

Victor frowned slightly, judging from the increasingly fierce gunfire in the woodland, the guard company's sentry in the woods should have found the enemy, and it was not one or two, at least a small group of enemy troops.

Aprelevka is not the front line, but the rear of the Soviet defense line. It is more than ten kilometers away from the Mozhaisk defense line that the Soviet army is building. Therefore, if the enemy in the woodland is not an anti-government The guerrillas are small groups of German paratroopers.

The intensive gunfire attracted the communications and intelligence personnel in the mill. Everyone didn’t know what was going on, and all of them looked nervous. These people belonged to the civilian staff in the army, were technically armed, and did not have any combat literacy. Because they have been active behind enemy lines and there are guards around them, most of them don't even have weapons. In the face of sudden battles, it is fake to say that anyone is not nervous.

Because the battle took place in the jungle, where Victor stood was invisible, and the guards were in charge of the battle, which had nothing to do with him, so after standing still for a while, he turned around and was about to say something. What? To soothe everyone's nervousness, I heard a sudden "bang" from the direction of the jungle.

Most importantly, before this bang, he seemed to vaguely heard the howling of the cannonballs breaking through the air.

With a tight face, Victor stopped abruptly. He shouted at Valenka who was standing at the gate of the mill: "Valenka, take my telescope!"

"Yes!" Varenka replied, turned and ran back to the mill, and after a while, he brought the binoculars over.

Taking the binoculars, Victor couldn't wait to look towards the jungle.

It was in the middle of summer, the jungle was luxuriant, and there was almost nothing in the telescope's field of view except for the faintly swaying figure.

"boom......"

There were several successive explosions, and one explosion even occurred on the edge of the jungle. Obviously, this was not the effect of grenades, but shelling, mortar shelling.

"Notify everyone and tidy up the equipment immediately." Although the situation in the jungle is still unclear, Victor made the safest decision to be on the safe side. "Important but unacceptable documents will be burned."

"Yes!" Varenka responded with a trembling voice, turned around and ran away quickly.

It’s not that Victor made a fuss, nor that he was afraid of death. It was based on the information obtained by the NKVD. With the development of the role of the communications command center, the Germans also learned of the existence of such a Soviet detachment. The German squad, which infiltrated the rear of the Soviet army, was searching for them.

Facts have proved that Victor’s caution was correct. Just as the equipment was intensively packed in the mill, the correspondent arranged by the guard company rushed over. The company commander asked them to immediately contact the Soviet troops in the Narofominsk area and report to them. Asking for assistance, on the one hand, immediately arrange the equipment, ready to retreat and transfer at any time.

The company commander is undoubtedly the person who understands the battle situation best, and the order he gives must be made after comprehensive consideration of the battle situation. Since he always wants to be ready to retreat at any time, it shows that the invading German forces are only strong or not weak. The only thing that is questionable is how German troops of this size penetrated the Mozhaisk defense line and suddenly appeared here.

Soon, two trucks equipped by the company drove over from the camp. Victor commanded the personnel to carry the radio and other equipment, and arranged for people to plant bombs in the mill, preparing to completely blow them up, especially the anti-aircraft gun position on the top of the mill. .

While the communications personnel were busy carrying equipment, the battle had advanced from the depths of the jungle to the outskirts of the jungle. At a little farther away, there were already German soldiers circling towards this side.

The company commander has rich experience. He drew out a platoon of troops, set up a line of defense on the top of the **** where the mill was located, and selected two machine gun fire points, hoping to delay the German attack and fight for the retreat of the communication command center. time.

During the transportation of equipment, the company commander sent people to urge them twice. They did not build the necessary fortifications here. Therefore, facing the German attack, the company suffered more serious damage. But the order the guard company received was to ensure the safety of the communications command center at all costs. In other words, they could die, but the communications command center could not be damaged. Therefore, if Victor and the others did not retreat, the guard company would have nothing to do. retreat.

The retreat operation was very embarrassing. In the panic, some people also dropped a radio station, which made Victor distressed. For the communication command center, each radio station is the most precious resource. If it breaks, I want to add it. It will take a long time.

After more than twenty minutes, a jeep took the lead, and a few trucks were behind. The communications command center under Victor's command began to retreat towards Narofominsk, where the headquarters of the fortified area defense force is located. It is definitely safer than here. The guards responsible for the breakup will go there to join them.

Sitting in the bumpy jeep, Victor began to conceive a new report.

Judging from today’s attack, it is obvious that the German army has also strengthened its penetration into the rear of the Soviet defense line. Taking into account the establishment of the Soviet defense line, the size of each of these infiltrated German forces must be small. Based on this, Victor made a judgment that the German army should be in the form of squads, but each squad is equipped with a radio. Therefore, after they find a target that needs to be attacked, they can contact others through the radio. The small teams quickly merged to form a relatively powerful force.

If Victor’s judgment is accurate, then the German penetration tactics will bring trouble to the rear security of the Soviet army. Therefore, the NKVD must strengthen the radio monitoring work behind the front. In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the monitoring of checkpoints at traffic critical points and road junctions, so as to reduce the scope of activities of the German infiltration squad and eventually wipe them out.

During this period of time, Viktor, a guerrilla warfare in the direction of Belarus, has also participated in remote command. Moreover, he has been in charge of suppressing bandits before the outbreak of the war, so he has very rich experience in relevant aspects. He found that it is almost impossible for any party in a war to completely contain the enemy’s infiltration and sabotage, especially in the Soviet Union, which is a sparsely populated country with dense jungles and swamps. Therefore, adopting various effective countermeasures to restrict and reduce the scope of activities of the German army in its own control area is the best effect that the Soviet army can achieve.

However, the outer area of ​​Moscow is not Western Ukraine after all. The German infiltration squad does not have a mass basis here. They cannot fight long-term guerrilla warfare. Therefore, each batch of infiltration squads must have a certain purpose. Yes, they have to retreat before the logistic supplies are exhausted, otherwise, they need to have aviation to deliver supplies. The weakness of the German penetration tactics is the key to dealing with them, and this must be grasped.

Regarding the issue of reverse osmosis behind the Soviet line of defense, Victor used his own experience to sum up a programmatic report, which will be sent back to Moscow and handed over to Serov for processing.

As Victor’s report was sent to Moscow, Moscow’s Supreme Command finally determined the German military’s strategic intentions in the direction of Kiev, and quickly made a decision to redeploy the Southwest Front and Bryansk Front.

The Bryansk Front was required to launch an offensive on the Desna River to attack the flanks of the German 2nd Armored Group going south, and at the same time, to prevent the 17th Army of the German Southern Army Group which is likely to advance northward from the direction of Dzerkasser. The Southwest Front Army was required to retreat to the east bank of the Dnieper River and quickly build the Dnieper River defense line. At the same time, it retreated with part of its force to defend the fortified area in the Kiev region.

The deployment made by the High Command should be correct, but the problem is that the order was issued too late, especially for the Bryansk Front. Before they received the order and completed the deployment, the German 2nd The armored cluster has rushed past where they should deploy the line of defense.

Even worse, in the north of Kiev, the German front has advanced to the Chernigov-Khenbli line. The Soviet 21st Army’s defensive positions were not built, and the Germans broke through.

The situation in the direction of Kiev is at stake, and the heavy group of the Soviet Southwest Front is in danger of being encircled.

Victor learned of the battle in Kyiv only after he led the communications command center to Narovominsk. He was also helpless in this regard, although he wanted to write a report, suggesting that the base camp quickly gather on the east bank of the Dnieper. The troops withdrew to Kursk, but to be honest, with his current status and situation, he really was not qualified to send such a report. The only thing he can do is to pray for the old men, including Sophia, that they can escape the disaster safely.