Burning Moscow

53 Night Attack (Part 2)

Kroshkov went to select personnel to participate in the night raid, and I pulled the curtains in the shelter to change clothes. Since entering this era, I have been wearing a skirt almost every day, and I don’t feel anything at all. I only feel that this skirt is getting in the way after the war. I’m about to take the team to sneak an attack on the enemy’s camp. It is estimated that the battle will be fierce at that time, and it will be inconvenient if I wear a skirt again. So I just borrowed a pair of military trousers from Kroshkov. Although it is a bit bigger, it is much easier to move in a skirt.

After putting on his pants and putting on a white camouflage suit, he walked out of the shelter with the submachine gun slung.

The soldiers who participated in the night raid had lined up in two neat rows in the trenches. Seeing me coming out, the group that was still whispering immediately calmed down. Kroshkov came over to salute me and reported: “Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the thirty soldiers who participated in the night attack are ready, please give instructions.”

I walked in front of the queue, and the light from the shelter made me barely able to see the young faces in front of me. I said loudly to them: “Comrades, in today’s battle, you taught the German devils severely and made them fail to move forward. You are all good!”

“Serve the motherland of the Soviet Union!” The soldiers responded in unison.

“We beat up the German devils severely during the day, and we can’t let them relax at night. Now, I want to take you to attack them. This action is very dangerous. Maybe we will all sacrifice, so I will not force you. If you want to go, you can stay. I won’t blame you.”

“Look at what you said, Comrade Major.” A familiar voice came from next to him, “We are ready for a long time, and we can go into battle at any time. No one will back down.”

“Who is speaking?” Although the voice was familiar, I couldn’t see the face of the speaker, so I couldn’t help but ask.

“It’s me, Bahadur.” There was some frustration and disappointment in his tone, “Comrade Major, don’t you know me?”

“Know, know, how can I not know, after all, they are old acquaintances.” I walked over and patted his shoulder and said, “I didn’t expect you to join the night raid team.”

“Yes, Comrade Major.” Bahadur didn’t know that I had been promoted to lieutenant colonel, and called me my previous military rank. “At the time, Comrade Commander told me to protect your safety like I protect my eyes. This order comes It still works today. You took the troops to attack the German devils, of course I have to follow you to protect you.”

“Thank you!” I held his hand tightly and shook it vigorously a few times.

“Can you go now? Comrade Lieutenant Colonel.” Kroshkov asked me quietly beside him.

“Comrades, set out.” I gave the soldiers the order to attack.

From our army’s position to the woods where the Germans were stationed, there was probably more than 500 meters apart. To pass such a long distance without being spotted by the Germans, they would have to crawl forward. Fortunately, when I was a militia in the unit, I practiced creeping forward, so these few hundred meters are just a piece of cake for me.

The German army fired a flare into the air every few minutes. At this time, we stopped advancing and lay motionless on the snow. When the flares disappear, continue to climb forward.

After entering the woods, I vaguely saw neatly arranged tents in front of me. I guessed it was the resting place of the German soldiers. We continued to crawl forward slowly, searching for the trail of the German sentry.

“Comrade Major, look over there.” Bahadu who was next to me said softly, and I looked in the direction of his fingers, only to see a red bright spot flashing not far away. Then the flares were bright, and I could see that it was a soldier wearing a steel helmet, leaning on a tree and smoking.

“Who will kill the sentry in the past.” I asked the soldiers behind quietly.

“I’m going.” A voice agreed, and then I saw a burly soldier crawling past me with hands and feet, and quickly leaned forward to the sentry. After a while, the soldier crawled back to me and said softly: “Comrade commander, the sentry has been killed, please indicate the next task.”

There is a faint smell of blood in the air, but what makes me strange is that the sentry is still standing on the spot, and the cigarette in his mouth continues to glow red. I asked the soldier somewhat upset: “Are you sure that the sentry has been killed?”

“Yes, Comrade Commander.” He heard the dissatisfaction in my tone, and quickly explained to me: “I stabbed the sentry’s chin with a dagger. He didn’t even gnaw. He died.” Listening to him With that said, I looked up and carefully observed the sentry leaning on the tree not far away. Under the light of the flares, I vaguely saw a long object inserted into the sentry’s chin, and liquid was dripping down the object.

“I took a closer look just now and found no other sentry except this one.” The soldier continued to whisper in my ear. I secretly rejoiced in my heart. God bless me. I didn’t expect the Germans to be so vigilant. Maybe they thought that the Soviets would only hide behind their positions and defend them passively. No more arrangements were made.

I just got up, and the soldiers behind me also got up. Using trees as a cover, we moved quickly to the location of the German tent.

Suddenly, Bahadur pulled my sleeve and said in a low voice: “Be careful, there are Germans in ambush ahead.”

Is there an ambush? ! Upon hearing these words, I instinctively whispered: “Lie down!” Then I took the lead in crawling on the ground.

lied on the ground for a while, did not see any movement in front of him, and asked Bahadu: “Where is the German devil you saw?”

“There, look.” Looking in the direction of his fingers, there were a dozen people lying on the snow in front of him. Although the light was very weak, they could still see that the other party was wearing a German uniform. But it’s weird. It stands to reason that we should have been spotted at such a close distance, but they were still lying there motionless.

Another flare rose into the air. With the help of its light, I unexpectedly found that two of the German soldiers lying in front of them were facing upwards. No, they put on such a strange shape, they wouldn’t be able to sleep at night, so they ran out to lie on the snow and count the stars.

I stood up and approached the German soldiers cautiously. “Be careful, Comrade Major.” Bahadu yelled softly, fearing that I was in danger, and got up and followed me closely.

After 　　 approached, I could see what was going on. It turned out that there were a dozen cold corpses of German soldiers lying here, each of whom had their hands tied behind their backs, including soldiers and officers.

“What’s going on?” Bahadu stood beside me and asked curiously: “In addition to ordinary soldiers, there are also captains and lieutenants. Who killed them?”

Looking at the corpses that were tied back, I immediately thought of the colonel I saw in the division. I immediately understood what was going on and told Bahadu lightly: “Sergeant, don’t make a fuss, these German soldiers. They escaped from under our guns. Although our bullets did not destroy them, they lost their positions and ultimately could not escape their own severe punishment.”

The soldiers gathered around me, waiting for my orders. I thought that tonight’s night attack would be a fierce battle, but I didn’t expect that the German camp was so defensive that it would allow us to come and go free. This makes me a little embarrassed. What should I do next? Is it to take people to fight the German headquarters, or to fight the ordinary German soldiers in the tent?

“Comrade Major, how do you fight next? Give your orders quickly.” Bahadu urged softly beside him.

A plot from “Plain Guerrilla” suddenly appeared in my mind: the devils and the puppet army attacked Li Zhuang, and Li Xiangyang appeared in the middle of the two armies through the tunnel, shooting and throwing grenades at both sides. Because it was too dark and there was no effective contact between the devil and the puppet army, he fought with his own, but Li Xiangyang’s guerrilla team hid in the sidelines watching the excitement.

Yes, the current situation is similar to that of Li Zhuang, so I will follow the old Comrade Li’s style of play. So I called Bahadu and the soldiers who had just killed the sentry over, and whispered them how to act. After setting up the task, I asked them to take ten people each to the east and the west in two impassable directions.

The effort is not great. First, there were a few explosions of grenade, and then the roar of submachine guns rang. The remaining soldiers and I kept alert on the spot to prevent an enemy from accidentally coming over, thereby cutting off Bahadu’s retreat.

The sound of rapid footsteps came from east and west at the same time. “It’s my own.” The soldier beside me told me with satisfaction. Soon Bahadu’s familiar figure appeared in my field of vision, and the squad led by another soldier also returned to the assembly area.

At this time, the German camp was in full swing, and the sound of shooting, explosions, and screams were endless.

Bahadu reported to me excitedly: “Comrade Major I took the soldiers out of the tent on your order, threw a few grenades inside, and then hit other tents. After a few shuttles, he returned.”

“Comrade Commander, my situation is the same.” The soldier added on the side: “When you just gave the order, I doubted whether your plan would work. Unexpectedly, the development of everything is in your calculations. During this time, we only threw a few grenades at the enemy, fired a few shots, and they became a mess, and we fought with our own people.”

“What shall we do next? Comrade Major.” Bahadu asked, listening to what he said, it seemed that he wanted to take the opportunity to teach the Germans severely.

“Retreat now.”

“Retreat?!” My order surprised them, and Bahadu said unwillingly: “I just observed that there are not many enemies stationed here, only two companies. How about we do it again? Throw a few grenades, maybe you can wipe them all out.”

Seeing his full of confidence, I couldn’t help crying or laughing. Throwing a few grenades just wanted to wipe out all three or four hundred people in two German companies. You thought you were throwing an atomic bomb.

“Obey the order and retreat immediately.” I decisively gave the order to the soldiers present, “Let them have a good time with their own people, we should go back to sleep, and wait until dawn to teach them well in front of the battlefield. One meal.”

Then, the 31 of us moved to our position. This time we no longer crawled forward, but ran back all the way. The Germans themselves were playing happily. Who would pay attention to whether someone passed through the open space between the two armies. It.