Chapter 782: Bold but cautious

  Chapter 782 Bold and Careful

   Once you figure out where you are, the next action will be much smoother. Ten minutes later, the armored convoy drove out of the forest and came to a forest clearing.

   Guchakov stood up, raised his binoculars to look around, and soon he found the target to attack. Gumrak Station is just four to five kilometers away to the northeast. Through the lens of the telescope, you can clearly see the mountains of supplies outside the station and the long queue of trucks.

   "Comrade Lieutenant," Guchakov was carefully observing the enemy's situation when he suddenly heard Samoilov's voice from under the car: "What are you looking at?"

  "Second Lieutenant Samoilov," Guchakov put down the binoculars in his hand, leaned over and said to Samoilov under the car, "I am looking at the first target we are going to attack."

  "The first attack target?" Samoilov rolled into the carriage with hands and feet together, and asked with some wonder: "Comrade Lieutenant, where is it?"

Guchakov handed the telescope in his hand to Samoilov, and said in his mouth: "The front is the Gumrak Station, which seems to be a material transfer point for the enemy. If we destroy this place, the attack on the factory area The enemy will face a shortage of supplies in a short period of time."

  Samoilov did not immediately express his opinion, but raised his binoculars and carefully observed the environment around Gumrak Station. After watching for at least seven or eight minutes, he put down the binoculars, turned to Guchakov and said, "Comrade Lieutenant, the enemy's defenses near the station are not tight. I don't think there is much problem in destroying this material transfer point."

Seeing that Samoilov also agreed to attack the station first, Guchakov secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although Sokov appointed him as the commander of the detachment, when selecting the members of the detachment, there were familiar people in the guard battalion. Someone told him that this second lieutenant used to be from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and that he was called his deputy on this mission, and he was actually in charge of monitoring him. Therefore, after he has selected a target to attack, he must find a way to get the other party's approval so as not to be dragged back.

   Guchakov looked at his watch and said, "Let the soldiers immediately establish a launch position and prepare to launch an attack."

   "What, attack the station now?" Samoilov was startled by Guchakov's words, and he quickly reminded the other party: "Comrade Lieutenant, it is daytime now."

   "What happened during the day?" Guchakov raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is this related to our attack on the station?"

   "If we attack the station during the day, we will definitely be discovered by the enemy, and it will be troublesome to get out..."

"Comrade Second Lieutenant, you are too worried." Guchakov interrupted him without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, "We fired rockets four or five kilometers away from the station, and before the enemy saw our Shadow, we've already moved. I don't see anything wrong with attacking during the day."

  Others thought that Sokov sent Samoilov to monitor Guchakov and prevent him from doing anything out of the ordinary. Only Samoilov knew in his heart that before departure, the commander did not explain anything to him, that is to say, he was just a deputy of Guchakov, and he could only obey the orders given by the other party, and he did not object at all. s right.

   "Comrade Lieutenant," Samoilov adjusted his position in time, and said respectfully: "Since you have made a decision, I will resolutely obey your order."

  Seeing that Samoilov agreed so readily, although Guchakov was suspicious, as long as the other party did not object to his plan, he didn't want to make troubles. He quickly ordered the gunners to set up a launch position and prepare to attack the station with rockets.

  Samoilov got out of the car and saw Tavlin, who was wearing the uniform of a German second lieutenant, staring intently at the station in the distance, with a strange smile on his face. He walked over curiously and asked, "Comrade Sergeant, what are you thinking, I think you seem very happy?"

"Comrade Second Lieutenant," Tavlin turned his head to look at Samoilov, and said, "A few months ago, our troops were defeated by the enemy. Captain Goria withdrew the surviving fighters and encountered the execution near the station. The reconnaissance company of the mission. It was the reconnaissance company commander, Lieutenant Christopher, who sent Corporal Aino to take us to Mamayev Kurgan, and made us part of the 73rd infantry brigade."

  Since the Battle of Stalingrad began, troops that were dispersed and retreated to the city were everywhere. The remaining commanders and fighters of these troops, after entering the city, were dismantled and organized into various heavily reduced troops, and continued to participate in the battle. As for the commanders and fighters who rejoined the battle, most of them died within a day or two in the brutal battle, and it can be said that there are only a handful of them who survived like Tavlin.

  Samoilov couldn't help but sigh in his heart. If it wasn't for the good luck of Goria and Tavlin, they might have become one of the tens of thousands of victims in the city defense battle. He nodded and said, "Comrade Sergeant, it seems that you were lucky enough to become the division commander's subordinates during the retreat. I believe that you will see the day when we repel the enemies who attacked the city. "

  The gunners who followed Guchakov to perform missions are veterans with rich experience. It took them less than two minutes to mount the launch tube on the tripod launcher and lock the attack target.

   Seeing that the launch site had been established, Samoilov walked up to Guchakov, looked at him and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, how many rounds of rockets do you plan to launch at the station?"

"We came out this time and only carried 90 rockets. If we use them unreasonably, I'm afraid they will be exhausted after a few uses." Guchakov looked at the station in the distance without looking back. Said: "We have prepared six launchers, and we will launch a round at the station first to see how the attack works, and then decide whether to continue launching."

   After saying these few words, Guchakov decisively gave the gunner the order to fire. Following the order, six rockets whizzed out from the launch tube, dragged a long flame tail, and flew towards the station in the distance.

  The busy German soldiers at the station heard strange screams coming from the air, and then saw several things with long flame tails flying towards the station.

   "Enemy attack, hide quickly..." A German soldier who had seen the rockets immediately shouted at the top of his voice, and at the same time scattered around looking for a suitable cover to avoid the incoming rockets.

  The rockets plunged into the station, and the whole station immediately became a sea of ​​flames. There were repeated explosions, and the wreckage of the truck waiting to pull supplies was blown up together with the corpses of the German soldiers. Although the piles in the station were not weapons and ammunition, but ordinary military supplies, a raging fire still ignited.

  There were bloodstains and stumps everywhere in the station. The German soldiers inside and outside the station were killed and wounded. The German soldiers who were lucky enough to survive ran around like headless chickens.

   Seeing the station engulfed in flames and smoke, Guchakov smiled. Samoilov on the side wanted to pass the binoculars. After watching carefully for a while, he shook his fist vigorously and said repeatedly: "Great, our artillery did a great job." He put down the binoculars, turned his head and looked at Gu Tsarkov asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, do you need a few more rounds?"

   "No need." Guchakov heard Samoilov's question, shook his head and said, "There are no trains or ammunition in the station. They are just ordinary military supplies. There is no need to waste our precious rockets."

   After speaking, he shouted to the gunners who were still waiting for orders: "Put away the launcher immediately and prepare to transfer."

   When the artillerymen heard Guchakov's order, they quickly removed the launch tube from the tripod and put it back into the armored vehicle.

   Seeing that the soldiers had already boarded the vehicle, Guchakov said to Samoilov, who hadn't recovered yet: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, what are you still standing here for? Hurry up and get on the bus, we are about to set off."

   "Ah, we are leaving so soon." Samoilov said with some surprise, "I thought it would take ten or twenty minutes."

"Comrade Second Lieutenant," Guchakov reminded Samoilov: "We use sneak attack tactics against the enemy, that is, we hit and run, so that the enemy can't find us. If we stay in one place for too long, we will be killed." The enemy has found out, and if we want to retreat, I am afraid it will not be so easy."

  Before returning to his car, Samoilov asked again: "Then where shall we go next?"

   "Before the enemy found us, we quickly bypassed the Gumrak station and rushed to the Orlovka area." Guchakov said briefly: "There we will hit the enemy hard."

  After the convoy started again, Tavlin whispered to Guchakov: "Comrade Lieutenant, aren't you afraid that he will report you when you speak to Second Lieutenant Samoilov like that?"

"What's so scary." Guchakov said disapprovingly: "Since we have completed the sneak attack mission, if we don't move quickly, should we stay where we are and wait for the German planes to bomb? Even if he reports to the division commander , I believe the teacher will not blame me."

   After the convoy drove forward for more than 20 kilometers along the potholed road, the armored vehicle suddenly slowed down. "What's going on?" Guchakov asked the driver loudly, "Why slow down?"

   "Comrade Lieutenant," the driver turned around and said to Guchakov with a bitter face: "We are running out of fuel, and we can only drive the vehicle for another two or three kilometers at most before we can only discard the vehicle."

"Damn, how can we go so far behind the enemy lines and lose the vehicle?" Guchakov became angry when he heard the driver's words: "Without vehicles to travel, what should we do with so many rockets on the vehicle? Are they all left behind?" For the Germans?"

   "Comrade Lieutenant, don't get excited." Seeing that Guchakov was so excited, Tavlin quickly persuaded him: "We can find a way to solve the fuel problem."

   "How to solve the fuel problem?" Guchakov frowned and said: "Comrade Sergeant, can you let the Germans add fuel to our armored vehicles?"

"It's impossible, Comrade Lieutenant." Tavlin replied with a smile: "Don't forget, we are wearing German uniforms and riding in German armored vehicles. Even if we go to the German supply point to refuel , is not impossible."

   Hearing what Tavlin said, Guchakov asked hesitantly: "Is this possible?"

"Comrade Lieutenant, I guess we will meet the German mobile supply point not far ahead." Tavlin was afraid that Guchakov would not know what the German supply point was like, so he went out of his way to popularize science with him: "Passing by The German troops can eat at these supply points and refuel their vehicles. We drove all night, so we can eat at the German supply points and refuel the armored vehicles by the way.”

   "Can this work?" Don't look at what Tavlin said is particularly tempting, but Guchakov is dubious.

"You'll be up to me later." Taftin said carelessly, "I'll definitely let the comrades fill their stomachs at the supply point." After a pause, he added, "But you have to work with The comrades in the other two vehicles greeted each other, lest they attack the enemy's mobile supply point directly without any explanation later, and then we would not only have nothing to eat, but also be in danger of being exposed."

"Don't worry, I will greet the people behind." After finishing speaking, Guchakov used the car radio to get in touch with the two cars behind, conveyed Tavlin's words to them, and warned them not to attack casually. The enemy's mobile supply point.

  Turning around the hillside ahead, I saw a mobile supply point, and there were two oil tank trucks parked on the side of the road. Because there were no vehicles passing by, a few German soldiers who had nothing to do were standing beside the car and chatting. A little farther away, there are more than a dozen tents, which should be the place where the passing German soldiers eat, but it is not possible to see the German soldiers passing by carrying a cauldron.

  Three armored vehicles stopped near the supply point. Taflin stood up and shouted at a sergeant standing beside the tanker, "Sergeant, come here."

  The sergeant heard the shout, trotted to the side of the armored vehicle, looked up at Tavlin above, and asked respectfully, "Mr. Second Lieutenant, what instructions do you have?"

Tavlin pointed to the armored vehicle he was standing on, then pointed to the two armored vehicles parked behind, and said carelessly: "Sergeant, our armored vehicles are out of gas, you fill them up immediately, and we need more fuel." to carry out the mission."

   "Yes, Mr. Second Lieutenant." The sergeant did not dare to neglect Taflin's order, and quickly yelled at the soldiers beside him. When the soldiers heard the shout, they immediately ran over with a long oil pipe, ready to add fuel to the armored vehicle.

Seeing that his subordinates were already busy, the sergeant said to Taflin respectfully: "Mr. Second Lieutenant, I am afraid it will take some time to fill up your car. Please see if you can ask your subordinates to get out of the car." , first go to the tent over there to eat something?"

"No problem." Seeing that the enemy didn't notice his strangeness at all, Tavlin quickly shouted at the people in the car: "Get out of the car and go to the tent to have breakfast." Although the soldiers in the car couldn't understand Taflin was shouting something, but seeing that he got off the car first, he guessed what he meant, and got off one by one, and then followed him, walking towards the tent in the distance.

  (end of this chapter)