Chapter 115 Praying Mantis Catchers Cicada and Oriole Behind Oleg was afraid that Sokov would not believe Matrosov's words, so he chimed in and said, "Comrade Battalion Commander, I think Matrosov's words are very credible. If it weren't for him, our The squad may still be heading due south, conducting futile searches." At this moment, Sokov didn't care about where the plane was, but was thinking about where Griza and the others were, because the person he personally led to search for was with them. This is an inaccessible deep forest, and the Germans will not appear here for no reason, which proves that Grisa and the others may be ahead. What I can do now is to continue to wait, and when the Germans take action, I will give them a "praying mantis catching cicadas and oriole behind" and beat them to death. Thinking of this, Sokov told Matrosov: "Comrade Matrosov, go to the back immediately and notify the comrades of the second and third echelons to come here. Remember, the sleds are left where they are. Don't bring it here just yet." Although Sokov and the others were only 150 meters away from the second and third echelons, the German attack began before Matrosov brought the troops over. Gunshots sounded like popping beans in front of them, and the echoes of the gunshots echoed in the forest, shaking the snow on the branches to fall, and it fell on Sokov and the others all over their heads. Oleg saw dozens of German soldiers walking away in a skirmish formation with their backs turned to him, so he said anxiously to Sokov: "Comrade battalion commander, the enemy has begun to attack. We Shoot it?" "No, wait a little longer," Sokov turned his head and glanced back. Seeing the soldiers of the second and third echelons, they were stepping on the knee-deep snow, running towards him with bouncing jumps. He continued: "We'll talk about it when the big troops arrive." After a few minutes, the soldiers who arrived all lay down on the snow, their weapons pointed at the back of the German army in the distance. Everyone turned their attention to Sokov, wondering in their hearts: "Why didn't the battalion commander give the order to shoot?" When Sokov heard the gunshots, he was more anxious than anyone else. He felt that Grisa and the others couldn't stop so many enemies. But before giving combat orders, as a commander, he must first figure out how many troops the enemy has and where they are distributed. After seeing the enemy's position clearly, Sokov began to issue orders to the surrounding soldiers: "The five sharpshooters designated in advance are the first combat team, and when they are 200 meters away from the enemy, they will carry out sniping; The second combat team, cooperate with the first team to eliminate the enemy, and cover the reconnaissance team to break through..."
Although Sokov launched the "three-three system" when he attacked Kryukovo, he quickly discovered the problem. Due to the lack of tacit understanding among the soldiers, this tactic was just a sham. It is difficult to be useful in offensive battles, so he can only reluctantly give up and adopt the old tactics that the soldiers are familiar with. … Seven hundred meters ahead of Sokov and the others is the hiding place of the Grisa scouting team. Although when he sent a report to Sokov last night, he said that there were only two people left in the reconnaissance team, but in the middle of the night, the planned team members came one after another. Now they, plus the pilots and staff officers, have a total of seven people and seven guns, and they are fully capable of fighting the German army. The enemy used machine guns to shoot at their hiding place before attacking. The dense bullets hit the snow and set off a snow column, making it impossible for them to shoot back effectively. The staff officer sitting in the gully, with a thick bandage wrapped around his head, saw the enemy's machine gun fire, which made the comrades in the reconnaissance team unable to raise their heads, and the enemy infantry pushed over step by step. He took out the documents he was carrying with him and placed them in front of him, and then took out a box of matches from his pocket, preparing to destroy them. Seeing the enemy's fierce firepower, Grisa didn't think that his reconnaissance team might be out of the sky, so he didn't stop the staff officer's attempt to burn the documents. Just when the match in the staff officer's hand was about to touch the document, the crazily roaring German machine gun suddenly went dumb. "What's going on here?" The staff officer stopped, looking at the direction the German soldiers were rushing towards with some puzzlement, wondering to himself, "Could it be that the enemy's machine gun has jammed?" The match burnt to the end and burned his hand, causing him to throw the dying match aside in a hurry. Just when he was about to strike another match, there was another sound of machine gun fire in the distance, but for some reason, there were no bullets whizzing past his head, and the soldiers who saved him even looked out. . "Comrade Commander." Griza suddenly turned his head and said to him with a beaming face, "Don't burn the documents for now, it seems that our people are here." "Our people are coming?!" Hearing what Griza said, the staff officer couldn't help thinking to himself, but when he listened to the gunshots outside, the expression on his face became gloomy again. He said with a mournful face, "but all I hear is the gunfire of German-made weapons. Where are our troops?" "If I'm not mistaken, the comrades from our battalion should have arrived." Griza said confidently, "You can only hear the gunfire of German-made weapons, because they are equipped with German-made weapons. " Hearing what Griza said, the staff officer immediately poked his head out and looked into the distance curiously. I saw that the German soldiers who were pushing this way were in a mess in the snow more than 200 meters away. They ran back and forth like headless chickens, bumping into each other, constantly Someone fell headlong into the snow. Seeing the German troops in front of him falling on the snow one after another, Grisa guessed that the sharpshooters in the battalion must be shooting at them, and hurriedly shouted at his subordinates: "Comrades, our reinforcements have arrived, rush to them!" Ah, rush over!" After speaking, he jumped out of the ditch where he was hiding, and while running forward, shot at the running German soldiers with the submachine gun in his hand. When Sokov led the attack from the rear of the German army, he did not shout, but approached the enemy quietly, and then the sharpshooter sniped the commander and machine gunner of the German army, causing the enemy to lose the enemy immediately. Unified command and powerful firepower, he then ordered machine guns and submachine guns to fire at the chaotic German army. Under their attack, the German army quickly fell into chaos. Under such circumstances, Grisa and the others successfully broke out of the encirclement of the German army and merged with the troops led by Sokov. (end of this chapter)