"I have an idea," Sokov whispered to Vanya in the ditch: "Let Ernst pretend to be the German commander and drive away the enemy who stayed on the road."
"Can you do it?" Vanya asked in a suspicious tone.
"In the current situation, we can only give it a try." Thinking that if he continued to stay here, Ernst came later and it was inconvenient for him to deploy his mission to him, he whispered to Belkin: "Comrade Belkin, stay here. If the enemy finds our soldiers hidden by the road, he can decisively order the troops to open fire." Then he said to Vanya, "Comrade Captain, come with me!"
The Second Company was hidden behind a hill, and the road turned a corner here. The enemy who was resting on the roadside could not see the movement here at all. After Sokov led Vanya to the location of the Second Company, Vasily immediately came up and asked Sokov in a low voice: "Comrade Battalion Commander, should we let the company go up to destroy the enemy?"
Sokov looked at him and said, "If I want to destroy the enemy, Captain Vanya's company will be enough to complete this task. Why bother to come to you if I want to destroy the enemy?"
When Vasily learned that Sokov came here, not to let his troops enter the battle, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He asked in confusion: "Comrade Battalion Commander, since you don't let us participate in the war, what's important about you coming here?"
"I came here to borrow some warriors from you." Sokov replied, "I want to send great use."
"Grissa, bring a few people here!" Vasily turned his head and whispered to Grissa who was hidden not far away: "The battalion commander has a task to you."
Hearing Vasily's call, Grissa immediately took several soldiers and ran to Sokov with him, stopped and said, "Comrade Battalion Commander, I will be waiting for your orders, please instruct!"
"Vasily, do you have the captured German uniforms in your company?" Sokov thought that his troops had been doing guerrilla work recently and were constantly attacking the enemy's transportation lines. Military uniforms were indispensable in the seized materials. When he drove to Kursk this time, a lot of supplies were left in the camp, so he specifically asked Vasily if there was any German uniforms here. If not, he could only find another way.
Fortunately, Vasily's answer did not disappoint Sokov: "Some, comrade battalion commander. I thought you might arrange personnel, disguise as Germans, and go deep into their defense zone for reconnaissance, so before leaving the camp, I specially brought German uniforms."
Hearing Vasily's answer, Sokov immediately asked in surprise: "How many sets are there?"
"But there are not many, there are only about a dozen sets."
Sokov thought there were only four or five sets in his heart, but he didn't expect that there were more than a dozen sets. He quickly ordered Vasily: "Get the military uniforms quickly, I'll be useful soon."
Ernst, who was operating with the battalion, received the notice from the soldiers, guessed that Sokov must have something urgent to ask him, so he rushed over immediately. He trotted to Sokov and asked breathlessly: "Major, is there anything wrong?"
"Corporal Ernst," Sokov said politely to Ernst: "On the road ahead, there was a group of soldiers from the Eastern Battalion. It seemed that they were planning to rest for a long time. In order for our army to rush to Kursk as soon as possible, I need you to disguise yourself as a German commander and drive those enemies away. Do you understand?"
"Major," Ernst asked immediately after Sokov finished speaking, "Can I ask, how many people are there on the other side? Am I going to carry out the mission alone?"
"Don't worry, Corporal Ernst, how could I let you go alone with such a dangerous mission?" Sokov quickly explained to Ernst: "Lieutenant Grissa will bring more than a dozen soldiers to go with you."
There are thirteen sets of military uniforms carried by the Second Company. Except for one set of captains and one set of corporal uniforms, the rest are all the clothes of ordinary soldiers. Ernst, who plays the protagonist, naturally wears that uniform of captains; Grissa wears the uniform of corporal soldiers, and the rest are all wearing the uniform of ordinary soldiers.
After the dressing was completed, a freshly baked German patrol team appeared on the road. But when they walked around the hills and appeared in the sight of the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion, many soldiers hurriedly put down their lunch boxes and pointed their guns at the direction of the team. When they saw clearly that a German patrol team was coming, they put away their guns and continued to sit down to have a meal.
Ernst took twelve "German soldiers" wearing German uniforms and carrying submachine guns, walking along the road towards the enemy's resting place. Walking beside him, Grissa saw the enemy holding a machine gun on the top of the bridge, but it was not the MG34 universal machine gun equipped by the German army, but a rare Czech light machine gun. The main and secondary machine gun shooters stood next to the machine gun and chatted. After looking at Ernst and the others, they continued to chat on their own.
Seeing a team of patrol soldiers coming towards him, a sentry on duty immediately met him and asked in stiff German: "Stop, what part are you from?"
Ernst ignored him, pulled him aside with his hands, walked straight to the crowd, put his hands behind him, and asked with a stern face: "Who is responsible here?"
As soon as he finished speaking, an officer in the captain's uniform stood up, raised his hand to salute him, and said in broken German: "Sir Captain, the person responsible here is Jonas, the commando captain of the SS, is responsible!"
Sokov only told the enemy here, and did not say that these were not Germans. Therefore, after listening to the captain's strong German language, Ernst glanced at the other party and asked in surprise: "Are you Russian?"
"Yes, Mr. Captain." The captain hurriedly straightened his body and replied: "My name is Lorbin. I have been in the Russian army before, and now I am the battalion commander of the 47th Eastern Battalion."
Ernst knew that in every Eastern battalion, there would be an Oriental Soldier Supervision Group, all composed of SS soldiers, and their responsibility was to supervise the operation of this unit. The Jonas mentioned by the captain should be the leader of the supervision group. So when the captain finished speaking, he looked at the officers and soldiers who were still standing by the fire and asked coldly: "Who is Jonas?"
A SS soldier squeezed out of the crowd and came to him. After raising his hand to salute, he asked absent-mindedly: "Hello, Mr. Captain, I am Jonas, the captain of the first-level commando team. Is there anything you have?"
Seeing that the other party was just a soldier from the SS, Ernst asked sternly: "Who told you to make a fire here?"
"Sir Captain," Jonas quickly explained to Ernst: "After a long time, the soldiers were hungry, so I asked them to get out of the car and have some food by the way."
"Don't you know that there are often guerrillas in this area?" Ernst deliberately scared the other party and said, "You still dare to stay here and pack up and leave immediately."
"Yes, Mr. Captain." Jonas replied in a panic: "Let's leave now." Then he turned around and shouted in the same poor Russian at the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Battalion, "Get off, set off now!"
When the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Camp heard Jonas' shouts, they hurriedly put out the bonfire, tidied up their things, and waited for the car one after another. Just as Jonas turned around and was about to sit in the bridge, Ernst suddenly asked: "Sir, the captain of the first-level commando team, where are you going?"
"When I went to the Dym area, there were a large number of Russian guerrillas. We were ordered to annihilate them." After closing the car door, Jonas said finally, "The Kursk defenders were empty, so they had to transfer all the troops composed of Russian prisoners of war to clear out the damn guerrillas." After that, he raised his hand and patted the driver on the shoulder, "Drive!"
When the enemy's convoy left, the commanders and soldiers came out from their hiding place. Sokov walked to Ernst, nodded at him, and said with praise: "Corporal Ernst, good, good job."
"Major, I think there is something to report to you." Ernst hesitated for a moment, and then said to Sokov: "The SS's first-level commando captain accidentally let out his mouth, saying that the city of Kursk was empty and he could not draw troops to clear out the guerrillas in the Dim area, so he could only transfer the Eastern Battalion composed of prisoners of war to charge the numbers."
Hearing Ernst say this, Sokov's face couldn't help but show a surprise expression. He turned his head and looked at the commanders beside him, and then ordered Vanya: "Captain, immediately send reconnaissance personnel to Kursk to conduct reconnaissance and find out the enemy's deployment."
But when Vanya followed Sokov's order and arranged personnel to rush to Kursk to reconnaissance, the commanders and soldiers of the first and second companies realized that they were advancing towards the rear of the German army. They couldn't help but feel nervous and were thinking: Why didn't we retreat, but came to the rear of the enemy? If we fight, will reinforcements come to support us? Also, if we are injured in the battle, can we be cured in time?
Although the soldiers were all thinking about their own little plans, since Sokov had issued the order, he could only execute it unconditionally. Even if there were swords and fires ahead, he could only bare the bullet and break through.
Chapter completed!