Just as Zhukov and Rokosovsky were both worried about the commanders and fighters of the Special Company, the unit had already appeared in the defense area of ​​the infantry brigade.
When the commanders and soldiers of the Special Company appeared five or six hundred meters in front of the Second Battalion position, they were immediately discovered by the soldiers in the position. Because they were wearing German uniforms, they were naturally regarded as Germans by the soldiers, and immediately issued a battle alarm: "Fight alarm, combat alarm, there are Germans approaching our position."
Captain Alexa, who received a report from his subordinates, immediately found a good position with a good field of vision and raised his telescope to observe the "German troops" approaching the position.
After observing for a while, Alexa felt something was wrong. If this enemy was coming to attack his position, why hadn't the attack formation been launched yet, but he was walking slowly in the marching four columns?
"Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander," Alexa handed the telescope in his hand to the deputy battalion commander standing beside him, and said with some wonder: "Hurry up and see, what the hell are those Germans doing? They are only five or six hundred meters away from our battalion's position, why haven't the combat formation started yet?"
The deputy battalion commander took the telescope and stared at the unit for a while. He couldn't help but frown: "Comrade Battalion Commander, have you noticed that there are several stretchers in the German army, and there are wounded people lying on it, and the officers and soldiers walking in the middle of the team are basically wounded."
After hearing what the deputy battalion commander said, Alexa quickly grabbed the telescope and observed it carefully. When he saw that, as the deputy battalion commander said, there were several stretchers in the German army, and the officers and soldiers walking in the middle were more or less injured. He put down the telescope and said in confusion: "Yes, there are indeed wounded people in the German queue. What's going on?"
The deputy battalion commander expressed his opinion: "Can these German soldiers get lost and think their field hospital is in our area?"
Alexa thought for a while and then denied the deputy battalion commander's statement: "I don't think it's possible. If it were the troops escorting the wounded, there would definitely be several health workers inside, and even next to the stretcher, there were also health workers holding infusion bottles. But look, there were no medical staff in this army at all, and your guess was not valid."
The deputy battalion commander is a commander who only knows how to obey. When encountering such a thing, he couldn't think of any reason. He could only suggest to Alexa: "Comrade Battalion Commander, why don't we report the discovery here to the brigade department?"
"This is a good idea." Alexa nodded in agreement with the deputy battalion commander's suggestion: "Maybe the brigade commander can tell what's going on after receiving the report."
After saying that, Alexa took the telescope and ran back to his battalion command post, and then ordered the correspondents: "Immediately call me from the brigade department. I have important situations to report."
The phone was quickly connected. Alexa heard the voice of Chief of Staff Karsokov from the receiver and said respectfully: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I am Captain Alexa, the second battalion commander, and now I have an important situation to report to you. Five or six hundred meters ahead of our camp's position, I found a German army moving towards our camp's position."
When Karsokov heard this, he became anxious: "Since there are enemies, are you ready for battle?"
"The entire battalion commanders and soldiers have entered the combat post." Alexa reported in accordance with the regulations: "Enter the battle at any time."
Sokov, who was studying the current situation with Belkin, heard Karsokov answering the phone and said that there was an enemy. He quickly stopped talking to Belkin, but looked at Karsokov and asked with a serious expression: "Comrade Chief of Staff, what happened? Where did the enemy be discovered?"
Without even having to cover the microphone, Karsokov directly reported to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander and the Second Battalion Commander reported that a German army was approaching their position a few hundred meters ahead of their position."
Upon learning that the German army had been found at the forefront of the Second Battalion, Sokov hurriedly walked to Karsokov, took the microphone from his hand, and put it in his ear and said, "Captain Alexa? I am Sokov! You said, in front of your battalion's position, the Germans were found, right?"
"Yes, comrade comrade commander."
"How many troops do they have? Do they have tanks accompanying you?" Although Sokov did not hear any guns and cannons in the direction of the Second Battalion, he still asked according to the usual practice: "Have your battalion's position been bombarded by German troops?"
"No, comrade comrade, our battalion's position was not bombarded by the German army." Alexas reported to Sokov: "The enemies who appeared in front of our battalion's position were about one hundred people and were not accompanied by tanks. What's even more strange is that this unit had many wounded soldiers, and it was only a few hundred meters away from our battalion's position, but it did not launch a combat formation. It still used the marching formation of four columns and slowly advanced forward!"
"There are no tanks accompanying you, no combat formations are launched, and there are still wounded people in the queue?" Sokov repeated the keywords Alexa said and murmured: "What are the Germans going to do?"
But the next moment, Sokov thought of a possibility and asked in the microphone: "Comrade Captain, how many people do you think there are in the German army?"
"It's just over a hundred people."
"Comrade Captain, hurry up and observe carefully. The uniforms worn by the German army to see if there are bullet holes or blood on them." Sokov guessed that the German army that Alexa saw might be the special company he sent to attack the German supply points last night. They finally retreated. If they were regarded as Germans by their own people, they would probably have to make unnecessary sacrifices. Therefore, he specifically instructed Alexa: "No one shot casually before he figured out the other party's true identity, do you understand?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander, why?" Alexa asked in confusion when he heard Sokov's order: "Is it still our own troops?"
"This possibility is not ruled out." Sokov thought that the special company went deep into the German control area from the first battalion last night. Captain Alexa, the second battalion commander, should not know about this, so he explained to him specifically: "Last night, we had a unit that was dressed up as a German army and went deep into the enemy's back to perform special tasks. I think the German troops you see might be the special company that retreated from the enemy's back."
When Alexa heard this, she was shocked and sweated in a cold sweat. She hurriedly said, "Comrade Brigade Commander, I'll go and observe again."
After putting down the phone, Alexa called three correspondents and said to them in a hurry: "You immediately rushed to the three companies and told the company commanders that the German troops appearing ahead might be disguised by our own people and asked them to be alert. Without my orders, no one is allowed to shoot. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" the three correspondents replied in unison.
"Since you understand, then hurry up and send orders to the company commanders." Alexa waved at them, "Let them never shoot!"
After the communications troopers left, Alexa brought the deputy battalion commander to the observation point just now.
After Sokov's guidance, Alexa carefully checked the military uniforms of the officers and soldiers when he observed again.
Sure enough, as Sokov said, not to mention the wounded, even the uninjured officers and soldiers walking in front and behind the queue could see bullet holes and blood around the bullet holes in the military uniforms.
After seeing clearly, Alexa put down the telescope, turned his head to look at his deputy battalion commander, and said with fear: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, it seems that the brigade commander's judgment is not wrong. It is not the enemy, but the troops sent by our brigade to the enemy to carry out the mission. The military uniforms they wore were all left by the German soldiers who were killed, so there were bullet holes and blood on the uniforms."
"It's so dangerous. If we didn't report to the brigade commander just now, maybe our soldiers would really treat them as Germans and shoot them." On the cold day, the deputy battalion commander's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He raised his hand to wipe his sweat, and said with lingering fear: "No wonder the brigade commander was able to be the brigade commander at a young age. It turns out that he really has the ability."
"Deputy Battalion Commander, since we are here, please send someone to contact them and take them into our battalion's position."
"I'll go in person."
The deputy battalion commander left the position with two soldiers and walked towards the opposite army.
When the two sides were still more than ten or twenty meters apart, the deputy battalion commander said to the opposite side: "I am the deputy battalion commander of the Second Battalion, which part of you are from?"
After hearing the deputy battalion commander's report to his house, Zariyajin, who was walking in the front, showed a bitter smile on his face. He turned his head to the deputy brigade commander Regalin who was walking beside him and said: "Comrade Deputy Company Commander, it seems that we have taken the wrong path and actually walked to the defense zone of the second battalion."
After saying that, without waiting for any response from Regalin, he took a step forward and raised his hand to salute the deputy battalion commander: "Hello, Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander. I am Captain Zaryakin, the commander of the special company. I am on the order of the brigade commander Major Sokov to go to the enemy's backbone to carry out a special mission."
When the deputy battalion commander heard that, yes, it was indeed the troops sent by Sokov to carry out missions behind enemy lines. He hurried forward and shook hands with Zariyakin, and then said with a smile: "Comrade Captain, I will take you through our position."
Zariyajin knew very well that there was a minefield in front of the second battalion's position. If no one led him, he would pass by rashly, and there would definitely be a bad luck warrior who would step on the mine. Therefore, he politely said to the deputy battalion commander: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, then please lead us."
After entering the second camp position, the deputy battalion commander brought Zariakin to Alexa and introduced him to: "Comrade Captain, this is our battalion commander Captain Alexa."
"Hello, Comrade Captain." Zariyajin quickly raised his hand to salute: "I am Captain Zariyajin, the commander of the special company. I have just returned from the enemy's mission!"
"Captain, thank you for your hard work." Alexa held Zariakin's hand and asked with concern: "I wonder if there is anything we need to serve?"
"When we were carrying out combat missions, many comrades were injured." Zariyakin asked tentatively: "I wonder if we can provide us with a batch of medicines. If there are medical staff, it would be even better."
"There are several health workers in our camp who can reband your wounds." Alexa glanced at the seriously injured person lying on a stretcher and said with a complicated expression: "But these seriously injured people can only be sent to field hospitals where there are military doctors who can perform surgery on them."
If Alexa didn't talk about the field hospital, Zariyakin hadn't remembered it yet. As soon as the other party reminded him, he quickly said, "Comrade Captain, since this is the case, then I won't bother you. Let's take people to the field hospital directly."
When Zariyakin was about to leave with the commanders and soldiers of the special company, Alexa also specifically reminded him: "Captain, you have entered the defense zone of our brigade. It may not be appropriate to wear this military uniform, and it may cause unnecessary misunderstandings."
"You are right, Comrade Captain, I'm not thinking well." Zariyakin turned to his subordinates and said, "Everyone listened to my order and took off the German uniforms worn outside, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings later."
As the order was issued, the commanders and soldiers of the special company took off their German uniforms, revealing the Soviet uniforms they wore inside.
After all this, the special company continued to rush.
Before Alexa could walk far away, she got into the battalion command post, picked up the phone on the table, and reported to the brigade department: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I will report to you. The brigade commander's judgment is correct. The German army that appeared in front of my camp's position was indeed disguised by the commanders and fighters of the special company. Now they have passed through the defense zone of our camp and headed towards the location of the brigade department."
"Great, Comrade Captain, this is really great." Karsokov, who answered the phone, seemed particularly happy when he heard that he had returned from his special return. He said to the microphone: "Thank you for telling me such good news."
As soon as Karsokov put down the phone, he turned around and said excitedly to Sokov and Berkin: "Two comrades in brigade commanders, great news. The special company has successfully passed the second battalion position and is heading towards the position of the brigade headquarters."
While Sokov was happy, he remembered that Alexa said that there were many wounded people in the team just now, so he couldn't help asking: "By the way, Comrade Chief of Staff. When Captain Alexa reported to you, did he say what the casualties of the special company were in? "
Karsokov's smile froze on his face. After a while, he said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, comrade brigade commander, I forgot to ask about this. Otherwise, I'll call Captain Alexa again and ask about the specific situation."
Seeing Karsokov reaching out to catch the phone, Sokov quickly stopped him: "Forget it, don't have to call. Anyway, Captain Zariyakin and others will come to the brigade headquarters soon. He will report to us in detail what kind of results they achieved in the battle last night and the casualties of the troops."
When Karsokov heard this, it seemed like this, so he gave up the idea of ​​calling the Second Battalion. He quickly walked to the door of the tent, looked up into the distance, trying to see if the Special Company had reached the vicinity of the brigade headquarters.
Chapter completed!