Red Moscow

  Chapter 281 Contest (2)

   When everyone had finished talking, Sokov raised his hand and pressed down, and the entire queue immediately became silent. "Comrades, I will withdraw you. In addition to resting, we must hurry up and train to avoid similar situations in future battles. You must know that due to the limitation of logistics supplies, not every battle can consume Nearly 50,000 rounds of ammunition..."

   Some soldiers heard this and whispered in the queue: "As long as the enemy can be destroyed, it doesn't matter how many bullets are consumed?"

  Hearing the soldiers' comments, Sokov's face became gloomy. He turned to Griza and said, "Comrade Lieutenant, select ten soldiers with the best marksmanship from your company."

  Although Griza didn't understand what Sokov's intention was, he still selected ten fighters as quickly as possible. From their clothes and military posture, Sokov could see that they were all veterans. He nodded, pointed to a row of targets in the distance, and said, "Everyone has five bullets, and we can see who gets the number of rings." most."

  Ten veterans lay prone on the shooting position, raised their guns and aimed at the bear target 100 meters away, and shot after a short aim. A series of crisp gunshots rang out, and the soldiers who had finished shooting got up one after another, stood upright and stood in the distance, waiting for the target-reporting soldiers holding signal flags to report the number of rings they shot.

  The results came out quickly: the lowest was 39 rings, and the highest was 46 rings. Regarding such a result, Sokov nodded and said: "These soldiers have good marksmanship, and they shoot fast and accurately. It's really great!"

  Hearing Sokov's praise for himself, the veterans all showed gratified smiles on their faces. But Sokov's next words made their smiles froze on their faces: "Lieutenant Seryozha, call Zina and Susanna over and ask them to shoot a few shots, and compete with these sharpshooters in a row. .”

   Not long after, two female soldiers wearing new military uniforms appeared in front of everyone. Looking at the unfit military uniforms on the two, Sokov thought to himself: The military uniforms of the Soviet Army are really ugly. The two beauties are wearing military uniforms that are obviously two sizes too large, and their original bumpy figures can't be seen. After coughing lightly, he said to the two of them: "Jina, Susanna, each of you has fifteen bullets, so that the male soldiers can see your shooting skills."

  The two female soldiers agreed loudly, and quickly ran to the shooting position with their guns in hand and got down on the ground. With a whistle, the two started shooting at the same time. Zina's movements were done in one go, and it took only ten seconds to fire five bullets in the gun. Then, she reloaded again, followed by squatting and standing shooting.

  After their shooting, the fighters reporting the target quickly reported their scores: Zina got 147 rings and Susanna got 145 rings. As soon as their results came out, the male soldiers standing aside watching the fun were in an uproar. They didn't expect that two unattractive female soldiers could achieve such astonishing results. Especially those male soldiers who had just finished shooting not long ago and were complacent about their results were even more stunned by the results of the two female soldiers.

   "Comrades, have you seen the shooting results of the two female soldiers?" Sokov asked the soldiers.

   "I see!" The queue replied sparsely.

   "The voice is too small, I can't hear you clearly." Sokov said dissatisfiedly: "Repeat again!"

   "I see!" The voice of the answer became tidy and loud this time.

Sokov nodded and continued: "Maybe you will never be able to kill an enemy with every bullet, but I hope that after this period of training, you can achieve five to ten bullets less. The level of destroying an enemy. Do you have confidence?"

   It is still a bit difficult for this company with a large number of recruits to eliminate an enemy with five or more actual bullets. So after Sokov finished asking, the answer to him was silence.

"Comrades, when you join our army, in addition to defending your home and abroad, more importantly, you want to establish a feat that will be remembered by future generations in this great war." Seeing that the soldiers were silent, Sokov continued loudly Said: "But if you want to make meritorious deeds, you must first learn how to protect yourself. I just carefully read that the fastest shooting speed of a male soldier is to finish five bullets in 20 seconds. And our female soldier Zina, It only took ten seconds."

Sokov glanced over the row of male soldiers who participated in the shooting not long ago, and continued: "Although the shooting performance of the male soldiers is also good, compared with the female soldiers, they are slightly inferior. And the shooting speed is half as slow. You know, when shooting face to face with the enemy on the battlefield, if the shooting speed is slower, you may be killed by the enemy. German soldiers are veterans who have experienced many battles. Their marksmanship is accurate. Once we can't suppress them with firepower, there will be great sacrifices."

  When Sokov was speaking to the soldiers, Griza, who was standing aside, did not expect that the ten soldiers with the best marksmanship in the company could not match the shooting performance of the two newly recruited female soldiers, which made him feel a little hot. what does this mean? It means that with the same number of bullets, two female soldiers can shoot more bullets at the enemy in the same time. On the battlefield, whoever shoots more bullets will naturally be more lethal to the enemy.

Thinking of this, Griza quickly said to Sokov: "Comrade Brigadier, we have lost consecutive matches against the female soldiers. But please rest assured, I will hurry up to train the troops and quickly improve the soldiers' skills and tactics. level to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops.”

Regarding Grisa's statement, Sokov nodded in satisfaction, and then announced: "Comrade Lieutenant, since you have understood what I want to express, immediately organize the soldiers to start training. After a week, I hope to see The shooting level of a company's commanders and fighters can reach a new level."

   "Comrade Brigadier, please rest assured." As soon as Sokov's words fell, Griza stated to him: "Our company will pay close attention to training and strive to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops in the shortest possible time."

   When the soldiers of the first company broke up and started training, Sokov and Belkin left the company's garrison with the soldiers of the guard squad. Unexpectedly, on the way, he met Rotmistrov who was coming by car.

   After getting off the car, the commander Rotmistrov saluted, and asked curiously: "Comrade General, why are you here?"

"I was going to your command post to ask you about the fighting in the early morning, but the staff officer told me that you had come to the company's garrison." Rotmistrov replied: "So I followed Come here and see what you're doing here."

"The soldiers of the company have just withdrawn from the position, and their morale is a bit low." Sokov said to Rotmistrov with a smile: "So the political commissar and I came here to see them and give them encouragement. "

Rotmistrov looked at the female soldiers sitting in an open jeep behind, and said with a smile: "I just saw the wonderful shooting performance of the two female soldiers through the telescope. They fought really well. Great, completely reached the level of a sniper. How about it, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I wonder if you can give them up and give them to me. I plan to set up a sniper team in the army."

   "Comrade General," Sokov said unceremoniously when he heard that Rotmistrov wanted to poach himself, "They are snipers in my guard company, and I can't just give them to you."

"Okay, okay, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I'm not joking with you." Rotmistrov said with a smile: "When it comes to fighting, we are comrades fighting side by side; but when it comes to two snipers , but you become as stingy as Grandet."

"These two female snipers are the treasures of our infantry brigade." Sokov waited for Rotmistrov to finish speaking, and replied resolutely: "So under any circumstances, I will transfer them Not to other troops, not even our friendly troops fighting alongside us."

   After Rotmistrov made a joke, he turned the topic to the main topic: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, how is the German army attacking from the south of the city?"

"Most of the German troops who crossed the river were killed by our army in front of their positions, and the rest fled towards the upper and lower reaches of the river." When Sokov reported the situation to Rotmistrov, he suddenly remembered the tank army He quickly added: "The German army launched two consecutive attacks on our position, but they were both unsuccessful. While they were waiting for reinforcements to arrive on the river embankment, the artillery of the tank army attacked the wooden boats full of soldiers. The rapid artillery attack caused heavy losses to the enemy."

After introducing the situation in detail, Sokov expressed his gratitude to Rotmistrov: "Comrade General, on behalf of all the commanders and fighters of the 73rd Infantry Brigade, thank you for your support. If there is no artillery support from you this morning , maybe we will pay a higher price."

"Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I have an idea." Rotmistrov waited for Sokov to finish speaking, and proposed to him: "From the current situation, the enemy has suffered such a big loss. There will be no new attacks on us. You see, if we engage in a military contest."

   "A military contest?" Hearing Rotmistrov's proposal, Sokov couldn't help asking curiously: "Comrade General, what kind of contest do you think we should have?"

   "We sent out fifty people each to compete in shooting and stabbing." Rotmistrov said to Sokov with a smile: "Let's see which army can win the final victory. I wonder what your opinion is?"

   "No problem." Since Rotmistrov made such a request on his own initiative, Sokov couldn't refuse, so he readily agreed, "I wonder when we will have the contest?"

   "How about tomorrow morning?"

   "Okay, that's the deal." Sokov nodded and said loudly: "Tomorrow at ten o'clock in the morning, each side will send out fifty fighters to compete in shooting and stabbing."

  (end of this chapter)