Red Moscow

  Chapter 31 Defending the Dam (Part 1)

   Outside the gate of the regiment command post, there were two soldiers with submachine guns, chatting not far from the sentry. He saw Lin Hua striding out of the command post. The two exchanged a look, then walked towards Lin Hua.

  The soldier on the left with a medium build and the rank of corporal asked, "Excuse me, is this Lieutenant Sokov?"

Lin Hua guessed that these two fighters were probably the guides Batrakov arranged for him, so he nodded quickly and said, "Yes, I am Sokov." After a short pause, he asked tentatively, "Who are you?" The guide sent by the head?"

   After confirming Lin Hua's identity, the two soldiers immediately raised their hands to salute him. The medium-sized soldier said first: "Hello, Comrade Lieutenant. I am Corporal Pavel, the scout, and I was ordered to act as your guide."

  A soldier waited for Pavel to finish, and then said: "Comrade Lieutenant, I am Scout Kovnin, and I am willing to listen to your orders."

  When Lin Hua returned the gift, he casually asked, "Are the missions clear?"

   "Yes, Comrade Lieutenant." Corporal Pavel quickly replied: "The superior has given us the task."

  When the three of them walked towards the position of the third company, Lin Hua couldn't help asking Pavel curiously: "Comrade Corporal, why did you receive the order?"

After hearing this, Pavel pointed at the highland where Lin Hua and the others had fought not long ago, and said, "Not long after our army captured the highland, we received an order from the regiment to serve as a guide for a small army. Hurry to the Istria Reservoir." He slowed down, looked at Lin Hua, and said in an admiring tone, "Comrade Lieutenant, I saw at the foot of the mountain that you were the first to rush into the enemy's trench, you are really amazing .”

   "Comrade Corporal, my personal performance is nothing." Lin Hua said modestly: "Without the cooperation of my comrades-in-arms, I would have been unable to win that high ground by myself."

  As soon as they returned to the company's location, the two platoon leaders greeted them. The platoon leader, Second Lieutenant Vanya, saw two unfamiliar soldiers behind Lin Hua, and asked tentatively, "Comrade company commander, has the regiment assigned us a new combat mission?"

"Yes, the regiment assigned us a difficult task." Lin Hua said, picked up a branch, drew a sketch on the ground, and introduced the area to the two of them and the tasks to be carried out. Task. Finally, he also introduced Pavel to the two.

  Vanya waited for Lin Hua to finish speaking, looked at Pavel and asked, "Comrade Corporal, how far is it from here to our destination?"

"About four to five kilometers." Pavel pointed to the snow-covered forest in the distance, and said to Vanya: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, we need to go through that forest to reach our destination. But the snow in the forest is very Deep, the road is not easy to walk."

Lin Hua threw the branch in his hand, and said to Vanya and Andre: "Comrade platoon leaders, you immediately return to your respective platoons and get the soldiers ready to go. Remember, everyone Ammunition of two bases must be carried."

   Half an hour later, under the guidance of Pavel, the third company entered the forest. The soldiers stepped on knee-high snow and marched towards the other end of the forest with difficulty.

   Marching in the snow, we couldn't go far, and everyone was exhausted and out of breath. Pavel said to Lin Hua who was walking beside him: "Comrade Lieutenant, when we were reconnaissance two days ago, we found a German outpost at the edge of the forest, and there were five German soldiers inside. Can you see that we are bypassing this for a while?" Outpost, or send someone to kill them all?"

  Lin Hua did not make a decision immediately, but asked instead: "Is the enemy's outpost far from the dam?"

   "It's about five or six hundred meters away." Pavel replied, "As long as the outpost fires the gun, the enemy on the dam can hear it. Once we are detected by the enemy, the difficulty of completing the task will increase."

Knowing that there was a German outpost at the other end of the forest, Lin Hua couldn't help but had an idea, and quickly said to Pavel: "Comrade Corporal, we will reach the edge of the forest later, I will give you some soldiers, you go and take down the outpost." .”

   "Get rid of the outpost?" Hearing Lin Hua's order, Pavel couldn't help showing a troubled expression on his face: "Comrade Lieutenant, what should we do if we alert the enemies on the dam when we attack the outpost?"

"We have to take this risk." Lin Hua said to Pavel sideways: "So far, we don't know where the explosives that the German army plans to blow up the dam are piled up, and where the detonation site is. So We must find two captives and get the information we want to know from them."

   "But, Comrade Lieutenant." Pavel raised his hand and scratched the back of his head, and said with some embarrassment, "I wonder if there is anyone in your company who understands German, otherwise we would not be able to obtain any information from the prisoners."

After hearing Pavel's words, Lin Hua raised his hand and slapped himself on the forehead, and said angrily, "Damn it, **** it, why did I forget about it?" He reached out and walked past Seryozha, told him, "Seryozha, go and ask, is there anyone in the company who knows German?"

"Know German?!" Hearing Lin Hua's thoughtless order, Seryozha asked in confusion: "Misha, we are going to fight the Germans, not to be guests at their home. After seeing them , we don’t have to talk at all, we just need to pull the trigger with our hands, bang! They went to see God.”

  Lin Hua quickly repeated Pavel's words to Sergesha, and finally added: "We don't know anything about the situation of the enemy on the dam now. I hope to obtain useful information by interrogating these captives."

  After understanding why Lin Hua wanted a German translation, Sergey quickly turned around and walked back, asking the soldiers passing by him: "Comrades, who of you knows German? Who of you knows German?"

  While Lin Hua and Pavel were continuing to move forward, they suddenly heard Seryozha shouting excitedly from behind: "Misha, I have found someone who understands German."

  Lin Hua stopped in his tracks, turned his head and looked back, and saw Sergey leading a person coming towards him. After seeing that person, Lin Hua couldn't help being taken aback. He quickly asked, "Seryozha, do you mean that Assia understands German?"

   "That's right, I understand German." Assia came to Lin Hua and said out of breath, "I learned German for a while when I was studying medicine at university."

  Although Asiya said that she understands German, Lin Hua still asked cautiously: "Hands up, how do you say German?"

   "Hender Hooch!" Assia replied without hesitation.

  Lin Hua doesn't understand German, but judging from Assia's proficient pronunciation, she still has a certain foundation in German. So he nodded and said, "Okay, Assia, since you understand German, then you will interrogate the prisoners later."

   "Captive?!" Hearing what Lin Hua said, Asiya couldn't help asking in surprise, "Where are the captives?"

   "Not yet." Lin Hua glanced at Pavel who was standing next to him, and then said with a smile, "But it will be available in an hour or two."

  In order to ensure that Pavel and the others can successfully capture the outpost without alarming the enemy, Lin Hua handed over his favorites Sergey, Christopher and Oleg to Pavel's command. He finally said: "Comrade Corporal, several of them have rich combat experience, I hope you can lead them to successfully take down the enemy's post."

  (end of this chapter)