Red Moscow

  Chapter 4 Victory in the first battle

  The German army that attacked the town of Khimki belonged to the 258th Infantry Division Reconnaissance Battalion, and they were all veterans with rich combat experience. Without any precautions, they were hit unexpectedly, and five or six soldiers were killed on the spot. After a brief panic, the remaining soldiers returned to normal. Several machine guns fired at the Soviet position to suppress the opponent's firepower; Carefully and decisively approach the Soviet position.

  The bullets flying indiscriminately scattered mud and snow on the edge of the trench. Lin Hua curled up in the trench with his rifle in his arms, listening to the sound of bullets whizzing past his head, his whole body was shaking like chaff. Fortunately, the soldiers were all overwhelmed at the moment, and no one noticed his embarrassment.

When Lin Hua shot and killed a German soldier, he thought that the war was nothing more than that, but he never thought that after that shot, he would not accomplish anything. On the contrary, the firepower of the German soldier was so fierce, three or four machine guns and a dozen submachine guns They fired at the same time, so that the soldiers in the trenches did not dare to stand up. As soon as a soldier raised his head, before he had time to shoot, he was shot in several places in the head, and he fell into the trench on his back without even screaming.

  Lin Hua looked up at the window on the second floor. How he hoped that the machine guns of Brother Sidolin could suppress the firepower of the German army. But he knew in his heart that this was nothing but wishful thinking. From the moment the German army fought back, a machine gun was specially used to suppress the Sidolin brothers, making it impossible for them to shoot at the window.

  A German soldier rushed to a place only twenty meters away from the trench, hid behind a snowdrift, and threw a grenade, trying to kill all the Soviet troops in the trench. However, due to his excessive force, the grenade flew over the trench and exploded in the open space behind the trench.

The slightly hot soil fell on Lin Hua's body, making him think hard about his situation. Hiding in the trenches was just a stopgap measure. Once the Germans charged up, he would either be shot to death by random guns or be shot by hand grenades. To be killed, rather than sit and wait for death, it is better to give it a go.

Seryozha next to Lin Hua is a veteran with rich combat experience. He judged the position of the German army based on his feeling and listening to the sound of bullets passing by. He leaned up and raised his hand to shoot the gun based on his feeling. Regardless of whether he hit or missed, he immediately retracted and lay down.

Lin Hua saw that Sergey's shot was very methodical, so he leaned out and pulled the trigger towards the figure shaking in front of the trench. He retracted his body, squatted in the trench and pulled the bolt, ejected the cartridge case, took two deep breaths, leaned over and fired again.

A German soldier who had just rushed out from behind the snowdrift was accidentally hit by a bullet fired by Lin Hua. As if he had tripped over something, he staggered suddenly and paused for a moment, his body Then fell down softly.

  Another German soldier, seeing his companion lying in a pool of blood, hurriedly took out a grenade and blew up all the Soviet troops in the trench to death. Unexpectedly, as soon as he pulled the string, before he had time to throw it, Christopher leaned out and shot a burst with the submachine gun in his hand. The German soldier clutched his chest and fell down with a face full of pain. The grenade landed at his feet and exploded with a bang, blowing him to pieces.

  Although the German army has an advantage in terms of numbers and weapons, it is not easy to quickly occupy the position in the face of the difficult Soviet army in front of them. Seeing this situation, the German commander was extremely anxious. He originally wanted to take advantage of the unprepared Soviet army and rush into Khimki town, but unexpectedly, a Soviet army ambushed in advance on their only way. If the battle dragged on for too long, it would not be so easy for them to get out when the Soviet reinforcements arrived.

Even though the German army couldn't move forward, Lin Hua and the others fought extremely hard. The Sidolin brothers on the second floor had died, and the seven people in the trench were only Lin Hua, Seriosha and Christopher. personal. One can imagine the difficulty of blocking a dozen enemies armed to the teeth with two rifles and one submachine gun.

After Seryozha fired another shot outside the trench, when he knelt down to reload, he said to Lin Hua anxiously: "Misha, we only have three people, while the Germans have more than a dozen. It is difficult to stop them." Impossible. Look, should we retreat?"

"I can't retreat!" Lin Hua unequivocally denied Seryozha's proposal: "As soon as we retreat, the Germans will rush into the town. You should know that there is no preparation in the town at all. Once the enemy Once we get our feet on the ground, a steady stream of enemies will enter the town and use it as a starting point for attacks on Red Square and the Kremlin, and we must not let that happen. Understand?"

Hearing Lin Hua's words, Seriosha let out a long sigh, then leaned out, fired a shot at the outside, retracted his body, and said to Lin Hua: "Misha, I understand. The Germans If you want to rush into the town, you can only step on our corpses, and this is our burial place."

  Lin Hua just nodded, before he had time to speak, Christopher next to him suddenly whispered: "No, I'm out of bullets."

  Seryozha also smiled bitterly and said: "I only have one clip left."

   "Collect the ammunition of the sacrificed comrades." Lin Hua knew that he didn't have much ammunition, so he hurriedly said to the two: "We must hold off the enemy as long as possible, so that the people in the town can have time to prepare."

   After another seven or eight minutes, Lin Hua and the three of them ran out of bullets, and the shooting in the trench stopped. Seeing that there was suddenly no movement on the Soviet position, the shrewd German commander immediately realized that the Soviet army was out of bullets, and quickly shouted at his subordinates: "The Russians have no bullets, shoot them all!"

   Seryozha, who was squatting in the trench, saw those who put the **** of their guns on their waists and walked towards the trench with their waists bent. He unhurriedly put the bayonet on the rifle, turned his head and said with a smile to Lin Hua, "Misha, although the bullets have run out, we can still fight the Germans with the bayonet, and we must not live as prisoners!"

Just as Lin Hua was installing the bayonet, Christopher also threw away the submachine gun with no bullets in his hand and picked up the rifle left by a sacrificed comrade. After installing the bayonet, he turned to Lin Hua and said, "Comrade Corporal!" , it looks like we are all going to die here today."

At this point in the battle, the fear in Lin Hua's heart had long since dissipated. Holding the rifle with a bayonet attached, he stood upright, facing the German soldiers who were surrounding him, and said proudly, "Even if we die, we will die." You need to pull a few more backs."

  Seryozha and Christopher also stood up straight, stared at the Germans in front of them, and said loudly: "That's right, even if we are going to die, we have to pull a few backs."

  However, the bayonet fighting scene that Lin Hua imagined did not happen. Suddenly, there was a burst of intensive gunfire behind them, and several German soldiers who were only a few steps away from them fell to the ground one after another.

"What's going on here?" Lin Hua turned around in surprise, and saw a group of militiamen in civilian clothes with weapons in their hands, shouting: "Ula!" The German soldiers in front of the trench rushed forward. The one who rushed to the front was the police lieutenant, holding a Jeggarev machine gun in his hand, and was shooting at the German army.

   Seeing groups of militiamen pouring out of the town, the German soldiers didn't dare to stay, they all turned around and ran towards the place where the motorcycles were parked, trying to get in the car and escape. But the militiamen were not willing to let them go, and they chased after them like a shadow.

The police lieutenant jumped into the trench, slapped Lin Hua heavily on the shoulder, and said approvingly, "Well done, Misha, are you all okay? It's amazing!" After speaking, he climbed out of the trench again, Continue to chase forward with the militia.

  (end of this chapter)