"Comrade Commander," said Felip, looking at Rokossovsky, "although we cannot use tank units, we can send a small detachment, passing through the forest, to appear unexpectedly near the enemy's artillery positions and attack them. By the time the Germans came to their senses, their artillery positions had already been destroyed by us. ”

After listening to this, Rokossovsky did not immediately express his opinion, but stared at Perip and asked: "Captain, what do you think are the chances of such success?" ”

"If you attack from the front, the success rate is less than 10%." Perip said cautiously: "But if the attacking detachment, all disguised as Germans, swaggered close to the enemy's artillery positions, then the success rate would be greatly increased." ”

"Disguised as a German?" When Rien heard Captain Fripp's proposal, he couldn't help frowning and asked in a skeptical tone, "Will this work?" ”

Felip glanced at Rokossovsky, who was standing in the middle of the room with his hands behind his back, and then confidently said to Rien: "No problem, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel. Some time ago, when the commander took us to attack Lublin, the troops were disguised as Germans. When we swaggered towards Lublin, we did not arouse the suspicion of the road patrol at all. ”

After listening to this, Liao En frowned and thought for a while, and then said to Rokossovsky: "Comrade Commander, I think Captain Perip has a point, we should immediately organize a small detachment, disguise ourselves as Germans, and sneak attack the enemy's artillery positions through the forest overnight. ”

"Captain, how many people are left in your squad?" Rokossovsky did not answer Lyon's words, but turned to ask Felip. During the period when he was commanding the troops to resist the German army, he also thought very clearly in his heart, not only to fight a positional war with the Germans, but also to organize a small detachment that could recruit and fight well, and infiltrate the enemy's rear to harass and fight. Judging from the current situation, the Captain Fripp in front of him is undoubtedly the best candidate for the commander of this detachment.

"The wounded, the people who can immediately go into battle, including me, there are 15 people." After Captain Felip finished speaking, seeing Rokossovsky's expressionless face, he thought that he was dissatisfied with the small number of people, and hurriedly added: "The rest of the fighters are wounded, and to involve them in such an operation, first of all, in terms of physical strength, they will not be able to do it." ”

Rokossovsky walked to the table and sat down without moving, looked up at Felip and asked: "Comrade Captain, I would like to hear your thoughts, how many troops do you plan to use to sneak attack and destroy the enemy's artillery positions?" ”

Felip thought for a moment, then replied: "Comrade commander, there is an infantry company of more than two hundred people on the artillery position to serve as a guard, and if there are too many people, it is easy to expose the target; If there are fewer people, they may not be able to defeat the enemy. So after much deliberation, I decided that I would have to go to at least 100 people. ”

"Having passed through the forest and reached the vicinity of the enemy's artillery positions, what are you going to do?" Rokossovsky continued to ask: "Was it a direct attack?" ”

Hearing Rokossovsky say this, Felip quickly shook his head vigorously, and then replied: "Comrade commander, this cannot be done. Our soldiers were already at a disadvantage in numbers, and if we launched another strong attack, it is estimated that before we could rush to the artillery position, all of us would have died. ”

Fripp's words aroused Rokossovsky's curiosity, and he asked with a smile: "Comrade Captain, then with your thoughts, how should we fight?" ”

"Comrade Commander, I think so." As he spoke, Philip came to the table, pointed to the map on the table with his hand, and asked politely, "Can I borrow your map?" Seeing Rokossovsky nodding in approval, he picked up the map, looked at it for a while, put it back in front of Rokossovsky, pointed to it and began to tell his battle plan, "Comrade commander, I think so, I took a hundred soldiers disguised as Germans and walked through the forest overnight. By daybreak, it would be almost time for our troops to get out of the forest, and at this time, we would not immediately attack the enemy, but would continue to advance westward without the enemy noticing. ”

"Continue west?" When Liao En heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt Felip and asked puzzledly, "Comrade Captain, where are you going to take the troops?" ”

"Lieutenant Colonel, don't interrupt him, let him continue." Although Felip's words were not finished, Rokossovsky had already guessed what he would do next, so he stopped Lieutenant Colonel Rion in time, and at the same time said to Felip: "Comrade Captain, please continue. ”

Perip nodded, and then continued: "I intend to wait for the troops to reach two or three kilometers behind the enemy's rear, and then penetrate through the forest, and then march along the main road to the column, swaggering towards the enemy's artillery positions. And the Germans, who were responsible for protecting the artillery positions, saw us and thought that they were a reinforcement and would not have any suspicion of us. As soon as we get close to the enemy's position, we immediately attack. Efforts were made to eliminate the German artillery and the infantry on guard in the shortest possible time. ”

"It's a bold idea." After listening to this, Rokossovsky immediately expressed his opinion: "But the chances of success are high, and it is worth trying." By the way, Comrade Captain, what are you going to do with the enemy's artillery? ”

Felip did not expect Rokossovsky to suddenly ask him this question, and after a short hesitation, he replied: "If it is possible, I intend to capture all this batch of artillery and pull it back to our positions." ”

In response to his whimsical idea, Rokossovsky forced a smile and asked: "Comrade Captain, if you encounter enemy resistance on the way back to our positions with this batch of artillery. What are you going to do with what you are going to do if your route is blocked by the enemy's powerful firepower and you can't bring back this batch of artillery? ”

Perip frowned and thought for a while, then replied: "If this is the case, I can only blow up all the cannons, and absolutely not let the Germans use them to fight us again." However, comrade commander, in this case, we may also have to apply to you for a batch of explosives, which will be specially used to explode artillery. ”

Rokossovsky waved his hand and said disapprehantly: "Captain, if you want to blow up the enemy's artillery, you don't need any special explosives. All you need to do is throw grenades into the barrel of each cannon and you can destroy the cannon. After saying that, he ignored the stunned Perip and Lyon, and walked straight to Kochetov and instructed him: "Second lieutenant, go and call the deputy commander of the guard battalion, Grissa, here, I have something to explain to him." ”

After Kochetov left, Rokossovsky turned around and said to Felip: "Comrade Captain, I will transfer a company from the guard battalion to your command and let them go with you on this bombing mission. By the way, there are many soldiers in the guard company who have worked as artillerymen before, capturing the enemy's artillery, asking them to aim at the enemy's position, shooting all the shells, and then blowing up the cannons. Do you understand? ”

"Understood, Comrade Commander." Captain Fripp replied loudly: "I promise to complete the task you have given me and completely destroy this artillery position of the enemy." (To be continued.) )