Kroschikov went to select the men to take part in the night attack, and I closed the curtain in the shelter to change clothes. Since entering this era, I have been wearing skirts almost every day, and I usually don't feel anything, but when I fight, I feel that this skirt is in the way. I'm about to lead the team to attack the enemy's camp, and it is estimated that the battle will be fierce at that time, and it will not be convenient if I wear a skirt again. So I just borrowed a pair of military pants from Croshikov, although they are a little bigger, but it is much easier to move in a skirt.

After putting on his pants and covering himself with a white camouflage suit, he walked out of the cover with his submachine gun cross-body.

The soldiers who had participated in the night attack had already formed two neat formations in the trenches, and when they saw me come out, the procession, which had been whispering, immediately fell silent. Croshikov came over and saluted me, reporting: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, thirty fighters who participated in the night assault are ready, please instruct." ”

I walked past the front of the line, the light from the shelter barely making out the young faces in front of me. I said loudly: "Comrades, in today's battle, you have taught the German devils a hard lesson, so that they have not been able to advance a single step, and you are all good!" ”

"For the service of the Soviet Fatherland!" The warriors responded to me in unison.

"We beat the Germans hard during the day, and we couldn't let them be idle at night. Now, I'm going to take you to attack them. This operation is very dangerous, maybe we will all die, so I don't force you, if there are those who don't want to go, you can stay, I won't blame you. ”

"Look at what you said, Comrade Major." A familiar voice came from the side, "We are ready for battle, and no one will back down." ”

"Who's talking?" Although the voice was familiar, I couldn't make out the speaker's face, so I couldn't help but ask.

"It's me, Bahadou." There was some frustration and disappointment in his tone, "Comrade Major, you don't know me anymore?" ”

"Know, know, how can you not know, after all, they are all old acquaintances." I walked over and patted him on the shoulder and said, "I didn't expect you to join the Night Raid Team too." ”

"Yes, Comrade Major." Bahadou said that I had been promoted to lieutenant colonel and called me my previous rank, "Comrade Division Commander told me to protect your safety as if I were my own eyes, and this order is still in force today. You lead your troops to attack the German devils, and of course I will follow you to protect you. ”

"Thank you!" I held his hand tightly and shook it vigorously.

"Are you ready to go? Comrade Lieutenant Colonel. Kroschikov asked me softly next to him.

"Comrades, let's go." I gave the fighters the order to attack.

From the positions of our troops to the woods where the Germans were stationed, there was an interval of about more than 500 meters. To pass such a long distance without being discovered by the Germans, you had to crawl forward. Fortunately, when I was a militia member in the unit, I practiced crawling forward, so these few hundred meters are just a piece of cake for me.

Every few minutes, the Germans fired flares into the air, at which point we stopped advancing and lay motionless on the snow. Wait until the flare is gone, then continue crawling.

As I entered the woods, I could see neatly arranged tents in front of me, which I guessed were the resting quarters of the German soldiers. We continued to crawl slowly, searching for the German sentries.

"Comrade Major, look over there." Bahadou, who was next to me, spoke softly, and I looked in the direction of his finger, only to see a red bright spot flashing not far away. Then the light of the flares lit up, and I could see that it was a soldier in a steel helmet, leaning against a tree and smoking.

"Who's going to kill the sentinels?" I asked the fighters in the back softly.

"I'll go." A voice answered, and then I saw a burly warrior crawl past me, hand and foot, and quickly approached the sentry. After a while, the soldier crawled back to me and whispered, "Comrade commander, the sentry has been killed, please indicate the next mission." ”

There was a faint smell of blood in the air, but to my surprise, the sentry was still standing there, the cigarette in his mouth still glowing red. I asked the warrior a little unhappily, "Are you sure the sentry has been killed?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Commander." He heard the displeasure in my tone and quickly explained to me: "I stabbed the sentry in the jaw with a dagger, and he didn't even bite it, he swallowed his breath. Hearing him say this, I looked up and carefully observed the sentry leaning against a tree not far away. In the light of the flares, I could faintly see a long object stuck in the sentry's jaw, and liquid was dripping down it.

"I just looked closely, and I didn't find any other sentry other than this one." The warrior continued to whisper in my ear. I secretly rejoiced in my heart, God forbid, I didn't expect the vigilance of the Germans to be so bad, maybe they thought that the Soviet troops would only hide behind the positions and defend passively, and they didn't have the courage to attack them at all, so they didn't even arrange a few more sentries on duty at night.

As soon as I got up, the warriors behind me also got up. Under the cover of trees, we quickly moved towards the location of the German tents.

Suddenly, Bahadu grabbed my sleeve and whispered, "Be careful, there are Germans in ambush ahead." ”

There is an ambush?! Hearing this, I instinctively whispered, "Lie down!" Then he took the lead and crawled on the ground.

After lying on the ground for a while, seeing no movement in front of him, he asked Bahadou: "Where are the German devils you saw?" ”

"There, you see." Looking in the direction of his finger, there were more than a dozen people lying on the snow in front of him, and although the light was very weak, he could still see that the other party was wearing German uniforms. Strangely enough, we should have been spotted at such a close distance, but they were still lying motionless.

Another flare rose into the air, and with its light, I was surprised to find two of the German soldiers lying on their stomachs in front of me. No, with such a strange pose, they wouldn't be unable to sleep at night and run out to lie on the snow and count the stars.

I stood up and cautiously approached the group of German soldiers. "Be careful, Comrade Major." Fearing that I was in danger, Bahadou cried softly, got up, and followed me closely.

It was only when I got closer that I could see what was going on. It turned out that there were more than a dozen cold corpses of German soldiers, each of whom had their hands tied behind their backs, including soldiers and officers.

"What's going on?" Bahadou stood beside me and asked curiously, "In addition to ordinary soldiers, there are also captains and lieutenants, who killed them?" ”

Looking at these corpses tied behind their backs, I immediately remembered the colonel I had seen at the division headquarters, and immediately understood what was going on, so I told Bahadou lightly: "Sergeant, don't make a fuss, these German soldiers escaped from our guns, and although our bullets did not destroy them, they lost their positions, and in the end they could not escape the severe punishment of their own men." ”

The warriors gathered around me, waiting for my orders. I thought there would be a fierce battle in tonight's night attack, but I didn't expect that the German camp was so lax in its defenses that it would allow us to come and go freely. In this way, I am a little embarrassed, how should I fight next? Is it to take people to fight the headquarters of the German army, or directly to hit the ordinary German soldiers in the tents?

"Comrade Major, how to fight next? Give the order. Bahadou urged softly beside him.

A plot from "Guerrillas of the Plains" suddenly came to my mind: the devil and the puppet army attacked Li Zhuang, and Li Xiangyang appeared in the middle of the two armies through the tunnel, shooting and throwing grenades at both sides at the same time. Because the sky was too dark and there was a lack of effective communication between the devils and the puppet army, they fought with their own people, while Li Xiangyang's guerrillas hid on the sidelines and watched the excitement.

Yes, the current situation is similar to that of Li Zhuang, so we will refer to Comrade Li's style of play. So I called Bahadou and the warrior who had just killed the Sentinel, and whispered to them how to act. After assigning the task, I asked them to take ten people each and go in the east and west directions.

It didn't take much effort, first the sound of a few grenade explosions, and then the roar of a submachine gun. I and the few remaining warriors kept our guard in case an enemy came by accident and cut off Bahadou's retreat.

Hurried footsteps came from both east and west directions at the same time. "It's my own people." The warriors around me told me with relief. Soon the familiar figure of Bahadou appeared in my field of vision, and the detachment led by another soldier returned to the assembly area.

At this time, the German camp was in full swing, with the sound of shooting, explosions, and screams.

Bahadou excitedly reported to me: "Comrade Major, I have taken the soldiers outside the tent by your order, threw a few grenades inside, and then fired a few shuttles at the other tents, and then retreated. ”

"Comrade commander, my situation is the same." The soldier added, "When you gave the order, I doubted that your plan would work. Unexpectedly, everything is in your calculations, we only threw a few grenades at the enemy, fired a few shots, and they were in a mess, and their own people fought. ”

"What do we do next? Comrade Major. Bahadou asked, listening to him, as if he wanted to take the opportunity to teach the Germans a hard lesson.

"Retreat immediately."

"Retreat?!" They were taken aback by my order, and Bahadou reluctantly said, "I have just observed that there are not many enemies stationed here, only two companies of troops. Or we can throw a few more grenades and maybe we'll be able to wipe them all out. ”

Seeing his confident appearance, I couldn't help but cry and laugh, throwing a few grenades to wipe out all three or four hundred people in two companies of the German army, you think you are throwing atomic bombs.

"Obey the order and retreat immediately." I decisively gave an order to the soldiers present, "Let them have a good time with their own people, we should go back to sleep, and teach them a good lesson in front of the position after daybreak." ”

Then we moved our group of thirty-one men to our positions, this time not crawling, but trotting back, and the Germans themselves were fighting with great pleasure, and who would notice if anyone passed through the open field between the two armies.