When Rokosovsky decided to call on two militia annihilation battalions that were about to come to the headquarters to reinforce the 1073rd Regiment's position, Sokov's speculation became a reality, and the German army began to launch artillery bombardment on the first battalion's position.

Sokov said to Ye Feim, the commander of the first battalion on the other end of the microphone: "The commander of the first battalion, except for a few observation posts left on the position, the rest of the soldiers retreated into the anti-aircraft artillery hole."

"Yes, I'll convey your order right away."

After putting down the microphone, Sokov said to Belkin and Karsokov with a relaxed expression: "Deputy Brigade Commander, Chief of Staff, you see now that the Germans bombarded the positions of our three battalions to divert our attention and make us think that they would choose one of these three battalions as a breakthrough for the offensive. After they complete the assembly, they will launch an attack from the defense line of the fourth battalion, thereby breaking through our army's defense line in one fell swoop."

Karsokov looked down at the map, then looked up at Sokov and said, "Comrade Brigade Commander, if the Germans really want to choose the position of the Fourth Battalion as their breakthrough point, then we should make some preparations in advance to crush the enemy's attack."

Sokov nodded slightly and then asked back: "Comrade Chief of Staff, what preparation do you think we should make?"

"Of course, let the artillery troops send artillery observers to the fourth battalion position, and when the enemy launches a full-scale attack, they can provide shooting parameters for the artillery in the rear." Karsokov said excitedly: "The German tanks, armored vehicles, and bullying infantry without heavy weapons are still okay, but when we encounter our 122mm heavy artillery, it is simply a moving target."

The Germans have created so many things. I believe they have gathered a lot of armored troops in the forest in front of the Fourth Battalion's position. If the commanders and fighters of the Fourth Battalion do not receive artillery support, they will not be able to stop the enemy's attack at all. Since Karsokov mentioned artillery at this moment, Sokov naturally acted well and quickly ordered the other party: "Comrade Chief of Staff, then immediately call Lieutenant Artyom, the artillery officer, and I want to ask him how he plans to support the Fourth Battalion with artillery fire."

Lieutenant Artem, who received the call, dared not neglect and trotted to the brigade command center.

As soon as he entered the tent, he raised his hand to his forehead and reported: "Comrade Brigade Commander and Lieutenant Artjom, the Artillery Staff Officer, were ordered to come and report!"

"Comrade Lieutenant, come to me." Sokov called Artem to his side, pointed to the map on the table and said to him: "Based on the intelligence analysis we have, the enemy may gather a certain number of armored troops and choose the fourth battalion position as their breakthrough. You must know that infantry lacking heavy weapons cannot stop the enemy's tanks at all. Therefore, whether the fourth battalion can defend the position depends entirely on your artillery."

"Comrade Brigade Commander, please arrange the task." Artem quickly stood up straight and said with a firm expression towards Sokov: "We will definitely cooperate with the comrades of the Fourth Battalion to smash the German attack."

Sokov smiled and nodded, then said, "Comrade Lieutenant, how much is the shell reserve of the Second Artillery Battalion?"

"Each gun has two bases." Seeing that Sokov only asked the Second Battalion of the Artillery equipped with heavy artillery, but not the First Battalion of the Artillery equipped with 76.2 mm cannons, Artyom asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, the number of artillery battalion of the Artillery has and the reserve of shells, aren't you going to let them join the battle?"

Sokov shook his head and expressed his thoughts: "The artillery caliber of the 1st Battalion is a little smaller, and unless it is covered with dense artillery fire, it will not be able to suffer major casualties on the German armored forces. If artillery fire cover is really implemented, the artillery shells of the 1st Battalion will be consumed after this battle. The artillery has no shells, and once a certain area needs artillery support, they can only stare at them. The second Battalion of the Artillery is equipped with 122mm heavy artillery, which is the most suitable way to deal with German tanks."

"Then I will return to the army immediately and arrange artillery observers to go to the fourth battalion's position, where I will provide firing parameters for the second battalion."

Shortly after seeing Artem away, the German bombardment of the first battalion's positions stopped.

Hearing the cannon sound outside, Karsokov grabbed the phone on the table and answered the command post of the first battalion before Sokov could speak.

When a sound came out of the receiver, he immediately said loudly: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Karsokov, where is your battalion commander Captain Ye Feim, let him answer the phone?"

"Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff." Captain Ye Feim's voice came from the receiver: "What instructions do you have?"

"How is the situation there? Has the enemy launched a ground attack?"

"No, Comrade Chief of Staff." Ye Feim replied: "I just went out to check it out. There was no movement in front of the position, and no shadow of the enemy was found."

"Continue to observe what is going on, report it to the brigade department in time." After Karsokov said this depressedly, he put down the microphone.

"Comrade Brigade Commander," Karsokov turned to face Sokov and said, "the first battalion commander reported that the enemy's shelling on their positions had stopped, but there was no sign of an enemy's attack in front of the positions."

Standing next to him, Berkin, who heard Karsokov say this, finally recognized Sokov's speculation that the enemy should have shot three battalions of positions to divert their attention, so as to gather in the forest in front of the fourth battalion and gain valuable time.

However, he still said to Sokov with a hint of luck: "Comrade Brigade Commander, before I get the reconnaissance report from the Fourth Battalion, I think our guess can only be guesses."

Sokov looked at Belkin, and he knew in his heart that the other party would still stubbornly stick to his opinion before receiving the formal reconnaissance report. He did not argue with Belkin, but turned his head to Karsokov and said, "Chief of Staff, call Major Vasia, and ask why the scouts he sent have not come back yet?"

When he said this, Sokov's tone was a little dissatisfied. After all, the reconnaissance location was only one kilometer away from the position, and even if the scout was as fast as a snail, information should have been transmitted at this moment. But until this time, the Fourth Battalion did not call again, which would definitely make him feel uncomfortable.

Karsokov just grabbed the phone in front of him and grabbed the shaking handle of the base and was about to shake it, but the phone rang first, which scared him.

He quickly grabbed the microphone and put it in his ear: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Karsokov, is there anything?"

"Comrade Chief of Staff, I am Major Vasha, the commander of the Fourth Battalion. I have important information and need to report to you immediately."

Karsokov quickly covered the microphone with his hands and said to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, it was the phone number brought by the Fourth Battalion Commander." After that, he let go of the hand covering the microphone and asked, "What important information?"

"My scout reported that in the forest ahead of my camp's position, a large number of German troops were gathered." Vasia said: "He roughly counted, at least thirty tanks, as well as the same number of armored vehicles, and the infantry had about one battalion of troops."

"Major Vasia, are you saying true?" Karsokov asked.

"Of course it's true." Vasia replied in a positive tone: "The reconnaissance team I sent was discovered by the enemy when they returned. After some battle, only one scout escaped, and the information was what he told me."

Because Sokov's microphone was leaking, Berkin and Karsokov could hear clearly his conversation with Vasia.

Belkin muttered quietly beside him: "It's all from a reconnaissance team. Why did others sacrifice but he came back alive? Could this be the conspiracy of the Germans to let the spies who defect to them come back and spread rumors in the army to achieve the goal of dismantling the morale of our army."

Sokov couldn't help but frown slightly about Belkin's statement. He felt that the other party was too nervous. Because the reconnaissance team encountered the enemy, the rest of the scouts were sacrificed, and only one person escaped, he became suspicious of the survivor, which was very inappropriate.

He waved his hand at Belkin and said, "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, don't be so nervous. This scout can escape, maybe it was because other scouts stayed to serve as blocking missions to cover him out."

After saying this, Sokov said to the microphone again: "Major Vasia, send someone to send the scout here immediately. I have something to ask him in person."

"Okay, I'll send him here as soon as possible."

Half an hour later, Major Vasha's voice came from outside the tent: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I am ordered to come, please instruct!"

Sokov shook his head and expressed his thoughts: "The artillery caliber of the 1st Battalion is a little smaller, and unless it is covered with dense artillery fire, it will not be able to suffer major casualties on the German armored forces. If artillery fire cover is really implemented, the artillery shells of the 1st Battalion will be consumed after this battle. The artillery has no shells, and once a certain area needs artillery support, they can only stare at them. The second Battalion of the Artillery is equipped with 122mm heavy artillery, which is the most suitable way to deal with German tanks."

"Then I will return to the army immediately and arrange artillery observers to go to the fourth battalion's position, where I will provide firing parameters for the second battalion."

Shortly after seeing Artem away, the German bombardment of the first battalion's positions stopped.

Hearing the cannon sound outside, Karsokov grabbed the phone on the table and answered the command post of the first battalion before Sokov could speak.

When a sound came out of the receiver, he immediately said loudly: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Karsokov, where is your battalion commander Captain Ye Feim, let him answer the phone?"

"Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff." Captain Ye Feim's voice came from the receiver: "What instructions do you have?"

"How is the situation there? Has the enemy launched a ground attack?"

"No, Comrade Chief of Staff." Ye Feim replied: "I just went out to check it out. There was no movement in front of the position, and no shadow of the enemy was found."

"Continue to observe what is going on, report it to the brigade department in time." After Karsokov said this depressedly, he put down the microphone.

"Comrade Brigade Commander," Karsokov turned to face Sokov and said, "the first battalion commander reported that the enemy's shelling on their positions had stopped, but there was no sign of an enemy's attack in front of the positions."

Standing next to him, Berkin, who heard Karsokov say this, finally recognized Sokov's speculation that the enemy should have shot three battalions of positions to divert their attention, so as to gather in the forest in front of the fourth battalion and gain valuable time.

However, he still said to Sokov with a hint of luck: "Comrade Brigade Commander, before I get the reconnaissance report from the Fourth Battalion, I think our guess can only be guesses."

Sokov looked at Belkin, and he knew in his heart that the other party would still stubbornly stick to his opinion before receiving the formal reconnaissance report. He did not argue with Belkin, but turned his head to Karsokov and said, "Chief of Staff, call Major Vasia, and ask why the scouts he sent have not come back yet?"

When he said this, Sokov's tone was a little dissatisfied. After all, the reconnaissance location was only one kilometer away from the position, and even if the scout was as fast as a snail, information should have been transmitted at this moment. But until this time, the Fourth Battalion did not call again, which would definitely make him feel uncomfortable.

Karsokov just grabbed the phone in front of him and grabbed the shaking handle of the base and was about to shake it, but the phone rang first, which scared him.

He quickly grabbed the microphone and put it in his ear: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Karsokov, is there anything?"

"Comrade Chief of Staff, I am Major Vasha, the commander of the Fourth Battalion. I have important information and need to report to you immediately."

Karsokov quickly covered the microphone with his hands and said to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, it was the phone number brought by the Fourth Battalion Commander." After that, he let go of the hand covering the microphone and asked, "What important information?"

"My scout reported that in the forest ahead of my camp's position, a large number of German troops were gathered." Vasia said: "He roughly counted, at least thirty tanks, as well as the same number of armored vehicles, and the infantry had about one battalion of troops."

"Of course it's true." Vasia replied in a positive tone: "The reconnaissance team I sent was discovered by the enemy when they returned. After some battle, only one scout escaped, and the information was what he told me."

Because Sokov's microphone was leaking, Berkin and Karsokov could hear clearly his conversation with Vasia.

Belkin muttered quietly beside him: "It's all from a reconnaissance team. Why did others sacrifice but he came back alive? Could this be the conspiracy of the Germans to let the spies who defect to them come back and spread rumors in the army to achieve the goal of dismantling the morale of our army."

Sokov couldn't help but frown slightly about Belkin's statement. He felt that the other party was too nervous. Because the reconnaissance team encountered the enemy, the rest of the scouts were sacrificed, and only one person escaped, he became suspicious of the survivor, which was very inappropriate.

He waved his hand at Belkin and said, "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, don't be so nervous. This scout can escape, maybe it was because other scouts stayed to serve as blocking missions to cover him out."
Chapter completed!