Chapter 500 One-eyed Fox
The last to know about the situation was the Soviet 62nd Army Command.
This is a bit ironic. The situation of our own army is that the German army knows that the Soviet army knows that it is behind.
And it's not known from the battle situation... The 82nd Infantry Regiment entered the theater through the sewer, which can be said to have penetrated into the German army at once. The fierce fighting with the German army in hospitals and schools has even killed and wounded hundreds of German soldiers and captured thousands of people.
Among them, the 62nd Army Command did have doubts.
When the German "Stuka" bombed hospitals and schools, Golikov and Krylov felt strange.
"I thought they were going to bomb Mamayev Gang!" Golikov said.
"I think so too!" Krylov replied: "Maybe, it's the surrounded troops of our army, and they are still fighting in the hospital!"
"No!" Golikov shook his head: "They have all been evacuated from the hospital, and even if our army's surrounded troops are fighting persistently, they don't need to use fighter planes to bomb them!"
Krylov nodded in agreement, especially bombing with fighter planes, which is really unthinkable. Unless the Soviet army occupied a certain building and had an advantage, it would be impossible for such a madman with gasoline barrels and aerial bombs Indiscriminately bombarded.
But Golikov and Krylov didn't think much about it, because the situation in Mamayev Gang is still not optimistic.
At this moment, a correspondent reported to Golikov: "Comrade Golikov, we have received a secret report that German spies have occupied the 'Red October' metallurgical plant!"
"What?" Golikov couldn't help but turn pale when he heard this.
This is not only because the "Red October" metallurgical plant is an important link in the production equipment and ammunition production chain, but also because the "Red October" metallurgical plant is just east of Mamayev Gang, and there is only one shift between them. Inner canyon.
If "Red October" falls into the hands of the German army, then Mamayev Post will be attacked by German fire from both sides, which is obviously very detrimental to the defenders on Mamayev Post...
This is determined by the anti-slope defensive tactics.
If the German army attacked from the front of the high ground, the Soviet defenders only needed to hide on another **** of the high ground, that is, the reverse slope. Since the German machine guns, tanks, and a considerable part of the artillery were all fired in a straight line, these equipment immediately became useless.
So, if the German army wanted to take Mamayev Gang, they could only send infantry to charge and the Soviet bayonets to seize the high ground inch by inch.
This is one of the reasons why Mamayev Gang can hold on till now.
However, if the Germans occupy the "Red October" metallurgical plant on the side of Mamayev Gang and set up a few guns there, then the garrison of Mamayev Gang will be at risk of being bombed whether they are hiding on the front **** or the reverse slope. state.
Thinking of this, Golikov couldn't sit still. He stood up abruptly, took off the armed belt from under the wall and tied it on himself, and at the same time said to Krylov: "You command for me, and I will personally lead the troops to retake it." Red October'!"
"Yes, Comrade Golikov!" Krylov also knew the importance of "Red October", so he did not object.
Golikov urgently contacted two regiments... This is because he heard that the enemy spies have as many as one regiment.
One of the regiments was the 269th Regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs transferred from the north of Stalingrad. It was originally used to maintain order in the north (in fact, most of them were used to catch deserters and prevent deserters from fleeing to the east bank), but now Ge Likov couldn't care less.
The other regiment is the 153rd regiment used as a reserve team. This is Golikov's only remaining reserve team. He originally wanted to use this regiment to reinforce Mamayev Post after dark.
Two regiments, one from the south and the other from the north, surrounded the "Red October" metallurgical plant, and then with the assistance of internal workers opened the gate and rushed into the factory...
All of these are actually the tricks of the factory manager.
It is not easy for this old man named Lemenkov to be the factory manager. The workers call him the one-eyed fox.
This is not because he is really monocular, but because he is used to wearing a monocular lens for his right eye when reviewing documents, and he can always pick out other people's work flaws, just like a fox is cunning and shrewd, Hence the nickname.
Shulka obviously underestimated the factory manager, thinking that it was enough to send a guard and a platoon of soldiers to control the workers.
Guard Pozarski may be a good fighter, but he's nowhere near the One-Eyed Fox when it comes to scheming.
"I won't open those machines, but it's okay for me to sign the documents!" Lemonkov said to the guards: "Otherwise what else can I do? Are you in a daze here?"
Pozharsky thought for a while, then nodded: "Do your thing, old man, don't let me know you are playing tricks! Tell you, we are not the kind of people you think!"
"Oh, yes, of course I know!" Lemonkov replied: "You don't look like bad guys!"
"Of course!" Pozharinski relaxed his vigilance under the flattery of Lemonkov.
Then, Lemonkov signed the documents one after another.
At the beginning, Pozharsky would take a look at it, but later he saw that the signatures were full of names and consents, and he quickly lost interest.
But what Pozharsky didn't know was that just as he turned around and took out the vodka and poured it for himself, Lemonkov wrote a few words on the document: "Use the emergency radio station!"
Then place this folder among other files.
Of course Pozharsky would not have discovered this, he never thought that the old man would actually do something under his nose.
Then, these documents were passed on naturally... Although the phone was controlled by the 82nd regiment, they didn't know that the metallurgical plant had an emergency radio station, which was used for emergency calls in the metallurgical plant.
So the news spread to the group army headquarters layer by layer.
A few shots were fired, and the Soviet troops who rushed into the factory shouted at the soldiers inside:
"lay down your weapon!"
"Put your hands up!"
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Fortunately, the workers were under the control of the 82nd Infantry Regiment, so the Soviet army did not dare to shoot rashly, so there were not many casualties.
The reason for saying "not much" is because several soldiers standing guard at the gate were beaten severely at gunpoint.
Pozharsky was startled when he saw this situation. He hurried forward and shouted: "My own, comrade! We belong to the 82nd Infantry Regiment!"
"Shut up!" Golikov shouted: "Don't think you can fool us, put down your weapons and surrender, or we will shoot!"
"We are really our own people!" Pozharsky yelled anxiously: "Our troops are fighting the Germans in hospitals and schools!"
(end of this chapter)
