My own war game

Chapter 169 Mozhaisk Line of Defense

The bodies of the German soldiers were carried to the roadside one by one, and the soldiers looted any usable supplies from the enemies and put them in their arms.

Alexei took off the grenade from the other person's waist and hung it on himself. He also took out tobacco and candy from an officer's arms. Sergei next to him was busy doing something with a German sergeant.

"Hey, brother! Come and help me, this thing is too tight." Sergei called to his friend.

Alexei moved closer and found that Sergei was holding the corpse's neck tightly. It turned out that the necklace of the sergeant was not an ordinary soldier badge, but a uniquely shaped ring.

The young acting squad leader was a little hesitant, not knowing whether he should stop this behavior. At this time, the Oriental man next to him spoke first.

"It's better not to take this thing and bury it together." He Chi's tone was emotionless.

"But, Comrade Special Envoy, this looks like gold..." Sergei wanted to explain something.

He Chi squatted down and pointed at the necklace. "Look carefully, this is a women's ring, given to him by his wife or lover. If you insist on taking this kind of thing, then on the battlefield..."

A gust of wind blew through the woods. Sergei looked at the ring in front of him and quickly stuffed it into the dead man's arms.

All the supplies were looted, and what remained were the biggest trophies - the three tanks.

An anti-tank grenade was thrown directly into the interior of the Type 4 tank, and two were stuffed under the tracks. With loud bangs, the two captured tanks turned into a pile of scrap metal.

"Comrade Special Envoy, why don't we leave the tanks behind as well?" Sergei asked on the side somewhat depressed.

German tanks! Three more! If they are captured and destroyed, it won't be such a big achievement.

"What do you think, Alexei?" He Chi asked the young man next to him. From the beginning, the temporary squad leader who was less than 20 years old had been in a state of thinking.

Alexei hesitated before speaking, "Comrade Commissioner, I haven't thought it through completely, but I guess it's for safety?"

He Chi nodded: "That's about right. We don't have the ability to take away three tanks at the same time. It's very dangerous to force something that you can't get."

"There's an Eastern proverb that goes, 'Two in the bush are worth a bird in the hand.' We've made a killing by getting one."

Then the Oriental man turned over and jumped into the remaining Type 4 tank. Under the surprised gaze of everyone, the armored behemoth with the Iron Cross logo rumbled into action.

Rows of small trees were knocked down, and the captured tanks were hidden in the woods. The soldiers used dead branches and leaves to camouflage the exterior of the Type 4 tank piece by piece. When all the work was done, He Chi picked up a grenade and hung a booby trap near the hatch.

"If it is taken back by the Germans, it will be considered a gift," said He Chi.

The few of them set off again. As they moved forward, Alexei opened his mouth several times, but then stopped himself from speaking.

"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" He Chi turned his head and looked at the young man.

"Comrade Special Envoy, what did you say to those Germans before the battle? Could you have asked them to just lay down their weapons and gather together?" This is something the young student soldier has never understood. Logically speaking, these armored soldiers are Germany's elite, and their experience is incomparable to that of a group of rookies like himself. Why would they make such a low-level mistake as dropping their weapons?

"It's simple, because I said I have what they want most." He patted the bag beside him.

"What do you want most? Money?"

"No." He Chi shook his head and pulled out a piece of thin paper from the bag beside him. "Is it a letter?"

"Yes, it was a letter. I told them that I was a communications soldier escorting letters to the front line, and asked them to come and see if there were any letters from home in the bag. Everyone came over." He Chi said in an emotionless tone.

That's it!

If he were in the other person's shoes, he would probably have the same reaction if he received a letter from his distant hometown, but this also made Alexei feel an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Thinking of the ring, he realized that the invader in the legend who chose to devour people was also a human being with emotions like himself.

"Do you feel that I am despicable for using this method?" He Chi suddenly asked.

Alexei nodded subconsciously, then hurriedly denied, "No, Comrade Special Envoy, that's not what I meant!"

"Nothing, I don't mind. But you have to know that this is how it is on the battlefield. If you want to save yourself, you have to defeat the opponent by any means necessary. Don't forget that."

He Chi's words made Alexei fall into deep thought again, so that he didn't pay attention to the situation around him.

He Chi, who was beside him, suddenly pulled him and Sergei, who was in front, and both of them fell to the ground.

Alexei looked up in confusion and found a brown mine buried in the grass a few meters away.

He almost stepped on it himself.

A few people looked up and saw all kinds of mines scattered on the road which was several hundred meters wide. Most of them were not buried at all and were lying on the ground in plain sight.

"The ones on the surface are American anti-tank mines. They won't explode if these people step on them. There should be various anti-infantry mines in the dark. This mixed mine-laying method will increase the difficulty of mine clearance and reduce the number of defenders."

He Chi let out a long sigh, "Everyone, we're here."

Swish! Two figures in the woods swayed, and a row of Soviet soldiers in camouflage stood up!
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Ten minutes later, in a small town behind the minefield, there was a dilapidated church that was temporarily used as a command center.

"Comrade Special Envoy, welcome to your arrival! I am the regiment commander Vlalyushenko, and next to me is the political commissar Donatolovsky." A lieutenant colonel stretched out his hand and shook it tightly with He Chi, his face very excited. "I want to say thank you on behalf of the comrades. Moscow has not forgotten us. It allowed you to bring reinforcements here at such a critical time."

"Wait a moment!" He Chi raised his hand to stop the other party's enthusiastic welcome. "Do you mean you haven't seen other people before?"

"No, you are the first batch of reinforcements I have seen." After the lieutenant colonel said this, not only He Chi but also Alexei and others behind him began to look gloomy.

The Horse Guards should have arrived long ago.

"We received a telegram before saying that a battalion will be transferred to us from Moscow. You know that the soldiers have been fighting very hard during this period..." The lieutenant colonel was probably a little excited, and at this time he still didn't notice that the person on the other side was in a bad mood.

"By the way, comrade special envoy, where are your soldiers? We have been on this long journey, so I will invite everyone to have something to eat first."

"These are probably the people..." He Chi said, pointing to the class behind him.

(End of this chapter)