Burning Moscow

Chapter 1: Bait (below)

"Comrade Commander, please wait a moment, I will ask them right away." After saying this, I gently put the microphone on the table and walked quickly to the inside of Vasi. After scanning the two stretchers on the ground, he saw that the soldier lying on it was covered with blood, the soldier on the stretcher on the left was still moaning softly, while the soldier on the stretcher on the right was lying motionless. Seeing this situation, I couldn't help but chuckle, and secretly asked if he had sacrificed. I retracted my gaze and looked at the embarrassed Vasily, and asked in a low voice and hastily: "Comrade Lieutenant, tell me what happened?"

Unexpectedly, Vasily sat on the ground, the sniper rifle rolled aside, he ignored it, just buried his head on his chest, and desperately grabbed his hair with both hands.

Seeing Vasily's misbehavior, Kirilov walked to my side and asked loudly to the officers and men standing next to the stretcher: "Who can tell me what happened?"

"Report to the regiment-level political comrade," a lieutenant walked out of the crowd. After raising his hand to salute us, he respectfully reported: "We are from the 308th Infantry Division. When we passed through the Yellman District, I accidentally saw the ensign and the two soldiers lying on the ground. And in a ruin on the opposite side, there was clearly an enemy sniper hidden away, and I rushed over with someone. The enemy sniper saw us. There were so many people, I hurriedly fired two shots. After defeating our two soldiers, I escaped from the hidden passage ≧↙, ww⌒w. After driving away the enemy's sniper, I returned to the second lieutenant’s side and after questioning, Knowing that he was a division, he sent him and the other two wounded fighters back."

After listening to the other party's report. Kirilov nodded. Then walked over and shook hands with the lieutenant, and said friendlyly: "Comrade lieutenant, thank you, thank you and your men for sending our snipers back."

The lieutenant stretched out his hands and shook Kirilov, then asked politely: "Comrade regiment-level political comrade, since the people have been sent here, can I leave?"

"Go, Comrade Lieutenant." Kirilov said to him with a smile: "I represent all the instructors of the division. Thank you again."

After saluting us again, the lieutenant turned and took his men away.

I looked at Vasily who was still sitting on the ground pulling my hair with a painful expression, walked back to the table again, picked up the microphone on the table, pressed it to my ear, and sighed slightly. Cuikov, who has not yet hung up the phone, said: "Comrade Commander, Lieutenant Vasily Zaitsev is back."

"I know, I know. Just now you told me that Lieutenant Vasily and his comrades were back." Cui Kefu may not have heard any movement in the command post. Still excitedly said: "How, did they kill the enemy's snipers?"

Originally, I was embarrassed about how to report this matter to Cui Kefu. Hearing his question, I was even more at a loss as to how to answer.

"What's the matter with you, Comrade Oshanina, why don't you speak?" Cui Kefu's dissatisfied voice came from the telephone receiver, "I ask you, Lieutenant Vasily, how are they doing? Have you killed the enemy's snipers?"

"No, Comrade Commander." I replied vaguely in a low voice.

Cui Kefu was obviously dissatisfied with my answer. He exclaimed angrily: "What's wrong with you, why is your voice so small, is there something wrong with your throat?"

"Excuse me, Comrade Commander." When I heard Cui Koff's anger, I raised my voice and said with difficulty: "Ensign Vasily and the others are back, and they have not killed the German snipers." After a pause, I went on to add. , "To be precise, only Lieutenant Vasily came back without incident, and the other two snipers sacrificed and wounded the other."

"What happened?" Cui Kefu asked.

I glanced at Lieutenant Vasily who was still in a state of gaffe, and replied somewhat helplessly to Cui Kefu: "Lieutenant Vasily's mood is very unstable, and I can't figure out what happened for the time being."

"Then after you figure out what happened, report to me immediately! Do you understand?" Cui Kefu commanded flatly.

"Yes, Comrade Commander." I quickly agreed.

"I order that you must kill the German sniper within two days." After saying this, there was no sound in the receiver, and he should have hung up the phone directly.

I put down the phone, walked in front of Vasily again, bent down and picked up the sniper rifle that fell on the ground. After I stood up straight, I saw that Vasily still had that decadent expression. I couldn't help but annoyed and yelled at him: "Second Lieutenant Vasily, stand up."

My roar made Vasily tremble with fright. He raised his head in horror and looked at me nervously. At the same time, he put his hands pulling his hair down. I wanted to get angry at him, but seeing his pitiful appearance, I couldn't bear it again, so I lowered my tone and repeated what I said just now: "Lieutenant Vasily, if you are still a man, just stand. stand up."

Kirilov and Akhromeyev, who were standing nearby, bent quickly, and one of them held one of his arms to help him get up from the ground. And Pantai Leyev, who was silent beside him, told Basmanov: "Comrade Major, find some fighters to come in and take out the two stretchers first."

When Vasily was supported by Kirilov and Akhromeyev, I came to the table and sat down. I also walked over, put his sniper rifle on the table, and whispered to Akhromeyev. Get some wine, because I know that there are a few jugs filled with vodka in a corner of the house. When a few of them stay up late, they will take a few sips.

After Akhromeyev left, I lowered my head and asked Vasily cheerfully: "Comrade Lieutenant, can you tell me what happened?"

Before Vasily could speak, Akhromeyev had returned to us and handed the unscrewed kettle to Vasily. Vasily grabbed the kettle, raised his head and poured the spicy vodka into his throat. Maybe it was too strong, and it made him cough violently.

Akhromeyev took the kettle in his hand. Lightly patted him on the back with one hand. After his coughing stopped. Akhromeyev asked carefully: "Comrade Lieutenant. Are you better?"

Lieutenant Vasily nodded vigorously, thanked Akhromeyev with difficulty, and began to tell us what happened today: "Comrade Commander, we are on your order to go to the Yerman district this morning. , To search for possible German snipers. When we entered a building, we found a German tricycle in the distance. In addition to two motorcyclists, there was one wearing a big brimmed hat. Officer.

Seeing this situation, Corporal Morozov took the initiative to say to me: ‘Look, Comrade Lieutenant, there is a three-wheeled motorcycle in front of me. There are three enemies on it. We can kill one by one. ’

Sergeant Shaykin also echoed him and said: ‘Yes, Comrade Ensign, anyway, we don’t know where the German snipers are hiding, so it’s not too late to get rid of these Germans first. ’

When I heard the two of them say this, I thought about it. I feel that it will not take much time to eliminate these Germans, and it will definitely not affect our search for German snipers. He nodded and agreed.

So we found our respective sniper spots in the building and concealed them. According to the prior agreement, I would fire the first shot to kill the motorcyclist driving the motorcycle, and Corporal Morozov fired the second shot to kill the sitting behind the driver. The German soldier, and Sergeant Shaykin was responsible for killing the German officers.

When the German motorcycle saw our building, I shot decisively. Accurately hit the motorcycle driver, the bullet penetrated his forehead, dragged the blood foam from the back of the head, and slanted out, and shot into the forehead of the soldier behind with inertia. The motorcycle that suddenly lost control hit the roadside. Before the German officer sitting in the sidecar could figure out what had happened, the bullet fired by Sergeant Shaykin killed him. …"

"It's great, it's really great." Hearing this, Kirilov couldn't help but film the case and marvel at it. "It's amazing to kill two German soldiers in one shot."

"Comrade Political Commissar, please keep quiet." I quickly interrupted Kirilov, who was a little excited, and said calmly: "In the friendly army, there is a female sniper named Lyudmila Pavlichenko. During the defense of Sevastopol, she killed 309 German troops. As far as I know, she once set a record of killing three German troops with one shot. Unfortunately, in the end, her superiors got this shot. The result of the battle can only be regarded as an enemy eliminated."

Hearing what I said, Bantai Leyev and Akhromeyev were stunned, but Kirilov's expression was even more exaggerated. He actually jumped from his seat and asked in surprise: "Comrade teacher, are you sure you heard it right, it's 309 instead of 39?"

"It can't be wrong, my comrade political comrade." I said lightly: "According to the news I got, she was wounded in the battle. Comrade Stalin personally instructed the navy to take it out from Sevastopol and sent it to Moscow. Get treatment."

"Comrade Commander, I don't know this female sniper, where is she now?" Pantai Leyev asked cautiously as soon as I finished speaking.

My understanding of Lyudmila is limited to the number of snipers she killed in battle and later became a Rear Admiral. As for where she is at this time, I really don't know. However, I vaguely remember that after she recovered from her injury, she was sent to the United States for a visit, so she could only say vaguely: "I don’t know her specific situation either. I just heard that a youth was organized in Moscow. The delegation will visit the United States, and this female sniper named Lyudmila is also one of the members of the delegation.” Having said that, in order to avoid their continued entanglement on this issue, I urged Wa Xili, "Comrade Lieutenant, let's talk about what happened to you today."

For what I just said, the shock to Vasily was not small. His face was always surprised. He only recovered from the state of loss when he heard me calling him. After taking a deep breath, he continued to speak. The unfinished story just now: "After we eliminated the three Germans, we moved towards the pre-selected sniper site.

The sniper point was a two-story hospital outpatient department that was destroyed by a bomb. A corridor in the middle was broken by a bomb, and a gap of about two meters wide appeared. If you want to go to the sniper point, you have to jump over. .

We jumped over the gap and concealed at the sniper point. After a few hours, small German troops were seen passing by from time to time. Because their numbers are relatively large. So we did not shoot. Until noon. An armored car parked nearby. Two German officers got out of the car and leaned against the car to smoke. We found the sniper target and shot them decisively.

The German soldiers who remained in the armored vehicle saw that the commander outside the vehicle was killed by us, and immediately switched the machine gun on the vehicle and fired at us. The dense bullets hit the wall with rubble splashing, but Sergeant Shaykin, who had been lying in his sniper position, did not move. He fired a shot unhurriedly, and the unloaded bullet hit the machine gunner's forehead, and the frantic shooting of the machine gun stopped abruptly.

At this moment, Sergeant Shaykin turned and said to me: ‘Comrade Lieutenant, our sniper spot has been exposed, let’s go to the next sniper spot. ’

We packed up our weapons, turned around and walked back down the corridor. When reaching the gap, Sergeant Shaykin threw the backpacks of the three of us first, and then jumped over first. I wanted to jump first, but Corporal Morozov said he wanted to try it with me. See who jumps farther. I didn't refuse, so he stood on the outer side of the corridor. And I stand inside. The two of us stepped back a few steps to run and take off. Just as we flew over the gap, I felt some warm liquid splashing on my neck.

When I landed, I found only Shaykin standing beside me, but Corporal Morozov was not seen. When I was about to continue searching for his whereabouts, Shaykin grabbed my arm and dragged me down while whispering: ‘Second Lieutenant, squat down, you are the enemy’s sniper. ’

After squatting down, I touched my neck, and it happened that my palm was covered with blood. I understood immediately. Just now, when we jumped through the gap, a German sniper hidden nearby fired at us, and Corporal Morozov was unfortunately shot, and his blood splashed on my neck.

I was lying on the ground and looking downstairs cautiously. I saw Corporal Morozov, facing up to the sky, lying on a pile of masonry and rubble like a big letter, and his head was full of blood.

I retracted my head and asked Shaykin in a low voice: ‘Comrade Sergeant, do you know where the German snipers are? ’

Shaykin leaned back against the wall and replied in a low voice: ‘From the direction the bullet came, the German sniper should be hiding at three o’clock. ’

Listening to Shaykin’s words, I tried to recall the terrain I observed on the way, and found that the opposite was an abandoned factory building. After shooting, the German snipers had enough space to change their hiding positions. If you want to kill him, It is difficult to do. In desperation, I had no choice but to give Shaykin the transfer order, planning to come back and take back the body of Corporal Morozov at an appropriate time.

We wandered around other places for a few hours. I guessed that the German snipers should have moved, so I took Shaykin back to the outpatient building again, and found the body of Corporal Morozov on the ruins on the first floor. The two took turns carrying their backs and walking back.

When we turned to the next block, because I walked too quickly, I didn't pay attention to my feet and tripped on the ground. As I leaned forward, I felt the helmet on my head hit by something, and then I rolled to the side. When I fell to the ground, I knew I had encountered a German sniper, and hurriedly rushed to Shaykin who was following and shouted: ‘Lie down, sniper. ’

Shaykin heard my shout and hurriedly fell to the ground. Morozov’s body, which was on his back, fell aside, but at this time, we no longer cared about the corpse of our comrades in arms, and lay down instead. There was a low voice behind the distant pile of rubble. I picked up the helmet on the ground and put it on again, and then said to Shaykin: ‘Comrade Sergeant, this German sniper’s marksmanship is very accurate. I knocked off my helmet with a single shot. You have to be careful. ’

Shaykin replied in a low voice: ‘Second Lieutenant, don’t worry, I will find him. As he said, he tentatively stretched the sniper rifle out of the cracks in the rubble, carefully looking for a hiding place for the German snipers. After observing for a while, he was pleasantly surprised and said to me: ‘Second Lieutenant, I found him. He was in our two o'clock direction...’ Before he finished speaking, I heard the sound of bullets sliding through the air, and then the scope on his sniper rifle was shattered. Seeing Shaykin covering his face with both hands and rolling painfully on the ground, I couldn't help being filled with anger, and I didn't care about hiding. I stood up and pulled the trigger in the direction where the bullet came.

After I shot twice, I squatted down quickly. Almost at the same time as I squatted down, my helmet was knocked hard by something. I was rushed to the back by the huge inertia. Fell heavily to the ground. The next thing. I think you all know that it was the unit passing by the 308th Infantry Division. It rushed up regardless of casualties and drove away the German snipers, otherwise I might not be able to return. "

After listening to Vasily’s narration, I did not comfort him, but instead asked, “Lt. Vasily, the sniper Lyudmila I just mentioned. Although she is a female soldier, she has achieved many results from male snipers. Nothing can be compared with your hands. In my mind, you are a great sniper. Although you were sniped twice by German snipers today, you were lucky enough to survive, proving that the enemy can't kill you. So. I think you must continue to complete the task of killing German snipers."

"Comrade Commander, can I do it?" Vasily asked in an uncertain tone after hearing what I said.

"Yes, absolutely." My confidence in Vasily. In fact, it all comes from the movie "A Soldier Under the City", although the German sniper and Vasily were in several contests. They all had the upper hand temporarily, but in the end they died under Vasily's gun. Although it is only a film and television work, I think it must be adapted from a real story, so I am full of confidence in Vasily's killing of the enemy's sniper. "You immediately go to the company to pick two snipers and accompany you on the mission tomorrow."

After listening to my words, although Vasily’s expression was still serious, I could see that his confidence was recovering, and I believed that after finding a suitable assistant, he would surely be able to complete the tasks I had given him.

After Vasily left, I called Cuikov and repeated Vasily’s words locally, and then said: "Comrade Commander, I order Lieutenant Vasily to pick two more assistants and continue to search for enemy snipers tomorrow. Whereabouts, we must kill this nasty enemy."

After hearing what I said, Cui Kefu was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "Comrade Oshanina, do you think you can send three snipers and you will be sure to kill the enemy's snipers? It's too simple to think. ."

I was taken aback by what Cui Koff said. Our three snipers dealt with an enemy sniper. Besides, there are sniper geniuses like Vasily Zaitsev, so the confidence to kill the German snipers is quite big. But in order to find out what Cui Kefu wanted to say, I still asked humbly: "Comrade Commander, I don't know what you mean?"

"The German snipers are very cunning, and he won't be fooled easily." Cui Kefu said briefly: "You have to find a way, put a bait in front of him, and let him honestly send himself to your sniper's gun. Under your mouth."

After Cui Kefu finished speaking, he hung up the phone. Seeing me holding the microphone in a daze, Pantai Leyev next to me couldn't help but curiously asked: "Comrade Commander, what did Comrade Commander tell you?"

I put down the phone and said: "Comrade Commander said that the German sniper is a veteran and very cunning. It is not easy for our people to catch his whereabouts. So let us find a way to give him some bait so that he can send it obediently. Under the gun of our sniper."

Cui Kefu's inexplicable sentence caused several of us to fall into contemplation. After a while, Akhromeyev broke the silence in the room: "Comrade commander, I want to ask a question. When a sniper sees a group of enemies entering his sniper range, who will be the first to kill? "

"Then it needs to be said, of course it is an officer." Kirilov heard Akhromeyev's question and replied without hesitation: "Ordinary soldiers have no value, but if you kill the commander of the unit, you can. Let this force fall into chaos after losing its command. In addition to the officers, the next ones to be killed are machine gun shooters or gunners."

When Kirilov said this, Akhromeyev's face showed a smile. He waited for Kirilov to finish speaking, and immediately expressed his opinion: "Since the enemy wants to snipe our commander, then we will prepare him a few commanders. When he is exposed, our snipers can take it easy. Kill him."

"No, no." As soon as Akhromeyev's suggestion was finished, Pantai Leyev got anxious. "There are not many experienced commanders in the division. How can they eliminate a German sniper? Let our commander go to death for nothing?"

When I saw Bantai Leyev saying these things, Akhromeyev was smiling and not saying anything, and I understood what he was thinking about. It was different from what Bantai Leyev thought, so he hurriedly came out to complete the game. Said: "Well, comrade deputy commander. Don't worry. First listen to what the chief of staff has to say." Then he looked at Ahromeyev and said. "Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff, don't betray you, just speak out your thoughts."

Seeing that I saw through his little trick, Akhromeyev smiled embarrassedly, and then said to us: "I plan to find some soldiers, put on the uniforms of officers, and walk around the area where Lieutenant Vasily and their lurking. Come on. So as to attract the attention of German snipers. If he shoots at our fake commanders, Lieutenant Vasily, who is hidden nearby, can easily kill him."

"Comrade Oshanina, what's your opinion?" After listening to Akhromeyev's suggestion, Kirilov did not express his opinion, but asked for my opinion while leaning on his side.

"I agree with the Chief of Staff. I personally think that this plan is feasible." For Akhromeyev's proposal, I unconditionally expressed support.

"So, how about the soldiers there to pretend to be the commanders of the infants?" Kirilov then asked his second question.

"Take a transfer from the guard camp." I replied without hesitation: "Draw two squads, led by Corporal Mikhailov, starting tomorrow. Just walk around where Lieutenant Vasily and their lurking position are. ."

I remember that in the movie, a political commissar automatically acted as the bait. Attracted the attention of German snipers. When he was shot and fell, the German sniper who exposed the target also became Vasily's dead soul. But I can't bear to use the real commander as a bait, so I can only reluctantly let the soldiers of the guard battalion take on this dangerous task.

On the second day, Lieutenant Vasily took the other two outstanding snipers he had found: Anatoly Chekhov and Victor Medvedev. Among them, according to Vasily, Medvedev is a sniper he taught by hand, and his sniper skills are also very good.

However, the German sniper was also a veteran. I don't know if he didn't show up in the area where Lieutenant Vasily and the others were lurking, or he was not interested in the commanders of Corporal Mikhailov and the others. By the evening, Vasily and the others were disappointed and returned nothing.

On the third day, on the morning of October 30th, Vasily and the others lurked in the Dzerzhinsky district, quietly waiting for the German snipers to be hooked. However, Mikhailov took a few fake officers and a dozen soldiers and walked several times on the ruins, but the cunning German sniper still did not take the bait.

On the morning of the 31st, when Lieutenant Vasily and the others set off again, Cui Koff called. He asked impatiently on the phone: "Comrade Oshanina, how is the task I told you to accomplish? You know that in the past few days, we have at least two dozen commanders and snipers killed under this experienced German sniper gun. If you can’t complete this task, I will consider letting others do it. This order."

I listened to Cui Kefu’s words so unceremoniously, and I could only replied respectfully, "Comrade Commander, please rest assured that if the task cannot be completed today, I will personally lead the team to perform these tasks tomorrow, and I will not kill the sniper. I will never come back alive."

Unexpectedly, my remarks only changed to Cui Kefu's words: "It's really inexplicable. Don't you know that your command position is in the division headquarters? Don't forget, you are still the deputy commander of the group army." After that, he hung up the phone involuntarily.

I put down the phone, and the three of them gathered around Kirilov. Kirilov asked with concern: "Comrade Commander, what's the matter. Is Comrade Commander angry because of our delay in completing the task?"

I nodded and said with a wry smile: "The German snipers have killed many of our commanders and snipers in these two days. In this case, whoever changes will get angry."

Akhromeyev said angrily: "The commander didn’t want to think about it. We don’t want to destroy the German snipers? Stalingrad is so big, we can’t search every inch of the land and take the damned sniper from Uncovered from hidden places..."

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Before Akhromeyev finished speaking, Kirilov interrupted his words and said dissatisfiedly: "Please pay attention to your identity, how can you publicly vent your dissatisfaction with your superiors? What?"

"Okay, Comrade Political Commissar, don't say it." I saw Akhromeyev's face flushed by Kirilov's words. In order to prevent them from arguing, I came out in time to stop them and said myself. Thought: "If there is no harvest today, I think we should increase the investment of our troops."

"How to increase the investment of troops?" Bantai Lev asked.

"Vasily and the other two snipers are excellent. I plan to divide them into three groups tomorrow. Each group will bring a unit with fake officers. Go to ambush in different areas. This three-pronged success rate It’s better than setting up an ambush in only one area."

"The teacher is right. I agree with her." Bantai Leev took the lead in supporting me.

Then Kirilov and Akhromeyev also expressed their support.

When we had just arranged the ambush location for tomorrow and the guards to be sent, Basmanov suddenly rushed in from outside. After arriving in front of us, he excitedly said: "Reporter, political commissar, Lieutenant Vasily is back!"

Lieutenant Vasily is back? ! Hearing Basmanov's report, I habitually raised my hand and looked at my watch. Just eleven o'clock in the morning, why did you come back so early? But after a brief period of confusion, I suddenly thought of a possibility, and quickly grabbed Basmanov’s arm and asked nervously: "Major, you said Lieutenant Vasily is back? Did he come back alone, or A group of people are back?"

"Of course a group of people are back." Basmanov's face was filled with joy, and he replied excitedly: "Listen to them, that German sniper has been killed."

"The sniper was killed?! This is really great." The **** was still old and spicy, Kirilov heard Basmanov's report. Wake up from the shock before me, and immediately tells Basmanov: "Major. You go and invite Lieutenant Vasily in immediately, and I want to ask him how he fought."

Vasily came in immediately after Basmanov, and when I saw that he was carrying a sniper rifle on his shoulder and holding another sniper rifle in his hand, I knew in my heart that he was real. Killed the German sniper because he was holding a German-made sniper rifle.

When Vasily put the captured sniper rifle on the table, he began to tell how they killed the German snipers: "Our lurking place today is in the ruins of the tractor area, and Corporal Mikhailov led The army was hidden in a building two hundred meters behind us. After daybreak, the battle in the tractor factory area began again, and the artillery shells creaked in the air. But we lay quietly behind the rubble, By installing the scope on the sniper rifle, keep a close eye on what is happening ahead.

‘Isn’t that him, look at the place where my fingers are! ’Medvedev on my left suddenly became excited. He almost leaned over the breast wall due to negligence. But it was enough, and the fascists wounded him. Of course, only experienced snipers can shoot accurately in this way. Chekhov on the other side quickly crawled past me and bandaged Medvedev, who was injured in his shoulder.

I watched the enemy's position for a long time, but did not find the sniper's ambush. Based on the direction of the bullet and the rate of fire, I concluded that the sniper was hiding somewhere directly facing us. I continued to observe the ruins ahead. On the left, there is a damaged tank parked; on the right, there is a civil engineering launch point. Where are the fascists? In the tank? No, experienced snipers will not hide there. In the civil launch site? It is impossible, the launch hole is blocked. There was a pile of rotten bricks on the flat ground between the tank and the launch point, with an iron plate in the middle. It’s been there a long time ago, and it’s not noticeable. I thought from the enemy’s position: Where is the best position for the sniper to occupy? Is a bunker dug under that iron plate? Does he stealthily lurking in the dark every day, hiding there? Yes, he may be there, under the iron plate in the neutral zone that neither side has occupied.

I decided to check it. Then he told Chekhov, who had just bandaged Medvedev's wounds: ‘Hey, you send a signal to the commanders behind to get them out to attract the attention of the German snipers. ’

When the squad led by Mikhailov appeared just tens of meters away from us, UU reading www. The uukanshu.com fascist took the bait and fired. A soldier wearing a big brimmed hat fell down. From this gunshot, I judged that the sniper of the fascist was under the iron plate.

‘This villain is there! Chekhov, who was in ambush next to me, apparently found the enemy's position, and cursed quietly beside me. Then he sent a signal to Mikhailov who was hiding behind them. After receiving the signal, Mikhailov and the others got up again from a hidden place, bending over among the ruins and running around, making the enemy think they were going to reinforce our position.

The fooled fascist sniper opened fire. The **** Hitler thought that he could unscrupulously annihilate this small force that was going to be reinforced. So he stretched out half of his head from under the iron plate. I was waiting for this opportunity, and without hesitation, I shot immediately and accurately. The fascist's head fell down, but the optical sight of his rifle was still in place, the lens gleaming in the sun.

Although the enemy didn't move anymore, I still stayed there. I asked Chekhov to signal Mikhailov again and let them send a few soldiers over to check it out. They were not shot this time. The German snipers were indeed killed by me. This is the sniper rifle used by the German snipers I killed. "

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