Chapter 508: Corpse
"Bang bang", with the sound of gunshots, a German soldier fell under Shulka's gun.
For hand-to-hand combat, pistols are a great piece of equipment.
Since you don't have to worry about it cutting through the enemy's body and injuring your own people, all Shulka has to do is tell which of those who are falling to the ground and scuffling each other is the enemy and which is your own, and then pull the trigger on the enemy.
Occasionally, it will be found that the scuffle is two of their own people.
This may be because the helmets of the German army are somewhat similar to those of the Soviet army, and it is sometimes difficult to distinguish them in the night.
Soldiers armed with rifles are more embarrassed in this situation.
The first is that they don't dare to shoot, because the rifle bullet is powerful enough to penetrate the human body and kill another person, which means that if you shoot, it is easy to cause accidental injury.
The second is that it is very difficult for them to distinguish between friend and foe.
Not being able to shoot meant that they had to use bayonets, which were more than a meter from the top of their rifles. (Note: Mosin Nagant rifle with bayonet length 1.73 meters)
This meant that the soldier had to distinguish between friend and foe at a distance of almost two meters, which was difficult at night unless there happened to be a flare hanging in the sky.
However, this did not affect the victory of the Soviet army, and the main force of the Soviet army simply passed the soldiers fighting on the ground and continued to rush forward with bayonets......
This is the right thing to do.
It's not that it doesn't care about the life and death of its comrades, but that there is something more important on the battlefield: fighters.
At this point, if the forward troops stop to clear out the enemy, then there is no doubt that the enemy in depth will be given some time to react.
Although this reaction time is short, one minute, two minutes, or even less.
But this was enough for the well-trained Germans to turn their guns and organize a new line of defense.
On the contrary, if the Soviet army was rushing forward non-stop, the German troops in depth would not have expected the enemy to come so quickly, so they would not even have time to turn their guns, let alone resist.
The battle situation turned out to be as Shulka thought, although there were more enemies in depth, they almost all focused their attention on the Soviet troops charging to the east.
The battle was much simpler, with the submachine gun sweeping a shuttle bullet at the enemy and a bayonet into their backs.
Shulka continued to charge forward with his troops.
At this moment, his feet suddenly went limp, and he stepped on a corpse.
There is nothing strange about stepping on a corpse on the battlefield, because the battlefield is full of corpses.
But Shulka immediately sensed that something was wrong.
Because if it were a corpse, it would not react if it was stepped on under normal circumstances.
But Shulka felt his muscles twitch slightly.
Only living people have this kind of reaction, and this reaction is so slight that it is almost undetectable, and if it were someone else, they would have ignored it long ago and moved on.
However, Shulka knew that it was the masters who would have such a reaction.
Because he has been able to control the conditioning of his muscles to a considerable extent, and even under pain, he will not react much.
Shulka didn't think much about it, and immediately pointed the pistol at the "corpse" at his feet.
The "corpse" was the first to notice this, and reached out to grab Shulka by the ankle and dragged Shulka to the ground, and at the same time, with a "bang", the pistol bullet flew into the darkness in the air.
The speed of the "corpse's" reaction made Shulka secretly frightened.
Shulka was only noticed by him with a slight gesture just now, that is, pointing the gun down, and made the only correct reaction in this very short time...... Drag your ankles.
It can be said that no other action in this situation can save the "corpse", because Shulka's pistol is already aimed at him, all he has to do is pull the trigger, and then a bullet will shoot into his body and turn him into a real corpse.
However, Shulka lost his balance as soon as his ankle pumped.
In the moment of losing balance, people will unconsciously raise their hands...... So the bullet that was supposed to kill shot into the sky.
It would be nothing if all of this was just a coincidence or an accident, but if it was intentional on the part of the "corpse", then the "corpse" reacted too quickly.
Shulka did not hesitate, and with his left hand, he pulled out the military thorn on his waist with his left hand, and then Kankan pressed the military thorn against the opponent's neck at the moment when the "corpse" flew up.
The reason why he drew the stab instead of continuing to use the pistol was because Shulka knew one thing: if the "corpse" could make the same self-saving action as before in such a short time, then Shulka would not have the opportunity to use the pistol again, and the opponent would control his right hand as soon as possible.
Sure enough, the right hand was blocked by a force, and the left hand stabbed into the opponent's neck when it encountered another resistance.
"Wait, comrade!" Just when Shulka wanted to add a force to send the general thorn into the opponent's neck, the "corpse" shouted: "My own people, I am from the 1047 regiment!" ”
The 1047th Infantry Regiment is another infantry regiment of the Soviet Army at Mamayev Heights in addition to the 39th Guards Infantry Regiment, and it should not be wrong for him to be able to call out the number quickly.
So Shulka's men couldn't help but relax.
Seeing that Shulka was still hesitating, the "corpse" lifted his cloak, revealing the Soviet-style military uniform in it.
"I'm a sniper, comrade!" "Corpse" explained.
Shulka then relaxed.
"Keep fighting, comrade!" Shulka said.
"We don't seem to need to fight anymore!" "Corpses" replied.
Shulka saw that sure enough, just as he said, the 82nd Infantry Regiment of the Soviet Army had joined forces with the 39th Guards Infantry Regiment, and the soldiers of the two armies hugged each other and cheered for victory.
"Why are you here?" Shulka asked: "I mean, you're a sniper......"
Shulka raised his head at the rifle with a sniper scope in his hand and continued: "Shouldn't you be farther away from the front line? ”
"Corpse" shook his head, and then laughed: "Comrade Captain, sometimes the most dangerous place is the safest place!" What's more, this is Mamayev Hill! ”
Shulka immediately understood what he meant.
Mamayev Hill is a high ground with a positive slope on one side and an anticline on the other.
There was not much distance between the two slopes for a sniper to lurk, so he simply lurked under the nose of the enemy, disguised as a "corpse".
Shulka nodded, glanced at his rank, and praised: "You are excellent, Comrade Ensign!" ”
"You too, Comrade Captain!" The "corpse" replied with a smile: "If we were enemies, maybe I would have died!" ”
Then the "corpse" held out his hand to Shulka: "Vasily, my name is Vasily. Zaitsev! ”
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