Chapter 49: Scouting

When he first entered the forest, Shulka felt only darkness, and it took him a while to get used to it, and he could see a little.

Shulka became nervous for no reason, because he couldn't tell the difference even if there was an enemy standing next to him.

However, Shulka soon discovered that this concern was unfounded, as there was a faint light in the depths of the forest...... The light, though faint, was still evident in the dark forest, allowing the warriors to see their destination and to some extent distinguish friend from foe.

"Germans!" Pukarev lowered his voice, and he could hear the whispered conversation in German.

"Can we go back?" Long Legs asked.

It seems that Shulka is not the only one who is afraid.

"No, Abramwich!" Pukarev replied: "We must at least find out what kind of troops they are and how many of them there are!" ”

Pukarev is right, reconnaissance should not be perfunctory. Otherwise, how will they report it when they go back?

Report Major, there are Germans in the forest?

So a group of people scattered and crawled forward cautiously.

On the way, Shulka felt that something was wrong, because there were traces of tank tracks, and he also found several trees that had been knocked down......

"Tank!" Shulka whispered to Pukarev.

Pukarev nodded, gesturing Shulka not to speak, they were already close to their target.

Suddenly, the sound of matches slitting sounded ahead, and the light of the fire illuminated the faces of the two German sentries, who came together to light a cigarette...... This saved Pukarev and his party, who would otherwise have no idea that there were sentinels lurking in this position.

Then things were relatively simple: the two German sentries were talking and suffocating, the light of the fire on their cigarette butts revealing their location, and Shulka could even see a little light reflected off their helmets.

Then, several Soviet soldiers jumped up from the darkness and pressed them to the ground, and several military stabs stabbed them all over them.

The fighters later learned that this was not what Pukarev had hoped for, and that Pukarev hoped to capture one alive so that they could actually go back and find out about the situation by forcing the captives.

The fighters were clearly unprofessional at this point, which made Pukarev sigh in annoyance and order the soldiers to move on.

In order not to be detected by the enemy, the fighters advanced very slowly, and it took more than ten minutes to climb to the destination.

That's when they breathed a sigh of relief...... There were more than a dozen cars parked in the forest, and more than two dozen car soldiers gathered together to rest under the trees.

Shulka thought that they must have made the long journey to the logistics force, because the vanguard was ahead and did not need supplies for the time being, so they hid in the forest to rest, and two of the soldiers were writing in their diaries with covered flashlights...... The bright light comes from the flashlight.

More than two dozen people, and also a logistics unit.

Without much thought, Pukarev stood up sharply with his submachine gun and shouted: "Hands up, you bastards!" Don't shoot, catch the ...... alive"

The latter sentence was shouted at his own men, and Pukarev feared that the highly tense Soviet soldiers would wipe out all of these enemies with a flurry of gunfire...... They had to take a few prisoners and ask about the situation, and they didn't dare to reveal their location easily, because no one was sure if there were any other enemies nearby.

Suddenly, the German soldiers who were surrounded were all stunned, and one of them turned over and tried to get a gun, but was quickly knocked to the ground by a Soviet soldier who came out of the darkness with the butt of a rifle.

"Be honest with me!" Pukarev ordered: "Hands up!" ”

Although the Germans could not understand Russian, they understood the warning, and one by one they raised their hands...... Although the Germans fought valiantly, this was not the case with the logistics units that did not have much professional training, and they did not have a chance at all in this situation.

Soon, Major Gavrilov and others, who received the notice, also led the troops into the forest.

"Well done!" Major Gavrilov complimented Pukarev before having the supplies in the back of the car be removed for inspection.

The results of the inspection were disappointing, all ammunition and gasoline...... It should be said that this is normal, and these are what the front line needs most, especially the mechanized troops that are at the forefront.

The problem is that these things are rubbish to Soviet soldiers.

"How nice it would be if they had a cart of food!" Commissar Fuming said: "Then we can return to the swamp and move on!" ”

"Gasoline and grenades are still somewhat useful!" Captain Venyakov said: "And explosives......"

Major Gavrilov was not concerned about this, and he gestured with the German soldiers with some embarrassment, because no one in the Soviet army knew German and no one among the prisoners knew Russian, so that the interrogation was difficult, and even putting a gun to the captive's head did not help.

Shulka was in a hurry and asked in English: "Does any of you know English?" ”

This not only surprised the German prisoners, but even Major Gavrilov and others cast puzzled glances at Shulka...... This made Shulka realize that he should make an excuse for this.

The German prisoners hesitated, and then a second lieutenant nodded and replied in English: "Yes, I know English!" ”

So the interrogation can go on normally, but it's not a good thing.

Because......

"Ahead is an armored battalion belonging to the 1st Panzer Division of the 13th Panzer Group!" Shulka reported: "They have at least thirty-five tanks!" ”

"Thirty-five tanks ......"

Everyone gasped when they heard the number.

The Soviets only had 500 men, and even if they captured gasoline, grenades, and explosives from the Germans, and attacked from the rear, they were afraid that they would not be able to do anything.

"Plus!" Shulka then reported: "Their follow-up troops are coming all the way here, and it may only take half an hour to arrive!" ”

Shulka believed that this was true, because this was the blitzkrieg of the Germans...... In order to be able to catch the enemy by surprise before they were ready, the German troops usually rushed forward day and night, and it was common for tank men and automobile troops to go without sleep for days and nights.

This is one of the reasons why these auto soldiers would hide in the forest to rest and be captured by Shulka and others.

"Great!" Venyakov laughed at himself: "We have fallen into the encirclement of the enemy again!" ”

"I think it's a lot better now than it was before!" Major Gavrilov said: "At least we are close to our own troops, what we are going to do...... It's about crossing the enemy's front! ”

It's easy to say, but everyone knows that it's really different, and even has no chance.