First in the middle of the Agron line, then in the south, and then in the north, the voice of the Polish governor did not disappear for a moment along the entire Agron line.

It was learned that His Excellency the Governor of Poland, who had ascended to the throne, remained in the encirclement and fended against a strong enemy with himself, whether it was the Waffen-SS, the paratroopers, or the officers and men from the army, with a firm will, firmly nailed to the battle post, and maintained the battle line on the line of the Agron River.

In foxholes, in dilapidated buildings, in the gloomy bushes, from time to time there was the sound of "Heil? Hitler".

The declaration of war of "Chen Dao" and the cry of German soldiers full of faith drifted through the battlefield to the east bank of the Agron River and reached the ears of Soviet soldiers.

Soon, the Russian soldiers, who knew German, reported the content of "Chen Dao" to the headquarters of the 10th Mechanized Army, and then to the headquarters of the North-Western Front, Kuznetsov.

Colonel-General Kuznetsov also telegraphed the headquarters of the 10th Mechanized Army to capture the entire city of Pustoshka within 24 hours, and ordered the headquarters of the 22nd Army to fully cooperate with the actions of the 10th Mechanized Army.

"I'm going to smash his heroic dreams with our iron fists. When we capture him alive, I'll see what more he can say. "Admiral Kuznetsov threw a hard punch and smashed it on the map where the city of Pustoshka was located.

On the map, the Agron River is nothing more than an inconspicuous river, and compared to the magnificent Volga and Dnieper rivers, the Agron River can only be called a drainage ditch at best.

However, it was the Agron River, no more than twenty meters wide, that became a natural anti-tank trench in front of the 10th Mechanized Army.

Facing the steep slope of the Agron River at an angle of almost seventy degrees, up to two to three meters high on the banks of the river, whether it is KV-1, KV-2 or T-34 and BT-5, BT-7 brothers. All of them lost their momentum in the initial battle, and could only hide behind buildings by the river or in the woods.

In Pustoshka, two of the three bridges connecting the banks of the Agron River were blown up by the Germans, and only one near the south of the city was accessible to tanks.

In addition to the only remaining bridge in the south of the city, there are two banks in the middle of the city with low slopes. A passage for tanks to wade across the river.

These three passages in front of the Soviet army became their greatest source of suffering.

In the German-controlled city on the other side, on the west bank of the Agron River, every wood, every rubble pile, and every building was full of danger in the eyes of the Soviet army, and it seemed that there were man-eating monsters lurking inside.

Any tank that is exposed to the shore will be hit by shells. The infantry would be machine-gunned, and for a time, the banks of the Agron River became a forbidden place for life.

In the middle of the west bank of the Agron River, Captain Nietzsche's armored car charged all the way and stopped at the entrance to a three-story building.

Jumping out of the car, Captain Nietzsche hurried up the stairs and went straight to the top floor of the third floor, with Captain Nobel following him.

The two of them had just run to the staircase on the third floor. A figure rushed out of the room directly opposite the staircase, an SS soldier also wearing camouflage uniform.

See Captain Nietzsche and Captain Nobel. The muzzle of the G42 semi-automatic rifle in the hands of the SS soldier instantly drooped and pointed at the floor.

After waving and saluting the two, the SS soldier said: "Hello, Mr. Captain. ”

Walking into the room where the SS soldiers were, the two saw that there were also two soldiers and a lieutenant in the room.

The lieutenant and a soldier were standing at the window facing east, fiddling with a scissor telescope. On the wall next to it, there is also a rangefinder.

Another soldier was in the corner, fiddling with a radio.

It is clear that they were observation posts of the artillery of the Imperial divisions.

Captain Nobel said, "We're late. ”

"It's not too late, let's go to the other rooms." Captain Nietzsche greeted the artillery observation posts. Turn and walk to the other room.

"You want to snipe them here? I advise you not to do it. Captain Nobel said.

"Why?" Captain Nietzsche walked into a nearby bedroom, pressed against the wall next to the window, and used a telescope to check the movements of the Soviets across the Agron River.

"It's mostly two-story buildings, and this three-story building is so striking here, if you just open fire, I'm willing to bet three times at most, and the Russians will find out about your presence. And then we will be like this roof, killed by Russian fire. Captain Nobel said and pointed to the roof where he had disappeared, and kindly persuaded Captain Nietzsche, who was eager to make meritorious contributions.

Captain Nietzsche pinched his chin and said in embarrassment: "You're right, if we expose our position and attract Russian fire, we will even affect the artillery next door・・・・・・ but this is the best sniper platform I can find, and there is no sniper point with a wider view than here." ”

"You can imagine what Your Excellency would do if he were here?" Nobel asked.

"I hate you the most, tell me quickly, what would he do if Your Excellency was here?" Captain Nietzsche said.

"If Your Excellency were here, he would have laughed at you first."

"What are you laughing at me?" Captain Nietzsche asked ungroundedly.

"He will laugh at your thinking of sniping with a gun, which is too outdated, and then pat you on the shoulder and tell you that sniping with a gun is what we should do." Captain Nobel patted Captain Nietzsche on the shoulder and said.

Captain Nietzsche slapped his head hard and said with remorse: "You are right, if Your Excellency were here, you would definitely laugh at me when you saw me like this." How do we do it? Get an anti-tank gun・・・・・・"

Before Captain Nietzsche finished speaking, he saw the mocking look in Captain Nobel's eyes and consciously closed his mouth.

Sure enough, Captain Nobel spread his hands, first laughed, and then teased: "You really want to get an anti-tank gun upstairs." Think about the movement of the anti-tank guns when they fire, and the smoke coming out of the muzzles, are you afraid that the Russians will not be able to detect us? If you were here, you would be ・・・・・・."

Captain Nietzsche raised his hands in surrender and humbly asked Captain Nobel: "What should we do?" ”

"Think of Major Lorenz and Major Bach, they told us about it. In the days when they fought with Your Excellency in France, what weapons did Your Excellency use? ”

"Two armored vehicles, one with an anti-tank gun and the other with a mortar, Your Excellency is an advocate of artillery."

"Since direct-aim artillery is not effective, we have to use intermittent artillery. I have two suggestions here. The first way is less powerful, but safer. The second way is more powerful, but more dangerous, which one do you choose? Captain Nobel asked.

"If Your Excellency is here, he will definitely choose both, what do you say?" Captain Nietzsche asked with a smile.

"Okay, let's try both." Captain Nobel said.

Ten minutes later, by the window, Captain Nietzsche pointed to the other side of the Agron and said: "I don't see the red-roofed two-story building at eleven o'clock." In such a short period of time, I saw at least five people coming in and out there, and we could have a shot. ”

Captain Nobel's telescope turned to the red top floor that Captain Nietzsche was pointing to, looked at it for a few seconds, and said, "Then let's shoot." ”

Turning around, Captain Nobel shouted to the door: "Eleven o'clock direction, distance 420, test shot." ”

Outside the door, there is a window on the back wall. An orderly poked his head out of the window and shouted to the back of the building, "Eleven o'clock." Distance 420, test shot. ”

The GRW34 mortar crew, which was crouching behind the building, immediately adjusted the mortar's firing parameters, and then shoved an 81mm mortar shell into the muzzle.

There was a muffled "poof", and a gray-black cloud of gunsmoke erupted from the muzzle of the mortar.

After about ten seconds, the orderly stuck his head out again and shouted, "The direction is the same, the distance is 410." Three rapid fires. ”

Soon, the room was filled with the gleeful laughter of Captain Nobel and Captain Nietzsche.

"Hit, hit." Captain Nietzsche shouted with laughter.

In his telescope, he clearly saw clouds of gray-black gunsmoke and red tiles bursting from the roof of the red-roofed building in the distance. Broken masonry was scattered everywhere.

After three rapid mortar fires, most of the roof of the red building was gone, and five people rushed out of the door on the first floor.

The man at the head wore a brimmed hat and was clearly an officer.

The officer limped and appeared to have been wounded in the leg.

He was followed by three soldiers in steel helmets, one of whom was carrying a wounded man on his back.

Seeing the embarrassment of the five people, Captain Nietzsche said: "It's a pity, if we use the big guys as soon as we come up, all five of them can go to God." ”

"There are only five people, it's not worth using the big guys, we need more valuable targets." Captain Nobel said.

Moments later, the two received a surprise from an ally next door.

The artillery lieutenant of the Imperial Division informed the two of them about one of the targets he had found.

Following the direction pointed by the artillery lieutenant, the two saw that at ten o'clock, about a kilometer away, there was a strange appearance on the edge of a birch forest close to the bank of the Agron, and from time to time a small group of Soviet infantry sneaked inside, and after patiently observing for about ten minutes, Captain Nobel said to Captain Nietzsche: "Don't you think the Russians are acting strangely? ”

"They just suffered some setbacks in the battle to cross the river and retreated without suffering much damage. And it's so quiet that I think the Russians are probably preparing a large-scale operation. Captain Nietzsche said.

"That's what I thought, they must be brewing a large-scale operation, and as for whether our guess is right or not, try it and find out." Captain Nobel said.

Captain Nobel wrote a note and handed it to him, and then watched him run out of the building.

About two minutes later, Nobel saw the orderly again in the window.

The orderly entered a small grove facing the river on the southeast side of the building, and soon an armored vehicle drove out of the grove and stopped at the edge of the grove.

Looking at the rocket launchers on both sides of the SDKFZ251 armored car, a sneer appeared on the corner of Captain Nietzsche's mouth.

"It's time to make the Russians feel like our rockets, you are so vicious that you can think of using the 'Land Stuka' to snipe people."

Captain Nobel smiled modestly and said, "This is all inspired by Your Excellency, and I am far worse than Your Excellency." ”

In the midst of the two men's attention, the SDKFZ251 armored car, known as the "Land Stuka", turned around and turned northeast by the woods.

Behind the armored car, five soldiers were busy next to rocket launchers hanging from the sides of the carriage.

Captain Nobel clasped his hands and said with longing: "Five 280-mm high-explosive bombs and one 320-mm incendiary bomb, which were originally used by sappers to bombard the fortress, fall into the infantry group I don't know what kind of power it will be?" I can't wait. ”

"Gotta hit, hit must." Captain Nietzsche stared at the birch forest, where a large number of Soviet infantry seemed to be lurking, and muttered to himself.

In the anticipation of the two, there was finally a piercing whistling sound in their ears, as if a Stuka dive bomber was diving, or like a herd of cows roaring.

In just ten seconds, six rockets shot into the sky, spewing black smoke and raising dust that flooded the armored vehicle.

The black smoke billowing from the tail of the rocket drew six parabolas in the sky, and the eyes of Captain Nietzsche and his two turned from the right corner of their eyes to the left with the six black smokes, and their eyes finally fell into the birch forest.

In the blink of an eye, with a huge explosion, the white birch forest turned into a black birch forest.

Endless clouds of ash and black smoke rose into the sky and hung over the trees.

Broken tree trunks, branches, leaves, and sand splattered everywhere, interspersed with steel helmets and various weapons.

"Maxim machine guns, Mosin Nagant rifles, and a couple of unlucky guys."

Captain Nietzsche clearly saw that at least two humanoid objects were enveloped in black smoke and flew into the sky, one of them surrounded by flames.

"That unlucky guy was hit by an incendiary bomb, and he's finished." Captain Nobel said.

The black smoke did not dissipate for a long time, hovering over the birch forest, and the incendiary bomb took effect and successfully ignited the birch forest.

The binoculars of the two turned to the edge of the birch forest, and at least thirty figures rushed out of the birch forest and fled in a hurry to the east.

"They're hiding there, no, we have to report it." Captain Nietzsche said.

Captain Nobel was about to speak when he heard a familiar voice.

Three or four mortar shells flew across the Agron River and landed on the edge of the woods where the "Land Stuka" had once hidden, but only a puff of smoke and dust was raised, and the Land Stuka had already moved its position to a new firing site.

It seems that following the lessons of Captain Nietzsche and Captain Nobel, the Russian snipers flew over the Agron River one after another and fell into the positions of the Führer's regiment, and the Führer's artillery returned fire without showing weakness.

The "snipers" that you come and go have set off countless bloody storms on both sides of the Agron River.

The initiators of the sniper war, Captain Nietzsche and Captain Nobel, filled the soldiers on both sides with enough hatred to move their positions.

It wasn't until nine o'clock in the evening that the two waited for their long-awaited reply.

"Watch out for night fights." Captain Nietzsche read out what was on the telegram.

Captain Nobel looked up at the increasingly gloomy sky, and said worriedly: "Since Your Excellency said to be careful of night battles, there will definitely be a big scene tonight." (To be continued.) )