At about nine o'clock in the evening, the scouts sent by Koval discovered the movements of the Soviet troops, and after repeated confirmation, they immediately passed this information back. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Koval was repeatedly discussing the details of the night's operation with the officers, and when he received the information, he immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert.

"I'll take a platoon of guards to see what is going on, maybe we have to move ahead of schedule. You wait for my orders, ready to attack. In tonight's battle, we must take control of the dock warehouses, and if the Lithuanians want to seize the dock warehouses, you must act decisively, and that is the Soviet army.

But it was in no way allowed to take the initiative to launch an attack on the Lithuanian army outside the dock area. We must not fire the first shot at the Lithuanians, which is very bad for our Polish reputation in the international arena. Do you understand? ”

"Understood, sir." The officer below replied.

Koval and his platoon of soldiers quietly touched under the city wall under the cover of darkness under the cover of the tsarist army, wearing the uniforms of Tsarist Russia.

"I'll go up and have a look!" Koval said.

The two soldiers next to him put their hands on a small platform, Koval stepped on it, and the two soldiers' hands were lifted up, and Koval was only more than half a meter away from the top of the city wall. Koval grabbed the exposed tree trunk from the top of the city wall with both hands, and slowly pulled his whole body up with both hands.

Koval bared his head from the top of the wall, cautiously observing his surroundings.

After more than ten seconds, Koval did not notice the enemy troops around, and immediately quickly climbed the city wall and lay on top of the city wall.

Koval watched carefully for a while, and in the distance there were some dark shadows rushing quietly in the direction of the dock warehouse, and no one was guarding the eastern wall.

"Safety, Kanas come up, wait for the others below." Koval said to the people below.

Koval and Kanas were lying on top of the city wall looking at the houses in the distance, and the telescopes were so dark that even the eyes of shooters like Koval and Kanas with excellent eyesight could only see some vague figures.

"It looks like the Soviet troops are retreating towards the dock area?" Koval asked.

"That's how it should be, these people are in a hurry." Kanas looked into the distance and said, "But what are they all trying to do when they all retreat to the docks?" Without these surrounding housing strongholds, isn't guarding the dock a dead end? Isn't this even a way back to retreat? ”

"Dead end? Maybe they have a way out! Koval said, "They can retreat by water!"

Let's take a detour to the CB area to have a look. ”

Instructing the troops below to stand by in place, Koval and Kanas quietly climbed down the wall, clinging to the wall of the street and quickly walking towards the dock area.

On the way, they met two groups of Soviet soldiers who were walking in a hurry, but they saw that Koval and the two men were walking in the same direction as them towards the pier, and they did not notice any difference between them.

The two of them secretly walked down a street, only a hundred meters away from the dock, and the Soviet soldiers in the entire warehouse area suddenly became dense, and many soldiers were on guard.

Seeing that the danger of exposure in front of him had greatly increased, Koval patted Kanas on the shoulder, quietly pointed to a nearby house, and the two quietly approached and quickly walked inside.

The two men walked to the second floor of the house and stood by the window looking at the dock.

Tonight the moon appeared and disappeared in the dark clouds, and the Soviet troops, for the sake of retreat, naturally turned off all the lights, and the whole dock was shrouded in darkness, carrying out unspeakable secrets.

Taking advantage of the moon's occasional spills, Koval could clearly see groups of Soviet soldiers slowly sailing away from the dock in small boats, and some soldiers carrying boxes onto the boats.

"Sir, are the Soviet troops trying to slip away?" Kanas asked, surprised.

"They're retreating, and it looks like their commander is decisive enough!" Koval said. Although the stories of sticking to the lonely city, fighting to the death and not retreating, and the martyrdom of the whole army are very tragic and touching. But a commander who can lead his army to find a way out of the siege and retreat smoothly is even better.

It is very rare to be able to seize the glimmer of life on the battlefield.

"Sir, they are carrying weapons and other military supplies from the warehouse, should we act immediately to eliminate them?" Kanas said with some excitement: "Now that they are all concentrated in the docks, we can easily attack the city. ”

"Don't lose a big deal because of a small thing, they can't move much of the materials in the warehouse, and the rest is all ours. It's better for them to retreat on their own initiative, and we can quietly occupy the entire warehouse. The Lithuanian army will be very surprised tomorrow! Koval suddenly smiled.

Koval watched as more and more Soviet soldiers crossed the river by boat, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers on the docks.

"Kanas, you will go and convey my order to come in quietly through the east gate and occupy the stronghold of the houses abandoned by the Soviet soldiers. Everything must be kept quiet, and the Lithuanians must not be discovered. Koval ordered.

"Yes, sir." Kanas said.

Soon, the entire second battalion of 600 people quietly entered the town through the west gate.

As the last Soviet soldiers stepped into the boats, sailed away from the docks, and faded into the darkness, Koval commanded his troops to quickly occupy the key points near the dock warehouses.

The door of the warehouse was open, and the Soviet troops walked in a hurry, and the ground was littered with rifles, bullets, clothes, and other miscellaneous military supplies, as if they had been tended by rats.

Koval walked in with a couple of officers, and one of the soldiers closed the door, lit an oil lamp and placed it on the shelf. Canas picked up a rifle on the ground and looked at it closely, it was the brand new Mauser G98a.

The G98 rifle was too long to use in trench warfare, and it was inconvenient to use and carry, so the development of a carbine version was considered. First of all, there was the 98A, a cavalry gun with a shortened barrel of 23.6 inches, or carbine. The length was shortened from 1.25 meters to 1.1 meters, the pull handle was changed from a straight one to a downward curved type, and the strap loop was changed to the side of the gun body for easy carrying.

Kanas tried it by pulling the bolt repeatedly, and said in surprise: "Sir, this rifle is very good. ”

Koval stepped aside, pulled out his bayonet, and pried open a wooden box containing a brand-new Mauser rifle with engine oil. Koval picked up a rifle and tried it, and it felt very good. Casually counted around, there were at least hundreds of boxes.

"Sir, there's a bullet on this side." An officer shouted excitedly.

Koval walked over and looked, and the box on the other side was full of loose bullets.

"Leave a few people to count the materials here, and report the priority that can be used. The others hurried back and familiarized themselves with their defensive positions. Koval ordered.

"Yes, sir." (To be continued.) )