Captain Vasily Grigoyevich Zaitsev (Russian: ВасилийГригорьевичЗайцев, March 23, 1915 - December 15, 1991), Vasily was a famous second-in-command officer. A Soviet Army sniper during World War I. During the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942, he killed 225 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht and other Axis powers between November 10 and December 17. Become famous in the first battle. Among the 225 enemy soldiers, there are 11 enemy snipers. Until November 10, Vasily killed 32 Axis soldiers with a single shot with a traditional Mosin-Nagant rifle; between October 1942 and January 1943, Vasily A total of approximately 242 enemy troops were killed. However, the real number may be higher, and some people think it can even be as high as about 400 people. Life Vasily was born in Yeleninskoye (also known as Yaleninskoya) and grew up in the Ural Mountains. Vasily's surname "Zaitsev" has a similar meaning to "hare" in Russian (same root). Before going to Stalingrad, he served in the Soviet Navy as a shore officer. It was not until he learned about the tragedy of the Battle of Stalingrad from newspapers and magazines that he volunteered to join the most brutal battle in history. Zaishev was assigned to the 1047th Rifle Regiment of the 284th Rifle Division of the 62nd Army of the Soviet Army. Because Vasily became famous during the Battle of Stalingrad, the Russians established a sniper school at the Lazur chemical works in Stalingrad and he was personally in charge of training. Due to the connotation of Zaitsev's surname, the students trained by the sniper school he founded were also nicknamed "Zaichata" (Vasily was of course the "old rabbit"!). In "Stalingrad" written by Antony Beevor (former British 11th Hussars Squadron officer and current historian), Beevor believes that the school opened at the Lazur Chemical Plant was the 62nd The origin of the "sniper movement" of the Army and the Soviet Army. The troops began to hold training camps and promote sniper rules. Using the big pot method as the training principle, students and officers and soldiers enthusiastically exchanged knowledge about sniper techniques and tactics with each other. ideas and principles, etc. According to one estimate, the little Chai bastards led by Chai Laotu single-handedly caused heavy casualties to more than 3,000 Axis officers and soldiers in one attack. Vasily served until January 1943, when his eye was injured by a mine and he was discharged. After that, he was taken care of by Professor Vladimir Filatov and his eyes were treated. Vasily finally returned to the battlefield and participated in the Battle of the Dniester River, and was already promoted to captain. After the war, Vasily visited Berlin and met his fellow soldiers. Comrades presented him with a new sniper rifle, which was engraved with: "To the Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Zaitsev, who killed more than 300 fascists in Stalingrad." Soviet Union Zaytsev Vasily, who buried in Stalingrad more than 300 fascists."; the gun is currently preserved in the Volgograd Museum in the Battle of Stalingrad area). Vasily then ran a factory in Kiev and lived in Kiev until his death at the age of 76. Posthumously, on January 31, 2006, Vasily Zaitsev’s body was reburied to Mamayev Kurgan with grand military honors. Since Vasily's last wish was to bury his body under the Stalingrad Battle Monument, his coffin was buried next to the monument; Vasily's famous saying was written on the monument: "We have no room for retreat." (In fact, the term comes from Khrushchev, who served as the general political commissar in the Battle of Stalingrad, "political commissar".

) Legend has it that the rifle scope of German soldier Heinz Thorvald, said to be Zaisev’s most treasured trophy, is currently displayed in the Army Museum in Moscow, but this entire story has not been confirmed because All Soviet military reports did not mention it. Vasily's autobiography "Notes of a Sniper" mentioned that the opponent he actually encountered in the Battle of Stalingrad should be "Heinz Torvath". Vasily was based on the evidence found on the corpse of the person who was shot. identification document. The name was later used by a writer named "David L. Robbins" in the 1999 novel "War of the Rats". Ervath was an SS colonel, and he was actually the chief instructor of the Wehrmacht sniper school in Zossen, Germany. Matth?us Hetzenauer, Wehrmacht sniper champion. Historians have repeatedly questioned whether this seemingly fictional master really existed, but there are several reasons to speculate that this person never existed in history: There is no record that the SS ever participated in the Battle of Stalingrad. SS There are only a handful of snipers on hand, and the SS does not regard sniping as an important assessment for military success, so cold shots are actually a menial job for the Wehrmacht. No sniper will be in a senior position, ranging from a senior official to a colonel (Standartenführer). As a sniper, you are expected to help turn the tide of the war. Taking the lead in charging forward and hiding and firing cold shots are completely contradictory and cannot be achieved together. . Even at the end of the war, it is clearly recorded that the first black and white commander in the German army was just a 21-year-old "Gefreiter" named "Mathaus Hetzenauer" (Math?us Hetzenauer), a *** The 345 people killed under his right index finger were far less than Koenig's record of "more than 400 people killed." The Battle of Stalingrad marked a turning point in the Soviet Union's resistance to the German offensive at that time. Under extremely difficult conditions. In order to maintain the fighting spirit of the huge army, the political propaganda workers of the former Soviet Union would have fabricated a bunch of lies to boost the morale of the army, especially when the war situation was so unclear and not optimistic. Postscript Fedor. Fyodor Okhlopkov, Soviet hero and recipient of the Order of Lenin. On September 13, 1942, the German Sixth Army and the former Soviet 62nd Army started the Stalin Battle on the Mamayev Hills. There were only 102. meters high, but overlooking the city, so the intensity of the battle for this highland can be imagined! However, according to records, although the Russian army laid out trenches like canines, barbed wire trip wires mixed with mines, it seemed to be impregnable! , however, it fell within a day under the fierce attack of the German army. In fact, the "Battle of the Rats" itself was not named by David Robbins. The allusion came from the self-deprecating German officers and soldiers in the battle, saying that it was "wir." haben einen Krieg der Ratten.", because the intensity of the battle between the two armies was only separated by a wall, and even the breathing of each other could be heard clearly. The German officers and soldiers also said, "Even if the kitchen is occupied, there will still be a fight in the living room" (wir haben einen anderen Krieg, zum des lebenden Raumes herunterzunehmen, sogar, das wir bereits die Küche besetzten.) In proportion to its population during World War II, Soviet Russia produced many well-known snipers, many of them. They are all famous for their huge number of murders.

For example, the top sniper ranking in the Soviet Army, Mihail Ilyich Surkov, of the 4th Rifle Division, led the second place with 702 men, Va. of the 259th Infantry Regiment. Vasiliy Shalvovich Kvachantiradze (259th rifle regiment) with 534 men, and the third Ivan Sidorenko of the 1122nd Infantry Regiment with 500 men. Therefore, some point out that there is nothing unique about Vasily's deeds, as there were 49 other Soviet snipers who ranked ahead of Zaitsev. The most special one in the Soviet sniper rankings is Fyodor Okhlopkov, who is ranked eighth. This authentic Yakut is just like his ancestor who bent a bow to shoot eagles. (The Yakuts and Mongolia were unified by Genghis Khan in the 13th century AD). If his performance in the Winter War is also calculated, there are 541 people in one army (some say it is 429 people). Although the achievements of Soviet snipers are brilliant, they are all reported in political war reports to boost morale, and are inherently suspected of exaggeration. What is even more ironic is that some sniper kills are confirmed "based on theory." of. In the current sniper performance recognition, although there is some controversy, Shimo Heihe's record is still credible, and Fyodor Oklopkov's record has not been controversial; as for the protagonist of this article Vasily, the same is true.