Red Moscow

  Chapter 439 Vasily Building (Part 1)

  Although Vlasov is only the director of the political department of the brigade, his prestige among the sailors far exceeds that of Tanasolov and Andreyev. Following his shout, the sailors rushed to his side immediately, and those who stayed beside Tanasorov were some soldiers in army uniforms.

  Seeing that the sailors were standing on his side, Vlasov smiled with relief on his face. He waved his hand and said loudly: "Come on, comrades, follow me to take back the station."

  Seeing that the sailors followed Vlasov and left, Tanasorov stomped his feet angrily. He suddenly pulled out a pistol from his waist, aimed at Vlasov's back, and made a gesture to pull the trigger. Seeing that the situation was not going well, Andreyev quickly grabbed his hand and said in a panic: "Comrade Colonel, since he doesn't want to leave, let him stay. Whether he lives or dies, at that time his own Let’s hurry up and get out of this dangerous place.” After speaking, he pushed Tanasoloff towards the river.

   Although Sokov and Tanasorov are both brigade commanders, but because the other party has a higher rank than himself, Sokov can only watch them lead a group of soldiers towards the ferry.

   "Comrade Brigadier," watching Tanasorov lead the people away, Seryozha came over and asked Sokov: "What should we do?"

"Let's go back to the headquarters," Sokov said decisively: "Report the situation here to General Rodimtsev." Since he has no right to deal with Tanasorov, he will hand over the matter to Higher level people to deal with.

After Rodimtsev received Sokov's call, he couldn't wait to ask: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, how is the situation? Has the German army occupied the station? Have the sailors standing there been defeated by the German army?" ?”

Facing a series of questions raised by Rodimtsev, Sokov replied: "Comrade General, judging from the current situation, the station may have fallen into the hands of the Germans. However, the retreating sailors, in the political department of the brigade Under the leadership of director Comrade Vlasov, they launched a counterattack against the station again. I believe that they will be able to recapture the station in a short time."

"What? It is the director of the Political Department who is directing the battle?" Rodimtsev asked in surprise when he heard Sokov's answer: "Where are the brigade commander Tanasolov and political commissar Andreev? sacrificed?"

   "No, Comrade General." Thinking of the scene he just saw outside, Sokov couldn't help but sneer and replied, "They're still alive and well."

   "Since both the brigade commander and political commissar are still alive," Rodimtsev asked inexplicably, "then why did the director of the Political Department command such a battle?"

"Comrade General, please listen to my explanation." Sokov said into the microphone: "The commander who directed the attack on the station was the director of the political department, not the brigade commander and political commissar, because the two brigade commanders , has retreated to the sandbar in the middle of the Volga River with the members of the brigade headquarters."

"Damn, retreated to the sandbar of the Volga River." Rodimtsev couldn't help but shouted out when he heard this: "How can they command the troops there? It's just nonsense. Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, why are you Don't stop him?"

  Sokov said a little dumbfounded: "Comrade General, although Tanasorov and I are both brigade commanders, he is a colonel and I am a lieutenant colonel. I cannot give orders to him."

Rodimtsev realized that he was a little too impulsive, coughed lightly, and then asked: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, who did you hear about the transfer of Tanasorov's headquarters? "

"I heard it with my own ears." Sokov quickly repeated what he had seen and heard to Rodimtsev, and finally emphasized again: "According to my judgment, Tanasorov and the others are making Comrade Vlasov was definitely not there when the decision to transfer the headquarters was made. By the time he realized something was wrong, the large force had already withdrawn to the vicinity of Mamayev Post, but he still caught up and brought the force back Compete with the enemy for the station..."

   When Sokov told what happened, Rodimtsev did not interrupt, but listened quietly. After Sokov finished speaking, he opened his mouth and said: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I have everything clear. I will report to Commander Chuikov immediately about Tanasorov's unauthorized transfer of the headquarters, thank you !” Without waiting for Sokov to say anything, he hung up the phone directly.

  After Sokov put down the phone, he suddenly remembered the guard platoon following Klimov and himself. When Tanasorov was transferring just now, he didn't seem to see them, and he didn't know where they were now. Thinking of this, he quickly asked Sidolin: "Chief of Staff, has Adjutant Klimov contacted you?"

  Sidorin shook his head, indicating that the other party had never contacted him, and then asked Sokov curiously: "Comrade Brigadier, why did you suddenly ask him?"

"Two days ago, didn't Captain Klimov go to the headquarters of the 92nd Infantry Brigade as the liaison officer of the Army Group Headquarters?" Sukov's heart was bleeding when he thought of the missing guard platoon. Because there is Vasily, the **** of sniper, among them, if something happens to them, it will be a big loss. However, in front of Sidolin, he still pretended to be calm and said: "Before he left, he brought a guard platoon with him, but when Tanasolov moved with the brigade headquarters today, I did not see K Limov and the guard platoon don't know where they went."

When Sidolin learned that the whereabouts of the guard platoon taken away by Klimov were unknown, he couldn't help sighing. You must know that they were old soldiers with rich combat experience and well-equipped equipment on the 50th and 60th. They really fought against the Germans. , at least able to hold up to two companies of ordinary troops, but it is indeed a pity that his whereabouts are unknown now.

  Seeing Sokov sighing aside, he guessed what was on his mind, and quickly asked: "Comrade Brigadier, look, should we send someone to look for Captain Klimov?"

Although Sidolin didn't mention the missing guard platoon at all, Sokov knew very well that the guard platoon was taken away by Klimov. Only when Klimov is found can the guard platoon be found. , Thanks to Sidolin for coming up with such a high-sounding reason. So he nodded and said: "Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff, immediately send a reconnaissance team and ask them to carry the radio to the Soviet Avenue area to find the whereabouts of Captain Klimov."

   After Sidolin dispatched the reconnaissance team, Sokov called Goria, the commander of the 192nd Battalion, and asked him to come to him to accept the mission. Since Goria came to Mamayev Gang, except for the task of supporting the 35th Guards Division, the rest of the time has been idle. At this moment, Sukov said that he has an important combat task to assign to himself. Immediately overjoyed, he trotted to the headquarters.

When Goria walked into the command post, he saw Sokov standing in front of the table with his back to the door, and Sidolin studying the map on the table. He hurriedly came behind Sokov, Said loudly: "Report to Comrade Brigadier Commander, Captain Goria, the commander of the 192nd Battalion, came to report, I obey your orders, please instruct!"

"Captain Goria, you are here." Goria's voice startled Sokov, who was studying the battle plan, he turned his head and said to Goria: "Come to the table, I will assign you a combat mission .”

  Golia hurried to the table, looked down at the map on the table, and waited for Sokov to assign him a task. According to his thinking, perhaps the brigade commander saw that the fourth battalion suffered too many casualties and planned to send his own battalion to replace them. Unexpectedly, the moment Sokov opened his mouth, he was taken by surprise: "Comrade Captain, in two days, the troops of the Stalingrad Front Army will launch an offensive in the northwest of the city, and the Army Group will also organize a powerful counter-assault." Troops, support the actions of friendly forces..."

  After listening to Sokov's brief introduction of the situation, Golia asked a little emotionally: "Comrade Brigadier, are you planning to let our battalion join this counter-assault force?"

  Sokov gave Goria a strange look, shook his head and said, "Comrade Captain, you made a mistake. Those who participated in the counter-assault were those troops that had just arrived in the city. We have other tasks."

  Knowing that his battalion could not participate in the counterattack, Goria couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He answered absent-mindedly, and then waited for Sokov to assign him a task.

"Comrade Captain," Sokov pointed to the map and said to Golia, "When our troops launch a counterattack against the enemy, your battalion will immediately go north, pass through the loopholes in the enemy's defense line, and meet the oncoming attack. Friendly troops."

  Knowing that he might be the first unit to join forces with friendly forces, Golia couldn't help but get excited. He quickly expressed his opinion to Sokov, "Don't worry, Comrade Brigadier Commander, our battalion will definitely not live up to your expectations..."

   "Wait a minute, Comrade Captain, I haven't finished my sentence." Unexpectedly, he was interrupted by Sokov just after he finished speaking: "I will lead the team personally this time going north!"

   "What, you lead the team yourself?" Sokov's words stunned everyone.

After a while, Sidolin said: "Comrade Brigadier, as the highest-ranking commander in the whole brigade, your combat position is at the headquarters, instead of going to the front like an ordinary company commander. I think this Captain Goria will be fully responsible for the next response mission, and I think he is fully capable of completing such a mission."

   "That's right, Comrade Brigadier Commander." Seeing that the chief of staff was speaking for him, Golia naturally refused to be outdone: "You can rest assured to entrust the task to me, and I will definitely complete the task satisfactorily."

"The decision for me to lead the team was made by the commander." In order to silence everyone, Sokov raised Chuikov as a shield: "Since it is an order from the superior, we as subordinates can only go to the Carry out orders, not discuss orders here. Understand?"

  Since the order was issued by Chuikov himself, Sidolin didn't have much to say. But for the sake of Sokov's safety, he still offered his own idea: "Comrade Brigadier, there are still two armored vehicles parked in the underground garage. If you want to go north, I suggest you take these two vehicles with you."

  The purpose of Sidolin’s proposal to bring two armored vehicles is to consider that even if any accident occurs, Sokov can quickly escape danger in an armored vehicle. Sukov also thought of the problem that Sidolin was considering. He nodded slightly and said, "Comrade Chief of Staff, you are right. Having these two armored vehicles will be very helpful to our operations." His I began to think about whether to bring another batch of German uniforms, and let the soldiers disguise themselves as Germans if necessary, so that it would be relatively easier to pass through the German defenses.

  ...

  The reconnaissance team sent by Sidolin sent back a telegram after dawn. After reading the contents of the telegram, Sidolin immediately handed it to Sokov, and said to him: "Comrade Brigadier, the guard platoon was dispersed by the Germans during the battle. The reconnaissance team we sent was on Soviet Street. Found a guard squad led by Sergeant Vasily, who took back a four-story building from the Germans last night."

Sokov took the telegram from Sidolin's hand, and when he saw the content of the telegram, he jumped up from his seat: "What, Vasily and the others occupy the square next to 'January 9th' buildings?"

"Yeah," Sidolin didn't understand why Sokov had such a big reaction, but he replied truthfully, "That's a building at the end of Soviet Avenue. They guard the building and can kill people with firepower." Enemies through the square."

   After confirming that the building occupied by Vasily was the most famous building in history, Sokov couldn't help breathing quickly. Originally, this building was supposed to be occupied by Sergeant Pavlov, but because of his appearance, Yelin's 42nd Guards Regiment was transferred to the right wing of Mamayev Hill, causing Pavlov to lose sight of the building. The opportunity for the building to be named after him by posterity. By mistake, Vasily, who was sent by Sokov to assist Klimov in his mission, led a squad of guards and successfully occupied the building. As a result, the building can no longer be called the "Pavlov Building", but should be called the "Vassily Building."

   Sokov looked up at Sidolin, and asked a little emotionally: "Comrade Chief of Staff, how many people are there under Sergeant Vasily's men, and are there enough ammunition?"

   "We have 20 guards in a squad," Sidolin frowned and said, "Even if they suffered casualties in the battle, I estimate that Vasily still has ten people in his hands."

"Ten people are too few, and this force can't defend the building at all." Sokov ordered decisively: "Send him another squad immediately, and at the same time give them a batch of ammunition. Remember, anti-tank weapons are Absolutely indispensable, I hope they can rely on that building to destroy more enemies."

  (end of this chapter)