Red Moscow

  Chapter 450 Injured

  Throwing anti-tank grenades at a stationary tank on a high-speed armored vehicle is still a technical job. An anti-tank grenade weighs 1.2 kg, and generally can only be thrown 15 to 20 meters. If you throw it early, the grenade will fall to the ground before it reaches the tank; if you throw it too late, the fragments of the grenade explosion will rebound. Come back and hurt the person who dropped the bomb.

  Due to inexperience, most of the anti-tank grenades thrown did not hit the target. The armored vehicle went around the tanks several times before barely blowing up four tanks. However, three of the five soldiers in the compartment were killed and two were injured, and only the last anti-tank grenade was left.

  As the soldiers in the car lost their combat effectiveness one after another, Sokov could only go out in person. He knelt on one knee in the carriage, clutching the grenade in his hand, staring closely at the rapidly approaching tank, calculating in his mind where to throw the grenade. When he was still about ten meters away from the tank, he stood up abruptly and threw the grenade out.

   After drawing a beautiful arc in the air, the grenade landed on the body of the tank and exploded with a loud bang, which immediately set the tank on fire. However, because the distance was too close, the blast wave came head-on, and Sokov felt as if he had been slapped in the chest. The huge inertia caused his body to be thrown backwards, and then he was hit hard. Falling down in the carriage, his eyes went dark and he completely lost consciousness.

When Sokov woke up again, he found himself lying in a dark room. He tried to sit up and figure out where he was, but when he moved, he felt pain in every inch of his body. He couldn't help but snorted.

  Although Sokov's voice was very small, it alarmed the people next to him. He felt someone squatting beside him, and then a familiar voice sounded: "Thank God, dear, you're finally awake."

When he heard the voice, Sokov couldn't help being shocked. He quickly turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a person squatting beside him. After careful identification, he recognized the speaker as Assi Ya. He looked at Asiya and asked in surprise, "Asiya, why are you here?"

  Asiya held Sokov's right hand and said with tears in her eyes, "Honey, you finally woke up."

   "Assia, where am I?" Sokov asked somewhat confusedly, "Why are you here?"

   "My dear, this is the health team in the tunnels of Mamayev Hill. Of course I am here." Assia replied, "You were wounded in the battle. It was Captain Goria who sent you back."

Hearing Assia mention Captain Goria, Sokov immediately remembered that before he passed out, he was standing in an armored vehicle and throwing grenades at German tanks, and quickly asked: "Where is Captain Goria, is he okay?" Right?" Sokov asked this because he led his men to blow up only five tanks, and even if the German army only had two tanks left, it would be enough to suppress Goria's troops behind the hillside and be unable to move. Unable to quickly break away from contact with the enemy, when the enemy's infantry arrives, what awaits them will be a catastrophe.

"Don't worry, Captain Goria and the others have returned to Mamayev Post safely." Hearing Sokov's question, Assia immediately guessed what he was thinking, and asked empathetically, "Need to send him back to Mamayev Post?" Did you find it?"

   "Yes," Sokov nodded vigorously, and said in an affirmative tone, "I want to ask him how we got back to Mamayev Post."

   Seeing that Sokov was in a hurry to see Captain Goria, Assia quickly stood up and yelled towards the door. Following her shout, a male hygienist walked in from the door, looked at Asiya and asked, "Comrade Asiya, do you have any instructions?"

   "Please call Commissar Belgin and Chief of Staff Sidolin," Assia said to the male health worker, "Even if the brigade commander is already awake, he wants to see Captain Goria immediately."

  After the male hygienist left, Asiya came to Sokov again and squatted down, and asked with concern: "Honey, are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat."

Knowing that Goliath and the others had safely returned to Mamayev Post, Sokov felt much more at ease in his heart. When he heard Assia's question, he realized his stomach was growling, and Some shyly said: "Asiya, I'm really hungry, can you find me something to eat?"

   "It's been prepared for you a long time ago." Assia picked up the oatmeal that was put aside, scooped up a spoonful and handed it to Sokov's mouth, and said in a commanding tone: "Open your mouth!"

   Asya had just finished feeding Sokov a bowl of oatmeal when Belkin strode in from outside. Seeing that Sokov had come to life, Belgin said excitedly: "Comrade Brigadier, we are so happy to see you come to life." After speaking, he walked quickly to Sokov and knelt down, expressing concern. asked, "How do you feel?"

   "I feel a headache all over my body," Sokov replied with a wry smile, "Maybe he fell when he fell to the ground."

"Comrade Brigadier, what do you want me to say about you?" Belgin said sadly: "Don't forget, you are the commander of the infantry brigade, but you are not an anti-tank fighter. How can you personally bomb the enemy's tanks?" What about the tank? Fortunately, you were lucky, but you were stunned by the blast, if you were hit by a few shrapnel, maybe you are lying on the operating table right now for first aid."

  Don't look at Assia telling Sokov just now that Captain Goria returned to Mamayev Post safely. But Sokov was worried about the safety of other soldiers. Seeing Belkin by his side, he hurriedly asked, "Have all the commanders and fighters of the 192nd Battalion safely withdrawn?"

"Yes, they basically all retreated safely." Belkin said with emotion: "I heard from them that if you hadn't figured out how to use armored vehicles to drive soldiers to rush over to blow up enemy tanks, maybe they would have all Comrade Brigadier Commander, I'm curious, how did you come up with this method to blow up the enemy's tanks?"

"At that time, I saw that the troops were blocked by the enemy's artillery fire behind the hillside and could not move, so I decided to take a risk." Sokov thought again in his mind that there were two German tanks that had not been blown up before he fell into a coma. How many casualties did they cause to their own troops, so they asked tentatively: "Comrade Commissar, I would like to ask, have the remaining two tanks been blown up?"

"Yes, Comrade Brigadier Commander, those two tanks were also blown up." Belkin nodded and said in a positive tone: "After you were wounded, the first company commander came back from the north with two armored vehicles. I happened to witness the whole process of you blowing up tanks. Therefore, the first company commander followed your example and let the armored vehicles rush towards the enemy tanks quickly, blowing up the tanks with anti-tank grenades. After all the enemy tanks were blown up, Golia felt that It was not appropriate for Erlovka to stay for a long time, so he decisively led his troops back."

  Sokov remembered that it was more than 30 miles from Orlovka to Mamayev Hill, and he didn't feel anything during the entire retreat, which proved that he had been in a coma for a long time. Thinking of this, he asked Belkin curiously: "Comrade Commissar, how long have I been in a coma?"

"Comrade Brigadier, you have been in a coma for a day and a night." Belgin explained with a bitter face: "You don't know that during the time you were in a coma, Commander Chuikov called many times to ask us I understand your injury. I just received a call and learned that you are awake, I asked Sidolin to report to the commander, and I rushed over to see you immediately."

  (end of this chapter)