Red Moscow

  Chapter 680 Underground Passage (Part 1)

Sokov didn't take Sergesha's words to heart. Although the barricade factory was in full swing, it was not only Lyudnikov's 138th Division who was in charge of the factory defense, but also Gorish. In the 85th Division, the strength of the two divisions can't stop the attack of a German regiment? Even if the German army has a large number of tanks for cover, the various buildings and fortifications of the barricade factory are enough to offset the German army's advantage in equipment.

  Sokov waved his hand at Sergeysha and said, "Don't worry, Sergeysha, I can assure you that most of us here can return to Mamayev Post safely."

"Even if we can return to Mamayev Post alive, we still have to continue fighting the Germans." Unexpectedly, after hearing what Sokov said, Seryozha said pessimistically: "It is estimated that few people will live to see the victory." which day."

   "Seryozha, what's wrong with you?" Sokov frowned when he heard this, and asked, "Why are you so pessimistic?"

"After taking over the defense of Liumian Street, I once talked with a seriously wounded man left by the Guards Division." Sergei said with a sad face: "He told me before he died that he had fought against the enemy in many places. The Germans have fought before, but they have never been as desperate as they are now. Let alone an army group attacking the city, even a single division is enough to wipe out our army group."

   "Nonsense!" Hearing this, Sokov finally couldn't contain the anger in his heart. In his last life, he once saw a mentally retarded post on the Internet. The post analyzed how to use a company of German troops to destroy Zhukov’s Belarusian First Front Army. Sokov left a message below and asked the other party: Do you think you are a threat? Zhentian, with all the Decepticons, can use two hundred people to destroy tens of millions of troops? It is precisely because of such an experience that when he heard what Sergey said, he became furious and shouted at Sergey: "Where is the wounded man? For such panicked people who spread rumors and shake the morale of the army, you should immediately do nothing." Shot without mercy."

  Seryozha did not expect Sokov to react so strongly to his words, and was startled immediately. After a long time, he replied tremblingly: "He is already dead!"

   Hearing that the wounded who spread the defeatist theory had died, Sokov's anger subsided a little. He took a few deep breaths, and after his emotions stabilized again, he said to Serge Shale with earnestness: "Sergesha, you are also a commander now, and your words and deeds have a great influence on the soldiers." Influence. If they know that their company commander has lost the confidence to hold the city, the morale of the army may collapse and the morale will be low.”

"I'm sorry, Misha." Seryozha didn't realize until now that his words would bring about such serious consequences, and quickly admitted his mistake to Sokov: "I assure you, I will never make such wrong remarks casually again. .”

"Okay, this is the end of the matter." Seryozha is his friend. Sokov didn't want to tear himself apart for such a trivial matter, so he raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder twice, saying: "The The battle is not over yet, you should hurry back to the army."

  If it is true, as Sergesha said, the troops of the 138th Division cannot come to the defense on time, what should I do? After Seryozha left, Sokov began to think about this question in his mind: Is it really true to stick to it here? If you only guard for a day or two, with your current strength, it shouldn't be a big problem. But if the superior ordered him to stand guard for ten days and a half months, it meant that his troops had to be continuously transferred here for defense. This would inevitably weaken the defense in the direction of Mamayev Gang.

   There are no decent fortifications here at all. Although the stone buildings held by the troops are strong, as long as the German army continues to shell and bomb, they will soon become ruins. At that time, there will be no place to hide. If we want to block the enemy's attack, we can only fill it with people and try to consume this kind of loss-making business. Sokov will not do it.

   "Can I come in?" Suddenly a strange woman's voice came from the door.

   "Come in!" Sokov responded casually.

   As soon as he finished speaking, a young girl wearing a headscarf walked in from outside. After carefully looking at Sokov, she asked tentatively, "Are you the commander here?"

   "Yes, I am the supreme commander here." Seeing a young girl, Sokov immediately had a smile on his face: "Is there anything I can do for you?"

   After confirming that Sokov is the supreme commander here, the girl stepped forward, grabbed Sokov's arm, and said excitedly, "Comrade commander, please help me!"

   "Help you?" Sukov was confused by the girl's words, and murmured to himself: Could it be that the soldier under him bullied her, and she came here specifically to ask him to uphold justice for her? "Girl, what's the matter?"

   "It's like this," the girl said in a panic, "The building where my family was hiding collapsed under the shelling of the Germans. I hope you can send someone to rescue them..."

   "What? There are still residents in this residential area?" Sokov asked in surprise: "Didn't you evacuate before the Germans attacked?"

The girl shook her head and replied: "It is almost impossible to cross the river to the east bank nowadays, so my family stayed behind and hid in the basement when they were bombed by the Germans. One day, they stayed inside and never came out. Who knew, the house would be blown down by German shells..." Speaking of this, the girl couldn't help wiping her tears again.

   "By the way," Sokov suddenly thought, since the basement where the girl's family lives is buried under the ruins, how did the girl escape? He asked with this question: "Girl, where were you when the house collapsed?"

"I'm a worker at the Dzerzhinsky factory, and my name is Vera." After the girl wiped her face with her hands, she replied, "I just came back from the factory and found the house where my home is located." It collapsed, so I asked the soldiers where the commander was, and they guided me here."

  Hearing what Vera said, Sokov couldn't help but frowned slightly, thinking that the vigilance of the soldiers was still too low, how could he just let a stranger come to his headquarters? Fortunately, Vera is not the enemy, otherwise the headquarters would be taken away by the enemy, and they still don't know what happened.

"Vera, don't cry." Seeing that Vera in front of her was wiping tears, Sokov quickly comforted her and said, "There is still a war outside, and when the German attack is repelled, I will send someone to rescue her." Your family was rescued."

"Commander Commander." After wiping her face, Vera looked up at Sokov and said, "Actually, if you want to save people, you don't have to wait until the battle is over. We can enter that building through the sewer, dig The masonry covering the basement..."

"What, what did you say?" Sokov heard Vera say that he could enter the collapsed building through the sewer, so he grabbed her and asked excitedly: "There is really a sewer that can lead to that building ?"

   "Yes!" Although Vera didn't know why Sokov was so excited when he heard that there was a sewer, she still replied truthfully: "There is an entrance in the stairwell of every building."

   "Where is it, show me quickly." Sokov pulled Vera out of the room, called two soldiers chatting outside the door, and walked downstairs.

   Coming to the stairwell, Vera pointed to a square concrete slab on the ground and said, "Comrade Commander, this is the entrance."

  Sokov quickly pointed to the cement slab on the ground, and ordered the two soldiers: "Quickly, quickly pry it open."

  The cement board was quickly pried open, revealing a square hole with a choking smell coming from it. Sokov raised his hand and covered his nose with his sleeve, bent down and looked inside, only to see that it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything. He hurriedly stood up straight again, and said to one of the soldiers: "Go find two flashlights, and call a few more people, we have to go outside to rescue people."

  Sokov's order was faithfully carried out, and not long after, the soldier reappeared in the stairwell with Guchakov and a dozen others. Guchakov came to Sokov and asked, "Comrade commander, what instructions do you have?"

"This is the sewer in the community." Sokov pointed to the entrance of the cave, and said to Guchakov: "It can lead to other buildings, follow me in and have a look." Then, he took the water in the soldier's hand. Flashlight, ready to jump into the sewer.

   "Wait a minute, Comrade Commander." Guchakov hurriedly grabbed Sokov, and said to him, "Comrade Commander, I'd better go down and explore the way first."

  Seeing that Guchakov volunteered, Sokov did not object, but nodded and told him, "Be careful!"

   Guchakov jumped into the sewer first with a flashlight. After a few minutes, his voice came from inside: "Comrade commander, you can come down!"

  With the help of the soldiers, Sokov entered the sewer carefully, and found that there was a layer of foul-smelling mud on the ground, which even covered his feet. Fortunately, he was wearing boots, so he didn't have to worry about getting his feet dirty. Guchakov looked back and forth with his hand and asked: "Comrade commander, where should we go?"

   It was the first time for Sokov to enter the sewers in the city. He couldn't tell the direction. When he was about to raise his head and ask Vera which direction to go, he found that Vera had already entered the sewers with the help of the soldiers. Before Sokov could finish speaking, Vera pointed forward with the flashlight and said, "Comrade commander, come with me, and I will lead the way for you."

  (end of this chapter)