Red Moscow

  Chapter 779 Face-to-face instruction

   "Speak, Comrade Second Lieutenant." Sokov nodded at Samoilov and said, "If you have any questions, just ask."

   "Comrade Commander, I would like to ask, how long will we be fighting behind the enemy lines this time?" Samoilov asked tentatively, "Three days, five days, or a week?"

   "There is no deadline." Sokov shook his head and said, "As long as you can survive behind enemy lines, you can stay for as long as you like."

   "Then I have no problem."

  Sokov cast his eyes on Guchakov: "What about you, Lieutenant Guchakov, do you have any questions for me?"

   "No." Guchakov shook his head vigorously, and replied blankly: "I have no problem, Comrade Commander."

  Tavlin, who had the lowest position, waited for Sokov to turn his eyes to himself, and before the other party could speak, he said first: "Comrade commander, can I make a request?"

   "Yes," Sokov said reasonably, "If you have any request, just ask, as long as it is within my ability, I will definitely agree to you."

   "Comrade commander, in order to better understand the tasks you entrusted to us." Taflin said with a serious expression: "I hope you can provide us with a few German armored vehicles and enough German uniforms."

   "Comrade Sergeant, what do you want these things for?" Before Sukov could speak, Sidolin asked with a frown.

"Our army has gone deep into the enemy's rear many times, and it must have aroused the enemy's vigilance. As long as we put on German uniforms, we can easily pass through the enemy's line of defense. As for the armored vehicles," Taflin said here, leaning over and looking On the map on the table, he gestured on it with his hand, "The squad has only thirty people. Excluding the pathfinders and fighters with back launchers, the remaining people can only carry fifty rockets at most. Carrying such a heavy equipment, our actions will be extremely slow, and the combat radius will be very limited. If there are armored vehicles, not only the number of rockets carried can be increased, but also the mobility of the troops can be improved, thereby expanding the combat radius of the squad, and in a more Vast areas hit the enemy hard."

"Sergeant Tavlin, what you said is very reasonable." Sokov echoed Tavlin's idea: "If the squad is equipped with armored vehicles, it can greatly improve mobility and expand the range of activities. , It’s a pretty good proposal. Chief of Staff, how many armored vehicles are there in our underground garage?”

   "Let me check." Sidolin picked up the notebook and flipped through it for a while, then raised his head and said to Sokov, "There are still five armored vehicles in the underground garage. Are they all assigned to the squad?"

"I don't need that many, three are enough." Seeing everyone looking at him with doubts, Sokov explained to them: "If you use too many vehicles, it will attract the attention of the enemy. We hope that our combat intentions will be exposed because of this matter. Ten soldiers can be placed in a car, and there can be 20 or 30 rockets, even if there are only three cars, it can carry hundreds of rockets."

   "The teacher is still considerate." After listening to Sukov's explanation, Sidolin said with a smile: "Even the details that may reveal the identity have been considered."

"Lieutenant Guchakov," Sokov pointed to Guchakov and told him, "Each of your vehicles must be equipped with a German-speaking soldier. There will be flaws."

   Guchakov glanced at Tavlin next to him, and asked, "In addition to this sergeant Tavlin, where should we look for the other two soldiers who understand German?"

   "Don't worry about this." Sokov said to Samoilov, "Comrade Second Lieutenant will choose a suitable translator for you."

   "Comrade Commander," Guchakov felt that after asking the question, he felt that he should select the team members next, so he asked Sokov cautiously: "Are we allowed to leave?"

"Wait a minute, Comrade Lieutenant." Sokov pointed to the map and said to Guchakov: "Because the fronts of Mamayev Gang and Workers' New Village are Romanian troops, when you set off, you can't directly wear them. Pass their defense zone so as not to reveal your identity."

"Pass through the enemy's defensive positions directly from the direction of the barricade factory?" Guchakov shook his head vigorously as soon as he finished speaking, denying his own point of view: "No, that direction is not acceptable, where the enemy and us are fighting. Fighting fiercely, even if we are wearing German uniforms, it is not an easy task to pass through the defense line smoothly."

"The enemy must have been prepared for a long time ago that we will send troops deep into their rear, and the area of ​​​​the battle area must be heavily guarded," Sokov continued: "After you leave Mamayev Post, head south first, and wait until you are far away from Romania. After the army's defense zone, turn around and make a wide circle to the west to get behind the enemy attacking the barricade factory and the Dzerzhinsky factory."

Sidolin glanced at the big circle that Sokov had drawn with his hand on the map, and said with great interest: "Comrade commander, the circle that the team circles is not small, it's a full 30 to 40 kilometers. If you march on foot , It will take at least a day or two to go, but fortunately they have armored vehicles to travel, and they can reach their destination in one or two hours."

"If conditions permit, you can consider dividing your troops and sending a vehicle to find the German headquarters." Sokov said to Guchakov and Samoilov: "Even if you only kill a regiment-level headquarters of the enemy, It can disrupt the enemy's attack rhythm. Do you understand?"

   "Understood, Comrade Commander." The two agreed with Sokov's statement very much. The enemy's regimental command post is usually more than ten kilometers away from the front. Since it is far away from the fighting area, the vigilance is not so high. As long as the exact location can be found, a few rockets will fly over to kill the enemy's headquarters.

"Samoilov, take Lieutenant Guchakov to Major Tenev, and tell him that it is my order to let him select suitable candidates from the guard battalion to form this squad behind the enemy." Soko After the husband finished speaking, he waved to several people: "Go now."

   After the three left, Sokov asked Ivanov: "Comrade Deputy Commander, where did Political Commissar Anisimov go? Why haven't we seen him until now?"

   "He has been staying in the tunnel in Beigang." Seeing Sokov asking about Anisimov, Ivanov asked back: "Is there anything important you want to see him?"

"Do you think it's too boring for the soldiers to stay in the tunnel, and besides our defense zone, they always know nothing about what happens in other places." Sokov sighed and said: "I plan to let The political commissar arranged manpower to install loudspeakers in the tunnel, so that the soldiers could keep abreast of the situation outside."

   "I'll call the political commissar later," Ivanov said quickly when he heard that it was such a trivial matter, "Let him arrange comrades from the political department of the division to install loudspeakers in the tunnel as soon as possible."

"It's a trivial matter to install speakers in the tunnel, but who will come to Boeing?" Sidolin frowned and asked, "You know, the radio stations in the city have long been occupied by the Germans, not to mention our division-level units, even the army headquarters. There was also no opportunity to hear outside voices over the radio.”

After listening to Sidolin's concerns, Ivanov thought for a while, and then replied: "Lieutenant Colonel Papchenko called me two days ago and said that they seized two radios. Can the political commissar arrange two radios?" Announcer, broadcast the news we heard on the radio to the soldiers in the tunnel?"

   "What do you think, Comrade Chief of Staff?" Sokov didn't give an immediate answer, but turned to look at Sidolin and asked: "I think the deputy division commander's proposal is good."

  Since Sokov had already set the tone, Sidolin would naturally not contradict him, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then leave the task of broadcasting to the tunnel to the political commissars."

  (end of this chapter)