Red Moscow

  Chapter 783 Reconnaissance company commander

Samoilov quickened his pace and came to Tavlin's side. He looked around and saw that the real German soldiers were seven or eight meters away, so he lowered his voice and scolded Tavlin: "Comrade Sergeant, are you crazy?" ? Let our soldiers go to the enemy's supply point to have breakfast, what if they are exposed?"

"Second Lieutenant, don't worry." Before Tavlin could speak, Guchakov said first: "Anyway, we drove all night, and the soldiers are hungry, so let them have breakfast at the German supply point. Just be careful, don't talk nonsense, it won't be so easy to reveal your identity."

  Tavlin asked the soldiers of the squad to get out of the car to eat without asking for instructions. At the beginning, Guchakov was somewhat dissatisfied, but after thinking about it, the Germans in the supply point would definitely not check the people who came to refuel and eat. How about a hot breakfast? You know, since entering the tunnel, I have never eaten anything warm.

  So when Samoilov blamed Tavlin, he stood up decisively to smooth things over: "...Besides, Comrade Second Lieutenant, don't you want to drink a bowl of hot soup when you have breakfast?"

  Samoilov wanted to say a few more words, but the hot soup that Guchakov mentioned made him change his mind. Due to the poor ventilation in the tunnel, it is definitely not possible to light a fire for cooking. Not to mention ordinary commanders, even the commanders and political commissars eat dry bread and drink cold water. If you want to drink a bowl of hot soup, for everyone, It is simply a luxury.

Thinking that he would be able to drink hot soup later, Samoilov nodded, and instead of criticizing Tavlin, he whispered to the soldiers who followed him from the tail car: "When eating later, no one Do not speak."

   A few minutes later, all the soldiers held a piece of bread and a lunch box of hot soup, squatted in the open space not far from the tent and buried their heads in eating. It was like a dream for them to have breakfast in the enemy's supply point. In order to prevent their identities from being exposed, none of them spoke, and they communicated with their eyes and gestures for everything.

When the soldiers finished their breakfast three times, five times and two times, and were hesitating whether they should ask the German cooks for more, the sergeant in charge of refueling the armored vehicles ran over. He came to Taflin and said respectfully: : "Mr. Second Lieutenant, your armored vehicle has been filled with fuel and is ready to go at any time."

"Sergeant," Tavlin waited for the other party to finish speaking, pointed to the soldiers next to him, and asked, "We have to drive a long way later, so we can ask the cooking soldiers to prepare some food for us." , are we still eating on the way?"

  Seeing that Tavlin was so polite to him, the German sergeant hesitated for a moment, and said: "Mr. Second Lieutenant, please wait a moment, I will go over and ask, if possible, I will help you get some food."

   "Go ahead, Sergeant. Please."

After the German sergeant left, Samoilov lowered his voice and asked Tavlin anxiously: "Comrade sergeant, what did you just say to the German guy? Since we have finished breakfast, why don't we leave? How long will you stay here?"

   "Comrade Lieutenant," Taflin said in a low voice, "I asked the German sergeant to prepare some more food for us, so that we will have enough food on the way."

   "You're crazy." Hearing what Tavlin said, Samoilov became a little impatient. Not only did his team come here to refuel, but they also had a not-so-rich breakfast. In the end, I didn't leave when it was time to leave, but I still wanted to get something from the Germans. Isn't this killing me? "Aren't you afraid that we will be exposed?"

Just when Taflin wanted to defend himself, he saw the German sergeant running back again and said to Taflin, "Mr. Second Lieutenant, I have already talked with the cooking soldiers, and I can give each of you two more." Two pieces of bread, one vegetable and one canned meat, and a pack of biscuits.” He might be worried that Tavlin would be dissatisfied with such an arrangement, and he specifically emphasized, “I can only provide you with so much, this is already within the scope of my rights. No matter how much it is within the limit, it is impossible.”

"Thank you, Sergeant." Tavlin didn't expect the German sergeant to be so generous, and he gave himself enough to eat for two days. He couldn't help but said gratefully: "I will report to your superiors for your generosity. Maybe someday you'll get a promotion."

  The soldiers couldn't help being stunned when they received the things given to them by the cooking soldiers. They never dreamed that after having a breakfast at the German supply point, they could still receive so many things before leaving. Especially the canned vegetables in it made the soldiers salivate when they looked at them. Although dry sausage or cheese could be eaten in the tunnels, vegetables had not been eaten for a long time.

When the convoy started again, Guchakov said to Taflin with emotion: "Comrade Sergeant, you have made a great contribution in getting so much food for the squad. When we return to Mamayev Post, we will I will definitely report your matter to the teacher in detail."

  ...

  After the team attacked Gumrak Station, during the transfer process, they sent a telegram to Mamayev Gang, reporting in detail the detailed process of their attack on the station.

After reading the contents of the telegram, Sidolin couldn't help being overjoyed. He quickly came to Sokov, handed him the telegram in his hand, and said excitedly: "Comrade commander, good news, our squad The attack on Gumrak Station has been successfully carried out, causing great losses to the enemy."

After quickly scanning the contents of the telegram, Sokov looked down at the map for a while, then raised his head and said to Sidolin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, long before the enemy approached the city, we sent a small team to operate in this area. , also ransacked a material warehouse of the Germans, and seized a large amount of weapons, ammunition and various materials from it, ensuring that we have enough resources to stick to Mamayev Post."

"Comrade Commander," as Sokov's chief of staff, Sidolin knew the elegance of the song, and he asked tentatively: "Do you want Lieutenant Guchakov and the others to move the things from the enemy's warehouse over again? What about replenishing our existing stock?"

"That's right, I really think so." After expressing his true thoughts, Sokov sighed softly, and said, "It's a pity that the situation now is different from that at that time. At that time, Gumrak Station was In our hands, the seized materials can pass through our army's defense zone smoothly and enter Mamayev Gang."

Hearing what Sokov said, Sidolin's expression darkened, he nodded, and said helplessly: "Yes, even if the Germans re-establish a material warehouse in the Mali Rossoshka area, Guchakov's small The detachment can't capture it." He tapped his hand on the map, "It's more than 80 kilometers from there to Mamayev Hill, unless the Germans are blind and deaf, no one can send so much supplies, Bring them all back to Mamayev Gang."

"Since we can't get these materials, the Germans can't use them against us." Sokov stood up straight, facing Sidolin and said: "Chief of Staff, you should send a telegram to Lieutenant Guchakov immediately. , Said that the enemy's material warehouse or transfer point was found, and a way to completely destroy it, so that it could not provide supplies to the German army at the front."

After Sidolin ordered the radio operator to send out the telegram just prepared, Sokov suddenly remembered something, and asked quickly: "By the way, Comrade Chief of Staff, where is Lieutenant Christopher, the reconnaissance company commander?" , why haven't I seen him for a long time?"

"He was wounded." Sidolin replied briefly: "When he was carrying out an order, he encountered a paratrooper unit dropped by the German army. During the battle, his leg was injured and he has been recuperating in the medical team. "

"When will he be discharged from the hospital?" Sokov felt that when Christopher was there, he never had to worry about sending anyone to the enemy's rear for reconnaissance, but now the reconnaissance company is gone, and the company commander is also injured. The task of reconnaissance or surprise attack can only be carried out by drawing people from the guard battalion and various regiments.

"Wait a minute, I'll call and ask." After Sidolin finished speaking, he picked up the phone in front of him: "This is Sidolin, pick me up from the health team immediately." The call was connected quickly, and Sidolin told The other party asked about Christopher's situation, and then ordered, "Since the lieutenant's injury is almost healed, let him come to the division headquarters immediately."

  After putting down the phone, Sidolin reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I just asked the health worker, and the other party said that Lieutenant Christopher's injury has almost recovered and he can be discharged from the hospital at any time."

"That's good." Knowing that Christopher's injury was almost healed, Sokov secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He began to think about what kind of arrangement he would make when Christopher came. task.

   But Christopher did not come, but Sokov received a call from Belkin from the archives building. He asked on the phone: "Misha, just now a battalion of the 45th Infantry Division came to the archives building to take over the defense of my regiment. I would like to ask, where should we go next?"

  Knowing that the Belkin Regiment had withdrawn from the assisted defense area, Sokov couldn't help feeling secretly happy. In this way, he had an extra mobile force in his hands. After thinking for a while, he said into the microphone: "Comrade Commissar, the fighting near Mamayev Post is not too intense at present. With our current strength, there is no problem at all in holding the high ground. How about it, you take the Let the withdrawn troops rush to the Red October factory, establish a defensive zone in the factory area, and assist our workers and comrades to hold on to the factory, and I will call Factory Manager Peter later to inform him of the incident."

  Since he planned to transfer the Belgin regiment to the Red October factory, Sokov felt that he had to report the matter to Chuikov so that the other party would know what to do. Although the fighting on Mamayev Gang was not intense, the fighting in other areas was in full swing, so that Sokov made several phone calls to the headquarters, but the other party's lines were busy and could not be connected.

  After much effort, the call was finally connected. Hearing Krylov's hoarse voice coming from the receiver, Sokov quickly identified himself: "Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff, I'm Sokov."

   "Colonel Sokov." Krylov asked dryly, "What's the matter?"

"That's right, Comrade Chief of Staff." Sokov quickly replied: "The drawdown regiment of our division has withdrawn from the archives building after a battalion of the 45th Infantry Division took over the defense. At present, I plan to send this The troops are placed in the Red October factory, so report to you or the commander in advance."

   "I see." Krylov said briefly before hanging up the phone.

  Sokov knew that Krylov was very busy, and he definitely didn't have time to talk nonsense with himself, so he didn't care about the other party's attitude, but called the director's office of the Red October factory again. Hearing Peter's voice, he said bluntly: "Hello, Comrade Factory Director, I am Sokov. I have something to inform you. One of my regiments has just been withdrawn from the archives building. I have ordered them Stationed in the Red October factory, I hope you can send people to help them build defenses."

"Great, this is really great." Factory director Peter was also very troubled recently. Since the 122nd Guards Regiment firmly guarded the worker's new village, the enemy could not approach the factory area. The army headquarters saw that the fighting here was not fierce. , A large number of workers were transferred from the factory to support the Barricade Factory and the Dzerzhinsky Factory. He was worried that if this happened, the defensive power of his factory area would be greatly weakened. He was overjoyed when he heard Sokov's call at this moment, as if he was dozing off and someone gave him a pillow. Comrade Deputy Factory Manager, go over and assist your troops in establishing a defensive position."

  After calling Peter, Sokov put down the receiver, raised his hand, and saw a familiar figure walking in from outside the house. After hesitating for a moment, he recognized that it was Christopher he was about to meet, and hurried up to greet him, smiling, and said, "Hello, Lieutenant Christopher, I heard that you were injured, how are you, the injury is fine Yet?"

Seeing Sokov walking towards him, Christopher quickly stood at attention, straightened his body and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, Lieutenant Christopher, the commander of the reconnaissance company, was ordered to report to you, and I will wait for you." order, please instruct!"

   Sokov raised his hand to return the salute, then held Christopher's hand, shook it vigorously twice, and asked with concern: "How is it, Comrade Lieutenant, are your injuries healed?"

   "It's all over, Comrade Commander." Christopher said a little excitedly: "Thank you for your concern."

  Sokov let go of Christopher's hand, took a few steps back, looked him up and down, and said in an orderly tone: "Comrade Lieutenant, take a few steps and show me."

  Christopher agreed, and then walked a few steps back and forth in the room. Seeing him limping, Sokov couldn't help but frowned. He said in extreme disappointment: "Comrade Lieutenant, I think your injury is still not healed. In your current situation, don't talk about going behind enemy lines." To carry out the task, I am afraid that even if you walk back and forth in the tunnel, it is probably not enough."

"I'm really fine, Comrade Commander." Seeing the dissatisfaction on Sokov's face, Christopher quickly defended himself and said, "I've been lying on the bed for too long, just give me two days to recover, I can walk as fast as I used to."

"Comrade Lieutenant," although it is difficult for Christopher to walk at the moment, Sokov is at the moment when he is employing people, so he can only use a compromise method to solve this problem: "Well, you go first and choose the right man , Reorganize the reconnaissance company. I will arrange reconnaissance missions for you when the time is right."

  (end of this chapter)