Red Moscow

  Chapter 83 Temporary Tasks

"Okay, Captain Sokov, don't criticize the soldiers anymore." Chernyshov had roughly guessed the ins and outs of the matter from the conversation of several people, and he quickly said to Sokov: "If it is really A colonel wants to bring someone in, not to mention that you only left two ordinary soldiers, even if you guard the door yourself, it is useless. I will report this matter to the comrade commander in detail. But you have to learn from this Learn from this time, and don’t make similar mistakes in the future.”

   "Understood, Comrade Commander." Sokov replied holding back the anger in his heart. Then he raised his hand to his forehead and asked Chernyshov: "Comrade commander, can I leave? I have to go back and count the results of the troops."

   As soon as he got Chernyshov's permission, Sokov turned around and left. After walking a few steps, he remembered the cart of artworks in the central square, stopped and said to Chernyshov: "Comrade commander, there is one more thing that I forgot to report to you. The second company found a truck abandoned by the German army in the central square, and there were many famous Russian paintings in the car. I have ordered the second company commander to lead people there to guard there, and no one is allowed to approach."

  Hearing that a truckload of artworks had been found, Chernyshov couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face, and he quickly asked, "Captain Sokov, where is the truck now?"

   "Stop next to the statue of Peter the Great in the central square," Sokov asked respectfully, "Mr. Comrade, do you need me to take you there now?"

  Chernyshov hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Not yet, I will wait here for Comrade Commander to come over."

   Seeing that Chernyshov couldn't get away from something, and he went back to rush to count the results of the battle, Sokov raised his hand again to salute the opponent, then turned around and led the soldiers away.

  Back to the truck in the central square, Sokov ordered Seryozha to take people to gather several company commanders, and he was going to count the results of the battle here. Before he left, when no one was paying attention, he asked Sokov timidly: "Misha, do you think the commander will give our battalion the honor of being the first to break into the city?"

"Seryozha, don't you understand that the first unit to plant the red flag on the German headquarters is the friendly army, not us, so it is impossible for the superior to award us the honor of occupying Susinich." Sokov, who was full of evil, finally couldn't help but burst out after hearing this question from Seryozha. He said with a burst of anger: "When did you ever see a referee on a football field, making a decision?" After the misjudgment, will the sentence be changed?" After finishing speaking, he waved at Seryozha and urged, "Hurry up and gather all the company commanders, I want to know what kind of results we have achieved as soon as possible."

   Half an hour later, except for Savyev who was on the ground outside the city, the rest of the company commanders came. As soon as the results of the battle were counted, although the whole battalion seized a lot of supplies, only a dozen or so German soldiers who were left behind were killed in total. For such a result, several company commanders thought that they would be criticized by Sokov, but they unexpectedly found that Sokov was absent-minded when listening to their report.

As soon as the results of the battle were counted, a captain came to Sokov with several soldiers. He said to Sokov respectfully: "Hello, Comrade Captain, I am under the order of Commander Chernyshov. Come to receive the truck." After speaking, he took out a stack of square paper from the satchel he was carrying, and handed it to Sokov.

   Sokov opened the paper and saw that it was Chernyshov who ordered him to immediately hand over the truck and its contents to the captain. After receiving the order, Sokov pointed to the side and said, "The truck is over there!"

   Just as the captain turned to leave, Sokov asked, "Comrade captain, do you need me to send someone to **** you?"

   "Thank you, Comrade Captain, no need." The captain replied with a smile, "The soldiers I brought are enough to complete this **** mission."

   "Comrade Captain, if there is no leak involved, I would like to ask," Sokov looked at the captain who was about to receive the artwork, and asked curiously, "Where do you plan to send these oil paintings?"

   "Go where they should go." The captain's answer was watertight, neither offending Sokov nor revealing the last whereabouts. He smiled and nodded towards Sokov, and then led the soldiers towards the truck.

  Chernyshov quickly sent another liaison officer, and arranged the Istria battalion in a small school in the south of the city, ordering them to wait for the next order here.

  After the whole battalion had assembled in the square, they set out along the street towards their destination. Many residents walked out of the buildings on both sides of the street. Everyone was very excited when they saw the marching commanders and fighters. Some elderly women even wiped away their tears and kept saying: "It's our people." , it's our army back. Finally got rid of the **** Germans."

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  The troops came to the elementary school and lived in spacious classrooms in units of platoons. Since the heating boilers in the school were destroyed by the Germans, the soldiers could only chop the tattered tables and chairs into small pieces and use them to light fires for warmth.

  There is a stove in the principal's desk on the second floor, and there are two sacks of charcoal outside. After Seryozha lit the fire, the whole house was very warm in no time. Seeing that the environment here is good, Sokov set up the battalion headquarters and the communication room here.

   As it was getting dark, Sokov received a call from Chernyshov. The division commander said sternly on the phone: "Captain Sukov, come to me immediately."

   When Sokov rushed to the headquarters, he unexpectedly found that Rokossovsky was also here. When Rokossovsky saw Sokov coming in, he stood up to greet him, shook hands with him, patted his right shoulder with his hand, and said, "Well done, Misha, you are really great." If it weren't for your decisive attack, we might not be able to capture Suhinich in such a short period of time.

  Just half an hour ago, I sent a telegram to General Zhukov, the commander of the front army, telling him that our army had already occupied Sukhinich, but he still didn’t believe it and asked me to confirm it to him. So I called him and told him that he believed we were not deceiving him when I called him from Susinich, from my own headquarters in the city. "

After exchanging pleasantries, Rokossovsky greeted Sokov to sit down and continued: "We called you here because we have an important task to entrust to you. For the specific situation, let Master Chernyshov Let me tell you."

"Comrade Captain, you are all here." Chernyshov waited for Rokossovsky to finish speaking, and then greeted Sokov to the map by the wall, ready to assign him a new combat mission. Let me introduce the situation." Sokov stood up abruptly, walked quickly to the map, and waited for Chernyshov to continue.

"According to our reconnaissance and interrogation of the prisoners, von Gilles' infantry division has withdrawn to the south of Susinich, six kilometers away from the city. This is it." Chernyshov pointed out that place on the map with his hand. After the location, he went on to say: "The 972nd Regiment of the 324th Infantry Division was ordered to launch an attack on this area in the afternoon. But unfortunately, their attack was unsuccessful."

   Speaking of this, Chernyshov turned around, faced Sokov and said: "The task of your battalion is to reinforce them, find a way to capture this stronghold of the Germans, and ensure the safety of Sukhinich."

Hearing the designation of the 972nd Regiment, Sokov hated his teeth itchingly. He liberated Susinich. It turned out that his own troops made the first contribution. Who knew that because of a flag, this honor fell into the hands of others. . At this moment, hearing that Chernyshov wanted to arrange for himself to reinforce this army, Sokov's first thought was to refuse. But when he opened his mouth, the question he asked was: "Comrade Commander, I would like to ask, should our battalion go to reinforce them under the command of the regiment, or fight independently?"

   Chernyshov did not immediately answer Sokov's question, but turned to Rokossovsky for help. Rokosovsky stood up, walked up to Sokov, and said, "In order to ensure the victory of the battle, I allow you to fight independently without accepting the command of the 972nd Regiment."

Hearing what Rokossovsky said, Sokov felt happy again. He quickly raised his hand to his forehead and said loudly: "Comrade Commander, please rest assured that I will never let you down." expectations."

  (end of this chapter)