When Sokov heard Lunev's speech, Yakov's confidentiality work was very strict. Even people of Lunev's level could not know what new modes of transportation were like, let alone ordinary people.
In order to find out what kind of transportation Yakov invented, Sokov decided to call him and ask him what was going on. He used the high-frequency telephone in the headquarters to connect to the duty room of the Weapons and Equipment Department. Sokov said to the microphone: "Hello, I want to find Comrade Yakov."
The on-duty staff who answered the phone did not answer whether Yakov was there, but asked, "Who are you?"
"I am Major General Sokov, the commander of the Sixth Army, and I am friends with Yakov." After proclaiming his identity, Sokov asked politely: "Is he in the Weapons and Equipment Department?"
"I'm sorry, Comrade General." Unexpectedly, the on-duty staff said in an official voice: "We have no right to disclose Colonel Yakov's whereabouts to strangers."
"Oh, I'll say man." Sokov was a little anxious when he heard the duty officer say this, and hurriedly said: "I'm not a stranger, but Yakov's good friend. I called him because there was something urgent to look for him."
"The superiors have regulations that no one who is not in the unit will tell Colonel Yakov's whereabouts." The duty officer said with a sensation: "Not to mention the general, even if he is a marshal, he is not qualified to know Colonel Yakov's whereabouts."
The duty officer choked Sokov so much that he couldn't speak. He was about to refute, but the other party didn't give him any chance and hung up the phone first.
Looking at Sokov holding the microphone in a daze, Lunev, who was standing beside him, asked with a smile: "Comrade Commander, if I guess correctly, the other party will not buy you at all, and even hung up your phone. Right?"
"Yes, comrade of the military committee, this is true." Sokov nodded and said thoughtfully: "From the attitude of the duty officer towards me, the confidentiality level of this new type of transportation invented by Yakov is very high. Unless the superior gives us this kind of transportation, we will never know what it looks like."
"Please put the matter of transportation aside for the time being." Sokov raised his hand and looked at the time, and asked Vetkov: "General Merkulov's attack has begun at this moment, right?"
"Yes, I just received a call from General Merkulov, who had already launched an attack on the town of Rokinsik five minutes ago." Witkov reported: "At this moment they are using rockets to attack the enemies in the fortifications outside the town."
With the launch of the rocket, the fortifications in the south of Luojinsik Town were suddenly shrouded in fire and smoke. The German soldiers in the trench were curled up at the bottom of the trench with their heads in their hands, praying in their hearts that the Soviet rocket attack would pass earlier.
Compared with other troops, all the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Division had an inexplicable sense of fear of this new rocket, because they all knew that the German regiment headquarters and the officers and soldiers of the two battalions were wiped out under the attack of this rocket. Now it was their turn to be attacked by the rocket, it would be strange if they were not afraid.
After a rocket attack ended, the brave German soldiers stood up from the trenches and looked outside. They saw Soviet commanders and soldiers lined up in battle formations in the distance, heading towards the trenches where they were.
Before they could issue a battle alarm, a new round of rocket attacks arrived again. Except for those who responded quickly, who retracted back to the trenches in time, the remaining people were either knocked down by flying shrapnel or were shocked to death by the explosion's shock waves.
After the second attack ended, Soviet commanders and soldiers jumped into the trenches and engaged in close combat and hand-to-hand combat with the German soldiers who were dizzy. The German army was not as good as the Soviet army in terms of stings, and before they woke up from the shelling just now, the resistance collapsed shortly after not long.
When they saw the German army fleeing into the town, some brave Soviet commanders and soldiers rushed up. Their impact was very fast, and in a short while, they rushed to the middle of the town.
Here, the Soviet commanders and soldiers were fired by machine guns from the bell tower, and some soldiers rushed in the front immediately fell into the rain of bullets. The remaining soldiers hurriedly found a place to hide, hid behind the steps at the telephone poles or corridor entrances, and fought back at the machine gun fire point on the bell tower.
When Vitkov learned that the troops of the 67th Guards had rushed into the town and the vanguard had reached the center of the town, Vitkov seemed particularly excited. He even suggested to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, since our troops have rushed to the center of the town, it proves that the enemy's resistance is insignificant. In my opinion, why not just occupy the town of Rokinsik?"
"No, comrade Chief of Staff, we cannot occupy the town of Rokinsik." Sokov reminded Vetkov: "If we occupy the town of Rokinsik in such a short time, we will scare the enemy. Then they will continue to hide in Balvinkovo ​​and will not send troops to reinforce the town of Rokinsik."
When Vitkov heard Sokov say this, he immediately realized that he was too happy and said with a blushing face: "I understand, Comrade Commander, I will immediately call General Merkulov and order his troops to temporarily withdraw from the town."
With the order issued, the commanders and soldiers of the 67th Guard Division, who had already rushed into the town, retreated from the battle one after another and returned to the fortifications south of the town. Faced with the retreat order issued by the division headquarters, some commanders and soldiers did not understand and couldn't help but complain: "Damn, we fought well and rushed into the town. We just need to work hard to drive the enemy out of the town, but the division headquarters ordered us to stop the attack and even withdraw from the town. What's going on?"
Although other commanders and fighters also complained in their hearts, they had made their obedience habits developed from entering the army. Faced with this situation, they could only say helplessly: "Since the division headquarters issued such an order, they must have their overall considerations. We subordinates only need to execute the orders of superiors, and we don't have to worry about anything else."
The German commander who was staying in the town was frightened when he saw the Soviet army rushing into the town. He had ordered his subordinates to prepare vehicles for him and prepare to jump out before the Soviet army occupied the entire town.
But when he got into the bucket cart, the sound of gunfire and explosions in the town suddenly became sparse. At this time, a German captain came over and reported to him: "Mr. Colonel, the Russians have stopped attacking the church and retreated outside the town to stay in the fortifications they occupied."
When the German commander learned that the Soviet army had retreated outside the town, he guessed that the other party stopped attacking, perhaps because of insufficient ammunition and unable to continue fighting, he was forced to withdraw from the town.
In order to prevent the Soviet army from rushing into the town again, after returning to the command, the German commander of the army issued an order to build fortifications, he called Major General Val and reported to him about what happened here: "Grand Commander, the Russians used a division's troops to launch an attack on the town of Rokinsik occupied by our regiment. After a fierce battle, we have successfully repelled the Russians' attack. However, due to our limited troops, if the Russians launch an attack again, it will be difficult to stop them, so please send reinforcements to us..."
"I understand." Major General Val couldn't help but feel scared when he thought of the troops stationed in the Red Army village, which was commanded by Sokov. In the past, when his colleagues talked about Sokov, he looked like he was still scared. He was secretly mocking them as cowards. What's the point of being afraid of a young Russian colonel? When he entered the army, he was still wearing open-crotch pants. But since he had confronted the 41st Division of the Guards, Sokov has become Major General Val. In order not to let his regiment be eaten by Sokov's troops again, he could only grit his teeth and say, "I will report this matter to General Hauser immediately. If he agrees, I will personally lead the troops to reinforce you."
Major General Val dropped the phone and immediately came to Hauser's command center. At the door, he met Hauser's adjutant and asked tentatively: "Is General Hauser here?"
"Yes, the general is inside." After the adjutant answered truthfully, he reminded Major General Val: "But he is in a bad mood at the moment. You should be more careful when you go in to see him."
When Major General Val asked in a surprise, he heard that Hauser was in a bad mood, "What happened? Will General Hauser be angry?"
"God of General," the adjutant leaned into Major General Val's ear and said to him: "Today, the supplies transported from Pavlograd to the Skeleton Division were bombed by Russian aircraft halfway and almost all of them were destroyed. Judging from the current situation, the Skeleton Division will not be able to get new supplements after at least two days. Colonel Ximeng, the acting division commander of the Skeleton Division, told the general that their supplies could only last until tomorrow. If they were not supplied in time, if they were attacked by the Russians, the defense line might be broken."
"So that's the case." Major General Val asked with some confusion after finding out what happened: "Didn't the Russian air force never attack our transportation lines? Why is it so abnormal today?"
Hearing Major General Val's question, the adjutant replied with a wry smile: "Genius General, if you know that our other party's name is Sokov, then any situation may happen."
Major General Val chatted with the adjutant for a few more words and walked into Hauser's room. Seeing the ground was in a mess and the papers of documents were everywhere, he felt that the adjutant did not lie to him. Hauser pushed the paper on the table to the ground because of his anger.
Seeing Major General Val come in, Haussel faced with a stern face and helplessly: "General Val, is there anything wrong?"
"I received a call from the town of Rokinsik, and the Russians launched a sudden attack on our defense zone." Major General Val reported to Hauser based on the information he obtained: "The Russian troops rushed to the middle of the town for a while, but under the tenacious battle of our officers and soldiers, the Russian attack was shattered, and they retreated out of the town in shame."
"It's so damn. What does this Sokov want to do?" Hausel said angrily: "First dispatched the air force to attack the convoy that transported supplies to the Skeleton Division, and then attacked the town of Rokinsik occupied by your division. What exactly does he want to do?"
"God of General." Major General Val naturally could not guess what Sokov was thinking. He could only analyze to Hauser according to his own understanding: "Based on the information we have, Sokov was appointed as the commander of the newly formed Sixth Army by the Russian Supreme Command not long ago. He had just taken office. In order to give an explanation to his superiors, he took the initiative to attack us."
"Well, Major General Val, you are right, this must be the case." Hauser stared at the location of Rokinsik Town for a while, and said to Val, "The geographical location of Rokinsik Town is very important. Once the Russians occupy this place, the left wing of the Skeleton Division will be exposed to them. Therefore, I order you to guard Rokinsik Town at all costs."
Major General Val came here to get the approval of Hauser, and then led the remaining troops of the Imperial Division to the town of Rokinsik to strengthen the defense there. Seeing that he had not yet mentioned his purpose, Hauser had already assigned a task for himself, he quickly agreed: "I understand, General, I will take the remaining troops to the town of Rokinsik as soon as possible to strengthen the defense there, and will never let the Russians cross the town and advance towards Balvinkovo."
As soon as Major General Val returned to his command, he began to issue orders to mobilize enough transport vehicles to transport the remaining troops in the city to the town of Rokinsik to strengthen the defense there.
Their actions were immediately discovered by the Soviet scouts lurking nearby. Soon this information was transmitted to the headquarters in the Red Army Village through a telegram. After reading the telegram, Sokov showed a smug smile on his face. He handed the telegram to Vitkov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, it seems that our plan has been successful. The troops of the Imperial Division are gathering. It seems that they will go south soon."
"Comrade Commander, it seems that your strategy is quite effective." Witkov also smiled and said, "The enemy saw that the town of Rokinsik was attacked and was really fooled. He is ready to transfer more troops to reinforce. I promise you that as long as the enemy's reinforcements arrive at Rokinsik, don't think about leaving."
Chapter completed!