Just as Cuikov was about to hang up the phone, Sokov suddenly remembered an important thing: "Comrade Commander, I have another important thing."
Sidorin and Ivanov, who were sitting next to him, heard Sokov say this and thought he was going to report the incredible thing to Trekov. They all raised their ears and wanted to hear what he said.
"If you have something, just say it quickly." Cui Kefu said a little impatiently.
"That's right. Didn't a tiger tank be seized at the foot of the mountain the day before yesterday?" Sokov asked carefully: "I want to ask, where is this tank now?"
"Due to the situation in the city, it is not good for our army. The tank has been shipped by its superiors to the east coast, and is preparing to arrange military experts to study it." Seeing that Sokov was so concerned about the whereabouts of the Tiger tank, Cuikov said to him patiently: "As the tanks are transferred, there are also a group of senior technicians from the Derzhinsky Tractor Factory. By the way, the comrade Kalashnikov who went to Stalingrad with Yakov also arrived at the east coast."
Sokov was very worried about Kalashnikov's safety. When contacting Director Peter to produce grenades, he once asked about the whereabouts of his ghost film, but Peter said that Kalashnikov had been transferred to another factory by his superiors. The reason why he asked Cuikov about the Tiger tank was to ask Kalashnikov indirectly. Unexpectedly, before he could speak, Cuikov had already taken the initiative to tell the answer he wanted.
Considering that Kalashnikov was inspired by himself some time ago to develop the T-34/85 tank in the Red October factory. After so long, I don’t know how far he has been studying. So Sokov asked again: “Comrade Commander, Kalashnikov was developing a new tank some time ago. I wonder how his progress is?”
"I don't know." Cuikov replied very simply: "Karashnikov belongs to the Ministry of Weapons and Equipment, and I have no right to inquire about the research he has conducted." At this point, he paused for a moment and said, "Col. Sokov, do you have anything else?"
"No more, Comrade Commander."
"Good luck to you!" Cui Kefu said briefly and hung up the phone directly.
As soon as Sokov put down the microphone, Cidolin asked anxiously: "Comrade Commander, why don't you report that to the commander?"
"Report, how do I report to the commander?" Sokov looked at Cidolin and asked coldly: "Comrade Chief of Staff, do you know who the person who looks exactly like me? Do you know who the mysterious man in a blue tights, a mask, and a shield in his hand, is invincible?"
Ivanov also had the same idea as Sidolin, but after hearing Sokov's series of questions, he changed his mind after he asked Sidolin speechless. He reminded Sokov: "Comrade, although the number of people who know about this matter has been strictly controlled, I am still uneasy in my heart. You know, even if we don't say it, the well-informed Ministry of Internal Affairs can also learn about this through their special intelligence channels. I am worried that even if you want to explain it to your superiors, you will not be able to explain it clearly."
"Comrade Deputy Commander, I don't think I should report this to my superiors before I figured out what happened." Sokov said firmly: "If we don't know what we are asking questions from our superiors, then the situation will be even worse." He was unwilling to discuss this matter again, so he waved his hands at the two of them, "It's getting late, you go and rest early. Maybe there will be another fierce battle until dawn."
As the sky was dawn, in order to reverse the unfavorable situation in the Derrensky tractor factory area, Cui Kov ordered the 112th Division and the 37th Guards Division to launch a counterattack.
Without any artillery fire cover, the commanders and soldiers of the two divisions charged towards the enemy in the front from different directions. Faced with the Soviet attack, the German army immediately called for artillery fire support. A few minutes later, the shells roared into the middle of the attacking troops, shrapnel and soil splashed everywhere, and from time to time, soldiers were overturned by the explosion air waves or were cut down by flying shrapnel.
The soldiers who were intercepted by the enemy's artillery fire all fell to the ground. When Jolujeff, who was in the command post behind, saw the soldiers lying on the ground with their heads in their arms, with no sign of getting up from the ground, he couldn't help but be anxious. He picked up the microphone and the commander of the 117th Guards who were answering the phone, Andreyev, yelled: "Comrade Colonel, what's going on with your troops? Why are they all lying down? Let the soldiers stand up and continue to attack the enemy. Do you understand?"
When Andreyev, who was in the main attack mission, saw the enemy's artillery fire fiercely, the commanders and soldiers continued to charge without any cover, which was equivalent to dying in vain. He was about to ask Ruolujev to retreat, but the division commander called him first. Since the superiors ordered him to continue the attack, it was obviously unrealistic to retreat at this time.
After putting down the phone, Andreyev put on his helmet, picked up a submachine gun, and said to his chief of staff: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I will leave it to you here. I will take the soldiers to rush forward in person."
"Comrade Commander, it's too dangerous." Seeing Andreyev's team to lead the charge in person, the Chief of Staff hugged him and said anxiously: "You'd better stay, I'll take someone to charge."
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Andreyev pushed away the chief of staff's hand and said with a wry smile: "The soldiers are suppressed by the enemy's artillery fire. If I, the regiment commander, did not take the lead in charge personally, would you think they would get up from the ground?"
Andreyev rushed out of the command post with a gun and ran towards the area where he was being bombarded. From time to time, shells fell near him and exploded, and the soil he had raised spread all over him, but he still ran forward without stopping.
He came to the middle of the soldiers, waved the submachine gun in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Comrades, you are all lying on the ground like a coward. Get up quickly and continue charging forward with me! Go forward, comrades, go forward!"
Although the sound of cannons covered his shouting, some soldiers nearby still heard what he shouted clearly, but no one stood up, and all the soldiers were still lying on the ground.
Seeing that no one responded to him, Andreyev realized that it would take great courage to stand up under the enemy's fierce artillery fire. He squatted beside a soldier and lowered his head and said, "Comrade Warrior, if you lie down again, your belly will be called out. Get up and move forward with me quickly."
The warrior didn't want to get up, but the regiment commander squatted beside him and had no face to continue lying down. He could only hesitate to get up from the ground, carry a gun, and rush forward with his waist.
Seeing a soldier standing up, Andreyev's face smiled. He turned his head and shouted at another soldier: "Hey, Comrade Soldier, your comrades have rushed up, what are you still lying there?" In this way, another soldier got up slowly and rushed up with a gun.
Andreyev stood up straight and shouted to the soldiers lying around: "Comrades, for the motherland! For Stalin! Come with me!" After he finished shouting this time, he rushed forward with a gun.
The soldiers lying on the ground saw that the regiment commander was charging with guns in person, and they also got up one after another, followed Andreyev and rushed towards the enemy's position.
If Lujev saw the commanders and fighters of the 117th Regiment, led by the regiment commander Andreyev, charge towards the enemy's position, and smiled. He turned his head and said to the Chief of Staff Brushko, "Comrade Chief of Staff, have you seen it? It was Colonel Andreyev who personally led the charge. I believe that the commanders and fighters of the 117th Regiment will definitely break through the enemy's defense."
Brushko was obviously not as optimistic as Ludev. He looked at Andreyev, who was charging with his troops in the distance and said worriedly: "Comrade Commander, how could Colonel Andreyev lead his troops to charge in person? If he was injured or even sacrificed in battle, the command system of the troops would be affected."
Maybe Brushko has the characteristics of a crow's mouth. As soon as he finished speaking, Jorugev saw a shell falling through a telescope and exploded between Andreyev and several soldiers. They were immediately swallowed by smoke. "Hehe!" Jorugev shouted in disbelief: "Andreyev seemed to be hit by artillery fire!"
"What, Colonel Andreyev was hit by artillery fire?" Brushko was shocked when he heard Ludev say this, and quickly raised his telescope to look at the location of Andreyev. Then he searched for a long time but still couldn't see the colonel's shadow: "Where is he? Why didn't I see it?"
Instead of answering him, Jolujeff turned around and picked up the phone, and said to the microphone: "I am Jolujeff. Andreyev, the commander of the 117th Regiment, was injured on the battlefield. You will immediately send a health officer to rescue him."
The regiment commander was bombarded on the battlefield, and the soldiers who were charging naturally saw it. The commander immediately brought people to rescue him. They found Andreyev, who was bloody and vaguely near a bomb crater, and immediately carried him back. As for the attack, it was also terminated due to Andreyev's injuries.
More than ten minutes later, Andreyev, who was lying on a stretcher, was carried to Jorugev's command center. The military doctor who had been on standby here immediately stepped forward and squatted in front of the stretcher to carefully check Andreyev's injuries.
When Lujeff saw the military doctor squatting by the stretcher for a long time, he showed no sign of treatment, he asked angrily: "Comrade Military Doctor, what's wrong with you? Why don't you treat Colonel Andreyev?"
The military doctor stood up, walked to Jolujeff, shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "Comrade Commander, it's not that I don't want to treat him, it's because his injuries are too serious and I don't have the ability to save him."
Iflujeff grabbed the military doctor's clothes and said excitedly: "You have not been treated yet, how can you know if he can't save him?"
The military doctor did not struggle, but said calmly: "Comrade Commander, I just carefully checked his injuries. Not only were his legs broken, but his chest was also blown to pieces by shells. Even if the doctor with excellent medical skills is here, he cannot save his life."
Hearing the military doctor's explanation, Jolujev let go of his clothes, squatted down beside Andreyev's stretcher, held his subordinate's hand, and asked with sobs: "Comrade Andreyev, do you have anything else to say?"
Andreyev, who was in a dying state, looked at Jolujeff squatting beside him, and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something. But because his alveoli had been flooded with blood, he could not make any sound at all, but instead a stream of blood emerged from his mouth. He saw the last glance of the world with infinite concern, tilted his head, and sacrificed.
The military doctor bent down, leaned close to Ruolujef's ear, and whispered: "Comrade Commander, Colonel Andreyev has died."
"Ah, I've sacrificed!" Although seeing Andreyev's eyes closed, if Lujeff still couldn't accept the reality that his subordinates had sacrificed, he said excitedly: "You're talking nonsense, I just saw him and wanted to talk. Military doctor, I order you to rescue him immediately and must save him."
Faced with Jolujeff's order that had lost his mind, the military doctor felt extremely embarrassed. Just when he was unsure of whether he should do his final personnel, the political commissar of the division, Shelbina, walked in from outside the command center. He looked down at Andreyev, who was lying on a stretcher and no longer breathed. Then he said to the grieving Jolujeff: "Comrade Commander, Colonel Andreyev has died, please mourn!"
Among the several commanders of the Guard Division, the one who had the closest relationship with Jolujev was Colonel Andreyev. Unexpectedly, he became the first commander to die in the division. Jolujev simply held his comrades' gradually cold hands, and looked at his face, which was blackened by the smoke of gunpowder and covered in blood, tears could not stop sliding down his face.
Shelbina bent down and put his hands on Jolugev's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Comrade in the division, Colonel Andreyev has sacrificed. You have more important work to do, please don't be too sad!"
Chief of Staff Brushko waited for Shelbina to finish his speech, and quickly echoed: "Yes, comrade of the division commander, please feel sorry for your grief. You have more important work to be completed. Our attack has been repelled by the enemy's artillery fire. What should we do next? Should we reorganize the troops' attack, or let them move to defense on the spot?"
If Andreyev had not died under the enemy's artillery fire, perhaps if Lujeff would follow the orders of his superiors and continue to let the troops attack the frontal enemy. But at this moment, he realized that letting the troops attack the frontal enemy without artillery fire cover would undoubtedly let the commanders and fighters die.
Chapter completed!