Although Sokov was not afraid of Apanashenko in his heart, after ending the call, he still called Konev and reported the matter to him.
After listening to Sokov's report, Konev was silent for a while and said: "Comrade Sokov, although we had good intentions in taking the initiative to send troops, we did not communicate well with the friendly forces in advance. It is because we did something wrong. You have to do this."
I have a responsibility, and so do I. Well, I will immediately contact Comrade Vatutin and inform him of the news that we have sent troops to the north of Oboyan."
After finishing the conversation with Konev, Sokov thought to himself: Apanashenko's anger is actually understandable. If it were him, a troop suddenly appeared in his defense zone without even saying hello.
If we fight, we will start building construction projects, and I am afraid that I will not feel comfortable.
After thinking about this, he called Sameko in front of him and said to him: "Chief of Staff, I need to go to the 182nd Division immediately. I will leave it to you and the Military Commissar."
Samyko heard the call between Sokov and Konev, guessing that he must go to negotiate with friendly forces, and quickly asked him for instructions: "Do I need to order Colonel Khokhlov and the others to stop construction?"
"No, the work of building fortifications must not stop. Otherwise, after the enemy breaks through the friendly defense lines, it will be difficult for us to stop their advance." Sokov told Samyko: "Call Colonel Khokhlov.
Order him to speed up the construction and never stop it no matter who stops it."
Sokov knew that the place he was going to was dangerous, so he specially took Samoilov's guard platoon with him. Before setting off, he also specifically asked Samoilov: "Comrade Lieutenant, is there anyone in your platoon who knows how to use it?"
Bazooka warrior?”
"Yes, Comrade Commander." After hearing Sokov's strange question, Samoylov asked tentatively: "Is the place we are going to dangerous?"
"Yes, we might encounter the enemy." Sokov warned the other party: "In addition to the rocket launcher, bring a few new rockets, so that when we encounter the enemy, we can escape smoothly." He never dreamed.
I thought that a precautionary measure I took would actually save everyone's lives in a few hours.
In order to prevent too many vehicles and expose the target, only four jeeps were arranged for this trip, and Sokov sat in the first vehicle. After all the soldiers boarded the vehicle, Samoilov, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked
Sokov: "Comrade Commander, where are we going?"
"Go to Shumakovo, north of Oboyan, where we have a division of troops building a defensive line."
"Comrade driver," Samoilov asked the driver immediately after listening to Sokov's words: "Do you know the place?"
"Yes, Comrade Lieutenant, I know where it is."
Seeing that the driver knew the place, Sokov casually asked: "When can we get to our destination."
The driver started the car and replied: "Comrade Commander, it is almost three hundred kilometers from us to Shumakovo. The condition of the emergency highway is not good, and the speed can only reach 60 kilometers per hour at most. In other words, our final speed is 60 kilometers per hour.
It takes almost five hours to reach the destination."
The convoy bumped on the road for more than four hours, passing through forests, lakes and swamps, and finally came to a hilly area. Sokov looked at the scenery outside the window and asked the driver curiously: "Comrade driver, where are we?"
"Comrade Commander," the driver turned around and replied: "This place is still about five kilometers away from Shumakovo."
After hearing this, Sokov nodded slightly and thought to himself that the terrain along the way was not conducive to the deployment of large-scale mechanized troops. It seemed that the decisive battle of tanks that would be launched soon would definitely not take place in this area. As long as his own defense zone
There is no large-scale German armored force inside, so there shouldn't be much of a problem in blocking them.
"Stop the car," Sokov suddenly said to the driver when the convoy approached a small hill, "I want to go up to the hill and have a look."
After hearing Sokov's instructions, the driver did not dare to neglect and quickly parked the car on the side of the road. As soon as the car stopped, Samoilov immediately jumped out of the car from the passenger seat and went to the back to help Sokov
Opened the car door.
After getting off the bus, Sokov pointed to the top of the hill with his hand and said to Samoylov: "Comrade Lieutenant, please wait for me here for a while while I go up to take a look at the surrounding terrain."
"Comrade Commander, why don't I accompany you up there?" Samoylov said, "This is an unfamiliar environment after all. I am responsible for your safety?"
"No need to be different." Sokov just wanted to take a look at the surrounding environment at the top of the hill. He might come down in a few minutes. There was no need to bother Samoylov and the others to set up any warnings on the hillside, so he shook his head and said: "I'll just
Go up and have a look, and you'll be back in a few minutes. You'd better stay here and wait for me. As soon as I come back, we'll set off immediately."
Now that Sokov had given the order, Samoylov could not disobey it. However, when Sokov was walking towards the hill alone, he did not sit idle, but ordered the soldiers in other cars to
They all got out of the car, took out the new rockets and rockets they carried, and got ready for battle.
Regarding Samoilov's arrangement, some soldiers whispered: "Comrade platoon leader, there is no need. Comrade Commander just went up to take a look, there is no need to take out these equipment!"
Listening to the soldier's complaints, Samoylov glared and said in a stern tone: "Obey the order!"
Seeing that Samoylov was angry, the soldiers could only remove the new rocket launchers and rocket launchers from the car and prepare for launch in a decent manner.
Sokov went up the hillside alone, just to take a look at the surrounding terrain to decide whether to use the terrain here to build more defenses nearby. Unexpectedly, when he was still fifty or sixty meters away from the top of the hillside, he suddenly heard a burst of sound.
Hearing the roar of the tank engine, he immediately stopped, took off the assault rifle slung over his shoulder, and carefully observed the direction from which the sound came.
Soon, the roar of the tank became louder and louder. Sokov clearly heard that the sound was coming from the other side of the hillside, and quickly pointed the muzzle of the gun in that direction. At the same time, he was thinking about whether he should continue to move forward or not.
Back off immediately?
Before Sokov could make a final decision, he saw a gun barrel slowly protruding from the top of the hillside, and a moment later, the body of a tank appeared in his field of vision.
When he saw the white cross on the tank body, Sokov couldn't help being dumbfounded. He didn't expect to see a German tank here. The German tank parked on the top of the hillside soon spotted Sokov standing on the hillside.
Sokov slowly turned the turret and prepared to fire at Sokov.
Sokov was so frightened that he instinctively pulled the trigger. The bullets from the assault rifle hit the armor plate of the tank, making a clanking sound and splashing countless sparks. He finished the magazine in one breath.
After receiving the bullet, Sokov threw the gun away, held his head and rolled down the hillside.
The guards at the foot of the hillside were all alerted by the sudden gunshots on the hillside. When they looked up the hillside, they happened to see Sokov emptying his assault rifle of bullets and rolling down the hillside with his head in his arms.
Seeing that Sokov was in danger, Samoylov quickly shouted to the soldier carrying a rocket launcher beside him: "Follow me!"