Chapter 142 A plan to hide the truth from the truth
Still far away, Sokov saw Chief of Staff Malinin, walking back and forth outside the headquarters door with his hands behind his back, looking anxious, and raising his hand to check the time from time to time. As soon as he saw Sokov coming,
Then he urged: "Major Sokov, why are you taking so long? Comrade Commander has been waiting for you for a long time."
This time, Malinin took Sokov directly to the door of the small room, opened the door, and said to him: "Go in."
When he looked at the door, Sokov saw Yakov sitting facing the door with no bandage on his face. He couldn't help being secretly surprised. When he entered the door, he unexpectedly found that Malinin had followed him in, and he began to murmur in his heart:
"Did Rokossovsky tell Malinin about Yakov?"
"Misha, you're here!" Just as Sokov was making random guesses in his mind, Rokossovsky, who was sitting next to Yakov, said: "I have already told the chief of staff about Yakov.
He will personally send Yakov back to Moscow tomorrow. I called you here because I have something to explain to you."
Hearing what Rokossovsky said, Sokov immediately thought: The commander must have asked me to keep this matter secret, and it must not be leaked. He immediately expressed his position and said: "Comrade commander, please don't worry, Ya
I will never remind anyone about Cove's matter."
"It is completely necessary to keep this matter confidential. But judging from the way you handle this matter, you have done a very good job of keeping it confidential." When Rokossovsky said this, he glanced at Malinin with a smile.
: "He even hid it from our chief of staff."
Malinen grinned and said to Rokossovsky: "Yes, I saw him coming to you with a man with a bandage on his face, and I asked him specifically, but he kept silent.
Don't say anything. If you hadn't told me this, I would still be kept in the dark by him until now."
Rokossovsky continued to say to Sokov: "Misha, Comrade Stalin has agreed to the plan you proposed. At the appropriate time, we will announce to the outside world that Yakov was involved in the battle of Smolensk.
He was injured and was rescued by members of the local collective farm and hid in a hidden place to recuperate. Now that his injuries have recovered, he quietly passed through the enemy's defense lines and returned to our army's position. Everything about him in the German newspapers
The news of being captured is a complete rumor."
"Yes, Comrade Commander, you are right." Sokov waited for Rokossovsky to finish speaking, then nodded in agreement and said: "The German newspapers are full of lies. They are trying to take advantage of this incident."
They did something to undermine the morale of our army. But as Yakov recovered from his injury and returned to Moscow, their rumors were self-defeating."
Seeing that Sokov understood his intention, Rokossovsky nodded again, stood up and walked to him, put his hands on his shoulders and said: "I originally had the task of sending Yakov back to Moscow.
What I want you to do is, after all, you personally rescued him from the prisoner of war camp. But no, your defense area is too far from Smolensk, so when we promote it, we can only say that it is Yako
My husband met one of our guerrillas in the forest and was able to successfully return to the army headquarters. I hope you can understand our difficulties!"
"Comrade Commander, I understand this very well." Sokov replied calmly: "For the sake of the overall situation, I am willing to be an unknown hero in rescuing Yakov."
"Don't worry, Misha." Rokossovsky patted Sokov hard on the shoulder twice and said to him: "We will never forget your contribution. After Comrade Stalin and I,
After consultations, it was decided to award your battalion the Order of the Red Banner."
When he learned that the battalion could receive a collective Order of the Red Banner, Sokov couldn't help but feel happy. He secretly said that with this medal, the unit's designation would become "Istria Battalion Awarded the Order of the Red Banner."
The commanders and fighters in the battalion would be very proud if they heard the news.
Seeing Sokov beaming with joy, Rokossovsky added: "When we released the news, we could only claim that the collective Order of the Red Banner you received was in recognition of your surprise attack on the German transfer station.
I can’t mention it because I successfully rescued Yakov. I did this, do you understand?”
"I understand, I understand." Sokov waited for Rokossovsky to finish speaking, then nodded quickly: "Only by attacking the German transfer station and achieving great results can we have a chance to win the collective red flag.
medal."
Rokossovsky was very satisfied with Sokov's cleverness. He took a step back, put his hands behind his back and asked: "Misha, if you have any other requests, you can make them to me."
Sokov remembered that before he came here, he heard Belgin mention that Chernyshev planned to transfer two companies from his battalion to strengthen the defense of the right wing of the army group. He had always wanted to attack Rokossovsky
He mentioned this matter but never found an opportunity. Now that the opportunity has come, he will naturally not let it go easily: "Comrade Commander, I heard that the division commander plans to transfer two companies from our battalion to strengthen the defense of the joint with friendly forces.
."
After Rokossovsky waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he turned to look at Malinin and asked in surprise: "Is there such a thing? Why don't I know about it at all?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Malinin nodded quickly and said affirmatively: "Chernyshev said that the division's troops were limited, so he was preparing to transfer troops from the unknown heights, because he believed that that direction would be reached in the short term.
, there will be no large-scale battles for the time being.”
"Isn't this nonsense?" Rokossovsky said dissatisfiedly after hearing this: "Although the Istrian battalion has a large number of people, they are responsible for a separate direction. If two companies are transferred, what will happen to them?"
Can the remaining troops withstand the enemy's fierce attack? You call Chernyshev immediately and ask him to cancel the original order."
Ma Lining nodded, stood up, opened the door and walked out.
Seeing that Rokossovsky agreed to his request and no longer transferred troops from him, Sokov secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He paused for a moment and then said: "Comrade Commander, I still have
A request!"
"You still have requests?!" Hearing what Sokov said, Rokossovsky couldn't help but frown slightly and said displeasedly: "If you have any other requests, just say them."
"That's it, Comrade Commander." Seeing that Rokossovsky was a little unhappy, Sokov quickly explained to him: "There are no anti-tank weapons in our battalion, and our soldiers can only hold cluster grenades and
The tanks that rushed up perished together."
"I understand." Rokossovsky walked to the table, leaned down and wrote a few lines on a piece of paper. Then he came over and handed it to Sokov: "I will give you twenty anti-tank guns."
Rifles, and matching ammunition, you can go to the warehouse to pick up these supplies immediately."
Sokov took the note and saluted Rokossovsky. When he was about to leave, Yakov, who had been silent, stopped him: "Misha!" Then he walked over and talked to Sokov
Cove gave him a warm hug, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Misha, I will never forget your life-saving grace!"