As soon as Sokov put down the phone, he saw Seryosha rushing into the headquarters.
"Seryozha," Sokov frowned, "If you don't have a good rest in the barracks, why did you come to me?"
"Comrade Commander," Seryosha said with some excitement: "troops, troops are coming!"
"Our troops are being mobilized. Isn't it normal for any troops to pass by the headquarters?" Samek waved his hand to Seryosha and said impatiently: "Captain Seryosha, you'd better go back quickly.
Keep resting."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, it's not our troops, but..."
Before Seryosha finished speaking, Sokov suddenly thought of a possibility and asked quickly: "Seryosa, are you saying that the second-formed 73rd Infantry Brigade is here?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Seryosha nodded and said: "Our observation post found a troop coming towards our station, so we sent someone to inquire. The leading colonel said they were the 73rd Infantry Regiment.
The brigade was ordered to report here."
"Does Major Guchakov know about this?"
"I don't know." Seryosha shook his head: "When I came out, Major Guchakov was still sleeping in his room."
"Seryozha, wake up Guchakov immediately, and then go and receive the troops."
"Hey, I'll go right away!" Seryosha agreed excitedly, turned around and was about to run to find Guchakov.
"Wait a minute." But he had just taken two steps when he was stopped by Sokov: "You'd better take me to see the commanders of the 73rd Infantry Brigade. As for Major Guchakov, I will send someone else to call him.
his."
After speaking, Sokov shouted outside: "Lieutenant Samoilov, Lieutenant Samoilov, are you outside?"
Following the shout, Samoilov ran in from outside. After entering, the lieutenant cast a strange look at Seryosha who was standing in front of Sokov, then saluted Sokov and asked respectfully: "
Comrade Commander, what instructions do you have?"
"Comrade Lieutenant, go and wake up Major Guchakov immediately and ask him to take over his troops." After Sokov said this, he turned to Seryosha and asked: "What did the comrades at the observation post say they were brought to?"
Place?"
"Outside the woods east of the headquarters."
"Well, I understand." After figuring out the location of the troops, Sokov continued to say to Samoylov: "Comrade Lieutenant, wake up Major Guchakov and take him to the east
Come meet us in the woods beyond."
After hearing Samoilov's resounding answer, Sokov shook his head at Seryosha and said: "Seryosa, now you take me to see the commanders and fighters of the 73rd Infantry Brigade."
Lunev saw Sokov preparing to meet the newly arrived troops, so he took the initiative to follow him. When Samyko saw the two leaving, he quickly caught up and asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, what should I do?
"
"Comrade Chief of Staff, I don't think you need to go." Although Sokov knew that Samyko really wanted to see the newly arrived troops, the headquarters had to have important commanders on duty, so he could only say this in his heart.
Sameko said sorry: "You must arrange the tasks assigned to us by the marshal as soon as possible. Don't delay important events."
"Okay, Comrade Commander." Seeing that the outcome was as expected, Sameko couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but he still tried to say in a calm tone: "I will arrange the combat mission as soon as possible."
The relationship between Sokov and Samyko was like a riddle, which made Seryosha very curious. As soon as he walked out of the headquarters, he couldn't help but ask Sokov: "Misha, what were you talking about with the chief of staff just now?"
, where are we planning to attack again?"
The matter of sending troops to rescue the imprisoned Italian troops was still confidential. Naturally, Sokov would not tell anyone casually, even if the other party was his old friend. He glared and said in a stern tone: "Selio
Sha, have you forgotten the confidentiality regulations? Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. Even if you ask about things that you shouldn't know, I won't tell you."
Arriving at the woods to the east of the headquarters, Sokov saw people everywhere inside and outside the woods even from a distance. Some soldiers gathered in groups smoking and chatting, while others were sitting in the woods to rest.
Seeing Sokov and Lunev walking over, a loud voice suddenly rang out from the crowd: "Everyone listen to my order and assemble immediately! Line up in company units!"
Following the shouts, the commanders and soldiers scattered around immediately began to gather in the center and quickly began to line up in company units. Seeing this, Sokov quickly raised his hand and looked at his watch, trying to figure out how long it would take them to
Complete assembly.
But in less than two minutes, these commanders and soldiers lined up in more than a dozen neat square formations.
An officer carrying a colonel's epaulets stood in front of the queue. After the commanders and soldiers finished lining up, he nodded with a smile, then turned around and trotted towards Sokov and Runev.
He came to a stop in front of the two men, stood at attention and raised his hand to salute Luniev: "Hello, comrade commander! Colonel Weisbach, deputy commander of the 73rd Infantry Brigade, is reporting to you. Our brigade has been ordered to come here to report to you.
Report, please give instructions!"
After Luniev raised his hand and returned the salute to Weisbach, he said with a smile: "Hello, comrade colonel, welcome you to become a member of the glorious 27th Army. But I want to correct you, I am the military commissar of the Army, Luniev.
Lieutenant General Husband, the person next to me is Major General Sokov, commander of the Army Group."
Before Weisbach came here, he did not ask the relevant personnel about the situation of the 27th Army. So when he saw the high-ranking Lunev, he naturally thought that the other person was the commander Sokov, but he did not expect that he would make a joke.
He blushed, saluted Sokov, and reported again.
After returning the salute, Sokov took the initiative to hold his hand and said enthusiastically: "Colonel Weisbach, on behalf of the commanders and fighters of the 27th Army, I welcome you and welcome you to become a member of the glorious 27th Army."
After a brief exchange of greetings, Sokov asked: "Colonel Weisbach, can you tell me how many people there are in your brigade?"
"The brigade has four infantry battalions plus a mortar company and a machine gun company, with a total strength of 2,300 people."
Sokov saw that most of the weapons held by the commanders and fighters in the queue were rifles, and then asked: "What about the equipment situation?"
"Each infantry company has eighty rifles, twenty submachine guns, and two rotary machine guns." Weisbach replied: "The mortar company has 12 mortars, and two basic ammunition; the machine gun company
There are six rotary machine guns and two heavy machine guns.”