Regardless of whether it was Smirnov or Gorokhov, although they did not say it, they felt in their hearts that it was impossible for the scouts to complete Sokov's mission. After all, the road was far away and it was impossible to rely on only two legs in less than two days.
Can't come back.
Near noon the next day, the director of the reconnaissance department led a lieutenant wearing a helmet and hurried into the headquarters. He excitedly reported to Sokov: "Our scouts are back!"
"Our scouts are back?" Sokov tilted his head and looked at the lieutenant behind the director of the reconnaissance department: "Comrade director, are you talking about this lieutenant?"
"That's right, Comrade Commander." The director of the reconnaissance department pulled the lieutenant over and pushed him in front of Sokov: "This is Lieutenant Ruslan. The several reconnaissance detachments sent to the Uman area this time are all under his command.
Commanded."
"Hello, Lieutenant Ruslan." Sokov shook hands with Ruslan with a smile and said in a friendly tone: "Thank you for your hard work!"
"It's not hard, it's not hard." Seeing Sokov taking the initiative to shake hands with him, Ruslan seemed a little excited, and he said a little incoherently: "Comrade Commander, I'm glad to see you. To meet a legend like you,
It's my honor. If my friends knew that I had met you before, they would be extremely envious of them."
Sokov chuckled, and then got back to business: "Lieutenant Ruslan, I would like to ask, how did you return here from the Uman area in less than a day?" After saying that, he sat down not far away.
Smirnov and Gorokhov cast meaningful glances.
"Comrade Commander, if you walk, you may not be able to come back here tomorrow night." Ruslan explained: "I and another soldier seized a motorcycle, and then pretended to be German communications soldiers conveying orders.
, and just drove back along the highway in a swaggering manner. On the way, we even stopped at the German supply point, ate something, and even filled up the motorcycle with oil."
"Not bad, Lieutenant Ruslan, you are doing well." After Sokov praised Ruslan, he turned to Smirnov and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, what do you think? I said it right, right? Scout
They always have a way to get to the designated place within the time we set."
Under such circumstances, it was obviously inappropriate to contradict Sokov. Smirnov could only nod his head and said: "You are right, Comrade Commander."
"Did you bring the film back?" Sokov asked, facing Ruslan again.
"Yes, Comrade Commander, I brought it back!"
"Where?" This time it was Smirnov's turn to ask eagerly. He wanted to see with his own eyes what the Germans' new weapons looked like.
"Comrade Chief of Staff," the director of the reconnaissance department quickly explained, "I have sent someone to clean the film that Ruslan brought back." He raised his hand to look at the time and replied, "It will have to wait until one o'clock in the afternoon at the earliest.
Only then can the photos be developed.”
"It's too late, Comrade Director, it's too late." Unexpectedly, Smirnov said with a straight face: "Don't you know that on the battlefield, every minute is precious? We would have known earlier that we would see Germany
If people have new weapons, they can develop countermeasures earlier. Do you understand?"
"I understand, Comrade Chief of Staff." The director of the Reconnaissance Division said with understanding: "I will go and guard it and try to develop the photos as soon as possible."
After the director of the reconnaissance department left, Sokov glanced at Ruslan, who was standing as straight as a telegraph pole in the middle of the room, and said with a smile: "Comrade Lieutenant, stop standing, come and sit down, I have something else to do."
I want to ask you."
After Ruslan sat down, he put his hands on his knees, kept his back straight, and looked straight ahead. Sokov knew that the other party was very restrained, and after a faint smile, he returned to the topic: "Lieutenant Ruslan, I want to ask you something.
question."
Hearing what Sokov said, Ruslan stood up immediately, looked forward and said: "Excuse me, Comrade Commander, I will definitely report it truthfully."
"Do you still remember when the Germans' new weapons were launched?" When Sokov said this, he stared at the other person's wrist, worried that if he didn't have a watch, his plan would fail: "You won't be without one.
A watch?"
Fortunately, what he was worried about did not happen. Ruslan nodded and replied: "Comrade Commander, it is not possible to perform a reconnaissance mission outside without a watch to tell the time. When the enemy launched new weapons, I
I even checked the time specially."
After recording the time mentioned by Ruslan, Sokov handed the piece of paper to Smirnov and said with a smile: "Comrade Chief of Staff, please calculate the flight speed of this new weapon.
"
In order to make what he said more like an analysis, Sokov specifically called Konev not long ago to learn about the time when the V1 missile landed and exploded. Now that the V1 missile launch time and explosion time are available, calculate
It is a matter of course to increase the flight speed.
With the data provided by Sokov, Smirnov took less than a minute to calculate the flight speed of the V1 missile: "Oh my God, Comrade Commander, the flight speed of this new German weapon is
, can reach 500 kilometers per hour, which is almost as fast as an airplane. If the Germans possess a large number of such weapons and launch them at the same time, they will cause us huge casualties."
Smirnov's worry is not unnecessary. You must know that even Konev's headquarters will be attacked, so how can other places be safe? What's more terrible is that you never know this kind of rocket
When will the projectile hit the target at that location?
"Lieutenant Ruslan," Sokov asked Ruslan to sit down again and said to him in a friendly manner: "So, you have seen the Germans' new weapons with your own eyes." Seeing Ruslan standing up to answer,
He quickly pressed the other person's shoulders and said, "You don't have to stand up, just sit down and talk."
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Ruslan, who was holding his shoulders by Sokov, replied nervously: "I have carefully observed the Germans' new weapons through the telescope."
"Anyway, we have to wait a long time before we can see the developed photos." Sokov said: "Since you have seen this new weapon with your own eyes, you might as well describe it to us. In this way, I can
Based on your description and the photos taken, write a detailed analysis report to the commander of the front army."
"How should I put it?" Ruslan said hesitantly: "When I first saw that new weapon, it felt like a weird-looking airplane, but it had no landing gear. It was above the tail.
, there is a cylindrical device, I guess it should be an engine, so when this new weapon took off, I saw with my own eyes the fireworks ejected from behind..."
When Ruslan introduced the situation, Sokov kept recording what the other party said in his notebook, and cleverly added some content he knew.
After Ruslan finished speaking, Sokov stopped writing and deliberately asked for some details, such as the length of the new weapon, the diameter of the bullet, how many Germans were present at the time of launch, etc. Every question Sokov asked, Ruskov
As long as Silan knew, he answered truthfully.
It wasn't until lunch that the director of the reconnaissance department came in with a stack of photos and handed them to Smirnov: "Comrade chief of staff, these are the photos taken by the scouts."
Sokov took out a photo from Smirnov's hand and found that it happened to be the V1 missile placed on the launcher. Because it was taken during the day, the resolution was quite high.
"Lieutenant Ruslan," Sokov placed the photo in front of Ruslan, pointed at the photo and asked, "Is this the new weapon you saw?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander, that's it."
Sokov tapped the photo a few times with his fingers and said: "I think this new weapon of the German army is more like an aircraft. I think we will call it an aircraft from now on, don't keep talking about it.
Rockets or new weapons, they sound really weird."
In this way, Sokov gave the V1 missile an easy-to-remember name.
After lunch, the director of the reconnaissance department and Ruslan had no reason to stay anymore, so they said goodbye to Sokov and left the headquarters. After the two left, Sokov began to write furiously on the report.
, filling in the V1 missile parameters that he knew. Of course, in order to avoid arousing suspicion from others, he deliberately wrote some wrong data, but the errors were within an acceptable range.
After writing the report, Sokov said to Smirnov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I need to rush to the front headquarters immediately and report the situation we know to Marshal Konev."
"This is as it should be, Comrade Commander." After Smirnov said this, he asked: "Do you need me to go with you?"
"No need." Sokov simply refused: "I don't know how long it will take to go, and the army cannot be without a military commander for a long time. You should stay at the headquarters. In case something urgent happens.
If the situation arises, you will be able to handle it with full authority.”
Now that Sokov had spoken to this extent, Smirnov knew that it would be useless to say anything else, so he no longer insisted, but said resolutely: "Comrade Commander, although the distance from here to the headquarters is
, it’s safe most of the time, but we can’t take it lightly. I think, how about asking Lieutenant Koshkin to lead a security company and go with you to the front headquarters?”
"There is no need to build such a large formation." Sokov waved his hand and said: "If there are really German stragglers nearby and see a convoy of this size, they will definitely not let it go. They will choose
If we conduct an ambush at a suitable location, then I will be in danger. I think I can just ask Koshkin to take a platoon with me."
Out of concern for Sokov's safety, before the convoy set off, Smirnov repeatedly told Koshkin: "Lieutenant Koshkin, I will leave the safety of Comrade Commander to you. You have to promise me,
We must ensure the safety of our comrade commander just like we protect our own eyes. Do you understand?"
"I understand completely, Comrade Chief of Staff." Faced with such a nagging Smirnov, Koshkin said patiently: "I will never let Comrade Commander be in danger."
When Sokov appeared at the front headquarters, Konev was stunned for a moment. After recovering, he asked curiously: "Comrade Sokov, why did you come to my place?"
"Report to Comrade Marshal," Sokov said respectfully after raising his hand to salute Konev: "I have obtained some information on German aircraft and compiled an analysis report. I am here today to give you
Sending a report."
"Aircraft, what kind of aircraft?" Konev didn't know that Sokov had changed the name of the new German rocket team to "aircraft." He asked with confusion: "Comrade Sokov, what on earth do you want to say, you can do it to me."
Confused?"
"I'm sorry, Comrade Marshal, I didn't make it clear." Sokov realized that he had not expressed it accurately, and as a result, Konev was confused. He quickly explained: "The aircraft I mentioned was the one used by the Germans to attack the village yesterday.
new rockets.”
"Aircraft?" Zakharov came over and asked with the same puzzlement: "Comrade Sokov, why do you call it an aircraft?"
Although Sokov mentioned the V1 missile to Konev and Zakharov, he never described the shape of the missile. So far, both of them still thought that the V1 missile attacking the village had the same shape as
The Soviet rockets are pretty much the same.
Sokov put the briefcase on the table, opened it, took out a stack of photos from it, and handed them to Konev and Zakharov respectively: "Comrade Marshal, Comrade Chief of Staff, please take a look at our reconnaissance
The photos taken by the soldiers. The things in the photos are the weapons used to attack the village yesterday."
Zakharov picked up one of the photos and looked at it, and said with emotion: "Don't tell me, this thing looks like an airplane, with wings and a tail. It's just a cylindrical object on the tail, and
What is it used for?”
"This is where the aircraft engine is located," Sokov explained to Zakharov: "Our scouts saw with their own eyes that when this aircraft took off, fireworks came out of the tail."
Konev returned to the conference table with the report and photos and sat down. He put the report on the table, then carefully looked at each photo, and carefully looked at the aircraft that almost brought down the headquarters.
After looking at the photos, he picked up Sokov's analysis report and browsed it carefully. After looking at it for a while, he whispered in his mouth. With Sokov's sharp ears, he immediately heard that the other party was reading the parameters of the V1 missile. This
The parameters are half true and half false, and can only be used as a reference so that Konev can have a perceptual understanding of the V1 missile.
After reading the analysis report, Konev looked up at Sokov and asked: "Comrade Sokov, are all the parameters in your report accurate?"
"Comrade Marshal," Sokov quickly defended: "This is what I guessed based on the photos and the scouts' statements. There must be a certain deviation from the real data. Fortunately, our mission is just to find a way to intercept these
aircraft, rather than building them."
"Then tell me, how should we deal with these aircraft?"
"In addition to the launch point discovered by our army in Uman, I don't know if there are other launch points." Sokov said to Konev with a solemn expression: "I want to use the air force or artillery to kill the enemy in advance.
It is obviously impossible to launch a launch point. Therefore, we can only use other methods to deal with it. For example, use anti-aircraft guns to block the direction of the aircraft, or dispatch fighter planes to destroy such aircraft in the air."