Sokov had just finished assigning tasks, and a staff officer came in from outside. He came to Sokov and reported: "Comrade Commander, General Antonetta sent a liaison officer to say
I have something to see you for."
When he learned that Antonetta sent a liaison officer to see him, Sokov couldn't help showing a look of astonishment on his face. He thought to himself: "Strange, why did Antonetta send a liaison officer to see me? Could it be that they also
Want to follow my troops into Romania?"
With such doubts, Sokov said to the staff: "Comrade staff, go and invite General Antonetta's liaison officer in."
Soon, the staff officer appeared in front of Sokov with a Romanian officer. After the officer stepped forward to salute Sokov, he said respectfully: "Hello, General Sokov. I am General Antonetta's
Liaison officer, he asked me to say hello to you."
Although Sokov was eager to command the battle, he still showed enough patience for the liaison officer sent by the friendly forces: "Liaison officer, please convey my greetings to General Antonetta when you return."
After a brief exchange of greetings, we got back to business: "Liaison officer, I wonder if you came to my place today. What's the matter?"
"That's it, Your Excellency General." The liaison officer said: "General Antonetta, I would like to invite your subordinates to hold a friendly football match."
When Sokov heard what the other party said, he almost grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it at him. He was too busy at the moment, but Antonetta still had time to play in a friendly football match.
Smirnov, who was sitting next to him, noticed Sokov's dissatisfaction and quickly stood up to smooth things over. He smiled and asked the liaison officer: "Liaison officer, I wonder when General Antonetta's friendly football match will be held?"
"Three days later." When the liaison officer said this, he glanced at Sokov. Seeing that he was silent, he quickly added: "If the time is too tight, it can be postponed to five days or even seven days."
Smirnov didn't wait for Sokov to speak, and took the initiative to say: "I think it will be in five days."
After sending away the liaison officer, Sameko said with some confusion: "What's going on with General Antonetta? Why does he suddenly want to hold some friendly football matches? I remember that their first division league only starts in May and June every year.
Start."
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov asked Smirnov curiously: "Tell me, why would General Antonetta propose a friendly football match with us at this time?"
"In my opinion, General Antonetta did this to bring us closer." Smirnov analyzed to Sokov and everyone: "We are making good progress during this period, and more and more people are
The troops entered Romania. I think General Antonetta must be very clear about this.
As more and more troops entered Romania, the liberation of Bucharest was just a matter of time. General Antonetta realized that if he did not maintain a good relationship with us, he would be marginalized by us sooner or later, so he came up with such a move.
"
After listening to Smirnov's analysis, Sokov nodded and said: "It makes sense, it makes sense. At the beginning, General Antonetta was a very important figure to us. But as we occupied
The number of cities has increased, and more and more Romanian generals are cooperating with us, so his role is not as good as before."
At this time, another staff officer came in and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, Colonel Udrea, the commander of the 52nd Romanian Infantry Regiment, is here and said that he has something important to see you."
"No." Sokov said without hesitation: "Maybe he came for the friendly football match again. I am so busy now, how can I have time to receive him?"
"Wait a minute," just as the staff officer turned around to leave, he was stopped by Smirnov: "Comrade Commander, in the 18th Romanian Division, the friendliest to us is Colonel Udrea.
I think it’s better to meet him. If he makes any unreasonable demands, the worst he can do is refuse."
Smirnov's words made Sokov change his mind: "Okay, let's meet. Comrade Staff Officer, go and invite Colonel Udrea in!"
Not long after, Udrea walked into the headquarters, led by his staff.
He came to Sokov, raised his hand in salute, and said respectfully: "Hello, General Sokov, I hope my arrival will not have any impact on you."
"No, Colonel Udrea." Sokov said somewhat insincerely: "Your arrival has not caused any bad impact on us."
"That's good." Udrea nodded, and then said: "I came here today to ask your approval for something."
Knowing that the other party really had something to do with him, Sokov couldn't help but asked coldly: "What's the matter?"
"That's right, General Sokov." Udrea said cautiously: "My troops stay on the position doing nothing every day. I'm worried that something will happen over time. So I want to ask you to let me
Our troops will fight side by side with your troops to fight against the common enemy."
Udrea's request surprised Sokov. He did not expect that the other party would actually request to fight side by side. This proposal really tempted him, but he still had big concerns in his heart: First, the combat effectiveness of the Romanian army
How? Second, how will they react when facing their former comrades?
With such doubts, he asked: "Colonel Udrea, I would like to ask, if your troops encounter the same number of German troops, how long can you sustain it?"
Sokov's question was a bit rude, but Udrea said disapprovingly: "General Sokov, to tell you the truth, our regiment's combat effectiveness is the strongest in the 18th Division. If we encounter the same number of German troops
, as long as they don’t have tanks or armored vehicles, we can last at least a day.”
"Oh, can it last for a day?" Sokov was also surprised by Udrea's reply. He originally thought that the other party would answer that it was an hour or two. But then he thought, this would not be Udrea's reply.
Is Rhea bragging? If I blindly believe him, once the troops hit the battlefield and face the rushing German army, they will instantly collapse. Then he will ask tentatively: "Colonel Udrea, is this true?
?”
"Of course it's true." Udrea nodded and replied in a positive tone: "I have such confidence."
"Comrade Commander," Samyko came over at this time and whispered into Sokov's ear: "Aren't we going to deploy two divisions to rescue the 52nd Army? I think it's better to incorporate his troops into
The reinforcements are coming, let’s take a look at their strength.”
Sokov agreed very much with Samyko's suggestion. Let Udrea's 52nd Infantry Regiment fight in an area surrounded by Soviet troops, without worrying about anything happening to them. The only thing to worry about is,
That's how long they can last under the powerful German offensive.
However, before formally agreeing to Udrea's proposal, Sokov continued to ask questions that he was concerned about: "Colonel Udrea, I wonder if you have ever thought about it, if you really go to the battlefield and fight alongside us,
It is inevitable that you will meet your former comrades, what will you do then?"
Udrea had obviously considered the questions Sokov would ask before coming here, and said confidently: "General Sokov, you don't have to worry about this. If I meet my former comrades, I will persuade them to give up."
Useless resistance. If they don't listen, I will coordinate with your troops to completely and completely eliminate them."
In response to Udrea's answer, Sokov nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Colonel Udrea, we happen to have troops planning to launch an attack on the German army. If you don't object, I plan to incorporate your regiment into
I wonder what you want from this army?"
After hearing this, Udrea showed an excited expression on his face. He asked with some urgency: "General Sokov, I wonder where you plan to arrange for my troops to fight?"
Sokov called Udrea to the map, pointed to the position where the 52nd Army was blocked by the Germans and said: "Colonel Udrea, we are about to launch an attack on the German troops here. The troops participating in the attack are now being assembled.
, I plan to integrate your regiment into the offensive force. When the time is right, we can launch an attack on the German defensive positions."
Udrea looked closely at the map, and secretly calculated the dangers his troops might face when participating in the war. Finally, he nodded and said: "General Sokov, my troops are at your command. You want to arrange us
We will fight wherever we are."
Since Udrea agreed so readily, Sokov was naturally unambiguous. He called Sameko and ordered: "Immediately integrate Colonel Udrea's 52nd Regiment into the combat order of the 116th Infantry Division."
"Okay, Comrade Commander." Samek nodded and said, "I will call Colonel Stilitz immediately and tell him the good news."
While Samyko was on the phone, Sokov smiled and asked Udrea: "Colonel Udrea, how did you think of joining us to fight against the Germans?"
"General Sokov, the matter has reached this point, I will not hide it from you." Udrea said: "In fact, the first person to propose this idea was the division commander General Antonetta. But he was worried that you would not believe him.
So I planned to hold a friendly football match to bring each other closer, and then bring this matter up so it wouldn't be too abrupt."
Sokov was stunned when he heard what Udrea said. He didn't expect that his judgment of Antonetta was biased. He thought that the other party proposed some friendly football match in order to get closer to each other.
But now it seems that the other side is breaking up their troops to participate in the battle against the Germans. Maybe they are worried that they will not agree, so they think of holding a friendly football match.
Wanting to understand this, he asked with some embarrassment: "Colonel Udrea, since General Antonetta intends to fight alongside us, why don't you just propose it directly, but go through such a big circle?"
"I have already said it." Udrea replied: "He is worried that you do not trust him and are unwilling to let our troops fight alongside you."
"Then the fact that you took the initiative to make a request to me today was the instruction of General Antonetta, or was it your personal behavior?"
"Of course it's my personal behavior." Udrea explained to Sokov: "I asked the liaison officer not long ago and he said that you are planning to arrange the football friendly match in seven days. In other words, if we want to compete with you
We have to wait at least seven days to fight side by side. I don't have the patience to wait for that long, so I hurried over."
"So that's it." After Sokov figured out the ins and outs, he had a new idea in his mind. He turned to Smirnov and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I would like to trouble you to go to the 18th Division Headquarters and talk to An
Talk to General Donnetta. If he really wants to fight alongside us, he can just put it forward without going through such a big circle. You know, the weather today is not suitable for playing football."
When Udrea next to him heard this, he quickly took the initiative and said: "General Sokov, if you agree, I can send General Smirnov to the division headquarters."
"That would be the best." Sokov nodded in agreement with Udrea's request, and said to Smirnov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, then you should go with Colonel Udrea."
After Smirnov followed Udrea and left, Sameko said with emotion: "Comrade Commander, with the Romanian army fighting side by side with us, the next battle will be much easier. What is blocking the advance of the 52nd Army
There are a considerable number of Romanian troops in the army. If the participation of General Antonetta and others can disintegrate this part of the enemy army, then the price we pay will be much smaller."
"Well, that's what I thought too." Sokov continued: "That's why I asked General Smirnov to contact General Antonetta as soon as possible. Since they are willing to fight alongside us, let them join the battle as soon as possible.
, there is no need to wait another week.”
Trofimenko's perspective on the problem was different from Sokov's. When everyone stopped talking, he interrupted and asked: "Comrade Commander, letting the Romanian army fight alongside us is no small matter. You see,
Should we report to the front army headquarters immediately?"
"Yes, this matter should be reported." When General Antonetta chose to cooperate with the Soviet army, Sokov had reported it to Konev. Now the other party directly proposed that he would fight side by side with his troops and fight together.
German invaders, there is no reason not to report such a major matter, "Director of the Communications Corps, please get me through to the front army headquarters immediately."
A few minutes later, the phone call from the Front Army Headquarters was connected, and Sokov reported to Zakharov who answered the phone: "Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army, I have something important to report to Marshal Konev immediately."
"Marshal Konev is not at the headquarters and has gone to inspect the troops." Zakharov simply said that Konev was not at the headquarters, but did not specify where he went. Then he asked directly: "Have you
Whatever is important, it’s the same for me.”
"Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army, the situation is like this." Sokov sent someone to contact Antonetta. Under the banner of holding a friendly football match, he wanted to fight side by side with his troops and told Zakharov in detail.
He reported it again and finally said: "I think this matter is of great importance, so I reported it to the front army headquarters in advance."