After Sokov's convoy passed the checkpoint, the soldier on duty felt that he had the responsibility to report the matter to his commander, so he called the company and told the other party that Sokov's convoy had entered the town. And the company
After receiving the call, the commander reported to the battalion commander; the battalion commander who received the report reported to the regiment commander. Soon, the news that the commander had arrived in the town of Puutusk reached the division commander Onupriyenko
in the ears.
Upon learning that Sokov had arrived in his defense area, Onupryenko did not dare to neglect and quickly led the main members of his division headquarters to the gate of the division headquarters to wait for Sokov's arrival.
When the convoy was still a hundred or two hundred meters away from the headquarters of the 6th Guards Division, Koshkin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, saw the crowds lined up at the entrance of the division. He quickly turned to report to Sokov: "Comrade Commander,
General Onupryenko has come out to greet you in person."
As soon as the jeep stopped at the entrance of the division, Onupryenko stepped forward, opened the door for Sokov, and said respectfully: "Hello, Comrade Commander, welcome to my division headquarters."
Come and inspect.”
After shaking hands with Onupryenko and several division commanders, Sokov walked into the division headquarters and asked: "General Onupryenko, what are you busy with?"
"Comrade Commander, after the summary meeting of the headquarters, I just conveyed the problems existing in this battle to several regiment commanders over the phone. I hope they will avoid making similar mistakes in the next battle."
After listening, Sokov nodded, and then said to Onupryenko: "General Onupryenko, please inform the commanders of the 1st and 120th Guards Divisions and the 3rd Infantry Division to ask them to
Come to your division headquarters, I want to talk to them about something."
The three division commanders who received the call were all filled with doubts. They had just returned from a meeting at the headquarters. Why were they summoned for a meeting again? Did something happen? But since Sokov was already in the 6th Guards Division,
The division headquarters was waiting, and he must not neglect it, so he immediately rushed over as quickly as possible.
Kirillov came to the door of the 6th Guards Division headquarters, unexpectedly saw Koshkin, and quickly stopped him: "Captain Koshkin, why are you here?"
"Hello, General Kirillov." Koshkin raised his hand to salute Kirillov and asked curiously: "Are you here for a meeting?"
"Yes, I am indeed here for a meeting." After Kirillov gave the other party a positive reply, he asked tentatively: "We just came back from the headquarters a few hours ago, and the commander is anxious to convene us for a meeting.
Did something happen?"
"On the way here, we encountered enemies disguised as our troops." Koshkin explained to Kirillov: "Fortunately, we were spotted in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."
Although Koshkin did not explain who saw through the enemy, Kirillov knew very well that the person who could see through the enemy's disguise in a very short period of time was none other than Captain Koshkin in front of him. After all,
He was from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and identifying enemy agents was what he was best at. At the same time, he also knew in his heart that Sokov was so anxious to convene a meeting with several division commanders, it must have something to do with the German army that was disguised not long ago.
"How did Comrade Commander come to Puutusk?"
Koshkin grinned and said to Kirillov: "Comrade General, Asya is now seconded to the field hospital of the 6th Guards Division, and the commander made a special trip to visit her."
After thanking Koshkin, he walked towards the division headquarters, thinking about how he should deal with it when Sokov mentioned it at the meeting later.
Sokov sat in the division headquarters and nodded to every division commander who came in.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, he did not talk in circles, but said straight to the point: "Comrades, division commanders, I know you must be very strange. Why did I summon you to a meeting again not long after you just came back from the summary meeting at the headquarters?"
.Right?"
Seeing that everyone nodded to express their approval of his statement, he continued: "The reason why I have called you together is because I have something important to announce to you. On my way to Puutusk, I met a few people.
The personal artillery squad, Captain Koshkin, who was responsible for protecting my safety, recognized at a glance that these people were disguised as Germans, and took active action to capture all the enemies."
The people present heard Sokov say that on the way here, they encountered enemies disguised as Soviet troops. Except for Kirillov, who had known the inside story for a long time, the other division commanders couldn't help being shocked and worried about Sokov's safety.
But after hearing that the enemies had been discovered by Captain Koshkin and arrested, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Comrades, division commanders," Sokov said: "If there were not excellent guards like Koshkin by my side, I think we might be in danger today. By the same token, if our commanders and fighters encounter these Germans after they are alone,
People, do you think they still have hope of survival?"
Sokov's words hit Onupryenko hard in the face like a slap in the face. After all, Sokov encountered the enemy in his defense zone. If Sokov really happened
If the accident happened, he must be blamed for it.
"Comrade Commander, I was wrong." Onupriyenko thought that he would be criticized by Sokov anyway, so he might as well admit his mistake and maybe win leniency, so he took the initiative and said: "It's because I didn't strengthen the defense zone.
The security work inside the building caused you to almost encounter danger."
"General Onupriyenko, please don't admit your mistake first." Sokov interrupted Onupriyenko's words and said to the other three division commanders: "I summoned you to remind everyone that
In the area just captured from the Germans, security must be strengthened to prevent stragglers missed by the Germans from causing unnecessary losses to us."
"Then what should we do, Comrade Commander?" Kirillov waited for Sokov to finish speaking, then immediately stood up and asked.
"Whether it was on the way here or after entering the town," Sokov said: "Except for the one checkpoint at the entrance of the town, I didn't find any other checkpoints, let alone patrols. If you want to
How can we strengthen security work in newly occupied areas without a sufficient number of patrol teams and checkpoints?"
When Sokov said this, Onupryenko deliberately defended himself. It was not that he did not set up enough checkpoints, but that there was indeed only one on the road from the headquarters to his division headquarters.
As for the patrol team, because the troops suffered too many casualties when they captured the town of Puutusk, they did not recruit people to form a patrol team.
Kirillov understood what Sokov wanted to express, and took the initiative to say: "Understood, Comrade Commander. When we return to the division, we will arrange for manpower to set up checkpoints in various major areas. In addition, patrols will also be dispatched.
Patrol the defense zone to prevent German infiltration."
Seeing that Kirillov understood his intention, Sokov showed a smile on his face. He said to the other division commanders: "Did you all hear what General Kirillov said?"
"I heard it." The three division commanders replied in unison.
"Now that you've heard everything, let's stop inking and seize the time to improve the patrols and checkpoints." Sokov waved to everyone and said, "Let's all go back to our respective units."
Kirillov did not stay immediately, but asked Sokov with a smile: "Comrade Commander, you came to the town of Puutusk this time to visit Asya, right?"
"That's right." Sokov blushed slightly when he heard Kirillov ask this: "I originally thought she was still in the field hospital of the army group. Unexpectedly, I went to inquire about the hospital and found out that Asya had volunteered for him.
, asked to come to the front to perform surgery on the wounded. I thought I hadn’t seen her for a long time, so I came here specially to visit her.”
"Comrade Commander, then you don't have to wait any longer." Kirillov said jokingly: "Why don't you hurry up and see Asya? If you go late, I'm afraid Asya will be unhappy."
"Comrade Commander," Onupryenko learned that Sokov was going to visit Asiya in the division hospital, and he quickly came out and said proactively: "Please allow me to be your guide, and I will take you to the division hospital."
Sokov thought that the town of Puutusk had just been occupied, and it was not clear where the divisional hospital was located. If he went to look for it directly, he would not know where to find it. Since Onuplienko was willing to do it for him,
Guide, that's really what you want.
Under the leadership of Onuplienko, everyone came to the hospital in the town.
Onupryenko introduced to Sokov: "After we occupied the designated area, I found that the town hospital here was still intact, so I took it upon myself to have the field hospital located here. There is a special operating room in the hospital.
and wards, so that we can place the wounded here."
"You did the right thing, General Onupryenko." Seeing that Onupryenko placed the division's field hospital in the town hospital, Sokov was very satisfied with his arrangement: "Place the field hospital in the town hospital."
Being set up in the original hospital, everything is more convenient."
At this time, the director of the hospital learned that the division commander was coming and hurried over with the political commissar of the hospital.
When Onupryenko saw the hospital director and political commissar arriving, he introduced Sokov to them: "This is General Sokov, the commander of the group army. He is here to visit his wife."
The dean looked at Sokov and said with some confusion: "But among our wounded, there are no female soldiers!"
"Comrade Dean, you misunderstood." Seeing that the other party did not understand what Onupryenko said, Sokov quickly explained to him: "My wife is not a wounded person, but a military doctor. She was originally at the Army Field Hospital
At work, because of the fierce fighting here today, she took the initiative to come here to help you rescue the wounded."
The dean turned to look at the political commissar and asked cautiously: "Comrade political commissar, do you know there is such a person?"
The political commissar thought for a while, then nodded and said: "There are indeed lesbians among the medical staff who came to support us today, but I don't know which of them is the commander's wife."
"My wife's name is Asia." Sokov said, "You should have an impression, right?"
As soon as Sokov said Asiya's name, the director nodded desperately and said: "I have an impression, I have an impression. She is a very good military doctor. After coming to our hospital, she didn't even take a sip of water.
She just changed her clothes and went to the operating table and started rescuing the injured. If I remember correctly, she must have operated on more than a dozen injured people today."
"Sixteen, Comrade Dean, she performed operations on sixteen wounded people." The political commissar added from the side.
When he learned that Asiya had operated on sixteen wounded people in one day, Sokov couldn't help but feel sorry for her, and quickly asked: "Where is she now? I want to see her."
"Comrade Political Commissar, do you know where Asiya is?" the dean asked.
The political commissar replied: "I heard half an hour ago that Comrade Asiya had completed the operation and should go back to his room to rest now."
"Comrade Dean, could you please take me there?"
Since it was Sokov's request, did the dean dare to say it was not good? He quickly smiled and said: "Okay, Comrade Commander, it is my honor to serve as your guide. I will take you to Assi now."
Go to where Ya lives."
In order not to disturb Asiya's rest, Sokov only asked the dean to take him to Asiya's residence, while the others stayed there and waited.
On the way, Sokov tentatively asked the dean: "Comrade dean, how long will Asiya stay here?" Since Asiya was captured by the Germans once during the Battle of Kursk, Sokov had
She had a psychological shadow and was worried that she would be captured again, so when she heard that she had arrived at the front line, she naturally felt uneasy.
"It's hard to say, Comrade Commander." The director said awkwardly: "You know, as long as the battle does not end, the number of wounded we receive will not decrease. Nowadays, there is a serious shortage of medical staff in our division hospital. People like Assi
People like Ya who came to support us will not let her leave in a short time."
Although the dean's words sounded like nonsense, it seemed that he didn't say anything, and it seemed that he said everything. But Sokov didn't care about this. He just wanted to see Asiya as soon as possible and have a good chat with her.
Soon, the two came to a row of bungalows. The dean pointed to one of the rooms with a closed door and said: "Comrade Commander, Asiya lives in this room. You need me to come forward and help."
Do you knock on the door?"
"No need, Comrade Dean." Now that he knew where Asiya lived, Sokov naturally would not let the Dean stay as a lightbulb. He said to the Dean: "Go back and tell Onupuriyan
General Co., if he has anything to do, just go ahead and don't worry about me. After I see Asiya, I will go directly back to the army headquarters. There are enough guards around me, so he doesn't need to worry about my safety.
.”
Seeing that Sokov had issued an expulsion order to him, the dean was not an ignorant person and said quickly: "Okay, Comrade Commander, I will convey your words to Division Commander Onupryenko. I still have
I won't disturb your husband and wife's meeting. Goodbye, Comrade Commander!"
After Sokov waited for the dean to leave, he tidied up his appearance and walked to the door. For some reason, he suddenly felt his heartbeat speeding up. He took several deep breaths and waited for a while.
Then he gradually returned to normal. He raised his hand and knocked gently on the door twice, then stood there quietly waiting for a response from the room.