Sokov came to the jeep and first checked the safety of the vehicle. He found that the hood was raised high and steam was emitting, but the fuel tank was not damaged. There should be no possibility of fire or explosion. He confirmed the safety of the vehicle.
After having sex, he said to Asiya: "Asiya, you go check on the captain and see how his injuries are?"
Asiya agreed and walked quickly towards the captain lying not far away, trying to find out the extent of his injuries.
Sokov checked the major sitting in the back seat and found that he didn't seem to have any injuries. He probably hit his head on the front seat during the collision and was knocked unconscious. The driver's head was tilted to the side, and his neck was injured.
The location was still bleeding, and judging from the shape of the wound, it should have been hit by a bullet.
"Misha, what's going on?" Yakov came to him, first looked at the major lying in the back row, then looked at the driver who had no vital signs, and asked Sokov curiously: "What happened?
What happened, how could a car accident happen suddenly?"
"Yasha, look at the wound on the driver's neck." Sokov pointed at the dead driver and said to Yakov, "I think it might have been done by a sniper."
"Sniper?!" Hearing what Sokov said, Yakov immediately looked around with vigilance. There were indeed several two-story houses dozens of meters away. If there were snipers, they should be hiding in these buildings.
He quickly pulled Sokov with his hand: "Misha, it's dangerous, hide quickly?"
"It's okay." Sokov waved his hand and said: "Judging from the target chosen by the gunman, he should not be a sniper." Before Yakov could ask, he took the initiative and said: "If it is a professional sniper,
, his shooting target will not be the driver, but you and me sitting in the back car."
"That's right." Yakov has been on the front line for a long time, so he naturally understands how snipers choose targets. If there are really snipers in a building on the roadside and want to carry out a sniper mission, then
The target of his shooting must be Sokov or himself. How could he hit an inconspicuous driver? "Then what should we do?"
"We can only wait until the nearby patrol team arrives." After Sokov said this to Yakov, he asked Asiya who was squatting next to the captain: "Asiya, comrade Captain's
How is the injury?"
Asia, who was squatting next to the captain, heard Sokov's question and turned to him and said: "Misha, his neck was broken, and I can't feel his pulse."
Hearing what Asiya said, Sokov knew very well that the captain was hopeless. Under today's medical conditions, a person who breaks his neck cannot be saved at all. So he shouted to Asiya:
"Asia, come here and take a look at this major. I think he just fainted."
Asiya returned to the car, checked the major sitting in the back seat, nodded and said: "Misha, you are right, this major should have hit his head when the car crashed.
It was on the back of the front seat, and he was knocked unconscious." She also pointed to the major's forehead and said, "Look, this is where he was hit."
Sokov quickly put his head over to check, and sure enough he saw a bruise on the major's forehead: "When I just checked, I didn't find any bruises on his forehead. Why did it suddenly appear again now?"
"After being hit, some signs of injury will not be immediately visible." Asiya explained to Sokov: "It will take a while before you can see the injured area."
Just as Sokov and others were taking the major out of the car in the back row, a large patrol came over, led by a lieutenant with a chest full of medals. He asked loudly: "What's going on?
, what’s going on, what happened here?”
But when Sokov and Yakov stood up and faced him, the lieutenant immediately saw their epaulettes clearly, stood at attention and raised his hands to salute them: "Hello, comrade general.
The patrol leader, Lieutenant Udika, reports to you that I am patrolling with my troops..."
"Okay, Lieutenant Udika, stop talking. We all saw what you are doing." Sokov pointed to the dead driver and captain, then pointed to the major lying on the ground, and said to Udika
Ka said: "When our car was driving here, we were suddenly shot from the roadside. The driver was shot in the neck, causing the jeep to lose control and hit a big tree next to it. The captain, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was
Under the huge inertia, he flew out of his seat and broke his neck."
"What about the major?" Udika saw the major lying motionless on the ground and asked tentatively: "Is he still alive?"
"Yes, he is still alive." Asiya replied: "I checked him, but he was knocked unconscious."
"Comrade Lieutenant," Yakov walked up to Udika at this time and asked bluntly: "How many people have you brought with you?"
Udika turned his head and looked behind him, and then replied: "Comrade General, there are 30 people in my patrol team. What can I do for you?"
"Lieutenant, according to my experience, the German who fired the gun must still be hiding in the building on the roadside." Yakov pointed to the building not far away and said in a commanding tone: "I suggest you immediately report to the building.
Report to your superiors and send more manpower there to search. If you are lucky, you can catch the gunman who fired the gun."
But after listening to Yakov's words, Udika stood still and turned to Sokov for help. After all, Sokov had the highest military rank here.
"Lieutenant Udika, look what I'm doing." Seeing Udika's gaze towards him, Sokov said with some laughter and tears: "Didn't you hear General Yakov's order and immediately summon more troops?"
Manpower, search nearby buildings to see if you can catch the German gunmen who shot at us."
"Comrade General." Udika's eyes continued to stay on Sokov: "Before I report to my superiors, I need to know your identity."
Sokov felt that what Udika said made sense, nodded and said: "I am Sokov, the commander of the 48th Group Army, and the general next to me is Yakov, the deputy chief of staff of the Third Belarusian Front. Are you there?
When reporting to superiors, be sure to specifically state his identity."
Udika was confused by Sokov's words. He couldn't figure out why Sokov emphasized the need to specify Yakov's identity when reporting to his superiors. But since it was Sokov's order, he didn't dare
If there is any violation, immediately order the accompanying communications soldiers to use the walkie-talkies they carry to report what happened here to their superiors.
Since this patrol was a unit directly under the Front Army Headquarters, the news was quickly reported to Bogolyubov. At the beginning, Bogolyubov didn’t care much about it. Although the war was over, due to various reasons, it was not
He organized troops to collect weapons scattered among the German people, and shooting incidents occurred from time to time. But when he learned that Sokov and Yakov were attacked, he was suddenly shocked and broke into a cold sweat.
After he put down the phone, he immediately reported to Rokossovsky: "Comrade Marshal, something happened!"
Seeing Bogolyubov so panicked, Rokossovsky asked in surprise: "What happened?"
"There was a patrol report that two generals, Sokov and Yakov, were shot by German gunmen on their way to the airport."
"What, what did you say?!" Rokossovsky suddenly stood up from his seat and asked Bogolyubov loudly: "Comrade Chief of Staff, what did you just say, say it again?"
"There is a report from the patrol." Bogolyubov did not know the seriousness of the matter, and quickly repeated what he had just said: "It was said that the two generals Sokov and Yakov were attacked by German gunmen on their way to the airport.
shooting."
Rokossovsky's breathing became rapid: "Are either of them injured?"
"No." Bogolyubov shook his head and said: "There were two jeeps that took them to the airport. The driver of the first car was shot in the neck by a bullet, and the major sent to pick them up was hit after a car accident.
He fainted and has not woken up yet; another captain who was assisting him fell out of the car and died of his injuries. Generals Sokov and Yakov were sitting in the second car, and they were not injured.
They even participated in the rescue after the car in front was involved in a car accident."
"What do they want?"
"General Yakov suggested that the German gunman who fired the gun should still be hiding in the building next to the highway. He suggested that we send people to search immediately, and maybe we can catch the gunman who fired the gun."
"Then what are you doing?" Although Sokov and Yakov were not injured, Rokossovsky breathed a sigh of relief, but on the way to the airport, the two were attacked by German gunmen.
This made him extremely angry, and he issued an order to Bogolyubov: "Immediately mobilize a battalion of troops to search the buildings there, and be sure to catch the gunman who fired."
After Rokossovsky gave the order, he quickly walked to the door, took off the hat hanging on the coat rack, put it on his head, and prepared to walk out.
When Bogolyubov saw this, he was suddenly frightened and broke into a cold sweat. He quickly called Rokossovsky: "Comrade Marshal, it's too dangerous there, you can't take risks!"
"Comrade Chief of Staff, you have to know that Yakov is still there." Rokossovsky turned to Bogolyubov and said with a straight face: "If something happens to him, what will be the consequences?"
, have you ever thought about it?"
"But there are German gunmen there. It would be too risky for you to go there like this."
"Send the troops there early for search. As long as the German gunmen are caught, I will not be in danger." After saying that, Rokossovsky waved to Bogolyubov and then walked out of the command.
department.
Since Rokossovsky was going to the scene, Bogolyubov immediately felt that sending only one battalion of troops was far from enough. He quickly called the security department and ordered the deployment of two battalions of troops, plus nearby troops.
A patrol rushed to the area to hunt for the German gunman who fired.
Sokov and Yakov were not idle either. Although there were not many soldiers around Udika, he still asked the other party to send people to block the intersections around the building to prevent the gunmen from taking advantage of the chaos to escape and wait until the big gunmen
When the troops arrive, they will be gone.
As soon as Udika's people blocked several intersections, Sokov saw more than twenty trucks approaching quickly. When he saw this, he said to Yakov: "Yasha, the troops carrying out the search mission are here.
"
Soon, the vehicle stopped not far from the two people.
As soon as the car stopped, a major got out of the passenger seat of the first car. The first thing he did after getting out of the car was to shout to the soldiers in the car: "Everyone get out of the car immediately!"
When the soldiers jumped out of the carriage and lined up beside the carriage, the major came to Sokov and Yakov, raised his hands in salute and said: "Comrade generals, are you General Sokov and Yakov?"
General Yakov?"
"Yes, I am Sokov." Sokov raised his hand in return and asked, "Which section are you from? How many people are here?"
"We are a security force directly under the Front Army Headquarters." The major replied: "I am Major Bourget, and I was ordered to conduct a search mission here. A total of six hundred people came here."
Hearing that six hundred people had come, there should be no problem in completing the search. Sokov nodded, pointed to a few buildings not far away and said: "Major Bourget, the German gunman who shot us, is
Hidden in those buildings. I have ordered Lieutenant Udika of the patrol to block several intersections to prevent the gunmen from escaping."
"Yes!" Bourget agreed, then called several company commanders who had just arrived and deployed tasks to them one by one.
After accepting the mission, the company commanders immediately led their troops towards those buildings. They first set up a cordon outside to prevent anyone from escaping from the building, and then entered the building as a squad to search.
Looking at the cordon outside the building and the soldiers who entered the building one after another to search, Yakov curiously asked Sokov: "Misha, do you think they can catch the gunman who fired?"
"I think it should be possible." Based on his own experience, Sokov analyzed that the person who fired the shot was definitely not a sniper, but someone who didn't like the Soviet officers and soldiers. He happened to have a gun in his hand, and he happened to have a gun in his hand.
When he saw two open-top jeeps passing by on the road, he fired a shot. After shooting, he probably only felt a breath of evil in his heart, but he didn't realize that he had already committed a big lie. As long as he didn't leave, he would be caught.
It's a matter of time.
Before the search results came out, a long line of military trucks drove up in the distance, including two jeeps. Seeing this, Sokov said with some surprise: "Why are there still troops coming?"
"Yes." Yakov said with the same surprise: "More than 600 people have come. Searching these seven or eight buildings is more than enough. I didn't expect so many people to come again."
When Sokov saw Rokossovsky sitting in the jeep clearly, his eyes widened in surprise: "Oh my God, why is Marshal Rokossovsky here?"
"What, Comrade Marshal is here too." After hearing this, Yakov said in an unbelievable tone: "How is this possible?"
"Nothing is impossible." Sokov remembered Yakov's identity and immediately felt that Rokossovsky's sudden appearance here was not something incomprehensible. Instead, he explained to Yakov with a smile:
"I think he might be worried about your safety, so he came here specially."
Yakov originally wanted to refute Sokov, but thinking about the last time he and Chernyakhovsky were injured together, everyone in the Third Front was extremely nervous. Today, he and Sokov went to the airport.
On the way, he was attacked by German gunmen. How could Rokossovsky remain indifferent?