"Comrade Battalion Commander, I obey your order." Seeing Sokov's resolute attitude, Vanya could only say helplessly: "But I still retain my personal opinion. The risk of doing so is too great."
After hearing what Vanya said, Sokov glanced at the commanders present one by one and said: "I see that many of the commanders here have followed me since they came from Khimki Town. So.
I want to ask you, do you remember the village of Kryukovo?"
"Kryukovo Village?" Belgin joined relatively late and did not understand what happened in Kliukovo Village. He asked in confusion: "What does it mean?"
When Captain Vasily heard Sokov mention this place name, he couldn't help but blush. He thought about the time when the troops stationed in the barn in the village were attacked. Although he called his superiors for help in time, he was timid and heard gunshots outside.
When they were together, he hid in the house with his landlady and did not dare to go out, but it always made him feel ashamed.
Vanya also knew nothing about what happened in Klyukovo Village. He also echoed Belkin and asked: "Comrade Battalion Commander, can you tell us what happened in Klyukovo Village?"
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"Let me tell you about this." Andrei stood up and said, "We were originally a special guard platoon stationed in the town of Khimki on the northern outskirts of Moscow. We received orders from our superiors to participate in the liberation
The battle in Klyukovo. When we arrived at the village of Klyukovo, it was already dark, so we camped in the village. The commander who received us in the village at that time was Captain Vasily, the commander of the second company. I remember correctly, right?
?" His last words were asked Vasily.
"That's right, that's right." Vasily nodded quickly and said, "It was indeed me who received you at that time."
"Everyone knows that since the war broke out, many young and middle-aged people in the village have either enlisted in the army or moved to other places to work or produce. Only the elderly and women are left in the village." When he said this, the look on Andre's face showed
He showed a hint of embarrassment: "Seeing so many soldiers suddenly coming to the village, it will naturally attract the women in the village to watch. They even proposed to have a party with our soldiers. To be honest, I am very happy to see this.
After all, the daily life of our soldiers is very boring. However, the battalion commander refused to hold any social activities without hesitation, and kicked away all the women who would visit the soldiers in the future..."
"Captain Andre," Vanya heard this and couldn't help but interjected and asked: "I don't understand what the connection is between what you said and the fact that we are about to penetrate deep into the German defenses.
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"I don't know either." Andrei looked at Sokov and said confusedly: "It was Comrade Battalion Commander who mentioned the village of Kryukovo. I was just retelling what happened at that time."
"Two comrades, company commanders," Second Lieutenant Grisa, who rarely spoke at various meetings, stood up and said to the two men: "I think I understand why the battalion commander mentioned the village of Klyukovo."
Vanya quickly glanced at Sokov who was aside. Seeing that the other party was looking at Grisa with interest, he urged: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, what is the reason? Tell us quickly."
"At that time, our army surrounded the city of Kryukovo, and the village where our platoon was stationed was considered to be in the depth of our army's defense. Therefore, when arranging sentries at night, the then deputy platoon commander, now the third company commander, Captain Andrei
, just arranged a sentry at the entrance of the village." Grisa said clearly: "But the battalion commander not only arranged a hidden sentry at the entrance of the village, but also arranged a machine gun on duty outside the barn where the troops rested.
If it weren't for his arrangement, when our platoon was attacked by the Germans, even if the entire army was not destroyed, we would have suffered heavy losses."
After Grisa introduced the situation, he paused for a moment and then continued: "I guess the battalion commander wants to say that in the depth of the enemy's defense, their vigilance is often the worst. Once a sudden attack is carried out against them, they will be
Huge results will be achieved.”
"Second Lieutenant Grisa is right." Seeing that Grisa had guessed what he was thinking, Sokov couldn't help but nodded and said: "Currently, the German army's attention is focused on places where the enemy and we have strong forces.
In cities where their defenses are deep, the defenses will appear relatively weak."
In order to prevent everyone from underestimating the enemy, he specially emphasized: "Remember, I said relatively weak, not without any precautions. Otherwise, the guerrillas operating in this area can be severely punished without us taking action.
them."
After Sokov's explanation, the commanders present all understood that although they would be operating behind the enemy's rear in the coming days, the dangers they would encounter were not necessarily as dangerous as fighting on the frontal battlefield. However,
Belkin still asked with some concern: "Major Sokov, if the Germans arrive in the Tim area and cannot find us, will they continue to search for our whereabouts?"
"You don't have to worry about this." Sokov said to Belkin: "The various actions we took during this period in the Tim area gave the Germans the false impression that they were just a relatively large force.
The big guerrillas have no idea that we are regular troops. Once they cannot find our whereabouts, they will think that we have moved to other areas and stop the search operation. But your words reminded me that if we suddenly disappear out of thin air,
It will definitely arouse the suspicion of the Germans, and we must leave a small force to continue dealing with the Germans here."
"Which troops do you plan to leave behind?" Belkin asked briefly.
Sokov's eyes swept across the commanders present one by one, and finally stopped on Briskey. He said: "I think we should let Briskey's fourth platoon stay. After all, they are active here.
For a long time, they have become familiar with everything here and know how to use the forests and swamps to fight against the enemies who surround them."
As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Briski stood up, straightened his body and assured Sokov: "Comrade Major, please rest assured that I will definitely lead the troops to deal with the enemy here and make them
The troops who thought they were attacking their lines of communication are still staying in this section of the forest."
"Comrade Captain," seeing Briski so readily agreed to stay and carry out this arduous task, Sokov walked up to Briski, raised his hand and patted him twice on the shoulder, and then said: "
Since you are so confident, I will give this arduous and glorious task to you. If you can firmly attract the enemies who come to encircle us to this area, then I will definitely apply for you.