Although Sokov participated in the Great Patriotic War, he had never been to this area. When he served as the commander of the 27th Army, he was indeed a popular candidate to attack Kiev, and the troops he commanded had the opportunity to be the first to rush into Kiev.
, but unfortunately before the battle could begin, he was seriously injured and sent to Moscow for treatment, thus missing a good opportunity to make a great contribution.
Now, he must find an ideal foothold for himself and the remnant army in the shortest possible time.
The speed of motorcycles is not fast, because they are not rushing, but on a reconnaissance mission. Motorcycles are just their means of transportation. If they travel too fast, it is easy to miss some important things.
Andre, who was driving a motorcycle, occasionally turned around and saw Sokov sitting in a sidecar, looking around with a gun in hand. He couldn't help but curiously asked: "Sokov, what are you looking at?"
"I'm looking for a place where we can stay."
"A place to stay?" Andrei asked in confusion: "Sokov, what do you mean, why can't I understand it."
"Andre, how long do you think the company's current location can last if it is attacked by the Germans?"
Andre thought for a while and replied: "I think it should be half an hour."
"Well, can it last for half an hour?" Andrei's confidence made Sokov laugh: "Do you think that with more than seventy people and thirty guns, you can sustain half an hour under the strong attack of the Germans?
Hours long?”
"Sokov, you didn't understand what I meant." Andrei explained: "It only takes five minutes for the Germans to defeat us. The rest of the time is to search for those scattered fighters in the woods."
Seeing that Andre had a clear understanding of the company's strength, Sokov nodded and continued: "I remember that there are many defense fortifications near here. If the company can be stationed in them, then facing the Germans'
If we attack, we can sustain it for a longer period of time."
Andre said with a depressed look: "If we can't escape the fate of being annihilated by the Germans, even if we find defense fortifications, what's the use?"
"Andre, you can't say that." Sokov said to Andre: "If we can find a defense fortification for the company to be stationed, then this place can be turned into a fire support point that can accommodate more troops.
, then it will be possible to get rid of the ending of annihilation of the entire army."
Hearing what Sokov said, Andrei raised his head and became more confident than before: "If it can be done as you said, after the company occupies a defense fortification, it can turn it into a firepower
The support point may really be able to block the German attack."
Not long after the motorcycle left the woods and drove forward, Sokov suddenly shouted excitedly: "Andre, look to the right front quickly."
Andre turned his head and looked forward to the right, and saw a group of half-man-high bunkers made of reinforced concrete on a slope dozens of meters away. His eyes lit up: "Sokov is built of reinforced concrete.
everlasting fortifications.”
"Hurry up and ride over," Sokov urged: "First check whether this fortification can be used."
Andre rode his motorcycle and stopped more than 20 meters away from the bunkers. After the two got off the car, they cautiously approached the bunkers with guns in hand to prevent any enemies inside from making a surprise attack.
Fortunately, the two of them were lucky. There was no one in the bunker group, and they were able to enter the fortification smoothly.
After Sokov entered a bunker, he found that it was empty. There was nothing except a few shooting holes. The bunker was not large and could accommodate five or six people at most. There was a communication trench outside that was more than half a person deep.
Connect this bunker with other bunkers.
"Sokov, look at the overgrown weeds here. No one has been here for a long time." After Andre had a clear look at the inside of the bunker, a disappointed expression appeared on his face: "Even if we go back, tell the captain this place is here."
There is a permanent fortification group, do you think he will bring the company over?"
Sokov did not say a word, but walked to a shooting hole, looked out, and found that the shooting range was very good. As long as two machine guns were set up, the road dozens of meters away could be easily blocked. Unfortunately, there were no artillery in the company, otherwise
Even if the Germans dispatch tanks, they can be easily eliminated.
"Andre, I think this place is good." Sokov turned to Andre and said: "As long as the company is stationed here, it can use firepower to block the road below and prevent the Germans from advancing along the road towards Kiev."
"However, the company lacks ammunition. Even if we occupy this bunker group, the effect we can play against the enemies passing here is very limited."
Sokov remembered that when he was the commander of the 27th Group Army and chatting with one of his battalion commanders, he once heard the other party mention that although many of the defense fortifications near Kiev were only half repaired and left there. But in these
Hidden ammunition depots were basically built near the fortifications. Unfortunately, this matter was not known to more people until after Kiev was recaptured in 1944. If his unit had had enough ammunition at that time, it would not have been so short.
Was defeated by the Germans within a short period of time.
Now that he has found a reinforced concrete bunker group, the next thing to do is to search nearby to see if he can find a hidden ammunition depot. Although Sokov currently has no clues, he is still confident about Andrei
Said: "Andre, you go back and ask the captain to bring the company over. As for the supply of ammunition and food, I will find a way to solve it."
When Andrei heard what Sokov said, his eyes widened in surprise: "Sokov, where are you going to get food? Is it going to a nearby collective farm? I tell you, that is against discipline.
If the captain finds out about this, he might just shoot you."
"Don't worry, Andrei." Sokov comforted the other party and said: "Even if we don't enter the collective farm, I can still get food. You hurry up and find the captain and ask him to bring the company over as soon as possible. Don't
We have wasted precious time. If this place is occupied by the enemy, we will be totally doomed."
When Andrei left on his motorcycle, Sokov climbed to the top of the bunker and looked around with squinted eyes, looking for the location of the ammunition depot.
According to Sokov's speculation, the location of the ammunition depot must be on the same side of the road as the bunker group, because no idiot designer would design the ammunition depot on the opposite side of the road, thus forcing the soldiers to place the ammunition on the opposite side of the road.
After running out, you must brave the enemy's bullets to go to the opposite side to get ammunition. If someone really designs this, they will definitely be sent to the Gulag concentration camp as a saboteur, or directly shot.
After checking for a while, he found that there was a grassland more than 500 meters behind the bunkers. The height and color of the weeds were different from those around him. His eyes lit up and he wondered if the hidden ammunition depot was at that location.
?
Thinking of this, he quickly jumped off the bunker and ran in that direction.
After arriving at the place, he lowered his head and searched on the ground. At the same time, he tapped the ground with the butt of his submachine gun to see if there was any special sound coming out.
Soon, he heard a dull sound from the ground of the gun butt. He hurriedly squatted down and pulled away the soil there with his hands. Sure enough, he found a wooden board underneath. Seeing the appearance of the wooden board, Sokov couldn't help feeling anxious.
Overjoyed, he quickly cleaned the dirt on it and found the pull ring on the wooden board.
Sokov grabbed the pull ring with both hands, his breath dropped from his pubic area, and he lifted it up with all his strength. After hearing a noise, the wooden board was lifted up, revealing a downward staircase. It looked like
It looked like a basement. Sokov opened the wooden door aside, looked inside for a while, and then slowly walked down the stairs.
Although the basement was dark, Sokov could vaguely see the piles of things piled inside, which were also covered with waterproof canvas. He walked over, lifted up a canvas, touched it with his hand, and found that it was a rectangular shape.
Wooden box. According to his experience, the wooden box should contain guns.
Since there is a gun, it means there is ammunition. After he put down this canvas, he walked to the side and lifted up another canvas. Although there was also a wooden box underneath, it was much smaller than the box he just touched. It contained either bullets or bullets.
grenade.
In order to find out what was inside, he moved a small wooden box down. When he was about to go out, he tripped when he went up the stairs. When he touched it with his hand, the thing that almost tripped him turned out to be a lever.
Damn, I really feel like dozing off, so someone gave me a pillow.
Sokov carried the small wooden box outside, pried it open with a crowbar, and found bullets wrapped in oil paper inside. A smile appeared on his face. With these bullets, the company's ammunition problem was solved.
But after a brief moment of happiness, he couldn't help but frown. He had seen the equipment in the company. Except for two or three submachine guns, they were all Mosin-Nagant rifles. With such equipment, no matter how abundant the ammunition was, it would be difficult to deal with it.
There may be no problem with the enemy's infantry. But if it encounters the enemy's armored forces, there is nothing you can do.
Sokov moved seven or eight more wooden boxes from the basement. After prying them open, he found that some were filled with bullets and some were filled with grenades, but there was no food. Such a discovery made Sokov somewhat agitated.
Disappointed, bullets and grenades are good for hitting enemies, but they cannot be used for food. What should I do?
Besides, after Andre returned to the company's station and reported the situation to the captain, the captain said with a straight face: "Andre, I just asked you to detect the movements of the Germans, but I didn't ask you to find a new station.
, it’s just nonsense.”
Seeing that the captain seemed unwilling to lead the company to the bunker group, Andre couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and quickly said: "Captain, I think what Sokov said makes sense. If we garrison the bunker group on the roadside, even if we encounter
We can also sustain the German attack for a while longer. I have looked carefully and found that the bunker group is in a good location. As long as a few machine guns are set up, the road below can be blocked tightly."
"Andrei, don't you know how much ammunition we still have in our company?" the captain said dissatisfied: "Sokov is a new recruit and doesn't know anything. You have been in the army for five or six years.
A 20-year-old veteran is actually following him around."
"Captain," seeing the reluctance on the captain's face, Andre decided to use his trump card: "Sokov told me that as long as the troops are stationed in the bunker group, he will be able to get the ammunition and food we need.
There are even medicines." The item "medicines" was added by Anthony on his own initiative. He knew that there were several wounded in the company, and the injuries were serious. If they did not receive medical treatment, they might not be able to survive for long.
The medicines Andre mentioned touched the captain's heart. He was worried about several wounded soldiers under his command. When he learned that Sokov had the ability to obtain medicines, he quickly grabbed Andre and said excitedly: "An
Andre, are you telling the truth? Can Sokov really find the medicines we need for our wounded?"
The matter had reached this point, and Andre could only bite the bullet and said: "Yes, Comrade Captain, Sokov said he can find the medicine, so let us not worry."
The captain, who was originally unwilling to lead his troops out of here, learned that Sokov could really find medicines, and quickly ordered the troops to assemble and use a rapid march to rush to the bunker group discovered by Sokov and Andre.
When Andre led the captain and company to the bunker group, he was stunned by the pile of wooden boxes piled outside the fortifications. He asked Sokov, who was sitting next to him and resting: "Sokov, these
Where did you get this stuff from?"
Seeing the captain coming out, Sokov quickly stood up, stood at attention and saluted him and said: "Captain, these are the ammunition I got. There are 30 boxes of grenades and 50 boxes of rifle ammunition, which is enough for our company to have enough ammunition."
"
After learning that Sokov had obtained so much ammunition, the captain's eyes couldn't help but shine. He rushed to the wooden box, opened one, and saw that it was indeed full of bullets, with an expression of ecstasy on his face.
After checking the contents of the wooden box, the captain turned and asked Sokov, who was standing behind him: "Sokov, tell me, where did you get these ammunition?"
"Well, it's right there." Sokov pointed in the direction of the basement and said, "There is a basement in the grass over there. It is a secret arsenal where our army stores ammunition. In addition to bullets and grenades, it is also full of
Big wooden boxes for guns, but I can't move those boxes back by myself."
Knowing that there was an underground arsenal for storing ammunition on the grass not far away, the captain suddenly became excited. He selected more than 20 strong soldiers and followed Sokov over.
The group of people soon arrived at the top of the basement. Sokov pointed down and said: "Captain, everything is down there. But the light is not good, so everyone should be careful when carrying things."
"Sokov, how did you discover such a hidden ammunition depot?" the captain looked at Sokov with suspicion and asked warily.
"That's it." In order to make the captain believe him, Sokov began to make up lies again: "I have a neighbor who once participated in the construction of these defense fortifications. He told me that in order to ensure that these fortifications receive timely supplies, usually
Underground arsenals are built near fortifications to store ammunition and food needed by the troops."
"Are there any medicines?" the captain asked impatiently.
"Maybe." Sokov replied in an uncertain tone: "It's too dark down there and I can't see clearly, so I don't know if there is food and medicine."
"I have a flashlight here." The captain took out a flashlight from his briefcase, "I'll go down and see for myself."