According to Vlasov's plan, the troops would stay in the Yagotin area for one more day, and then take a train to leave this damn place.
However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. The German army launched an unexpected surprise attack on the Yagotin area in the early morning of the 26th. The Soviet army was caught off guard and had no time to organize effective resistance. Many areas were occupied by the German army. Among them, the Soviet army was occupied by the German army.
The railway station where Rasov prepares to transfer troops.
When he heard the news that the railway station had been lost, Vlasov could not help but turn pale. Without transportation, it was simply a dream to leave the area blocked by the German army on two legs.
The train station was lost, and Colonel Del was equally anxious. According to the prior plan, as long as the soldiers could successfully evacuate to the train station, they would be able to jump out in half an hour at most after boarding the train and move northeast along the railway.
The German army encircled the area and reached the vicinity of the friendly defense area. Now that there are no trains, it is obviously impossible to break through the German army's blockade by simply marching on foot.
It is precisely because of this that Colonel Del said emotionally: "Comrade Commander, what should we do? The occupation of the railway station by the Germans means that our contact with the outside world is completely interrupted. If there is no way to get out of the current predicament as soon as possible, we will
The headquarters may not be able to escape the fate of destruction."
Vlasov smoked desperately, thinking about what to do next. The area he controlled was originally extremely small, but now with the fierce attack of the German army, this area is shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye. Maybe in another hour
, No, in half an hour, or less, the enemy may rush into the headquarters, and then wait for his fate, either to die in battle or to become a prisoner of the Germans, but in both cases, he is unwilling
seen.
At this moment, he heard someone outside shouting loudly: "Comrade Commander, where is Comrade Commander?"
When Vlasov heard the shout, he raised his head suddenly, thinking that the person shouting seemed to be Captain Sokov. Colonel Del also heard Sokov's shout and quickly said to Vlasov: "Comrade Commander
, seems to be Captain Sokov."
Then, Sokov's figure appeared at the door.
He stood at the door and took a look, quickly locked the positions of Vlasov, Colonel Der and Nikolsky, then walked over quickly and said to the three of them: "Comrade Commander, Comrade Chief of Staff, Military Commissar
Comrade, the enemy is rushing towards us, and my people may not be able to stop them for long, so hurry up and follow them."
"Go? Where to go?" Nikolsky said dissatisfied: There are enemies everywhere. If we go out now, it is tantamount to death."
Seeing that Nikolsky seemed unwilling to leave, Sokov became anxious, turned around and shouted outside: "Someone is coming, someone is coming quickly!"
Following Sokov's shout, seven or eight people poured in from outside, led by Lieutenant Konstantin.
Vlasov saw Konstantin with a bandage on his head, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, didn't you die? Why are you here?"
Konstantin looked at Vlasov and said calmly: "Comrade Commander, I was lucky enough to escape from Kiev again, and found Captain Sokov here, and became a member of the special company again.
member."
"Now is not the time to reminisce about old times." Sokov was worried that Vlasov and Konstantin would not finish talking, so he rudely interrupted the two of them, and then said to the soldiers who followed in a commanding tone: "You guys
Move in groups of two with the commander, chief of staff and military commissar. The speed must be fast, our comrades will not be able to stop the enemy for too long."
When Colonel Del was being held up by two soldiers to leave, he shouted loudly: "Wait a minute, bring the radio and other communication equipment..."
When Sokov saw the communications staff officer who had followed him and escaped from Kiev, he said to him: "Comrade staff officer, it's enough to bring a radio. Don't ask for anything else. The Germans will be here soon.
If you don’t leave, it will be too late.”
In this way, Sokov led a dozen soldiers, Vlasov, Colonel Del and Nikolsky, and quickly fled deep into the forest.
Although the Germans have aircraft, artillery and tanks, as long as everyone goes deep into the forest, the role of these equipment is limited. The only threat is the German infantry, but they have to find a dozen people in the forest
, it’s not that easy either.
The group of people ran for who knows how long, and they came to the side of a lake. Sokov quickly ordered: "Everyone, please pay attention. Let's rest here for half an hour before continuing on our way."
After hearing what Sokov said, everyone immediately found a place to sit down and started breathing heavily.
After a while, someone took out the water bottle they carried with them and went to the lake to fill it with water to drink on the march.
"Captain Sokov," Vlasov called Sokov in front of him and asked politely: "Where are we now?"
"I don't know, Comrade Commander." Sokov replied truthfully: "I just ran away and now I can't figure out where I am."
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Vlasov turned to Colonel Del and asked, "Do you have a map there?"
"No, Comrade Commander." Colonel Del shook his head like a rattle: "I just left in such a hurry that I didn't even have time to bring the map."
"Where's the compass?" Vlasov asked reluctantly, "There's always a compass, right?"
"Sorry, no." Colonel Del replied with a grimace: "Who knew we moved so hastily and didn't have time to bring many things."
"Captain Sokov, it's a bit troublesome to not know where we are now." Vlasov sighed and said: "If we don't know our specific location, if we want to leave this forest smoothly, I'm afraid it will be very difficult.
It’s not an easy thing.”
"Comrade Commander, I think our first task is to get rid of the Germans." Sokov quickly replied: "As long as we can get rid of the Germans, it will not be too late to find a way to leave the forest."
"Without a map or a compass, we don't know how long we will stay in the forest." Vlasov continued to ask with a serious expression: "Captain Sokov, have you prepared enough food?"
"I asked everyone to prepare a batch of food yesterday, which is probably enough for us to eat for a week." Seeing that Vlasov was worried about the shortage of food, Sokov quickly comforted him and said: "In addition to the food we carried, we can also eat in the forest."
Found a lot to eat.”
"Captain Sokov is right." Colonel Derr added: "If we are lucky enough, we may be able to find potatoes left behind by the collective farm members after harvesting in the clearings at the edge of the forest."
Colonel Del's words reminded Sokov: "Comrade Commander, as we all know, there are many residents whose villas are built in the forests on the outskirts. They come to the villas every May to plant various vegetables, and then wait until September to harvest. Now, although
It’s the end of September, but there must be a lot of vegetables stored in many country houses. As long as we find these places, we don’t have to worry about food shortages at all.”
Vlasov stopped talking, but listened to the noise in the distance. Nikolsky, who was sitting next to him, asked curiously: "Comrade Commander, what are you listening to? Are you listening to the area where the headquarters is located?"
Are there any gunshots coming?"
"Yes, Comrade Military Commissar." Vlasov agreed with Nikolsky's guess and said with some worry: "I don't know how many of the commanders and fighters who stayed behind to block the attack could successfully escape in the end. I really didn't expect that, well done
A battle will end like this."
"Comrade Commander, let alone us, I am afraid that even the Supreme Command did not expect such a result." Colonel Del said: "We have 850,000 troops, while the Germans are said to have only 500,000. We are in military strength
Even if you have the upper hand and cannot defeat the enemy, how can you fight the next battle?"
"As long as we can contain the German attack, we can gain time to accumulate strength." Facing the somewhat dejected Colonel Del, Vlasov said bravely: "When we once again gain the advantage in troops and equipment, we will
It can crush the German attack and drive them from our land."
Sokov didn't want to hear the nonsense Vlasov said, so he took off the backpack he was carrying, took out a piece of bread like a brick, and handed it to Vlasov: "Comrade Commander, you haven't eaten it yet.
Let’s have breakfast. Eat something first so that you don’t have any energy when you’re on your way.”
Vlasov took the bread, tore off two pieces and handed them to Colonel Del and Nikolsky respectively: "Chief of Staff, Military Commissar, you didn't eat anything this morning. You must be starving. Eat something first.
Bring something to replenish your strength so that we can go on our way soon."
"Comrade Captain," Sergeant Zub, who was on guard, ran to Sokov and reported to him: "I saw someone coming towards here in the distance."
"See clearly whether it's the enemy or one of our own?"
Sergeant Zub shook his head and replied: "Because there are trees and bushes blocking the view, we can't see clearly."
"How many people are there on the other side?"
"There are about twenty people."
When he learned that there were more than 20 people on the other side, Sokov couldn't help but frowned. He didn't have as many people as the other side. If he had a head-on confrontation, he would definitely suffer a big loss. The only way was to hide everyone and catch the other side off guard.
Thinking of this, he immediately issued a command to everyone: "Disperse, hide, and prepare for battle."
After seeing everyone disperse and find a suitable location to hide, Sokov added: "No one is allowed to shoot without my order."
Ten minutes later, a group of people appeared in Sokov's field of vision.
Although the other party was wearing Soviet military uniforms, Sokov was lying on the ground motionless. The fact that the other party was wearing Soviet military uniforms did not mean that he was a Soviet army. You know, Germany's Brandenburg troops like to disguise themselves as Soviet soldiers.
The army went deep into the Soviet defense zone to carry out sabotage. Who can guarantee that these people in front of them are not disguised as Brandenburg troops.
When the soldiers saw a lake here, they immediately rushed to the water's edge, threw their weapons aside, and then lay there to drink water or wash their faces.
Second Lieutenant Konstantin, who was lying next to Sokov, said in a low voice: "Comrade Captain, look at them like this, they should be our own people."
Sokov was thinking that if these people were disguised as Brandenburg troops, their first reaction after seeing the lake should not be to drink water or wash their faces, but to immediately search the area to see if there was anything hidden around them.
The enemy. But when these people arrived at the lake, they directly threw their weapons aside to drink water or wash their faces, indicating that they were most likely Soviet commanders and fighters who had fled.
Thinking of this, Sokov shouted at those people: "Hey, comrades!"
The man who was drinking water and washing his face heard Sokov's shout and immediately grabbed the weapon beside him and pointed it in the direction of the sound.
One of the leading second lieutenant officers shouted towards the place where Sokov was hiding: "Don't move, raise your hands and stand up slowly, otherwise we will shoot."
When Sokov heard that this man spoke Russian very proficiently, without any accent at all, and that he was not pretending to be a German, he slowly stood up, raised his hands to a position parallel to his shoulders, and shouted at him: "Comrade Second Lieutenant,
Don't shoot, throw it yourself, you are one of our own."
Although Sokov had already said that he was one of his own, the second lieutenant still did not lower the gun in his hand: "You said that you are one of our own, what can you prove?"
"I am Captain Sokov, commander of the special company of the headquarters." Sokov cautiously took two steps forward, then stopped and said: "If you don't believe it, you can come and check my ID in person!"
Before the second lieutenant came forward, a voice suddenly came from the group of people: "Captain Sokov, is that you?"
Sokov looked around and found Qurxin standing in the crowd. He couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Aren't you Qurxin? How come you are here?"
"That's right, Comrade Captain, it's me, I'm Qursin." Qursin quickly came to the second lieutenant and proved Sokov's identity to him: "I am from the special company, and he is from my company."
Captain Sokov."
The second lieutenant escaped here with Qursin, and the two had communicated with each other on the road. He did not feel that Qursin had the need to deceive him, so he quickly put down the gun in his hand and said apologetically to Sokov:
"I'm sorry, Comrade Captain, I mistook you for a German."
"Comrade Second Lieutenant, are you the ones who escaped from Yagogin?"
"Yes, Captain." The second lieutenant nodded and replied: "More than twenty of us are from different units. We were all separated by the Germans and met while escaping in the forest."
"Comrade Second Lieutenant, we are here to cover the retreat of the head of the group army." Sokov turned to the bushes not far away and shouted: "Come out, everyone is one of our own."
Following Sokov's shout, Vlasov, Colonel Del, Nikolsky and the rest of the soldiers all stood up from their hiding places.
Seeing so many people suddenly appearing around him, the second lieutenant couldn't help being startled. When he was about to draw his gun, he thought that these must be his own people, so he put down his gun again.
"Comrade Second Lieutenant," Sokov introduced to the second lieutenant: "This is the commander of the group army, the chief of staff and the military commissar. I believe you all know them."
While the second lieutenant was saluting Vlasov and others, Sokov quickly came to Chursin and asked directly: "Chursin, why are you alone? Second Lieutenant Zhukovin, Dyubro
Where are Romanov and the others?"
"I'm sorry, Comrade Captain, I don't know." Qiusin lowered his head and said with shame on his face: "We were scattered during the battle. I really don't know where they are now. Maybe they were sacrificed.