Seeing the prisoners and the radio brought back by Samoilov, Sokov was really happy. He patted Samoilov on the shoulder and said: "Well done, Second Lieutenant Samoilov."
When Samoylov was about to remind Sokov that he was a sergeant and not a second lieutenant, he only heard the other party continue to say: "The significance of your elimination of this special agent group is no less than the elimination of an enemy regiment on the battlefield."
Without the enemy's eyes and ears placed around us, they will not be able to figure out our true and false intentions."
Hearing Sokov's words, Samoylov understood in his heart that the other party's calling him second lieutenant was not a mistake, but a promotion to the rank in recognition of his merits.
"Comrade Brigadier, I have a bold idea." Belkin suddenly interrupted: "Maybe we can use the captured radio stations to set a trap for the Germans."
"Use the radio to set a trap for the Germans?" Sokov thought Belkin's proposal was good, so he asked with interest: "Comrade Political Commissar, how do you plan to get the enemy to take the bait?"
"Didn't the Germans pretend to be officers from the Front Army Headquarters and order us to withdraw from Mamayev Heights?" Belkin said with a smile: "We can use this to make a fuss."
Sokov understood what Belkin meant. He nodded and said, "We can try this, but the premise is that the captured German radio operator is willing to help us send this telegram to the Germans."
"Comrade Brigadier, give me the German radio operator." Samoylov, who had just been promoted to second lieutenant, was eager to perform well in front of Sokov, so he volunteered: "I promise to do it.
Let him cooperate with us unconditionally."
"Comrade Second Lieutenant, please take it easy when you do it." Sidorin interjected from the side: "The fake major died not long after you interrogated him. Don't kill the radio operator too, otherwise
Our plan will not be implemented."
Samoilov grinned twice and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, please rest assured that I will pay attention to the severity this time and will never kill the prisoners."
"Okay, Comrade Second Lieutenant, take the prisoner down. When he is willing to cooperate with us, bring him back." After Sokov sent Samoilov away, he said to Sidorin and Bel
"Now let's work out the details," King said.
"There are oil storage tanks full of fuel on Beigan. If we start a war there, once the oil tanks are detonated, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, we can only choose Nangang as the battlefield." At the beginning of the meeting, Sokov spoke first, saying
The combat area is locked in Nangang: "You can talk about whatever ideas you have."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sidorin continued: "Comrade Brigadier, I think we can put the enemies into our tunnels and use their unfamiliarity with the terrain to eliminate them all..."
"No, Comrade Chief of Staff, your plan won't work." Before Sidorin finished speaking, Sokov rejected his proposal: "Even if we take the initiative to let the enemy discover the entrance to the tunnel, they will not enter easily.
Instead, we will send a few soldiers into the tunnel to conduct reconnaissance. After making sure everything is safe, large groups of people will enter one after another. As long as the enemy's scouts discover the troops hidden in the tunnel, our plan will fail."
"Comrade Brigadier," Belkin knew that Sokov had many ideas, so he did not express any opinions casually, but asked tentatively: "In your opinion, what should we do?"
"Withdraw all the troops into the tunnels and give up all the surface positions in Nangang to the Germans." Sokov said without hesitation: "After the enemy occupied our positions, our tunnel troops used the night to attack and eliminate the occupied positions.
The enemy in surface positions."
Regarding Sokov's proposal, Belkin was silent for a long time, and then said: "Comrade Brigadier, your plan is a bit risky. Have you ever considered that if the German army occupied our surface position, they would immediately head towards the dock?"
What should we do if we launch an attack? You must know that there is no defense in the direction of the dock and there is no way to stop the enemy's attack."
"Comrade Brigade Commander," just when Sokov was in danger, Sidorin pointed to the east of Nangang and said: "We can build a temporary defensive position to the east. This way, even if the enemy rushes down from the hill, we can
Also stop them."
Sidorin's proposal made Sokov more confident in his plan: "If the enemy launches an attack directly toward the dock after occupying the surface position, the troops in the tunnel can immediately attack and act as a blocker with the east side.
Troops flanked them."
After formulating the plan, Belkin reminded Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, this matter is of great importance. Do you think we should report it to the Army Headquarters?"
In fact, even if Belkin didn't remind him, Sokov was still going to report to Chuikov. If he didn't say hello to Chuikov, he would directly give up the surface position to the Germans. If Chuikov knew about it, he would definitely come over with a pistol to take his life.
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After the call was connected, Sokov heard Chuikov's voice coming from the receiver and said to him quickly: "Comrade Commander, I am Sokov. I have something important to report to you."
"What's the matter?" Chuikov asked very quickly.
"Comrade Commander, we have captured several spies sent by the Germans." Sokov succinctly pretended that the spies were officers from the front army headquarters, ordered his troops to withdraw from Mamayev Hill, and sent troops to capture the spies himself.
I reported the incident to Chuikov, and he finally said: "Because we acted quickly, the agents' hiding place was taken away by us before they had time to send out an alarm signal. Therefore, I plan to use the trick to lure the Germans to take the bait."
"Luring the Germans into taking the bait?" Chuikov heard this, sneered and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, do you think the Germans will be fooled by you?"
"The radio operator in the special agent team was captured alive by us." In order to increase Chuikov's confidence, Sokov took the initiative to report to him: "I have handed him over to Second Lieutenant Samoilov. The Second Lieutenant was the one we were working with at the time.
On the southern front, I saw the sergeant in the Ministry of Internal Affairs warehouse."
"Oh, he is already a second lieutenant." Chuikov asked in surprise: "The military rank was promoted very quickly. What achievements has he made?"
“Second Lieutenant Samoilov was indispensable for our ability to capture the hidden German agent.” Sokov explained: “It was he who found out where other agents were hiding from the prisoners who could not speak.
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"It seems that the internal security forces are quite good at interrogating prisoners." Chuikov said: "As long as the captured radio operators are willing to cooperate with you, then I will agree to your action plan."