(Written before: Starting from this chapter, I have officially changed the protagonist’s name to Sokov, so I apologize to all readers for the inconvenience caused!)
As soon as Saviev entered the prisoner-of-war camp with three rows of soldiers, he saw Seryosha coming towards him. He saw that Seryosha seemed to be waiting for him here specially, so he asked first: "Seryosa, what are you doing?"
What's the matter?"
Seryosha came to Saviev, raised his hand and saluted, and said: "Comrade platoon leader, it was Lieutenant Sokov who asked me to wait for you here. He said that he would come to him as soon as you arrive.
Let's go to the meeting room." He said, raising his chin towards the wooden house with soldiers standing guard at the door next to it, "It's right there."
Saveyev glanced at the soldiers behind him and said with some embarrassment: "Where are the soldiers in the platoon?"
"Don't worry, someone will take care of them." Seryosha urged Saviev: "Comrade platoon leader, we have to move quickly, the lieutenant and the others should be impatient." Saviev called the deputy platoon.
Stepan, the elder, gave him a few instructions and then followed Seryosha into the wooden house.
Sokov saw Saveyev entering the room, stood up and greeted him, and then announced: "Okay, comrades, everyone has almost arrived. We are now meeting. Today's topic is how to arrange
These rescued comrades, please express your opinions below."
"Comrade Company Commander," Saviev was brought here by Seryosha as soon as he entered the prisoner of war camp. He knew nothing about the situation in the prisoner of war camp, so he waited for Sokov to finish speaking and couldn't wait to ask.
: "I would like to ask, how many comrades did we rescue in total during this operation?"
"801 people." Vanya said calmly.
Upon hearing this number, Saviev's eyes lit up, and he said to Sokov with some excitement: "Comrade company commander, didn't the superiors say that all the rescued prisoners of war will be incorporated into our company? My God,
There are thousands of people in a company, almost as many as a full infantry regiment."
"Comrade Saveyev, you don't know something." Sokov said bitterly: "As far as we know, almost all of these commanders and fighters were captured in November. Due to the harsh environment of the prisoner-of-war camp, some
Two-thirds of the comrades have varying degrees of frostbite; even those soldiers who do not have frostbite are very weak and need to rest for at least half a month before they can participate in the battle."
"Why hasn't Second Lieutenant Vasily arrived yet?" Seeing that Vasily was not among the people present, Saviev asked curiously: "The company's radio operator and his engineers are lined up. When will they get here?"
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"As soon as we occupied the prisoner-of-war camp, we sent someone back to deliver the message." Vanya said, raising her wrist and looking at the time: "I believe he will be here soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a rush of footsteps at the door, and Vasily, whom everyone just mentioned, appeared at the door. He walked quickly to Sokov, raised his hand in salute, and reported loudly:
"Comrade Battalion Commander, the engineer platoon leader Second Lieutenant Vasily is reporting to you that our platoon has been ordered to arrive at the prisoner of war camp. I am waiting for your orders. Please give me instructions!"
"What battalion commander?" Sokov, who was worried, raised his head, looked at Vasily in front of him, frowned and said, "Are you kidding?"
Vasily put down his hand, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, placed it respectfully in front of Sokov, and then said: "As soon as I learned the news that the prisoner of war camp was occupied, I immediately reported it to the group army headquarters
I sent a telegram. Unexpectedly, before entering the prisoner of war camp, I received a call back from my superiors. This is the call back, you can see for yourself!"
I heard that it was a telegram from the Army Group Headquarters. When Sokov was reading the telegram, several platoon leaders leaned over, eager to know the contents of the telegram.
Sokov stared at the telegram in front of him and saw that it read: "Istria Company will be officially reorganized into Istria Battalion from now on, consisting of three infantry companies, one machine gun company and one engineer platoon. Battalion
The commander was Sokov, who was promoted to captain; the former first platoon commander, Second Lieutenant Vanya, was promoted to lieutenant and served as the commander of the first company; the second platoon leader, Sergeant Andrei, was promoted to second lieutenant and served as the commander of the second company; the third platoon leader Savi
Yev was awarded the rank of lieutenant and served as the commander of the third company; the former engineer platoon leader, Second Lieutenant Vasily, was promoted to lieutenant and served as the commander of the machine gun company; the candidates for the engineer platoon leader and each platoon leader were appointed by the battalion commander, Captain Sokov.
The missing soldiers will be supplemented by commanders and fighters rescued from prisoner-of-war camps..."
After reading the contents of the telegram, Sokov felt as if he was in a dream. It had been less than a month since he arrived in this time and space, and he had already been promoted from a corporal squad leader to a captain battalion commander. The speed of promotion was too fast.
That's right.
Everyone was very happy to see their promotion. Lieutenant Vanya, the newly appointed commander of the first company, said on behalf of everyone: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I don't know how to organize the new company. Please give me your instructions!"
Sokov mentally calculated the number of troops that could be supplemented from prisoners of war, and then announced to everyone according to his own assumptions: "Each infantry company has one hundred and fifty soldiers; the machine gun company has one hundred people;
The engineer platoon is forty people. In addition, I suggest setting up another guard platoon, with thirty to fifty people, with Seryosha as the platoon leader. I wonder if you have any opinions?"
The commanders present were all familiar with Seryosha and knew that he had a good personal relationship with Sokov, so they all replied in unison: "No objection!"
After passing this resolution, Sokov continued: "In addition to the guard platoon, we will also set up a communications class and a health team. The required personnel will also be selected from the rescued commanders and fighters."
Seeing that no one objected to his proposal, Sokov waved his hand and said: "You all go and choose the soldiers you need! Remember, the professional soldiers needed by the engineer platoon, communications class, and health team must be given priority."<
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Everyone agreed and left one after another. Sokov stopped Vasily: "Lieutenant Vasily, wait a moment."
Vasily stopped quickly and stood there waiting for Sokov's instructions. Sokov walked around the table, walked in front of Vasily, and said to him: "The machine gun company needs to provide the infantry with the necessary equipment in future attacks."
fire support, so we not only need machine gunners, but also artillery. So when you select personnel, you need to select more artillery, understand?"
"I understand, comrade battalion commander." Vasily raised his hand to his forehead, looked at Sokov and asked: "Do you allow me to leave?"
Seeing that Vasily was about to leave, Sokov suddenly remembered Asya who was staying in the engineer platoon, and couldn't help but ask: "By the way, where is Asya?"
"She went to take care of the wounded, and she will probably be back soon." After Vasily finished speaking, he turned and walked out of Sokov's room.