Sokov did not take Seryosha's words seriously. Despite the fierce fighting at the barricade factory, it was not only Lyudnikov's 138th Division who was responsible for the defense of the factory, but also Gorish.
In the 85th Division, couldn't the strength of two divisions still stop the attack of a German regiment? Even if the German army had a large number of tanks to cover it, the various buildings and fortifications in the barricade factory were enough to offset the German army's equipment advantage.
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Sokov waved his hand to Seryosha and said: "Don't worry, Seryosha, I can assure you that the vast majority of our people here can return to Mamayev Heights safely."
"Even if we can return to Mamayev Heights alive, we will still have to continue fighting with the Germans." Unexpectedly, Seryosha said pessimistically after listening to Sokov's words: "It is estimated that few people will live to see victory.
Which day."
"Seryozha, what's wrong with you?" Sokov frowned and asked, "Why are you so pessimistic?"
"After taking over the defense of Six Side Street, I once talked with a seriously wounded soldier left behind by the Guards Division." Seryosha said with a sad face: "Before he died, he told me that he had fought in many places with
The Germans have fought before, but they have never been as desperate as they are now. Let alone a group army attacking the city, even one division is enough to annihilate our entire group army."
"Nonsense!" When Sokov heard this, he finally couldn't contain the anger in his heart. In his previous life, he had seen a mentally retarded post on the Internet. The poster analyzed how to use a company of German troops to destroy Zhukov's Belarusian troops.
On the one hand, Sokov left a message below and asked the other party: Do you think you are Megatron and you lead all Decepticons, and you can destroy dozens or millions of troops with only two hundred people? That's right.
He had such an experience, so when he heard what Seryosha said, he became furious and shouted at Seryosha: "Where is that wounded man? Such panicked elements who spread rumors and shake the morale of the army should be stopped immediately."
Shoot them with mercy."
Seryosha did not expect that Sokov would react so strongly to his words. He was immediately startled. After a long time, he replied tremblingly: "He is already dead!"
Hearing that the wounded man who spread defeatist arguments was dead, Sokov's anger calmed down a little. He took a few deep breaths, and after his emotions stabilized again, he said to Seryosha in a serious voice: "Thank you.
Liao Sha, you are also a commander now. Your words and deeds have a great impact on the soldiers. If they learn that their company commander has lost the confidence to defend the city, the morale of the army may be disintegrated and morale may be low.
Condition."
"I'm sorry, Misha." Only now did Seryosha realize that his words would bring such serious consequences, and he quickly admitted his mistake to Sokov: "I promise you that I will never make such wrong remarks casually again in the future.
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"Okay, that's the end of the matter." Seryosha was his friend, and Sokov didn't want to break up with him over such a trivial matter, so he raised his hand and patted him twice on the shoulder and said: "Outside
The battle is not over yet, please return to the army as soon as possible."
If, as Seryosha said, the troops of the 138th Division could not come to take over the defense on time, what should he do? After Seryosha left, Sokov began to think about this question in his mind: Could it really be here?
Should you continue to hold on? If you only hold on for a day or two, with your existing military strength, it should not be a big problem. But if your superiors order you to hold on for ten days and a half, that means you must use your troops one after another.
Continuously moving here for defense will inevitably weaken the defense in the direction of Mamayev Heights.
There are no decent fortifications here at all. Although the stone buildings the troops are defending are strong, as long as the Germans continue to shell and bombard them, they will soon turn into ruins. There will not even be a hiding place to block the enemy's attack.
To attack, you can only fill it with people and fight for consumption. Sokov will not do this kind of loss-making business.
"Can you come in?" Suddenly a strange woman's voice came from the door.
"Come in!" Sokov responded casually.
As soon as he finished speaking, a young girl wearing a headscarf walked in from the outside. After looking at Sokov carefully, she asked tentatively: "Are you the commander here?"
"Yes, I am the supreme commander here." When he saw a young girl, Sokov's face was immediately filled with a smile: "Is there anything I can do for you?"
After confirming that Sokov was the supreme commander here, the girl stepped forward, grabbed Sokov's arm, and said excitedly: "Comrade commander, please help me!"
"Help you?" Sokov was confused by the girl's words, and murmured to himself: Could it be that the soldier under his command bullied her, and she came here specifically to beg him to seek justice for her? "Girl, please come out.
What happened?"
"That's right," the girl said in a panic: "The building where my family was hiding collapsed under the German shelling. I hope you can send someone to rescue them..."
"What? There are still residents in this residential area?" Sokov asked in surprise: "Didn't you evacuate before the Germans attacked?"
The girl shook her head and replied: "It is almost impossible to cross the river to the east bank now, so my family stayed behind. When they encountered the German bombing, they hid in the basement. Today there was a bombing
One day, they stayed inside and never came out. Who knew that the house would be blown up by German shells..." At this point, the girl couldn't help but wipe away her tears.
"By the way," Sokov suddenly thought, since the basement where the girl's family lived was buried under the rubble, how did the girl escape? With this question in mind, he asked: "Girl, the house
Where were you when it collapsed?"
"I am a worker at the Dzerzhinsky factory, my name is Vera." The girl wiped her face with her hands and replied, "I just came back from the factory and found the house where my home is.
It collapsed, so I asked the soldiers where the commander was, and they guided me here."
Hearing what Vera said, Sokov couldn't help but frown slightly, thinking that the soldiers' vigilance was still too low. How could they let a stranger come to their headquarters? Fortunately, Vera was not an enemy.
, otherwise the headquarters would be taken away by the enemy, and we would still not know what happened.
"Vera, don't cry." Vera kept wiping her tears before Sokov saw her, and quickly comforted her and said: "There is still a war outside. Once the German attack is repelled, I will send someone to
Save your family."
"Comrade Commander." After Vera wiped it on her face, she looked up at Sokov and said, "Actually, if we want to save people, we don't have to wait until the battle is over. We can enter the building through the sewer and dig open
The masonry covering the basement…”
"What, what did you say?" Sokov heard Vera say that he could enter the collapsed building through the sewer, so he grabbed her and asked excitedly: "Is there really a sewer that can lead to that building?"
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"Yes!" Although Vera didn't know why Sokov was so excited when she heard there was a sewer, she still answered truthfully: "There is an entrance in the stairwell of every building."
"Where is it? Take me to see it quickly." Sokov pulled Vera out of the room, called two soldiers chatting outside the door, and walked downstairs.
Arriving at the stairwell, Vera pointed to a square cement slab on the ground and said, "Comrade commander, this is the entrance."
Sokov quickly pointed his hand at the cement board on the ground and ordered the two soldiers: "Quick, pry it open quickly."
The cement board was quickly pried open, revealing a square hole, and a choking smell came from inside. Sokov raised his hand to cover his nose with his sleeves, bent down and looked inside, only to see that it was pitch black inside, with nothing inside.
He couldn't see. He quickly stood up straight again and said to one of the soldiers: "Go find two flashlights and call a few more people. We have to go outside to rescue people."
Sokov's order was faithfully carried out. Not long after, the soldier reappeared in the stairwell with Guchakov and more than a dozen people. Guchakov came to Sokov and asked
: "Comrade Commander, what are your instructions?"
"This is the sewer in the community." Sokov pointed towards the entrance of the cave and said to Guchakov: "It can lead to other buildings. Follow me in and take a look." After saying that, he took the pipe from the soldier's hand.
With a flashlight, I was ready to jump into the sewer.
"Wait a minute, Comrade Commander." Guchakov quickly grabbed Sokov and said to him: "Comrade Commander, I'd better go down and explore the way first."
Seeing Guchakov taking the initiative to ask for a job, Sokov did not object, but nodded and told him: "Be more careful!"
Guchakov took the lead and jumped into the sewer with a flashlight. A few minutes later, his voice came from inside: "Comrade Commander, you can come down now!"
With the help of the soldiers, Sokov carefully entered the sewer and found that there was a layer of foul-smelling mud on the ground, which did not even reach his feet. Fortunately, he was wearing boots, so he did not have to worry about getting his feet dirty. Gucha
Cove looked forward and backward with his hands and asked: "Comrade Commander, where should we go?"
This was the first time Sokov entered the city's sewers. He couldn't tell the direction clearly. When he was about to raise his head and ask Vera which direction to go, he found that Vera had already entered the sewers with the help of the soldiers. No.
After Sokov finished speaking, Vera pointed forward with her flashlight and said, "Comrade commander, come with me. I will lead the way for you."