"Judging from the current situation, the only option is to march on foot." Malinin said with a wry smile: "Even Colonel Bely's tank brigade can only move on tracks to Lugansk."
"My God," Sidorin couldn't help but exclaimed after hearing what Malinin said: "The distance from Stalingrad to Luhansk is almost seven or eight hundred kilometers. Marching in such bad weather, our soldiers
It can't even cover 20 kilometers in a day. And the way the tank brigade drives forward on tracks will break down before reaching the destination."
"Give me the phone." Sokov heard the conversation between Sidorin and Malinin and immediately realized that if Malinin's arrangement was followed, his troops would need to march on foot for a month to reach the designated location. By that time
It was estimated that the Battle of Kharkov was over long ago. He quickly asked for the phone in Sidorin's hand and said into the receiver: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I think it is very inappropriate for our division to go to Luhansk on foot."
Sokov's words aroused Malinin's curiosity: "Colonel Sokov, why is this?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff, I think the superiors asked our division to move to Luhansk immediately after completing the supplies in order to strengthen the defense there to cope with possible dangerous situations." Sokov continued: "If it is true.
If our division is asked to march on foot, maybe something unexpected will happen before we get there."
"Colonel Sokov, what you said makes sense." Malinin knew that Sokov's words were reasonable, but he was also a clever woman who couldn't make a living without straw. He didn't have enough cars, so he couldn't conjure it out of thin air: "But now there is no way to mobilize anyone.
There are so many vehicles to transport your division."
Sokov understood that Malinin was worried about the lack of vehicles, so he took the initiative and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, there are not enough vehicles. Our division can drive to Luhansk in batches as a regiment."
"Okay, Colonel Sokov, since you said so, let me discuss with the commander first to see how many vehicles can be allocated to you to transport troops and supplies."
After Sokov put down the phone, he said to Ivanov, Sidorin and others standing at the table: "Since the superiors have ordered our division to move towards Luhansk, we must start making preliminary preparations."
"We will first organize a recreational team to go to Luhansk to contact the local garrison and choose a location to station the troops." When it comes to the departure of large troops, the most experienced one is Ivanov, who asked Sokov for instructions.
: "Comrade Commander, who do you think will be responsible for attacking the front line?"
The front line is of great importance, and it will definitely not work if the leader of the team is too low-level. Sokov originally asked Sidorin to take on this responsibility, but then he thought about it. The mobilization of troops and the transportation of materials cannot be separated from Sidorin.
Lin was the assistant, so he turned his attention to Ivanov: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, I think you should be responsible for attacking the front station. I feel more at ease with you taking action."
Ivanov knew that the work at the front station was very hard and sometimes thankless. He wanted to refuse, but after hearing what Sokov said next, he immediately changed his mind and quickly expressed his stance: "Okay, Commander
Comrade, let me lead the team to the front line. Don't worry, I will never let you down."
"Although we have eliminated the Paulus Group, no one can guarantee that there will be no stragglers from the German army along the way." Seeing that Ivanov agreed to take up the task of attacking the front line, Sokov quickly told him: "For the sake of
For your own safety, take Seryosha's guard with you."
Regarding Sokov's concerns, Ivanov grinned and said disapprovingly: "Comrade division commander, you are worrying too much. Now there are hundreds of thousands of our troops in the entire Stalingrad area, with just a few stragglers.
, what kind of big wave can there be? There are too many security companies, and there are not that many means of transportation. I think we can just ask Lieutenant Samoilov's platoon to set off with me."
Sokov felt that what Ivanov said made sense. If a company was sent to attack the front station, there really wouldn't be that many means of transportation. In any case, if you take a platoon of means of transportation, you can still make it together, so he agreed.
Ivanov's request. At the same time, he made a call to the guard camp and told the person who answered the phone: "I am Sokov. Ask Lieutenant Samoilov to come to my place."
Seeing that Sokov had arranged a guard force for him, Ivanov said impatiently: "Comrade division commander, since Lieutenant Samoilov is already here, I will set off immediately."
"Don't be so anxious, Comrade Deputy Division Commander." Seeing Ivanov rushing to set off, Sidorin quickly said: "Even if you want to set off, you have to wait for the mobilization order to be sent from the front army headquarters, otherwise you have to contact the local garrison.
At that time, without orders from superiors, how could the other party believe you?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff, you are worrying too much." Ivanov said with some pride: "Even if there is no order from superiors, as long as I tell the other party that we are from the 41st Guards Division, the comrades stationed in those places will warmly receive them.
our."
"Comrade Deputy Division Commander, are you telling the truth?" After hearing what Ivanov said so confidently, Sokov couldn't help but curiously asked: "The designation of our 41st Guards Division is somewhere else.
Is it really that easy?"
"That's natural. Who among the troops of the Don Front now doesn't know about our division." Ivanov said proudly: "In the entire city defense battle, we were the only one who stood firm on Mamayev Hill, no matter what the Germans launched.
No matter how ferocious the offensive, they never captured the commanding heights of this city."
"The deputy division commander is right. There was a report about our division in the "Red Star" a month ago." Anisimov, the division political commissar, said with a red face: "It reported in detail about our division in the defense war.
The battle experience and the great achievements made.”
Sokov guessed that he should have been in Moscow when the "Red Star" was published. It was a pity that he missed such a good opportunity. He said regretfully: "Oh, it's a pity that I didn't see this newspaper.
.”
"Comrade Commander," Anisimov took out a square piece of paper from his pocket and said proudly: "I have transcribed the most exciting piece of content, you can take a look."
Sokov unfolded the stacked paper and saw what was written on it: "The glory of the 41st Guards Division will last forever. In a few years, green grass will grow on the battlefield plowed by artillery shells;
In free Stalingrad, new and bright buildings will be erected. At that time, we old soldiers will proudly say: 'Yes, I fought under the banner of the heroic 41st Guards Division!
'"
Seeing such comments, Sokov couldn't help but feel moved: "I really didn't expect that the newspapers would actually evaluate us like this."
"Comrade division commander, in order to protect this great city, our division has suffered tens of thousands of casualties and casualties." Sidorin said with emotion: "How great it would be if they could live to see such comments."
After Sidorin's reminder, Sokov immediately realized that his troops had suffered a lot of casualties in this defense battle, and the entire army had basically changed. If his superiors hadn't replenished his troops at any time,
Maybe he has become a polished commander at this moment.
"Don't worry, Comrade Chief of Staff." Sokov said to Sidorin: "Our descendants will remember these comrades who sacrificed their lives to defend the motherland, and their achievements will last forever."
"Comrade Commander," Ivanov also sighed, raised his hand to look at his watch, and said to Sokov: "It's time for me to set off, otherwise I won't be able to find a suitable place to stay before dark."
Before Ivanov left, Sokov specially equipped them with a radio station and specifically told them: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, remember to keep in touch with us at any time and let us know your whereabouts."