"Comrade Commander, is it a bit too risky for her to do this?" Sameko said with full of doubts: "If the old man had hit her forehead instead of her shoulder, I'm afraid her life would have been lost."
"This is their cleverness." Sokov said: "They must have investigated our sniper school beforehand, had a detailed understanding of the three instructors there, and knew their personalities well. Maybe they were worried about Lyudmi
When sniping, La and Vasily liked to hit each other on the forehead, so they did not hesitate to sacrifice an airborne team and lured the two out of the city."
Originally, Sokov just thought that it would be a waste of money to shoot Arya, a woman with such a beautiful appearance, without explanation. Later, under the persuasion of everyone, he once considered shooting if the outside world put too much pressure on him.
It's not impossible for Alia.
But as he peeled off the details one by one, he unexpectedly discovered the horrifying truth. He thought it was just an ordinary sniper operation arranged by the German army, but now it seems that there is a shocking truth hidden behind this operation.
conspiracy.
"Comrade Commander, since we have discovered that this is a conspiracy." Samyko asked tentatively: "Do we need to recall Lyudmila, Vasily and the old man?"
Judging from the current situation, the reason why Alia's confession mentioned two other sniper teams was to let Sokov misjudge and transfer the strongest sniper in the city. In this way, the German army
If the ace sniper wants to do something in Otac City, no one can stop him.
"It can be transferred back." Sokov knew very well that even if there was a German sniper team in Wenger's place, they were all targets of little value. Letting Vasily and the old man go there was really overkill.
However, in order to prevent the enemies lurking in the city from noticing, Sokov specifically told Sameko: "But the other members of the sniper team should not come back for the time being, and continue to put on a posture of preparing to destroy the German sniper team in order to confuse the enemy."
Samyko naturally understood Sokov's intention, nodded and said: "Don't worry, Comrade Commander, I will recall them secretly, and they will never be discovered by the enemies lurking in the city."
Sokov nodded, acknowledging Samyko's statement, and then raised a question in his mind: "Comrade Chief of Staff, where do you think the German snipers are hiding now?"
"It's hard to say." Sameko replied with some embarrassment: "Maybe he is hiding in the Romanian military camp, but our army will never go there to search, and he can wait peacefully until the day of action. There is another possibility,
Even if he is lurking within our army, he will not be easily detected."
Sokov still agrees with these two statements made by Sameko. No matter whether the enemy's sniper is hiding in the Romanian military camp or lurking inside his own house, at least under the current circumstances, he cannot be caught.
. What we can do now is to continue to wait patiently, waiting for the day when the enemy loses his composure and jumps out on his own initiative.
"Commander, Chief of Staff," Trofimenko's voice came from the door at this time: "You two came quite early."
"Comrade Deputy Commander, I want to talk to you."
Trofimenko didn't know what happened, but he still walked up to Sokov and said politely: "Comrade Commander, what do you want to talk about?"
Sokov explained his analysis and the contents of his research with Samyko to Trofimenko in detail.
After Trofimenko heard this, he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat: "What, there are German snipers, even ace snipers, lurking in the city?"
"Yes, Comrade Deputy Commander, this is entirely possible." Sokov nodded and said to him: "I am considering whether, in order to avoid the possibility of the entire command being taken advantage of by the enemy, we should
Consider re-separating the two commands?"
"Ah, separate the two headquarters again?" Trofimenko said with a shocked look on his face: "Comrade Commander, if this happens, will there be a lot of inconvenience for us when commanding operations?"
"There will definitely be a lot of inconveniences if the two headquarters are separated." Sokov said helplessly: "But if you continue to stay here, you will definitely become a target of the Germans. Who knows where the enemy's snipers will hide?
Somewhere, when we weren't paying attention, he shot us unexpectedly."
"No, no, no, Comrade Commander, I do not agree to separate the headquarters." Although Sokov has already said this, Trofimenko's attitude is still clear and he firmly opposes the separation of the two headquarters:
"If the German army really sends out its ace snipers and wants to kill us, even if the headquarters is divided into two parts, they will still have the opportunity to take advantage."
In order to convince Sokov, he continued: "After the merger of our two headquarters, the troops of several group armies have formed a certain degree of tacit understanding after running in. If we separate at this moment, it will inevitably cause some unnecessary confusion. I
I feel like the status quo has been maintained.”
"What about the enemy's snipers?" Sokov raised the most important question: "If they really launch a sniper attack on us, I'm afraid we will pay a high price. If the members of the headquarters are killed by the group,
The troops will fall into chaos because they lose unified command."
"In fact, it is not difficult to prevent enemy snipers." Trofimenko said: "We can completely deploy our people in the buildings near the headquarters to ensure that enemy snipers cannot get good results.
sniper position, so that our danger can be minimized."
"But, Comrade Deputy Commander, I have to think about your safety."
"Comrade Commander, you don't have to say anything." Before Sokov could finish his words, Trofimenko interrupted him, "Even if I unfortunately die under the muzzle of a sniper, it will be a well-deserved death.
I have no regrets at all.”
Seeing that Trofimenko was so determined not to want to separate the family, Sokov could not say anything more, so he had to put aside the dispute for the time being: "Well, Comrade Deputy Commander, since we can't reach a consensus on this matter, then let's
Let’s put it down for the time being and wait until General Smirnov recovers from his injuries and is discharged from the hospital to study it again.”
"Comrade Commander, I think what you said is very important."
"whats the matter?"
"The two German sniper teams mentioned in Alia's confession seem to have little value now, so I think we should transfer Lyudmila, Vasily and the old man over as soon as possible. Now that they are in charge of the city,
Even if the Germans send more snipers, we don't have to worry anymore."
"I have asked the chief of staff to send them a report and let the three of them return to Otats secretly." Sokov remembered that he had not mentioned the matter to Trofimenko just now, so he explained to him: "But the people they led
The sniper team will continue to stay at a distance to confuse the enemy and make them think that Lyudmila, Vasily and the old man are still outside."
"This is a good idea." Trofimenko very much approved of Sokov's arrangement: "The Germans must have been staring at the sniper team we sent. As long as they see the members of the sniper team appearing, they will instinctively
They thought Lyudmila, Vasily and the old man were all here. But little did they know that the three of them had been secretly transferred back by us. When they were about to take action, they suddenly saw the three of them appearing in front of them. What would happen?
Such an expression, I can’t wait to see it.”
"Comrade Commander," Samyko came over at this time, handed a newly received telegram to Sokov, and said excitedly: "I just received a telegram from General Afnin, and his troops
Already arrived in Victoria."
When he heard this British-style place name, Sokov showed an expression of surprise on his face, because this city is no more than 120 kilometers away from Ongeny. In other words, as long as General Afnin is willing, his troops will be there tomorrow.
Able to enter Romania without hesitation.
"This is really great." Sokov took the telegram from Samek's hand, browsed it quickly, and said excitedly: "It seems that General Afnin's progress is quite smooth. Now they
It is only 40 kilometers away from the Romanian border. Even if we march on foot, we can cross the border in the same day."
Sameko waited for Sokov to finish speaking before he asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, do you really plan to let them cross the border directly and enter Romania?"
"That's right, Comrade Chief of Staff." Sokov nodded and said in a positive tone: "If only one of Lieutenant Colonel Ponejelin's troops enters Romania, if the Romanians are forced by the Germans to attack
Our army will resist tenaciously in its advance and will even find ways to drive our army out of the country.
But if we have two troops entering Romania from two different directions, then the Romanians will have to consider whether to continue to follow the Germans and become our enemies, or to decisively choose to abandon the Germans who are beginning to decline.
And join our camp.”
"So that's it." After Samek understood Sokov's meaning, he then asked: "Comrade Commander, if the 18th Guards Army enters Romania and encounters the Romanian army, what action should be taken?
"
"Romania has not yet become our ally, so it is still hostile to us." Sokov looked up at Sameko and said, "I don't need to teach you what to do to the enemy."
"Understand, understand," Sokov said, and Samek suddenly understood: "Comrade Commander, you once said that if the enemy does not surrender, then he will be resolutely eliminated."
"Yes, that's what I mean." Sokov nodded slightly, "Since he is our enemy, why should we be polite to him? Just shoot him." After saying this, Sokov was silent for a moment.
, organized the vocabulary in his mind, and then said, "If our soldiers saw that the person in front of them was not a Romanian but a German, would they ask such a question?"
"No, definitely not." This time Sameko responded simply: "Comrade Commander, I understand what you mean. As long as the soldiers who appear in front of us are not our own or friendly forces, we will
Treat them like enemies."
Regarding Samyko's statement, Sokov nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "Is there any news from Lieutenant Colonel Ponedelin?"
Sameko looked at the location of the radio station and said in an uncertain tone: "It wasn't there when I just came here, and I don't know if it is there now. I'll go over and have a look."
When Samyko left the table and went to get the telegram, Trofimenko asked: "Comrade Commander, what are you going to do next? Are you going to move all the troops directly into Romania, or are you going to eliminate the Germans first?"
Say it again."
"Judging from the current situation from the north, the Germans from Ukraine are trying to prevent our troops from entering Romania." Sokov explained: "In this direction, we must first eliminate the enemies before entering Romania to avoid our
Logistics supply lines were cut off by the enemy."
"As for the south, I think we can boldly enter Romania. Because in this direction, we are not fighting alone. In addition to the current 18th Guards Army and the 6th Tank Army, there is also the 52nd Army under the Front Army.
They are also cooperating with our department’s combat operations.”
"Comrade Commander, you seem to have forgotten our troops." Trofimenko complained a little aggrievedly: "Nowadays, except for the 98th Guards Division, which is still participating in various battles, you seem to have forgotten the rest of the troops.
So much so that they can only be responsible for some simple defense work."
Trofimenko's words reminded Sokov that now that he is commanding operations, he has basically given all the tasks to the 53rd Army and the 18th Guards Army, while the 27th Army's troops are selectively controlled by him most of the time.
Hearing Trofimenko's complaint, he quickly said with a smile on his face: "Comrade Deputy Commander, the reason why I did not use your troops is that I plan to treat them as a reserve until the battle is over.
At the most critical moment, throw them into the battlefield."
Hearing what Sokov said, Trofimenko really couldn't say anything else. After all, no one could say how long this battle would last. And according to his experience, troops who usually entered the battle in the later stages of the battle
, can basically achieve great feats, because when the battle reaches this level, the German army's strength has been almost exhausted.
"Comrade Commander," Samyko came over with a telegram and reported to Sokov: "I just received a telegram from Lieutenant Colonel Ponedelin that all three divisions of the battle group have entered.
In Romania, they are conducting reconnaissance on nearby defenders and looking for new breakthroughs to expand the area of the landing site."
"Well done." Sokov received the telegram and after reading the entire content, he said with satisfaction: "After all, a person who has been a group army commander knows how to find fighters. Now the three divisions are gathered in Romania.
, this is a force that cannot be underestimated, and it is a huge threat to the German troops trying to capture Chernivtsi."
"Comrade Commander, I think that in order to make the war situation develop in a direction that is beneficial to our army, we can consider letting Lieutenant Colonel Ponejelin command the troops and launch another attack on the German army's flanks and rear, completely disrupting their deployment and making the tanks
The troops of the 2nd Army can use this time to consolidate the existing defenses and prepare for a protracted war with the Germans."
