As soon as Sokov led the commanders and fighters of the 42nd Guards Regiment into the tunnel in Beigan, Sidorin in the Nangang headquarters received the report. After he put down the phone, he smiled and said to Belkin: "Comrade Political Commissar,
The brigade commander has returned, and he will appear at the headquarters in a few minutes."
"Thank God, he's finally back." Belkin said happily while crossing himself on his chest: "I just heard from the artillery observer that the factory area was attacked by the Germans. I'm really worried about what happened to him.
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According to normal circumstances, it would only take ten minutes at most for Sokov to appear in the headquarters. Unexpectedly, the two of them waited and waited, but never saw Sokov appear. Sidorin could not sit still: "Political Commissar
Comrade, what's going on with the brigade commander? Why hasn't he appeared yet?"
"Did something happen to him?" Belgin's speculation was rejected as soon as he spoke it out: "It's impossible. There are all our people in the tunnel. What will happen to the brigade commander?"
"But, he hasn't shown up yet." Sidorin said worriedly: "Comrade Political Commissar, you and I both know that from Beigang to Nangang headquarters, even if he walks slowly, it only takes ten minutes. Why?
Maybe he didn’t show up for such a long time? No, I have to call and ask."
The information about Sokov's return to Mamayev Heights was provided to Sidorin by Captain Brisky, commander of the fourth battalion. At this moment, in order to trace Sokov's whereabouts, Sidorin first called the commander of the fourth battalion.
So when he heard Briski's voice coming from the receiver, Sidorin immediately asked impatiently: "Comrade Captain, did you really see the brigade commander enter the tunnel in Beigang just now?"
"Yes, Comrade Chief of Staff." Briski couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart when he heard Sidorin ask, and then asked, "Did something happen to the brigade commander?"
Belkin walked up to Sidorin, snatched the microphone from his hand, and then asked: "Comrade Captain, did you see the brigade commander coming back alone, or did someone come back with him?"
Briski replied without hesitation: "The brigade commander did not come back alone. There was about a platoon of soldiers accompanying him."
After Belkin put down the phone, he said to Sidorin: "Captain Briski said that Comrade Brigade Commander brought back a platoon of soldiers. This is strange. When he left, there was not a single guard waiting around. How could he come back?"
Did you bring back a platoon?"
Sidorin understood Belkin's doubts very well. You must know that the troops everywhere were seriously insufficient. All the commanders' eyes lit up when they saw the soldiers, and they wished they could recruit more people to their troops.
Sidorin echoed: "Yeah, it's really strange. The reason why the brigade commander didn't bring anyone with him to the group army headquarters this time is because he was afraid that the people he brought would be retained by the headquarters. You know, the commander of the army two days ago
A security platoon that was taken away by the members has not been returned to the army yet."
The speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. Sidorin's casual words reminded Belkin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, do you think the brigade commander brought back the platoon we lent to the commander last time?"
"This is impossible." Sidorin has been with Chuikov for a long time, and he naturally knows what kind of character the commander is, and how he will spit out the meat easily in his mouth. He shook his head and said: "Yes.
You know, the headquarters paid a lot of money in this transfer. It would be nice if they stopped asking us for people. How dare we expect them to return the borrowed troops to us..." At this point, Xi Duo
Lin suddenly thought of a possibility. He slammed his hand on the table and said angrily: "Damn it, why didn't I think of this possibility?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff, what's wrong with you?" Sidorin's strange reaction aroused Belkin's curiosity, and he quickly asked: "What happened?"
"Comrade Political Commissar," Sidorin looked at Belkin and said with a bitter look on his face: "I think I may know where Comrade Brigade Commander is now?"
"Where is the brigade commander?" Knowing that Sidorin knew Sokov's whereabouts, Belkin quickly urged: "Hurry up and tell me."
"I think the soldiers from the platoon who followed him back should be from the 42nd Guards Regiment." Sidorin explained to Belkin: "Their purpose of coming to Mamayev Hill is not to protect the brigade commander.
Safety. More importantly, come here to get the weapons and ammunition they need."
"What, are they here to receive weapons and ammunition?" Belgin was shocked: "Last time we provided thousands of rifles and several light and heavy machine guns to the 42nd Guards Regiment. Just a few days later, it was here again.
We are here to collect weapons and ammunition. No, this is definitely not possible. I want to go to the underground ammunition depot immediately to find the brigade commander. I cannot let him give all our precious ammunition to the Guards regiment again."
Sidorin stopped Belkin, shook his head at him and said: "Comrade political commissar, it's useless. Don't talk about you and I can't stop this. I'm afraid even the brigade commander can't stop it. If I guessed correctly,
, this matter must have been proposed by General Rodimtsev, and the brigade commander had no choice but to bring the soldiers of the Guards to collect the weapons."
"But we still don't know how long this battle will last." Belkin waited for Sidorin to finish speaking, and said a little uneasily: "And in the next battle, can we get supplements?
, is also an unknown quantity. How can we just give away the arms in the warehouse to others? If we wait until our ammunition is exhausted, how will we fight this battle? Should we let the soldiers hold their bayonets and fight the Germans in hand-to-hand combat?" said
After that, he tried to walk outside the house again.
Sidorin grabbed Belkin tightly and said helplessly: "Comrade Political Commissar, I advise you not to go. Even if you go to the ammunition depot, a lot of things have changed..."
"I won't go to the ammunition depot." Belkin said angrily: "Now that the German attack on Mamayev Hill has completely stopped, I will go to the top of the hill to have a look, right?"
Since Belkin did not go to the ammunition depot to stop the Guards soldiers, Sidorin let go of his hand and asked tentatively: "Comrade Political Commissar, do you need me to send someone to go with you?"
Belkin left, and Sokov, who looked tired, returned to the headquarters. Seeing Sokov entering, Sidorin hurriedly greeted him, "Comrade Brigadier, you are back!"
"I'm back." Thinking about the batch of munitions he had just provided to the Guards, Sokov felt that he couldn't get enough energy. He asked feebly: "Did anything happen in the brigade while I was away?
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"The German army launched two attacks on Mamayev Heights." Sidorin reported to Sokov lightly: "But we were repelled both times."
After hearing this, Sokov nodded slightly. He glanced around the room, but did not see Belgin. He quickly asked: "Where did the political commissar go?"
Sidorin raised his hand and pointed upward, and said with some embarrassment: "Comrade Political Commissar has gone to the top of the hill."
"Hell, there are German planes in the sky. It's too dangerous for him to run up there." Sokov, who had just sat down, heard Sidorin say this and immediately stood up from his seat: "No, I want to
Go get him down."
"Comrade Brigadier, it's too dangerous up there." Seeing Sokov thinking about the top of the hill, Sidorin quickly persuaded him: "I'll find another soldier to call the political commissar down."
From the expression on Sidorin's face, Sokov guessed that something must have happened, otherwise Belkin would not have run to the top of the hill to breathe for no reason, so he waved to Sidorin and said
: "It seems that the political commissar is in a bad mood. If we just send soldiers up, I'm afraid he won't pay attention. I'd better go up in person."
Sokov arrived at the top of the hill and found that the ring fortification he proposed had begun to take shape. Belkin was standing next to an unfinished trench, looking up at the sky. Sokov quickly walked over,
Still far away, he shouted to Belkin: "Comrade Political Commissar, what are you doing standing there?"
When Belkin heard the shouting, he turned around and saw that Sokov was walking towards him. He grinned, pointed in the air with his hand, and said: "Comrade Brigadier, the German bombers are flying in front of their fighter jets."
Under cover, we bombed the ships on the Volga River, and our air force was launching an air battle with them."
Sokov looked up and saw that two Soviet Lago-3 fighter jets were fighting with four German fighter jets escorting the bombers. Only one Lago-3 fighter jet numbered "47" was visible.
, just like the same dexterous petrel, shuttled among enemy bombers and fighters, shooting at the German aircraft ahead from all angles.
Less than two minutes later, a German bomber puffed out black smoke and plunged into the fast-flowing Volga River. It exploded to pieces with a roar. After the No. 47 fighter jet shot down a bomber, it was immediately killed by a German fighter jet.
The fighter jet bit. The Soviet pilot quickly pulled up, performed a beautiful backflip in the air, landed lightly behind the German fighter jet, and fired decisively from the rear, causing the German fighter jet to drag a long black smoke.
Flying diagonally into the distance.
"This pilot is really great!" Seeing that the pilot shot down and damaged one enemy plane in such a short period of time, the soldiers watching the battle on the top of the hill couldn't help but cheered. Even Belkin, who looked depressed,
Lian Sheng also showed a smile and said to Sokov: "If we had more fighter jets, we might be able to shoot down all these enemy planes."
However, although the Soviet pilots performed bravely, the two fighter jets were too disparate in strength against the German four fighter jets and eight bombers. After the two fighter jets shot down three bombers and damaged one fighter jet, they served as wingmen.
The Lager-3 fighter was shot down, and the remaining No. 47 fighter also became the target of siege by German aircraft.
Seeing that the only remaining Soviet aircraft was besieged by eight enemy planes, Sokov's heart could not help but lift up in his throat. He had the intention to order the soldiers to help his comrades in the Air Force, but due to the distance,
The range of the MG34 machine gun is not enough, so we can only look forward to it.
After Fighter No. 47 shot down a German bomber again, the ammunition it carried was exhausted. Logically speaking, in this case, he should return immediately, but seeing that the German bombers were still bombing ships on the river,
The pilot changed his mind and bravely crashed into the German formation leader.
The German pilot never dreamed that the Soviet plane that had run out of ammunition would suddenly collide with him. He quickly pulled up to try to get away from Fighter No. 47. Although the German pilot tried his best to avoid the collision, the propeller of the Lager-3 was still cut off.
The wing of the Bf-109 fighter jet and the German formation leader lost control immediately, spinning and falling from the sky. The German pilot did not even have time to parachute, and the plane hit the ground head-on, causing an earth-shattering explosion.
The No. 47 fighter jet that knocked down the leader of the German formation lost its propeller and rushed towards Mamayev Hill. Seeing the plane rushing towards the hill, Sokov was suddenly startled.
Breaking into a cold sweat, he quickly shouted to the soldiers who were still watching the excitement: "Hide, hide quickly."
Fighter No. 47 rushed diagonally to the top of the hill and hit the piled sandbags heavily. The huge impact broke the sandbags, and the raised sand blocked everyone's sight.
As soon as the sand fell, the soldiers hiding nearby rushed forward to treat the pilot who was still in the cabin. With the help of his companions, one soldier climbed onto the plane on his hands and knees. He opened the hatch with difficulty and saw that
The pilot, whose face was covered with blood, tilted his head to the side and quickly put his hand under the opponent's nose. When he found that he was still alive, he quickly turned to Sokov who was walking towards the plane and shouted: "Brigadier Commander"
Comrade, he is still alive, he is still alive!"
"Hurry up and get the pilot out." Sokov saw black smoke coming from the direction of the nose of the plane, and quickly shouted to the soldiers: "Hurry up, the plane is going to explode."
It was still covered in mud and sand in the direction of the nose of the plane. The plane only smoked but did not burn. Several soldiers climbed onto the fuselage of the plane and hurriedly got the pilot out of the cabin. When they carried the pilot to the rope
When Sokov was in front of him, the soldier who was the first to climb onto the plane handed Sokov a military ID card. Sokov opened it and saw that it read: "Sergei Danilovi, commander of the 270th Fighter Aviation Regiment."
Captain Chilugansky."
"What an amazing pilot." After Sokov said this, he handed the military ID to Belkin and ordered the soldiers carrying Lugansky: "Send the captain to the health team immediately and tell Pa
Military Doctor Flov, we must revive him."
Belkin glanced at the military ID Sokov handed him and asked tentatively: "Comrade Brigadier, should we report this matter to our superiors immediately?"
"Comrade Political Commissar, you are right. We should report the pilot's condition to our superiors immediately." Sokov nodded and said, "As for the pilot himself, let's wait until the wound is treated."
This chapter has been completed!