When Sokov and Brisky came out of the basement with the soldiers, they found that the factory outside had become a mess under the attack of German artillery fire. Almost all the walls facing the north of the factory had been blown down, leaving only square strands.
The reinforced concrete pillars are still standing.
Seeing the fallen masonry and tiles forming slopes one after another as high as two people, Brisky couldn't help but worriedly said to Sokov: "Comrade Brigadier, look at the surrounding environment, how can we arrange it?"
Defense? The soldiers are lying on these rubble piles. As long as they are bombarded by the Germans, even if they are not directly hit by the shells, the flying masonry will still cause us a lot of casualties."
When Briski complained, Sokov looked up at the roof, trying to see if it was still intact. But unfortunately, most of the roof had been collapsed, and two of the anti-aircraft guns fell off the collapsed roof.
It fell to pieces and fell to pieces on the hard floor of the factory. It was obviously no longer usable.
It happened that Ulanova also walked out of the basement at this time. She saw the anti-aircraft guns that had fallen from the roof, and her face was particularly ugly. She estimated the positions of the remaining anti-aircraft guns, and then asked Soko worriedly.
The husband said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the situation is not good. Although there are four anti-aircraft guns on the roof, there are already a lot of cracks on the roof where they are located. If someone steps on it, the whole thing will collapse."
"What, our anti-aircraft guns can't be used?" Before Sokov could say anything, Cousteau followed him out of the basement and said in a panic: "Then what should we do if the enemy tanks come up again?"
"Comrade workshop director," seeing Cousteau acting so panicked, Sokov said with some displeasure: "Before I propose using anti-aircraft guns to attack tanks, do you have any anti-tank weapons?" Seeing that Cousteau listened,
There was silence after his words, and he added, "It must be none, right?! Since you didn't worry about the enemy's tanks before, what else do you have to worry about now?"
"You are right, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Cousteau replied with a wry smile: "I think we will always have a way to deal with the German tanks."
"Comrade workshop director," before the German army launched an attack, Sokov decided to ask Cousteau about his next plan: "Look, although the carriage was not damaged in the German shelling, there are some
Two sections of track were blown up, making it impossible for the train to move. In the next assembly, what kind of lifting machinery do you plan to use to lift the tank turret and attach it to the tank body?"
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you don't have to worry about this. We have other local methods for hoisting." When talking about his specialty, Cousteau's face lost the nervousness and began to explain to Sokov.
Get up: "For example, we can build a tripod with three logs and hang a set of pulleys on it to carry out lifting operations..."
Cousteau and his workers began to clean up the bricks and stones that had fallen on the assembly line, while Sokov asked Briski to arrange for the soldiers to set up defenses: "Comrade Captain, the defense formation should not be too dense, otherwise it will be vulnerable to enemy artillery fire."
A strike will cause heavy casualties."
"Comrade Brigadier, don't worry, I have already considered these things." After Briski said this, he looked in the direction of Mamayev Hill and said to himself: "Then
When will the batch of rockets arrive? If we have rockets, we won’t have to worry about enemy tanks at all.”
Although his voice was not loud, Sokov heard him clearly and quickly said to him: "Don't worry, Comrade Captain, the rockets should arrive soon. I will not let the soldiers wear clusters on their bodies."
Grenades to blow up enemy tanks."
After receiving Sokov's promise, Brisky suddenly felt more at ease. You must know that he now has more than 300 people. Without the assistance of rockets, if he wants to block the ferocious German army in a place without strong defenses,
If you attack, you will definitely pay a heavy price. Maybe you can only fight for a day or two, and your battalion will be deactivated due to exhaustion of casualties.
When she saw the commanders and fighters of the Fourth Battalion and the workers in the workshop starting to get busy, Ulanova asked a little uneasily: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I would like to ask, what is the mission of our battalion?"
Sokov looked up at the roof that was already riddled with holes, turned around and said to Ulanova: "Comrade Lieutenant, I think you should know very well that the roof is in danger of collapsing at any time, and I have no right to risk your lives.
It’s an adventure. So I decided that you all should go back to the basement to rest first. If your place is useful, I will send someone to inform you."
"But, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." After hearing Sokov's arrangement, Ulanova said with some dissatisfaction: "We are also soldiers. Even without anti-aircraft guns, we can still participate in the battle..."
"That's enough, Lieutenant Ulanova!" Sokov rudely interrupted Ulanova before she could finish her words. He still remembered in his heart that this anti-aircraft artillery battalion was originally stationed in Beigang.
In order to prevent similar things from happening again, he was not prepared to let the girls from the women's anti-aircraft artillery battalion go to the battlefield easily again. So after he interrupted Ulanova,
He plausibly said: "Yes, you are warriors, but you are also women and future mothers. Before the death of men, I will never let you take weapons and fight face to face with enemies who are armed to the teeth."
Realizing that Ulanova still wanted to defend herself, Sokov raised his hand to stop her: "Lieutenant Ulanova, you don't have to say anything. This is my order. Take your people to the basement immediately.
Execute it!”
Just when Ulanova turned around in disappointment and was about to lead her men back to the basement, a soldier suddenly jumped from the distance and ran over from the other end of the factory. He shouted loudly as he ran:
"Comrade Brigadier, Comrade Brigadier, where are you?"
"I'm here!" Seeing the soldier's reaction, Sokov showed an unhappy expression on his face. He thought that if there were German snipers hiding nearby, the soldier's actions might be fatal.
His own life. So after the soldier came to him, he still tried hard to control his emotions and asked in a calm tone: "Is something wrong?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander," the soldier reported excitedly without noticing anything strange about Sokov: "Truck, the truck is back."
"Truck, what kind of truck?" As soon as Sokov's question blurted out, he realized what the soldier was talking about and quickly asked nervously: "Comrade soldier, what did you say? Is it a truck carrying new rockets? It's back?"
"
"Yes, Comrade Brigade Commander, this is the truck transporting new rockets." The soldier then reported: "In addition to asking me to report to you that the truck has returned, the battalion commander also asked you to come over."
"I don't need to go there. I believe that Captain Briski is capable of keeping those rockets safe." Sokov pointed at the soldier and ordered him: "Go back now and convey my intention to him.
.”
The soldier stood there without moving. After Sokov finished speaking, he said with a smile: "Comrade Brigade Commander, actually the main purpose of the battalion commander asking me to come is to invite you to meet someone."
"Meet a person?" Hearing the soldier say this, Sokov was curious about what kind of person he was that would actually ask Briskey to ask the soldier to invite him over. He asked casually: "Who is he?"
The soldier did not directly answer Sokov's question, but said with a smile: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the battalion commander said that the person coming is someone you really want to see, so please be sure to go there."
Hearing what the soldier said, Sokov couldn't help but frown and began to think about who he wanted to see: Vitkov and Sidorin wanted to stay at Mamayev Heights to command the battle, so it was impossible for them to come here.
It doesn't look like the political commissar Belkin. He always follows himself and will never let himself take the initiative to see him. Who could it be?
Sokov looked at the faint smile on the soldier's face, and suddenly thought of a person in his mind: Oh my god, it couldn't be her, right? Thinking of this, Sokov raised his legs and was about to leave, but unexpectedly
He found Ulanova and several female soldiers, standing aside with his head tilted, as if eavesdropping on his opponent. He smiled bitterly, then waved to Ulanova and said: "Okay, Comrade Lieutenant,
Don't stay here anymore, take your soldiers to the basement quickly." After sending away the girls from the women's anti-aircraft artillery battalion, Sokov followed the soldiers who came to report, jumping nimbly up and down on the rubble.
Go and head towards where the truck is parked.
The truck was parked to the south of the factory. When Sokov arrived, Briskey was directing more than 20 soldiers to unload the truck and move the wooden box containing the rockets out of the truck. Seeing Sokov's arrival, Brischi
Ji quickly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Comrade Brigadier, guess who is here?"
"Comrade Captain, please stop beating me in circles." Sokov deliberately said with a straight face: "Tell me quickly, who is here to make you so happy?"
Briski naturally would not tell Sokov the answer so quickly. He turned around and shouted to the bridge: "Comrade Brigadier is here, please come down."
As soon as Briski finished speaking, the door on the passenger side of the car opened. A young female hygienist wearing a helmet and carrying a medical kit got out of the car. She stood next to the car and looked at Sokov with a smile on her face.
, said softly: "Misha, it's me!"
Although Sokov had already guessed that the person coming was most likely Asiya, he was still involuntarily surprised when he actually saw her appearing in front of him. He walked quickly to Asiya,
In front of many soldiers, he gave her a warm hug, causing cheers from around him.
Sokov leaned close to Asiya's ear and whispered in a stern tone: "Asiya, why did you come here? Don't you know that this place is very dangerous?"
"Dear," Asiya's mouth came close to Sokov's ear, and she breathed out: "You are not afraid of danger. As your wife, how can I embarrass you? I heard you came
After arriving here, I took the initiative to propose to the political commissar and deputy brigade commander that we come here together with the truck pulling the rockets."
Sokov originally planned to arrange for someone to escort Asiya away, but when he heard what she said, he changed his mind: "Asiya, since you want to stay here, you must follow my arrangements, do you understand?"
"This is natural." Asiya let go of Sokov, took half a step back slightly, and winked at him: "You are the commander of a brigade, and I am your subordinate, so naturally I have to obey you.
Order."
"Brigadier, Asiya." Seeing that Sokov and Asiya had ended their embrace, Briski hurriedly stepped forward and said, "It's too dangerous here. There may be enemy delayed grenades nearby. You'd better take them with you first."
Asia go to the basement."
Sokov did not object to Brisky's proposal, but instead said to Asiya smoothly: "Asiya, you came just in time. There are many wounded people in the basement of the factory who need help with treatment.
"Sokov knew Asiya's character. If she knew that the battle here was about to start, she would definitely stay on the ground to treat the wounded. Therefore, he used the reason that there were wounded in the basement to let her stay in a safer place.
Asiya did not guess Sokov's little thoughts, but asked with a serious face: "Misha, where is the basement? Take me there quickly."
Seeing that Asiya's attention was indeed drawn to the wounded in the basement, Sokov couldn't help but feel proud, and said quickly: "Asiya, come with me, I will be your guide."
When the two of them walked towards the basement, Asiya saw no one around, so she lowered her voice and said with concern: "Misha, your injury is not healed yet, I will check on you later."
"Asia, my injury doesn't matter." Although Sokov's wound would hurt from time to time, he felt that as long as it did not affect his normal activities, it was a trivial matter, so he shook his head and said, "You
Don't worry about me, just focus on taking care of the wounded."
"Who are the wounded in the basement?" Asiya then asked, "Are there any comrades from the Fourth Battalion?"
"No, after we got here, although we have repelled an enemy attack, there were no casualties." Sokov answered simply: "The wounded in the basement are all soldiers from the factory annihilation battalion and workers from the production workshop.
, please wait until you meet the factory doctor to learn more about the specific situation from him."
The two of them were talking and unknowingly arrived at the entrance to the basement. Here, Sokov saw Ulanova. With a straight face, he asked: "Comrade Lieutenant, didn't you order you to go into the basement? Why?"
Still standing here?"
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Ulanova quickly glanced at Asya standing next to Sokov, with a surprised expression on her face, and then said absently: "I just want to see if I can help.
What are you busy with?"
"Comrade Lieutenant, do you want to help?" Sokov thought that he still had to direct the battle outside and there was no need to go into the basement again, so he pointed to Asiya next to him and said to Ulanova: "This is us
Asiya, the health worker in the brigade, take her into the basement and treat the wounded inside."
Ulanova readily agreed to the task assigned to her by Sokov. She stepped forward and took Asiya's hand, smiling and saying: "Come on, comrade health worker, I will take you to the basement.
