Sokov didn't expect that as soon as he mentioned the tank, Peter would snap like a cat whose tail was stepped on. Seeing Peter's reaction, Sokov couldn't help but hesitate. He was worried that he would continue to ask Peter for help.
If there are tanks, will the opponent flee in anger? But if there are no tanks, troops lacking anti-tank weapons can only carry out passive defense.
Just when Sokov was in a dilemma, Zinchenko, in order to ease the awkward atmosphere in the room, helped Sokov smooth things over with a smile: "Comrade Factory Director, I think you should know very well what the combat effectiveness of Colonel Sokov's troops is. I
I feel that if we can provide them with more tanks, they can better attack the enemy and ensure the safety of the factory."
"Comrade Deputy Factory Director," seeing Zinchenko speaking for Sokov, Peter said with a straight face: "Don't you know that our factory is the only one that can produce and repair tanks now? If we give them all the tanks,
We will no longer be able to provide tanks to other units of the group army, and then our superiors will blame us. What should we do?"
"Comrade Factory Director!" Sokov heard Peter's complaints and couldn't help but curiously asked: "Isn't the Dzerzhinsky Factory the largest tank production base in the city? Even if there is a battle taking place there, production should still be there.
Let's continue?" According to Sokov's idea, when the Red October Factory was attacked by the Germans some time ago, although the tank production in the factory was greatly reduced, it never stopped. Dzerzhinsky may not have been heavily armed and conservative.
Can't the factory even do this?
"Things are not what you think, Comrade Colonel." Peter said coldly: "According to what I know, after the enemy stormed into the factory, the workers all took up arms and, together with the commanders and fighters defending the factory, violently attacked
Fight against the German invaders. However, during the battle, many key production personnel were injured or sacrificed, which brought the factory's tanks to a complete standstill. If we had not continuously provided tanks, the tank soldiers who stood there would have long been just
The infantry used it."
From what Peter said, Sokov realized that it would be very difficult for him to get another tank from him. However, he was still unwilling to accept it and said with a trace of luck: "Comrade Factory Director,
Our tank detachment had three tanks destroyed in Workers' New Village yesterday. Do you think you can send people to drag these tanks back to rest so that they can rejoin the battle?"
Regarding Sokov's proposal, Peter did not object anymore. Instead, he said to Zinchenko: "Comrade Deputy Factory Director, later you will send an armored trailer to the Workers' New Village to remove the destroyed tanks."
, dragged them back to the factory for repair." Perhaps he was worried that Sokov would make any excessive demands on him again. After Peter finished speaking, he turned around and walked out the door.
But as soon as Peter walked out of the door, he stopped again, turned to Sokov and said: "Comrade Colonel, although you want to use the sewers to mobilize troops and transport supplies, I want to advise you, if there is no need, you can still
Don't enter the sewer casually. According to Russian tradition, the sewer is a passage to another world. Entering and exiting casually will bring bad luck. Although no one believes this anymore, there are certain things that cannot be explained by common sense.
, we still have to maintain enough awe."
Watching Peter's back gradually go away, Zinchenko said to Sokov with a smiling face: "Comrade Colonel, what Director Peter said is unfounded, that is, an elderly person with nothing to do.
Just say whatever you want, but don’t take it seriously.”
Regarding Zinchenko's statement, Sokov nodded perfunctorily, but was shocked in his heart, because not long ago, he actually met himself from another time and space in the sewer, and the other party even gave him a vibrator as a gift.
If he hadn't been wearing the body armor made by Jin, he would have thought it was just a dream he had.
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After daybreak, the Germans realized that the Soviet troops had reoccupied Workers' New Village, so they bombarded them with artillery fire, trying to use fierce artillery fire to wipe out all the defenders in Workers' New Village.
As soon as the bombardment ended, the German infantry, under the cover of assault guns, launched an attack on the Workers' New Village. What troubled the Germans was that it was clearly a deserted ruin, but as soon as they approached, countless people immediately appeared.
Focus on the firepower, knocking down the infantry following the assault gun in pieces. When the assault gun opened fire, these damn Russians disappeared without a trace.
When the German attack was repelled, the division commander Lensky realized that this new workers' village, which had long been in ruins, must have hidden secrets that were unknown to the public, so he ordered a temporary halt to the attack and ordered several regiment and battalion commanders in the battle group to be
A meeting was convened to discuss ways to deal with the defenders in the workers' new village.
"Gentlemen," Lensky said with a straight face when he saw several regiment and battalion commanders had arrived: "The buildings in the workers' new village have long been destroyed by our army's artillery fire. Why can't you eliminate the buildings hidden in the ruins?"
Where are the Russians here?”
"Your Excellency, Division Commander," the commander of the battle group, Baron Edelsheim, said: "My subordinates reported to me that during the attack, they found that Russians continued to emerge from the destroyed ruins and attack us.
The soldiers opened fire. When our assault guns turned around to try to eliminate these Russians, they seemed to have evaporated and disappeared without a trace."
"Mr. Imperial Baron," Lenski asked Edelsheim with a straight face, "then you haven't figured out where these Russians who disappeared from the ruins went?"
"I don't know, Your Excellency, Division Commander." Baron Edelsheim shook his head and said, "My soldiers entered the ruins to search. Except for the bodies of a few Russians who were killed, the rest of them were nowhere to be found."
"I don't know where to go!" Lensky slammed the table and said angrily: "Are these Russians all magicians and will they become invisible in front of you? If you don't understand the reason for their disappearance, even if you initiate another attack
Even if we attack multiple times, we may not be able to completely capture the factory ahead."
After Lensky finished speaking, seeing that all his subordinates were silent, he continued: "Now our friendly forces have successfully rushed into the silicate factory, the barricade factory and Dzerzhinsky workers, and we
What? You are actually still staying outside the family area of the Red October Factory, unable to follow the commander's order and form a siege with friendly forces against the Russians. If you delay the fighter plane because of this, you will all have to go to military court."
Just when Lenski was getting angry, the commander of the 40th Armored Engineer Battalion stood up and asked cautiously: "Your Excellency, division commander, can I say a few words?"
Seeing the frightened major battalion commander in front of him, Lenski said angrily: "Major, if you have anything to say, just say it quickly."
The engineer battalion commander quickly agreed and reported to Lensky: "Your Excellency, division commander, one of my platoon soldiers was missing in yesterday's battle. Today, a wounded soldier returned to the camp and reported to me that the Russians were under attack."
When our army bombarded them, they all hid in the sewers of Workers' New Village. After the shelling ended, they came out of the sewers from various exits to resist our army's attack."
"I understand, that's what it is." After listening to the report of the battalion commander of the finished battalion, Lenski hesitated for a moment, hit the palm of his left hand with his right fist, and said excitedly: "No wonder the Russians will be attacked by us.
Then, they disappeared without a trace. It turned out that they were hiding underground like mice."
"Your Excellency, Division Commander," Edelsheim asked tentatively after Lensky finished speaking: "Then how should we deal with the Russians hiding underground?"
"It's very simple," Lensky said to everyone: "You all send out small teams to search for the entrance to the sewer, and then go in and eliminate the Russians hiding inside."
As soon as the meeting ended, the officers returned to their units one after another, formed small teams, and under the cover of assault guns, entered the Workers' New Village again and searched for the entrance to the sewers in the ruins.
Under targeted searches by German soldiers, entrances to sewers were discovered one after another. However, the cunning German soldiers did not enter the sewers rashly. Instead, they threw stringed grenades into them as if they were free of charge.
, the sewer exploded into flames and thick smoke. Some soldiers hiding near the entrance were killed or injured by the explosion.
When the smoke cleared, the German soldiers jumped into the sewer one after another. First, they fired their guns and fired at the front. Then, in groups of two or three, they clung to the wall of the sewer and carefully searched forward. They saw that there were no dead bodies on the ground.
If there were any wounded Soviet soldiers, they would casually add a shot.
The first one to be broken through by the Germans was the 1st Battalion's position. Seeing the enemy's incoming force, the battalion commander did not bother to send someone to report to Papuchenko, so he led his troops to quietly move towards the central square, trying to find a place to build a defense there.
, to block the enemies who break into the sewer.
Papuchenko's headquarters was located in the sewer under the central square. He was assigning tasks to the commander of the second battalion. Suddenly, he saw groups of soldiers running through the passage not far away, and he stopped.
He called an officer and said, "Go and find out what happened. Why are so many soldiers running back?"
The officer agreed and quickly ran over to understand the situation. A few minutes later, the officer returned to Papuchenko and reported to him with a livid face: "Comrade division commander, the first battalion is retreating. According to the soldiers, the enemy has already
Rushed into the sewer, they were ordered to retreat."
"Ordered to retreat?!" Papuchenko immediately got angry when he heard this: "Who is so bold that he dares to issue such a bastard order? You call me the first battalion commander immediately, I want to ask
what is going on."
Regarding Papuchenko's order, the officer said with some embarrassment: "Comrade Commander, there are people everywhere in the sewers. It may not be easy to find the battalion commander."
"I don't care." Papuchenko said angrily: "I'll give you five minutes. When the time is up, I want to see a battalion commander standing in front of me."
Seeing Papuchenko's death order, the officer had no choice but to agree and ran towards the retreating soldiers, hoping to find the battalion commander Papuchenko wanted to see among them.
This chapter has been completed!