When Vanya walked into the battalion command post, he saw four people sitting next to the wooden table in the middle of the house. In addition to the two chief and deputy battalion commanders, there were two female commanders.
"Lt. Vanya, you are here." Seeing Vanya enter the house, Sokov quickly stood up and said to him with a smile: "There are two new commanders here, let me introduce you to you. This is Lieutenant Liuba, the commander of the female anti-aircraft machine gun company, and that is the instructor Comrade Sweta."
When Vanya learned that the other party was an anti-aircraft machine gun company rather than an infantry company, he immediately realized that he had made a mistake. He hurried forward and shook hands with the two female commanders who had stood up one by one, and said politely: "Hello, commanders, comrades, welcome you here."
"Comrade Lieutenant," Belkin, who was sitting still, looked at Wanya with a smile and asked, "Is there anything important to you in such a hurry to come to the battalion?"
Wanya smiled awkwardly and hurriedly said in a concealment: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, I just want to come over and ask if we need our company to help when setting up the air defense position."
"Lieutenant Vanya, since you took the initiative to ask for your order, the task of setting up positions by the female soldier company will be handed over to your company." Before Vanya came, Sokov was considering who should give the task of setting up positions for the anti-aircraft machine gun company to complete. At this moment, seeing Vanya volunteered, he followed the flow and said: "Now let's go and see the terrain."
Everyone came to the open space between the position and the foot of the mountain. Sokov turned his head and asked Liuba: "Comrade Lieutenant, where do you think the air defense position should be placed."
Liuba and Sweta walked forward for more than ten steps, then stopped and began to survey the terrain. The two looked at the place where the female soldiers lived for a while, then turned their heads to look at the high ground not far away. After some visual inspection, the two muttered quietly, and finally Liuba reported to Sokov: "Comrade Battalion Commander, build the air defense position here. The place where the girls live is only more than 100 meters away. When they hear the combat alarm, they can enter the combat post at most two minutes..."
Seeing that the view here is wide, it is the best place to establish an air defense position. He thought Sokov would agree without hesitation. However, after waiting for a while, he did not hear any movement. He turned his head and saw Sokov staring at the sky in a daze. He quickly shook Sokov a few times and said in a low voice: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I think this position is ideal. What about your opinion?"
Sokov looked at the sky in a daze, not because he was dissatisfied with the location of the air defense position. He had to know that this place was proposed to Liuba and the others. The reason why he looked absent-minded was thinking about how to arrange the air defense position. Feeling that Belkin was shaking himself, he quickly took his eyes back from the gray air, looked at Liuba and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, I want to ask, how do you plan to arrange the air defense position?"
"We have six anti-aircraft machine guns left in our company." Liuba replied: "I plan to build a snow wall here and then lay the machine gun behind the snow wall."
"Lieutenant Liuba, I want to talk about your opinion on your arrangement." After understanding Liuba's ideas, Sokov drew a straight line on the snow with his toes, and then continued: "Look, your anti-aircraft machine guns are always lined up. If enemy planes come from the north or the south, they can indeed form dense firepower; but if they fly from the east or the west, your air shooting will be greatly weakened."
Liu Ba was silent for a moment about Sokov's statement, and then said, "Comrade Battalion Commander, you also know that our company only has six anti-aircraft machine guns. It is impossible to complete the blockade of four directions at the same time. Unless, unless the superiors add us new anti-aircraft machine guns."
"You are wrong, comrade Lieutenant." Sokov said, squatting down, drawing a hexagon on the snow with his hands, and then raised his head to ask Liuba: "Have you seen a hive? It's such a hexagon. You put the six machine guns in the company on six corners, so that no matter where the enemy's plane comes from, you can use dense firepower to hit the head-on."
Liuba and Sweta squatted beside Sokov, looked down at the hexagons on the snow, and thought hard in their minds about the plan proposed by Sokov. After a long time, Sweta broke the silence first. She said to Liuba: "Comrade Commander, I think the formation plan proposed by the battalion commander is really great. I think we will arrange the air defense position like this."
After repeated weighing, Liuba also felt that Sokov's plan was good. When he heard Sweta say this, he nodded and said, "Okay, let's arrange the position according to this."
Sokov stood up and said to Vanya: "Comrade Lieutenant, immediately gather the soldiers in your company and help the female soldiers establish air defense positions."
Just as Vanya was about to leave, Sweta suddenly spoke, "Comrade Lieutenant, please wait a moment, I have something to say." Vanya showed a surprised expression on his face when he heard Sweta say this. He looked at the other party and asked, "Comrade Instructor, do you have anything else to explain?"
Sweta did not answer immediately, but turned to Sokov and said, "Comrade Battalion Commander, I want to say a few words. Although in our propaganda, we have repeatedly emphasized that Soviet women are first of all soldiers, not women on the battlefield. But we all know that these female soldiers are girls who have never seen any world. They will inevitably have problems when they stay with a group of male soldiers of the same age all day long. Therefore, I beg you, without permission, no male soldiers are allowed to enter the female soldiers' garrison. Is it OK?"
Facing this woman with strong ideological principles, Sokov just smiled faintly, turned his head to Berkin and said, "Comrade Political Deputy Battalion Commander, I have the final say in military affairs; you have the final say in life. I think it is up to you to issue this order to the soldiers."
Belkin nodded with a smile and said, "Comrade Sweetta is right. It is true that male soldiers cannot enter and exit the female soldiers' camps at will, otherwise there will be many battlefield couples. You must know that our main task now is to defeat the invaders and defend our motherland, rather than to talk about love." Seeing that Belkin agreed to his request, Sweetta's expression also became relaxed.
After Wanya, Liuba and others left, Belkin asked Sokov in a low voice: "Comrade Battalion Commander, have you been to the city today and met Asia?"
“See it.”
"Then why didn't she come back with you?" Belkin asked curiously.
Chapter completed!