When Sokov walked into the headquarters, he saw that in addition to the commander himself, Chief of Staff Malining, Artillery Commander Kazakov, and several staff officers in the room. He walked straight to Rokosovsky, raised his hand to his forehead, and reported in a loud voice: "Comrade Commander, Major Sokov, the battalion commander of Istria, come to report to you, please instruct!"
Hearing Sokov's voice, Rokosovsky, who was working at his desk, raised his head and said with a smile: "Misha, you are here!" After that, he stood up, shook hands with Sokov through the table, pointed to the empty seat next to him, and said, "You sit there for a while, I'll finish this document first."
"Major Sokov, you are here!" Malining, who was standing by the wall and looked at the map, also came over, smiled and stretched out his hand to Sokov, saying, "In this battle to liberate the town of Maklaki, your battalion played a crucial role. If you had not participated in the war, perhaps the town would still be in the hands of the enemy."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, you have been awarded. It is not my credit for liberating the town of Marklaki." Sokov said modestly in response to Malining's praise: "If we do not have the support of the commander, without the voluntary concession of command, without the support of General Cherneshov, and without the support of the army artillery, it may be very difficult for us to seize the town of Marklaki."
Hearing Sokov say this, Malining couldn't help laughing, turning his head to Kazakov who had just walked over, saying, "Comrade General, you see, our young major is quite modest, and has made such great achievements, but he is not proud of himself at all."
After hearing this, Kazakov nodded with a smile and echoed: "Comrade Chief of Staff, you are right. He looks quite similar to his father in this regard."
Sokov did not inherit the slightest memory of this body, and he did not know the "father" mentioned by these army leaders. Therefore, when he heard Kazakov say this, he could only smile at him with an embarrassing smile.
Fortunately, Rokosovsky came out to rescue the siege in time. He put down the documents in his hand, stood up and said to Malining: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I will take Major Sokov back to Moscow. I will leave all the work of the group army to you and Deputy Commander Zakharov to take charge of it."
"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Malining said with a smile: "I will handle normal work properly, so you can go back to Moscow with confidence."
"Okay, then I'll set out with Misha..." A "boom" outside the window interrupted Rokosovsky's words. He instinctively turned his head out of the window and said strangely: "Hey, the German strongholds near Suxinic have been cleared by us. Where did this shell fly from?"
Just as Rokosovsky was speaking, Sokov, who had sharp ears, had heard the scream of shells coming from the air, and flew towards the direction of the window, and shouted in a hurry: "Be careful..." He was about to rush over and pulled Rokosovsky away from the window.
Before Sokov could rush to Rokosovsky, a shell fell outside the window and exploded. The explosion of air waves overturned him to the ground like an invisible hand. When he got up from the ground, he saw Rokosovsky who was close to the window lying motionlessly on the ground.
Sokov hurriedly crawled over with his hands and feet, knelt on one knee and helped Rokosovsky sit up, shouting anxiously: "Commander, Comrade Commander..." Although he was shouting at the top of his throat, he could not hear his shouting at all. The explosion just now had already made his ears deaf.
Malining, Kazakov and several staff officers were also affected by the explosion and were all shocked to the ground. When they found their commander lying in a pool of blood, they hurriedly surrounded him. Everyone approached Rokosovsky's ear and shouted loudly, trying to wake him up from his coma.
Amid the shouts of everyone, Rokosovsky finally opened his eyes. He tried to squeeze out a smile on his face and said with difficulty: "I...I seem...I'm...I'm...I'm...I'm...I'm...I'm shot..." After that, he closed his eyes and fainted again.
Ma Lining sent a staff officer to find a military doctor, and at this moment, he walked in with the military doctor and two stretcher soldiers. When Ma Lining saw the military doctor, he felt as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw and hurriedly ordered him: "Comrade Military Doctor, come here quickly to help the commander check."
Everyone took off Rokosovsky's military coat and placed him face down on the stretcher. The military doctor lifted his blood-stained pullover and carefully checked the injuries on his back.
Malining asked anxiously, "How is it, comrade military doctor, is the situation serious?"
The military doctor nodded and said with a serious expression: "Comrade Commander was hit by a few shrapnel on his back and needs surgery immediately. However, Sucinic's conditions are too poor, so I suggest sending them back to Moscow for treatment."
Hearing the military doctor say this, Malining got up and walked to the table and picked up the phone, preparing to report the news that Rokosovsky was injured to Zhukov. Unexpectedly, he put the earpiece in his ear, but he did not hear any sound from it. After careful examination, it turned out that the telephone line was blown off.
Malinin threw the microphone at the table, rushed out of the room quickly, came to the communication room next door, and shouted at Maximemko: "Comrade Director of the Communications Force, hurry up and connect with the Front Command. I have important situations and need to report to General Zhukov immediately."
Maximenko just saw a military doctor and stretcher soldiers entering the next command center, and guessed who was injured in the shelling. He wanted to ask who was injured, but when he saw Malining's expression of wanting to eat people, he quickly swallowed the questions he wanted to ask and ordered the communications troop to quickly connect to the front command.
Zhukov, who was looking at the map, heard the phone ringing in front of him, reached out and picked up the receiver, put it in his ear, and said slowly: "I am Zhukov!"
"Hello, Comrade General." Hearing Zhukov's voice coming from the receiver, Malining hurriedly revealed his identity: "I am Malining, Chief of Staff of the 16th Army."
In Zhukov's mind, Malining was a very calm person, but at this moment, he seemed a little panicked from his voice. Zhukov frowned and asked with some displeasure: "Comrade Malining, is there anything wrong?"
"The German army just fired cold artillery at the location of our headquarters." Malining, anxious, said with a very fast speech: "Comrade Commander was injured in the shelling."
"What, Rokosovsky was injured?" Zhukov heard this and suddenly stood up from his seat and asked anxiously: "Is the injury serious?"
"Yes, comrade General, the injury is not light." If Rokosovsky's injury was not serious, Malining would not have called this phone call. Hearing Zhukov's question, he quickly answered with affirmative answer: "From his injuries, if treatment is not carried out in time, it may be life-threatening."
Chapter completed!