Sokov originally thought that he had raised an objection, and as a military engineer, Ozor would definitely argue with him verbally, but the other party's attitude of cooperation was far beyond his expectations.
"Comrade Major," Sokov stomped his feet and said, "I think even if trenches and reinforced concrete bunkers were built on the surface of Mamayev's hill, they would only take a few days to be destroyed in the German shelling and bombing. You should understand that it is unrealistic to expect to consume German ammunition through Mamayev's hill. If they could rush to the city of Stalingrad, their weapons, ammunition and various supplies would be continuously transported."
Ozor did not think that Sokov's statement was alarmist. In his experience, even if the hill was built with various reinforced concrete fortifications, it would sooner or later be razed to the ground in the fierce artillery fire and bombing of the German army. However, he still asked with the last chance of luck: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, do you really think that the Germans will rush to the city of Stalingrad?"
When Sokov heard Ozor's question, he did not answer immediately, but smiled faintly, and then asked back: "What do you think?"
"I don't think so." Ozor said in an uncertain tone: "You know, on the west side of Stalingrad, we have two armies with more than 100,000 troops fighting tenaciously with the enemy. In addition to them, I believe that the Supreme Command will continue to send new troops. With such troops, can't we stop the enemy?"
"I can't stop it, Comrade Major." The answer to his question was Belkin. Not only did he learn a lot of inside information from Antonov, but he also listened to Sokov "analyzing" the situation in the future. Therefore, he was confident that the German army would rush into Stalingrad at this moment. He looked at Ozor and said, "Our strength is not as strong as the enemy. The troops deployed to the west of Stalingrad can sluggish the enemy's advancement speed, but cannot prevent the enemy from rushing to Stalingrad. It is even possible that in the following days, the battle between us and the enemy will be launched in the city."
Belkin's words silenced Ozor. After a long time, he asked with difficulty: "Comrade Deputy Battalion-level Political Commissar, are you all saying true?"
Belkin turned his head and looked at Sokov, wanting to get some permission from him. Seeing that he nodded slightly, he said to Ozor decisively: "Yes, Comrade Major. Judging from the current situation, it is very difficult to block them, so we must do the necessary defense in advance."
After hearing this, Ozor decided to ask Sokov, how should the fortifications in Mamayevgang be revised: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, what kind of fortifications do you think should be built to block the German attack?"
Seeing that Ozor and Belkin were looking at him, Sokov smiled faintly and then said, "If we want to block the German attack, our fortifications should be built underground, not on the ground. If we are reinforced with reinforced concrete inside the tunnel fortifications, then even if the German artillery fire is fierce, it will not be able to destroy our underground fortifications."
"But, comrade Lieutenant Colonel." When Sokov was about to build the fortifications underground, Ozor's face twitched from a distance, he said a little embarrassedly: "Did you forget that under our feet is a Tatar grave. Is it appropriate to build fortifications in the tomb?"
"No, comrade brigade commander, your idea is really crazy." Although Sokov had told Belkin long ago that he planned to dig a tunnel on Mamayev's hill and hide his troops in it to improve the survival rate of the commanders and fighters during enemy artillery bombardment and bombardment. But when he learned that there was a grave under his feet, he couldn't help but fight a cold war and said in a hurry: "You know, the air in the tunnel is not circulating and there is a risk of collapse at any time. The soldiers may not be able to adapt. If they know that they are still in a grave, it will probably not take long before many soldiers will be mentally broken. I think the construction of the fortifications will be done.
Sokov ignored Belkin and continued to say to Ozor: "No need to study it anymore. I have made the final decision. In addition to the south slope to build tunnel fortifications, the north slope also needs to be built. Two or three tunnels are connected between the north and south slopes, so that our troops can be mobilized underground."
Ozor originally wanted to object, but when he saw that Belkin's objection was rejected by Sokov, he knew very well that even if he objected, it would be useless. Anyway, the order given to him by his superiors was to assist Sokov in building fortifications in Mamayev's hill. They would follow the plan they proposed.
Thinking of this, Ozor looked at Sokov and asked, "Ltd. Colonel, I want to ask, what kind of tunnel do you plan to build? And where should you choose to exit the tunnel?"
Sokov squatted down, picked up a small wooden stick on the ground, began to draw a simple picture on the ground, and at the same time made a simple picture of Ozor: "On the surface of the hill, we will still build conventional trenches or some civil and wood fire points. The underground fortifications cross left and right with two tunnels to make them in the shape of an 'X', and the outside is connected by trenches around. Various launch positions are placed on both sides of the hill, so that they can carry out firepower within 300 meters of the surrounding area..."
When Sokov first started to tell the story, Ozor was a little absent-minded. But after listening to his story for a while, the expression on his face changed. He quickly took out a small notebook and began to record what Sokov said, thinking about how to build such a novel fortification based on these sketches.
Sokov spent more than half an hour before introducing this tunnel fortification that played a great role in a few years. As soon as he finished speaking, Ozor frowned and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, although the tunnel fortification you mentioned sounds good, it has not been tested by the battlefield after all. Do you really think that by relying on this fortification, you can crush the enemy's attempt to seize Mamayev's hill?"
"I think it should be possible." Sokov nodded and replied: "When the enemy shelled and bombed our positions, our commanders and soldiers hid in the tunnel. When the enemy's infantry began to attack, the commanders and soldiers came out of the tunnel and entered the trench outside to block the enemy's attack."
"Okay, comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Seeing Sokov's attitude so firm, Ozor did not object to it, but stood up and said, "I will go back and design a detailed fortification drawing according to your proposal, and then arrange for the construction team to carry out the construction according to the drawings."
Chapter completed!