Seeing the busy construction scene on Mamayev's hill, Sokov was a little excited at first. He found a tree stump under the hill, and after sitting and watching for two hours, he felt a little boring.
At this moment, Asia, carrying a medicine box, saw him sitting on a tree stump, looking up at the construction crowd on the hill with expressionless face, and asked curiously: "Misha, what are you doing?"
After hearing Asia's problem, Sokov pointed his hand at the hill and said, "I'm watching them construction. We are planning to build a complete defense system on the hill so that even if we encounter German attacks, we don't have to worry."
Seeing Asia sitting down close to herself, Sokov asked curiously: "Asia, why are you thinking about running here today? Isn't the work in the health team busy?"
"No." Asia shook her head and said, "The captain heard that our troops were going to build on Mamayev's post. He was worried that someone would be injured at work, so he asked me to bring two people over to stare. Once he saw that a soldier was injured, he would deal with it in time."
After learning about Asia's origin, a thought suddenly popped up in Sokov's mind: "Asia, look at the situation today. Will anyone be injured at work? I think your captain sees that your daily work is too hard, and he intends to give you a day off to make it easier."
Asia thought about Sokov's statement and thought it made sense. Today is just the first day of construction, so no one will be injured. The captain arranged this job for herself to give herself time to rest. Thinking of this, she nodded slightly: "It may be true."
"Asia," Sokov sat here bored, and said to Asia: "Why don't we go shopping?"
When Asia heard Sokov say he was going shopping, he couldn't help but lit up. You should know that since Shimki joined Sokov's troops, there has been endless work in the health team every day, so where can I go shopping? However, her excitement lasted for only a moment, and her expression dimmed again. She shook her head and said, "Misha, this is not good. Everyone else is working, so let's go shopping. Is this appropriate?"
"There is nothing wrong." Sokov said carelessly about Asia's concerns: "I am the brigade commander, and I have the final say in the brigade. If your captain wants to criticize you, let him come to me as long as possible."
Shopping is a woman's nature, and Asia is no exception, but she still has some concerns: "Misha, if this is the case, there will be no warriors gossiping, right?"
"If they want to say, just let them go." Sokov said as he stood up, stretched out his hand to pull Asia up. He pointed his hand at a soldier standing next to him and ordered: "Go and tell the political commissar, and he will be responsible for the work here."
After the soldier left, Sokov said to another soldier: "Go and drive the jeep!"
A few minutes later, the jeep that Sokov and Asia were riding towards Shizhong District. The reason why Sokov proposed shopping on a whim was not simply to go shopping with Asia, but to consider that in the next battle, the combat area of ​​the infantry brigade would not be limited to the battles in Mamayevgang, Shizhong District or factory areas, and they might participate. Today, we can take advantage of the opportunity to go shopping and get familiar with the terrain.
After the jeep entered Shizhong District, Sokov saw the stone slabs on the sidewalks on both sides of the street, all pried up and piled aside. Countless residents were waving their tools to dig trenches on the sidewalks.
Seeing this scene, Asia couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that Stalingrad is also preparing for the war. Misha, look at the residents who are busy repairing fortifications. The shops in the city must be closed. Even if they want to go shopping, there is no place to go. I think, let's go back."
Hearing Asia say this, the driver quickly looked at Sokov through the rearview mirror. He was ready to turn the front of the car as soon as the other party said he would go back. However, after waiting for a while, the other party did not move. The driver had no choice but to continue driving forward.
When a five-story marble building appeared in Sokov's vision, Sokov sat upright, raised his hand and patted the driver on the shoulder. Taking advantage of the other party's chance to turn his head, he spoke, "Park the car to the department store in front."
The driver nodded and parked his car in the open space outside the department store. Fortunately, the residents in the city were busy repairing fortifications at this moment, and the front door of the building was deserted. Even if the vehicles were parked randomly, it would not affect normal traffic.
Sokov got out of the car, looked up at the building made of marble, and thought to himself: "Paulus was captured in the basement of this department store. If he would bring the command center here in the future, should I send a commando team to directly take his command center off and put the enemy in the city into chaos?"
"Misha!" After Asia got out of the car, she saw Sokov standing next to the car, looking up at the tall building in front of her in a daze, then raised her hand and patted him on the back, and asked curiously: "What are you thinking? You haven't moved after standing here for a long time? I said, are we still going in?"
Sokov turned his head and smiled at Asia, then put his arms around her shoulder, walked towards the department store, and said, "Let's go, Asia. Let's go in and take a look."
"Misha, what were you thinking just now?" Although Asia followed Sokov's footsteps, she was always thinking about Sokov's reaction just now: "I see you staring at this building and sneering constantly. It's so terrifying. If there weren't a driver standing next to me, I would have turned around and ran away."
From Asia's words, Sokov guessed that it must be his expression just now, which scared Asia and quickly covered it up and said, "Asia, don't worry, I just want to establish a fire support point centered on this building, and I can definitely block the attack from several directions."
Seeing Sokov talking about fortifications again, Asia couldn't help but smile, reached out to hold his arm, and said with a smile: "Okay, Misha. Since you are here to go shopping with me, don't think about fortifications. When you go back to the street, you can think whatever you like, and I will never interfere with you at that time."
The two entered the department store and found that it was deserted. Except for a few salesmen standing behind the counter, there was no one else. The salesmen who were crowded together to chat heard someone coming in, they stopped talking and looked at Sokov and his place. When they saw clearly that there were only two soldiers coming in to visit the mall, they lost their interest and continued the topic that had just been finished.
When Asia saw the salesperson ignore him, she quickly shook Sokov's arm and said to him: "Misha, look, there is no goods in the mall, and the salesperson is not interested in working. What's the point of making a stroll again? Should we go back?"
Chapter completed!