When Guchakov brought the soldiers of the Ninth Company across the Aksai River and came to Andrei, Andre looked behind him, and saw that there were only a few more than fifty people at most, and he couldn't help but look surprised on his face: "Why, Comrade Lieutenant, there are only such people left in the Ninth Company?"
"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander." Guchakov, with a tired face, replied: "We were attacked by the German army in the town. They were equipped with six tanks, and the number of infantry was roughly the same as ours. After a fierce battle, we destroyed all the German tanks and drove the enemy out of the town."
"Good, comrade Lieutenant." Andrey slapped Guchakov's arm with both hands, and said with praise: "You and your warrior are both good."
"Comrade Battalion Commander," Guchakov asked expressionlessly: "Where will we go next?"
"I think we should go to the brigade commander."
Just as Andrei hurried to the Southern Cluster Command with the Third Battalion, which had withdrawn from the South Bank, Cui Kefu was furious in the command center: "Hey, it's so damn. The head of the logistics department would actually say that if there were no numbers of these troops on the supply list, they refused to supply us. They never thought that if we didn't get the supply, we would not be able to defend the Aksai River defense line at all."
"Comrade General, as far as I know, both the 138th Division, the 157th Division, or the 208th Division, which had just entered the defensive position, are facing a shortage of ammunition." Sokov waited for Cui Kov to calm down and said to him: "Do you see if you can contact the Front Command directly and let them negotiate with the logistics department to provide us with the much-needed ammunition and supplies."
Cui Kev sighed and said, "It's useless. I have contacted Commander Goldorf, but he said that the logistics department has arranged any supply to the troops, and he has no right to change it."
Sokov never dreamed that the commander of the front army was such a scheming person. Under his command, it was strange that the troops could win battles. No wonder a few days later, Stalin ordered Yelyemko to take over his position. As the chief of staff of the southern cluster, Sokov had to find a way to solve the ammunition and supplies of the troops. He stared at the map in front of him and searched along the Aksai River, hoping to see a warehouse sign somewhere, so that he could take the troops to carry ammunition.
However, Sokov searched on it for a long time but could not find the so-called warehouse. He could only sigh and said to Cuikov: "Comrade General, I think the Aksai River can't be kept at all."
When Cuikov heard Sokov say this, he did not get angry, but asked coldly: "Why?"
"The bridge on the Aksai River has been blown up by our army. If the German army wants to cross the river, they can only choose to cross." Sokov said helplessly: "If our troops have sufficient ammunition, they can block the river surface with firepower on the north bank and eliminate as many enemies as possible in the river. However, the situation in front of us is that our army lacks ammunition. If we fired up the last bullet in the barrel too early, when the Germans landed, our soldiers would have to fight with them."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, I understand what you said." After hearing Sokov finished speaking, Cuikov said with anger: "But if the superiors don't give us supplies, I can't convert weapons and ammunition out of thin air."
"Oh," Seeing that Cuikov was also helpless, Sokov couldn't help but sighed to the sky: "It seems that to defend this line of defense, we can only use human lives to fill it in. If we are afraid, we will fight all the people, but we still fail to defend this line of defense, so that the German army can sway towards Stalingrad."
"Chief of Staff, I'm sorry." I don't know how long I was silent, but Cuikov suddenly spoke, "If I don't force you to stay and be the Chief of Staff of Raoshi, maybe you are free and easy at Mamayev's moment."
Sokov couldn't help laughing and crying when he heard Cui Kov say this. He felt a little regretful at this moment, thinking that he was meddling in other people's business. Although Cui Kov lost contact with the headquarters, it was definitely fine. He hurriedly brought the Third Battalion, which had strong combat power, to this area to find him, which made it difficult to get on the road. Now I don't know if the commanders and fighters of the Third Battalion have successfully returned to the north shore.
Just as Sokov was constantly thinking about it, Krimov suddenly ran in from outside and said excitedly: "Comrade Chief of Staff, your third battalion is back!"
"What, the Third Battalion is back?" Sokov, who was dejected, suddenly became excited when he heard Krimov say this. He suddenly stood up and asked Krimov with some excitement: "Where are they?"
"The troops are heading in this direction," Krimov replied, "It will be here in a few minutes."
"Comrade General," Sokov rushed to the door a few steps, suddenly thinking of his identity, and quickly stopped, turned his head and asked Cui Kov, who was sitting at the table: "Are you allowed me to leave?"
Cuikov had already heard the conversation between Sokov and Krimov clearly. Seeing Sokov running a few steps outside, he stopped to ask for instructions from him, and waved at him and said weakly: "Go!"
Sokov followed Krimov out of the mill and immediately asked impatiently: "Comrade Adjutant, where are they?"
"There is there, Comrade Chief of Staff." Krimov pointed his finger at the troops walking towards him in the distance and said with emotion: "It seems that they have suffered no losses."
Andrei, who was walking in the front of the team, saw Sokov and Cuikov's adjutant standing outside a windmill mill, quickly raised his right hand high above his head and said loudly: "Stop the army!" Then he ran to Sokov alone and raised his hand to salute, "Hello, comrade brigade commander, I'm back!"
Sokov returned a salute and shook hands with Andre, and asked with concern: "Comrade Captain, have the troops lost during the transfer?"
Andre nodded and replied: "When Guchakov's Ninth Company blocked the German army in the small town, they suffered huge casualties, and the entire company lost as much as three-quarters. However, they still successfully blew up six German tanks and killed nearly a hundred bandits."
"Lieutenant Guchakov did a good job." Sokov said with praise and asked curiously: "Captain Andre, but I see that your troops have at least a thousand people, and it doesn't seem to have suffered losses."
Hearing Sokov's question, Andrei grinned and said, "Comrade Brigade Commander, have you forgotten that when our battalion went to the south bank to deploy defense, you once told me that you should accommodate more soldiers who were broken. To be honest, I have accommodated more than 300 people around this time."
After Andrei reminded him, Sokov remembered that he had indeed issued such an order, and he ordered Andrei: "Comrade Captain, since the Ninth Company has suffered heavy losses, then replenish all the troops contained in the Ninth Company."
After Andre nodded in agreement, he looked at Krimov who was standing not far away, then pulled Sokov to the side and whispered: "Comrade Brigade Commander, there is a situation, I want to report it to you."
"What's the matter?" Sokov asked briefly.
"It's like this. In order to get rid of the Germans on the south bank, I led my troops to walk far downstream before finding a suitable place to cross the river....We got a few small wooden boats, and at most one platoon could only cross one platoon at a time, so I separated the troops in the ranking units..."
Sokov frowned and looked at Andre and said coldly: "Say the point!"
Andrei laughed dryly and said, "Comrade Brigade Commander, don't worry, I will immediately talk about the key points. After the Ninth Company arrived, we set off here. The pioneers who were opening the road unexpectedly discovered the warehouse hidden behind the hills on the roadside."
"Warehouse?" When Andrei heard the warehouse talk about it, Sokov felt his heartbeat suddenly accelerate. He grabbed Andrei and asked nervously: "What kind of warehouse is it?"
Andre shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "I don't know."
Sokov was really angry and funny to Andrei's answer. He grabbed the other party's clothes and asked, "Since you found the warehouse, why don't you go in and take a look?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander, it's not that I don't want to go in." Andrei said with a bitter face: "The key is that there are almost two squads of internal guards guarding the door, and we are not allowed to get close at all."
"You wait for me here and don't leave." Sokov said that, then turned his head and ran towards the mill. He rushed into the mill and rushed to Cui Kov, and asked in anger: "Comrade General, do you know any warehouses nearby that the inner guard forces are under the supervision of?"
"Warehouse, what kind of warehouse?" Cui Kefu said with a confused look on his face: "What kind of warehouse is there near here? I said to Comrade Chief of Staff, are you mistaken?"
"It shouldn't be." Sokov said to Trikov: "My third battalion commander Captain Andre just reported to me that they had discovered a warehouse hidden in the hills on their way back here. But since the warehouse was under the supervision of two internal guards, they dared not take action and could only come back to report to me."
"The warehouse under the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Cuikov stood up and said to Sokov: "Although I have never heard of any warehouse in this area, since our troops have discovered the warehouse, we should go and have a look. Let's go and take a look now, Comrade Chief of Staff."
"Comrade General," Sokov looked at Cuikov who was about to walk outside and asked curiously: "Are you planning to go there in person?"
Chapter completed!