"Comrades," Sokov, after he finished speaking, said to everyone: "I plan to draw elite soldiers and generals from each battalion, disguise themselves as German troops, go deep into the enemy's backbone, and find ways to get some weapons and equipment from the enemy's warehouse."
Belkin has always been supportive of Sokov's proposal in the past, but this time, he hesitated: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I suggest you think carefully. Is it appropriate to send troops to disguise themselves in the current situation? "
Seeing that Belkin had questioned his plan, Sokov couldn't help but frown slightly, and then asked back: "Why? Tell me your reasons."
"The defense lines between the enemy and us are constantly changing every day. Maybe a town belongs to our army in the morning and is occupied by the Germans in the afternoon. In order to achieve unexpected results, our disguise operation must be kept confidential and we cannot notify friendly forces. What should we do if we encounter friendly forces on the road and have misunderstandings?" Berkin breathed a sigh of concern about his problems, "Also, we don't know where the German military warehouse is, and just sending a small team to search for it rashly is like looking for a needle in a haystack."
Sokov did not immediately express his opinion on Belkin's statement, but asked the other battalion commanders here: "What do you think about this?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander, I think the political commissar makes sense." Vasily, who had followed Sokov to participate in a sneak attack on prisoners of war camp, said: "Now the front line is changing constantly every day. Not to mention us, maybe even the army headquarters may not know where our troops are and where the enemy is? At this time, I think it is too risky to send troops to disguise themselves and to attack their military warehouses?"
"We know nothing about where the enemy's warehouse is." Wanya also said carefully: "If our team wanders around in the warring areas without targets and waits for their ending, either they are discovered by the enemy and destroyed by the entire army, or they are destroyed by our army as enemies."
Seeing that several commanders who have always supported him and now they sang opposite him, Sokov asked himself: Am I really wrong? Under the current situation, should I stay in my own position honestly, take no action, and just wait for the Germans to attack?"
"Can I say a few words?" The room was quiet for a long time, but suddenly a voice broke the silence. Everyone looked in the voice. It turned out that the person who was speaking was Captain Brisky, the commander of the Fourth Battalion.
Since Brisky rarely speaks at various meetings, Sokov doesn't know whether he will support or oppose him at this moment, but he still said politely: "Comrade Captain, just say whatever you have."
"I need an answer." Brisky stood up, glanced at everyone, and said, "Since I came to this army, what I heard the soldiers talked about the most was the series of achievements achieved under the command of the brigade commander. I carefully analyzed all the battle examples and found that the brigade commander was always unique in his use of troops. Others seemed to have absolutely no hope of success in the battle, but the final results were shocking. As his old subordinates, why should you doubt his combat plan?"
Brisky's words aroused the contemplation of the other three battalion commanders: Yes, in the past, the brigade commander was not favored by others every time he organized a battle, but he won without exception. Even the Supreme Commander himself knew his great military achievements. The plan he proposed today seemed very risky, but in fact it was not without hope of success.
Seeing that the battalion commanders were all thinking, Brisky continued to strike while the iron was hot and said: "Since you all think the plan proposed by the brigade commander today is too risky, then as the battalion commander of the Fourth Battalion, I take the initiative to propose to the brigade commander, let our 4th Battalion draw staff to complete this glorious and arduous task."
Sokov didn't expect that Brisky, who was silent every time at the meeting, would support himself so clearly today. He heard the request from the other party, nodded slightly and said, "Okay, Captain Brisky, since you have made such a request, then this mission to go deep behind enemy lines will be completed independently by your battalion."
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Seeing that Sokov handed over the mission to the Fourth Battalion, the other three battalion commanders felt vaguely regretful, Andrei stood up and wanted Sokov to make a request: "I think this difficult task should be completed by our four battalions together."
"Since I have handed over the mission to the Fourth Battalion, the mission will be completed independently by their battalion." After Sokov said this, he asked Brisky: "Captain Brisky, I want to ask what method do you plan to find the location of the German warehouse."
Brisky smiled faintly about Sokov's question and then said, "Comrade Brigade Commander, have you forgotten that the first battalion captured many German officers and soldiers in today's battle? We can understand from the mouths of these prisoners where they secretly passed through our defense line and where they received supplies."
"Captain Brisky, you are really not easy." As soon as Brisky finished speaking, Chief of Staff Cidolin praised him and said: "We only think of the enemy's defense line and teeth intertwined. When the team passes, they will face various difficulties, but forget that they can understand the route from the captive's enemies. With the captive's confession, it will be much easier when we look for an enemy's warehouse. We don't have to try our luck around like looking for a needle in a haystack."
"The First Battalion Commander," Sokov remembered that the prisoners he captured were usually handed over to the City Defense Committee for disposal. At this moment, he was eager to learn some important information from the prisoners, and was afraid that Vanya had handed over the prisoners, so he asked hurriedly: "Where are the German soldiers captured in your camp? They have not been handed over to the City Defense Committee yet?"
"Not handed over yet," Vanya shook his head and said, "The City Defense Committee is busy concentrating its efforts on building the fortifications in the city, so the troops originally planned to receive the captives have not yet appeared."
Sokov pushed the phone in front of him and ordered: "Call the battalion immediately and tell the officers on duty that no one can ask for these prisoners before completing the interrogation. Do you understand?"
While Vanya was calling, Sokov said to Brisky again: "Comrade Captain, are there any German-speaking people in your camp?"
"Some, there are many soldiers who know German. They are fully qualified to interrogate prisoners." Brisky nodded and said, "Please rest assured that we will definitely learn the information we want to know from the prisoners."
Sokov asked Brisky if there were any German-speaking soldiers in his battalion. In addition to being convenient for interrogating prisoners, the second thing was that they had to disguise themselves and penetrate deep into the enemy's backbone, each armored vehicle would have to be equipped with at least a few German-speaking soldiers, so that even if they encountered real German soldiers on the road, there would be no misunderstandings.
He originally wanted the commanders and soldiers of the Fourth Battalion to complete this task independently, but then he thought that even if there were more than 1,000 people in the Fourth Battalion, how many German-speaking soldiers could be? Thinking of this, he said, "Although this mission was handed over to the Fourth Battalion, after some consideration, I decided to draw a group of German-speaking soldiers from other battalions to participate in this operation together."
Chapter completed!