Seeing the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs leave the command center, Sokov hurriedly thanked Cui Kov: "Comrade Commander, thank you, thank you for coming to help me to rescue me in time."
"You fool, a fool." Who knew that as soon as Sokov finished speaking, Cuikov pointed his nose and cursed, "Do you know where the Ministry of Internal Affairs is? Do you think you can still come out intact after entering? If you can't get out, what will your troops do? What should you do with Mamayev's gang? Leave them all to the Germans?"
"Comrade Commander, I'm sorry, I was wrong." Sokov just wanted to leave with the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he was thinking that the other party wanted to arrest him, but it was nothing more than a matter of disobeying. Since he had reported to Khrushchev, even if he arrived at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the other party would not dare to do what he did. At this moment, when he heard Cui Kov say that, he realized that he had made the problem simple, so he quickly apologized to Cui Kov.
Cuikov waved his hand and asked the battalion commanders to sit down at the table immediately, then he called the three of them to sit down, and looked at Sokov and asked, "When I went to the Front Command to accept the appointment, General Yelemenko asked me a sentence: 'Is there any difficulties?' Guess how I answered."
Hearing this question from Cuikov, Sokov gave the answer without hesitation: "You must have answered: 'There are difficulties, but I will not give up on Stalingrad.'"
His answer alarmed Trekov, who looked at him for a long time, then gave a thumbs up: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I have to say, you guessed it very accurately, I did answer this way."
Belkin and Sidolin, who were sitting aside as melon-eating crowd, all showed a look of surprise on their faces when they heard Cuikov say this. They did not expect that Sokov could guess what Cuikov said at the Front Command, so they looked at Sokov with a hint of admiration.
After a moment of pause, Cuikov asked again: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, what do you think is the most urgent problem of our army at present?"
"Communication!" Sokov blurted out.
"Communication?!" Cuikov thought Sokov would answer the problem he was facing at the moment, which was the lack of troops and equipment, and the lack of a perfect defense system. Unexpectedly, Sokov said lightly that the most pressing problem was communication, which confused him. He frowned and asked, "Why?"
"Comrade Commander, although the war has been going on for more than a year, communication and communication are still a weak link in our army." Sokov explained to Cuikov: "As far as I know, all German troops are equipped with radio stations, and our army's communication is still mainly wired telephones. Once there is a problem with the line, you can only send communication soldiers to send orders everywhere. If the troops are very close, it doesn't matter; but if the troops are too dispersed, it will not only not only fail to grasp the situation of the troops in time, but also it is difficult to convey the orders in time."
Sokov said this and deliberately stopped to observe Cuikov's expression. Seeing that he was pondering, he continued to say: "Now that the German army is getting closer and closer to Stalingrad, the defense lines between the enemy and us are constantly changing. If there is no safe means of communication and relying solely on the communications soldiers to send the order, it is possible that when the "urgent" order is printed on it and sent to the army, the position stipulated to be defended has been lost; even the troops designated to execute the order have been destroyed under the attack of the German army..."
"You are right, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov." Cuikov, after Sokov finished speaking, said in agreement: "It seems that if I want to command the troops better, I must first have enough radio stations for daily communication."
"That's right, that's it, Comrade Commander." Since Cui Kov was already the commander of the 62nd Army at this moment, Sokov no longer called him General, but instead called him Commander: "As long as the troops below have enough radio stations, you can pass on various orders to the troops below in a timely manner, and you can also keep an eye on the current situation of the troops at any time."
Cuikov asked Sidolin next to him for a cigarette, and then lit it and asked Sokov: "Lieutenant Colonel, I want to ask, which level is the radio station in your brigade equipped?"
"At present, each company of the brigade is equipped with a radio station." Speaking of the communications of the infantry brigade, Sokov is undoubtedly the most proud of. Every time he seizes the German warehouse, he ordered the troops to find a radio station. "Because of its special nature, I equipped them with two."
"Your radio stations are quite a lot." After hearing Sokov's introduction, Cuikov couldn't help but say enviously: "The 64th Army I was commanding was only equipped at the regiment level. If you want to contact the troops below, you can only send a telegraph or send a telegraph soldier to send orders."
"Comrade Commander, while the Front Command is still in the city, you should immediately request them to equip you with more radio stations." Sokov explained to Cuikov: "If your command and the troops below have enough radio stations, even if the main force of the 62nd Army was cut off by the German army, you can still command the troops in the encirclement through the radio station to enable them to engage in organized battles."
"Lt. Col. Sokov, what did you say just now, taking advantage of the opportunity that the Front Command is still in the city?" Cuikov asked back, "Do you think they will leave this city?"
"If the battle is fierce and is in security considerations, I think the Front Command will definitely leave the city, cross the river to the left bank of the Volga River, and establish a new command there to command the troops in the city to continue fighting."
Regarding Sokov's statement, Cuikov laughed: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, do you really think that the enemy's attack will force the Front Command to retreat to the other side?"
"I think this is completely possible," Sokov nodded, "If I remember correctly, Comrade Khrushchev had participated in the Battle of Kiev. In order to prevent the tragedy of the front command being annihilated by the enemy, he is likely to move the command to a safe place before danger comes."
"Your statement makes some sense," Cuikov stood up and said, "Khrushchev was a cautious man. In the Battle of Kiev, he was one of the few senior commanders who successfully broke through. In order to avoid the recurrence of the tragedy, he was completely possible to withdraw the headquarters to a safe area."
"Comrade Commander, where are you going?" Seeing Cui Kev standing up, Sidolin asked quickly, "Don't you stay here for dinner before leaving?"
Chapter completed!