Although Vrasov was only the director of the brigade's political department, his prestige among the sailors far exceeded that of Tanasolov and Andreyev. With his shouts, the sailors immediately rushed to him, and those who stayed by Tanasolov were some soldiers wearing army uniforms.
Seeing that the sailors were all standing on their side, a gratified smile appeared on Vrasov's face. He waved his hand and said loudly: "Let's go, comrades, come with me to take back the station."
Seeing that the sailors were following Vrasov, Tanasolov was so angry that he stamped his feet. He suddenly pulled out his pistol from his waist, aimed at Vrasov's back, and made a move to pull the trigger. Seeing that the situation was not good, Andreyev quickly grabbed his hand and said in a panic: "Comrade Colonel, since he doesn't want to leave, let him stay. Whether he is dead or alive, then his own affairs, let us leave this dangerous place quickly." After that, he pushed Tanasolov towards the river.
Although Sokov and Tanasolov were both brigade commanders, because the other party's rank was higher than his, Sokov could only watch the two of them leading a group of soldiers towards the direction of the ferry.
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Selyosaurov watched Tanasolov take his men away, and asked Sokov: "What should we do?"
"Let's go back to the command center," Sokov said decisively: "Report the situation here to General Rodimtev." Since he has no right to deal with Tanasolov, he will hand over the matter to people of higher levels to deal with it.
After receiving Sokov's call, Rodimtev immediately asked: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, what's the situation? Have the German army occupied the station? Are the sailors who are standing there already defeated by the German army?"
Faced with a series of questions raised by Rodimtev, Sokov replied: "Comrade General, from the current situation, the station may have fallen into the hands of the Germans. However, the retreating sailors, led by Comrade Vrasov, the director of the brigade political department, launched a counterattack against the station again. I believe that it will not take long before they can retake the station."
"What? Is the director of the political department who commanded the battle?" Rodimtev asked in surprise when he heard Sokov's answer: "Where are brigade commander Tanasolov and political commissar Andreyev, have they died?"
"No, Comrade General." Sokov couldn't help but sneer and replied, "They are still alive."
"Since both the brigade commander and the political commissar are still alive," Rodimtev asked in confusion: "Why would the Director of the Political Department be asked to direct such a battle?"
"Comrade General, please listen to my explanation." Sokov said to the microphone: "The reason why the commander who commanded the attacking station was the director of the political department, not the brigade commander and political commissar was that the two brigade commanders had already taken the members of the brigade command to retreat to the sandbank in the middle of the Volga River."
"Damn it, retreat to the sandbank of the Volga River." Rodimtev couldn't help but scream when he heard this: "How can they command the troops there? It's just a mess. Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, why don't you stop him?"
Sokov said with some amusement and cry: "Comrade General, although Tanasolov and I are both brigade commanders, he is a colonel and I am a lieutenant colonel. I cannot give orders to him."
Rodimtev realized that he was a little too impulsive. After coughing gently, he asked, "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, who did you hear about the Tanasolov transfer headquarters?"
"I heard it with my own ears." Sokov quickly repeated what he saw and heard to Rodimtev, and finally emphasized again: "According to my judgment, when Tanasolov and his friends made the decision to transfer the command, Comrade Vrasov was definitely not there. When he realized something was wrong, the large army had retreated to the vicinity of Mamayev's hill, but he still chased and took the troops back to compete with the enemy for the station..."
When Sokov was telling the story, Rodimtev did not interrupt, but listened quietly. After Sokov finished speaking, he spoke, "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I know everything. I will report to Commander Cuikov immediately about Tanasolov's unauthorized transfer of the command center. Thank you!" Before Sokov could say anything, he hung up the phone directly.
After Sokov put down the phone, he suddenly remembered the guard platoon who followed Krimov and himself. When Tanasolov was transferring just now, he seemed to have not seen them, and he didn't know where they were now. Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked Sidolin: "Chief of Staff, has Adjutant Krimov contacted you?"
Sidolin shook his head and said that the other party had never contacted him. Then he asked Sokov curiously: "Comrade Brigade Commander, why did you suddenly ask him?"
"Two days ago, Captain Krimov was not the command of the 92nd Infantry Brigade as the liaison officer of the Army Command." Sokov's heart was bleeding when he thought of the unknown guard platoon, because there was also the god of sniper Vasily among them. If they had any accidents, they would be a big loss. However, he pretended to be calm in front of Sidolin: "When he left, he also brought a guard platoon, but when Tanasolov took the brigade command today, I did not see Krimov and the guard platoon, nor did I know where they went."
When Sidolin learned that the whereabouts of the guards Klimov took were unknown, he couldn't help but sigh. You should know that the old warrior with rich combat experience and well-equipped equipment in No. 50 and 60 were really fighting with the Germans, and at least it could stand up to two companies of ordinary troops. However, it is indeed a bit regrettable that he is missing like this now.
He saw Sokov sighing aside, and guessed the other party’s thoughts and asked quickly: “Comrade Brigade Commander, look, should we send someone to find Captain Krimov?”
Although there was no word in Sedolin's words about the missing guard platoon, Sokov knew very well that the guard platoon was taken away by Krimov. Only by finding Krimov could he find the guard platoon. It was really a pity that Crimov could come up with such a high-sounding reason. So he nodded and said, "Well, Comrade Chief of Staff, immediately send a reconnaissance team to bring the radio station to the Soviet Street area to find Captain Krimov's whereabouts."
After Sidolin sent a reconnaissance team, Sokov called Goria, the battalion commander of the 192nd Battalion, and asked him to come to him to accept the mission. Since Goria came to Mamayev, except for carrying out the mission to meet the 35th Division of the Guards, he was idle for the rest of the time. At this moment, he heard Sokov say that there were important combat tasks to be assigned to him, and he was overjoyed and quickly trotted to the command center.
When Goriya walked into the command center, he saw Sokov standing in front of the table with his back facing the door, and Sidolin was studying the map on the table. He quickly came behind Sokov and said loudly: "Report to the brigade commander, Captain Goriya, the commander of the 192nd Battalion, came to report. I obey your orders, please instruct!"
"Captain Goria, you are here." Goria's voice shocked Sokov, who was studying the combat plan. He turned his head and said to Goria: "Come to the table, I will assign you combat missions."
Goria quickly walked to the table, looked down at the map on the table, waiting for Sokov to assign tasks to him. According to his idea, perhaps the brigade commander saw that the fourth battalion was too much casualties and planned to send his own battalion to replace them. Unexpectedly, Sokov was shocked when he opened his mouth: "Comrade Captain, in two days, the Stalingrad Front troops will launch an attack on the northwest of the city, and the group army will also organize a powerful anti-assault force to support the actions of friendly forces..."
After hearing Sokov briefly introduce the situation, Goria asked excitedly: "Comrade Brigade Commander, are you planning to let our battalion join this anti-assault force?"
Sokov looked at Goria with a strange look, shook his head and said, "Comrade Captain, you are wrong. Those newly arrived in the city are the troops who have entered the counterattack. We have other tasks."
When Goriya learned that his battalion could not participate in the counterattack, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He responded absent-mindedly, and then waited for Sokov to assign tasks to him.
"Comrade Captain," Sokov pointed to the map and said to Goria: "When our troops carry out counterattacks on the enemy, your battalion will immediately head north, pass through the enemy's defense loopholes, and meet oncoming friendly forces."
When Goriya learned that he might become the first unit to meet with friendly forces, he was excited. He quickly expressed his confidence to Sokov and said, "Don't worry, comrade brigade commander, our battalion will definitely not disappoint your expectations..."
"Wait a minute, Comrade Captain, I haven't finished speaking yet." Unexpectedly, he was interrupted by Sokov as soon as he said halfway through: "I will lead the team in person this time!"
"What, you lead the team yourself?" Sokov's words shocked everyone.
After a while, Cidolin spoke: "Comrade Brigade Commander, as the commander of the brigade, your combat post is in the command center, rather than charging into battle like an ordinary company commander. I think Captain Goria is fully responsible for the task of receiving this time. I think he is fully capable of completing such a task."
"Yes, comrade comrade commander." Seeing that the Chief of Staff was talking to him, Goria was naturally not willing to be outdone: "Just hand over the task to me with confidence, I will definitely complete the task successfully."
"The decision made by me is made by the commander." In order to block everyone's mouth, Sokov lifted Cuikov out as a shield: "Since it was an order issued by the superior, we can only execute the orders as subordinates, rather than discussing the orders here. Do you understand?"
Since the order was issued by Cuikov himself, Sidorin didn't say much. But for Sokov's safety, he took the initiative to put forward his thoughts: "Comrade Brigade Commander, there are two armored vehicles parked in the underground garage. If you want to go north, I suggest you bring these two vehicles with you."
The purpose of Sidolin's proposal to bring two armored vehicles was to consider that even if there was an accident, Sokov could quickly escape from danger in an armored vehicle. Sokov also thought of the issues that Sidolin considered. He nodded slightly and said, "Comrade Chief of Staff, you are right. With these two armored vehicles, it will be very helpful to our actions." He began to think about whether to bring another batch of German uniforms so that the soldiers could disguise themselves as Germans when necessary, so that it would be relatively easier to cross the German defense line.
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The reconnaissance team sent by Cydollin sent a telegram back after dawn. After reading the content of the telegram, Cydollin immediately handed it to Sokov and said to him: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the guard platoon was disbanded by the Germans in the battle. The reconnaissance team we sent only found a guard squad led by Sergeant Vasily on the Soviet street. They took back a four-story building from the Germans last night."
Sokov took the telegram from Cidolin, and when he saw clearly what was on the telegram, he suddenly jumped out of his seat: "What, what did Vasily and the others occupy the building next to the 'January 9' square?"
"Yes," Sidolin didn't understand why Sokov had such a big reaction, but replied truthfully: "It was a building at the end of the Soviet street. They were guarding the building and could use firepower to kill enemies passing through the square."
When the building occupied by Vasily was confirmed, the most famous building in history, Sokov's breathing became rapid. Originally, this building was led by Sergeant Pavlov, but due to his appearance, Yelin's 42nd Guards Regiment was transferred to the right wing of Mamayev's hill, causing Pavlov to lose the opportunity to see this building named after him by later generations. By chance, Vasily, who was sent by Sokov to assist Krimov in his mission, successfully occupied the building with a guard squad. In this way, this building can no longer be called the "Pavlov Building", but should be called the "Vasily Building."
Sokov looked up at Cidolin and asked excitedly: "Comrade Chief of Staff, how many people are there in Sergeant Vasily? Is the ammunition sufficient?"
"We have 20 people in one of our guards," said Cydollin, frowning. "Even if they have casualties in the battle, I guess Vasily should have ten people in his hands."
Chapter completed!