"How is the war outside?" Sokov felt that he had never convened the battalion commanders of various battalions since the beginning of the war, so he felt that he would call everyone over and talk to them about some of his ideas when he had time today. However, before that, if he wanted to confirm whether the battle outside was over, he could not affect the battalion commanders of various battalions commanders of various battalions commanders of various battalions because of the meeting. He looked at Sidolin and asked, "I will gather the battalion commanders of various battalions for a meeting, will it have any impact?"
"No, comrade brigade commander." Cidolin shook his head and said, "The enemy's attack today has ended at this moment. Even if you call the battalion commanders here, it will not have any impact."
Hearing Cidolin's reply, Sokov immediately ordered him: "Comrade Chief of Staff, call the battalion commanders immediately and order them to come to the command center immediately. I want to hold an emergency military meeting."
Although the troops could repel several German attacks every day, the casualties were quite considerable. Sidolin was worried about this matter. He heard that Sokov was going to convene the battalion commanders for a meeting, and guessed that he might have some new arrangements, so he did not dare to neglect them. He immediately called several battalion commanders and notified them to rush to the command center for a meeting immediately.
After only five minutes, the battalion commanders who received the notice arrived at the command center one after another. The four battalion commanders except Goriya were shocked when they saw Sokov lying on the camp bed and hurriedly stepped forward to ask what had happened. For everyone's concern, Sokov waved his hand at them and said lightly: "I just suffered a little injury, it's okay, I'll just lie down for two days."
Seeing that all the battalion commanders had come, Sokov said straight to the point: "Comrades in the battalion commanders, I called you here today because it was related to sticking to Mamayev's gang. Everyone knows that the battle is getting more and more cruel, and the casualties of our army are increasing. If this trend continues, at most half a month, Mamayev's gang will be taken away by the Germans..."
Before Sokov finished speaking, Captain Vasily, the second battalion commander, couldn't wait to say: "Comrade Brigade Commander, tell us what to fight next? We all listen to you."
"Comrade Vasily," Seeing Vasily interrupting Sokov's words without authorization, Cidolin glared at him fiercely and said unhappily: "Don't interrupt the brigade commander casually."
After the house calmed down, Sokov continued: "There are more than 3,000 people left in the entire brigade, and it is not very meaningful to stay in Mamayev's hill. After all, the area here is limited and it is impossible to launch such troops at the same time. We can only use the oil-adding tactics to enter the battle in turn. In order to better attack the enemy, I plan to adjust the deployment."
Speaking of this, Sokov paused for a moment, then turned his attention to the third battalion commander Andre: "Captain Andre, I plan to send you to lead your troops to the left wing of Mamayevgang, to accommodate the broken troops there, and to deal with the enemy in the city, so as to achieve the goal of covering our left wing."
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Andrei said with some embarrassment about Sokov's order: "Most parts of the city have become ruins under the enemy's bombing and shelling. It is probably difficult to block the enemy's defense in such a location."
"Captain Andre, I sent you to the city, not to let you fight positions with them, but street fighting." Seeing that Andre did not understand his intentions, Sokov patiently explained to him: "It is much easier to annihilate the enemy on the ruins of the city than on the prairie between the Volga and the Don. Although the enemy has strong military forces, fighting in narrow streets and bombed buildings cannot exert its power, and always suffers major losses and is in a passive situation of being beaten. They often don't understand where the bullets came from and where the death is waiting for them."
After hearing Sokov's words, Andrei said thoughtfully: "Comrade Brigade Commander, do you mean to let us learn from Sergeant Vasily, occupy one or several buildings, and use it as a fire support point to block and eliminate enemies rushing into the city?"
"If a certain army has the strength of Sergeant Vasily and others, occupy one or several buildings with favorable terrain and block the German roads." Sokov and Andre continued after finishing his speech, he continued: "But I hope you can make full use of every soldier under your command to fight with the enemy in every street and every building. As long as there is still a soldier alive, even if the enemy has occupied the living room, we will continue to fight with him in the kitchen or bedroom..."
After Sokov passed on some of the common sense of street fighting that he knew to Andre, he said to several other battalion commanders: "The mission of your battalions is to stick to the Mamayev post. However, I don't want you to just carry out simple passive defense, but should take various measures to take the initiative on the battlefield in your own hands."
"Comrade Brigade Commander." Wanya, the first battalion commander, had always been the most calm, immediately humbly asked for advice after Sokov finished speaking: "I want to ask, how should we take active defense?"
"Comrades," Sokov saw from the eyes of the crowd that they had the same questions as Wanya, so he simply said to everyone: "I think everyone knows very well that as long as the enemy does not attack, we will stay in the tunnel with peace of mind. No matter how fierce the battle conditions on the left and right wings are, it has nothing to do with us. If there is an enemy attack, our commanders and soldiers will resist desperately, never take a step back, and resolutely drive the enemy away from the position."
Sokov said this and deliberately stopped to observe everyone's expressions. Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement with his statement, he continued to say: "But this can only be considered passive defense, and active defense means that when the enemy attacks, we resolutely resist. If the enemy does not attack, we should not be idle. We should take various means to disrupt their deployment so that they cannot launch an attack on Mamayev's hill according to the original plan."
Everyone agreed with Sokov's words, but they were still confused about how to implement them. So Vanya asked again on behalf of everyone: "Comrade Brigade Commander, please give it more details."
"Captain Vanya, I will give you an example." Sokov stared at Vanya and said, "The enemy wants to attack Mamayev's hill, and their camp will not be too far away from us. When it is late at night, can we send small troops to attack, put the enemy's camp into chaos and make them restless all night, so that they can disrupt their attack plan the next day.
Also, the enemy wants to attack Mamayevgang. The ammunition and various military supplies they consume every day are not a small number. The transport convoys must be transported to them day and night. If you send a small army to attack the enemy's convoys and blow up their supply points, so that the enemy's guns have no bullets and food in their stomachs. Tell me, can they still attack us like they are now?"
"No." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, several battalion commanders answered in unison.
"Very good," Seeing that everyone understood their intentions, Sokov ordered the battalion commanders, "After you go back, you will immediately draw elite soldiers and generals into a small team, go deep into the enemy's rear, attack their traffic lines, blow up their supply stations, and raid their camps at night, so that the enemy will be in peace all night. As long as the enemy becomes exhausted and loses most of the ammunition and supplies, their attack on Mamayevgang will be weakened. Do you all understand?"
"I understand, comrade brigade commander." The battalion commanders replied loudly.
"Since you understand, then you will be assigned tasks by your own troops." Sokov signaled everyone to leave, and then added: "Leave the Third Battalion Commander."
Andrei guessed that Sokov might have something to explain to him. When the other battalion commanders left, he immediately asked: "Comrade Battalion Commander, do you have any instructions?"
"That's right, Captain Andre." Sokov reorganized his words in his mind, and then said to Andre: "The building where Sergeant Vasily and the others stood is particularly important and must not be occupied by the Germans. Therefore, when you lead the troops nearby, you must provide them with the best of their ability."
Sokov's words made Andre a little confused. He scratched the back of his head and asked, "Comrade Brigade Commander, how should I help them? Should I send reinforcements to the building? However, the building only has three units and can accommodate limited troops. If too much force is put in, as long as it is bombed or shelled, it will cause many unnecessary casualties."
"Captain Andre, I'm not asking you to send troops to strengthen the defense of the building. If there is a need for troops there, I can send a platoon or even a company directly. Why should I tell you?" Sokov said: "When the Germans realized how threatened the building Vasily and theirs were to them, they would definitely send heavy troops to attack them. You can send several combat teams to provide support to Vasily and theirs nearby with fire."
"Fighting Team?!" Hearing the words Sokov said, Andre hesitated for a moment, then asked back: "Do you mean a certain number of combat units?"
After Andrei reminded me, Sokov realized that the word seemed to have to wait until October to appear. He nodded and said, "That's right, it is a combat unit with a limited number of people. Each combat team should be composed of a sniper, two machine gunners, an anti-tank player and several infantrymen, with a number of seven to ten people. Snipers can snipe the important targets of the enemy at a long range; machine gunners can strafuse the gathered German troops; and anti-tank players use effective anti-tank weapons to destroy the German tanks in the city..."
Sokov has mentioned such a combat team many times, but it was the first time that he had proposed it to Andre so formally. After hearing this, Andre said in embarrassment: "Comrade Brigade Commander, there is no problem with machine gunners and infantry. But snipers and anti-tank players can be found but not many..."
"Captain Andre, I understand your difficulties." Sokov knew that the Third Battalion was the most casualty unit in the entire brigade, so he saw Andre so embarrassed that he said tactfully: "I know that snipers and anti-tank players are not easy to find, but such a combat team does not require too many, four or five. They do not have to fight hard with the Germans, but use the tactic of fighting and leaving, so that the enemy cannot figure out where we are."
After Andrey left, Sokov remembered the infantry brigade composed of sailors and hurriedly asked Sidolin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, what is the situation of the 92nd Infantry Brigade?" He was very afraid that Sidolin did not know which unit he was talking about, so he specifically emphasized, "It is the infantry brigade composed of the Baltic Fleet and the North Sea Fleet sailors."
After hearing Sokov's question, Sidolin sighed softly and said, "Comrade Brigade Commander, since Colonel Tanasolov took the brigade command and left the battlefield, the entire brigade has lost its unified command. Although the sailors were extremely tenacious, they still failed to drive the enemy away from the station completely. Now the entire army has been disbanded."
Sokov had always wanted to recruit all the sailors under his command. At this moment, he heard that the brave army was defeated by the brigade commander's escape, and his expression became serious: "Commander Cuikov, how did he deal with the brigade commander and political commissar who escaped at the last battle?"
"As soon as they fled to the sandbank, they were captured by Chief of Staff Krelov. "Sidolin knew the inside story of the matter well. At this moment, he heard Sokov ask, and simply said: "The Brigade Commander Colonel Tanasolov and Political Commissar Andreyev were all sent to the military court, and the troops were handed over to the command of the political department director Vrasov."
"Since the troops have been handed over to Comrade Vrasov's command, why are they still disbanded by the enemy?" Sokov asked in confusion: "What the hell is going on?"
"Frasov is an excellent political worker, but not an excellent military commander." Before Sidolin could speak, Belkin interrupted: "He was hit by a stray bullet in the battle to lead his troops to seize the station. He was gloriously sacrificed. The remnants of the brigade were commanded by Captain Lemusev, the commander of the first battalion, continued to fight against the enemy near the station."
"What a pity, this is such a pity." Sokov didn't expect such a heroic unit to be destroyed because of the brigade commander's greed for life and death. He looked at Cidolin and said, "Comrade Chief of Staff, can you contact Captain Lemusev?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander, if you say you are contacting by phone or telegram, I can't do it." Sidolin looked at Sokov and said, "But if you have anything to do and need to communicate with Captain Lemusev, I can send a telecommunications soldier to find them."
Chapter completed!