For Vasily, even if he only gave five more rockets, he could at least eliminate hundreds of enemies. He nodded vigorously and replied: "Comrade Brigade Commander, with these fifteen new rockets you gave us, you will be more confident to defend the building."
Yakov raised his hand and looked at his watch, leaned close to Sokov's ear and whispered: "Misha, it's getting late. We have seen everything we should see. Should we go back to the command center?"
"Don't worry, Yakov. Wait a little longer, I want to meet other commanders in the building." After Sokov said this to Yakov, he turned his head and looked at Vasily: "Sergeant Vasily, I have been in the building for a long time, but I haven't seen other commanders yet. Can you call them all here?"
"Do you only see commanders at all levels?" Vasily asked tentatively after hearing Sokov's orders: "Don't you see other soldiers?"
Sokov wanted to meet all the soldiers who were holding on to the building, but then he thought that the German army had just suffered such a big loss and might have revenge. If everyone was gathered together, a German shell or bomb could lose all the defenders in the building, which would be too tragic.
Taking this into consideration, Sokov shook his head and said, "The soldiers must stick to their respective combat posts, so there is no need to alarm them. I just want to meet commanders at all levels and explain to them a few words."
In order to guard the building, Sokov tried his best to provide Vasily and others with various supplies, such as communication equipment. In addition to a telephone, there are at least three telephones on each floor. In this way, Vasily can use the shortest time to convey various commands during the battle.
It is precisely because of the building that the commanders distributed in different locations can all arrive at the room where Sokov is located shortly after receiving Vasily's call.
There were five commanders coming, including the artillery lieutenant Chernushenko, Sergeant Sobugaida of the anti-tank team, and Sokov had met. Vasily introduced the other three to Sokov: "This is Lieutenant Afanasiyev, the second platoon leader of the 9th Company, the second platoon leader of the naval platoon, and the platoon leader of the sailor, Corporal Hollor."
Sokov shook hands with the five people one by one, praising them for their heroism and tenacity in the battle to defend the building. He finally came to Hollor and held the other party's hand tightly: "Comrade Corporal, if I remember correctly, you should be from the 92nd Infantry Brigade."
"Yes, lieutenant colonel." Hollor said excitedly: "I have seen you in Mamayevgang once."
When Sokov saw the sailor, he immediately remembered the political department director Vrasov, who was unwilling to retreat with the brigade headquarters and insisted on staying in the city to fight the enemy, and Captain Lemusev, the first battalion commander, and asked tentatively: "Comrade Corporal, why are you here? Where are your battalion commander Captain Lemusev, and Comrade Vrasov, the political department director of the brigade?"
Hollor let go of Sokov's hand, lowered his head, and said sadly: "They were all sacrificed in the battle to seize the station. I took some of the soldiers out of the station and stayed in the city to fight street battles with the enemy. Later, I found that our troops had occupied the place, so I joined them with the remaining soldiers."
When Sokov remembered that Vasily introduced him, he mentioned that Hollor was the platoon leader of the sailor, and asked curiously: "How many people are there in your platoon?"
"Even me, there are fifteen people." Hollor looked at Sokov and said, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, we still have many comrades in the army, fighting tenaciously with the enemy in different places in the city. It would be great if they could be summoned."
Sokov has always looked up to the combat effectiveness of sailors. In the entire Soviet army, the most combat-effective troops were the Marines under each fleet. Even if there was only one well-trained sailor, it was enough to defeat a army group dominated by new recruits. Because of this, Sokov felt that if there was a sailor team in the Vasily building, the combat effectiveness of the defenders would be greatly improved. So he nodded and said to Hollor: "Comrade Corporal, if necessary, you can send someone to the city to find your comrades and bring them here."
Speaking of this, he stopped and thought for a moment, and added: "If I can get a company together, I will let you be the company commander; if I get a battalion together, I will let you be the battalion commander."
Sokov's words made Holore's eyes shine. He couldn't wait to say, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, please rest assured. When it gets dark, I will send someone outside to find the broken comrades and gather them all here."
Just when Sokov wanted to say a few more words, he suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him: "Comrade Brigade Commander, why are you here?"
Sokov turned his head and saw unexpectedly that Guchakov, the company commander of the 9th Company of the Third Battalion, was standing at the door. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Lieutenant Guchakov, why are you here?"
Guchakov came over and saluted Sokov, and then replied: "My company is located in the flour mill building a few hundred meters away."
Vasily next to him quickly added: "Comrade Brigade Commander, Lieutenant Guchakov will come to us every day to see what help can provide us."
"How did you come?" Sokov looked towards the direction of the flour mill building and found that the distance was not close. Perhaps there were enemy snipers or submachine gunmen in the ruins. He asked with some concern: "Are you not afraid of danger if you didn't come?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander, you can rest assured about this." Guchakov was quite moved to see Sokov worrying about his safety and quickly explained: "There is a very hidden tunnel between the flour mill building and here. It is very safe for me to come from the tunnel."
"Comrade Lieutenant, you're here just in time." Sokov summoned the commanders in the building to arrange defense tasks for them. Now that Guchakov has also come, he simply arranged the tasks together: "I'm planning to arrange defense tasks for them. Since you're here, let's listen together."
Sokov said to several commanders in front of him: "Comrades Commander, you and your subordinates performed very well in the battle that just ended, and you are all good. On behalf of the Brigade Command, I would like to express my gratitude to you!" At this point, he stood at attention and raised his hand to salute a solemn military salute. When everyone saw Sokov saluting them, they hurriedly raised their hand to return the salute.
"In order to better defend this building, I want to talk about my own views." Sokov put down his hand and continued: "After the transformation not long ago, the defense of this building has become more complete. However, we cannot just carry out simple defense and hide in the building and wait for the enemy to attack. Instead, we should use the cover of night to harass the enemy, so that they can't be at peace all night to disrupt their attack rhythm..."
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Sokov said after he talked about his general arrangement, Guchakov asked on behalf of everyone: "Can you say it in more detail? For example, how do we use the night to harass the enemy?"
"German people are also humans. When it gets dark, they will be tired and want to sleep." Sokov said while sweeping over the commander standing in front of him: "We can send a team of two or three people to use the cover of night to quietly pass through the ruins outside the building, go to the place where the German army is stationed, and shoot cold guns or throw grenades at them. It is a good thing that can cause them to suffer great casualties. Even if they do not cause any losses, as long as they are not at peace, it will affect the offensive plan of the next day..."
"Comrade Brigade Commander, I have another suggestion." After Sokov finished speaking, Guchakov spoke again.
"Tell me, comrade Lieutenant." Sokov felt that the other party would not be aimless, so he said casually: "If you have any suggestions, I will adopt them if they are reasonable."
"That's right, comrade comrade commander." Guchakov pointed to the street outside and said to Sokov: "You also see that the street outside is full of bullet craters of all sizes. If we set up defensive positions in the craters and connected them with traffic trenches, can we better defend themselves?"
Sokov frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded, saying, "Comrade Lieutenant, your proposal is good. If we build new fortifications outside, the enemy's attention cannot be fully focused on the building. Moreover, when the enemy attacks the new fortifications, the firepower deployed in the building can also provide cover for the commanders and fighters who are stuck in the fortifications outside. It's not bad, your proposal is really good, just do what you said."
"Also, there are only a few dozen troops in the building," Guchakov showed a gratified smile on his face when he saw Sokov agreeing to his point of view. Tian continued: "I have more than a hundred soldiers under my command. If necessary, I can send them all here."
"No, Lieutenant Guchakov, you cannot send your people here." Sokov refused Guchakov's new suggestion: "You even have a flour mill building that is only a few hundred meters away from this building, and can support each other. Whether you or here, when you are besieged by the German army, the other side can provide support. But if all the troops are concentrated in one place, it is easy to become a lonely army. Do you understand?"
"I understand, comrade comrade commander."
After a moment of pause, Guchakov suddenly remembered an important thing, and turned his head and asked Vasily in surprise: "Sergeant Vasily, I just saw a rocket flying from your fourth floor in the building opposite, blowing the enemy across the square so much that it was overturned. What's going on? Have you moved all the rocket launchers to the top of the building?"
"Comrade Lieutenant," Vasily smiled proudly when he heard Guchakov's question: "What you see is the new rocket that the brigade commander sent us not long ago. Compared with the rockets used by Katyusha, this rocket is smaller in size and lighter in weight, but its power is not much weaker, but it can be launched at any position and its shooting accuracy is not bad..."
When Guchakov heard Vasily introduce this new rocket, his eyes almost fell to the ground. As soon as Vasily finished speaking, he asked Sokov with itchy heart: "Comrade Brigade Commander, can we also equip our company with this new rocket? I believe that with this new rocket, we can definitely eliminate more enemies."
"Sorry, Lieutenant Guchakov, I may not be able to satisfy you for your request." Sokov spread his hands and said helplessly: "There are too few new rockets, so only a few troops are equipped." He knew that Guchakov would definitely ask when to equip them next, so he said first, "As for when to equip your company, you can only wait until the next batch of rockets are delivered, and the Brigade Command will consider it as appropriate."
Guchakov was also a smart man. When he heard Sokov say this, he immediately knew that his troops had no hope of getting this new rocket. However, he was not discouraged, but changed the topic in time: "Comrade Brigade Commander, our company's ammunition and materials consumption was very serious during this period of battle. I wonder when can we replenish us?"
Although Sokov looted the German supply warehouse before the German army rushed into Stalingrad and stocked up a large number of weapons and ammunition in advance. According to his idea, these weapons and ammunition that were enough to equip a division could support the end of the battle. But after the real battle started, he realized that the ammunition consumption was extremely amazing in the face of such a high-intensity battle. Since the troops were equipped with German equipment, they could not get the necessary supplies from the rear, and they could only seize the battlefield to make up for the weapons and ammunition consumed in the battle. At this moment, Guchakov's request made Sokov embarrassed.
After thinking for a long time, he said to Guchakov: "Comrade Lieutenant, the Brigade Department can find ways to replenish some weapons and ammunition for you, but if you want to persist in the city, you can only rely on your own strength to seize it from the enemy. Do you understand?"
Chapter completed!