"Yes, we are here to help you defend." Sokov gave the captain a positive answer and asked back: "Can you tell me how to get to the factory building?"
"Comrade Commander, you are going to the factory building. Please wait a moment. I'll find someone to take you there." When the captain's face was full of joy when he learned that the other party was here to help the factory, he turned his head and shouted, "Hey, Genrina, come to me."
With the shouting, a young militia wearing work clothes, carrying a rifle, and cross-body with a bullet belt trotted over and asked, "Comrade Captain, do you have any instructions?"
The captain pointed at Sokov and said, "Genrina, the troops are here to help us strengthen our defense. This commander is going to meet the factory director. You take him and his troops to the factory building." After explaining the mission to Genrina, he turned around and rushed to the militia who was still lying on the ground and shouted, "Young man, don't lie on the ground. Be careful of your stomach catching a cold. Get up, we still have to continue patrolling."
When Brisky came over with his troops, the captain had already gathered the patrol team again. He raised his hand and saluted Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I wish you good luck!" Then he shouted loudly to the patrol team: "Standing at attention! Getting started~~!" Amid his command, the militiamen lined up in three columns walked forward with neat steps, holding their heads and chests.
After the patrol team walked away, Genrina said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, please come with me. I will take you to the factory building. When walking, pay more attention to your feet. There are bullet trenches and craters everywhere here."
"Avoiding the bullet trench?!" Sokov rarely heard people mention this word, and couldn't help but feel cold for a moment, and then asked tentatively: "Do you have many bullet trenches in your factory?"
"Of course, we are often bombarded and bombed by the German army, so we have dug bombardment trenches everywhere in the factory." Genrina explained to Sokov: "If workers were bombarded and bombarded by the German army while working, they could quickly run out of the factory and go to the bombardment trenches to avoid bombardment and bombardment."
Brisky was anxious to go to the factory building to accept the task, so when Genrina finished speaking, he asked anxiously: "How far is this far from the factory building?"
"It's about two kilometers." Genrina said to Brisky proudly: "Our factory is equivalent to the size of a small and medium-sized city. Workers usually go to work, and as soon as they enter the factory gate, they can take a special car to their respective workshops." Speaking of this, his eyes dimmed, "But since the Germans approached the city and began to dig bullet-proof trenches in the factory, the special car was cancelled. They had to go from one workshop to another, and they could only walk on two legs."
"Where are those special cars now?" Sokov heard that there were special cars in the Red October Tractor Factory that were specially designed for workers to move in the factory. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Is it bombed or handed over to a certain army?"
"Some of them were bombarded and bombed." Genrina pointed with her hand at a distance, where several wreckage of vehicles burned to the point of only the frame were parked: "The remaining vehicles were hidden, and according to the factory manager, these vehicles will be used again when appropriate."
As for when the time would be appropriate, Sokov did not ask, because he knew that the level of Egenrina was at all. He planned to inquire about it after seeing the factory director, and if possible, he would get a few cars back to Mamayev's post for transportation of soldiers and materials.
Outside the factory building, the deputy factory director was waiting anxiously. Seeing a group of soldiers walking towards the building under the leadership of a militia, he hurriedly came forward and asked, "Is it the troops from Mamayevgang?"
Although the deputy factory director was also wearing work clothes, Sokov still judged from his temperament that the other party was not an ordinary person, and quickly replied: "Yes, we are troops from Mamayevgang. I am Lieutenant Colonel Sokov."
"Thank God, I finally waited for you!" The deputy factory manager stepped forward and held Sokov's hand, and said excitedly: "I am the deputy factory manager of the factory, and I am waiting for you here."
While shook hands with the other party, Sokov asked curiously: "Comrade Deputy Director, how do you know we are here?"
"That's right, comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Although the deputy factory director felt a little moved in his heart, he still said politely: "We received a call from the Guard Division, saying that the troops you led were coming to the factory building, and the factory director ordered me to come down to greet you. Please come in with me, the factory director is still waiting for you." After Sokov thanked Genrina, who was leading the way, he followed the deputy factory director into the building with Brisky.
When Peter saw the deputy factory director walking in from outside with two officers, he instinctively walked towards the older Brisky. After approaching, he realized that the young officer had a higher rank. He hurriedly held Sokov's hand, shook it twice, and said politely: "Comrade Commander, we have finally come to you. Once you come, we have more confidence in guarding the factory."
Sokov simply made a few polite words to the other party and asked bluntly: "Comrade Director, can you tell me about the situation in the factory?"
Peter lit up, greeted Sokov and Brisky to sit down, and then spoke: "The factory was originally composed of five fighter battalions to defend the factory, and were organized according to the organization of regular troops, with ranks from commanders to soldiers. Due to the need for war, four of them were transferred to other areas at the beginning of the month. The remaining fighter battalions suffered huge casualties in the daytime battle today, leaving only an incomplete company."
"Comrade Director, your defense is really weak." Sokov heard this, and the muscles on his face twitched violently for a few times. He shook his head and said, "The factory is so large, and it's okay if the Germans don't attack. Once an attack is launched, you can't defend it at all."
"Ltd. Colonel, you are right." Before Peter could answer, the deputy factory director rushed to say: "In order to strengthen the defense of the factory, we armed the workers in each workshop and formed a militia detachment, and they would like to defend the workshop and factory buildings where they were. Considering that most of the workers did not undergo systematic military training and had no combat experience, we made a request to the Guard Division, asking them to send some officers and combat backbones with combat experience to enrich our militia detachment."
Hearing the deputy factory director's explanation, Sokov immediately understood why some of the armed personnel he saw in the building were wearing military uniforms, while others were wearing work clothes. It was obvious that the workers in the factory were workers in the factory, while the officers and combat backbones sent by the Guards Division to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the militia.
Sokov knew that there were thousands of female workers in the tractor factory. If they were enriched into the militia detachment, it would be a force that should not be underestimated. He couldn't help asking: "Are there any female soldiers in the militia detachment?"
"We have more than 3,000 female workers." The deputy factory director explained to Sokov: "But there are only more than 200 people who are included in the militia detachment. They are mainly responsible for on-duty at the gate or on the top floor, paying attention to light control, and rescuing the injured in the air raid..."
"Two comrades in the factory, I think the female workers in the factory can do more jobs..."
"Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I wonder if you still remember the female anti-aircraft artillery battalion we sent to protect the oil tanks on the north side of Mamayevgang?" Peter rushed to ask without waiting for Sokov to finish speaking. Seeing Sokov nodding to remember this, he said with tears in his eyes: "That is the best girl in our factory. Who knew that after a battle, almost all of them were exhausted. Many of their parents were evacuated to the rear, and I don't know how to tell them the bad news."
Briski stood up and said to Peter: "Comrade Director, I am sad for the sacrifice of those female soldiers. But in order to protect our motherland and our city, sacrifice is always inevitable."
"I understand, Comrade Captain." Peter nodded vigorously and replied, "I understand what you said, I just feel a little uncomfortable. Hundreds of girls, many of them are under twenty years old, and they are the best age in their lives, and they all sacrificed themselves." As he said that, he raised his hand to wipe away the tears that had fallen from his eyes.
"Comrade Director, this is war." Sokov said a cliché and continued to ask: "I want to ask, where is our defense zone?"
Peter raised his hand and wiped his face, saying to the deputy factory director: "Comrade Deputy Factory Director, where should Lieutenant Colonel Sokov and others be deployed?"
The deputy factory director thought for a while and replied: "Comrade Director, I think they can be asked to assemble the workshop."
"Assembly workshop?!" Sokov asked back after hearing the two of them, "Two comrades in the factory, can you tell me where this assembly workshop is?"
"The assembly workshop is near the fence that the German army broke through today," explained to Sokov. "There is a production line for assembling the T-34 tanks there."
When Sokov learned that the German army had such an important goal today, he could not sit still. He quickly stood up and said to Peter: "Comrade Director, please arrange a guide for us and take us to rush over as soon as possible. We must complete the defensive deployment before dawn so that we can resist the possible attacks that the German army may launch."
Unable to Peter's order, the deputy factory director volunteered to say, "Comrade Director, I think, I will take Lieutenant Colonel Sokov and others to the assembly workshop. When I was on the road, I can also introduce him in detail the actual situation in the factory."
Chapter completed!