"Come on, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov." Krelov saw Sokov's trick and said disdainfully: "My deputy chief of staff is the deputy brigade commander under your command, and I am embarrassed to see you. Now a tank brigade commander is what is it? As long as I can defeat the invaders, even if I ask me to be your subordinate, I will not complain."
Seeing that Krelov had seen through him, Sokov chuckled embarrassedly.
"Stop laughing, lieutenant colonel." Krelov's tone suddenly became stern: "With the help of Colonel Bere and his subordinates, your strength has been greatly improved. If there is any problem with Mamayevgang and the Red October Tractor Factory in this case, you can wait to go to the military court."
Sokov heard that Krelov was not joking with him, so he quickly suppressed the smile on his face and replied respectfully: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I promise you with my head that as long as the tank battalion exists for one day, neither the Mamayev hill nor the Red October Tractor Factory will be occupied by the enemy."
Krelov snorted heavily and said, "Actually, we are not worried about the Red October Tractor Factory at all, because in addition to you, there is also the 38th Guard Division of Guriyev, which is a force that can fight tough battles. With them, even if the enemy occupy the factory, they will be driven out. The one that makes us most worried is Mamayev's hill."
Krelov's words made Sokov a little depressed. He thought to himself: If my troops had not been trying hard to defend here, the enemy would have rushed into the factory area and formed a siege against the 39th Guard Division.
But these words can only be thought silently in my heart, but they cannot be said. But when he heard Krelov mention Mamayevgang specifically, he once again stated: "Comrade Chief of Staff, please rest assured that people are in the position, and as long as we have one person, Mamayevgang will never be lost."
"Good luck!" Krelov had finished what he should say, so he stopped talking nonsense with Sokov. After saying a cliché, he hung up the phone directly.
After waiting for Sokov to put down the phone, he asked with a smile: "Misha, is there any good news?"
"The tank soldiers' problem has been solved." Sokov said happily: "The Army Command temporarily assigned Colonel Bere's Tank 84th Brigade to me for command."
"Col. Bere's Tank Brigade?" As Sokov called, Yakov and Brisky were talking about other things in a low voice, so they did not hear what Krelov said. He asked curiously: "Misha, do you think a colonel can obey your lieutenant colonel's command?"
"I have asked the Chief of Staff." Sokov replied: "After Colonel Bere brought his men, he served as the battalion commander of the Tank Battalion, and he and his subordinates are under my command."
"If this is the case, that's not bad." Yakov nodded with satisfaction with the arrangement of his superiors: "No matter what, you have been here for a long time. The situation is more familiar than Colonel Bere. It is perfect for you to serve as the supreme commander."
Brisky also said with relief: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I was worried that a unit would have two commanders. In this way, when your opinions were different, the soldiers would not know who to listen to when they were in war. Or you were too apologetic and wait for each other to give orders whenever you encountered something, which would also miss the opportunity for the fight. Now, there is still only you, the commander, so I will be completely relieved."
Sokov is very familiar with the situation that a unit has two commanders, which will make the soldiers at a loss. But it was the first time he heard of the second situation that Brisky mentioned. If the two commanders really shirke each other and wait for the other party to issue orders, it would also miss the opportunity for the war.
After waiting for more than an hour, the phone ringing on the table suddenly rang. Brisky picked up the phone and asked, "I am Brisky, where are you?"
"Comrade Battalion Commander," the caller was a sentry outside the factory. He reported to Brisky: "A few of his own people came, one of them was a colonel, and he called to see the brigade commander."
When Brisky heard that there were several people coming outside, one of them was a colonel, he guessed that Colonel Bereh had arrived. However, he did not immediately give the sentry an order to release it, but looked at Sokov. Seeing Sokov nodding and allowing it, he said to the microphone: "Send someone to bring the commander in."
Not long after, a tall and thin middle-aged officer walked into the house under the leadership of the sentry. As soon as he entered the house, he first introduced himself: "I am the commander of the 84th Tank Brigade Bere, who is Lieutenant Colonel Shi Sokov?"
"I am." Sokov quickly came up to him, raised his hand to salute the other party, then stretched out his hand and said enthusiastically: "Comrade Colonel, welcome to us."
"Hello, comrade comrade commander." Bere did not shake hands with Sokov immediately, but raised his hand to salute and said respectfully: "Col. Bere, the acting battalion commander of the Tank Battalion, reported to you, I obey your order, please give instruct!"
Sokov shook hands with Bere and introduced Yakov and Brisky to him. When Berere heard Yakov's name, his eyebrows raised and a surprised expression appeared on his face.
Sokov saw from his expression that the other party seemed to know Yakov's identity. However, under the current circumstances, Sokov did not want Yakov's identity to be known to everyone, so when he saw Bethlei opened his mouth and planned to ask Yakov something, he asked first: "Comrade Colonel, I want to ask, how many people have you come?"
Bere's attention was indeed pulled away by Sokov's question. He quickly replied: "Report to the comrade commander, I brought a total of 160 people this time. However, in order to prevent unnecessary misunderstandings, I only brought five people over, and the rest stayed outside the factory."
"Comrade Colonel, maybe as soon as the sky is dawn, we will fight against the enemy." Sokov said to Bere: "So please send someone to inform other tankers as soon as possible."
Belei nodded, turned around and walked to the door, and whispered a few instructions to a subordinate standing at the door. The subordinate nodded and turned around and left quickly. Belei walked back to Sokov and said to him: "Comrade Brigade Commander, it will take half an hour before my people can arrive. I don't know where the tanks prepared for us are. Can you take us to see?"
Sokov stayed here for several days, and naturally knew where the underground tank bank was, so he nodded in agreement. Before leaving, he asked Yakov casually: "Yakov, are you here too?"
"Let's go." Yakov stood up and said, "I want to see how Kalashnikov's phone is installed."
"Tel, what phone number?" Berey heard Yakov say this, and a confused expression appeared on his face. He looked at Sokov and asked in confusion: "Comrade Brigade Commander, what phone do you plan to install on the tank?"
"Comrade Colonel," Sokov considered that Bere was a tank soldier and the pros and cons of installing a telephone for a tank. He had the right to say, so he told Berere Yuanyuan's book that he had the idea of ​​installing a telephone, and finally said: "This is just my personal idea, and I don't know if it is applicable in battle, so I only asked Lieutenant Kalashnikov to install one first and try the effect."
After hearing this, Be Lei nodded repeatedly and said, "Comrade Brigade Commander, your idea is very novel. If there is a phone behind each tank, then it will be more convenient for us to fight with the infantry."
When several people arrived at the underground tankku, Kalashnikov's phone call had just been cleared. When he saw Sokov, Yakov and his two daughters came over, they quickly stood up straight. His eyes swept back and forth between the three of them, thinking about who to report to.
Bere waved his hand at Kalashnikov and said carelessly: "Report to Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, now I also obey his command."
What, the colonel followed the command of the lieutenant colonel?! Kalashnikov showed a surprised expression on his face when he heard Bere saying this, but he still reported to Sokov as he said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the phone has been installed, and we are planning to test it."
Sokov raised his hand and looked at the watch, and ordered, "Time is tight, start the test immediately."
Kalashnikov agreed, and when he was about to climb onto the tank, Bere called him: "Wait a minute, Comrade Lieutenant. Let me test with you."
After hearing what Bere said, Kalashnikov did not dare to neglect it. He helped the other party get on the tank first, and then he climbed up. After a while, Kalashnikov's muffled voice came from the open turret: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you can start."
Sokov and Yakov came to the back of the tank and saw a phone call. Sokov picked up the microphone and immediately heard Kalashnikov's voice coming from it: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, can you hear my voice?"
"You can hear it clearly."
As soon as Sokov finished speaking, he suddenly felt the tank body tremble, as if Kalashnikov was about to start the tank. He was afraid that the tank would reverse, so he crushed himself under the tracks and hurriedly held the microphone and took a few steps back.
The tank started, but it still stayed in place without moving. Sokov put his courage to approach the tank and put the microphone in his ear again. Due to the noise, he had to cover one ear with his hand and shouted loudly: "Hey, hey, Lieutenant Kalashnikov, can you hear me?"
"Can you hear it," although the sound of the tank engine was very loud, Sokov could still hear the voice coming from Kalashnikov clearly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I can hear you clearly."
In order to test whether the phone was working, Sokov said loudly to the microphone: "Comrade Lieutenant, try turning the turret to the left?" After saying that, he looked up and looked at whether the turret of the tank was rotating as he told him.
The turret slowly turned left ninety degrees and stopped. Then Kalashnikov's voice came from the earpiece: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, is the order I executed correctly?"
"Very correct." Seeing that the tank turret turned to the left as he instructed, Sokov couldn't help but be overjoyed. He quickly said to the microphone: "Next, turn right and return to his original position."
After a while, the turret turned right and returned to its starting position. Seeing this, Sokov turned his head and said to Yakov: "Yakov, it seems that our method is completely feasible." Then, he said to the microphone, "Comrade Lieutenant, OK, come out."
But the voice of Bo Lei came from the receiver: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I think after installing this kind of phone, communication between us and the infantry has become much more convenient. When can you install all the tanks? "
"As soon as possible, comrade Colonel, I can only reply to you, and the installation will be completed as soon as possible." Sokov said to the microphone: "Now, you can turn off the engine."
After the roar of the tank engine stopped, Bere was the first to drill out of the tank. He jumped out of the tank and said to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, if we are going to fight the enemy tomorrow, can we install all the phones?"
"This?!" Faced with the question of Bereth, Sokov looked at Kalashnikov and said with some embarrassment: "Now there is only Lieutenant Kalashnikov, and there may be many people to complete this work."
"Comrade Brigade Commander, you don't have to worry about this." Bie Lei said carelessly: "Among the people I brought this time, many soldiers know how to repair tanks. If they help, I believe that the installation of the telephone will be completed soon."
Among the more than 100 tanks brought by Bere, there were more than 20 soldiers who knew how to maintain tanks. As soon as they arrived at the underground tank warehouse, Berere called to the tank with the phone installed. Berere pointed at the phone behind the tank and said to them: "Comrades, have you seen this phone?"
"See." The warrior standing next to the tank replied in unison.
"Do you know what this phone is useful?"
This was the first time the tankers saw the installation of telephones behind the tank, so after hearing the question of Be Lei, they shook their heads collectively and said they didn't know. One of the tank soldiers asked in confusion: "Comrade Colonel, what is the use of installing telephones behind the tank? Is there anyone else who will call us during the battle?"
"Comrade Lie, you're right." Bi Lei nodded a few times at the Lieutenant Xu with his hands, nodded and said, "Yes, this phone is used by the infantry to call us during the battle."
"Cell phone us?" Hearing Be Lei say this, everyone looked at each other. The lieutenant asked in surprise: "Col. Why do infantry call us?"
Chapter completed!