After assigning the next combat mission, Cuikov called Sokov aside and said to him: "Comrade Sokov, I will inform you officially now that from now on, Colonel Vitkov will return to the headquarters and continue to perform his post as Deputy Chief of Staff."
"What, keep Colonel Vitkov?" Sokov's words surprised him. This was so sudden to him. Considering that he might be sent to the Red October factory one day, no one will come to the Mamayevgang to take charge of the overall situation: "Who will serve as my deputy brigade commander?"
"If you don't object, I plan to appoint Lieutenant Colonel Sidorin as deputy brigade commander." Cuikov seemed to have considered all the questions Sokov was asking long ago, and opened his mouth and said his plan: "You have no objection, do you?"
Sokov knew that Sidolin and Cuikov had a good personal relationship, and his son Sidolin was still a messenger beside Cuikov. After thinking about such an appointment, he shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, comrade Commander, I don't agree to let Lieutenant Colonel Sidolin serve as deputy brigade commander."
"Why?" Cuikov thought it was a sure-fire appointment, but was rejected by Sokov. He asked with some displeasure: "Do you think Lieutenant Colonel Sidorin is not qualified for this position?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Although Sokov understood that rejecting Cuikov's proposal would make the other party unhappy, he still said with a tough bullet: "Lieutenant Colonel Sidorin is an excellent staff officer, but he is not a qualified military commander. He lacks the ability to stand alone."
After saying this, Sokov's heart was stirring. He looked at Cui Kov with guilt, waiting for the other party to be furious. However, after waiting for a while, Cui Kov did not speak, but said with a wry smile: "Col. Sokov, maybe you are right. I have known Lieutenant Colonel Sidolin for so many years, and he has been engaged in staff work, and it seems that he has never commanded a unit alone. Well, this matter ends here, no need to mention it."
Maybe he was worried that Sokov would be psychologically burdened, so he raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder twice, saying, "Although you rejected my proposal, don't have any psychological burden. I won't put on you."
Hearing that Cuikov had already expressed his attitude, Sokov's heart was finally put back in his stomach. He felt that with Cuikov's belly, not to mention the candidate for a deputy brigade commander, even if he and him were fighting for tactical issues, he probably wouldn't make any small moves on him.
When Samoilov was waiting outside the headquarters, he saw that Sokov was the only one walking out of the inside. He tilted his head and looked inside a few times, and asked Sokov curiously: "Comrade Brigade Commander, why are you the only one coming out? What about the deputy brigade commander?"
"The commander asked the deputy brigade commander to return to the headquarters to work." Sokov said, waved his head at Samoilov and said, "Let's go, we'll go back to Mamayev's hill, and there are still a lot of things waiting for me to deal with."
As soon as he entered the tunnel of Beigang, Sokov went directly to the battalion command post. He wanted to ask whether Goriya had counted the results. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Belkin sitting inside. He quickly walked forward and asked curiously: "Comrade Political Commissar, have you been to the Red October Factory? Why are you here?"
"I got back straight after dealing with the Red October factory." Belkin looked at Sokov and said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that the commanders and fighters who were standing in Beigang actually fought hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and won the victory when the number of people was at a disadvantage."
"What happened to the Red October factory?" Sokov was anxious to know what Belkin was doing at the Red October factory, so he didn't care about asking about the results of the Goria, "I want you to go there in person."
Belkin sighed and said, "Captain Brisky called me and said that a group of wounded people have recovered recently and can return to the army. He originally planned to incorporate all of these wounded people into his battalion, but he was opposed by Colonel Koida. The two sides had a dispute over this matter. In desperation, he could only call me for help."
After hearing this, Sokov did not immediately express his opinion, but asked thoughtfully: "Comrade Political Commissar, I want to ask, which unit did these wounded people belong to, is it the Fourth Battalion or the mixed regiment of Colonel Koida?"
"None are." Belkin shook his head and said, "It is a wounded by a friendly army. Their original troops are now retreating to the rear for replenishment. After they fall behind, they are taken into our shelter and placed in the basement of the assembly workshop for treatment."
Hearing Belkin say this, Sokov also found this difficult. If only his own troops stayed in the Red October factory, no matter which unit the wounded was originally from, he could be incorporated into his own troops after he recovered from his injury. However, because he was ordered to go north to Orlovka, he left the mixed regiment of the Fourth Battalion of Koida to stick to the assembly workshop. In this way, the replenishment of the injured soldiers would be a headache.
Sokov felt that even if he had to take action himself, it would probably not be easy to handle the matter well, so he asked Belkin carefully: "Comrade Political Commissar, then how did you deal with it?"
"There are more than 80 wounded people who have recovered from injury." Berkin replied: "After my consultation with Colonel Koida, two-thirds of the wounded people were replenished to the mixed regiment, and the remaining one-third were replenished into Brisky's fourth battalion."
After listening to Belkin's handling, Sokov nodded and said with praise: "Comrade Political Commissar, you are right. Any friendly wounded officer who recovers from the basement of the assembly workshop will be assigned by the Fourth Battalion and the Mixed Regiment when he returns to the team according to this proportion."
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Goriya, who had not spoken next to him, couldn't help but ask curiously when he heard Sokov say this: "Fourth Battalion will not return to Mamayev's hill?"
"I want them to come back." Sokov said with some amusement about Goriya: "But the superiors ordered them to continue to stick to the assembly workshop, so the defense tasks here can only be handed over to you and the newly added Marine Battle Battalion." Speaking of this, Sokov suddenly remembered that his purpose here was to find out the results of the battle, and added, "Have the results of the battle been counted?"
"Yes, comrade comrade comrade, all the statistics were found." Goria said, taking out a small notebook from her pocket and began to recite: "After our statistics, a total of 1,748 corpses were found on the battlefield. Except for the corpses killed by mortars and machine guns, 1,139 enemy troops fell on our soldiers' bayonets in hand-to-hand combat."
Seeing that the data reported by Goria was not far from what Vitkov estimated, Sokov just nodded slightly and then asked: "What is the casualties of our army?"
"Our army was killed 582 people and injured 119 people." When reporting on the casualties of the troops, Goria showed a painful expression on his face: "There are only 47 people in my 192nd Battalion who can stand up now, and the reserve team brought by Captain Shamrich and the sailors you added to us yesterday also reached 551 people."
Sokov clearly remembered that he had invested 800 sailors in Beigang, but he didn't expect that 551 casualties would be killed or killed in one battle. He originally planned to let the sailors play a role in the next counterattack, but now more than half of the Navy's Marine Battalion has suffered casualties, and the remaining troops are very difficult to use, let alone attack?
"Where is Captain Shamrich?" Sokov looked at Goria and said, "I want to have a good talk with him."
Chapter completed!