"Director Peter," Sokov saw clearly that the person holding his clothes was the factory manager Peter, so he grabbed his hand and carefully pulled out the collar of his military coat from his hands. At the same time, he said with a pleasant look: "Please let go of my clothes, and then I will explain to you slowly."
Ballshak was just outside and knew the reason why Sokov led his troops to retreat. He hurried over to help Sokov say good things: "Comrade Director, there is a reason why Colonel Sokov gave up the workers' village. Don't get angry first, sit down and have a cup of tea, and listen to the colonel's explanation to you."
Peter let go of Sokov's clothes, sat in the chair brought by Zinchenko, and said angrily to Sokov: "Col. Sokov, you said that the troops who are sticking to the Workers' Village lack anti-tank weapons and need to be equipped with tanks. I risked being punished by my superiors and allocated six tanks to you. Who knew that you gave up on the Workers' Village quietly. I want to hear, how do you explain this to me!"
"Maintain Peter!" Sokov pushed the cup of tea that Zinchenko brought to him and explained to Peter: "Yes, I ordered the troops to evacuate the workers' village, but that's only temporarily. After dark, we will return there."
Peter was not an unreasonable person, but because he had just heard Sokov say that he had given up the workers' new village and was anxious for a moment, he would be incompetent. At this moment, when he heard Sokov say this, he first picked up the tea and took a sip, and then said, "Col. Sokov, please explain to me why the troops were evacuating the workers' new village."
Sokov saw a factory's defense map on the table, so he pulled it over, clicked it at the location of the Workers' New Village with his hands, and said to Peter: "We stick to the workers' New Village and repelled the German attacks two consecutive times. The Germans may have noticed that they had difficulty in seizing the Workers' New Village, so they changed their tactics and used artillery fire to destroy the buildings in the Workers' New Village one by one. I think instead of letting the soldiers be buried in the buildings that were destroyed by artillery fire, it is better to retreat first, and then fight back against the enemy through the sewer after it gets dark."
Peter was obviously dissatisfied with Sokov's explanation. He said with a gloomy face: "Half an hour ago, General Cuikov called me and said that the war between the Barrier Factory and the Derrensky Tractor Factory was fierce, and the factory could be lost at any time. Ask me how the situation is on the Red October Factory. If he is confident of blocking the enemy, he will be ready to transfer all the regular troops in the factory to those two factories to participate in the war."
Peter couldn't help but sigh: "I know it was the workers' new village, you were commanding the troops to fight. Out of trust in you, I told Commander Cuikov that there was no problem with us holding the factory and agreed to transfer all the regular troops in the factory. If it weren't for the regular troops stationed at the factory gate, would you think I would transfer Ballshak's fighter battalion here and send Deputy Director Zinchenko to take charge?"
After hearing Peter said this, Sokov finally understood why Ballshaq's destroyer was transferred to guard the factory gate. They should be the strongest combat force in the Red October factory. Although they are the strongest troops, once the workers' new village is lost, it is almost an incomplete task to block the German attack with this army with no combat experience. No wonder Peter was so excited when he heard that he gave up the workers' new village.
"Don't worry, Director Peter." Sokov felt that he had to give Peter a reassurance, so he continued: "Although my troops have been in the Workers' New Village for less than a day, they are already very familiar with the terrain in the sewer. After dark, they will pass through the sewer and return to the Workers' New Village to eliminate the enemies stationed there."
Peter did not fully believe Sokov's promise, but at this moment, he could only pinch his nose and admit it: "Col. Sokov, can you really retake the workers' new village?"
"That's right." Sokov nodded vigorously and said with a serious expression: "I promise you that you will definitely be able to regain the workers' new village."
The phone ringing on the table rang without warning, causing Sokov's heart to beat suddenly. He stared at the phone that kept ringing and guessed in secret: "Is it the call from the Army Command?"
Zinchenko picked up the phone and said loudly to the microphone: "I am the deputy factory director Zinchenko. Where are you?... Oh, it's Comrade Gurov, hello!...Yes, the factory director is here with me, do you want to talk to him?... Please wait, I will hand over the microphone to him immediately."
As he said that, Zinchenko covered the microphone with his hands, handed it to Peter, and whispered: "Comrade Director, it is the military member of the group army who is looking for you!"
Peter stood up, took the phone from Zinchenko's hand, and said in his ear: "Hello, Comrade Gurov, I am Peter. Do you have any important things?...What, do you want me to send someone to the workers' new village to contact Colonel Sokov?...No need, the colonel is sitting in front of me now. Do you want to call him in person?...Okay, OK, I'll let him answer the phone immediately."
In this way, the telephone and microphone turned around and came to Sokov's hands again. Sokov took the microphone and said with some confidence: "Hello, comrade of the military committee, I am Sokov. Is there anything you need to ask me?"
"I finally found you, Colonel Sokov." Gurov said hurriedly on the phone: "The scouts of the group army said that the enemy was attacking the Workers' New Village, but for some reason, they did not see our army fight back. After receiving the report, I immediately contacted your troops in the Workers' New Village, but I could not contact you. Therefore, I could only ask Director Peter for help, hoping that he could send someone to the Workers' New Village to figure out what was going on. Since you are there, it would be much more convenient. I ask you now, why don't you fight back?"
"The reason is very simple, comrade of the military committee." Sokov said to the microphone: "Because our army has retreated from the workers' new village, facing the enemy's attack, no one will fight back."
"Hey, why do you evacuate the workers' new village?" After hearing Sokov's answer, Gurov's tone became stern: "Don't you know that once the Germans occupy the workers' new village, they can use it as the starting point of the offensive and launch an attack on the Red October factory at any time?"
Seeing that Gurov was also angry, Sokov could only patiently repeat the reason for giving up the workers' new village and finally said: "Comrade Military Commissioner, please tell the commander and the chief of staff that my troops will re-enter the workers' new village through the sewer after dark and eliminate the enemies entrenched there."
"Okay, Colonel Sokov." After hearing Sokov's explanation, Gurov felt that the other party's actions were understandable, so he nodded and said, "I will tell the commander and the chief of staff to tell us that you do not disappoint us and take the workers' new village back from the enemy as soon as possible."
Chapter completed!