"This may be the only way." Although there are several friendly troops from nearby divisions, Brushko understood that those troops were basically only one number left, and it was obviously unrealistic to ask them to reinforce him. Therefore, he could only look far and seek help from Sokov in Mamayevgang: "As long as they can dispatch a regiment, the situation in the factory will improve."
"Chief of Staff, this matter is simple, but will Colonel Sokov send troops to support him?" Rutjef said hesitantly: "Otherwise, let's report this matter to the Army Command first and ask the commander to come forward, so that the chance of Colonel Sokov sending troops will be greater."
"No, comrade of the division commander, our 109th Regiment has just lost its defensive position. If we report it now, we may be blamed by our superiors." Brushko learned that Rutjev was going to report to the headquarters and quickly persuaded him: "I think it's not too late to wait until Colonel Sokov's troops arrive and recover the lost position."
"Okay, my chief of staff." If Lujeff began to think about Brushko's proposal, he felt that he would be blamed by the other party and would even send someone to take over his post directly. As long as the position was taken back, even if Cuikov knew that he had concealed the situation of the war, he would not have any serious consequences. So he decided to take the risk and ask Sokov for help and take back the lost position first. "I will call Colonel Sokov now, hoping that he would not refuse us."
Sokov was stunned for a while when he received a call from Rulejev, thinking that since the situation in the Derrensky factory was so critical, why didn’t they ask Cui Kev for reinforcements, but instead came to him? In order to figure out what happened, he carefully asked his question: “General Rulejev, it is reasonable that the defense zone of friendly troops is in danger, so we cannot ignore it. But our division’s defense zone is too far away from you. Even if you ask for help, you should find friendly troops close to you, or directly look for the Group Army Command?”
If Lujev heard Sokov's words, he smiled bitterly: "Comrade Colonel, I call you for help, and there is no way to do anything about it. My 109th Regiment, the regiment that once fought with you on Six Side Street, has almost been completely destroyed, and the positions they held were occupied by the enemy. If they had the strength to counterattack and regain the lost positions, I would not cause trouble for you."
"The loss of the position in the Derrensky factory is a great event." Sokov weighed the interests and felt that it was okay to send troops to reinforce, but he had to let Cui Kefu know about it so as not to have trouble in the future, so he said solemnly: "Comrade General, I suggest you report this to Commander Cui Kefu. After getting his permission, I will immediately send troops to reinforce you."
In order to prevent Ruojev from taking his words as a warning, Sokov hung up the phone and emphasized: "Comrade General, without the orders of Commander Cui Kev, I cannot send you any soldier or soldier. Do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand." If Lujev found that Sokov was not as easy as he thought, he asked him to report the loss of his position to Cuikov, and then he could send troops to reinforce him with justification. However, under the roof, he had to bow his head. He could only reply with a tough bullet and said, "I will report the situation in the factory to the commander."
After the phone was hung up, Sidolin, who was standing aside, said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, in order to defend the area assigned to us by our superiors, our troops are too dispersed and we cannot draw forces to rescue the Derrensky Tractor Factory."
"The tractor factory is currently the largest tank production plant in my country," Ivanov rushed to say before Sokov said: "Once it is occupied by the enemy, it means that for a long time, our army's tank production will fall into a state of insufficient production capacity."
"The loss of the Derzhinsky factory will certainly lead to insufficient tank production capacity of our army, but more importantly, the enemy can use the factory as the starting point of the attack, head south along the Volga River, and seize the port behind the Mamayevgang." Sokov said with a serious expression: "Don't look at the enemy attacking Mamayevgang and the Workers' New Village, we are frightened by us and dare not launch a large-scale attack easily. But once the German army appears behind Mamayevgang, we will fall into a situation where we are attacked from both sides, and it is still unknown how many days we can defend."
"Comrade Commander, then, are you really planning to send reinforcements to the 37th Guard Division?" Cidolin asked with his head tilted, "But where can we draw troops?"
"It is obviously impossible to draw troops from Mamayev's hill or the workers' new village," everyone present knew very well. Sokov felt that the only force that could be used was the shrinking regiment with Belkin as the regiment commander. Now they are stuck in the archives building, only ten minutes away from the Derrensky factory. "I think it can be asked Belkin to draw two companies to reinforce."
"Will there be too few people in two companies?" As soon as Cidolin said the words, he immediately remembered that each company of the reduction regiment had two or three hundred people, and he quickly changed his words and asked: "Will the forces that defend the Archives Building be reduced from the two companies drawn from the commander of Belkin?"
"I went to the Archives Building to see it," Sokov replied with great confidence. "The terrain there can be defended as long as there are two companies. Even if the shrinking regiment takes away two companies, there are still four companies and the regiment's direct troops, they are fully capable of blocking the enemy's attack."
Just as Sokov and his friends were discussing which troops to send to support the Derrensky factory, Rutjev had already reported to Cuikov by phone that a section of the factory was occupied by the German army. Cuikov was shocked after hearing this and asked, "Comrade General, how long has your position been lost?"
Ruolujeff glanced at his watch and replied, "I've lost it for almost an hour."
"What, I lost it for more than an hour." Cui Kefu was so angry that he slapped heavily on the table and said sternly: "Why just report now? Also, have you taken any response?"
"Comrade Commander," said Ruolujeff, who was scolded, with a wry smile: "I once wanted to command the troops to take back the lost positions, but our division lacked enough troops, and it was very difficult to stick to the existing positions, let alone to mobilize forces to recover the positions."
"Are you going to watch the Germans gain a foothold in the factory, and then use the factory as the starting point to attack other defense lines of our army?" Cui Kefu said furiously: "Did you think so?"
"Comrade Commander, it's not that I don't want to fight back." If Lujeff once again stated his difficulties, "I have insufficient troops to fight back against the enemy, so I called you, hoping to get help."
"Help?" Cui Kefu sneered and said, "I don't have any reserve team at all, how can I help you?"
"I know the headquarters has no reserves, so I plan to ask for help from friendly forces." Jorugef said cautiously: "I hope you can give reinforcements to that unit."
"Now the losses of the divisions that defend the factory are very serious. Where can I find reinforcements for you..." Cui Kefu was halfway through his words, and suddenly thought of a possibility, and asked in surprise: "You are not trying to attack Colonel Sokov, are you?"
Seeing that Cui Kov guessed his intention, if Lujeff did not hide it, he nodded and said, "Yes, Comrade Commander, now the relatively sufficient troops are the only one of Colonel Sokov's Guards 41st Division."
"But, there are a lot of areas they have to defend." Cui Kefu said embarrassedly: "I think they may not be able to draw strength to reinforce you."
"I just called Colonel Sokov," If Lujeff thought that he could not get past Trikov, he simply told the truth: "He said that as long as you give him an order, he would send troops to reinforce me."
Chapter completed!