I got a lot of ingredients for making Siberian dumplings from Lobov, which was a pleasant thing, but Sokov put down the phone and frowned again. Seeing this, Anisimov asked in confusion: "Comrade, the Minister of Logistics agreed to provide us with pork and beef. This is a good thing. Why are you unhappy?"
"Comrade Political Commissar," Sokov said with a serious expression, "You are usually responsible for the logistics of the division. I want to ask how long can our material reserves last?"
Before Anisimov answered, the phone ringing on the table began to remember without warning. Sokov thought that it might be Lobov's thing to remind him, so he grabbed the microphone and put it in his ear and said, "I am Sokov."
The receiver was silent for a moment, and then the voice of Lieutenant Colonel Starcha, the commander of the 124th Regiment, came: "Hello, comrade in the division command, I really didn't expect that you were in the division headquarters."
"Yes, I'm in the division headquarters." Sokov knew very well that if Starcha had nothing important, he would not have called the division headquarters rashly, so he asked straightforwardly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, what happened?"
"Report to the commander of the division!" Starcha quickly replied: "In the east of Mamayev hill, traces of the Germans were found."
"What, the enemy was found on the east side of Mamayevgang?" When Sidolin heard this news, he instinctively looked down at the map, wanting to confirm the location of the enemy and whether the connection between Mamayevgang and the ferry crossing would be cut off.
But Sokov asked calmly: "What kind of troops do they have and how are their equipment?"
"I'm not sure about the specific situation." Starcha replied hesitantly: "It was the observation post on the hill who reported to me that an enemy was found behind us. There were not many people, and there were only a dozen people. Maybe it was the paratroopers dropped by the enemy, or it might be a small army that secretly bypassed our defense line. I think it is necessary to report to the division headquarters..."
Sokov was even more relieved when he learned that there were only a dozen enemies behind Mamayev's hill. He interrupted Lieutenant Colonel Starcha's words: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, since there are only a dozen Germans, you can send someone to destroy them. Don't forget that you still have more than a thousand people in your hands. If you can't even deal with more than a dozen enemies, then don't do this regiment commander. I'll give you half an hour to report the results of the battle to me at that time."
After putting down the microphone, Sokov said to Sidolin and Anisimov: "A dozen enemies appeared behind us, maybe paratroopers dropped by the enemy, or maybe they were enemies touched from some defense line. It's no big deal." After saying this, he continued to ask Anisimov, "Comrade Political Commissar, you have not answered my question, how long can our division's existing armed reserve last?"
Anisimov took out a notebook from his shoulder bag, turned a few pages, and recited to Sokov: "The bread and flour in stock can last for thirty days, meat products for fifteen days, butter and cheese for twenty days, chocolate and sugar for seven days..." After reading the contents of the book, he added with a serious expression, "We can have so many supplies, mainly before the enemy siege, we seized a large amount of supplies from the enemy's warehouse."
"Comrade Commander," after Sidolin and Anisimov finished speaking, he asked Sokov tentatively: "Does the ration standard of the troops need to be lowered?"
"There is no need for this, so it's better to maintain the existing standards." Sokov thought to himself that there are still twenty days left before the large counterattack, and so many supplies are enough, so he said lightly: "Before the floating ice blocking cross-strait traffic, I think the superiors can add some supplies to us so that we can last longer."
Sokov and Cydolin were discussing the supplies needed by the troops, but Anisimov was considering the enemy who appeared behind Mamayev's hill. As soon as the two of them finished speaking, he asked Sokov carefully: "Comrade Commander, do you really need to send someone to help Lieutenant Colonel Starcha?"
"Comrade Political Commissar, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that Anisimov was still thinking about the small group of enemies, Sokov couldn't help but say in surprise: "Even if this group of enemies is the elite of the German army, they only have a dozen people after all, and the Stalkia regiment has more than a thousand people. Even if they step on them, they will trample these enemies to death. Don't worry."
"Comrade Commander, if we want to solve the urgently needed materials of the troops, can we think of solutions from the enemy?" Sidolin said thoughtfully: "Lieutenant Guchakov led his small troops to move behind the enemy. If they could seize one or two enemy warehouses and transport the materials back, we would not have to worry about possible shortages of materials."
"Chief of Staff, if the enemy rushed into the city, what you said would be possible." Sokov shook his head and denied it: "But now, except in the east, the entire city is surrounded by the enemy. If you want a convoy full of materials to pass through the enemy's defense line smoothly, unless all the enemies are blind or deaf, the convoy will be wiped out by the enemy halfway through."
"We have maintained food and medicine for about a month," Cidolin continued: "But what about ammunition? The German equipment used by the shrinking regiment can be supplemented on the battlefield. But the other three guard regiments are all Soviet-style equipment. If the superiors do not supplement us, we will not be able to face the out of ammunition. At that time, the soldiers of the guard regiment will not be allowed to fight bayonets with the enemy like the Marine Battle Battalion."
"I will find a way to solve the ammunition problem." Sokov considered that there was an additional underwater pontoon bridge, and the amount of supplies transported to the city on the other side had greatly reinforced him. If he wanted to solve the difficulty of ammunition shortage, there should be no big problem, so he took a lot of money and said: "I don't think we will let our soldiers fight with the enemy again after they have completely shot all the bullets."
The three of them chatted for a while, and the deputy division commander Ivanov hurriedly walked in from outside. As soon as he entered the door, he couldn't wait to ask: "On the way I just came, I heard a soldier saying that the enemy was found outside. What's going on?"
"That's right, comrade of the deputy division commander." After hearing Ivanov's question, Cidolin quickly explained to him: "About half an hour ago, Lieutenant Colonel Starcha called us and said that the enemy was found on the east side of Mamayev's hill. After receiving this news, the division commander immediately ordered him to send someone to destroy the enemy." After that, Cidolin raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said to himself, "The time stipulated by the division commander is almost here, and I don't know if the battle outside is resolved?"
"What, an enemy occurred on the east side of Mamayev's hill?" Sidolin's words shocked Ivanov. He asked quickly: "Can Lieutenant Colonel Stalkia's troops eliminate this enemy? Do you need to mobilize troops from other places? If the enemy really gains a firm foothold in our east, the connection between us and the ferry will be cut off."
Seeing Ivanov so panicked, Cidolin couldn't help laughing, and then explained to him: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, don't worry, the situation is not as serious as you think. The enemy has only a dozen people and no heavy weapons. Lieutenant Colonel Starcha is fully capable of destroying them."
When I learned that there were only a dozen enemies, Ivanov couldn't help but sigh: "It turned out that there were only a dozen enemies. I believe that my subordinates will definitely eliminate this enemy completely and cleanly."
Chapter completed!