From Taflin's words, Mixiga heard that the other party had a solution for a long time and asked quickly: "Comrade Sergeant, hurry up, what can you do to stop the enemy from reaching here?"
"It's very simple," Tavlin pointed to the map on the table and said to Mishiga. "We will create a minefield for the enemy five kilometers away from the station, so that they can't move forward."
"Can it be too late?" After hearing Tufflin's suggestion, Mixiga said hesitantly: "I am worried that even if I send people to rush over now, the enemy will arrive before they can bury the mines. Then the comrades who go to bury the mines will be in danger."
"Comrade Captain," Taflin smiled faintly about Mixiga's concerns, and then said, "Did you forget that Captain Guchakov gave me two armored vehicles, and we can use armored vehicles to send a group of team members and mines over. When they start to lay mines, the armored vehicles will return to load more mines..."
If Tavlin didn't remind him, Mixiga really forgot the two armored vehicles that were operating together this time. He glanced at the armored vehicles parked outside the house and said with concern: "Comrade Sergeant, I am still worried that the enemy will come too quickly and that our comrades who buried landmines will encounter danger."
"This is easy to deal with." Tavlin said confidently: "We first send an armored vehicle, try to drive eastward, and then lay a batch of mines. If the enemy who rushed over quickly stepped on mines in the new area, it would definitely slow down the marching speed and clear the mines again, so that we will buy valuable time for our mine-burning comrades."
"Comrade Sergeant, your method is good." Tavlin's proposal made Mishiga's eyes lit up. He continued: "The enemy had already been scared by landmines on the beard. As long as they stepped on mines on the road, they would immediately stop advancing and summon engineers to clear mines, so that their marching speed would inevitably slow down. And the group of mine-burning comrades we sent out had enough time to lay mines in a wide enough area. Anyway, when we occupied the station, we seized thousands of mines alone, and only a part of them was buried on the road, which was enough for the enemy to drink a pot."
"Come!" After Mixiga said that, he ran to the door and called Pradonov who was wandering outside, and told him: "Comrade Pradonov, take five soldiers with thirty mines, take an armored vehicle and head to the east of the station. Choose a location close to the railway subgrade, bury all these mines, and then return immediately."
After hearing Mixiga's order, Pradonov asked back: "Comrade Vovga, don't you leave anyone there to observe the effect?"
"No." Considering that Pradonov is his old friend, Mixiga did not hide it: "In fact, our real mineburning location is closer to the station than the mineburning location I arranged for you. The mineburning areas you temporarily arranged are just to delay the German army's advance speed."
Pradonov understood Mixiga's intentions and immediately turned around and walked out of the room to gather people and prepare to go to the designated location to lay mines.
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After receiving the telegram from Guchakov, Sokov was worried about how to deal with the materials in the station. Logically speaking, the two stations occupied by Guchakov and others were deep behind the enemy and could not transport the seized materials back. The final solution was to burn them out with a fire so that the Germans could not get anything.
But as a man from later generations, Sokov knew clearly that in ten days, the Soviet army would launch a comprehensive counterattack against Paulus's troops. If a batch of materials could be hoarded behind enemy lines, it would be of great use in the subsequent counterattack.
But he did not make any decisions hastily, but looked at Ivanov and Cidolin and asked, "Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff, I want to ask you. If you are asked to make a decision, how do you plan to deal with these piles of materials."
When the two heard Sokov's question, Ivanov spoke first: "How to say it, comrade of the division commander. To be honest, the two stations had stockpiled the supplies and ammunition needed by five divisions within a month, which made people jealous. If possible, I really want Captain Guchakov to transport all these supplies back. In this way, our division will not have to worry about the shortage of ammunition and supplies within half a year."
"Yes, what the deputy commander said was what I thought in my heart." As soon as Ivanov finished speaking, Cidolin echoed: "But the two stations are hundreds of kilometers away from us, and there are layers of defenses between the Germans. It is impossible to transport the materials back. I think it's still impossible to burn the fire, so that the Germans can't get anything."
"A fire burns out the materials stockpiled in the station, which is undoubtedly the easiest way." Sokov and the other two continued to say after commenting: "But in order to ensure that we seize the station, the base camp even sent troops to launch a feint attack on the German army to attract the attention of the enemy. If we really don't say anything, burning all the materials with a torch would probably make the base camp feel dissatisfied."
"What should we do?" Sidolin immediately realized what the other party might think when he heard Sokov say so, and asked tentatively: "You know, even if those materials are of no use to us, they cannot be transported back through the enemy's defense line, what's the use?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff, I never thought about transporting this batch of supplies back." Sokov looked at Cidolin and said, "But since so much supplies were seized, it would be a pity if it was really burned by fire, so I plan to..."
Before Sokov finished speaking, Ivanov rushed to ask: "Comrade Commander, what are you going to do?"
"The guerrillas are too poor, and they can be replaced with all the captured weapons and ammunition, so that it will be easier to replenish them in the future." Sokov saw that both of them were anxious to hear his thoughts, so he said slowly: "Other useful materials, such as food and medicine, were transferred to the nearby forest to hide. The Germans' military coats and bedding were all set on fire. I want to see how the Germans did not have these winter clothes, so how did they survive this cold winter."
In addition to the bravery and tenacity shown by the Soviet army to defend the motherland, the weather was also a winning factor. Therefore, when Sokov said this, Sidolin and Ivanov nodded thoughtfully. They were even considering whether the Germans would suffer a large number of non-combat attributable to the severe cold after the winter clothes in the station were burned.
After Sokov finished his plan, he ordered Sidolin: "Chief of Staff, you have to do two things now. One is to send the plan I just proposed to Captain Guchakov immediately by telegram, and let him dispose of all the seized materials according to my order; the second is to report this matter to Commander Chokov."
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Guchakov, who was staying in Kotluban Station, finally waited for Sokov's telegram after looking through the water. After reading the contents of the telegram, he immediately handed the telegram back to the radio operator and told him: "Repost this telegram immediately to Sergeant Taflin and let him follow the order."
While the radio operator was generating electricity on Didida, Guchakov told Vovga the contents of Sokov's telegram, and then said to him: "Comrade Vice Captain, please ask someone to open the ammunition depot immediately and replace all the weapons of the guerrillas with all German weapons."
"This is great, Comrade Commander." Vovga was overjoyed when he heard Guchakov say this. As early as when he occupied the station, he could not wait to ask his subordinates to open the ammunition depot and change the equipment for all the guerrillas, but he was stopped by Guchakov. At this moment, he heard the order to officially change his clothes, and immediately called a team member and told him: "Call all the guerrilla leaders here immediately."
After the team members left, Vovga turned around and asked Guchakov: "Comrade Commander, is there anything else other than dressing up?"
"Mobilize all people who can be used to transport the food and medicines from the station to the camp where the guerrillas hide." Guchakov continued: "As for the military coats and bedding in the warehouse, they will be set fire to prevent the Germans from winter clothes to freeze them all to death."
The guerrilla captains were quickly summoned, surrounded the stationmaster's room and asked at Vovga in a verbal manner: "Vovga, what did you call us here?"
"Comrades, please be quiet!" Guchakov couldn't help frowning when he saw the captains being noisy. He raised his hands, pressed them down a few times, and said loudly: "I have something to explain to you."
These guerrilla captains were dissatisfied with the deputy captain Vuvga, otherwise there would be no team in front of the attack station, causing unnecessary casualties. But at this moment, seeing that the commander from the regular army was about to speak, everyone closed their mouths tactfully, and the outside of the stationmaster's room suddenly became quiet.
"Comrades in captains," Guchakov continued to say, "I just received a telegram from the division commander. He ordered me to immediately open the occupied ammunition depot and replace all the guerrillas with all German weapons to improve your combat effectiveness."
When the captains heard Guchakov say this, they were stunned at first, and then cheered. Outsiders say that the guerrillas have poor combat effectiveness. Although it is related to the complexity of the personnel in the guerrillas and many people have not undergone systematic military training, more importantly, the troops' weapons and equipment are too poor, and some people even use old weapons when Napoleon invaded Russia. Now it is natural to change everyone's clothes, which is naturally an exciting thing.
After the cheers were over, a captain asked on behalf of everyone: "Comrade Commander, what new combat missions do our troops have after they have changed their clothes?"
"In addition to ordering me to change all of you, my division commander also hopes that you can transfer a batch of supplies from the station to the camp where your respective guerrillas hide."
As soon as Guchakov said, the incident was immediately disheartened.
Seeing everyone's expression of embarrassment, Guchakov guessed what everyone was concerned about and quickly explained: "Listen, my division commander asked you to transfer the materials to the camp to refer to food and medicine. Even if our troops cannot use them, don't you usually use them?"
Everyone just heard Guchakov say that he would transfer supplies to his camp, and was worried that it would cause revenge from the Germans, so he couldn't help but feel worried. After he figured out that it was food and medicine to move to the camp, everyone's attitude turned 180 degrees. They all expressed that they should do their best to transport more supplies to their camp. As for the concerns about the German revenge, no one mentioned it again.
Seeing that everyone's attitude changed so quickly, Guchakov asked intentionally: "Captain, you have moved so many supplies from the station to your camp. Are you not worried about the revenge of the Germans?"
"What are you worried about?" said a tall and thin captain: "In two days, heavy snow will cover the forest. It is not that easy for the Germans to enter the forest to clear us."
"Since everyone is not worried, there is no problem." Guchakov waved his hand to everyone and ordered: "Everyone go back and arrange for people to carry supplies."
"Comrade Commander, I have another question." The captain raised his hand and asked, "I see that there are a large number of military coats and bedding in the warehouse. Can you tell me that we can also move back to the camp?"
As the weather became colder, not only did the Germans lack winter supplies, but even the guerrillas operating behind enemy lines lacked enough winter supplies. Therefore, the captain's words immediately resonated with everyone. Everyone turned their attention to Guchakov and waited for him to give his final reply.
Vvga was afraid that Guchakov would agree to the request of these guerrillas casually, so he leaned into his ear and whispered: "Comrade Commander, your division commander is in the telegram, but ordered all these military coats and bedding to burn them. If you distribute them to each guerrilla team and return to Mamayev's hill in the future, how can you explain to your superiors?"
"Comrade Vovga, we as commanders cannot mechanically obey the orders of our superiors. We must execute the orders according to actual conditions." After answering Vovga, Guchakov looked at the captains and said, "Comrades, in accordance with the orders of our superiors, they originally wanted to burn all these military coats and beddings, so that the Germans would lose a large number of non-combat reductions in the severe cold because there was no winter supplies. Since everyone wanted military coats and beddings, I will break the example and distribute some of them to everyone."
The captains who had satisfied the request rushed back to their respective guerrillas to arrange the replacement of clothes and transport supplies to the team members. Vovga looked at their far away backs and asked Guchakov with concern: "Comrade Commander, are you really not blamed by your superiors for distributing military coats and bedding to these guerrillas?"
Chapter completed!