Chapter 96 Sudden artillery bombardment
When the commanders and soldiers cheered for victory, Sokov was a little depressed. For the first time, he found that he was not suitable to be a soldier. Although he was now a battalion commander of a strengthening battalion, if he had not learned some historical progress, he would probably not be as good as an ordinary squad leader. Moreover, the reason why all the battles he had participated in recently was that on the one hand, the Soviet counterattack caused the Germans to fall into chaos and prevented them from exerting their normal combat power; on the other hand, there were some luck.
In his heart, he began to reflect on a series of mistakes he made in command: First, he sent a squad to attack the German artillery positions, but he did not expect to send troops to respond; Second, there was no communication equipment between the highland defenders and the troops at the foot of the mountain. If Vasily, Belkin and others had taken the initiative to take action, the action to seize the artillery positions tonight would have ended in failure, and the Bavel's squad would have been destroyed. Even so, the squad of thirty-one people was now only eight people, including two wounded people.
After returning to the battalion command post, Sokov immediately reported to Cherneshov, the commander of the 11th Guards Division in Sushinic City through a report phone, telling him that he had successfully seized the German artillery position and seized five 150mm howitzers.
After listening to the report, Chernesov couldn't help but say happily: "Captain Sokov, you are so great. You actually seized five German artillery pieces. You know, we are currently in need of such artillery."
After praising Sokov, Chernesov paused for a moment, and then ordered: "By the way, Captain Sokov, there are no artillery soldiers in your camp anyway. When the day dawns, you can send someone to the city."
After Sokov put down the phone, he said to Belkin, who was sitting opposite him with a bitter face: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, the division commander ordered that after dawn, he would immediately send someone to the city to send the seized cannons."
When Belkin heard that he was going to send the cannon away, he also showed a surprised expression on his face, but soon returned to normal. He nodded and said, "Comrade Battalion Commander, I think the superiors must have their considerations in this arrangement. I don't know who you plan to send the cannon to the city?"
Sokov originally wanted to let Belkin go, but then he thought that Asia could find a chance to meet her in the field hospital in the city if he escorted the artillery into the city. He made up his mind and said, "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, I think I'd better go there yourself. I need to report to Cherneshov in person about the situation in the camp."
After hearing Sokov's high-sounding reason, Belkin nodded and said, "Okay, Comrade Battalion Commander, go with confidence, I'm in the camp."
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The next morning, Sokov returned to Sushinic in a German truck pulling artillery. As soon as he entered the city, he was stopped by a motorcycle. A second lieutenant walked out of the side of the passenger seat. He walked to the door of the co-pilot, raised his hand to salute Sokov and said, "Comrade Commander, I am here to be the guide for you. Please let the convoy come with me!"
Sokov nodded slightly and was about to order the driver to follow the lieutenant's motorcycle when he suddenly saw a young female health worker wearing a short cotton coat, a cotton military cap, and a medical box on the side of the road. He was walking forward quickly along the street. He looked at his back as he was familiar, so he poked his head out of the car window and shouted tentatively: "Asia~!"
The female health worker seemed to hear Sokov's shouting, and slowed down, as if she was about to turn around to confirm who was calling her. Seeing her performance, Sokov confirmed that the person must be Asia. He pushed open the car door and raised his voice and shouted: "Asia!"
As the shouting came, the female health worker turned around. When Sokov saw that it was Asia, he jumped out of the car and walked towards her quickly. Asia saw clearly that the person she called her was Sokov. She exclaimed and trotted over.
The second lieutenant who had just sat in the sidewalk and was about to let the motorcyclist set off, saw Sokov actually hugging a female health worker on the street, muttered dissatisfiedly, then got off the sidewalk again, and walked towards the two. He stopped two or three steps away, first coughed, reminding the other party of his existence, and then called Sokov: "Comrade Captain!"
When Sokov heard the lieutenant's shout, he remembered that he was going to the city to send artillery with the convoy. However, as he had already entered the city, there was no need to follow the convoy anymore. So he said to the lieutenant: "Comrade Lieutenant, my convoy is there, you can take them away." After that, he turned around and gestured to the truck driver, signaling them to follow the lieutenant's motorcycle.
After the convoy left, Asia asked curiously: "Misha, why are you thinking about entering the city today?"
Afraid of Asia's concern, Sokov deliberately said lightly: "I fought two battles with the Germans yesterday and seized five howitzers. My superiors ordered me to send the artillery to the city. When I thought that you were in the city, I followed the convoy."
When Asia heard that Sokov had made a special trip to the city to see her, she couldn't help but feel a little happy. However, she knew very well that it was during the war, and it was not the time for the two of them to have sex with each other, so her mood quickly returned to peace and asked carefully: "Where are you going next?"
"I want to go to the division headquarters." Sokov looked at Asia and asked, "You are willing to go with me."
After hearing this, Asia nodded: "I have time now, so I will accompany you to the division headquarters. I will wait for you outside later."
The two walked forward along the street. A T-34 tank was parked on the side of the road ahead. Several tank soldiers wearing helmets and short cotton coats were standing next to the tank to smoke. Seeing Asia coming, the few people stared at her intently, directly treating Sokov beside him as a transparent person.
When the two passed by them, a tank soldier shouted from Asia: "Hey, comrade health officer, can you give me your military postal number? We are about to fight the Germans. When the Germans are defeated, I will write you a letter."
When Sokov saw someone seducing Asia in front of him, he couldn't help but blood surged upwards. Just as he was about to attack, he suddenly heard a strange howling sound from the air, and the sound went from far to near. Sokov, who had been bombarded on the high ground yesterday, turned pale when he heard this sound.
Chapter completed!