Chapter 1585 Maintenance Station Relocation (Part 1)
Early the next morning, as soon as Sokov got up, Samyko reported to him: "Comrade Commander, we just received a call from the maintenance station director. They dragged a total of 21 destroyed tanks back to the maintenance station yesterday.
, after overnight repairs, 7 tanks can return to battle."
The 219th Tank Brigade lost more than 40 tanks in the battle on the first day. For the 27th Group Army, which already had a small number of tanks, it was nothing more than worsening the situation and made Sokov heartbroken. At this moment, I heard that there were already 7 tanks.
The tank was repaired and could be re-integrated into the army. I couldn't help but feel happy.
"Comrade Chief of Staff, the workers in our maintenance station are all good. They were able to repair 7 tanks destroyed by the Germans in such a short period of time." Samyko's report made Sokov feel a little bolder.
Thoughts: "I wonder if they can repair all the remaining tanks? You know, the superiors may not provide us with new tanks in a short period of time, so we can only make a fuss about repairing the old tanks."
After Sokov said these words, he saw that Samyko had no reaction, and realized that he was asking blind questions. Samyko was his chief of staff, and he could provide him with advice on how to fight; but
When it comes to repairing tanks, he, like himself, is an out-and-out amateur.
He quickly raised his hand and pointed to Sameko and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, please call the maintenance station chief and ask him to come to the headquarters when he is free. I want to talk to him."
When Samyko called the maintenance station director, Managarov, who was sitting next to him, came over and said to Sokov: "General Sokov, I think what you said makes sense.
The number of tanks is not large to begin with, and our superiors will not replenish the tanks we lose in the battle for a long time, so we can only find ways to solve the problem."
"That's right, Comrade General." Sokov nodded and replied affirmatively: "As long as the comrades at the maintenance depot can repair the tanks we lost in the battle in time, we can alleviate our problem of insufficient tanks.
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"General Sokov," Derevyanko interrupted and asked: "In addition to repairing the destroyed tanks of our army, can the comrades at the maintenance station repair the destroyed German tanks?"
Hearing Derevyanko's question, Sokov hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "General Derevyanko, the structures of tanks are all similar. I think since they can repair our army's tanks, they can repair the German tanks."
Tanks shouldn’t be much of a problem.”
When the maintenance station manager received the call, he learned that Sokov wanted to see him. He immediately explained the work to his deputy and hurried to the headquarters.
As soon as he entered the church hall, the maintenance station commander was a little dumbfounded. Among the seven or eight generals in front of him, he didn't know who Sokov was who called him here. He stood there and thought for a while, feeling that since Sokov was unified commanding the two
The commander of the group army must be an older commander with a high military rank. He soon chose Managarov, thinking that this was General Sokov who wanted to meet him.
I saw the maintenance station commander coming to Managarov, straightening his body and saying: "Hello, General Sokov, I am Adil, the maintenance station commander. I am here under your order. Please give me your instructions!"
After Adil finished speaking, there was silence waiting for him. All the commanders looked at him with stunned expressions on their faces. After a while, Managarov pointed at Sokov with his hand.
, smiled and said to Adil: "Comrade Station Commander, you are mistaken, he is General Sokov who wants to see you."
Seeing that the commander of the two army groups was actually such a young major general, Adil was a little surprised. He quickly came to Sokov again and repeated what he had just said.
"Hello, Comrade Adil." Sokov held Adil's hand and said enthusiastically: "On behalf of all the commanders and fighters of the 27th and 53rd Group Armies, I welcome you. Please take a seat!"
As soon as Adil sat down, a soldier brought him tea and placed a plate of biscuits in front of him.
"Comrade Adil, it seems that you have been busy all night." Seeing the heavy dark circles under the eyes, Sokov guessed that he must have participated in the overnight repairs, so he said friendly: "Please eat and drink first.
Let’s order some tea.”
Adil quickly ate two biscuits with tea, and then asked Sokov curiously: "General Sokov, I wonder if you are so anxious to recruit me, is there anything important?"
"That's right, Comrade Adil." Sokov said to Adil with a smile: "I heard that you repaired 7 tanks overnight yesterday. Is that true?"
"Yes, the comrades at the maintenance station repaired 7 tanks after a night of hard work." Adil replied truthfully: "These tanks can return to the army today."
"Can all the remaining tanks be repaired?"
"It's hard to say, General Sokov." Adil heard Sokov's question and said with some embarrassment: "Some seriously damaged tanks, the steel plates of the tanks were broken into pieces. Just tap it with a hammer.
The skin peeled off like a nutshell. The internal parts of the tank also melted under the high temperature and sintered into pieces, making it impossible to use."
When Sokov heard this, he couldn't help but feel disappointed, but he had no choice but to do so. There was no repair value for such a badly damaged tank other than to be refurbished.
Seeing Sokov's silence, Adil continued: "We even found sacrificed tank soldiers in some tanks. Usually in this case, our workers will take out the remains of the tank soldiers and hold a simple farewell.
After the ceremony, they were buried on the spot."
Adil's words reminded Sokov that the 219th Tank Brigade lost so many tanks yesterday, and the number of sacrificed tank soldiers was not small. It was necessary to arrange special personnel to collect and bury these sacrificed tank soldiers. Thinking of this, he said to Samay
Co said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, please call General Solomatin and ask Colonel Timofevich, commander of the tank brigade, to immediately organize manpower to check whether there are any remains of our tank soldiers in the destroyed tanks.
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"Understood, Comrade Commander." After hearing Sokov's instructions, Samyko said solemnly: "I immediately contacted Solomatin and asked him to organize manpower to search for the remains of the tank soldiers."
"Comrade Adil," Managarov asked Adil tentatively in order to break the dull atmosphere in the headquarters: "Can you repair the German tanks? You know, my troops are fighting the enemy in the northwest of the city.
, destroyed dozens of tanks, if they can be repaired, our tank force can be strengthened."
"Comrade General," Adil turned to look at Managarov and said, "I still say the same thing. Whether I can repair the tank and put it back on the battlefield will have to wait until I check its damage before I can make a final decision.
in conclusion."
"What are you going to do with the German tanks that cannot be repaired?" Derevyanko interjected and asked.
"It's very simple." Adil didn't know Derevyanko, but he was still not shy and said: "Of course it's used for recycling. It's great to have a German guy to provide us with scrap metal."
"Compared with our tanks, which one do you think is better, the German tanks?" Derevyanko continued to ask.
Adil thought for a while and replied: "Compared with our steel, the steel grade of their tanks is very low and contains less alloy."
When talking about his own work, Adil began to talk eloquently: "My workers and I once carefully dismantled German tanks, inspected and studied every part and every part of it.
Its mechanical properties, materials and processing methods, I want to find out what advantages the Germans have in manufacturing technology.
But after our careful study, we found that there is nothing to be desired. Take their welding technology as an example, it is far behind us and cannot be compared with our KB type and T-324 tanks..."
Among the several generals present, except for Sokov who knew how to drive a tank, the others knew nothing about their manufacturing process or the materials used. Although Adil's description became more and more profound, the terms he did not understand were
There were more and more people, but no one interrupted his narration, and they still listened patiently and quietly.
After an unknown amount of time, Adil's story finally came to an end. While secretly relieved, Sokov politely asked the other party: "Comrade Adil, do you have any difficulties? If so, please feel free to mention them.
, I will try my best to solve it for you."
"How should I put it, General Sokov." After hearing Sokov asking him to make conditions, Adil was silent for a while and then said cautiously: "Our maintenance station is still short of manpower. If you can help me solve this problem,
, I think the speed at which we can repair tanks will be greatly improved."
Sokov wanted to help Adil, but the technical work of repairing tanks cannot be solved by just asking a few people to come over. He said to Adil in embarrassment: "Comrade Adil, I also want to help you.
.However, you know that not everyone can help with the professional technicians needed to repair tanks."
"General Sokov, I think you misunderstood me." Adil interrupted Sokov before he could finish his words: "You think I want you to transfer people from the army to help.
Us? No, that’s not what I meant?”
That's not what it means. What are the meanings? Sokov asked in confusion: "Comrade Adil, I'm afraid there won't be many technical personnel you need in the army."
"Yes, General Sokov, I know this very well." Adil agreed very much with Sokov's statement: "When it comes to fighting, the commanders and fighters in the army are all good. But when it comes to
When it comes to repairing tanks, most of them don't even know how to start."
Sokov felt that the other party seemed to have something to say, so he asked tentatively: "Comrade Adil, why don't you tell me what you are thinking. As long as I can help, I will do my best."
"General Sokov, there is a machinery factory in Kremenchug. As far as I know, there are a large number of technical personnel in it." Adil said cautiously: "Can you assign all these technical personnel to
I command?" Perhaps because he was worried that Sokov would disagree, he also emphasized, "I assure you that as long as we have these technicians, the number of tanks we can repair will be increased, and by then we will be able to repair more tanks.
The destroyed tanks returned to the battlefield within a short period of time."
It has to be said that Adil's proposal was very tempting, and Sokov couldn't help but turn around and ask Sameko: "Comrade Chief of Staff, is there a machinery factory in the city?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander, there is indeed a medium-sized machinery factory. There are probably more than 300 workers in it, half of whom are skilled technical workers."
Sokov didn't know about this factory. Even if Samek told him, he didn't have the slightest idea, so he asked: "Where is the factory?"
"In the southwest of the city," Samyko replied, "about three kilometers away from the Dnieper Bridge."
"Comrade Adil," Sokov waited for Samek to finish, then turned to look at Adil: "Where is your maintenance station now?"
"It's on the east side of the city." As he said that, Adil pointed out the location of the maintenance station on the map with his hand.
"To the east of the city?!" Sokov saw the location of the maintenance station clearly and said with a frown: "It's too far from the battlefield. I'm afraid it would take a long time just to drag the destroyed tanks back to the maintenance station.
A lot of time."
"Yes, General Sokov." Adil said helplessly: "The location assigned to us at that time was so far away from the battlefield that we had to redeploy some of our manpower to prepare to transport the destroyed tanks on the battlefield."
Sokov stared at the map in front of him, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, his mind spinning rapidly, trying his best to think about the issue of relocating the maintenance station.
"Comrade Commander," Seeing Sokov staring at the map in a daze, Samek quickly patted his arm and asked curiously, "What are you thinking about?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov looked up at Samyko and replied with a wry smile: "I am considering whether to change the location of the maintenance station so that they can better complete the repair work."
"Is there a suitable place?"
"I want to move the maintenance station to the machinery factory." Sokov pointed to the location of the machinery factory and continued: "You just said that the machinery factory is only three kilometers away from the Dnieper River Bridge. Put the maintenance station here.
, you can get as close to the battlefield as possible. More importantly, the machinery factory has lathes, boring machines, milling machines and other large machinery, which is very helpful for maintenance work and helps improve the work efficiency of the maintenance station."
After Sokov said these words, before Samek could express his opinion, he turned to Adil again and asked: "Comrade Adil, do you have any different views on the relocation of the maintenance station to the machinery factory?
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Sokov's words made Adil feel like a pizza falling from the sky. He shook his head vigorously and said with some excitement: "General Sokov, I don't have any different opinions. If our maintenance station can move into machinery
By building a factory and using ready-made machinery and equipment, I think our work efficiency can be greatly improved."
Since Adil had no objections, Sokov ordered Samyko: "Chief of Staff, since Comrade Adil has no objections, you should arrange vehicles and manpower as soon as possible and move the maintenance station to the machinery factory.
And make sure they can get back to work as quickly as possible."
