Sergeant Zub came to Sokov's side and said worriedly: "Comrade Captain, apart from wasting our food, these people we have taken in have no fighting power at all. If we encounter new scattered people,
Small troops, should we stop taking them in?"
How could Sokov not know that what Zub said was true, but at the moment he seemed like a burden. After arriving at the new defense area, he would reorganize them and they would become another force that should not be underestimated. "Zubzhong
Soldiers, you can't say that, these soldiers we have taken in have lost their organizational structure. When we arrive at the destination and reorganize them, they will soon be able to form a new fighting force."
"Comrade Captain is right." Qurxin, who was walking next to him, echoed: "Sergeant Zub, don't think they are a burden. When we return to our defense area, there will definitely be many troops rushing to get them.
Such soldiers. If we don't control them now, where will we recruit soldiers with combat experience? Do you want the entire army to be new recruits?"
After listening to what the two said, Zub realized that he had oversimplified the problem, and quickly apologized to Sokov: "I'm sorry, Comrade Captain, I oversimplified the matter."
"It's okay." Sokov said magnanimously: "This is human nature. After all, what happened in the early morning scared everyone."
After a pause, Sokov said to Chursin and Zub: "Both of you are people I trust. If we fight with the enemy again before we find the friendly defense line, even if we are dispersed, we will still have to fight."
Find a way to stay by my side. Do you understand?"
Although Qursin and Zub didn't understand what Sokov meant by this, they still nodded: "Understood!"
After his last time travel, Sokov realized a serious problem: without his own team, he would face many difficulties in carrying out work in a new environment. When he served as a commander in the later stages of the war, why?
The main reason why I can command the troops like an arm and a finger is because I have a group of classmates from the Frunze Military Academy to help me. Before I become a senior commander this time, I need to have people like Konstantin, Chursin and Zub around me.
His subordinates are here to help him.
In the evening, the soldiers who were exploring the road in front came back and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Captain, we found a road ahead. Opposite the road is an open space, and there is a forest more than two hundred meters away."
Sokov waited for the soldier to finish speaking and quickly asked: "Have you found any traces of the enemy?"
"No." The soldier shook his head and said, "We have observed carefully and found no trace of the enemy."
"That's good, that's good." After learning that no trace of the enemy was found, Sokov felt much relieved. If he wanted to continue moving forward, he would definitely have to cross the road, but there was an open space of several hundred meters on the other side of the road. If
When passing through an open area, if an enemy appears on the road, a fight will inevitably occur. Once entangled by the enemy, it will not be so easy to escape.
Sokov found Vlasov and reported to him: "Comrade Commander, the soldiers who explored the road in front came back and said that there is a road ahead, and there is an open land of several hundred meters on the opposite side of the road, and then there is the forest. Could you please
Are we allowed to pass this road?"
Hearing what Sokov said, Vlasov did not make an immediate decision, but waved his hand and said: "Take me to see."
Sokov took Vlasov, Colonel Del, as well as five or six soldiers including Chursin and Zub to the edge of the forest near the side of the road. Looking at the seven-eight-meter-wide dirt road in front of him, Sokov
There was no sound and it didn't take long to cross the highway, but to enter
In the forest opposite, it will take at least two or three minutes. One or two people are better, and the target is small. Even if Germans appear on the nearby road, it will not have much impact. But if hundreds of people pass by at the same time, once they are noticed by the Germans,
Fighting is inevitable.
After Vlasov checked the surrounding terrain, he turned to Colonel Del and asked: "Chief of Staff, what do you think?"
Colonel Del said without hesitation: "While there are no enemies now, order the troops to quickly pass through this road and go to the forest on the opposite side."
But Vlasov did not immediately agree to his proposal, but instead expressed his concerns: "It is a few hundred meters from here to the forest on the opposite side, and even running will take two or three minutes. If there are enemies when passing by,
If we appear on the road, our whereabouts will be exposed, and it will be very dangerous. Besides, we don’t know what the situation is like in the forest on the other side. If there are Germans ambushing there, we rush through recklessly.
, just fell into their trap.”
Sokov did not expect that Vlasov would think so complicatedly about a simple highway issue. He quickly said: "Comrade Commander, can I tell you what I think?"
"Of course." Vlasov nodded and said reasonably: "Captain Sokov, I know you have many ideas and you will definitely be able to come up with good solutions. Can you tell us how to pass this highway?
?”
"We can pass in groups." Sokov replied: "Group of ten people, pass the road in batches. After the first group of people enters the opposite forest, the second group of people will set off again. At the same time, we are on both sides of the road.
Each mount has a machine gun so that once enemies are discovered, they can suppress them with fire."
"This is a good idea," Vlasov said approvingly after hearing this: "Then follow the method you said. By the way, first send a group of people to the forest opposite to check if there are any Germans in it."
"No problem, Comrade Commander." Sokov agreed very readily: "I will send someone there right away."
Soon, the first group of soldiers exploring the path was assembled, and Sokov asked Qhursin to be the team leader. When they set off, Sokov also specifically told: "Chursin, take people into the forest on the opposite side.
After that, be sure to search carefully to see if there is any German ambush. After confirming that there is no enemy ambush, send someone back to report to me."
"Understood, Comrade Captain." Chursin repeated Sokov's order: "As soon as it is confirmed that there are no enemies in the forest opposite, I will immediately send someone back to report." After a moment of pause, he added, "If
If I find an enemy ambushing me, I will immediately fire a warning shot."
Sokov held Chulsin's hand and said with concern: "Be safe, I wish you good luck!"
When Chursin's team left the forest, crossed the road, and quickly rushed towards the opposite forest, Sokov called Konstantin in front of him: "Second Lieutenant Konstantin, I give you a task. Don't we have two squadrons?"
A light machine gun? You and your team will set up the machine guns on both sides of the road. Once you find an enemy threatening the passing troops, shoot immediately."
"Yes, Comrade Captain." Constantine replied quickly and loudly: "I will go and set up a warning immediately."
Then Sokov called Sergeant Zub in front of him and told him: "Sergeant Zub, you lead the second group. When Qursin sends someone back to report that the forest on the opposite side is safe, you will lead the second group."
The second group of people quickly crossed the road and entered the forest on the opposite side. Do you understand?"
"clear."
Colonel Del, who was standing not far away, saw Sokov giving orders to everyone, and couldn't help asking Vlasov in a low voice: "Comrade Commander, you and I both know that according to the records, Captain Sokov
He has only been in the army for more than a month. But when you look at the way he gives orders, he looks like a commander with many years of command experience."
In fact, Vlasov also had doubts about Sokov's origins. When he first met Sokov, Sokov said that he had just joined the army for a day or two, but judging from his conversation and behavior, he did not look like an ordinary person at all.
No ordinary person would dare to break into a German armored column single-handedly and capture 12 of the enemy's tanks at once. Even a veteran with combat experience and dozens or twenty tanks behind him would probably not dare to do this.
After hearing what Colonel Del said, Vlasov said with emotion: "Maybe Sokov is a military genius, otherwise I would not be able to explain what I saw."
"Then what position do you think he can reach in the future?"
"I can't say exactly where he will be in the future." Vlasov said thoughtfully: "As long as he can survive on the battlefield, in three to five years, he may have a chance to become the commander of the group army.
.”
"Ah, he can become the commander of the group army in three to five years?" Colonel Del said with some surprise: "This is too fast. I thought it would be good if he could become a division commander."
Fortunately, Sokov did not hear the content of the chat between the two, otherwise he would have refuted the other party in his heart: It will take another three to five years before he has the opportunity to become the commander of the group army. Who are you looking down on? You know, last time
When traveling through time, it only took a little more than a year for him to assume the position of commander of the army group, and he defeated the German army on the battlefield with fear.
After the first group led by Chursin successfully entered the forest through the open area, Sokov's nerves became highly tense and he stared at the forest opposite, fearing that there would be gunshots coming from inside. If there were really gunshots.
, means that the Germans are found in the forest opposite, which means that the road is blocked and the route must be changed to escape from the German encirclement.
After half an hour of long waiting, Sokov saw a soldier running out of the forest opposite. Through the telescope, he could clearly see the expression on the soldier's face. There was no panic or fear, only unconcealed joy.
.
From the expression on the soldier's face, Sokov suddenly felt at ease, indicating that there was no trace of the enemy in the forest opposite.
However, he did not immediately order Sergeant Zub's second group to set off. After all, he only observed the expressions on the soldiers' faces and did not understand the actual situation in the forest opposite, so he could not act hastily.
Seeing the relaxed expression on Sokov's face, Vlasov quickly took the telescope in his hand and looked at the running soldiers. At the same time, he asked Sokov: "Captain Sokov, we don't have any
When you hear gunshots coming from the forest opposite, does that mean there are no enemies inside?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Sokov nodded and replied: "When Chursin led the team to leave, he made an agreement with me that if an enemy is found, he will fire a warning shot in time. If there is no enemy, he will send
Someone comes and reports."
Upon hearing this, Colonel Del immediately urged: "Captain Sokov, since there are no enemies in the forest opposite, order everyone to pass quickly, otherwise it will not be so easy to pass when the Germans come."
Seeing that the soldier reporting the news was about to reach the highway, there was a roar of a motorcycle engine from the west of the highway. It seemed that a motorcycle was coming. Because the direction of the sound happened to be a turn in the forest.
place, so it was impossible to see clearly whether the incoming motorcycle belonged to the Soviet army or the German army.
The running soldier did not dare to run forward after hearing the sound of the motorcycle. Perhaps he was afraid that he would expose his target, so he just lay down on the ground.
Sokov saw that the soldier was only a dozen meters away from the road. As long as he worked hard, he could run over in a dozen seconds. But now he was lying on the ground. Although there were weeds as a cover, if the German motorcycle passed by
, the German soldier sitting on it will still be discovered if he has sharp eyes.
Thinking of this, Sokov yelled at the soldier: "What are you doing lying there? Why don't you run over here!"
Hearing Sokov's shout, the soldier quickly got up from the ground and rushed toward the location of Sokov and others with his gun in hand.
Since he had just lost some time when he lay down, he crossed the road and rushed into the forest when a three-wheeled motorcycle appeared from the corner of the road. There were two German soldiers on the car, one wearing goggles.
The motorcyclist and the other are machine gunners in sidecars.
He saw the soldier rushing into the forest, shouted, then raised the MG3 machine gun fixed on the sidecar and started shooting wildly.
"Lie down, lie down quickly!" Although most of the soldiers were lying down, Sokov was worried that some of them would be hit by German machine gun bullets if they were still standing, so he shouted loudly and told everyone to lie down on the spot.
fall.
After everyone fell down, they did not fire back immediately. Therefore, the German motorcycle was traveling at a fast speed. Even if the gun was fired, it might not be easy to hit the target.
When the motorcycle was still more than thirty meters away from where Sokov and others were hiding, Constantine, who was hiding on the roadside with a machine gun, decisively ordered the machine gun to fire.
The Germans were caught off guard. First, the machine gunner was shot, his head tilted back, and then he fell off the motorcycle. Then, the bullet hit the motorcyclist again, and the out-of-control three-wheeled motorcycle rushed directly into the forest.
Sokov didn't know whether this motorcycle was a vanguard exploring the road or a messenger delivering messages. But he couldn't care less at the moment and decisively issued the order, "Everyone cross the road immediately and rush as fast as possible."
Towards the forest on the other side.”
As Sokov's order was given, the soldiers at the edge of the forest got up from the ground, crossed the road in a swarm, and ran through the open land toward the forest in the distance.
And Sokov led several soldiers, surrounded Vlasov, Colonel Der and Nikolsky, and covered them through this open area.
After entering the forest, Chuersin immediately came up to him and asked with concern: "Comrade Captain, shall we move now?"
Sokov immediately ordered: "Count the number of people to see if everyone is here."