"Only do a good job of surveillance?" Karsokov was shocked: "Do we choose to stand by and watch when we see the enemy attacking friendly positions?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov turned his head and looked at his chief of staff and said seriously: "At present, we don't know what the enemy the third battalion search team encountered was, and what equipment they had, so we made a rash decision. Is it too hasty to make a decision?"
Karsokov heard Sokov say this and immediately stopped talking.
Seeing that the other party was silent, Sokov continued, "We can only deploy in a targeted manner after we understand the enemy's background. Of course, if the German army really attacked friendly positions, I would definitely not choose to stand idly by.
A smile appeared on Karsokov's face. Sokov's words showed that he was a commander who took into account the overall situation. Seeing that friendly forces were in trouble, they knew how to help him. He would definitely not be wrong with following such superiors.
"By the way," Sokov suddenly remembered something and asked casually: "Have we established a contact information between us and our friendly forces?"
"Since the superiors sent the telephone line and telephone, we have established contact with the 1073rd Regiment of the 316th Infantry Division." Karsokov pointed to the phone placed on the table and continued: "You can contact friendly forces at any time through this phone."
Sokov was still very satisfied with Karsokov's efficiency. Now his left wing is the Polo Suxin Division, which is stuck in the Borodino Heights. They will be quickly repelled under the crazy German offensive. But even if they can defend Borodino, it doesn't make much sense. After all, he and they belong to different armies, and it will be very difficult to cooperate on the battlefield. But the 316th infantry division on the right wing is different. Not only do they belong to the 16th Army, but this unit always fights with a decisive German army. As long as they maintain a intensive contact with them, they will not fight alone.
Sokov stared at the phone in front of him, thinking about whether he should call the 1073rd Regiment and get to know each other. This is very helpful for the next cooperative battle.
Seeing Sokov's eyes keeping at the phone in front of him, Karsokov asked tentatively: "Comrade Brigade Commander, do you need to call a friendly army?"
Sokov thought about it, then slowly shook his head: "Don't worry, I think it's better to wait until the third battalion reports the reconnaissance results before deciding whether to contact friendly forces."
After saying this, he raised his hand and looked at his watch, muttering, "I don't know if the deputy brigade commander has arrived at the arsenal."
"The deputy brigade commander went there by car." Karsokov heard Sokov's low voice and quickly said, "I think I should have arrived at the arsenal at this moment."
Sokov didn't say anything, just nodded, but thought to himself that although the soldiers who reported the news said that the arms in the arsenal were enough to arm the two divisions, who knows if this number was mixed with moisture? You know, the members of the search team were temporarily drawn, and there were not many professional scouts at all. How could it be possible to figure out how many troops the stored arms could be armed in such a short time?
Just as Sokov was anxiously waiting for news from Belkin and the Third Battalion, Morozova came over with a telegram: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the telegram sent by the Army Command."
When Sokov learned that it was a telegram sent by the Army Command, he naturally did not dare to neglect it. He quickly reached out to take the telegram and quickly browsed the contents above.
Karsokov also came over and asked curiously: "Comrade Brigade Commander, what did the headquarters' telegram say?"
"Comrade Commander said that since the supplies provided by the superiors have not been in place for a long time, we may not be able to replenish weapons, ammunition and various supplies in the next two days." Sokov said lightly: "Let's be mentally prepared."
"Ah, we will not be able to provide us with supplies in the next two days?" Karsokov asked in surprise: "How could this happen?"
"Now wars are everywhere, and there are many places that need ammunition. I guess the output of the military factories in the city is limited, so the superiors will make corresponding adjustments to the supply work on the front line." Sokov remembered that he had seen similar situations in Rokosovsky's memoirs. Due to the shortage of soldiers and weapons and ammunition, after Rokosovsky served as commander of the front army, his troops were not supplied with soldiers and weapons and ammunition for half a year. He could only rely on his own strength to overcome the problems he faced. "The weapons, ammunition and materials allocated to the group army by the superiors will probably be given priority to the 316th Infantry Division and the Cavalry Army. Newly formed troops like us are not considered."
At this moment, Karsokov was full of expectations for the secret arsenal: "Comrade Brigade Commander, if there were weapons and equipment in that arsenal that could arm two divisions, we could avoid the situation of exhausting ammunition and food being exhausted because we could not get supplies."
"Although the amount of weapons, ammunition and materials stored in the arms warehouse is still an unknown number, but it should be more than enough for our brigade to use." Sokov couldn't help but feel anxious when he thought that there might be a secret armament in the area searched by the Third Battalion. He picked up the phone on the table and answered the Third Battalion Department.
As soon as he heard Nazorov's voice, Sokov couldn't wait to ask: "Comrade Captain, I am Sokov. How about it, do you have any new reports on the scouts you sent?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander!" Nazorov replied respectfully: "The scouts we sent have not come back yet. But please rest assured that as long as the scouts come back, I will report to you as soon as they come back."
When Sokov learned that the scout had not returned yet, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He could only say helplessly: "Okay, when the scout comes back, report to me immediately."
Just as Sokov was about to put down the microphone, he heard Nazorov's surprise voice coming from inside: "Comrade Brigade Commander, don't hang up the phone first, it seems that the scouts are back. That's right, it's indeed the scouts are back!"
When Sokov heard Nazorov say that the scouts were back, he immediately became excited: "Quickly ask him, what's going on with those Germans?"
However, before Nazorov asked the scouts, Sokov couldn't wait to say, "Comrade Captain, you give the phone to the scouts, I want to know the situation from him in person."
Nazorov handed the microphone to Yun without hesitation and spoke a little angry scout: "Comrade Brigade Commander wants to listen to your report."
The scout took the microphone and put it in his ear, and said in a panic: "Hello, comrade brigade commander."
"Hello, comrade scout." Sokov asked at the other party: "Hurry up, what have you detected?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander," the scout calmed down and then reported to Sokov: "After we arrived at that location, we found no trace of the Germans at all. After surveying the road, we have reason to believe that the Germans seen by the comrades in the search team should be the correspondents who were riding motorcycles to deliver letters."
Sokov, who was originally nervous, felt much more at ease when he heard the scouts say this. Since the search team only saw the German correspondents, the search work could continue. He then asked: "What is the search team doing now?"
"After discovering that it was an unlucky incident, the search team started the search again." The scout said respectfully: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I believe that it will not take long before they will report the search situation to you."
As soon as the phone was put down, it rang immediately.
Sokov thought it was Nazorov and had something to say to him, so he quickly grabbed the microphone and said, "I am Sokov!"
A strange voice came from the receiver: "Hello, I am the commander of the 1073 regiment. If you have something to do, I will look for your brigade commander."
"I am the brigade commander Major Sokov. Is there anything you have?"
After hearing Sokov's rank, the regiment commander was stunned and thought to himself that the other party was the brigade commander, so why did he have the rank of major?
But he soon felt relieved. Now during the war, due to the great casualties of commanders at all levels, some troops were in a situation of "low vocational and high-level personnel". This is the case with Major Sokov who is talking to him now.
After understanding this, he continued, "Comrade Major, my subordinates reported to me that there were people moving in the forest of our regiment's position. After checking, I realized that it was your subordinate. I would like to ask, what did you send someone to the defense zone of our regiment?"
Sokov thought that the two sides were helping each other for the next period of time, so he did not hide the other party, but replied truthfully: "Comrade Commander, you may not know that our brigade was newly formed, and the weapons and ammunition and materials that the superiors supplemented us were limited, so that a considerable number of commanders and fighters in the brigade had no weapons. In desperation, I could only send people to the nearby forest to search to see if there were any hidden arsenals and use the weapons and ammunition stored in it to equip the troops."
"So that's how it is." The leader asked carefully: "I wonder if there are any gains now?"
Although the search team of the first battalion discovered the arsenal hidden in the forest, this location was a little far from the defense area of the 1073rd Regiment, Sokov did not intend to share the weapons and equipment here with them. Therefore, he could only pretend to be regretful and said: "Comrade Commander, when my man searched, he found that a German appeared, so he could only temporarily stop the search. Later, I sent a scout to conduct reconnaissance on this area, and only then did I know that the enemy the search team saw was the German correspondent riding a motorcycle to deliver the letter. After confirming that there were no enemies nearby, our search work could continue. Remember to say hello to your subordinates and don't make any misunderstandings."
"Don't worry, there will be no misunderstanding." The regiment leader asked tentatively: "Comrade Major, if you really find a hidden arsenal in the forest, I wonder if you can share a portion of the stored weapons and ammunition in it to us?"
"No problem, of course no problem." Sokov thought that the search team of the Third Battalion had been discovered by the commanders and soldiers of the 1073rd Regiment. If a hidden arsenal was really discovered in that direction, although it might not necessarily be "half of the meeting", it would definitely be divided into friendly forces. Therefore, he answered readily: "As long as we really discovered the arsenal, we will definitely be divided into part of you, so you can rest assured."
When Sokov put down the phone, Karsokov came over and asked in confusion: "Comrade Brigade Commander, have we found an arsenal? Why don't you tell the commander of a friendly army? Do you have any concerns?"
"I plan to transport all the weapons, ammunition and materials stored in the arsenal discovered by the first battalion to be used by the commanders and soldiers of our brigade." Seeing Karsokov's confused expression, Sokov explained to him: "The search area of the third battalion is close to the defense area of the 1073rd Regiment. If the arsenal can be found, it will definitely be divided into part of it to friendly forces."
"If you really find a hidden arsenal near the 1073rd Regiment defense zone," Karsokov asked cautiously: "How many do you plan to allocate to friendly forces?"
"I dare not say that there are too many, 30% of the inventory must be given." Sokov was worried about Karsokov's bad ideas, so he explained to him specifically: "The 1073rd Regiment is a friendly army that fights side by side with us. Only by giving them more advanced weapons can they last longer when facing the German attack. As long as they are not repelled by the enemy, we will not fight alone when facing the enemy's attack."
"You are right, comrade comrade commander." Unexpectedly, Karsokov agreed with Sokov's arrangement very much: "If a new arsenal was found near the friendly defense zone, it should indeed be divided into part of the friendly forces. In this way, when we were attacked by the German army, I think they would help us for the sake of the weapons they gave them."
Sokov smiled slightly and thought to himself that if the fight really started, he really didn't know who helped whom. You should know that the 316th Infantry Division, which defended Volokoramsk, was a thorn in the eyes of the Germans, and they would definitely want to get rid of it quickly. If the 1073rd Regiment was attacked by the enemy's crazy attack, as long as the war here was not fierce, they could completely mobilize their forces to support the other party.
Two hours later, the dusty deputy brigade commander Belkin appeared in the tent.
As soon as Belkin entered the tent, he quickly walked to the table, picked up the kettle placed on the table, unscrewed the lid, and drank water.
When Belkin put down the kettle and wiped the water stains from the corner of his mouth with his hands, Karsokov immediately asked impatiently: "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, have the arms in the arsenal been transported back?"
Belkin grinned and replied: "There are so many weapons and ammunition stored in the arsenal, and only our dozen trucks can we transport them back at once. I guess it will take at least five or six trips to transport all the weapons and ammunition back."
Although Sokov and others had long learned that the arsenal had weapons and ammunition that could equip two divisions, he always had doubts about this. Now that he heard Berkin say this, he quickly asked: "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, does that the arsenal really have weapons and ammunition that two divisions of weapons and ammunition?"
"That's right." Belkin nodded vigorously and replied in a positive tone: "I can tell you with certainty that there are only a lot more and a lot more, and it is more than enough to arm two divisions."
"How many artillery are there?" Sokov asked expectantly: "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, I wonder how many artillery are there in that arsenal?"