It took Sokov and Asiya only an hour to get to the city. But when he returned to Mamayev Hill, he found that the trenches on the south slope had already begun to take shape.
Asiya looked up at the fortifications on the hill and said to Sokov: "Misha, if nothing happens, I will go back to the health team. There are still many wounded waiting for my care."
"But, Asiya." Seeing Asiya hurriedly leaving, Sokov asked in confusion: "Didn't your captain arrange for you to be monitored here and treat soldiers injured during construction at any time?"
"Misha, you said it yourself. The captain saw that I was too tired from work and wanted to take care of me." Asiya approached Sokov, kissed him quickly on the face, and then said: "I
Let’s go back to the health team first. When you miss me, remember to come to the health team to see me.”
Belkin walked over from the side, looked at Asiya's leaving figure, and asked Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, did you just go shopping in the city?"
Hearing Belgin's question, Sokov smiled faintly and said: "Comrade Political Commissar, the war is about to begin. Trenches are being dug and bunkers are being built everywhere in Stalingrad. Even if you want to go shopping, there is nowhere to go."
When he said this, he saw a puzzled expression on Belgin's face, so he added: "I went to the city to see the construction status of the fortifications."
Belkin knew that there were many troops heading towards Stalingrad through various means of transportation and that the war was about to break out. Therefore, he was extremely concerned about the construction of fortifications in the city: "Comrade Brigade Commander, how is the situation?"
"It's very bad." Sokov looked at Belkin and said: "Although trenches are being dug and bunkers are being built everywhere, many of them are superficial. For example, the department store we went to, the second floor of
If fortifications were built on the rooftop, an entire street could be blocked off. But when I went up to check, sandbags used for building fortifications were scattered everywhere, but no one thought about building them into fortifications."
While the two were talking, Ozor, who was covered in mud, came over. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and said to Sokov: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you are back. I have something to do."
Looking for you."
Sokov thought to himself: Could it be that I have not sent enough men and he wants to ask me for more people? He quickly put a smile on his face and asked: "Major Ozor, what's the matter?"
Ozor said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, since you plan to station all the troops in the tunnel, I would like to remind you that there are many issues that must be considered before construction. To avoid having to rework after the construction is completed, our
The amount of work is huge.”
Sokov humbly asked Ozor for advice: "Comrade Major, what are the issues that we need to consider in advance?"
Ozor twirled his fingers and said to Sokov: "First, there is the issue of storage of ammunition, food and drinking water. If a war breaks out, the troops will have to stay in the tunnels for a long time, so special tunnels must be opened.
area to store the required ammunition, food and water."
Sokov took out his notebook, wrote down Ozor's words, and said to him: "Comrade Major, you are right. Once the battle starts, the situation will be more serious than you think, and we must open up a special area.
, for storage of ammunition, food and water. Apart from that, are there any other questions?”
"Communication! Another issue that needs attention is communication." Ozor continued: "There is no signal in the tunnel, which makes the intercom unusable. And if the telephone line is laid, it will be easily blown up by enemy artillery. Once the telephone line is
If it blows up, your connection with the outside world will be cut off."
Regarding the communication problem raised by Ozor, Sokov tried hard to recall it. He remembered that the volunteers who invented the tunnel fortifications used antennas at the entrance of the cave to solve the problem of poor signal signals for walkie-talkies in the tunnel. He thought
After finding a solution, he said to Ozor: "Comrade Major, all the problems you are worried about can be solved. We can install an antenna at the exit of the fortification on the back of the hill to solve the problem of poor signal signal of the walkie-talkie in the tunnel.
question. As for the telephone line, I think it should be laid. After all, walkie-talkies are not always reliable. We have to be prepared for the worst. You are worried that the telephone line will be blown up by enemy artillery fire. This is not a problem. We just
All you need to do is lay the phone lines on the back of the hill. No matter how powerful the enemy's artillery fire is, it's not that easy to blow up a few phone lines over the hill."
After Sokov stated the solution he had come up with, he asked: "Comrade Major, do you have any more questions?"
"No more." Ozor shook his head and said, "I will go back and arrange it now."
Seeing Ozor about to leave, Sokov quickly stopped him: "Comrade Major, please wait a moment, I have one more thing to explain to you."
"What's the matter?" Ozor stopped.
Sokov bent down and drew a sketch of the tunnel entrance on the ground, and said to Ozor: "Comrade Major, what I want to tell you is that the tunnel entrance cannot be straight, but should be curved."
"Comrade Major, if the entrance to our tunnel is straight, the German army only needs to mount a machine gun or a flamethrower in the tunnel, and the commanders and soldiers in the tunnel will suffer heavy losses." Sokov gestured and said: "If it is the entrance,
If it is curved everywhere, the enemy's machine guns will not be able to pose much of a threat to the soldiers in the tunnel. At the same time, such a tunnel will slow down their advance, giving our commanders and soldiers more time to respond."
"I remember, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Ozor looked at Sokov and said with a smile: "I think if you come to be an engineer, you will definitely have more wonderful ideas." Ozor finished.
, raised his hand and saluted Sokov, turned around and walked towards the hill, probably preparing to assign tasks to his subordinates.
Belkin looked at Sokov and said curiously: "Comrade Brigadier, I sometimes wonder, what kind of person are you? Why do you know so much? Even professional military engineers admire you so much."
"Comrade Political Commissar, don't you know what kind of person I am? Sometimes I can come up with some weird ideas and scare others into confusion. But if I am really asked to be responsible for something, maybe I will still
It will mess things up." Sokov raised his hand and looked at his watch, smiled and said to Belkin: "Comrade political commissar, lunch time is already early, but I haven't had lunch yet. Come on, come with me.
