Chapter 634 The brave one wins when they meet on a narrow road (Part 1)
Sidolin, who was staying in the command center, received a call from Guchakov and asked bluntly: "Guchakov, have you found the brigade commander?"
"Finally, Comrade Chief of Staff." As soon as Guchakov answered this question, he immediately asked Sokov's concern: "Comrade Chief of Staff, the brigade commander asked me to ask you, are there any troops from the vassal state stationed near Mamayev hill?"
"The army of the Servant Kingdom?!" Sidolin couldn't help but ask curiously when he heard Guchakov's question, "I said Guchakov, what are you asking about this?"
"It's like this, Comrade Chief of Staff." Guchakov explained to Cedolin: "The Brigade Commander just discovered..."
Before Guchakov finished speaking, the microphone in his hand was taken by Sokov. Sokov said to the microphone: "Chief of Staff, when I was observing the enemy's position, I found a large group of soldiers wearing yellow uniforms, following a group of tanks, attacking the Beigang position. Judging from their uniforms, this is definitely not the German army, nor the Eastern camp, so I asked Guchakov to call you, are there any troops from the Servant Kingdom nearby?"
"No, comrade commander." Cidolin replied on the phone: "According to the information I have, there are no troops from the vassal states nearby. Perhaps it was the troops that were transferred overnight after the German army was transferred yesterday."
"Chief of Staff, do you have a way to figure out the number of enemies?" In order to know yourself and your enemy, Sokov asked tentatively: "At least you have to know which mate country's army is."
Regarding Sokov's question, Cidolin hesitated for a long time before answering: "We have a reconnaissance team nearby, and I will let them figure out the origin of this enemy as soon as possible."
After hanging up the phone, Sokov asked the corporal again: "Comrade Corporal, can your phone call with the battalion command post in Beigang?"
"Yes, comrade comrade commander." The corporal nodded and replied in a positive tone: "The telephones used by the observations on both hills are specially modified so that the observed enemy situation can be reported to any level command in the shortest time."
Sokov didn't remember what telephone line he had asked Maxim to improve. It seemed that all this was done by Vitkov after acting as a position. He quickly ordered the corporal: "Immediately connect me to the battalion command post in Beigang."
After the phone was connected, Sokov heard Vitkov's voice coming from the receiver, and asked directly: "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, the enemy infantry and tanks launched a charge to the Beigang position. I want to ask, are you sure to block them?"
"Don't worry, comrade comrade commander." Witkov replied carelessly: "A few broken tanks and hundreds of soldiers, we are confident that we will smash their attack."
Sokov looked at the dark enemy in the distance with a telescope, and said with a wry smile: "Comrade of the Deputy Brigade Commander, the Germans have not many tanks, but their soldiers are quite large. According to my observation, there will be no less than two thousand."
"What, the Germans dispatched two thousand?" Witkov asked in an incredible tone: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I want to ask, did the observation post report to you?"
"No, not the observation post reported to me." Sokov replied: "I saw it with my own eyes."
"How is this possible, thousands of people?" Witkov said in confusion: "They just mobilized their troops north yesterday, and so many troops emerged overnight?"
"This is exactly the problem I want to figure out." Sokov said, gritting his back teeth: "It is not the Germans who are attacking you, but the army of a certain servant country."
"The army of the Servant Kingdom?" Weitkov couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard Sokov say this, and then said thoughtfully: "Is it the army of Romania? According to the information I have, a Romanian division is stationed forty kilometers west. Could it be that the Germans saw that their own troops were empty and transferred the troops over?"
"Romanian army?" Sokov knew that there was a Romanian army in the German vassal army, but he knew nothing about the combat effectiveness of the other party, so he asked tentatively: "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, how powerful are they?"
Vitkov is worthy of being the deputy chief of staff of the army and knows a lot of information that Sokov is not qualified to know. At this moment, it is related to the safety of Beigang. After thinking for a while, he said decisively: "If I am not wrong, this should be the 20th Romanian Infantry Division, which belongs to the 3rd Romanian Army. In the early battles, the division used two companies of troops to destroy a division command of our army and captured more than 3,000 people..."
After listening to Vitkov's introduction, Sokov's cold sweat fell down. In his mind, the combat effectiveness of the Romanian army was just a scumbag. His troops wanted to defeat them, but they were not like playing. Who knew that he was misled by some false information from later generations. If he really thought that the Romanian army had poor combat effectiveness and took it lightly, he might suffer a great loss.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked Witkov: "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, there are two thousand enemies in the enemy, and the original defenders of Beigang and the 400 naval battalions have only six hundred people. Can they defeat the enemy?"
"Don't worry." Witkov said carelessly: "Don't say that there are two thousand people in them, even if all the teachers are coming, I'm sure to defeat them."
"Wait," Sokov heard Vitkov be ready to hang up the phone, and quickly called him, and then asked: "How is the establishment and equipment of the Romanian troop? Can you tell me?"
"The Romanian Infantry Division was organized in the imitation of the German Infantry Division: it consists of three infantry regiments, one semi-motorized reconnaissance team, an anti-tank company, a combat engineer battalion and two artillery regiments, with a total force of 17,500 people." Weitkov said to Sokov: "As for weapons and equipment, the ZB-7.92mm 1924 rifle, ZB-26 light machine gun and ZB-53 heavy machine gun used, and the bullets used are common to the bullets of German weapons."
When Sokov heard this, he thought to himself: Although the Romanian army used Czech weapons, the bullets and German weapons of these guns are common. If they can be seized, it can make up for the current situation of insufficient ammunition in the past.
But he was only happy for a moment, and his mood became heavier again, because he remembered that in the conference room, several battalion commanders were complaining to him, saying that the troops had insufficient ammunition and that even a small-scale battle would not be able to maintain, and asked him to replenish them as soon as possible.
Looking at the dark Romanian soldiers, Sokov finally asked: "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, I'll ask you again, how many new rockets are left?"
"New rockets? No more, no more." Perhaps because of concern for Sokov to be angry, Vitkov also emphasized: "Comrade Brigade Commander, you are not in Mamayev's Gate, and you don't know how fierce the enemy's attack on us is. If it weren't for those new rockets, Mamayev's Gate would have been lost long ago."
Sokov has no doubt about Vitkov's statement at all. The new rocket that has caused trouble to the Germans now is the black technology that appeared in advance after he came to this era. Since there is no help from this new weapon, Mamayev's hill may have fallen into the hands of the Germans as in history.
"Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander," Sokov realized that without the help of the new rocket, even if there were hundreds of brave sailors in Beigang, it would not be easy to defend the position. Therefore, he planned to return to the command center immediately and prepare the reserve team. When Vitkov and his friends could not support it, they would rush to support it. "I will go back to the command center immediately and prepare the reserve team. When the situation is tight, I will rush to support it."
"This is really great, comrade comrade commander." Although Vitkov swears to Sokov that it is okay to hold the position, he still has no confidence. When he heard Sokov say that he is going to send a reserve team to support them, he immediately became confident. He expressed his opinion to Sokov: "As long as there is the reserve team support, no matter how many people come to the Romanian army, we are sure to block them."
As soon as Sokov returned to the command center, he immediately ordered Cydolin: "Chief of Staff, let Captain Shamrich come to me."
"Comrade Brigade Commander!" Sidolin was very puzzled by Sokov's order. He clearly remembered that Sokov once said in public that the more than 400 sailors commanded by Captain Shamricht were reserve forces of the entire brigade and must not be used easily until the critical moment. But now that the battle has just begun, Sokov is ready to use this reserve force. Is the situation really so critical? So he asked in confusion: "I want to ask, what happened? You wanted to put the reserve force into the battle so early?"
"Chief of Staff, the situation has changed." Sokov told Cydolin the information he received from Vitkov, and finally said: "If the combat effectiveness of the Romanian army is really as strong as the deputy brigade commander said, I am worried that the more than 600 people on the Beigang position will not be able to stop the two thousand Romanian army."
"Comrade Brigade Commander, I have an idea. Maybe we don't have to put the reserve team into the battle so early." Sidolin knew that a new counterattack would be launched in Mamayevgang in two days. If the reserve team was consumed too early, what troops would be used to participate in the counterattack?
"Chief of Staff, what are you good ways?" Sokov heard Cidolin say this, as if a drowning man grabbed a life-saving straw and hurriedly urged: "Let me say it quickly."
"Although our new rockets have been exhausted, there are still some mortars." Sidorin suggested to Sokov: "When the enemy charges towards Beigang, we can suppress the enemy with mortar fire and machine gun fire to reduce the defense pressure in Beigang."
"How many mortars are there?" Knowing that gunfire and machine gun fire can be used to suppress the enemy's attack, Sokov felt that if it could work, it would be necessary to put the reserve team into battle too early, so he asked, "How many shells do each mortar have?"
"There are twelve mortars." Cidolin replied cautiously: "There are fewer shells, but it can also ensure that each cannon has eighteen shells."
Sokov has good mental arithmetic ability. As soon as Cidolin finished speaking, he calculated in his mind that there were 216 shells. Although there were a little less, there should be no problem in suppressing the enemy's attack on Beigang. He nodded and said to Cidolin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, first order the mortar to be in place and be ready to shell the enemy who landed on Beigang's position at any time. However, the reserve team still assembled as planned and ready to enter the battle at any time."
When Sidolin heard Sokov agreeing to his proposal, he was secretly happy in his heart and heard the words behind him. His face, which had just smiled, turned into a bitter face: "Comrade Brigade Commander, don't you agree to use artillery fire to suppress the enemy's attack? Why do you still need to prepare for the reserve team to assemble?"
"There are too many uncertainties on the battlefield." Facing Sidolin's question, Sokov replied as usual: "If our shelling begins and the mortar position is suppressed by the enemy's artillery fire, what should we do if our support to the Beigang position is supported? At that time, we must resolve the battle and smash the enemy's attack, we can only complete it with our infantry."
"Okay," since Sokov had already said this, Cidolin realized that it was unwise to sing a counter-topic with him, so he agreed, picked up the phone on the table, dialed, and said to the microphone: "I am Chief of Staff Cidolin, immediately let the Navy Captain Comrade Shamricht come to the Brigade Command."
The place where Shamrich lived was not far from the brigade command. After receiving the notice, he rushed over immediately. He stood in front of Sokov with his body straight and asked respectfully: "Comrade Brigade Commander, please call me over, is there anything wrong?"
"Comrade Captain, I was going to give your troops two more days off." Looking at Shamrich who was standing straight in front of him, Sokov said apologetically: "But today's enemy's attack poses a great threat to us. I am worried that the Beigang position may not be able to defend, so I plan to let you lead the reserve team to support."
When Shamrich received the call, he guessed that there might be any combat mission. Now that he has been confirmed by Sokov, he felt much more at ease. He replied with a smile: "Comrade Brigade Commander, we sailors have already made all preparations for combat and can be put into battle at any time. I will go back now, gather the troops, and wait for your orders to attack at any time."
"Captain Shamrih," Sidolin called him and said with a serious expression: "There was a unit of sailors who fought tenaciously with the enemy in the city and achieved considerable results. I hope that your performance on the battlefield will not be worse than your colleagues, do you understand?"
Shamrich did not speak for Sidolin's doubts, but nodded and walked out of the command center with a blank expression.