Sokov did not take his heart to see Selyosha's words. Although the barricade factory was fighting fiercely, it was not only the 138th Division of Lyudnikov, but also the 85th Division of Gorishne. Can the two divisions still resist the attack of a German regiment? Even if the German army had a large number of tank covers, the various buildings and fortifications of the barricade factory were enough to offset the German army's advantage in equipment.
Sokov waved his hand at Selyov and said, "Don't worry, Selyov, I can assure you that most of us here can return to Mamayev hill safely."
"Even if we can return to Mamayev's hill alive, we still have to continue fighting with the Germans." Unexpectedly, after hearing Sokov's words, Selyosha said pessimisticly: "I guess few people can live to see a day of victory."
"Seryosha, what's wrong with you?" Sokov frowned and asked back, "Why are you so pessimistic?"
"After taking over the defense of Liumian Street, I once talked to a seriously wounded soldier left by the Guards Division." Seryosha said sadly: "Before he died, he told me that he had fought with the Germans in many places, but he had never been as desperate as he is now. Not to mention that the attack on the city was a group of troops, even if there was only one division, it was enough to wipe out all our group of troops."
"Nonsense!" Sokov finally couldn't curb the anger in his heart when he heard this. In his previous life, he saw a mentally retarded post online, a poster analyzing how to use a company of German troops to destroy Zhukov's First Front Army. Sokov left a message below and asked the other party: Do you think you are a Megatron, and you are all Decepticons, and you can use more than 200 people to destroy dozens or millions of troops? It is precisely because of this experience that when he heard Selyosha say this, he would be furious and shouted at Selyosha: "Where is the wounded? The panic who spread rumors and shakes the morale of the army should be shot immediately without mercy."
Selyosha did not expect Sokov to react so much to his words, and was immediately startled. After a long time, he replied tremblingly: "He is dead!"
When he heard that the wounded who spread the arguments of defeatism had died, Sokov's anger calmed down a little. He took a few deep breaths, and after his emotions stabilized again, he said to Selyosha earnestly: "Shelyosha, you are also a commander now, and your words and deeds have a great impact on the soldiers. If they learn that their company commander has lost their confidence in defending the city, there may be a situation of collapse in morale and a depressed morale."
"I'm sorry, Misha." Sheryosha realized at this moment that his words would have such serious consequences, so he quickly admitted his mistake to Sokov: "I promise you that I will never make such wrong statements in the future."
"Okay, this matter ends here." Selyosha was his friend. Sokov was unwilling to tear him apart for such a trivial matter, so he raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder twice, and said, "The battle outside is not over yet, you can go back to the army quickly."
If it is true that the 138th Division's troops cannot be taken over and defended on time, what should I do? After Seriosha left, Sokov began to think about this question in his mind: Should he really continue to hold on here? If he only guarded for one or two days, with his existing troops, it would be a big problem. But if the superiors ordered him to guard for ten days and half a month, it would mean that his troops must be transferred here to defend continuously. In this way, the defense in the direction of Mamayev's gang will inevitably weaken.
There are no decent fortifications here. Although the stone buildings that the troops are defending are solid, as long as the German army continues to bombard and bomb, they will soon turn into ruins. At that time, there is not even a hiding place. To block the enemy's attack, they can only fill in it with people. Sokov will not do this kind of loss-making business.
"Can you come in?" Suddenly, a strange woman's voice came from the door.
"Come in!" Sokov responded casually.
As soon as he finished speaking, a young girl in a turban walked into the outside. After carefully examining Sokov, she asked tentatively: "Are you the commander here?"
"Yes, I am the highest commander here." Seeing a young girl coming, Sokov's face immediately filled with a smile: "Is there anything I can serve you?"
Confirm that Sokov is the highest commander here, the girl stepped forward, grabbed Sokov's arm, and said excitedly: "Comrade Commander, please help me!"
"Help you?" Sokov was confused by the girl's words and muttered to himself: Could it be that the soldier under his command who bullied her, and she came to ask her to be fair to her? "Miss, what happened?"
"That's right," said the girl with a panic look. "The building where my family is hiding collapsed under the German shelling. I hope you can send someone to save them..."
"What? There are still residents in this residential community?" Sokov asked in surprise: "Didn't you evacuate before the Germans attack?"
The girl shook her head and replied, "It is almost impossible to cross the river to the east bank now, so my family stayed. When they encountered the bombing of the Germans, they hid in the basement. They fought here for a day and stayed inside and never came out. Who knew that the house would be blown up by German shells..." At this point, the girl couldn't help but wipe her tears again.
"By the way," Sokov suddenly thought, since the basement where the girl's family was located was buried under the ruins, how did the girl escape? He asked with this question: "Girl, where were you when the house collapsed?"
"I am a worker at Derrensky's factory, and my name is Vera." After smearing his hand on his face, the girl replied, "I just came back from the factory and found that the house where my home was collapsed, so I asked the soldiers where the commander was, and they guided me here."
When Sokov heard Vera say this, he frowned slightly, thinking that the warriors are still too low in vigilance. How could he let a stranger come to his command center? Fortunately, Vera is not the enemy, otherwise the command center would be taken away by the enemy, and he still doesn't know what's going on.
"Villa, don't cry." Before Sokov met, the Vera kept wiping her tears and quickly comforted her, "There is still war outside. When the German attack is repelled, I will send someone to rescue your family."
"Comrade Commander." Vera smeared her face and looked up at Sokov and said, "In fact, if you want to save people, you don't have to wait until the battle is over. We can enter the building through the sewer and dig out the bricks and stones that cover the basement..."
"What, what did you say?" Sokov heard Vera say that he could enter the collapsed building through the sewer, and grabbed the other party and asked excitedly: "Is there really a sewer that can lead to that building?"
"Yes!" Although Vera was not sure why Sokov was so excited when he heard about the sewer, he still answered truthfully: "There is an entrance in the stairwell of each building."
"Where are you? Take me to see." Sokov pulled Vera out of the room, called two soldiers chatting outside the door, and walked downstairs.
When he arrived at the stairwell, Vera pointed to a square cement board on the ground and said, "Comrade Commander, this is the entrance."
Sokov quickly pointed his hand at the cement board on the ground and ordered the two soldiers: "Hurry, pry it open quickly."
The cement board was quickly pried open, revealing a square hole, and a choking smell came from inside. Sokov raised his hand and covered his nose with his sleeve. He bent down and looked inside. He saw that it was pitch black inside and could not see anything. He quickly stood up again and said to one of the soldiers: "You go find two flashlights, call a few more people, we are going outside to save people."
Sokov's order was faithfully executed. Not long after, the soldier brought Guchakov and a dozen people to reappear in the stairwell. Guchakov came to Sokov and asked, "Comrade Commander, what instructions do you have?"
"This is the sewer in the community." Sokov pointed at the entrance of the cave and said to Guchakov: "You can lead to other buildings, come in and take a look." As he said that, he took the flashlight from the soldier's hand and was about to jump into the sewer.
"Wait a minute, Comrade Commander." Guchakov quickly grabbed Sokov and said to him: "Comrade Commander, I'd better go down and explore the way first."
Seeing that Guchakov offered his volunteer, Sokov did not object, but nodded and told him, "Be careful!"
Guchakov jumped into the sewer with a flashlight first. After a minute, his voice came from inside: "Comrade Commander, you can get down!"
With the help of the soldiers, Sokov carefully entered the sewer and found a layer of silt on the ground that smelled badly, which had disappeared from his feet. Fortunately, he was wearing boots, so he didn't have to worry about getting his feet dirty. Guchakov took a photo with his hands and asked, "Comrade Commander, where should we go?"
It was the first time Sokov entered the sewer in the city, and where could he tell the direction. Just as he was about to look up and ask Vera which direction to go, he found that Vera had entered the sewer with the help of the soldiers. Before Sokov finished speaking, Vera pointed in front of him with the flashlight and said, "Comrade Commander, come with me, I will lead you in front."