"Report to Comrade Division Commander!" Perhaps because he could answer the question raised by Sokov, the second lieutenant's voice was particularly high-pitched due to excitement: "At one-thirty, we emerged from the sewer where we were hiding and marched toward the occupied workers' new village.
The enemy launched an attack."
"The attack was launched at one-thirty?" When Peter heard this, a surprised expression appeared on his face: "But in such a long time, we didn't hear any movement at all?"
The second lieutenant didn't know Peter's identity, but when he saw him rushing to interrupt and Sokov didn't say anything, he guessed that the other party might be the factory leader of the Red October Factory, so he turned to Peter and said: "We are in the process of seizing the workers' new village.
He did not shoot, but used cold weapons to destroy the enemy.
There were probably two platoons of enemies occupying Workers' New Village. Their sleeping tents were placed in the central square. Although several sentries were posted, their attention was directed towards the factory area. They did not expect that we would emerge from behind them.
After we came out and killed the sentries, we entered the tent in groups of three and used daggers to kill the sleeping enemies.
…I estimate that the enemy commanders still don’t know that we have retaken Workers’ New Village.”
After listening to the second lieutenant's report, Sokov said angrily: "If Lieutenant Colonel Papuchenko hadn't sent you back to report, not to mention that the enemy commander didn't know, even we wouldn't know that Workers' New Village had been recaptured!
"
After listening to the second lieutenant's report, Peter made a fist with his right hand and hit the palm of his left hand with a "pop" sound. He said excitedly: "Comrade second lieutenant, you did a great job. To tell you the truth, a few minutes ago,
I was still wondering in my heart whether the soldiers of the Guards could retake the Workers' New Village before dawn. Now it seems that my worries were completely unnecessary. You actually did it without making a sound.
The workers' new village was neatly recaptured."
He turned to face Sokov and asked tentatively: "Comrade Colonel, do you think we should report this good news to Commander Chuikov immediately?"
"Yes." Sokov readily agreed: "Yesterday's battle did not go well, and the army leaders must be anxious and angry. It would be good for them to hear the good news." After a pause, he proposed to Peter again.
Request, "Comrade Factory Director, since Workers' New Village has been recovered, in order to facilitate my contact with Lieutenant Colonel Papuchenko, would you like to arrange manpower to restore telephone contact between here and Workers' New Village as soon as possible?"
"No problem." Zinchenko rushed to answer: "The communication cables from the factory area to the new workers' village are buried underground and were not seriously damaged during the battle. I immediately asked the switchboard to allocate manpower to restore the communication lines.
.”
"Comrade Colonel," Peter picked up the phone and was about to dial. Suddenly he realized that it would be more appropriate for Sokov to report this kind of thing than himself. He turned to Sokov and said with a smile: "I think the recovery of Workers' New Village is a matter of
It’s up to you to report the matter to Commander Chuikov.”
When Sokov heard what Peter said, he didn't refuse. He just nodded and agreed. Seeing that Sokov had no objection, Peter quickly dialed a number, connected to the switchboard, and said to the operator: "I'm Peter, answer the call for me."
Headquarters of the 62nd Army, look for General Chuikov or General Krylov."
Although the battle in the city is going on 24 hours a day, anyway, the army headquarters is much quieter at night. The staff officers and communications soldiers who have been busy all day can even find time to take a nap. When they heard the sudden sound
The phone rang. The signal soldier on duty who had just closed his eyes sat up straight. Before he could even open his eyes, he grabbed the microphone, put it to his ear, and said loudly: "This is the Army Group Headquarters. You
where is it?"
"I am Peter, the director of the Red October Factory." Peter is the person who often calls the Army Group Headquarters, and he said in a familiar manner: "If there is an emergency, please contact Commander Chuikov or Chief of Staff Krylov."
The communication soldier on duty knew Peter and heard that he had something urgent to do to call the commander or chief of staff. He did not dare to neglect and said quickly and respectfully: "Comrade director, please wait a moment. I will ask the chief of staff to answer the phone immediately."
.”
After hearing the signal soldier's report, Krylov was about to get up to answer the phone, but Chuikov got there first. Chuikov took the microphone from the signal soldier's hand and asked bluntly in a stern tone: "I am Chuikov, Peter
Factory Director, is there something wrong with you?"
"That's good news, General Chuikov." Factory Director Peter replied with a smile: "I think it's better to let Colonel Sokov report to you on the specific situation." After saying that, he handed the phone to Sokov who was standing aside.
Cove.
As soon as Sokov put the microphone to his ear, he heard Chuikov's voice coming from the receiver: "Is it Colonel Sokov? Director Peter said you have good news to tell you, what exactly is it?"
"Hello, Comrade Commander, I am Sokov." After Sokov waited for Chuikov to finish speaking, he said respectfully: "My troops have recaptured the Workers' New Village."
"What, you recaptured Workers' New Village so quickly?" Chuikov said with a look of surprise: "It's incredible. I thought you would have to wait until at least the morning to drive out the enemies who occupied Workers' New Village."
Seeing that Chuikov, like Peter, had little confidence in his own troops, Sokov was dumbfounded. After laughing twice, he reported the battle of the 122nd Guards Regiment to Chuikov.
"If you can achieve such results every day, I don't think it will take long before the enemies near your defense area will be almost wiped out." After Chuikov waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he said excitedly: "Here we are.
Then I will be able to mobilize enough troops from you to strengthen the critical areas."
"Comrade Commander," after hearing Chuikov's words, Sokov immediately coughed violently. After coughing for a while, he said bitterly: "My army does not have an air force, and the support of artillery is limited.
It may be no problem to block the enemy's attack with a few tanks, but if we want to destroy more enemies, I think it may not be possible."
"Okay, okay, stop complaining in front of me." Chuikov impatiently interrupted Sokov's next words: "I just said that casually, and I didn't really want to mobilize your troops. After all, Mamaye
Fugang and the Red October Factory are important defense support points for our army. Once captured by the German army, our defense line is in danger of collapse.
The task I give you now is very simple, which is to do everything possible to resolutely defend Mamayev Heights and the Red October Factory and prevent the enemy from making a detour back to our rear. Can it be done?"
"Please rest assured, Comrade Commander." Sokov quickly straightened his body and assured Chuikov: "We promise to complete the mission."
After putting down the phone, Sokov said to Zinchenko: "Comrade Deputy Director, when you send the switchboard staff to the Workers' New Village to restore the phone lines later, can you send someone to deliver another batch of sacks?"
"Sacks? What do you need sacks for?" Zinchenko just asked with a frown. He immediately guessed Sokov's purpose and nodded quickly and said: "Are you planning to use sacks to block the passage in the sewer? Don't worry.
, I will organize manpower to deliver sacks to Workers’ New Village later.”
