After Sokov called, Papchinko also walked in from outside.
Sokov quickly introduced Peter and Zinchenko: "Two comrades in the factory, let me introduce you to you. This is Lieutenant Colonel Papuchinko, the leader of the 122nd Guards Regiment, who is responsible for the defense of the workers' new village."
Then he said to Papchinko: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, these two are the directors of the Red October Factory. Director Peter and Deputy Director Zinchenko, you all know each other and you will have more time to deal with each other in the future."
Papuqinko shook hands with the two factory directors, said a few more clichés, and then reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, the troops have all retreated near the factory gate, and I don't know when to launch a counterattack against the enemy."
"Don't worry, comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I will tell you when the time comes." After Sokov said this, he asked again: "Did you leave someone to watch in the sewer?"
Papchinko knew that Sokov had fought with the enemy in the sewer, so he naturally understood the reason why he asked, so he nodded and replied: "Don't worry, comrade, every fork in the road leading to here, I have arranged a squad of guard troops. Once an enemy appears, they will decisively open the fire."
"Ah, are there Germans in the sewer?" Peter heard the problem he was worried about from Papchinko's report. He quickly looked at Sokov and asked, "Comrade Colonel, what if the enemy uses the sewer and sneaks into the factory area?"
Seeing Sokov remained silent, Papuqinko guessed that he must be thinking of a solution, so he smiled and comforted Peter, "Comrade Director, don't worry, the division commander is thinking of a way to avoid something similar."
After hearing what Papchinko said, Peter, who was confident in Sokov, had a smile on his face: "Lieutenant Colonel, you are right. With Colonel Sokov's ability, he will definitely come up with the right way to deal with those enemies who are trying to pass through the sewer and mix into the factory."
Peter, Papchinko and others were full of confidence in Sokov, but Sokov was mute and could not say anything about his suffering. He suggested to Cuikov that using sewers to mobilize troops and transport materials could organically combine all the defensive positions with everything. However, the German soldiers who appeared in the sewers today scared him into a cold sweat. You must know that the sewers were not illuminated black, and it was difficult to distinguish between enemies and us. Once the German soldiers secretly entered the factory area using the sewers, they would never be redeemed as the initiator.
"What should I do? "Sokov kept asking himself in his heart, racking his brains to find a suitable way to deal with this headache.
"Col. Sokov, do you have any good solutions?" Seeing that Sokov never spoke, Ballshaq couldn't hold back: "Although you are the ones who came out of the sewer today, who knows if there will be Germans coming out of the sewer tomorrow? If that is the case, we may be attacked from both sides."
Sokov could only respond to Ballshak's concerns. He didn't know that when the troops were fighting desperately against the enemy's attack, a wave of enemies suddenly emerged from the sewer behind him, and the defense line might collapse. However, it is obviously unrealistic to force people to close all sewers. In this way, although the enemy cannot attack through the sewer, his troops cannot use sewers to mobilize troops and transport supplies.
"Col. Sokov," Balshak was a little anxious when he saw that Sokov did not answer himself, and quickly called out a few more times: "Col. Sokov! Colonel, have you heard my voice?"
"Comrade Ballshak, stop calling." Sokov waved his hand at Ballshak and said bitterly: "I heard your question."
"Comrade Ballshak, don't urge me." Zinchenko, who has a good relationship with Sokov, was worried that Sokov would not be able to get out of the stage, so he hurried out to smooth things over: "Col. Sokov will definitely come up with a good idea."
Peter, who had hope for Sokov, had a suspicious expression on his face after hearing Ballshaq and Zinchenko's words: "Comrade Colonel, can't you think of any countermeasures if you haven't spoken for a long time? If it really doesn't work, we will re-enclose these sewers."
Sokov, who was frowning, suddenly had an inspiration in his mind when he heard Peter say this, and immediately thought of a good idea. He slapped the table suddenly and said excitedly: "Comrade Director, I thought of it."
"Oh, I thought of it?" Sokov's words surprised Peter. He asked quickly: "Then tell me quickly, what should we do?"
"Is there a map of sewer?" Sokov did not answer immediately, but looked at Zinchenko and asked.
"No." Zinchenko answered very simply, "These drawings are all in the archives in the factory. How can they be placed in the duty room at the entrance of the factory?"
Sokov hesitated for a moment when he learned that there was no sewer map here, and then asked Peter: "Comrade Director, can you ask the comrades in the archives to send the sewer drawings?"
"Well," Peter understood that Sokov needed a sewer map and must have some ideas, so he did not object. He nodded and said, "I will call the archives immediately and order them to send someone to send the sewer drawings."
After receiving a call from Peter, the staff of the archives knew that the sewer drawings were important. As soon as they found the drawings, they sent someone to ride a bicycle and delivered the drawings to the duty room at the entrance of the factory. The whole process did not exceed eight minutes.
Peter took the map and looked at it. It was clear that it was indeed the sewer drawings for the factory and the workers' new village. He spread them on the table and said to Sokov: "Comrade Colonel, the sewer drawings are here, tell me what you planned."
Sokov did not speak, but looked down at the drawings for a while, then raised his head and asked Peter: "Comrade Director, why is this sewer drawing only Red October Factory and Workers' New Village?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting contents behind! "Comrade Colonel, I'll explain this matter to you." Zinchenko saw Sokov's confusion expression and explained to him with a smile: "The new urban area north of Mamayevgang is made up of factories for an independent area. In their respective areas, each factory is equipped with hospitals, schools and various entertainment facilities..."
After listening to Zinchenko's story patiently, Sokov finally understood that the sewers of the Red October factory, the barricade factory and the Derrensky factory all exist independently and are not connected. After understanding the situation of the sewers here, Sokov became more confident in the plan he came up with.
He coughed softly, cleared his throat, and began to say, "Since the sewers of each factory are not connected, then things are much easier." He pointed to the drawings of the sewers and said, "There are five sewers from the workers' new village to the factory area. I plan to block three of them with mines and build sandbag fortifications near the factory area. In this way, if the enemy wants to get close to the factory area, they will be blown up by our minefield first; the enemy who luckily passes through the minefield will suffer huge casualties before the sandbag fortification..."
No one present spoke about the plan proposed by Sokov, but just stared at the drawings silently. Seeing that everyone was not talking, Sokov couldn't help asking: "What do you think of my plan?"
"Comrade Colonel," Zinchenko was a man who had been on the battlefield. He considered Peter's comprehensiveness. He pointed to the drawings and asked, "The sewer was pitch black. How can you guarantee that our soldiers would not enter the mine-buried passage when they were transferred?"
As soon as Zinchenko finished speaking, it immediately resonated with Ballshaq: "The deputy director is right. The sewer is dark and the two of them can't see each other clearly when they face each other. How can our soldiers tell which road is buried with mines and which road is passable in the dark?"
"This is easy to deal with," Sokov said confidently: "The mine-burying passage is near the Workers' New Village, and we all sign ropes so that our soldiers can tell which road has mines and which road is safe as soon as they approach the fork."
As soon as Sokov finished speaking, he realized that he had not made it clear, so he snatched before everyone spoke, adding: "In order to prevent the Germans from seeing through our trap in a short period of time, no matter whether there are roads where mines are buried, they must be tied with ropes at intersections. Roads with mines should be tied with two ropes across; roads without mines only need to tie one rope."
"This is a good idea." Peter nodded slightly after hearing Sokov's explanation and added: "We are going to send a patrol team to patrol every once in a while to check if the ropes are falling off."
"Comrade Director," Sokov felt relieved when he saw that Peter did not refute his plan, and then asked, "Since it is still early to counterattack, do you see if you can send someone to the sewer to build mines and pile up sandbags fortifications?"
"It may take a lot of manpower to build mines and repair fortifications." Peter said with some embarrassment: "In this way, will our defensive power on the surface positions be greatly weakened?"
"Don't worry, Comrade Director, it doesn't take much time to make a mine in the sewer." Seeing Peter being so embarrassed, Sokov quickly explained to him: "Just put the mines directly into the mud, there is no need to dig a hole. As for stacking sandbags fortifications, it's even easier. You only need to find dozens of sacks and use local materials to fill the mud with the mud."
He was afraid that Peter would disagree, and he emphasized specifically: "Anyway, it's still early to fight back, so our soldiers can also help with the brilliance and repair fortifications."
"Well, Colonel Sokov." Since Sokov had already said this, Peter knew that there was no need for him to object, so he nodded and began to assign tasks to Ballshak: "Major Ballshak, immediately order someone to pull two trucks of mines, and then buried them in the designated location of Colonel Sokov."
After Ballshaq left, Peter tentatively asked Sokov: "Comrade Colonel, do you think you need to report this to the Army Command?"
"No need for now." Sokov felt that Cuikov and the others were busy at the moment, and there was no need to bother them for such things, so he waved his hand and said, "Commanders are having a headache about how to defend the barricade factory and the Derrensky factory. We should not use these trivial matters to bother them."
Peter felt that Sokov's statement made sense, so he no longer insisted on his point of view. Instead, he asked: "Comrade Colonel, do you think we can take back the workers' new village tonight?"
"It will definitely be taken back, Comrade Director." Seeing Peter's look worried about gains and losses, Sokov explained to him: "In order to prevent our army from relying on the terrain of the Workers' Village to resist tenaciously, the enemy used artillery and assault guns to destroy all the buildings in the family area one by one. In this way, after entering the Workers' Village, they could only set up tents in open areas. Our troops took advantage of the night and used sewers to re-enter the Workers' Village, and then they could easily eliminate these enemies."
"Even if the enemies are all in the tent, they cannot be unprepared." Papchinko frowned and said, "I think they will definitely set up a lot of secret whistles in the ruins. Maybe our soldiers were discovered by the secret whistle as soon as they came out of the sewer."
"It would be great if Captain Rogers was here. He could kill all the enemy's secret whistles without anyone knowing it." Sokov suddenly had this strange idea in his mind, which scared him. He shook his head vigorously and drove this very tempting idea out of his mind, saying, "It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on others. There are still thousands of people under his command. Even if the sneak attack is discovered by the secret whistle, it can be changed from sneak attack to strong attack. With the combat power of the guard regiment, it is enough to defeat the enemy and retake the workers' new village."
"Ltd. Col. Papuchinko, don't worry about this." Sokov pointed to the sewer drawings on the table and said to Papuchinko: "In the workers' new village, there are more than fifty exits, and the enemy cannot set up secret whistles at each exit. Even if some places are discovered by the enemy, as long as the soldiers here can restrain the enemy for a few minutes, the soldiers who leave the sewer from other exits can rush over to support their comrades."
Seeing that his teacher was so confident, Papuqinko no longer continued to discuss anything, but repeated a question he had asked: "Comrade Teacher, then when will we start acting?"
"Ltd. Colonel Papuchinko, don't worry." Sokov raised his hand and looked at his watch, saying, "You can arrange personnel first to assist the comrades in the fighter battalion to bury landmines and build fortifications in the sewer. After all this, you can hurry up and rest for a few hours. Wait until two o'clock in the morning, you will pass the sewer and quietly go to the workers' new village to catch the Germans in their sleep off guard."