Sokov caught a sergeant from the corner of his eyes, standing outside the operating room door, looking inside anxiously through the curtain. Seeing the MP40 submachine gun on the other party's chest, Sokov knew that the sergeant should belong to the reduction group, and that it might have come with Grissa from the archives building, so he reached out to the other party and pointed at him, "Comrade Sergeant, come to me."
When the sergeant heard Sokov call him, he hurried over and asked respectfully: "Hello, Comrade Commander! What instructions do you have?"
"What's your name? Did you come from the Archives Building with Lieutenant Grissa?"
"Report to the division commander, my name is Taflin, and I am a soldier from the Fourth Company." The sergeant straightened his body and replied, "I followed the lieutenant to return to Mamayevgang."
Sokov felt that the name Tavlin was very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard of it. However, he was eager to know what happened to Grissa's injury, so he didn't think much about it, but asked directly: "How did Grissa step on landmines? Report the situation to me at that time."
"After receiving the order, Lieutenant Grissa took me and the soldier Kaugene and left the archives building. Who knew that halfway through the way, Kaugene, who was walking with the lieutenant, accidentally stepped on a landmine." Taflin reported to Sokov: "Kaugene died on the spot, and the lieutenant was also injured by shrapnel. And because I was a little far away from them, I was not affected by shrapnel..."
"Comrade Commander," Taflin just reported to Sokov about Grissa's injury, and Cidolin walked back: "I have called Selyosau, and he will bring people here soon."
After Sidolin finished speaking, he paid attention to Tavlin standing in front of Sokov. He looked at the other party carefully and showed a surprised expression on his face: "Aren't you that Sergeant Tavlin?"
"Chief of Staff," Sokov couldn't help but ask curiously: "Have you met Sergeant Tavlin before?"
Seeing that Sokov seemed not to know Tavlin, Cidolin quickly reminded him: "Comrade Commander, do you remember that Captain Goria personally led a small team, disguised as a German and went deep into the enemy's backbone, and used four rockets to kill a German regiment command center?"
"Remember." After Cidolin reminded him, Sokov immediately remembered that it was September, and nodded and asked Taflin who was standing in front of him: "Comrade Sergeant, if I was not wrong, you also participated in this operation?"
"Yes, comrade of the division commander." Seeing Sokov remembering an attack he had participated in, Tavlin's face showed a relaxed expression: "I speak German well, Captain Goria ordered me to disguise myself as a German lieutenant, responsible for dealing with the enemies along the way."
When Sokov learned that the sergeant in front of him was good in German, he immediately understood why Grissa brought this person back. It turned out that he planned to deal with the German army's inspection when he was moving behind enemy lines. However, when he thought of Grissa who was still lying in the operating room and his life was uncertain, Sokov felt particularly heavy.
A messy footsteps came, and Sokov turned his head and saw that Selyosaud was rushing over with more than 20 soldiers. Knowing that this should be the warrior who came to transfusion blood to Grissa, he called Asia who had entered the operating room again: "Asia, the warriors who transfusion blood to Grissa have arrived. Look where do they want to draw blood?"
Asia walked to Selyosha and asked at him: "Shelyosha, are these soldiers all of them A blood?"
Selyosha shook his head and replied, "I have asked carefully that there are only 11 people with type A blood. I am worried that it is not enough, so I found some warriors with type O blood to supplement it."
Asia waited for Selyosha to hear it, she said to the soldiers: "Listen, comrades with type A blood stand on the left, and comrades with type O blood stand on the right." As soon as she finished speaking, the soldiers took up their teams one after another, and within a minute, they were divided into two clearly divided teams.
Seeing that the soldiers had already divided the team, Asia waved her hand to the warrior on the left and said, "You go with me to the cottage next to you to draw blood. As for comrades with type O blood, you don't need you here, so go back."
Seeing that Asia was about to drive away the O-type warrior without saying a word, Sokov was puzzled. He reached out to hold Asia's arm and asked in confusion: "Asia, isn't O-type blood a universal blood transfusion? Why should he drive them away?"
Hearing Sokov's question, Asia first looked at him with contempt, and then said: "The reason why type O blood is called universal blood is that the red blood cells of type O blood lack A and B antigens, so it can transfusion blood to people with type A, B and AB blood.
However, type O blood is only used to solve urgent problems when saving lives. In the case of insufficient or lack of homogeneous blood, it is used to solve urgent problems. Because type O plasma contains anti-A and anti-B antibodies, it can sensitize or agglutinate A, B, and AB red blood cells, shorten its lifespan or destroy it immediately, which is a contraindication for blood transfusion."
After Asia finished popularizing science, she saw Sokov looking confused and couldn't help but snorted: "Do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand." Through Asia's popular science, Sokov immediately realized that it was indeed not appropriate to inject Grissa with type A blood into type A blood. He quickly nodded and agreed, urging Asia: "Hurry up and take the warrior with type A blood to draw blood."
After Selyosha and Asia entered the small room with the warriors of type A blood, they whispered to Sokov: "Misha, what's going on? Why is Lieutenant Grissa seriously injured?"
Sokov had just learned the detailed situation from Taflin. At this moment, he heard Selyosha ask, and whispered to him: "On the way back to Mamayev hill, a soldier who was walking with him accidentally stepped on a landmine and unfortunately died on the spot. Grissa was too close to the blowing point and was also blew up to the point of blood..."
After listening to Sokov's story, Selyosha couldn't help but raise his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead: "My God, can I still save myself if I have such a serious injury?"
Sokov remained silent for a long time and said in an uncertain tone: "The military doctor inside is doing his best to rescue him. As for whether he can be rescued, he can only let him go." After that, he turned his head and listened carefully to the movement in the operating room. He just heard a "bang" sound from a shrapnel thrown into a metal plate, which made his heart tremble.
"Comrade Commander," Sidolin walked to Sokov and whispered to him: "The operation may take one or two hours. I think we should go back to the division headquarters to wait for news."
"Okay," Sokov raised his hand and looked at his watch. He saw that it was already seven o'clock in the morning and it was not long before dawn. The enemy could launch a new attack at any time. He and Cidolin must return to the division headquarters as soon as possible. Therefore, he readily agreed to Cidolin's proposal: "We will go back to the division headquarters now."
After taking two steps, he suddenly remembered something again, and stopped to Selyosha who was still standing still: "Shelyosha, has the troops of Lieutenant Samoilov returned?"
"They are on their way back, and they will probably be able to enter the tunnel in a few minutes." Selyosha knew Sokov very well and knew that he would not ask about this for no reason, so he asked tentatively: "Did you have something to ask him?"
"Seryosha, send someone back to the company to guard it. When he comes back, let him come to see me. And you, Comrade Sergeant." Sokov's next sentence was said to Tavlin: "As soon as Grissa's surgery is finished, you will come to the division headquarters to see me immediately."
"Yes, comrade of the division commander." Tavlin answered loudly quickly.
On the way back to the division headquarters, Sidorin asked Sokov in a low voice: "Comrade Commander, you asked Sergeant Taflin to come to the division headquarters to report. Do you want him to participate in the operation behind enemy lines?"
"That's right." Sokov nodded and replied: "If we want to go deep into the enemy's back, we may need to dress up, so naturally we must have soldiers who understand German. Since Sergeant Taflin has participated in the attack behind enemy lines and has rich combat experience, it is perfect for him to join."
As soon as the two walked into the division headquarters, Ivanov came up and asked with concern: "Comrade Commander, how is Grissa's situation? Can you save it?"
"He was seriously injured," Sokov shook his head and said, "The military doctor is already trying his best to rescue him. Whether he can be rescued is still an unknown. By the way, has anything happened during the period when we are not here?"
"The positions in our defense zone are very calm, and the enemy shows no sign of attack yet." Ivanov reported to Sokov: "The Third Battalion Commander Captain Andrei called and said that Lieutenant Guchakov, the commander of the ninth company, had already set out and could arrive here in half an hour at most. Comrade Commander, I want to ask, what did you do to recruit him to the division headquarters?"
After hearing Ivanov's question, Sokov remembered that he had just walked too fast with Sidolin and had not had time to tell the other party about his preparations to send troops deep into the enemy's back. He quickly replied: "That's right, comrade, in order to better attack the enemy, blockade their conspiracy to seize Stalingrad. After the Chief of Staff and I studied the decision, we decided to send a capable team behind the enemy."
"Send a small team behind enemy lines?" Ivanov's face showed a surprised expression: "Don't we have several small teams behind enemy lines? Why do we have to send new ones?"
"Those teams have poor performance behind enemy lines and there are still several on the verge of despair. I have asked the Chief of Staff to give orders to withdraw them from Mamayev as soon as possible." Sokov explained to Ivanov: "I originally planned to be sent by Lieutenant Grissa to lead the team, but he was seriously injured, so I could only choose the right person again."
"So," Ivanov asked tentatively after figuring out what happened, "Are you planning to let Lieutenant Guchakov lead this new squad deep into the enemy's back?" After receiving Sokov's affirmative answer, he frowned and continued, "Please be honest, Is it really appropriate to let him lead his squad deep into the enemy's back?"
"Don't worry, deputy division commander." Sokov knew that there was a prejudice in the army nowadays against commanders and fighters who had been captured by German troops. He could not control other troops, but within the 41st Guards Division, he hoped that through his own efforts, he would allow the once captured commanders and fighters to receive fair treatment. The reason for sending Samoilov to accompany him this time was to consider the identity of the other party's internal affairs department to avoid gossip: "I plan to let Lieutenant Samoilov go with him."
Seeing that Sokov insisted on letting Guchakov lead the team, Ivanov wanted to persuade him a few words, but when he heard that Lieutenant Samoilov was with him, his words immediately changed: "Since Lieutenant Samoilov participated in the operation together, I have nothing to worry about."
Guchakov and Samoilov arrived at the division headquarters one by one. When Sokov was assigning tasks to them, Taflin walked into the division headquarters. Seeing Taflin appear, Sokov quickly stopped telling, walked over to the other party, and asked with concern: "How is it, Comrade Sergeant, have the surgery been completed?"
Tavlin nodded and said, "Yes, the division commander, the operation has been completed, and a total of 27 shrapnel were removed from the lieutenant's body. The military doctor said that although the operation has been completed, the chances of the lieutenant's survival are not high, after all, his injuries are too serious."
When Sokov heard this, his heart skipped a beat and said, "Is Grissa so over?" He hurriedly asked again: "Where is he now?"
"Asia arranged a separate room for him and arranged a special sanitation officer to take care of him," said Tavlin. "She said she would find a way to keep the lieutenant alive."
Although Sokov came to this era and was used to death, he felt very uncomfortable when he learned that one of his subordinates was about to die. He pinched his sore nose with his hands to prevent tears from coming to his eyes. After his mood improved a little, he said to Cydollin in a muffled voice: "Comrade Sergeant, come to the table, I have a task to explain to you."
Sidolin followed Sokov to the table. After seeing the map spread out above, he immediately understood what Sokov would explain to him next, because he had been there when fighting behind enemy lines. Out of politeness, he did not ask, but waited quietly for Sokov to speak.
"This time, I plan to send a small team of no less than 30 people to fight deep behind enemy lines." Sokov looked at Guchakov standing opposite him and said, "Comrade Lieutenant, the task I give you is an important target for attacking the Germans, such as command centers, warehouses, barracks, etc., and you must deal a heavy blow to the enemy."
"Comrade Commander, I want to ask, how many rockets are you going to let us carry?" In order to let Sokov understand his meaning, Guchakov specifically explained: "The number of rockets will determine the results we can achieve in this operation behind enemy lines."
"As long as you can carry it, you can bring as much as you can, and I can provide you with it." Sokov said generously and asked casually: "Do you have any questions?"
"I have a problem." Samoilov, who had been silent, said unexpectedly.