Although the commanders and fighters arranged on the surface of the Mamayev hill at the beginning of the German air strikes had been ordered to withdraw into the tunnel. However, during such a fierce bombing, some tunnels in some areas were shaken and collapsed, causing certain casualties to the troops. For a time, the health team was overcrowded, making more than 20 medical staff extremely crowded.
It was not until dark that no wounded continued to be sent to the health team. Asia, who was almost exhausted, just found a corner to sit down and was about to take a breath when she suddenly heard two wounded people chatting next to her: "Hey, have you heard of it?"
"What did you hear?" asked another wounded man.
"When the enemy plane was bombing, a bomb penetrated a layer of more than ten meters thick and landed directly at the gate of the division command."
"Ah, landed at the door of the division command?" The wounded, who were not far from him, heard the words of the wounded. Except for the seriously injured who had just been unable to move on the stretcher or the hospital bed, the wounded who could move slightly rushed over. Everyone couldn't wait to ask: "How is the situation in the division headquarters and how is the division commander?"
Before the wounded answered, I suddenly saw someone squeezed in from the wounded, grabbed himself with cold hands, and asked anxiously: "Comrade Soldier, tell me quickly, how is the division headquarters? Has it been blown up? Where is your division commander, where is your division commander now?"
The wounded was stunned at first. When he saw clearly the question was a young assistant female military doctor. He immediately remembered that the division commander's wife was working in the health team. He quickly sat upright and replied respectfully: "Comrade Asia, please rest assured that the bomb was successfully eliminated by the engineers, and did not cause any damage to the division headquarters, and the division commander was not injured."
Asia just heard a bomb falling outside the division command, and almost reimbursed all the people inside. She was immediately scared and she acted so disobediently. Although she heard the wounded say that the bomb had been successfully eliminated and that the people in the division command were safe, she was still uneasy. She felt that she still needed to go to the division command and see that Sokov was fine with her own eyes, so that she could feel at ease.
When Asia stumbled towards the division command center, in the corridor, she met Selyosha who had just commanded the soldiers to transport the bombs away. As soon as she saw Asia, Selyosha guessed her purpose and hurriedly said hello to her: "Asia, are you here to see Misha?"
"Yes! I'm here to see Misha." Seeing the familiar Selyosha standing in the corridor and directing the soldiers to clear the falling dust and cement blocks, Asia felt a little more at ease, but she still asked nervously: "Shelyosha, do you know where he is?"
"Where else can it be?!" Selyosha kept saying to the division command center with his hands, "Misha is naturally in his command post."
Asia walked to Seriosha, looked up at the hole where she could see the night sky outside, and asked Seriosha with lingering fear: "Sheriosha, did the German bomb fall from this place?"
"That's right, the bomb fell down after passing through more than ten meters of soil. Fortunately, it was hung up by the cement layer on the top of the corridor, otherwise it would have exploded long ago..." Selyosha did not see the situation at that time with his own eyes. He still learned about the specific situation from the command center's staff and the bomb disposal engineers. Seeing that Asia wanted to know what happened, she told the other party vividly. Although it had been confirmed that Sokov was safe and sound, Asia was still frightened when she heard Selyosha's passage.
After finally waiting for Selyosha's story to come to an end, Asia ran straight into the command center. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Sokov, whose military uniform was covered in dust, standing at the table with the door on his back, telling something to Sidolin and Ivanov. Seeing Sokov's familiar back, Asia felt her nose sore, and her eyes seemed to have some liquid flowing out.
"Comrade Commander!" Just as Asia was standing at the door, not knowing whether it was time to enter or leave, Sidolin accidentally discovered Asia and quickly reminded Sokov: "Asia is here to see you."
"Asia!" Sokov turned around and saw Asia standing at the door, he quickly walked up to him. He walked to Asia, held her hand and walked towards the table, and asked with a smile: "Why are you here?"
Asia looked up at Sokov, tears suddenly burst out from her eyes. She said in a crying voice: "I heard from the wounded that a bomb fell at the door of the command center. I was worried that you had something to do, so she rushed over immediately."
"Little fool, how could I have something wrong?" Sokov reached out to wipe away the tears from Asia's cheek, and said with a smile: "Look, am I fine?"
"Don't hide it from me," Asia raised her hand and wiped it on her face, saying dissatisfiedly: "Just outside just now, Selyosha had told me the whole thing. The bomb was hanging at the door. You are so good. Not only did you not transfer, but you also held the bomb and kept it. Haven't you ever thought about what I would do if you really had something to do?"
"Comrade Asia," Seeing Asia burst into tears, Cidolin hurriedly came out to smooth things over: "Since you already know the detailed story, I will not repeat it anymore. Although the commander's behavior is very heroic, it does not conform to his identity. For this matter, not only did I complain about him with the deputy commander, but even the commander criticized him severely."
Although Asia learned a lot from Selyosha, she did not know that Commander Cuikov criticized Sokov. At this moment, she suddenly became panicked: "Comrade Chief of Staff, the commander will not punish Misha, right?" Her concerns make sense. If she was an ordinary grassroots commander, she would definitely be praised by her superiors when encountering such a situation. However, a division commander of Sokov ignored his identity and jumped out to be a hero and put himself in danger. He did not consider any adverse impact on the troops if any accident happened to him.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sidolin naturally understood what Asia was worried about, so he quickly comforted her and said, "Don't worry, Comrade Asia, the commander just criticized the division commander severely and did not punish him, so you don't have to worry."
Seeing that Sokov was fine and his superiors did not punish him, Asia wiped away the tears from her face, chatted with him for a few words, then stood up and left the command center.
After Asia left, Ivanov said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, next time you encounter a similar situation, you must not be as strong as you are today. Today you are lucky, the bomb did not explode; but who can guarantee that the bombs that fall next time will not explode on the spot? If something happens to you, not only will the troops lose unified command, but will also implicate Asia into a widow. Do you understand?"
"I understand." Sokov nodded vigorously, and a thought suddenly appeared in his mind, and he said it with the flow: "Chief of Staff, comrade of the deputy division commander, it seems that the enemy sent bombers to bomb us in an indiscriminate manner because he realized that the threat our division brought to them was too great. He did this to eliminate future troubles forever."
"Yes, as long as the place where my division commanders and soldiers are located can cause huge casualties to the Germans, they must have hated us to the core." Sidolin guessed that Sokov must have something important to say, and after echoing the other party, he added: "What are you planning to do?"
"Our division headquarters was almost blown up by the German bomb. If we swallowed our anger and didn't take any action, it would have an adverse impact on the army's morale and morale." Sokov bit his back teeth: "So we must do something to give the Germans a lesson that will never be forgotten for life, so that they can understand that we are not so easy to bully."
"Comrade of the Division," Sokov's words aroused great interest from Sidolin and Ivanov, and they asked at the same time: "What are you going to do?"
"I plan to carry out the revenge against the enemy in two steps." Sokov wanted Guchakov to lead a squad to directly remove Paulus's command, but he was not sure about the specific location of the German command at this moment, so he could only give up this tempting idea and tend to a more realistic revenge operation: "First, let Guchakov's team be dispatched again to attack command centers at all levels in the rear of the German army and disrupt the German command system; Second, after the instructors and bazooka sent by superiors arrived, let the soldiers seize the time to learn how to use the bazooka. After they learned how to use it, we will attack the 24th Armored Division. Even if they cannot eliminate it, they will still be severely damaged, making them unable to launch a new attack on the barricade factory and the Derrensky factory."
If there was no bomb that landed at the door, Ivanov might have advised Sokov to act cautiously. But at this moment, he was so angry that he wanted to organize troops to launch a counterattack immediately and eliminate the anger in his heart. Therefore, he agreed with Sokov's proposal: "Chief of Staff, please send a report to Captain Guchakov immediately and inform the other party of the attack of the division headquarters, so that he could take action as soon as possible to attack the important German command and disrupt the German offensive steps."
"I understand." Sidolin replied readily: "I will send a report to Captain Guchakov, asking them to act as soon as possible and teach the Germans a lesson."
Just after Sidolin was about to leave, he was stopped by Sokov. Sokov frowned and said to Sidolin: "Send another telegram to Lieutenant Colonel Yakov, who is equipped with weapons, and ask the bazooka given to us by his superiors and when the instructors will arrive."
When Ivanov waited for Sidolin to find the radio operator, he whispered to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, do you say that the rocket launchers given to us by our superiors can really deal with the German tanks?"
"Of course, comrade of the deputy division commander." Sokov replied confidently in response to Ivanov's question: "At a distance of 100 meters, rockets are the nightmare of German tanks. If we take advantage of the night, we only need a dozen rocket launchers to kill all the tanks of a German armored regiment."
Although Sokov mentioned the power of rockets more than once, Ivanov was always half-believing and half-doubted, and was still asking tentatively: "Battlehot, is it really that powerful?"
Sokov was unwilling to spend more time, so he said briefly: "Comrade Deputy Commander, when you see the bazooka, you will know that what I said is true."