Red Moscow

Although Sokov was not afraid of Apanashenko in his heart, after finishing the call, he still called Konev and reported the matter to him.

After listening to Sokov's report, Konev was silent for a while and said: "Comrade Sokov, although we took the initiative to send troops out of good intentions, we didn't communicate well with our friendly troops beforehand. I have a responsibility, and I have a responsibility. How about this, I will immediately contact Comrade Vatutin and inform him of the news that we have sent troops to the north of Oboyan."

After finishing the conversation with Konev, Sokov thought to himself: Apanashenko’s anger is actually justifiable. If it was him, a troop suddenly appeared in his defense zone without even saying hello. If you fight, you will start building large-scale construction, and I am afraid that you will not feel comfortable in your heart.

After thinking about this, he called Sameko to him and said to him: "Chief of Staff, I need to go to the 182nd Division immediately, and I will leave it to you and the military commissar."

Sameko heard the call between Sokov and Konev, guessing that he must be negotiating with friendly forces, and quickly asked him for instructions: "Do you need to order Colonel Khokhlov and the others to stop construction?"

"No, the work of building fortifications must not stop. Otherwise, after the enemy breaks through the friendly defense line, it will be difficult for us to stop their advance." Sokov told Sameko: "You call Colonel Khokhlov, Order him to speed up the construction, and no matter who stops it, he must not stop."

Sokov knew that the place he was going to was very dangerous, so he deliberately took Samoilov's guard platoon with him. Before he set off, he asked Samoilov specifically: "Comrade Lieutenant, is there anyone in your platoon who knows how to use Bazooka fighters?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander." After hearing Sokov's strange question, Samoilov asked tentatively, "Is the place we are going dangerous?"

"Yes, we may encounter the enemy." Sokov told the other party: "In addition to the bazooka, bring a few new rockets, so that when we encounter the enemy, we will be able to escape smoothly." He never dreamed Thinking that a preventive measure I took would actually save everyone's lives a few hours later.

In order to prevent too many vehicles and expose the target, only four jeeps were arranged for this trip, and Sokov sat in the first car. After all the soldiers boarded the vehicle, Samoilov, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, asked Sokov, "Comrade Commander, where are we going?"

"Go to Shumakovo, north of Oboyan, where we have a division forming a defensive line."

"Comrade driver," Samoilov asked the driver immediately after hearing what Sokov said, "Do you know the place?"

"Yes, Comrade Lieutenant, I know there."

Seeing that the driver knew the location, Sokov asked casually, "When will we arrive at our destination?"

While starting the car, the driver replied: "Comrade Commander, it is almost 300 kilometers from us to Shumakovo. The emergency road is in bad condition and the speed can only reach 60 kilometers per hour. It will take almost five hours to reach the destination."

The convoy bumped on the road for more than four hours, passing through forests, lakes and swamps, and finally came to a hilly area. Looking at the scenery outside the window, Sokov asked the driver curiously: "Comrade driver, where are you going?"

"Comrade Commander," the driver replied, turning his head, "this place is still about five kilometers away from Shumakovo."

Sokov nodded slightly after hearing this, thinking to himself that the terrain along the way is not conducive to the deployment of large-scale mechanized troops. It seems that the tank battle that will start soon will definitely not take place in this area. As long as there are no large-scale German armored forces in your defense zone, there shouldn't be much problem blocking them.

"Stop the car," Sokov suddenly said to the driver when the convoy approached a small hill, "I want to go up the hill and have a look."

Hearing Sokov's order, the driver didn't dare to neglect, and quickly parked the car on the side of the road. Samoilov waited for the car to stop, and immediately jumped out of the car from the co-pilot position, and came to the back to help Sokov open the door.

After getting off the car, Sokov pointed to the top of the hill with his hand and said to Samoilov: "Comrade Lieutenant, wait for me here for a while, I will go up and look at the surrounding terrain."

"Comrade Commander, let me accompany you up." Samoilov said, "After all, this is an unfamiliar environment. I am responsible for your safety?"

"No need to be different." Sokov just wanted to see the surrounding environment on the top of the hill, and he might come down in a few minutes. There is no need to trouble Samoilov and the others to set up security on the hillside, so he shook his head and said: "I will Go up and have a look, and come down in a few minutes, you should stay here and wait for me. As soon as I come back, we will set off immediately."

Now that Sokov gave the order, Samoilov couldn't disobey it. However, when Sokov walked towards the hill alone, he was not idle, but ordered the soldiers in the other vehicles to get out of the vehicle, and took out the new rockets and rockets he was carrying, ready to go. ready for battle.

Regarding Samoilov's arrangement, some soldiers murmured in a low voice: "Comrade platoon leader, there is no need for this. Comrade commander just went up to take a look casually, don't take out these equipment!"

Hearing the soldier's complaints, Samoilov narrowed his eyes and said in a stern tone: "Obey orders!"

Seeing that Samoilov got angry, the soldiers could only remove the new rocket launcher and rocket launcher on the car, and made preparations for launching in a decent manner.

Sokov went up the hillside alone, just to see the surrounding terrain, so as to decide whether to use the terrain here to build more fortifications nearby. Unexpectedly, when he was still fifty or sixty meters away from the top of the hill, he suddenly heard the roar of a tank engine, and immediately stopped, took off the assault rifle on his shoulder, and carefully observed where the sound came from.

Soon, the roar of the tank became louder and louder. Sokov heard clearly that the sound was coming from the other side of the hillside, and quickly aimed his gun in that direction. At the same time, he was thinking about whether he should continue to move forward, or Back off now?

Before Sokov could make a final decision, he saw a gun barrel protruding slowly from the top of the hill, and after a while, the body of a tank appeared in his field of vision.

When he saw the white cross on the tank body, Sokov couldn't help being dumbfounded. He didn't expect to see a German tank here. The German tanks parked at the top of the hillside quickly spotted Sokov standing on the hillside, and slowly turned the turret, preparing to fire at Sokov.

Sokov was frightened out of his wits, he instinctively pulled the trigger, and the bullets from the assault rifle hit the armor plate of the tank, making a clanging sound and splashing countless sparks. After firing all the bullets in the magazine in one go, Sokov threw the gun away, and rolled down the hillside with his head in his arms.

The guards and soldiers at the foot of the hill were all startled by the sudden sound of gunfire on the hill. When they looked up the hill, they saw Sokov running out of bullets in his assault rifle and rolling down the hill with his head in his arms. . Seeing that Sokov was in danger, Samoilov quickly shouted at the soldiers carrying the bazooka: "Follow me!"