Red Moscow

"General Felix, I have no objection to moderate drinking." Sokov waited for Felix to finish speaking, then said with a straight face: "But if you make mistakes due to alcoholism, you must deal with it seriously." In order to leave a deeper impression on the other party, he continued, "Before the war was over, the 300th Infantry Division and a tank brigade responsible for attacking the Feski collective farm occupied by the German army, defeated the enemy in the collective farm, and the soldiers found a large amount of fine wine in the cellar.

Because the enemy was driven away, After the victory, the division commander, Colonel Atakuz, let the officers and soldiers drink to their heart's content. It was because of his order that the officers and soldiers of the entire division began to drink without any scruples. As a result, in less than half a day, the officers and soldiers of the entire division were drunk on the ground.

Because the superiors could not contact them, they thought they were annihilated by the German 3rd Armored Division, so they sent out a reconnaissance team to investigate their situation. But when the reconnaissance team entered the collective farm, they found that thousands of troops were drunk and unconscious, and the drunk people were lying all over the place. Everywhere.

The reconnaissance team confirmed that they were not annihilated by the enemy, but they were drunk and reported the matter to their superiors. After the superiors learned about this, they were very angry and ordered the division commander Colonel Atakuz to be dismissed and investigated, sent to the military court, and asked the unit to be transferred to my command. "

Sokov's words made Felix sweat coldly: "Comrade Commander, was Colonel Atakuz sent to the military court later?"

"No." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, he saw Felix relieved and added: "I asked my superiors to demote Colonel Atakuz and let him stay in the division as deputy commander, which saved him from being sent to the military court."

Felix raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and said with a little lack of confidence: "Comrade Commander, although I want you to inspect my troops, the actual situation may disappoint you. I wonder if you can give me a week?"

"What do you want to do in a week?" Sokov asked back.

"I want to rectify military discipline." Felix vowed: "Just give me a week, I will definitely restore the troops to the state of the war."

Sokov frowned at Felix's request. He came here today to find out the actual situation of the troops. If he really has to wait until a week to inspect, then his trip today will be in vain.

Thinking of this, he slowly shook his head: "No, a week is too long."

Seeing that Sokov was unwilling to give him a week, Felix hesitated for a moment and stretched out five fingers: "Five days! If a week is not enough, then give me five days, Comrade Commander, how about five days?"

Sokov knew very well that if he wanted to rectify the troops, he would definitely not be able to achieve the goal without three to five days. Since that was the case, he simply let them off the hook and gave them enough time to make corrections: "Well, I'll give you five days. I hope that when I come here again, I can see a completely new army."

"Don't worry, Commander." Seeing that Sokov was willing to give him five days, Felix was overjoyed: "After five days, if the army that appears in front of you does not satisfy you, you can dismiss me."

After comforting Felix for a few words, Sokov felt that there was no need to stay here, so he stood up and said goodbye.

Seeing that Sokov was about to leave, Felix was naturally happy in his heart. As long as Sokov left, he could immediately start to reorganize the troops.

When Felix and a group of his men sent Sokov and others to the door, Sokov, who was about to get on the car, suddenly stopped and turned to Felix and said, "General Felix, I want to ask you for a favor."

"Comrade Commander, if you have anything to say, just tell me."

"It's like this, the guards around me are too weak." Sokov told Felix what happened on his way here, and finally said, "I'm worried that similar situations will happen again when I go back, so I want to borrow some people from you to send us back to the army headquarters."

"No problem, no problem." After understanding Sokov's request, Felix hurriedly said, "It's my duty to protect your safety." Then he called a captain and asked him to take a guard company to escort Sokov and others back to the army headquarters.

"General Felix, thank you so much." Sokov expressed his gratitude to Felix: "When we arrive at our destination, I will let your troops return as soon as possible."

On the way back to the headquarters, Vaserigov and Onishchenko were in the same car with Sokov.

Vaserigov sat in the passenger seat, while Onishchenko and Sokov sat in the back seat.

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Sokov saw Onishchenko take the initiative to sit in his car, guessing that the other party must have something important to say to him, so he asked first: "Is it like this for the troops stationed in Austria?"

"Yes, General Sokov." Onishchenko said with a wry smile: "Since the Germans surrendered and the war in Europe ended, our military discipline has become lax. I think the military exercises to be held next month are really timely. If the troops are allowed to relax like this, they will lose their combat effectiveness sooner or later. If the enemy takes the opportunity to attack, I think it will be more miserable than the early days of the Great Patriotic War."

Although there are two to three million Soviet troops stationed in Europe, if military discipline is lax, their combat effectiveness will plummet. Once they encounter a war, they will be defeated. For example, the Soviet army in the early days of the Great Patriotic War could be said to be retreating steadily. Ukraine, which has more than two million troops stationed, has basically lost all its troops within three months. If this happens again, the day will not be far when the entire country will be occupied.

The convoy came to the forest again, but was blocked by fallen trees again.

Seeing this situation, it is simply impossible to say that there is no problem in the forest.

After Sokov waited for the car to stop, he immediately asked Vaserigov to call the guard company commander over and told him: "Comrade Captain, when we came, we were blocked by a fallen tree trunk. No. When I came back, I encountered the same situation again. I guess there must be enemies hidden in the woods. You should lead people to search immediately and catch the perpetrators. Are you confident?

"I have confidence, Comrade Commander." The guard company commander nodded vigorously and said with a serious expression: "I will definitely catch those who caused sabotage."

Immediately, the guard company commander summoned the soldiers who got out of the car and lined up to divide into three groups. One group was responsible for moving the trees that fell on the road. The other two groups were divided into left and right groups to search in the woods on both sides of the road to find the hidden trees. Find out the enemies in the woods.

"General Sokov," Onischenko said to Sokov: "On the way here, I didn't think I would encounter any attackers. But now it seems that I thought the problem was too simple. If we There are still so many people there, maybe the enemies hiding in the woods have already launched an attack on us. "

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, tell me the truth, what is the situation here in Austria?"

"How should I put it, General Sokov." Onischenko said with some embarrassment: "Logically speaking, the war is over, so the hostile forces should also stop. But in the past two months, attacks have occurred in many places incident. Although General Malining sent troops everywhere to ask for advice, the results were very limited. "

"Oh, that's it." After listening to Onischenko's words, Sokov's expression became solemn, "Maybe before the exercise begins, I should organize forces to launch a clearing operation in this area to clear out Those hidden enemies.”

"You are right, General Sokov." Onischenko agreed with Sokov's statement: "Many people believe that General Malinin acted a little too weak after taking office, so that he was originally suppressed. The hostile forces have begun to rise again.”

"If I start a clearing operation, I wonder if General Malinen will stop it?"

"General Sokov, I can't say for sure." Onischenko shook his head and said: "The situation here in Austria is very complicated. After all, it is the hometown of Mustache. His followers are not willing to fail. They I dream of going back to the past.”

While the two were talking, the sound of submachine gun shooting suddenly came from the woods on the right side of the road, and from time to time there was the sound of two grenade explosions.

"There are indeed enemies in the woods." Sokov frowned and said, "I hope the guard company Felix sent me can eliminate these enemies."

As soon as Sokov finished speaking, he suddenly heard the scream of a cannonball piercing the air. Then, a mortar shell landed four or five meters away from the jeep and exploded, sending horizontal shrapnel that penetrated the window glass. Vaselgov, who was sitting in the passenger seat, had his cheek scratched by glass shards and was bleeding profusely.

"Comrade General," Vaserigov covered his bleeding cheek with his right hand, turned around and shouted to Sokov: "It's a mortar, get out of the car and take cover."

When the soldiers carrying trees on the road saw a shell falling and exploding near Sokov's jeep, they immediately stopped what they were doing, rushed over with their guns in hand, and quickly set up a warning circle around the jeep.

Seeing the deployment of the soldiers, Sokov couldn't help but smile bitterly. The opponent was not conducting a strong attack, but using mortars to conduct long-range strikes. With so many people crowded together, one shell would cause them to fall to pieces.

Just as he thought this, the scream of artillery shells came again in the air. He quickly opened the car door, jumped out of the car, and shouted to the soldiers who had established a warning circle: "It's dangerous, spread out, everyone spread out, hurry up and take cover."

The injured Vaserigov rushed out of the car, and Onischenko grabbed one of Sokov's arms and dragged him away to the other side of the road. They both knew that they should stay on the road. It is a living target for enemy mortars.

The shells roared to the ground, and several soldiers near the explosion point fell down. The remaining soldiers hurriedly lay down on the spot to avoid being attacked again.

The enemy hiding in the woods saw that the two consecutive shells failed to hit the target, so they immediately adjusted their tactics and increased the speed of shooting. The speed of falling mortar shells suddenly doubled. Soon, several cars parked on the road caught fire.

Sokov was dragged by Vaserigov and Onischenko into the woods on the left. Just as he was about to take a breath, he saw a man wearing a German uniform coming towards him, with his hands still straight. Holding an MP40 submachine gun.

Sokov's hands were grabbed by Vaserigov and Onischenko, making him unable to draw his gun.

Before he could ask the two men to let him go, the man in a German uniform opposite him had already pulled the trigger.

After a crisp sound of gunfire, all three of Sokov fell to the ground.

The soldiers searching in the woods on the left heard the gunfire here and hurried over to rescue.

Before Sokov fell unconscious on the ground, he saw with his own eyes the enemy who shot at the three of him, with countless blood splattered on his body. He then dropped the weapon in his hand and fell straight into the bushes. middle.

After an unknown amount of time, Sokov heard someone shaking his body and calling his name at the same time, but he couldn't open his eyes or speak, as if at that moment, he became an inseparable person. The talking blind man.

Serelkov personally rushed over with five or six soldiers. When he saw Sokov lying in a pool of blood, his eyes suddenly turned red. He stretched out his hand to check Zhenkov's nose and found that he was still breathing weakly. He quickly turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "What are you still doing? Why don't you hurry up and get Comrade Commander into the car?"

When the soldiers were busy carrying Sokov and preparing to get into the car, Serelkov found Vasergov and Onischenko lying next to him and quickly asked someone to carry them into the car.

After several people were carried into the car, Serelkov immediately ordered: "Drive and return to the army headquarters."

Major Sekhovtsov, the chief of the logistics section, reminded the other party: "Comrade Captain, the guard troops sent to us by Commander Felix are still searching in the woods. Do you think we need to wait for them?"

"What are they waiting for?" Although Sekhovtsov's military rank was higher than that of Serelkov, seeing that Sokov was seriously injured at this moment, Serelkov's temper came up, and he rushed to Sekhovtsov. Roared: "Don't you see that Comrade Commander's condition is very dangerous? If we don't receive timely treatment, our lives will be in danger."

Serkhovtsov, who was yelled at by Serelkov, quickly came to his senses. Sokov had a special status. If something really happened to him here, he, the logistics section chief, would definitely be the one to blame. He felt guilty, so he kept his mouth shut and allowed Serelkov to arrange the next thing.

When the vehicle started, Serelkov loudly asked Sekhovtsov: "Where is the military hospital in Vienna?"

Serkhovtsov quickly replied: "On Graben Street, there is the best hospital there." After saying this, before Serelkov could speak again, he directly ordered the driver, "Run there as quickly as possible. At the hospital on Graben Street, if Comrade Commander has any position, you are the only one I can ask."

When the driver heard this, he was immediately frightened. He quickly stepped on the accelerator and headed to the hospital on Graben Street as quickly as possible, hoping that Sokov could receive treatment as soon as possible.