Rokossovsky raised his head, squinted at the bell tower above the church, and said seemingly casually: "When I just came over, I saw a few people on the bell tower. One of them is you, right?"
"Yes, Comrade General." Lin Hua replied hurriedly: "I was arranging defense matters up there."
Lin Hua's words aroused Rokossovsky's curiosity. He smiled and said: "Comrade Sokov, take me up there to have a look." After saying that, he walked towards the church. He seemed to remember something, and stopped and said to Kochetov and his guards: "The space on the bell tower is too small to accommodate too many people. You just stay here, Sokov and I." Comrade, just go up there."
Lin Hua took Rokossovsky into the church and climbed up the spiral staircase to the bell tower. Rokossovsky looked around, nodded, and said with emotion: "Standing here, you have a panoramic view of the entire town. If a sentry is arranged here, any trouble in the town will be discovered immediately. Moreover," he added, grabbing the bell rope swaying in the wind with his hand, "you can also send out alarms in time through this copper bell."
"Comrade General, what you said is very correct." Lin Hua waited for Rokossovsky to finish and then quickly continued: "In addition to setting up a sentry here to observe the movements of the whole town, we will also A group of two mobile sentries were dispatched to the southeast, northwest and four sides of the town."
Rokossovsky looked to the north of the town and asked: "Comrade Sokov, that's where you were fighting the sneak attack enemy yesterday, right?"
"That's right, Comrade General, that's where it is." Lin Hua nodded and said, "According to my judgment, the German army will definitely rush into the town from there, so I took the comrades from the garrison squad to build defenses on the north side of the town. "
"Comrade Sokov," Rokossovsky said to Lin Hua with a side face: "You only have ten people, but you blocked the attack of more than twenty German troops. It is really amazing. You must know that this force came to attack by surprise. A small unit, but a reconnaissance battalion belonging to the German 258th Infantry Division, with higher combat effectiveness than ordinary German soldiers, but they did not get any advantage from you."
Lin Hua looked at the faint black smoke rising from the north and knew in his heart that it was the troops of the 16th Army, fighting fiercely with the German troops occupying Sun Mountain City, trying to drive the enemy away from the city. He said with emotion: "Comrade General, compared with the battle your troops fought in Sun Mountain City, our battle yesterday was more like children's playing house."
When Rokossovsky heard Lin Hua mention Sun Mountain City, he smiled at him and said, "I didn't expect that you actually knew about the battle in Sun Mountain City."
Naturally, Lin Hua would not tell Rokossovsky that he had traveled through time, and that everything that had happened so far was already history to him. In order not to arouse Rokossovsky's suspicion, he deliberately pretended to be surprised and said: "Comrade General, it is not difficult to know this. You know, our squad has been stationed in this town for a long time. , you can often see the wounded brought back from the front, as well as the troops and various weapons and equipment sent out from the city. It is easy to know where the fighting is taking place."
"Comrade Sokov," Rokossovsky waited for Lin Hua to finish and then asked with interest: "Do you think the Germans will rush into Moscow?"
"This is impossible, Comrade General." Lin Hua waited for Rokossovsky to finish and immediately replied simply: "Although the Germans are still attacking and seem to have achieved some results, but Their strength has been almost exhausted, and as long as we launch a large-scale counterattack, we can easily defeat them and drive them far away from Moscow."
After Lin Hua finished speaking, he saw a surprised expression on Rokossovsky's face, and then heard the other party say: "I didn't expect you to be so confident in us holding Moscow. Soko Comrade Husband, I very much need grassroots commanders with combat experience. Are you interested in joining my unit?" Perhaps to persuade Lin Hua, he added, "I can make you the company commander!"
Hearing Rokossovsky say this, Lin Hua felt like he was in a dream. When I first came to this world yesterday, I was just a small squad leader. In the evening, he was appointed as the platoon leader of the garrison platoon by Moscow garrison commander Artemyev. Unexpectedly, Rokossovsky extended an olive branch to him again at this moment, and as soon as he did it, he was given the position of company commander.
Seeing how sincere Rokossovsky was, Lin Hua almost agreed. But then he thought about it, he had just been promoted yesterday, and he left with Rokossovsky today, which would leave a bad impression in General Artemyev's mind.
Seeing that Lin Hua was still silent, Rokossovsky continued: "If you agree, I will immediately call General Artemyev and transfer you to my unit. Artemyev and I will General Miev is an old friend, I believe he will still give me this face."
Lin Hua had made a decision in his heart. As soon as Rokossovsky finished speaking, he replied: "Comrade General, thank you for your kindness. As the platoon leader of the garrison platoon, my current task is to guard Shim. Ji Town, make sure the enemy does not rush into Moscow from here. I appreciate your kindness."
Fortunately, Rokossovsky was a generous man. After hearing Lin Hua's answer, although he felt a little regretful, he still said understandingly: "Okay, Comrade Sokov, I respect your choice. But I still hope you can carefully consider the suggestion I just made."
"Comrade General," Lin Hua knew very well in his heart that even though his current task was to hold on to Khimki Town, as the war situation developed, sooner or later he would be transferred to other areas to fight. Instead of following those commanders who don't know the details, it is better to establish a good relationship with the promising Rokossovsky in advance, so that he can make achievements with him in the future. Therefore, he said euphemistically: "According to my estimation, as long as the Germans are driven away from Moscow by our army and the town of Khimki is no longer under the threat of the German army, our garrison platoon will be transferred to other areas. , I hope you can accept us there."
After receiving Lin Hua's exact answer, Rokossovsky smiled and nodded, and then said as if to himself: "Comrade Sokov, let's go down first, it's too cold on the bell tower. "
