When Vanya walked into the battalion command post, she saw four people sitting at the wooden table in the middle of the room. In addition to the two battalion commanders and deputy battalion commanders, there were also two female commanders.
"Lieutenant Vanya, you are here." Seeing Vanya enter the room, Sokov quickly stood up and said to him with a smile: "There are two new commanders here. Let me introduce them to you. Here This is Lieutenant Lyuba, commander of the women’s anti-aircraft machine gun company, and that is Comrade Sweta, the instructor.”
Knowing that the opponent was an anti-aircraft machine gun company and not an infantry company, Vanya immediately realized that he had made a mistake. He quickly stepped forward, shook hands with the two female commanders who stood up, and said politely: "Hello, commander. Comrades, you are welcome to come here."
"Comrade Lieutenant," Belkin, who was sitting still, looked at Vanya with a half-smile and asked, "You are in such a hurry to rush to the battalion headquarters. Is there anything important?"
Vanya smiled awkwardly and hurriedly said to cover up: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, I just wanted to come over and ask if we need help from our company when setting up the air defense positions."
"Lieutenant Vanya, since you took the initiative to ask for help, the task of helping the female soldier company to set up positions will be left to your company." Before Vanya arrived, Sokov was considering setting up positions for the anti-aircraft machine gun company. Who should complete the task? Seeing that Vanya took the initiative to ask for help, he said smoothly: "Now let's go and take a look at the terrain."
When everyone came to the open space between the position and the foot of the mountain, Sokov turned and asked Liuba: "Comrade Lieutenant, where do you think the air defense positions should be placed."
Lyuba and Sweta took a dozen steps forward, then stopped and began to survey the terrain. The two of them first looked at the place where the female soldiers lived for a while, then turned to look at the high ground not far away. After some visual inspection, the two whispered for a while, and finally Liuba reported to Sokov: "Comrade battalion commander, just build the air defense position here. The girls live only a hundred meters away from here. Duomi, after hearing the battle alarm, they can enter the combat position in two minutes at most..."
Belkin saw that the view here was wide and it was the best position to establish an air defense position. He thought that Sokov would definitely agree without hesitation. Unexpectedly, after waiting for a while, he heard no movement. When he turned around, he saw When Sokov was staring at the sky in a daze, he quickly shook Sokov a few times and whispered: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I think this position is ideal. What do you think?"
Sokov stared at the sky in a daze, not because he was dissatisfied with the location of the air defense position. He had to take the initiative to propose this location to Liuba and the others. The reason why he looked absent-minded was because he was thinking about how to arrange the air defense positions. Feeling that Belkin was shaking him, he quickly withdrew his gaze from the gray sky, looked at Liuba and asked: "Comrade Lieutenant, I would like to ask, how do you plan to arrange the air defense positions?"
"We have six anti-aircraft machine guns left in our company." Liuba replied: "I plan to build a snow wall here, and then place the machine guns behind the snow wall."
"Lieutenant Lyuba, I would like to share my opinion on your arrangement." After understanding Lyuba's thoughts, Sokov drew a straight line on the snow with his toes, and then continued: "Look at , your anti-aircraft machine guns are always lined up. If the enemy planes come from the north or south, they can indeed form a dense firepower; but if they fly from the east or west, the effect of your anti-aircraft shooting will be greatly weakened. "
Regarding Sokov's statement, Liuba was silent for a moment, and then said: "Comrade Battalion Commander, you also know that our company only has six anti-aircraft machine guns. It is fundamental to complete the blockade in four directions at the same time. Impossible. Unless, unless the superiors give us new anti-aircraft machine guns."
"You are wrong, Comrade Lieutenant." Sokov said, squatting down and drawing a hexagon on the snow with his hands. Then he raised his head and asked Lyuba: "Have you ever seen a honeycomb? It's like this hexagon. In this way, you place the six machine guns in the company at the six corners, so that no matter where the enemy plane comes from, it can hit it head-on with intensive firepower."
Lyuba and Sweta squatted next to Sokov, looking down at the hexagon on the snow, thinking hard about the plan proposed by Sokov. After a long time, Sweta broke the silence first. She said to Liuba: "Comrade company commander, I think the formation plan proposed by the battalion commander is really great. I think we can arrange the air defense positions like this."
After repeated weighings, Lyuba also felt that Sokov's plan was good. When she heard Sweta say this, she nodded and said, "Okay, let's arrange the position like this."
Sokov stood up and said to Vanya: "Comrade Lieutenant, immediately gather the soldiers in your company and help the female soldiers establish air defense positions."
Just when Vanya was about to leave, Sweta suddenly said: "Comrade Lieutenant, please wait a moment, I have something else to say." When Vanya heard what Sweta said, a surprised expression appeared on his face. Looking at the other party, he asked, "Comrade instructor, do you have anything else to explain?"
Sweta did not answer immediately, but turned to face Sokov and said: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I want to say a few words. Although in our propaganda, we have repeatedly emphasized that Soviet women on the battlefield are first and foremost warriors. Not women. But we all know that these female soldiers are girls who have never seen much of the world. If they stay with a group of male soldiers of similar age all day long, problems will inevitably arise. Therefore, I beg you, Without permission, no male soldier is allowed to enter the female soldier's station casually. Is that okay?"
Facing this woman with strong ideological principles, Sokov just smiled lightly, turned to Belkin and said: "Comrade Political Deputy Battalion Commander, I have the final say on military matters; on life matters, it is up to you. Forget it. I think it’s up to you to issue this order to the soldiers.”
Belkin nodded with a smile and said: "Comrade Sweta is right. Male soldiers cannot be allowed to enter and leave the female soldiers' camp at will, otherwise there will be many battlefield lovers. You know, our main task now is, The purpose is to defeat the fascist invaders and defend our motherland, not to fall in love." Seeing that Belgin agreed to her request, Sweta's expression became relaxed.
After Vanya, Liuba and others left, Belkin asked Sokov in a low voice: "Comrade Battalion Commander, did you see Asya when you came to the city today?"
"seen."
"Then why didn't she come back with you?" Belkin asked curiously.
Sokov answered truthfully: "The enemy's bombardment of Sushinich caused huge casualties in the city. Asiya was in the city rescuing the wounded and could not come back in a short time."
