Sokov clearly heard Lyudnikov's shouts, and was immediately frightened to death. If the artillery really covered this place with rocket launchers, it would be a death-defying outcome. The situation was critical, and Sokov didn't want to think too much. He rushed out of the tool room and shouted loudly to Samoilov and others who were shooting at the enemy: "Hidden, quickly find a place to hide. We will be there soon." Bombardment..."
Just after shouting, Lyudnikov rushed out of the tool room. Seeing Sokov waving his arms and shouting loudly, without saying a word, he stepped forward and hugged his shoulders, forcing him to the ground. As soon as the two men lay down, the sharp whistling sound of rockets and non-stop explosions came from outside. The rising smoke and dust covered the sky, as if the sky had suddenly become cloudy.
Fortunately, the rocket shot stopped after only one round. Sokov, whose internal organs were shaken as if displaced, struggled to sit up from the ground. When he saw Lyudnikov also sitting up, he seemed to be talking to himself. He said something, but his ears were like a ball of cotton stuffed, and he couldn't hear anything.
Sokov reached out and picked up the assault rifle that had fallen to the side. He checked it and found that it could still be used normally. He used the gun body as a crutch, stood up with difficulty, and staggered towards where Samoylov and the others were. Went over to see what their casualties were.
After walking forward for twenty or thirty steps, a German soldier covered in dirt and bleeding from his ears, nose, and mouth suddenly emerged from the smoke. He stumbled towards us with a rifle in hand. But after he saw Sokov appearing in front of him, he hurriedly raised the gun in his hand and prepared to shoot Sokov.
Sokov fired first, hitting the German soldier twice in the stomach. The reason why he shot the enemy in the stomach was based on Sokov's experience gained from countless battles. After the enemy was shot in the abdomen, his body would instinctively bend. Even if he fired, the bullet would hit the ground; and if he chose Shooting the enemy in the head, firstly, the target is small and difficult to hit, and secondly, if the enemy pulls the trigger with his finger after being shot, he himself will be shot.
The shot German soldier dropped his rifle and fell to the ground, clutching his stomach. As soon as the German soldier fell to the ground, a man emerged from the rubble nearby and rushed over with a bayonet drawn. Sokov was startled and he hurriedly pointed the gun in his hand at the opponent. However, the opponent's target was not Sokov, but the German soldier lying on the ground. He stabbed the German soldier twice before taking back his gun, and asked Sokov something.
Sokov saw clearly that the other person was a soldier from the guard platoon, so he quickly walked over, leaned into his ear, and asked loudly: "Where is your platoon leader, Lieutenant Samoilov?"
The soldier's ears were temporarily deafened by the shelling just now. Although he couldn't hear clearly what Sokov was asking, he guessed that he must be asking about the whereabouts of the platoon leader. He hurriedly asked Samoilov Pointing to the hidden position, he said: "Comrade division commander, where is the platoon commander!" Seeing the soldier pointing the direction for him, Sokov quickly walked there.
Samoilov, who was shaken to pieces, saw that the shelling had stopped, and was struggling to get up from the ground. When he saw someone walking towards him, he quickly raised the gun in his hand, ready to shoot at any time. After seeing clearly that the person who came was Sokov, he sat up straight, looked at Sokov and asked: "Comrade Commander, why are you here?" After asking, Samoilov realized that he could not hear his voice at all. , it seems that his ears were deafened by the shelling.
Seeing Samoilov's appearance, Sokov knew that the other party's ears must not be working well either, so he stopped yelling at him, but gestured to him to count the casualties and prepare Prepare for battle to prevent the Germans from coming up again. After all this was done, Sokov walked back to Lyudnikov's headquarters.
When he entered the door, he saw Lyudnikov wearing headphones on his head and shouting loudly into the receiver: "I am Lyudnikov. I am still alive. It seems that your rocket launchers have driven back the enemy." …”
Sokov found a corner and sat down, raised his hands to cover his ears, and pressed hard several times, letting air pour into the ear holes and hit the eardrums, trying to restore his hearing in the shortest possible time.
"Comrade Colonel," Sokov's hearing had somewhat recovered, and he said to Lyudnikov, who had just put down his earphones and microphone: "Although the shelling just now shattered the German attack, it won't be long before they can still We will attack again, what are you going to do?”
Upon hearing Sokov's question, Lyudnikov replied with a firm expression: "All our division commanders and combatants will stick to their positions. Even if we fight to the last man, we will never take a step back."
Seeing that Lyudnikov only talked about holding on to the position in general terms without any specific plan, Sokov could not help but feel a little disappointed. He continued to ask: "Comrade Colonel, while the rocket just smashed the enemy's attack, it almost killed We also killed it together. When the enemy attacks again later, you can't let the artillery fire at us again, right? We can survive the first artillery attack. No one can say what the result will be if we try it again. It’s unclear.”
After Lyudnikov waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and said helplessly: "There is no way, Colonel Sokov, the order given to us by our superiors is to do everything possible to hold on to the barricade factory. , can’t take a step back.”
"Comrade Colonel, I think you have misunderstood me. I am not asking you to retreat." Seeing that Lyudnikov had misunderstood what he meant, Sokov quickly explained to him: "No matter whether you are in terms of numbers or equipment, , are at a disadvantage compared to the enemy. If we continue to fight such a positional battle, we may not be able to withstand it for long. If we want to hold the position, we must adopt reasonable tactics..."
"I understand what you mean, Colonel Sokov." Lyudnikov said loudly: "Now most of the factory area has fallen into the hands of the Germans. I can only concentrate all my people in this area. It is a position that is consumed by fighting the enemy. Moreover, the artillery of the 295th Artillery Regiment of our division has been lost in the early battles. Without heavy weapons, I can only use people to fill it..."
"Wait a minute, Comrade Colonel." When Sokov heard this, he quickly raised his hand to interrupt Lyudnikov's words: "Isn't the barricade factory producing artillery? Doesn't the factory provide you with their products? ?”
"You are right, the barricade factory is indeed a factory that produces artillery." Lyudnikov said with a bitter look on his face: "I once discussed this issue with the factory director, but he said that the artillery in the warehouse is allocated Indicators given to other fronts cannot be given to us."
"Hell, how long have we been discussing what indicators are not indicators? Does this factory director intend to leave these artillery pieces in the warehouse and hand them over to the Germans who occupied the factory?" After a few complaints, Sokov asked tentatively Question: "Comrade Colonel, do you know where the artillery warehouse is?"
When asking these words, Sokov felt guilty for a while. He was worried that the warehouse where the artillery was stored had already been occupied by the Germans, and his plan would be ruined. Without the support of artillery, facing the German tank troops, even if Belkin's shrinking regiment came forward, it would probably not be long before they were all gone.
"It's at a pile of ruins two hundred meters behind." Lyudnikov said with a wry smile: "It's an underground warehouse with a large number of artillery stored in it. There is a squad of internal affairs troops guarding the door. Without orders from superiors, No one is allowed to come near."
When he learned that there were a large number of artillery stored not far away, Sokov couldn't help but his eyes lit up. However, he was worried that just artillery without shells would be useless, so he asked tentatively: "Comrade Colonel, in addition to artillery, there is also ammunition in the warehouse." ?"
"Yes, yes." Lyudnikov nodded vigorously and replied: "I heard that in order to make these artillery useful as soon as they arrive on the battlefield, each gun has at least one base number of supporting ammunition. .”
"I understand, Comrade Colonel." Sokov learned that there were artillery and a sufficient number of shells not far away, and he suddenly felt confident. He said to Lyudnikov: "Leave this matter to me. , you just need to send a soldier to be my guide."
Lyudnikov guessed that Sokov was thinking about this batch of artillery. He originally wanted to persuade him, but then he thought that if he could really get the artillery out, his remaining artillery would be useful. The ground is gone. In any case, if the artillery is converted into infantry, the combat effectiveness is indeed not very good, so let them engage in their old profession.
Sokov left the tool room, found Samoilov, and said loudly to him: "Comrade Lieutenant, bring me a squad."
"Comrade division commander," Samoylov heard Sokov's order and quickly summoned a squad of soldiers and followed Sokov out of the warehouse. On the way, he asked curiously: "Where are we going?"
"Not far from here, there is an underground warehouse that stores a large number of artillery and supporting ammunition." Sokov replied: "Our mission is to get these artillery and then use them to deal with the Germans."
Hearing that there was an underground warehouse storing artillery nearby, Samoilov asked in surprise: "Comrade division commander, since there are a large number of artillery stored nearby, why were these artillery not used in the battle to defend the factory? "
Sokov snorted coldly and said angrily: "Do you think anyone is as considerate as Factory Director Peter? He knew clearly that he would be criticized by his superiors if he provided factory products to the troops defending the factory without authorization, but he still treated him with the same attitude. We put the overall situation first and give priority to providing weapons and equipment to the troops defending the factory."
Led by the guide sent by Lyudnikov, the group arrived at the entrance of the underground warehouse. There was a sandbag fortification at the entrance, with a Deggarev light machine gun with a large disc mounted on it. When someone approached, a stern voice immediately came from behind the sandbag: "Who is it, stop!"
"One of our own!" Sokov replied and continued walking forward.
Unexpectedly, he had just taken two steps forward when he heard the sound of pulling the bolt of a gun from ahead, and then the voice came again: "This is an important warehouse. No one is allowed to approach without permission, otherwise we will The shooting is about to begin.”
"I am Colonel Sokov, commander of the 41st Guards Division," Sokov stopped and said loudly, facing the sandbag fortifications ahead: "Who is in charge here? Come out and talk to me immediately."
Hearing that the visitor said that he was a division commander, the sergeant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs guarding the warehouse did not dare to neglect and hurriedly walked out from behind the fortification. He came to Sokov, straightened his back and said: "Comrade Colonel, Sergeant Gusin of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports to you that our squad is guarding the national defense warehouse, please give instructions!"
"Comrade Sergeant," Sokov said while looking at the Sergeant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in front of him, "In order to defend the barricade factory, I need to use the artillery stored in the warehouse. I now order you to open the warehouse immediately and let us Get in."
Unexpectedly, after Sokov finished speaking, Sergeant Gushin said in a stiff tone: "I'm sorry, Comrade Colonel, no one is allowed to enter the warehouse without the permission of the People's Commissariat of Defense."
"What did you say?" Faced with such a rigid Sergeant Gusin, Sokov had not yet spoken. Samoylov next to him could no longer hold it in any longer. He stepped forward and grabbed Gusin's lapel, angrily. Said: "The Germans are only a few hundred meters away from here. Are you planning to leave all the artillery in the warehouse to the Germans?"
"I'm sorry, Comrade Lieutenant." Gusin glanced at Samoilov's rank and said in a stiff tone: "We belong to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and do not need to obey the orders of other unit commanders."
"Huh huh huh!" Samoylov sneered a few times and said to Gusin: "Since you said so, then I will now give you an order as an officer of the Tenth Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to immediately clear the warehouses. Open."
Seeing Sergeant Gushin's confused look, Sokov added next to him: "Lieutenant Samoilov was indeed in the Internal Affairs Forces before becoming my subordinate. Also, we need to use the weapons in the warehouse. Artillery, to attack the enemies attacking the factory area. If your superior wants to be held accountable in the future, let him come to me, and I will give him a satisfactory explanation."
Gu Xin is not a rigid person. What he said just now cannot be out of his own responsibility. Now that he saw that the enemy had rushed several hundred meters away from the warehouse, and that there was a friendly division commander who wanted to take responsibility for himself, he no longer persisted in his opinion, but led Sokov around the sandbag fortifications to come When he arrived at the warehouse door, he pointed to the big lock hanging on the door and said with an embarrassment: "Comrade Colonel, we are only ordered to guard the warehouse and do not have the key to the warehouse. Do you need to get in touch with the leaders of the factory? Let them send someone to open the door?"
"It's too late. When the factory sends people over, I'm afraid the enemy will also rush to the door." After Sokov said this, he turned and told Samoylov: "Comrade Lieutenant, smash the lock."
"Yes!" Samoylov agreed. He handed the submachine gun in his hand to a soldier, took the Mosin-Nagant rifle from the soldier's hand, and banged the padlock with the butt of the gun several times. Down. Just a "bang" sound was heard, and the lock was smashed open. Samoilov quickly handed the rifle back to the soldier, removed the padlock, and pushed open the warehouse door.
Since the power supply in the factory had long been cut off and the warehouse was deep underground, after opening the door, Sokov saw only darkness in front of him and could not see anything. He quickly turned to Sergeant Guxin and said: "Comrade Sergeant, where are you?" Are there any flashlights? If so, bring me some."
