Sokov listened to the tone of Lunev's words, and Yakov's confidentiality work was very strict. Even a person of Lunev's level could not know what the new mode of transportation was, let alone ordinary people. .
In order to find out what kind of transportation Yakov invented, Sokov decided to call him to find out. Using the high-frequency telephone in the headquarters to connect to the duty room of the Weapons and Equipment Department, Sokov said into the microphone: "Hello, I want to see Comrade Yakov."
The person on duty who answered the phone did not answer whether Yakov was there, but asked: "Who are you?"
"I am Major General Sokov, commander of the Sixth Army, and I am friends with Yakov." After identifying himself, Sokov politely asked: "Is he in the weapons and equipment department?"
"I'm sorry, Comrade General." Unexpectedly, the person on duty said in an official tone: "We have no right to disclose Colonel Yakov's whereabouts to strangers."
"Oh, I mean buddy." Hearing what the attendant said, Sokov became a little anxious and said quickly: "I am not a stranger, but a good friend of Yakov. I called him because of something urgent. Find him."
"The superiors have regulations that if anyone from outside the unit comes to see Colonel Yakov, we are not allowed to tell him his whereabouts." The duty officer said plausibly: "Not to mention the general, even the marshal is not qualified to know Yakov. Colonel’s whereabouts.”
The attendant choked Sokov speechless. He was about to refute, but the other party didn't give him any chance and hung up the phone first.
Seeing Sokov holding the phone in a daze, Lunev on the side smiled and asked: "Comrade Commander, if I guess correctly, the other party did not buy your fight at all, and even hung up the phone on you. Right? ?”
"Yes, Comrade Military Commissar, that's true." Sokov nodded and said thoughtfully: "Judging from the attitude of the duty officer towards me, the confidentiality of this new type of transportation invented by Yakov The level is very high. Unless our superiors give us this kind of transportation, we will never know what it looks like."
"Let's put aside the matter of transportation for now." Sokov raised his hand to look at the time and asked Vitkov: "General Merkulov's attack has started now, right?"
"Yes, I just received a call from General Merkulov. They launched an attack on the town of Roginsik five minutes ago." Vitkov reported: "At this moment they are attacking the town with rockets. Enemies in the outer fortifications.”
With the launch of rockets, the fortifications south of the town of Rojinsik were suddenly enveloped in fire and smoke. The German soldiers in the trench were huddled at the bottom of the trench with their heads in their hands, secretly praying that the Soviet rocket attack would pass as soon as possible.
Compared with other troops, all the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Division have an inexplicable fear of this new type of rocket, because they all know that the regiment headquarters and the officers and soldiers of the two battalions of the German regiment were attacked by this kind of rocket. It was completely destroyed. Now that it was their turn to be attacked by rockets, it was strange that they were not afraid.
After a wave of rocket attacks ended, the courageous German soldiers stood up from the trenches and looked outside. They faintly saw Soviet commanders and soldiers in the distance forming a battle formation and heading towards the trenches where they were.
Before they could issue a battle alert, a new round of rocket attacks arrived. Except for those who reacted quickly and retreated into the trenches in time, the rest were either knocked down by flying shrapnel or killed by the shock wave of the explosion.
After the second wave of attacks ended, Soviet commanders and fighters jumped into the trenches and engaged in close combat and hand-to-hand combat with the German soldiers who were stunned by the bombing. The German army was not as good as the Soviet army in terms of stabbing. In addition, the German army had not yet awakened from the shelling just now. The resistance did not last long before it immediately collapsed.
When they saw the German troops fleeing towards the town, some brave Soviet commanders and fighters also rushed forward. Their attack speed was very fast, and in a short time, they rushed to the center of the town.
Here, the Soviet commanders and fighters were fired upon by machine guns from the bell tower. Some of the soldiers who rushed to the front immediately fell into a hail of bullets. The remaining soldiers quickly found a place to hide, hiding behind telephone poles or stairs at the entrance of the corridor, and fired back at the machine gun fire points on the bell tower.
After learning that the troops of the 67th Guards Division had rushed into the town and that the forwards had reached the center of the town, Vitkov seemed particularly excited. He even suggested to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, since our troops have already We rushed to the center of the town and proved that the enemy's resistance was insignificant. In my opinion, why not simply occupy the town of Rojinsik?"
"No, Comrade Chief of Staff, we cannot occupy the town of Roginsik." Sokov reminded Vitkov: "If we occupy the town of Roginsik in such a short period of time, the enemy will be frightened. , then they will continue to hide in Barvinkovo and will not send troops to reinforce the town of Roginsik."
When Vitkov heard what Sokov said, he immediately realized that he was too happy, and he quickly blushed and said: "Understood, Comrade Commander, I immediately called General Merkulov and ordered his troops to temporarily Get out of town.”
As the order was issued, the commanders and fighters of the 67th Guards Division, who had already rushed into the town, withdrew from the battle one after another and returned to the fortifications south of the town. Facing the retreat order issued by the division headquarters, some commanders and soldiers did not understand it and could not help but complain: "Damn it, we fought well and rushed into the town. We only need to work harder to drive the enemy out of the town." We were driven out, but the division headquarters ordered us to stop the attack and even evacuate the town. What on earth is going on?"
Although other commanders and combatants also had complaints in their hearts, they had developed the habit of obedience since entering the army. Faced with this situation, they could only say helplessly: "Since the division headquarters issued such an order, they must have taken everything into consideration. We, As subordinates, we only need to carry out the orders of our superiors, and we don’t need to worry about anything else.”
The German commander who was staying in the town was frightened when he saw the Soviet army rushing into the town. He had ordered his subordinates to prepare vehicles for him and prepare to jump out before the Soviet army occupied the entire town.
But when he got into the barrel truck, the gunshots and explosions in the town suddenly became sparse. At this time, a German captain ran over and reported to him: "Mr. Colonel, the Russians have stopped attacking the church and have withdrawn outside the town and stayed in the fortifications they occupied."
Knowing that the Soviet troops had withdrawn outside the town, the German commander guessed that the enemy had stopped attacking because they were running out of ammunition and could not continue fighting, so they were forced to withdraw from the town.
In order to prevent the Soviet army from rushing into the town again, the German commander who returned to the headquarters issued an order to build fortifications, and then called the division commander, Major General Val, and reported to him what happened here: "Your Excellency, division commander, The Russians used a division of troops to launch an attack on the town of Rojinsik occupied by our regiment. After a fierce battle, we have successfully repelled the Russian attack. However, due to our limited strength, if The Russians are attacking again and it may be difficult to stop them, so please send us reinforcements..."
"I know." Major General Val couldn't help feeling frightened when he thought that the troops stationed in the Red Army Village were commanded by Sokov. In the past, when I heard colleagues talking about Sokov, they always looked frightened. I still secretly laughed at them as cowards. What should I be afraid of about a young Russian colonel? When I entered the army, he was still wearing crotchless pants. But since the confrontation with the 41st Guards Division, Sokov has become Major General Val's nightmare. In order to prevent his regiment from being eaten up by Sokov's troops again, he could only bite the bullet and say: "I will immediately Report this matter to General Howser, and if he agrees, I will personally lead the troops to reinforce you."
After Major General Wahl put down the phone, he immediately came to Hauser's headquarters. At the door, he met Hauser's adjutant and asked tentatively: "Is General Hauser here?"
"Yes, the general is inside." After the adjutant answered truthfully, he reminded Major General Val: "But he is in a bad mood at the moment. You must be more careful when you go in to see him."
Hearing that Hauser was in a bad mood, Major General Waal asked in surprise: "What happened to make General Hauser angry?"
"Your Excellency General," the adjutant came close to Major General Val's ear and said to him: "The supplies shipped from Pavlograd to the Skull Division today were bombed by Russian planes on the way, and almost all were destroyed. From Judging from the current situation, it will take at least two days for the Skeleton Division to receive new supplies. Colonel Shimon, the acting commander of the Skeleton Division, told the general that their supplies can only last until tomorrow. If they are not replenished in time, they will be destroyed once they are attacked. When the Russians attack, I'm afraid the defense line may be breached."
"So that's what happened." After Major General Val figured out what happened, he asked with some confusion: "Don't the Russian air forces never attack our transportation lines? Why is it so abnormal today?"
Hearing Major General Val's question, the adjutant replied with a wry smile: "Your Majesty General, if you know that our opponent's name is Sokov, then any situation may happen."
After Major General Val chatted with the adjutant for a few more words, he walked into Hauser's room. When he saw that the ground was in a mess and documents were scattered everywhere, he felt that the adjutant had not lied to him. Hauser pushed all the papers on the table to the ground because he was angry.
Seeing Major General Val come in, Hausser said helplessly with a straight face: "General Val, what can I do?"
"I received a call from the town of Roginsik. The Russians launched a surprise attack on our defense area." Major General Val reported to Housel based on the intelligence he obtained: "The Russian troops once rushed to the town. in the middle, but due to the tenacious fighting of our officers and soldiers, the Russian attack was crushed, and they retreated outside the town in despair."
"What the hell, what does Sokov want to do?" Hauser said angrily: "First the air force was dispatched to attack the convoy transporting supplies to the Skull Division, and then it attacked the town of Rojinsik occupied by your division. What does he want to do?"
"Your Excellency General." Major General Val naturally could not guess Sokov's true thoughts. He could only analyze it to Hauser based on his own understanding: "According to the intelligence we have, Sokov just He was appointed commander of the newly formed Sixth Army by the Russian Supreme Command. He had just taken office, and in order to give an explanation to his superiors, he took the initiative to attack us."
"Well, Major General Val, you are right, it must be like this." Hauser stared at the location of Roginsik Town for a while and said to Val: "The geographical location of Roginsik Town is very important. Once the Russians are allowed to occupy this place, the left wing of the Skull Division will be exposed to them. Therefore, I order you to defend the town of Roginsik at all costs."
Major General Val came here just to get Hauser's consent, and then lead the remaining troops of the Imperial Division to the town of Roginsik to strengthen the defense there. At this moment, seeing that he had not yet said the purpose of coming here, Hauser had already assigned himself a task and quickly agreed: "I understand, Your Excellency General, I will take the remaining troops to the town of Rojinsik as soon as possible to strengthen The defenses there will never allow the Russians to cross the town and advance towards Barvinkovo.”
As soon as Major General Val returned to his headquarters, he began to issue orders, ordering the mobilization of enough transport vehicles to transport the remaining troops in the city south to the town of Rojinsik to strengthen the defense there.
Their actions were immediately discovered by Soviet scouts lurking nearby, and soon the information was transmitted via telegram to the headquarters in the Red Army Village. After reading the telegram, Sokov showed a proud smile on his face. He handed the telegram to Vitkov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, it seems that our plan has been successful. The troops of the Imperial Division are gathering. It seems that they are very good." It will go south soon.”
"Comrade Commander, it seems that your strategy is quite effective." Vitkov also said with a smile: "The enemy saw that the town of Rojinsik was attacked, and they were really fooled, and prepared to mobilize more Troops are coming for reinforcements. I promise you, as long as the enemy’s reinforcements reach the town of Rojinsik, don’t think about leaving again.”
"Chief of Staff, call General Merkulov." Although the German army had begun to gather and was ready to move south at any time, in order to prevent the German army from noticing its intentions, the drama needed to continue, so he ordered Vitkov: "Let his troops attack again after an hour. We want to give the enemy the illusion that we want to take the town of Rojinsik. In this way, they may move south faster."
