While Lunev was leaving, Sokov picked up the phone and ordered the communications soldier to help him get through to the Voronezh Front headquarters to find Marshal Zhukov.
Soon, Zhukov's voice came from the receiver: "Hey, Misha, what's the matter?"
Hearing Zhukov's impatient tone, Sokov realized that the other party might still be angry with him about the counterfeit money, and he quickly said shamelessly: "Comrade Marshal, I'm calling you because there is something very important! "
"A very important thing?!" Zhukov repeated Sokov's words and said disdainfully: "What kind of trouble are you planning to do this time?"
"Comrade Marshal, you misunderstood." Seeing that Zhukov was still angry about what happened last time, Sokov quickly laughed and said, "I'm calling you this time because I really have something very important to do. There is a direct connection to the right bank landing site.”
Upon hearing that Sokov mentioned the landing site on the right bank, Zhukov suddenly changed his attitude: "Is there any problem with the landing site on the right bank?"
"The Germans began to launch a crazy attack on the landing site on the right bank." Sokov knew Zhukov's character, so he did not beat around the bush, but said bluntly: "In order to reduce the pressure on the defenders, I plan to let the artillery deployed on the left bank to They provide necessary artillery support."
"Well, this is completely necessary." Zhukov agreed with Sokov's approach, but then he asked in confusion: "But does this have anything to do with you calling me?"
"Comrade Marshal, if you want to shell the enemy attacking our positions from the left bank, you must use heavy artillery." Sokov explained: "But the number of shells of the heavy artillery is limited now, and I am afraid it cannot last for two days."
"Providing supplies to the frontier is a matter for Moscow's logistics department." Zhukov replied: "I can only give them suggestions, but I have no right to interfere with their supply plans."
"I have a way to get heavy artillery shells." Sokov said with a smile: "But the difficulty now is that we cannot meet these shells from the rear to the front."
"Is there no artillery shells in Konev?" Zhukov asked: "Do you still need to transport them from the rear?"
"Yes, there must be. And they will get more supplies recently."
"Since you can get supplies, why are you in a hurry?" Zhukov said disapprovingly: "When the artillery shells in the rear meet, Konev will allocate part of it to you. Anyway, there are less than a thousand from Moscow to the Dnieper River. The distance is 100 kilometers, and it can be delivered in two days.”
"If some of the artillery shells from the rear can be allocated to us, I will definitely not make this call to you." Sokov said helplessly: "But as far as I know, these heavy artillery shells from the rear will all For the attack against Poltava, we won’t get anything.”
"Then what can I do for you?"
"Comrade Marshal," Sokov heard from Zhukov's tone that the other party intended to help him, and said quickly: "I have obtained enough heavy artillery shells. The difficulty now is the transportation problem."
"Did you get enough heavy artillery shells?" Zhukov was about to ask Sokov where he got them from, but suddenly remembered the friendship between Sokov and Yakov, and asked tentatively: "Did you get them from Yakov?" Did you get it from your husband?"
"Then how do you want me to help you?"
"Comrade Marshal, I want the Air Force transport plane to transport artillery shells for us." Before making the call, Sokov had already thought about how to communicate with Zhukov. Now that the other party had already asked, he no longer hesitated: " But for this kind of matter, my level is too low and I can’t talk to the commander of the Air Force, so I can only ask you to come forward.”
"So that's what happened." After hearing Sokov's request, Zhukov said disapprovingly: "I will say hello to the Air Force Commander as soon as possible and ask him to arrange a sufficient number of transport planes to transport heavy artillery shells for you."
Sokov knew very well that since Zhukov had expressed his willingness to help him, it would not be long before a group of transport planes landed in Kremenchug. Before the arrival of the transport plane, temporary buildings were built at the airport to store the arriving artillery shells.
After putting down the phone, Sokov returned to the hall and asked Sameko: "Chief of Staff, how many delivery vehicles can we call on now?"
"Comrade Commander, what are you planning to transport?" Samyko did not immediately answer Sokov's question, but asked instead: "Is it soldiers or supplies?"
"Of course it's supplies."
"There are less than a hundred trucks." Sameko replied hesitantly: "I don't know if that's enough?"
"Enough is enough." Sokov knew that even if Zhukov came forward, the Air Force would not be able to send him too many transport planes at one time, so twenty or thirty trucks should be enough to unload the goods each time. "Arrange these trucks at the airport north of the city. They will be put to use in a short time."
"Send all the trucks to the airport in the north of the city?" When Samyko heard Sokov's order, he asked with some surprise: "Comrade Commander, what do you plan to let them transport?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff, you will know what to transport when the time comes."
Seeing that Sokov did not say anything, Samyko did not ask further questions, but changed the topic to other matters: "Comrade Commander, there are many wounded sent down from the front, and they are all placed in field hospitals in the city. Now there are medical How do you think we should solve the serious shortage of personnel?"
"If there are not enough medical staff, we can ask the hospitals in the city for help and ask them to send experienced doctors and nurses to assist us in the treatment of the wounded." Sokov said to Samek: "As for the shortage of nursing staff, we can ask the city hospitals for help. Residents were recruited. Anyone willing to come to the hospital to care for the wounded was given extra food every day."
While Lunev was leaving, Sokov picked up the phone and ordered the communications soldier to help him get through to the Voronezh Front headquarters to find Marshal Zhukov.
Soon, Zhukov's voice came from the receiver: "Hey, Misha, what's the matter?"
Hearing Zhukov's impatient tone, Sokov realized that the other party might still be angry with him about the counterfeit money, and he quickly said shamelessly: "Comrade Marshal, I'm calling you because there is something very important! "
"A very important thing?!" Zhukov repeated Sokov's words and said disdainfully: "What kind of trouble are you planning to do this time?"
"Comrade Marshal, you misunderstood." Seeing that Zhukov was still angry about what happened last time, Sokov quickly laughed and said, "I'm calling you this time because I really have something very important to do. There is a direct connection to the right bank landing site.”
Upon hearing that Sokov mentioned the landing site on the right bank, Zhukov suddenly changed his attitude: "Is there any problem with the landing site on the right bank?"
"The Germans began to launch a crazy attack on the landing site on the right bank." Sokov knew Zhukov's character, so he did not beat around the bush, but said bluntly: "In order to reduce the pressure on the defenders, I plan to let the artillery deployed on the left bank to They provide necessary artillery support."
"Well, this is completely necessary." Zhukov agreed with Sokov's approach, but then he asked in confusion: "But does this have anything to do with you calling me?"
"Comrade Marshal, if you want to shell the enemy attacking our positions from the left bank, you must use heavy artillery." Sokov explained: "But the number of shells of the heavy artillery is limited now, and I am afraid it cannot last for two days."
"Providing supplies to the frontier is a matter for Moscow's logistics department." Zhukov replied: "I can only give them suggestions, but I have no right to interfere with their supply plans."
"I have a way to get heavy artillery shells." Sokov said with a smile: "But the difficulty now is that we cannot meet these shells from the rear to the front."
"Is there no artillery shells in Konev?" Zhukov asked: "Do you still need to transport them from the rear?"
"Yes, there must be. And they will get more supplies recently."
"Since you can get supplies, why are you in a hurry?" Zhukov said disapprovingly: "When the artillery shells in the rear meet, Konev will allocate part of it to you. Anyway, there are less than a thousand from Moscow to the Dnieper River. The distance is 100 kilometers, and it can be delivered in two days.”
"If some of the artillery shells from the rear can be allocated to us, I will definitely not make this call to you." Sokov said helplessly: "But as far as I know, these heavy artillery shells from the rear will all For the attack against Poltava, we won’t get anything.”
"Then what can I do for you?"
"Comrade Marshal," Sokov heard from Zhukov's tone that the other party intended to help him, and said quickly: "I have obtained enough heavy artillery shells. The difficulty now is the transportation problem."
"Did you get enough heavy artillery shells?" Zhukov was about to ask Sokov where he got them from, but suddenly remembered the friendship between Sokov and Yakov, and asked tentatively: "Did you get them from Yakov?" Did you get it from your husband?"
"Then how do you want me to help you?"
"Comrade Marshal, I want the Air Force transport plane to transport artillery shells for us." Before making the call, Sokov had already thought about how to communicate with Zhukov. Now that the other party had already asked, he no longer hesitated: " But for this kind of matter, my level is too low and I can’t talk to the commander of the Air Force, so I can only ask you to come forward.”
"So that's what happened." After hearing Sokov's request, Zhukov said disapprovingly: "I will say hello to the Air Force Commander as soon as possible and ask him to arrange a sufficient number of transport planes to transport heavy artillery shells for you."
Sokov knew very well that since Zhukov had expressed his willingness to help him, it would not be long before a group of transport planes landed in Kremenchug. Before the arrival of the transport plane, temporary buildings were built at the airport to store the arriving artillery shells.
After putting down the phone, Sokov returned to the hall and asked Sameko: "Chief of Staff, how many delivery vehicles can we call on now?"
"Comrade Commander, what are you planning to transport?" Samyko did not immediately answer Sokov's question, but asked instead: "Is it soldiers or supplies?"
"Of course it's supplies."
"There are less than a hundred trucks." Sameko replied hesitantly: "I don't know if that's enough?"
"Enough is enough." Sokov knew that even if Zhukov came forward, the Air Force would not be able to send too many transport planes to him at one time, so twenty or thirty trucks should be enough to unload the goods each time. "Arrange these trucks at the airport north of the city. They will be put to use in a short time."
"Send all the trucks to the airport in the north of the city?" When Samyko heard Sokov's order, he asked with some surprise: "Comrade Commander, what do you plan to let them transport?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff, you will know what to transport when the time comes."
Seeing that Sokov did not say anything, Samyko did not ask further questions, but changed the topic to other things: "Comrade Commander, there are many wounded sent down from the front, and they are all placed in field hospitals in the city. Now there are medical How do you think we should solve the serious shortage of personnel?"
"If there are not enough medical staff, we can ask the hospitals in the city for help and ask them to send experienced doctors and nurses to assist us in the treatment of the wounded." Sokov said to Samek: "As for the shortage of nursing staff, we can ask the city hospitals for help. Residents were recruited. Anyone willing to come to the hospital to care for the wounded was given extra food every day."
While Lunev was leaving, Sokov picked up the phone and ordered the communications soldier to help him get through to the Voronezh Front headquarters to find Marshal Zhukov.
Soon, Zhukov's voice came from the receiver: "Hey, Misha, what's the matter?"
Hearing Zhukov's impatient tone, Sokov realized that the other party might still be angry with him about the counterfeit money, and he quickly said shamelessly: "Comrade Marshal, I'm calling you because there is something very important! "
"A very important thing?!" Zhukov repeated Sokov's words and said disdainfully: "What kind of trouble are you planning to do this time?"
"Comrade Marshal, you misunderstood." Seeing that Zhukov was still angry about what happened last time, Sokov quickly laughed and said, "I'm calling you this time because I really have something very important to do. There is a direct connection to the right bank landing site.”
Upon hearing that Sokov mentioned the landing site on the right bank, Zhukov suddenly changed his attitude: "Is there any problem with the landing site on the right bank?"
"The Germans began to launch a crazy attack on the landing site on the right bank." Sokov knew Zhukov's character, so he did not beat around the bush, but said bluntly: "In order to reduce the pressure on the defenders, I plan to let the artillery deployed on the left bank to They provide necessary artillery support."
"Well, this is completely necessary." Zhukov agreed with Sokov's approach, but then he asked in confusion: "But does this have anything to do with you calling me?"
"Comrade Marshal, if you want to bombard the enemy attacking our positions from the left bank, you must use heavy artillery." Sokov explained: "But the number of shells of the heavy artillery is limited now, and I am afraid it cannot last for two days."
"Providing supplies to the frontier is a matter for Moscow's logistics department." Zhukov replied: "I can only give them suggestions, but I have no right to interfere with their supply plans. You can only figure this out yourself."
