The efficiency of work during the war years was very high. Even the old man who always procrastinated in doing things showed amazing efficiency. It took less than three hours for the maintenance station to move to the machine shop after receiving the relocation order.
When Sokov learned that the maintenance station had been relocated, he had a look of surprise on his face: "The relocation has been completed so soon?" Then he said to Samyko, "Comrade Chief of Staff, this place is left to you. I and the military The committee member went to the machine shop to have a look."
When Managarov heard Sokov said he was going to the machinery factory, he quickly stood up and said, "General Sokov, I also want to go to the machinery factory. Let's go together."
Since Managarov had already made a request, Sokov naturally could not refuse, so he nodded in agreement: "Okay, Comrade General, let's go there together."
The three of them took a jeep and came to the machinery factory.
There were only two soldiers standing guard at the gate of the factory. When they saw Sokov and his convoy coming, they did not check, but allowed them to drive straight into the factory. Seeing this situation, Sokov not only frowned, he did not expect that the guard work of the machinery factory was so lax.
In front of the factory office building, a second lieutenant officer was chatting and laughing with several female workers. When he saw a convoy approaching, he quickly stopped talking and walked towards the convoy.
The jeep Sokov was riding in stopped beside the officer. Sokov opened the door and walked out. He looked at the other person and asked: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, are you the military representative of the factory?"
Although the officer did not recognize Sokov, he recognized the general star on his shoulder straps. He quickly stood at attention and raised his hand in salute: "Hello, comrade general, I am Second Lieutenant Pierre, the military representative of the factory. I follow your orders. Please advise!"
"I am Major General Sokov, commander of the 27th Group Army." After identifying himself to the other party, Sokov asked: "Which department are you in? How many soldiers are on duty in the factory?"
Knowing that the person in front of him was the commander of the group army, Second Lieutenant Pierre seemed extremely nervous. He stammered and replied: "Report...comrade commander, I...I am from the 98th Guards Division, and I was ordered to station at the machinery factory. There are a total of 27 people in the platoon, responsible for protecting the safety of the machinery factory."
"Only 27 people?" Sokov scanned the factory area and found that the area of the factory was equivalent to a small town. It was a joke to use 27 people to serve as guards: "Why are there only so few people?"
Pierre didn't know the purpose of Sokov's question, but he still answered truthfully: "There are no important military facilities in the machinery factory. It is enough to arrange a platoon."
"That was before, Comrade Second Lieutenant." Sokov said with a serious expression: "From now on, this place will become an important military facility, and your security force must be strengthened. Especially at the gate, inspections must be strengthened. No one can You can come and go as you please.”
Hearing Sokov's words, Pierre was a little confused. Although he understood that he had to carry out Sokov's order, he only had more than 20 people under his command, so how could he strengthen the defense of the factory area. He could only say to Sokov with a sad face: "Comrade Commander, I have too few people, unless my superiors send me more people."
"Where can I make a phone call?" Sokov asked the other party: "I want to speak to your division commander."
"You can make phone calls in the factory director's office on the second floor." Pierre said with a smile: "Comrade Commander, please come with me, I will take you to make phone calls."
As Sokov followed Pierre into the building, he asked casually: "Where is the factory director?"
"Didn't a maintenance station move here just now? The factory director went to the factory to check."
Arriving at the factory director's office on the second floor, Pierre greeted the female secretary sitting at the door and pushed open the closed door. However, he did not enter the door immediately. Instead, he stood by the door, tilted his body slightly forward at 15 degrees, and extended his hand in an inviting gesture: "Comrade Commander, please come in!"
When Sokov walked into the door, there was a long conference table in front of him, forming a "T" with the desk directly opposite. He walked along the left side of the conference table to the desk, and grabbed the phone on the table in front of him. He put the microphone to his ear, dialed a number, heard a voice inside, and immediately said: "I am Sokov, get to me immediately, Colonel Chuvashov, commander of the 98th Guards Division."
The call was quickly connected, and Chuvashov's voice came from the receiver: "Hello, Comrade Commander, I am Chuvashov. What instructions do you have?"
"Comrade Colonel, I want to ask you, how many security forces have you deployed in the machinery factory?"
After hearing Sokov's question, Chuvashov was silent for a moment, and then said: "Comrade Commander, I don't know very well. I have to ask the Chief of Staff to find out. Chief of Staff," Chuvashov said next. Uzhakov was asked, "How many troops do we have deployed in the machine shop?"
Uzhakov quickly took out a small book, flipped through it, and then reported to Chuvashov: "Comrade division commander, we have deployed a platoon in the machinery factory, with a total number of 27 people."
"Comrade Commander, everything is clear." After listening to Uzakov's report, Chuvashov immediately said to Sokov: "A platoon has been deployed in the factory, with a total number of 27 people."
"Comrade Colonel, I want to ask you. In such an important unit, why are only so few troops deployed?"
Chuvashov was stunned for a moment, and then reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, there are no valuable military facilities in the machinery factory, because I only sent one platoon to serve as a guard."
"The previous machine factory did not have any valuable military facilities, but from now on, this will be the key area for your division to guard against." Sokov said on the phone: "You immediately mobilize a battalion and rush to the machine factory. Strengthen the defense here and make sure nothing goes wrong."
"Comrade Commander," Chuvashov, the second monk, was confused when he heard Sokov ordered him to deploy a battalion to strengthen defense work. He asked puzzledly: "Can you tell me the specific reason?"
When Sokov thought about the change of the maintenance station, he seemed to have not communicated with Chuvashov. It was inevitable that the other party did not know the specific situation, so he said to him: "Comrade Colonel, I have understood that the maintenance station will be moved to the machinery factory. In this way, our comrades workers can repair our damaged tanks on the battlefield faster and better."
After learning that the maintenance station responsible for repairing destroyed tanks on the battlefield has now been stationed in the machinery factory, Chuvashov immediately understood the purpose of Sokov's call and quickly replied: "Don't worry, Comrade Commander, I will immediately Deploy troops to the machinery factory and raise the alert level there."
Sokov was very satisfied with Chuvashov's answer. He nodded and said, "Then I'll wait for your good news." After saying that, he put down the phone.
"Comrade Commander," Pierre saw Sokov put down the phone and asked quickly: "Do you need me to be your guide and take you to the workshop?"
Sokov originally wanted Pierre to stay and answer the phone, but then he thought that without a guide, he might not be able to find the location of the factory for a long time, and it would definitely waste a lot of time, so he He nodded and agreed to Pierre's suggestion: "Okay, Comrade Second Lieutenant, please be our guide. As for the phone call inside, let the female secretary at the door answer it and let her tell Qiu where we are going. Colonel Vashov.”
Pierre agreed and communicated with the female secretary at the runway door. Soon, he returned to Sokov again, nodded and said: "Comrade Commander, the arrangements have been made, we can set off to the factory now."
When Sokov followed Pierre out of the office building, he saw Managarov and Lunev standing next to the jeep chatting, so he walked towards them and greeted them from a distance: "You two are here. what's the topic?"
The two stopped talking when they heard Sokov's voice. Managarov said to Sokov: "General Sokov, General Lunev and I are saying that the security force here at the machinery factory is too weak. If it is attacked by the Germans, it may cause huge losses. "
Although Managarov's words were addressed to Sokov, Pierre, who was following Sokov, blushed with shame after hearing this, because what the other party said was the truth.
"You are right, Comrade General." Sokov agreed with Managarov's statement: "The defense force in the factory is indeed a bit weak now, let alone being attacked by the German army, even if it is just I'm afraid they won't be able to deal with a few spies sneaking in to cause damage. But I have already called their division commander, and reinforcements will arrive soon."
After Lunev waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, where should we go next?"
"Go to the factory and have a look." Sokov said to the two of them: "See if the comrades in the maintenance station have installed all their equipment."
Seeing Sokov and others about to leave, Pierre quickly said: "Comrade Commander, the factory is one or two kilometers away from here. If you walk, it may take a lot of time. I think it is better to take a car."
Sokov heard that the factory was a kilometer or two away, so he gave up the idea of walking there. So he waved his hand and ordered: "Get in the car!"
Under Pierre's guidance, the jeep quickly arrived outside the factory.
Seeing several destroyed tanks and armored tractors parked at the door, Sokov knew he had arrived.
He saw a worker smoking next to the armored tractor, so he waved to him and said, "Comrade worker, please come here."
When the worker heard Sokov's shout, he immediately threw away the unfinished cigarette butt in his hand and trotted to Sokov. Although he was not a soldier, he still stood at attention and saluted Sokov with a non-standard military salute: "Hello, Comrade General, what can I do for you?"
The efficiency of work during the war years was very high. Even the old man who always procrastinated in doing things showed amazing efficiency. It took less than three hours for the maintenance station to move to the machine shop after receiving the relocation order.
When Sokov learned that the maintenance station had been relocated, he had a look of surprise on his face: "The relocation has been completed so soon?" Then he said to Samyko, "Comrade Chief of Staff, this place is left to you. I and the military The committee member went to the machine shop to have a look."
When Managarov heard Sokov said he was going to the machinery factory, he quickly stood up and said, "General Sokov, I also want to go to the machinery factory. Let's go together."
Since Managarov had already made a request, Sokov naturally could not refuse, so he nodded in agreement: "Okay, Comrade General, let's go there together."
The three of them took a jeep and came to the machinery factory.
There were only two soldiers standing guard at the gate of the factory. When they saw Sokov and his convoy coming, they did not check, but allowed them to drive straight into the factory. Seeing this situation, Sokov not only frowned, he did not expect that the guard work of the machinery factory was so lax.
In front of the factory office building, a second lieutenant officer was chatting and laughing with several female workers. When he saw a convoy approaching, he quickly stopped talking and walked towards the convoy.
The jeep Sokov was riding in stopped beside the officer. Sokov opened the door and walked out. He looked at the other person and asked: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, are you the military representative of the factory?"
Although the officer did not recognize Sokov, he recognized the general star on his shoulder straps. He quickly stood at attention and raised his hand in salute: "Hello, comrade general, I am Second Lieutenant Pierre, the military representative of the factory. I follow your orders. Please advise!"
"I am Major General Sokov, commander of the 27th Group Army." After identifying himself to the other party, Sokov asked: "Which department are you in? How many soldiers are on duty in the factory?"
Knowing that the person in front of him was the commander of the group army, Second Lieutenant Pierre looked extremely nervous. He stammered and replied: "Report...Comrade Commander, I...I am from the 98th Guards Division and I was ordered to station in the machinery factory. There are a total of 27 people in the platoon, responsible for protecting the safety of the machinery factory."
"Only 27 people?" Sokov scanned the factory area and found that the area of the factory was equivalent to a small town. It was a joke to use 27 people to serve as guards: "Why are there only so few people?"
Pierre didn't know the purpose of Sokov's question, but he still answered truthfully: "There are no important military facilities in the machinery factory. It is enough to arrange a platoon."
"That was before, Comrade Second Lieutenant." Sokov said with a serious expression: "From now on, this place will become an important military facility, and your security force must be strengthened. Especially at the gate, inspections must be strengthened. No one can You can come and go as you please.”
Hearing Sokov's words, Pierre was a little confused. Although he understood that he had to carry out Sokov's order, he only had more than 20 people under his command, so how could he strengthen the defense of the factory area. He could only say to Sokov with a sad face: "Comrade Commander, I have too few people, unless my superiors send me more people."
"Where can I make a phone call?" Sokov asked the other party: "I want to speak to your division commander."
"You can make calls in the factory director's office on the second floor." Pierre said with a smile: "Comrade Commander, please come with me, I will take you to make calls."
Arriving at the factory director's office on the second floor, Pierre greeted the female secretary sitting at the door and pushed open the closed door. However, he did not enter the door immediately. Instead, he stood by the door, tilted his body slightly forward at 15 degrees, and extended his hand in an inviting gesture: "Comrade Commander, please come in!"
