With Bogolyubov's tip, Sokov and others found a way to replenish their troops. They immediately arranged for manpower to stay in the field hospital. Once it is discovered that the wounded need to be discharged from the hospital, they immediately go to the hospital leaders to issue discharge certificates for them, and then they are driven to the defense area of the 48th Group Army by car.
At the beginning, the wounded were somewhat resistant when they saw that they would not return to their original troops. When they knew it was the 48th Army going to Sokov, their attitude suddenly changed. Even some wounded who are not discharged enough go to the attending military doctors, hoping that the discharge certificate issued to them will allow them to go to the 48th Army.
A military doctor was very curious about this behavior of the wounded. That day he asked the wounded who came to the office to ask for certificates: "If you want to be discharged from the hospital, your first choice must be the original army. Why choose the 48th Army?" Is this army any different?"
An elderly veteran said: "Comrade military doctor, don't you know that the commander of the 48th Group Army is General Sokov?"
"I don't know." This military doctor came from Estonia, which had just been liberated, and the 48th Army had just been integrated into the Second Front. It was not surprising that he didn't know Sokov. Seeing that the wounded man admired Sokov so much, he couldn't help but curiously asked: "What kind of person is he? It seems that you all admire him."
"How should I put it?" The veteran hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Although he is very young, only in his 20s this year, he has been promoted to general due to his repeated military exploits on the battlefield. As far as I know , the battles he commanded seemed to have never been defeated. Those Germans who had fought against him would tremble as soon as they heard his name."
The veteran's story made the military doctor sneer: "Isn't it possible?! No matter how powerful the general is, if the troops he commands encounter the German SS, I'm afraid they don't have a high chance of winning. For example, the German flag guard If General Sokov encounters troops such as the Imperial Division, the Skeleton Division, and the Viking Division, he will probably have to ask for reinforcements from his superiors.”
Hearing what the military doctor said, the wounded were stunned for a moment, and then they all laughed. Their laughter puzzled the military doctor, Monk Zhang Er, and he asked puzzledly: "What are you laughing at?"
Another wounded second lieutenant smiled and said to the military doctor: "Comrade Military Doctor, the SS divisions you mentioned have all fought against General Sokov's troops. Among them, the Imperial Division was annihilated twice, and the Skeleton Division was annihilated twice. It was also annihilated once.”
"No way?!" The military doctor's eyes widened in surprise: "How did I hear that during the Battle of Kursk, the German SS division could deal with one of our army groups and even defeat our troops? I have no power to fight back."
"Comrade Medical Doctor, your statement is not wrong." The second lieutenant said: "Before General Sokov's troops appeared, our troops were indeed beaten by the German SS division, but as Sokov With the arrival of the general, the situation on the battlefield immediately reversed. Our troops not only held the line of defense, but even launched a counterattack and defeated the German Flag Guard Division."
"Is this true?" Although the second lieutenant said it in detail, the military doctor from Estonia was always skeptical: "Is he really that powerful?"
"Yes." The second lieutenant nodded, and then said to the wounded soldiers behind him: "Don't you think so, brothers?"
"Yes, that's true."
"The ensign is right, General Sokov is indeed great."
As soon as the second lieutenant finished speaking, the wounded soldiers behind him all agreed.
Just at this time, the director came in from outside. Seeing so many wounded people in the room, he couldn't help but frowned: "Comrade wounded, what's going on with you? Why are you all crowded into the doctor's office? Is it possible?" Don’t you know that this will affect our normal work?”
Seeing the director's words, the wounded did not dare to stay any longer and immediately filed out of the doctor's office.
"Comrade Tam," the director asked the military doctor curiously after all the wounded had left, "What's going on? Why are so many wounded coming to your office?"
"Comrade Dean," the military doctor known as Tam replied: "They came to make an appointment for discharge certificates. Strangely enough, they were unwilling to return to their own units, but rushed to introduce them to me to the 48th Group Army. "
During this period, the dean also issued a lot of discharge certificates, all of which asked the wounded to go to the 48th Army, so he naturally knew what was going on. Hearing what Military Doctor Tam said, he nodded and said, "Military Doctor Tam, whichever unit the wounded want to go to, give them a discharge certificate to go to that unit."
Seeing that the dean was about to leave after speaking, Tam quickly stopped him and asked curiously: "Comrade dean, I want to ask if the commander of the 48th Group Army is really amazing, otherwise why would there be such a thing?" So many wounded people want to go to his unit?"
"You are right, Military Doctor Tam." The dean nodded and said: "The current commander of the 48th Army is General Sokov. Despite his young age, he has great military commanding talents. He commands As far as I know, there has never been any defeat in the battle. In time, he will definitely grow into a great military commander like Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Rokossovsky."
Hearing that the dean actually used the word "great" in front of the word "military commander", Military Doctor Tam was shocked: "Comrade dean, is he really that powerful?"
"Whether he is great or not, you will know by looking at the reactions of the wounded. If he were just an ordinary army commander, do you think there would be so many wounded fighting to get to his unit?" Dean He raised his hand and patted Tam on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "You have joined our army not long ago. When you stay for a long time, you will naturally understand what kind of person General Sokov is."
"Okay, I still have something to do, you can continue your work." The dean waved to Tam, turned around and left the doctor's office.
Looking at the back of the dean, Military Doctor Tam thought to himself: "Is this General Sokov really as powerful as the dean said? If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely go and see him."
Sokov didn't know what happened in the field hospital directly under the front army. He is currently studying the army field hospital with Ponejelin and Sidorin.
Sidorin said: "Comrade Commander, Director Olega of the Army Field Hospital told me that the hospital is in urgent need of capable military doctors. I hope we can help him solve this problem as soon as possible."
Sokov takes what Sidorin said very seriously. He knows very well that if there are no capable military doctors in the field hospital, it means that the wounded will not receive the best treatment. Therefore, the current task is to find a way Solve the problem of military doctors. He looked at Sidorin and asked: "Has Dean Olega mentioned where to find a suitable military doctor?"
"He said there are usually two ways." Sidorin said: "One is to recruit qualified doctors from local hospitals, and the second is to apply to higher-level units."
"Now we are fighting on Polish territory." Sokov said: "Due to various objective reasons, not all Poles are friendly to us, so we recruit doctors from local hospitals and add them to the army to serve as military doctors. Obviously, It’s impossible.”
"That's right." Ponjelin agreed with Sokov's statement: "We are new here and don't know much about the local situation. How do we know whether the doctors recruited into the field hospital are reliable? What if? If they do something to our wounded in the hospital, the consequences would be unimaginable."
"So, there is only the second way left." Sidorin frowned and said: "After successive battles, not to mention the field hospitals of each group army are full, even the field hospitals of the front army are overcrowded. We lack Military doctors, they also lack military doctors. In this case, it may not be easy to apply to them to dispatch military doctors to assist us."
"Comrade Deputy Commander," after hearing Sidorin say that this was not an easy task, Sokov could only ask Ponedelin for help: "I think we need to rely on your connections for this matter." Although this He could also handle the matter through Rokossovsky, but after thinking about it, he decided not to bother Rokossovsky for such a trivial matter, so he handed the matter over to Ponejelin He believed that with the other party's ability, he would be able to resolve the matter.
Ponedelin is also a smart man. When Sokov said that he wanted to borrow his connections, he immediately understood that the other party wanted him to use Bogolyubov's line to find a group of capable military doctors to strengthen the medical staff of the field hospital. strength. "Don't worry, Comrade Commander, I will try my best to handle this matter."
After agreeing to Sokov, Ponedelin called Bogolyubov. Since the two were old friends, he did not beat around the bush, but said bluntly: "Alexander Nikolayevich, I have something to ask you for help."
"Old man, if you need anything, just ask." Bogolyubov said enthusiastically: "As long as it is within my ability, I will definitely help you."
"It's like this. After successive battles, our group army has suffered very serious casualties." Ponejelin said into the microphone: "Not to mention the field hospitals at the division level, even the field hospitals of the group army still have medical care. Insufficient situation. Therefore, I would like to ask you to help us add some medical staff."
Bogolyubov was a little dissatisfied with Ponejelin's request: "Aren't you just medical staff? This is a trivial matter. I will immediately arrange for you twenty medical staff, all of whom have just graduated from medical school, to provide rescue services on the battlefield." The wounded should be enough.”
"What, there are only twenty people, and they are all health workers?" Ponedelin seemed a little unhappy when he heard Bogolyubov's statement: "The medical staff I am talking about should be mainly military doctors. If it is just To recruit health workers, we only need to draw some people from the grassroots troops, and they will be competent after simple training. What I need is a military doctor, the kind of military doctor who can perform operations and save the wounded from the edge of death. You understand me Do you mean it?"
"Oh, you need to be a highly skilled military doctor?" After figuring out Ponedelin's needs, Bogolyubov became embarrassed: "I said, old man, aren't you making things difficult for me? You know, after several times After the battle, which army did not suffer heavy casualties? There were not a large number of wounded in need of treatment? Nowadays, the field hospitals of various armies have insufficient medical staff to varying degrees. Which army do you want me to draw personnel from? "
"Old man!" Seeing that Bogolyubov seemed to be trying to evade, Ponedelin quickly said: "I'm not asking you to transfer military doctors from the field hospitals of other army groups, but to transfer military doctors to us from the field hospitals of the front armies. .”
"No, this is even worse." Bogolyubov rejected Ponedelin's request without hesitation: "You know, soldiers who are injured on the battlefield are usually sent to the health camp first. When the injuries cannot be treated, they will He was sent to a field hospital at the division level. If his injuries still could not be treated, he would be sent to a field hospital of the group army. The field hospital of the front army was specially designed to treat the wounded who could not be treated even by the field hospital of the group army. Therefore, The technical requirements for military doctors are very high. If I allocate manpower from them to support you, it will definitely affect the normal work of the front army field hospital."
Seeing that his request was rejected by Bogolyubov, Ponedelin still refused to give up and continued to plead with the other party: "Old man, I admit that if military doctors are transferred from the field hospitals of the front army to strengthen our medical force, it will definitely be better. It will have a certain impact on the normal work of higher-level hospitals. However, they can directly recruit medical staff from China to strengthen their own strength.
If we are still fighting in the country at this moment and encounter a shortage of medical staff, we can just go directly to the local hospital to recruit suitable doctors. But now we are fighting on Polish territory, and not all Poles will support us. If we take the risk of recruiting people from local hospitals, what if there are doctors among them who are unfriendly to our army and secretly treat us? If the wounded do something, the consequences will be very serious. "
Perhaps it was Ponejelin's last words that convinced Bogolyubov. He was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Old man, what you said is very reasonable. Now we are fighting on Polish territory. Among the residents here, Many of them are hostile to us. It is obviously inappropriate to recruit doctors from local hospitals to enrich the medical force of our field hospitals. Let me discuss this with Comrade Marshal and see if we can come up with a good one. solution."
Ponedelin put down the phone and said to Sokov with a smile: "Comrade Commander, fortunately, my old friend Bogolyubov agreed to discuss with Comrade Marshal to see how to replenish a group of military doctors for us to strengthen our military strength." The medical force of the field hospital.”
"Comrade Deputy Commander." Sidorin asked with some uneasiness in his heart: "General Bogolyubov won't be perfunctory with us. Wait two days and he will tell you directly that he can't help us with the medical staff." question, what should we do then?”
"Comrade Chief of Staff, you don't have to worry about this." Ponedelin said: "Based on my understanding of Bogolyubov, since he has said this, he will definitely support us fully."
