Red Moscow.

Chapter 2666 Unlucky, encountered again

"General Felix, I have no objection to drinking in moderation." Sokov waited for Felix to finish and then said with a straight face: "But if you get into trouble because of drunkenness, you will have to deal with it seriously." To leave a deeper impression on the other party, he continued, "Before the war was over, the 300th Infantry Division, which was responsible for attacking the Feski collective farm occupied by the Germans, and a tank brigade, defeated the enemies in the collective farm. , the soldiers found a large amount of fine wine in the cellar.

Because the enemy was driven away and the battle was won, the division commander, Colonel Atacuz, allowed the commanders and soldiers to drink as much as they wanted. This is because of his order, the commanders and fighters of the entire division began to drink without any scruples. As a result, in less than half a day, the entire division's commanders and fighters fell to the ground drunk.

Since their superiors could not contact them, they thought they had been annihilated by the German 3rd Armored Division, so they sent a reconnaissance team to investigate their situation. But after the reconnaissance team entered the collective farm, they found that thousands of troops were drunk and unconscious, and drunk people were lying everywhere.

The reconnaissance team confirmed that they were not annihilated by the enemy, but reported the matter to their superiors after being drunk. When the superior leaders learned about this, they were very angry and ordered the division commander Colonel Atakuz to be dismissed from his post for investigation and sent to a military court. He also ordered the unit to be handed over to my command. "

Sokov's words shocked Felix into a cold sweat: "Comrade Commander, was that Colonel Atakuz later sent to a military court?"

"No." As soon as Sokov said this, he saw Felix heaving a sigh of relief and added: "I begged my superiors to demote Colonel Atakuz and let him stay. Only by holding the position of deputy division commander in the division did he avoid being sent to a military court.”

Felix raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and said with some lack of confidence: "Comrade Commander, although I want you to inspect my unit, the actual situation may disappoint you. I wonder if you can give me a week." time?"

"What will I do if I give you a week?" Sokov asked.

"I want to rectify military discipline." Felix vowed: "As long as you give me a week, I will definitely restore the army to the state of the war."

Sokov couldn't help but frown at Felix's request. The reason why I came here today is to find out the actual situation of the army. If I really have to wait until a week later to inspect, then wouldn't my trip today be in vain?

Thinking of this, he shook his head slowly: "No, a week is too long."

Seeing that Sokov was unwilling to give himself a week, Felix hesitated for a moment and stretched out five fingers: "Five days! If a week doesn't work, then give me five days, Comrade Commander, how about five days?" Sample?"

Sokov knew very well that if he wanted to rectify the army, he would not be able to achieve the goal without three to five days. Since this was the case, he simply opened the door and allowed the other party enough time to make corrections: "Okay, I'll give you five days. I hope that when I come here again, I can see an army. A brand new force.”

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Seeing that Sokov was willing to give him five days, Felix couldn't help but be overjoyed: "After five days, if the troops that appear in front of you are not satisfactory to you, you can withdraw me. "

After Sokov comforted Felix for a few words, he felt that there was no need to stay here, so he stood up and left.

Seeing Sokov preparing to leave, Felix was naturally secretly happy. As soon as Sokov left, he could immediately start reorganizing the troops.

When Felix led a group of subordinates to send Sokov and others to the door, Sokov, who was about to get in the car, suddenly stopped, turned around and said to Felix: "General Felix, I want to Please do something."

"Comrade Commander, if you have any questions, just tell me."

"That's right, the security around me is too weak." Sokov told Felix what happened on his way here, and finally said: "I'm worried that when I go back, something will happen again. It’s a similar situation, so I want to ask you to lend some manpower to send us back to the army headquarters.”

"No problem, no problem." After understanding Sokov's request, Felix said quickly: "It is my duty to protect your safety." As he said, he called a captain and asked him to bring a The guard company escorted Sokov and others back to the army headquarters.

"General Felix, thank you so much." Sokov expressed his gratitude to Felix: "When we arrive at our destination, I will let your troops return to their posts as soon as possible."

On the way back to the headquarters, both Vaserigov and Onischenko were in the same car as Sokov.

Vaserigov sat in the passenger seat, while Onischenko and Sokov sat in the back seat.

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Sokov saw Onischenko taking the initiative to sit in his car. He guessed that the other party must have something important to say to him, so he took the lead and asked: "Are all the troops stationed in Austria like this?"

"That's right, General Sokov." Onischenko said with a wry smile: "Since the Germans surrendered and the war in Europe ended, our army's military discipline has become lax. I think the military exercises that will be held next month will It's just the right time. If the troops are allowed to relax like this, they will lose their combat effectiveness sooner or later. If the enemy takes the opportunity to attack, I think it will be even worse than in the early days of the Great Patriotic War."

Although there are two to three million Soviet troops stationed in Europe, if military discipline is lax, their combat effectiveness will plummet. Once they encounter a war, they will be defeated. For example, the Soviet army in the early days of the Great Patriotic War could be said to be retreating steadily. Ukraine, which has more than two million troops stationed, has basically lost all its troops within three months. If this happens again, the day will not be far when the entire country will be occupied.

The convoy came to the forest again, but was blocked by fallen trees again.

Seeing this situation, it is simply impossible to say that there is no problem in the forest.

After Sokov waited for the car to stop, he immediately asked Vaserigov to call the guard company commander over and told him: "Comrade Captain, when we came, we were blocked by a fallen tree trunk. No. When I came back, I encountered the same situation. I guess there must be a hidden enemy in the forest. You should lead people to search immediately and catch the person who caused the damage. Are you confident?

"I have confidence, Comrade Commander." The guard company commander nodded vigorously and said with a serious expression: "I will definitely catch those who caused sabotage."

Immediately, the guard company commander summoned the soldiers who got off the car and lined up to divide into three groups. One group was responsible for moving the trees that fell on the road, and the other two groups were divided into left and right groups to search in the woods on both sides of the road to find the hidden trees. Find out the enemies in the woods.

"General Sokov," Onischenko said to Sokov: "On the way here, I didn't think I would encounter any attackers. But now it seems that I thought the problem was too simple. If we There are still so many people there, maybe the enemies hiding in the woods have already launched an attack on us. "

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, tell me the truth, what is the situation here in Austria?" "How should I put it, General Sokov." Onischenko said with some embarrassment: "Logically speaking, the war is over, so the hostile forces are also It’s time to stop. However, in the past two months, attacks have occurred in many places. Although General Malining sent troops everywhere to seek advice, the results were very limited. "

"Oh, that's it." After listening to Onischenko's words, Sokov's expression became solemn, "Maybe before the exercise begins, I should organize forces to launch a clearing operation in this area to clear out Those hidden enemies.”

"You are right, General Sokov." Onischenko agreed with Sokov's statement: "Many people believe that General Malinin acted a little too weak after taking office, so that he was originally suppressed. The hostile forces have begun to rise again.”

"If I start a clearing operation, I wonder if General Malinen will stop it?"

"General Sokov, I can't say for sure." Onischenko shook his head and said: "The situation here in Austria is very complicated. After all, it is the hometown of Mustache. His followers are not willing to fail. They I dream of going back to the past.”

While the two were talking, the sound of submachine gun shooting suddenly came from the woods on the right side of the road, and from time to time there was the sound of two grenade explosions.

"There are indeed enemies in the woods." Sokov frowned and said, "I hope the guard company Felix sent me can eliminate these enemies."

As soon as Sokov finished speaking, he suddenly heard the scream of a cannonball piercing the air. Then, a mortar shell landed four or five meters away from the jeep and exploded, sending horizontal shrapnel that penetrated the window glass. Vaselgov, who was sitting in the passenger seat, had his cheek scratched by glass shards and was bleeding profusely.

"Comrade General," Vaserigov covered his bleeding cheek with his right hand, turned around and shouted to Sokov: "It's a mortar, get out of the car and take cover."

When the soldiers carrying trees on the road saw a shell falling and exploding near Sokov's jeep, they immediately stopped what they were doing, rushed over with their guns in hand, and quickly set up a warning circle around the jeep.

Seeing the deployment of the soldiers, Sokov couldn't help but smile bitterly. The opponent was not conducting a strong attack, but using mortars to carry out long-range strikes. With so many people crowded together, one shell would cause them to fall to pieces.

Just as he thought this, the scream of artillery shells came again in the air. He quickly opened the car door, jumped out of the car, and shouted to the soldiers who had established a warning circle: "It's dangerous, spread out, everyone spread out, hurry up and take cover."

The injured Vaserigov rushed out of the car, and Onischenko grabbed one of Sokov's arms and dragged him away to the other side of the road. They both knew that they should stay on the road. It is a living target for enemy mortars.

The shells roared to the ground, and several soldiers near the explosion point fell down. The remaining soldiers hurriedly lay down on the spot to avoid being attacked again.

The enemy hiding in the woods saw that the two consecutive shells failed to hit the target, so they immediately adjusted their tactics and accelerated the shooting speed. The falling speed of the mortar shells suddenly doubled. Soon, several cars parked on the road caught fire.

Sokov was dragged by Vaserigov and Onischenko into the woods on the left. Just as he was about to take a breath, he saw a man wearing a German uniform coming towards him. Holding an MP40 submachine gun.

Sokov's hands were grabbed by Vaserigov and Onischenko, making him unable to draw his gun.

Before he could ask the two to let go of him, the man wearing a German uniform across from him had already pulled the trigger.

After a crisp sound of gunfire, all three of Sokov fell to the ground.

The soldiers searching in the woods on the left heard the gunfire here and hurried over to rescue.

Before Sokov fell unconscious on the ground, he saw with his own eyes the enemy who shot at the three of him, with countless blood splattered on his body. He then dropped the weapon in his hand and fell straight into the bushes. middle.

After an unknown amount of time, Sokov heard someone shaking his body and calling his name at the same time, but he couldn't open his eyes or speak, as if at that moment, he became an inseparable person. The talking blind man.

Serelkov personally rushed over with five or six soldiers. When he saw Sokov lying in a pool of blood, his eyes suddenly turned red. He stretched out his hand to check Zhenkov's nose and found that he was still breathing weakly. He quickly turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "What are you still doing? Why don't you hurry up and get Comrade Commander into the car?"

When the soldiers were busy carrying Sokov and preparing to get into the car, Serelkov found Vasergov and Onischenko lying next to him and quickly asked someone to carry them into the car.

After several people were carried into the car, Serelkov immediately ordered: "Drive and return to the army headquarters."

Major Sekhovtsov, the chief of the logistics section, reminded the other party: "Comrade Captain, the guard troops sent to us by Commander Felix are still searching in the woods. Do you think we need to wait for them?"

"What are they waiting for?" Although Sekhovtsov's military rank was higher than that of Serelkov, seeing that Sokov was seriously injured at this moment, Serelkov's temper came up, and he rushed to Sekhovtsov. Roared: "Don't you see that Comrade Commander's condition is very dangerous? If we don't receive timely treatment, our lives will be in danger."

Serkhovtsov, who was yelled at by Serelkov, quickly came to his senses. Sokov had a special status. If something happened to him here, he, the logistics section chief, would definitely be the one to blame. He felt guilty, so he kept his mouth shut and allowed Serelkov to arrange the next thing.

When the vehicle started, Serelkov loudly asked Sekhovtsov: "Where is the military hospital in Vienna?"

Sekhovtsov quickly replied: "On Graben Street, there is the best hospital there." After saying this, before Serelkov could speak again, he directly ordered the driver, "Run there as quickly as possible. At the hospital on Graben Street, if Comrade Commander has any position, you are the only one I can ask."

When the driver heard this, he was immediately frightened. He quickly stepped on the accelerator and headed to the hospital on Graben Street as quickly as possible, hoping that Sokov could receive treatment as soon as possible.

(End of chapter)