Red Moscow.

Chapter 2811 Tank Unit

In the evening, the shelter work finally came to an end.

As Sokov expected, many of the commanders and fighters who jumped out of the German encirclement retreated along this road towards Moscow. In just a few hours, the number of people in shelter reached more than 1,800. people.

It is certainly a joyful thing to be able to accommodate so many commanders and fighters, but what excited Sokov even more was that the 456th Regiment of the 152nd Infantry Division, which was originally affiliated to the 16th Army, suffered heavy casualties during the breakout, the regiment commander, The political commissar was unfortunately sacrificed, but the deputy regiment commander broke through the German encirclement with the remaining troops and retreated here smoothly.

The deputy commander of the 456th Regiment was Lieutenant Colonel Belkin, but when Sokov heard the other party's name, he was stunned and thought that in his previous life, when he had just served as battalion commander, his superiors sent him the politics sent by him. The deputy battalion commander also called this name.

Sokov held the other party's hand, shook it hard twice, and then raised his concern: "Comrade Belkin, I plan to form a new force based on your 456th Regiment. But I don't know if you can Accepting someone with a lower rank than you to serve as the position of regiment commander?”

You should know that the rank of the commander of the Soviet Army is either a lieutenant colonel or a colonel. It is still very rare for majors like Sokov to serve as the commander. So the reason why I raised this question specifically was to confirm whether Lieutenant Colonel Belkin could accept this. If the other party could not accept it, he would ask his superiors to send new personnel to serve as deputy regiment commander.

Unexpectedly, Belkin responded very cooperatively, "Comrade Major, although your military rank is lower than mine, you are the commander appointed by your superiors. My subordinates and I will definitely obey your orders. From now on, the infantry will be the first. The 456th Regiment was officially renamed the Independent Infantry Regiment. "

Seeing Belkin cooperated so much, Sokov smiled on his face, and he continued, "Comrade Deputy Commander, I'm going to hide it from you. General Rokosovsky appointed me as the commander of the Independent Corps, but only I have to find a way to solve the remaining soldiers. Now I have more than 1,800 officers and fighters. I have had a headache, so how to organize these officers and fighters. Now, I have soldiers. The losses are serious, but the 456th Regiment is fully organized. What we need to do is to organize the containment commanders and fighters into three battalions in batches, so the independent infantry regiment will be officially formed."

"Comrade Major, although more than half of the officers were injured and half of our regiment were killed and the regiment commander and political commissar were sacrificed when our regiment broke through, the three battalion commanders were still alive." Berkin said to Sokov: "If you don't object, I'll call the three battalion commanders in to meet you."

After Sokov's approval, Berkin walked to the door of the tent, called one of his subordinates, and told him, "Go and call all the battalion commanders over, and say our new commander wants to see them. ”

The battalion commanders stayed not far from the tent, waiting for the quarantine officer to distribute food to their subordinates. When I heard someone say that the deputy commander asked me to see the new commander, I dared not be negligent, so I immediately followed the soldier to see Sokov.

"Comrade Major." After several battalion commanders including Belkin walked into the tent, they introduced to Sokov: "I will introduce you to you: Captain Ye Feim, commander of the first battalion, and Captain Alexa, commander of the second battalion. , Captain Nazorov, the commander of the third battalion. "Then he said to the three battalion commanders, "This is our new commander Major Sokov."

After listening to Belkin's introduction, Sokov shook hands with the three battalion commanders one by one, and he felt much more at ease. The battalion commanders' ranks were lower than his. When he gave orders to them in the future, he would not be able to do so because of the military ranks and I am the same, but I have a feeling of resistance.

"Comrade Commander," after both sides met, the Third Battalion Commander Nazorov took the lead and asked, "Our commanders and soldiers were out of food a few days ago. Can you provide us with some food?"

"Isn't someone distributing food in the truck outside?" Belkin asked in surprise: "Why, they didn't distribute it to you?"

"The quartermaster said that because there are too many people, there is not enough food." Nazorov said with a frustration: "He said that after the new supplies are delivered, we will definitely be given priority."

"That's all he's perfunctory to us." The first battalion commander Ye Feim said indignantly: "Who knows when the new supplies will be transported?"

Ye Feim reminded Belkin, and he quickly said to Sokov: "Comrade Major, we have almost consumed ammunition except for the lack of food. I have just carefully observed the officers and soldiers outside, and many of them do not even have weapons. If If you can't make any supplements as soon as possible, you may not be able to participate in the battle at all."

"Comrade Deputy Commander, you don't have to worry about this." Sokov knew very well that these commanders and fighters who had just jumped out of the encirclement wanted to find a place to rest well, but they hoped to replenish weapons, ammunition and food as soon as possible, so he explained : "I have sent someone to the headquarters to collect supplies. I believe that it will take not long before the weapons, ammunition and food you need will be transported." As he said this, he muttered to himself that the lieutenant had left After four or five hours, why haven’t you come back yet? Did something unexpected happen?

"When will the weapons, ammunition and supplies be shipped?" Ye Feim asked anxiously: "My subordinates have been hungry for several days, and many people can't support it..."

Before Ye Feim finished speaking, Sokov raised his hand and interrupted the words behind him: "Captain Ye Feim, don't worry, the vehicle that transports weapons, ammunition and supplies is already on the road. I believe it won't take long. Can get here. Deputy Commander Comrade! "He said to the deputy commander Lieutenant Colonel Belkin for the last sentence.

Hearing Sokov call himself, Berkin asked quickly, "Comrade Major, what instructions do you have?"

"Before the weapons, ammunition and materials have not yet arrived, you can go out and select personnel and replenish the severely damaged troops." In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Sokov drew a big pie for everyone: "Maybe you have not completed the troops yet. The reorganization, and the things are shipped."

Berkin nodded, then turned to the three battalion commanders: "Comrades in the battalion, you have heard the commander's words. Now, go out and select personnel immediately and replenish your battalion. Wait for weapons, ammunition and supplies Once you arrive, you can start distributing.”

The battalion commanders agreed, turned around and walked out of the tent to select personnel, and replenish their troops with severe reductions.

After the battalion commanders left, Sokov asked Belkin again: "Comrade Deputy Commander, I wonder if you brought communication equipment when you broke through?"

"There is a radio station." Belkin said with a complicated expression: "It's a pity that the radio operator died in the breakthrough, and no one can use this radio station."

Sokov's mouth twitched. When he heard that there was a radio station, he couldn't help but feel secretly happy, so that he could keep in touch with his superiors. Unexpectedly, when I heard the other party’s words, my heart couldn’t help but feel cold. If there was no radio operator, then this radio station would be a decoration. Unfortunately, Lieutenant Alina escorted Yakov to Moscow, otherwise she would have been the radio operator, which would be a good choice.

"Comrade Commander," Bobricov walked in from outside and reported to Sokov: "My subordinates reported to me, and there was a roar of tank engines coming from behind us, and it seemed that tanks were heading towards us. We're here to drive here.”

When he heard that a tank was driving towards this side, Belkin showed a nervous expression on his face. Sokov also asked with a serious expression: "Did you figure out whose tank it is?"

Bobricov shook his head: "It's too dark to see clearly."

"Gay Major," Belkin asked, looking at Sokov, "what should we do?"

"Captain," Sokov thought for a while, and then said to Bobricov: "You bring a few people in person to reconnaissance in that direction, and find out whether the tanks that came belong to our army or the Germans. . If it is ours, let it come; if it is the enemy, destroy it." Bobricov agreed and turned around and walked out of the tent.

When Belkin saw Sokov dealing with this matter, he was stunned and thought that if his original commander knew about this, he would definitely take someone to check the situation in person. Thinking of this, he said to Sokov carefully: "Comrade Major, don't you go over and check it out in person?"

"Why do you have to check it out in person?" Sokov looked at Belkin and asked strangely: "I am the regiment commander, not the company commander. Some things can be left to my subordinates to complete, so why do I have to go there in person? trip?"

After hearing Sokov said this, although Belkin didn't say anything else, he was muttering in his heart that the young leader and his old superior were really different from his problems.

More than ten minutes later, Sokov heard a burst of rapid footsteps outside the tent, and then he saw Bobricov enter.

"Captain, have you figured it out?" Sokov saw clearly that the person coming was Bobricov, and he didn't go around in circles, so he asked straightforwardly: "Is the tank coming ours own or the German?"

"Of course it's ours." Bobricov replied breathlessly, "The truck you sent to the headquarters to collect supplies is back, and the tank is escorting the convoy back."

"Convoy?" Sokov asked in surprise: "Captain, I only sent two trucks to collect supplies. How could it be a convoy?"

"Yes, it's a convoy." Bobricov said: "A convoy of five trucks, the tanks are opening the road in front. Because the tank has a strange appearance, it doesn't look like our tank, wow, just now At first I thought it was an enemy, but after seeing the lieutenant sitting in the truck cab, I realized that it was my own person.”

When he heard that a strange tank came, it immediately aroused Sokov's curiosity. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go out and have a look."

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Sokov took Belkin and Bobricov out of the tent and headed towards the direction of the tanks and convoys. He was eager to see what the strange tanks Bobricov said looked like. .

Not long after walking forward, I saw a convoy of tanks and five trucks slowly coming. Sokov quickly stopped and stood by the roadside to observe the coming tanks.

Soon, the tank drove closer.

After seeing the tank clearly, Sokov was happy. Isn’t this the famous German tank "Sheerman M1" in World War I, which was ridiculed online that “the rate of fire is 350 rounds per minute, and the armor-piercing blasting and combustion is instantly completed”?

"Comrade Major," Belkin, as a commander on the front line for a long time, has seen tanks from both sides of the enemy and us, but the tank in front of him made him feel unfamiliar. He turned his head and looked at Sokov and asked, "This What kind of tank is it? Why have I never seen it before?”

Sokov knew very well that this kind of Sherman tank assisted by the United States had just begun to enter the Soviet-German battlefield. Not to mention commanders of Belkin, even Rokosovsky had never seen it. . So he shook his head, pretended to be surprised and said, "I don't know, I've never seen such a tank."

The convoy parked in an open space not far from the tent. The lieutenant got out of the car behind and trotted to Sokov. He raised his hand and saluted and reported, "Comrade Major, the supplies I received from the headquarters have been transported to , please instruct! ”

After Sokov raised his hand and returned the salute, he shook hands with the lieutenant and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, what supplies have you transported back?"

"There are five trucks in total!" The lieutenant reported to Sokov: "Two are loaded with food, and the rest are weapons and ammunition."

"Good example, comrade lieutenant, do a pretty job." After Sokov praised the lieutenant, he turned to Bobricov and said, "Comrade Captain, go and find the quarantine officer, and you will say there are newly shipped weapons. Ammunition and supplies are waiting for him to organize the distribution."

After Bobricov left, the lieutenant continued, "Comrade Major, the superiors were worried that something might happen to us on the road, so they sent a tank to **** us."

As the two were talking, Sokov heard a sound from the turret. He looked up and saw an officer in the uniform of a tank soldier who opened the hatch and crawled out of the tank. After the officer jumped off the tank, he came to Sokov and raised his hand to salute: "Hello, Comrade Major, I am Lieutenant Kozak, the commander of the tank. From now on, my tank crew will be waiting for your command."

"Lieutenant Kozak," Sokov said enthusiastically, holding Kozak's hand, "Welcome to my troops."

Although there was only one tank, Sokov was still happy. His own independent regiment is a light-equipped unit, equipped with light weapons. If he encounters a German armored unit, he will be killed by passive beating. But now having tanks means having anti-tank power. After the battle begins, it will at least not become a one-sided trend.

"And." After Sokov and the tank commander let go of his hand, the lieutenant called another female soldier and continued, "In order to contact you more easily, the superiors have prepared a special preparation for your troops. The radio station of the department, this is Morozova, a radio operator sent by his superiors. "

"This is really great." Sokov said this and turned his head to Belkin beside him and said, "Comrade Commander, we were just worried about the fact that there was only a radio station in the regiment and no radio operator. I I originally planned to wait until the troops complete the formation and then send people to the headquarters to apply for a radio operator, but my superiors took the initiative to send us a radio station and radio operator."

"That's right, right." Looking at the female radio operator standing in front of him, Belkin smiled happily and said repeatedly: "With the radio station, it will be much more convenient for us to contact our superiors."

Sokov was eager to report the situation here to the Army Command, so he said to Morozova: "Comrade radio operator, please go to the tent with me to report the situation here to the superiors."

(End of this chapter)