Red Moscow.

Chapter 2824

"It is far from enough to rely on their artillery regiment alone." After Rokosovsky said this, he stared at Kazakov and said, "Comrade Artillery Director, if the German army dispatched armored troops to attack Volokoramsk, how many artillery can you use to block and fire them?"

After calculating silently in his heart, Kazakov spoke, "I can use three artillery regiments to provide artillery support to the 316th Infantry Division."

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Rokosovsky turned his gaze to Malining again: "How is Borodino's direction?"

"According to the notice from the 5th Army Command, they stubbornly blocked the enemy's attack." Since friendly troops were defending the Borodino Heights, Malining could not obtain detailed information and could only answer in a general way: "I estimate that their casualties should be quite large, and it is hard to say how much time they can support."

Rokosovsky nodded, and when he was about to say something, the phone ringing on the table rang. He grabbed the microphone casually and pressed it into his ear: "I'm Rokosovsky."

Romanchenko's voice came from the receiver: "Hello, Comrade Rokosovsky!"

"Hello, Comrade Romanchenko." After learning that the person who called him was Romanchenko, the director of the General Police Bureau, Rokosovsky seemed very happy: "The police detachment you sent has arrived, and I am preparing to arrange work for them."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Romanchenko's tone seemed a little panicked: "They have not been assigned to the front-line combat troops, right?"

"Not yet." Rokosovsky asked in confusion: "What are you asking for?"

Romanchenko breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Comrade Rokosovsky, in this detachment I have to recruit a few people back immediately."

"Why?"

Romanchenko was silent for a while and said cautiously: "A special case occurred in the city last night, and some senior criminal police officers needed to come back to assist in the investigation."

"A special case happened in the city?" Everyone has the heart of gossip. Rokosovsky couldn't help but ask curiously: "What kind of case is it?"

After a brief silence, Romanchenko smiled bitterly and said, "I'm sorry, Comrade Rokosovsky. The superiors require strict confidentiality in this case, so I can't tell you what the case is, but those senior criminal police officers need to be recalled immediately."

"Okay, Comrade Romanchenko." When Rokosovsky heard Romanchenko say this, he realized the seriousness of the problem. He did not continue to ask questions, but picked up the pencil placed on the table and prepared to record it: "You tell me the name, I'll record it."

A few minutes later, Rokosovsky finished the call and called Malining over and asked, "Comrade Chief of Staff, where is the police detachment sent from Moscow?"

Malining had just been working on the map with others and was not listening to Rokosovsky and Romanchenko's call, so he didn't know what was going on. Hearing Rokosovsky ask, he quickly said, "Just in the headquarters, they have not been assigned to the frontline combat troops yet."

Rokosovsky handed the paper that recorded several names to Malining: "Finding these people and asking them to return to Moscow immediately, it means that there are special cases and they need to assist in solving them."

"Special case?" Malining asked in surprise: "What case?"

"I don't know." Rokosovsky shook his head and said, "Our mission is to block the enemy and prevent them from getting close to Moscow. As for what cases happened in the city, it is the responsibility of the General Police Office, so we don't have to meddle in other people's business."

Malining turned around and called a staff officer, handed him the note, and told him to find the head of the police detachment, and asked the police on the list to return to Moscow immediately.

After doing all this, he asked Rokosovsky tentatively: "Comrade Commander, how do you plan to arrange these police officers?"

Rokosovsky thought to himself that judging from the emergency recall of several criminal police officers, there are many people with special identities in the police detachment. If they are sent directly to the front line and used as ordinary soldiers, it would be a waste of talent.

Thinking of this, Rokosovsky said to Malining: "Comrade Chief of Staff, send them to Volokoramsk and hand them over to General Panfirov for command. But you should remind Panfirov that the police detachment can only be used for activities behind enemy lines, or to maintain public order in the city, and try not to use them as ordinary troops. Do you understand?"

"I understand, Comrade Commander." Malining nodded and said, "I will convey your meaning to General Panfirov."

Just as the matters of the police detachment were arranged, the communications consultant sent another telegram.

After reading the contents of the telegram, Malinin reported to Rokosovsky: "Comrade Commander, the telegram was sent by General Homenko, the commander of the 30th Army on our right wing. He said that he was attacked fiercely by enemy armored forces in the front of their defense zone."

Hearing Malining say this, Rokosovsky quickly lowered his head to look at the map, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

Romanlov came over and said to Rokosovsky: "Comrade Commander, if the 30th Army cannot resist the German attack and is forced to retreat to the north of the Moscow Sea, then our right wing will be exposed to the enemy. It seems that we need to prepare early."

Rokosovsky agreed with Romanov's concerns: "You are right, comrade of the deputy commander, we must prepare early to prevent the flanks from being exposed to the enemy after being repelled by the enemy. Chief of Staff!"

Malining immediately appeared in front of Rokosovsky and asked, "Comrade Commander, what instructions do you have?"

"From the current situation, friendly forces on the right wing may be defeated by the German army, so we must take precautions as soon as possible." Rokosovsky ordered the other party: "You inform Dovator to strengthen the defense on the flanks to ensure that everything is foolproof."

"Okay, I'll call him right away." Romanlov looked at Malining who was calling and said to Rokosovsky with emotion: "Comrade Commander, we have too few troops, so it's not easy to defend such a large area."

"Yes, yes." Rokosovsky echoed: "We have established troops, but one cavalry army, two infantry divisions, and some scattered troops, but the front of the defense is 100 kilometers wide. It is not easy to ensure that the defense line is not broken."

Romanlov glanced at the map on the table and said thoughtfully: "Major Sokov has been hosting many troops in the past two days, which means that our army is surrounded by many troops in the Viazima area, and there are still many of them that have highlighted the enemy's encirclement."

Romanov's seemingly inadvertent words reminded Rokosovsky. He stared at the map for a while, then nodded slowly and said, "Comrade Deputy Commander, you are right. Misha can accommodate thousands of people in so many places, which means that there are quite a few troops that have jumped out of the German encirclement. But from the map, they should appear in the Mozaisk area. If General Potapov arranges personnel and recruits these breakthrough troops, they may be able to quickly expand their strength."

Lobachev, who rarely spoke, couldn't help but interrupt when he heard this, "We were also present when General Zhukov took over as commander of the Western Front. The defense zone arranged for us at that time was Mozaisk. But shortly after we left the headquarters, we divided our defense zone into the Volokoramsk area. If we were still in the originally arranged defense zone, we would probably not be worried about insufficient troops at this moment."

Rokosovsky agreed with Lobachev's statement, but he also raised his concerns: "Military Commissioner, your statement makes sense. If we continue to stay in the Mozaisk area, we may be able to quickly expand the strength of our army. But have you ever thought that although there will be many troops that break out of the encirclement and enter our defense zone and enhance our strength, behind them, there may be Germans chasing them. Before we complete the reorganization of these troops, they will attack us."

"I think what the commander said makes sense." Romanlov continued: "You see, Major Sokov had just two days of hosting the troops, and his area was attacked by the German army. You must know that according to the initial arrangement, after he completed the formation of the new troops, he had to retreat to the vicinity of the headquarters for rest, so that the commanders and fighters from different troops were familiar with each other and formed a tacit understanding, so as to ensure that the troops quickly formed combat effectiveness. But last night's German offensive disrupted our plan, and we had to let this newly formed army fight face to face with the enemy."

After Malining, who had just finished the phone call, heard what Romanlov said, quickly added: "Comrade Deputy Commander, although the infantry brigade has a lot of troops, their equipment is too poor. If the Germans choose their place as a breakthrough and continue to launch an attack, I am worried that they will not last long."

"But, the weapons and equipment we can provide them are limited." Romanov said embarrassedly: "Can we only watch them be defeated by the enemy?"

"Of course we can't watch them defeated by the enemy." Rokosovsky said seriously: "We have to find a way to help them."

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"Comrade Commander, how should we help them?" asked Malining.

"I remember that in the early days of the war, a considerable portion of the arms transported from Sepetovka in Ukraine were transported here and stored in hidden arsenals." Rokosovsky said slowly: "If we can find these hidden arsenals, we can use the weapons of the arsenal to strengthen the infantry brigade."

"This is a good idea." After Romanlov expressed his agreement, he reminded Rokosovsky: "Comrade Commander, should you send a telegram to the infantry brigade and ask them to arrange personnel to search in nearby areas to see if they can find those hidden arsenals?"

"I think it's OK." After Rokosovsky nodded in agreement with Romanov's proposal, he turned his head and ordered Malining: "Chief of Staff, send a telegram to the infantry brigade and pass on our opinions to Major Sokov, and ask him to arrange personnel to search for the hidden arsenals nearby."

A few minutes later, Sokov received a telegram from the Army Command.

Sokov, who was worried about the weapons and equipment of the troops, smiled happily after reading the contents of the telegram, and thought to himself that he was also smart and confused for a lifetime. How could he forget the Soviet military warehouse? Rather than being cheaper for enemies, it is better to arm your troops with these weapons as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Sokov said to Cherkasov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, immediately notify the battalion commanders of each battalion to come and have a meeting."

"Okay, comrade comrade brigade commander." Cherkasov nodded, then picked up the phone and began to inform several battalion commanders to come for a meeting.

Several battalion commanders received the notice that they had not known what had happened and rushed over immediately.

Seeing several panting battalion commanders enter the tent, Sokov asked at them: "Comrades in the battalion commanders, how do you think the troops are equipped?"

When the battalion commanders heard Sokov's question, they couldn't help looking at each other.

Finally, Captain Ye Feim, the first battalion commander, took the lead and said, "Comrade Brigade Commander, it's all right to say. We don't have any heavy weapons at all. Facing the German tanks, we have to pay the lives of more than a dozen or twenty soldiers before we can blow up one."

"Yes, comrade brigade commander." Hearing Ye Feim say this, Captain Nazorov, the third battalion commander, also said: "If the superiors cannot provide us with heavy weapons, we may not be able to resist it for long."

"What, are you scared, Captain Nazorov?" Deputy Brigade Commander Belkin asked coldly.

"How is this possible?" Facing the doubts of his old superior, how could Captain Nazorov admit defeat and immediately raised his voice and said, "As long as we can block the enemy's attack, no matter how much sacrifice we make, it is worth it. But if the superior can support us some heavy weapons, then when we defend, we can reduce the casualties of the troops and persist for a longer time."

Seeing Belkin glaring at his eyes and getting ready to get angry, Sokov quickly stopped him: "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, the Third Battalion Commander is right. To defend our position, it is far from enough to rely on the courage of the commanders and fighters. Without heavy weapons including heavy machine guns and artillery, it is difficult for us to deal with the German armored forces."

Hearing Sokov said this, Belkin asked in a slow tone: "Comrade Brigade Commander, our superiors asked us to solve the problem of weapons by ourselves, but what can we do to solve it? Even if we urgently build a military factory, there is no time to produce it?"

"Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, you may not know yet that there may be hidden arsenals near our defense zone." Sokov said to Belkin: "As long as these arsenals are found, our weapons and equipment will be improved."

After hearing this, Belkin grinned bitterly and said helplessly: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the superiors did not tell us where the specific locations of these arsenals are. For a moment, where should we find these arsenals?"

Sokov has seen a map of the distribution of secret arsenals from later generations. Although he doesn't know what is true or false, he roughly remembers the location of the arsenal in the Volokoramsk area. He called several battalion commanders to the newly built wooden table with a map spread out on it. He picked up the pencil and drew a circle in one of the positions, and said to everyone: "There should be an arsenal at this location, and each battalion sent a platoon to search here."

(End of this chapter)