The reconnaissance team was very efficient and sent back a lot of reconnaissance intelligence the next night.
Based on this information, Sokov knew that an armored regiment of the Imperial Division was now stationed in the town of Luojinsik, north of the Red Army Village, and controlled more than a dozen villages around the town; two regiments of the Skeleton Division were stationed in the northwest direction, controlling more than twenty settlements and villages.
After listening to the report of the Director of the Reconnaissance, Sokov asked back: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, based on your reconnaissance, how did the enemies stationed in these places get supplementary?"
"According to our reconnaissance," he heard the question raised by Sokov, and the reconnaissance director quickly replied: "The supply of the Imperial Division comes from the direction of Balvinkovo. The supply of the Skeleton Division is from Pavlograd in the northwest direction."
After Sokov knew the supply routes of the two German troops, he nodded slightly and said again: "Speak on."
"The Germans transported supplies to the left bank of the Dnepr River through two routes." The reconnaissance director pointed to the map and introduced to Sokov and Vetkov: "One is to transport materials to Pavlograd through the Dnepr River Bridge in Dnepropetrovsk, and then to Ijum and Balvinkovo ​​respectively. The other is the Dnepr River Bridge in Zaporoze, and transport materials to..."
When Vitkov saw Sokov's question about the German transport line and asked in detail, he asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, are you planning to cut off the German supply line?"
"Yes, because we have insufficient material reserves and not many troops to fight, there are not many opportunities to surround the enemy, we can only use the method of attacking transportation lines to cut off the German supply."
"According to the information we have, due to the large counterattack carried out by our army some time ago, the guerrillas that were originally active behind enemy lines basically met with the main force and were organized into various troops." Witkov reminded Sokov: "So, I think it is unrealistic to use guerrillas to harass the German transportation line."
If the troops are located in Russia, Sokov is still somewhat confident about requesting guerrillas to harass the German transportation line, but the guerrillas in Ukraine are complex. Even if you know that there are several guerrillas behind the German army, how do you know whether they are pro-Soviet or pro-German?
Sokov didn't want to take risks, so he decided to solve the problem of harassing the German transportation line by himself. He told Vetkov: "Chief of Staff, do we go deep into the reconnaissance team behind enemy lines, do we carry new rockets?"
"No." Witkov shook his head and said, "In order to obtain German intelligence as soon as possible, the scouts we sent were light-fitted and only carried some conventional weapons."
Sokov was somewhat disappointed when he learned that the scouts were light-fitted and carried some conventional weapons. Such equipment was OK to deal with lonely enemies. Once they encountered an established enemy, they would have to escape. He thought for a while and ordered Vitkov: "Chief of Staff, immediately call the commanders of the divisions of the first echelon and ask them to send sabotage teams to the enemy, carry more new rockets to attack the German transportation lines, and must not allow the enemy to transport supplies to the frontline smoothly."
"Comrade Commander, the sabotage team we sent is not many rockets each time, and it is far from the target area." Witkov said with great concern: "It may be difficult to achieve the ideal result."
"Now I can only treat dead horses as living horses," Sokov sighed. "In fact, there is a better way to destroy the enemy's traffic lines. But in the current situation, I can only think about it, but it is difficult to implement it."
Lunev, who had never spoken, couldn't help but interrupt when he heard Sokov say this, and asked: "Comrade Commander, what are you talking about? Why don't you tell us? Maybe I have a way to solve your problem?"
Sokov knew very well that even as Lunev, it would be difficult to meet his own conditions. But it would be worth it to be able to provide feedback on his ideas through him. Sokov said, "If the superiors are willing to dispatch the air force and carry out continuous bombing of the German transportation line, then the German army confronting us will not be able to obtain enough supplies, which will be very beneficial to our attack at that time."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, he was refuted by Witkov: "Comrade Commander, I think it would be a waste to dispatch the air force to bomb the German transportation line."
"Why?" Sokov asked in confusion.
"Comrade Commander, think about it, every time our bomber formation attacks, we need at least three four-plane formations and 12 aircraft, right?" Weitkov said to Sokov: "If it is a fixed target, it is reasonable to consume some ammunition and fuel. However, we don't know anything about when the German transport convoy appears every day and how large it is. If we are dispatched several times in a row, we don't even see the shadow of the enemy transport convoy, I'm afraid you are embarrassed to ask Commander Rokosovsky to help us contact the Air Force."
Sokov still agreed with Vitkov. He knew very well that unless he accurately provided the location of the German transport team before requesting the air force to dispatch, the air force could carry out effective bombing. If he just blindly asked the other party to dispatch bombers to search for the enemy's transport convoy, although the air force pilots would not violate the order, they would not be too careful when looking for the target of attack.
Just as Sokov was struggling whether he should call Rokosovsky and ask him to contact the air force, a staff officer came in and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, there are several air force commanders outside who want to see you."
"The Air Force Commander wants to see me?" Sokov was stunned for a moment when he heard the report, thinking to himself that the Air Force commander came to him to do something? In order to figure out what the matter was, he quickly ordered the staff officer and said, "Invite them in!"
Soon, four air force commanders followed the staff officer just now. They came to Sokov, raised their hands to salute, and reported their names, positions and military ranks in turn: "Comrade Commander, Hello, I am Colonel Neceborenko, the commander of the 202nd Division of the Bombing Air Force."
"I am Lieutenant Colonel Shalimov, the political commissar of the 202nd Division of the Bombing Air Force."
"I am Colonel Nemcevic, the commander of the 205th Division of the Destroyer Air Force."
"I am Lieutenant Colonel Ananiyev, the political commissar of the 205th Division of the Destroyer Air Force."
After listening to the four people's reports, Sokov instinctively raised his hand and returned a greeting, saying with some confusion: "Comrades Commander, what are you here to do?"
Colonel Nechepolenko lowered his head and took out an envelope from his bag, stepped forward and handed it to Sokov, and said with a smile: "Comrade Commander, after you read this official letter, you will understand what's going on."
Chapter completed!