The next morning, Cuikov woke up from his sleep. The first thing he did was to ask Krelov, who was on night shift: "Chief of Staff, has Colonel Sokov called?"
"No call, Vasily Ivanovic!" Krelov replied, shook his head.
Although he did not get the answer he wanted, Cuikov asked unwillingly: "Chief of Staff, tell me, what Colonel Sokov is doing at the moment, has he sent out the squad for the mission?"
Seeing Cuikov's look of worrying about gains and losses, Krelov couldn't help but laugh. He replied: "Comrade Commander, what's wrong with you? Are you particularly confident in Colonel Sokov? Why have you become so uneasy?"
"I can't do anything, either." Cuikov stood up, walked to the position where the tea samovar was put on, turned on the faucet and put a cup of hot tea for himself, then walked over with a tea tank, and said to Krelov: "The enemy's attack on the Barrier Factory and the Derrensky Factory is so fierce. If we don't take any action, I'm worried that the factory will not be able to save it."
Krelov was silent when he heard Cuikov say this. No one knew better than him about the situation of the two factories. Every time he answered the phone, when he heard that a certain place was occupied by the enemy, his heart was cut like a knife. Faced with the reinforcement request made by the commander below, he could only repeat over and over again: I have no reserve team, you must rely on your own strength to firmly block the enemy.
"What's wrong with you, Chief of Staff?" Trekov couldn't help asking curiously: "What are you thinking? I've seen you keep this posture for several minutes."
Cuikov's voice woke Krelov from his thoughts. He sighed softly and whispered: "Comrade Commander, if the superiors don't send us reinforcements, I'm worried that the city will be lost." Perhaps because of the concern that Cuikov said he was panicked, he added, "Of course, I'm talking about the worst."
"Chief of Staff, you don't need to explain." Cuikov also understood the situation in the city, otherwise he would not have tried to let Sokov's troops launch an attack in the south of the city. He just hoped that there would be a way to indirectly support the soldiers and workers who were fighting hard in the two factories. "The situation in the city is getting worse day by day. I heard Commander Jolujeff say yesterday that his troops seized the diary of a German officer. The officer wrote in the diary: "The enemy and us fought fiercely for every house, workshop, water tower, railway subgrade, and even for a wall, a basement and every pile of rubble, and the intensity was unprecedented.'
Chief of Staff, have you heard it? Not only do we feel the battle is extremely fierce, but even the Germans who attacked one side now feel the same."
"Comrade Commander," Seeing that Cui Kov did not blame himself, Krelov asked him again: "Do you see if you ask your superiors to send reinforcements to us. Even if there is only one division or one infantry brigade, we can alleviate the adverse situation in two factories."
"Either Commander Yelemenko or Comrade Khrushchev, they would not watch the city fall." After Krelov finished speaking, Cuikov said thoughtfully: "If they had mobile troops that could be used, they would have been sent to the city long ago. Now that they have not received any reinforcements for a long time, it only means that they are facing a situation where there is no soldiers available."
"So we can only find another way." Krelov asked Cuikov carefully: "Or, I will call Colonel Sokov and ask him how the situation is there, and whether the troops that destroyed the enemy ammunition depot have been sent?"
Cui Kefu thought for a while, reached out and grabbed the phone, and said, "I'll call this phone."
The phone quickly connected to the division command of Mamayevgang. When Cidolin heard the voice of him coming from the receiver, Cuikov immediately asked impatiently: "Lieutenant Colonel Cidolin, I am Cuikov."
When he heard that it was Cui Kefu's call, Sidorin was shocked. He raised his hand and looked at his watch. Seeing that it was just seven o'clock, Cui Kefu came over to the phone. There must be something important. He asked nervously: "It's me, Comrade Commander! What instructions do you have?"
"I want to ask," since it was the call from his old subordinate Sidolin, Cui Koff did not go around in circles, but asked directly: "Have you set off when the troops behind enemy lines destroying the ammunition depot?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander, the squad has already set off." Even if Cui Kov didn't take the initiative to ask about this, Cidolin also planned to wait for dawn to find some time to report to the headquarters. Since Cui Kov asked at this moment, he replied: "The squad has a total of twenty people, and the members are from the Division Guard Battalion and the reduction regiment. The leader is Lieutenant Grissa. He just returned from the enemy's back not long ago and has rich experience in fighting against the enemy behind the enemy. Therefore, the division commander asked him to command this squad."
"What, there are only twenty people?" Cui Kefu said with some disappointment: "The enemy's ammunition depot must be on high alert. I'm afraid that these few people will be destroyed by the enemy's firepower before they even approached the ammunition depot."
"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Regarding Cuikov's concern, Cidolin explained with a smile: "Twenty people are more than enough, and they have the ability to destroy the enemy's ammunition depots far away."
"Destroy the enemy's ammunition depot at a distance?" Cuikov repeated Cidolin's words and asked: "Do they carry mortars? If this is the case, it is indeed possible to destroy the enemy's ammunition depot at a long distance."
"They are not using mortars, comrade Commander." Sidolin quickly explained to Cuikov: "It is the new type of rocket you have seen."
"Didn't the new rocket be used up long ago?" Cui Kefu asked in confusion: "Where did it appear now?"
"When Lieutenant Grissa and his troops were carrying out missions behind enemy lines, they hid three of them somewhere behind enemy lines because of the inconvenience of carrying. "Citolin replied: "They were planning to use new rockets to destroy the enemy's ammunition depots."
"That's great." Cui Kov knew the power of the new rocket, and was overjoyed to know that Sokov actually had such a magic weapon in his hand. But he soon thought of a key question: "Do you know where the enemy's ammunition depot is?"
"We don't know the exact location." Sidolin continued: "But after a series of analysis, it was felt that the enemy might have set up the ammunition depot in Gorodise Town." Perhaps considering that like Sokov, who was worried that blowing up the ammunition depot would cause the residents in the town, would preemptively explain, "According to reliable information, all the residents in the town had been evacuated two months ago, and now the town is full of Germans."
Cuikov did have the same thoughts as Sokov in his heart, but after listening to Cidolin's explanation, the huge rock hanging in his heart immediately fell to the ground. He nodded and said to the microphone: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, if there is any new progress, remember to call me in time."
"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Cidolin replied, "I will keep in touch with you at any time."
After receiving the assurance of Cedolin, Cuikov put down the microphone with relief and said to Krelov who was sitting beside him: "Comrade Chief of Staff, Sokov has sent a small team to the enemy. I believe that we will hear good news soon." After saying that, seeing Krelov's face was confused, I remembered that when he was calling, the other party seemed to have answered a call. He probably didn't hear the conversation between him and Cedolin, so he repeated the content of the call to Krelov.
Chapter completed!