Chapter 1382 Can you take me around the sky?

   "Comrade Commander," Now that the three of them had reached a consensus, Sameko tentatively asked, "Which unit do you plan to let go behind the enemy?"

Sokov thought for a while, and felt that such an opportunity should be left to his past details, so he said: "Let's transfer the first battalion of the 562nd Regiment of the 188th Division. The battalion commander is Major Guchakov. A very capable commander, I am very relieved that he will lead the troops deep into the enemy's rear."

   Although Guchakov is just a battalion commander, he performed very well in the last battle against the Great German Division led by his troops. After the war, Sokov was directly promoted from captain to major. Wherever such a commander is placed, people can feel at ease, so Sameko agreed to Sokov's proposal without hesitation: "I agree, and Major Guchakov will direct the detour to the troops behind the enemy."

   Guchakov was quickly called to the command post. After shaking hands with him, Sokov said: "Comrade Major, I have an important task now, which I want to hand over to your battalion to complete."

   "Please give the order, Comrade Commander." Knowing that Sokov had a task for himself, Guchakov straightened his back and said, "Our battalion promises to complete the task."

"Major Guchakov, come here." Sokov called Guchakov to the table, pointed to the map and said to him: "We will launch an attack on October Town at four o'clock in the afternoon. Your battalion The mission is to bypass October Town on a hovercraft, launch an attack from the enemy's rear, and cooperate with the frontal attack force to capture October Town."

   "Comrade Commander," Guchakov waited for Sokov to finish speaking, and asked tentatively, "I have seen hovercraft. If it is to carry a battalion of troops, there may be no room for heavy weapons..."

"Major Guchakov, listen to me first." Sokov continued: "After you have detoured to the south of October Town, you don't need to launch a strong attack on the town. There are no troops equipped with heavy weapons to attack the enemy's fortifications. A strong position is tantamount to death.

  After reaching the south of the town, you should quickly disguise yourself as a German army and swagger along the road towards the town. When the enemies in the town see you, they will think that you are coming to support from the rear, and will not arouse suspicion. You can take advantage of their slack defense and seize important parts of the town by surprise, and cooperate with the 84th Division in the frontal attack to liberate October Town from the enemy. "

  Seeing that Guchakov was nodding his head, Sameko lost no time in asking: "Any questions?"

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Guchakov took the opportunity to say since Sameko asked, "Our battalion suffered huge casualties in the early battles. Although it has been supplemented, it now has only two companies. .Using such a small force to cooperate with the friendly army to capture October Town, I feel that the strength is a little weak. I wonder if the superior can give us some more soldiers?"

   Faced with Guchakov's request, Sameko dared not agree casually. He could only turn his head and look at Sokov, hoping that he would return to Guchakov.

   "No problem, Comrade Major." Unexpectedly, Sokov nodded with his usual expression, and replied, "I can add troops to you, so that your battalion will be full for the expedition."

   When Guchakov heard it, he was immediately happy, and even said: "Comrade Commander, this is really great."

  But Sameko asked Sokov in a daze: "Comrade Commander, where can we have a reserve team to supplement Major Guchakov?"

  Sokov did not explain to Sameko, but told him: "Chief of Staff, you call Sergei Shalisha immediately and ask him to come and report."

   Hearing what Sokov said, Sameko immediately understood that Sokov wanted to leave this opportunity to make meritorious deeds to his old friend Sergei Sha. Although he figured out what was going on, Sameko didn't see through it, and picked up the phone to connect with the guards: "I'm Sameko, and immediately notify Captain Sergey to come to the headquarters."

   After a while, Sergei ran into the headquarters. After raising his hand to salute, he asked out of breath, "Comrade commander, what instructions do you have?"

"Captain Seryozha." Although Seryozha is an old friend of Sokov, he still ordered solemnly in such a public occasion: "I have just assigned a task to Major Guchakov, order They made a detour to the rear of October Town to assist the friendly forces in capturing the town. Since their strength is insufficient, from now on, you and the guard company under your command will be temporarily under the command of Major Guchakov, understand?"

  Since the town of Khimki, Seryosha has been following Sokov's identity. Since he stayed in the headquarters for a long time and had no chance to make contributions, his promotion was slow. As an old friend of Sokov, he had discussed with Sokov privately many times whether he could be sent to a combat unit, even if he was downgraded to be a deputy company commander or even a platoon leader.

Sokov knew very well in his heart that serving as a grass-roots commander in a combat unit was very risky. He was not willing to let his friends take risks, so he was always looking for the right time to arrange a chance for Seryozha to make meritorious deeds. . Now sending troops back to the back of October Town to assist the friendly army in capturing the town is not only not dangerous, but can also make great contributions, so Sokov decisively decided to send Seryozha to join Guchakov's troops.

  Seryozha obviously understood Sokov's intentions, and quickly replied loudly: "Understood, Comrade Commander. I will resolutely obey Major Guchakov's order and severely strike the German invaders."

After Gutchakov and Seryozha left, Sameko smiled and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, as far as I know, Captain Seryozha has always wanted to go to the front, and this time you finally let him do so. "

"Yes," Sokov nodded after hearing this, "Among the people who came out of Khimki, only Seryozha stayed by my side and served as a security guard. It is also time for him to go to the battlefield and fight against Germany People have done it with real knives and guns."

  The two were talking, when suddenly an officer wearing a flying cap and a second lieutenant's epaulets walked in from the outside. The second lieutenant looked at Sokov and Sameko and asked tentatively, "Comrade commander, may I come in?"

   "Comrade Second Lieutenant, who are you?" Seeing a strange officer appearing in his headquarters, Sokov frowned and asked, "Which part are you from? Why have I never seen you?"

  The second lieutenant raised his hand to salute Sokov, and replied: "Comrade General, I am a pilot attached to the Moscow Garrison Command, and I was ordered to come to perform a mission."

   "Perform a mission?" Sokov asked back: "What mission?"

  The second lieutenant handed a box in his left hand to Sokov: "Comrade General, I am ordered to hand over this box to you."

   Sokov took the box, but did not open it. After handing it to Sameko, he asked, "Comrade Second Lieutenant, you said you were a pilot. So you came here by flying a plane?"

   "That's right, Comrade General." The second lieutenant nodded and replied, "My plane landed in a nearby open space, which is only four or five hundred meters away."

  When Sokov wanted to ask a few more questions, he suddenly heard Sameko's surprised voice behind him: "Comrade Commander, hurry up and take a look. Let's see what this is?"

   Just as Sokov was about to turn around, he heard Lunev's voice again: "Comrade Chief of Staff, what good thing is in the box, it can make you lose your composure like this."

   "Military flag!" Sokov turned around, just in time to see Sameko take out a red military flag from the box, and quickly leaned over to look: "Which division's flag is this?"

   "It's the flag of the 98th Guards Division." Sameko said excitedly, "Comrade Commander, I really didn't expect that the superior would send someone to send the new Guards Division flag so soon."

   Knowing that the second lieutenant came here to bring the military flag to him, Sokov turned around and held his hand, and said gratefully: "Comrade second lieutenant, on behalf of the commanders and fighters of the 98th Guards Division, I thank you for your hard work!"

   "Comrade General," the second lieutenant said modestly, "this is what I should do."

   After a short pause, the second lieutenant asked tentatively: "Comrade General, if there is nothing else, then I will go back."

   "Wait a minute," Sokov heard the second lieutenant say he was going to leave, so he quickly stopped him, and asked tentatively, "Comrade second lieutenant, I want to ask, how many people can your plane hold?"

   "It's a two-seater plane, a biplane without a hatch."

  Sokov heard that the other party was flying a two-seater plane, and he didn't care whether the cockpit had a roof, so he asked cautiously: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, can you take me for a ride in the sky?"

   "Comrade General, what did you say?" Sokov's words made the second lieutenant's eyes widen, and he asked in surprise, "Do you want to take a trip in the sky?"

"Yes, Comrade Second Lieutenant." From the second lieutenant's expression, Sokov saw that the other party didn't want to take him to the sky, and quickly added: "I just want to see the defense situation of the enemy and us from the air. Please, second lieutenant Comrade, please take me for a ride in the sky."

  Since Sokov had already said this, the second lieutenant of the air force felt that it was a bit unreasonable to refuse, so he reluctantly said: "Okay, Comrade General, please come with me!"

But Sameko and Lunev were frightened when they heard that Sokov was going to go around the sky with the Air Force second lieutenant, and hurried over to dissuade them, saying, "Comrade commander, you can go to the sky casually." , if the pilot accidentally flies into the enemy's defense zone and is attacked by the enemy's anti-aircraft fire, I'm afraid you will be in danger."

"Military Commissar, Chief of Staff, don't worry you two." Sokov comforted the two of them and said, "I'll go and see the enemy's defense in the direction of October Town. I won't penetrate too far into the enemy. There shouldn't be any Dangerous. Just rest assured."

   Seeing Sokov insisting on his own opinion, Lunev knew that it would be useless to persuade him, so he could only say helplessly: "Comrade Commander, you should pay more attention to safety."

  (end of this chapter)