Chapter 1557 Help from the rear

"Yasha, those heavy artillery shells you mentioned are the priority to supply the artillery units attacking Poltava." Sokov understands Yakov's character, if he wants to get what he wants from him, he must sell it badly Caixing: "We won't get any supplies until the city is liberated."

Yakov has not been in touch with Sokov recently, and he doesn't know his recent situation. Hearing him say this, I can't help being a little surprised: "Misha, you won't tell me that your troops did not participate in the attack on Poltava. Bar?"

   "Yes, my army did not participate in the attack on Poltava."

"How could this happen?" Yakov said with some surprise: "Misha, although I am your friend, I still want to say something, not to mention the grassland front army, even among other front armies, your group army's combat effectiveness is also one of the best. Yes. The attack on Poltava is such an important task, how could you not be allowed to participate?"

   "Yasha, to tell you the truth, when the superior was preparing to attack Poltava, my troops had just captured the Meriefa Fortress and were resting inside."

Yakov obviously knew about the Meliefa Fortress. After listening to Sokov, he immediately said: "The geographical location of the Meliefa Fortress is very important. Taking the fortress is tantamount to opening the way for our army. Poltava road. At the same time, it can also seize the important railway junction station of the German army and paralyze their railway traffic lines."

After expressing his opinion, Yakov tentatively asked: "Misha, so your troops are still in the fortress of Merefa? If you really rest in the fortress, I personally think that there is no need to add heavy artillery for the time being." Shells are necessary, because you have no use for them."

"Yasha, if my troops are still resting in the Meriefa Fortress at this moment, I will not call you at all." Sokov explained to Yakov: "When the friendly army is attacking Poltava, Our troops detoured to the enemy's rear, captured Klemenchug directly, and established a landing field on the right bank of the Dnieper."

What Sokov said to Yakov was not about secrets. In order to obtain the supplies he wanted, he continued: "Now the enemy has launched an attack on our landing field. If our artillery does not have enough heavy artillery shells, we will not be able to use them on the ground. Suppress the enemy with firepower. In this way, our troops sticking to the landing site will inevitably suffer heavy casualties."

  When Sokov said that his troops had occupied Kremenchug, Yakov hurriedly found a map he had put in a drawer, opened it and quickly found the location of Kremenchug. After checking for a while, he said with some surprise: "Misha, your position is not good. Once the German troops deployed in the Dnieper River Basin press down on you, your troops will be in danger of being encircled. And your The supply line is also considered fragile, and the Germans can easily cut it off. If you fall into the encirclement of the German army and the supply line is cut off, then you will have to abandon the landing field on the right bank and retreat to the area north of Poltava obediently .”

  After listening to Yakov's analysis, Sokov couldn't help giving a thumbs up secretly. Although the other party is only managing ordnance now, he still analyzes the situation on the battlefield well. He hurriedly asked: "Yasha, you understand our situation, can you think of a way to add some heavy artillery shells to us?"

  Yakov originally wanted to directly add some new rockets to Sokov. The power of this weapon is not weaker than that of heavy artillery shells. But when the words came to his lips, he changed his mind: "Misha, even if I wanted to help you, I would be powerless. You know, the transportation capacity of railways and roads has reached the limit, and I want to send you additional supplies. I'm afraid it will be difficult?"

"Yasha," Sokov felt that what Yakov said was the truth. In order to provide troops for the frontline combat troops, the transportation force of the logistics department has already been at full capacity. It is basically impossible to increase the transportation of materials. things. But he changed his mind, the ground is not good, he can consider the air, so he tentatively asked: "I want to ask you, are you familiar with the commander of the Air Force?"

"The commander of the air force? What do you ask them to do?" Yakov just said this, and suddenly realized what Sokov wanted to express, and asked in surprise: "Misha, you don't mean to pass Transport plane, transport ammunition for you?"

"That's right, that's what I meant." Seeing that Yakov had already guessed his intentions, Sokov didn't go around in circles: "The Air Force can use transport planes to continuously transport the supplies we need to Klein. Menchug."

"I'm sorry, Misha. I don't have a commander I'm familiar with." After weighing the pros and cons, Yakov said to Sokov, "Even if I know someone, they won't easily dispatch without the consent of their superiors." Transporting supplies for you."

  Seeing Yakov rejecting him so simply, Sokov felt somewhat disappointed. He began to think, is there any way to quickly send the rear supplies to Klemenchug, should he have the cheek to ask Yakov to dispatch the hovercraft that has not yet been fully developed?

  Yakov heard Sokov's disappointment, and quickly comforted him: "Misha, there is actually a turning point for this matter."

  Knowing that things had turned around, Sokov immediately came to his senses: "Yasha, are you going to help me?"

"Of course." Yakov nodded and said, "Don't say we are friends, even if we are not friends, I will do my best to help you because you rescued me from a prisoner-of-war camp. But you Do one thing first."

   "What?" Sokov said a little excitedly: "As long as I can replenish the ammunition we need, let alone one thing, even ten or a hundred things, I can do it."

"Misha, in fact, things are not as complicated as you think." Yakov said on the other end of the phone: "I suggest you call Marshal Zhukov, tell him your situation, and ask him to provide assistance to you. When he said When you are in a difficult situation and there is nothing you can do about it, if you propose to use a transport plane to transport supplies for you, he will definitely not refuse."

   "This is a good way." Sokov readily accepted Yakov's suggestion: "I will call Marshal Zhukov and discuss this matter with him."

  Just as Sokov was about to put down the phone, Yakov suddenly said, "Misha, there is one more thing I want to tell you. I hope you won't get too excited after hearing it."

  Sokov had an ominous premonition in his heart, and he said nervously, "Tell me, Yasha, what is it?"

  But Yakov was still silent for a few seconds, and said carefully: "Misha, didn't you ask me to arrange for me to work as a military doctor in the weapons and equipment department of Asia a while ago?"

"That's right, there is indeed such a thing." Sokov thought that when Assia was sent to the 182nd Division's field hospital, he was unfortunately captured by the Germans. Later, Toyakov's relationship sent her back to Moscow, where she was arranged There will be no danger in the weaponry department. But listening to Yakov's tone of voice, it seemed that there was something wrong with the other party: "Yasha, is something wrong with Asiya? You must tell me the truth."

"Misha, how should I put it?" Although Yakov couldn't see Sokov at all, he still seemed embarrassed when talking about Asiya: "Just a few days ago, a member of the Weaponry Department When the engineer was seeing a doctor, he saw Asiya..."

Although Yakov spoke hesitantly, when Sokov heard this, Li Jing understood what was going on. It must be that someone in the weapons and equipment department coveted Asiya's beauty and wanted to do something to her, so she coldly Asked, "And then?"

"He asked Assia to have dinner, but was rejected." Seeing that Sokov had already guessed the general situation, Yakov did not hide it, so he continued: "But he didn't give up, and brought flowers and a bottle of wine to find Asiya, and even touched her..."

  Sokov was so angry that he punched the wall fiercely, and asked through gritted teeth, "And then?"

   "Assia definitely didn't want to talk to him, and the two quickly had a dispute. In a fit of anger, Assia picked up the wine brought by the other party, and smashed it directly on the other party's head, knocking him out on the spot..."

   "Well done, well done." Sokov heard that Asiya hit the person who wanted to cuckold him with a wine bottle, so he said repeatedly: "What happened after that?"

"Misha," Yakov became hesitant again when he said this: "If it was an ordinary engineer, this matter might not be settled. But unfortunately, this person is a senior engineer. He served as a deputy in an important project, and after he was injured, it affected the progress of this project. Now because of this matter, Assia has been temporarily detained, waiting for further processing."

"Yasha, I want to ask." Sokov thought that since this incident happened in the weapons and equipment department, Ustinov, as the person in charge, would definitely express his attitude. If he wanted to help Asiya, he would It is necessary to figure out the attitude of the other party: "What is Comrade Ustinov's attitude towards this matter?"

   "Misha, Comrade Ustinov has gone to Kuibyshev, and he probably won't come back until a week later." Yakov said helplessly, "He probably doesn't know about it yet."

  After listening to Yakov's words, Sokov knew very well that the person who reported to Ustinov would never take the initiative to bring up such a matter that could not be brought to the table, and it was normal for the other party not to know. He was silent for a moment, and asked Yakov: "Yasha, why didn't you notify me in time when such a big thing happened?"

Sokov's question stopped Yakov, and after a while, he replied in a hoarse voice: "Misha, if I tell you, I just found out about this matter half an hour ago. ,Do you believe?"

   Hearing what Yakov said, Sokov felt relieved immediately. It turned out that Yakov didn't inform him in time that Asiya's accident happened, but that he had just learned about it not long ago. "Yasha!" Sokov asked Yakov tentatively after taking a deep breath, "How can we save Asiya?"

   "There are two ways."

"tell me the story."

   "First, after Comrade Ustinov returns, I will report the matter to him and rescue Assia." Yakov said truthfully: "However, it will take a long time to do so."

   "What about another way?"

   "Another way is that when you call Marshal Zhukov, mention this matter by the way, and let him solve it, maybe the effect will be better."

  As for Yakov’s suggestion, Sokov agreed: “Then when I call Marshal Zhukov, I will mention this matter to him, hoping that he can help rescue Assia.”

   "Misha, don't worry." Yakov comforted Sokov and said, "I am here, and I will take good care of Asiya, and I will never let her be wronged."

  Sokov put down the phone, rubbed his face vigorously with both hands, trying to calm down his mood. At this moment, Lunev's voice came from outside: "Comrade Commander, are you inside?"

  Hearing Lunev's voice, Sokov quickly reached out and opened the door, and said to Lunev outside: "Comrade Military Commissar, do you need me?"

"It's nothing. I just came back from the 300th Division. I just wanted to chat with you." When Lunev was speaking, he suddenly found that Sokov's expression was unnatural, and asked with concern: "Comrade commander, how do you look?" There seems to be something wrong, are you sick? Let me call the military doctor to check you."

   As he spoke, Lunev leaned out from the door, ready to call for a military doctor, but Sokov waved his hand and refused: "Comrade Military Commissar, you misunderstood, I am not feeling sick, so there is no need to trouble the military doctor."

   Lunev turned to look at Sokov, and said puzzledly: "Since he is not feeling sick, why is his face so ugly. Please tell me the truth, what happened?"

  Sokov still trusts Lunev as his partner very much. Seeing him repeatedly questioning, he didn't hide it from him, and told him about Asiya's accident in detail.

   Originally thought that after he finished speaking, Lunev would try his best to comfort himself and say some scene words that were useless. Unexpectedly, he frowned and said sharply: "It's just too outrageous. An engineer dares to moleste the wife of the frontline commander. Does he not want to live?"

  After saying this, he said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, don't worry, I will immediately report this matter to Comrade Beria and try to get Assia released early."

Sokov originally wanted to reject Lunev's kindness, but then he thought about it. Although Lunev is now his military commissar, he still has a position in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If he reported the matter to Beria, Let the other party handle the matter. Not only can Asiya be rescued smoothly, but it can even deter other people who have unreasonable thoughts about Asiya.

  After trying to understand this point, Sokov slightly nodded at Lunev, and said politely: "Comrade Military Commissioner, I will trouble you. I will remember the great help you have done."

"Comrade Commander, you are too polite." Lunev said carelessly: "Don't forget, I am your deputy. I have the responsibility and obligation to help you solve such a big problem in your family, so that you Can concentrate on directing troops to fight."

Lunev glanced at the phone in the room, hesitated for a moment, and said: "I think I should send a telegram to Comrade Beria directly, and report the matter to him in detail, so that he can, according to the specific situation, Take appropriate measures in a timely manner to resolve this matter.”

  (end of this chapter)