Chapter 1927

  Knowing that both Seryozha and Samoilov had died, Sokov still felt sad. After all, these two men were his most trusted subordinates and friends. It is no wonder that they were not sad when they left.

"Seryozha was my closest friend before I joined the army." Sokov said with a heavy heart: "And Samoilov has saved my life many times. Without him, I might not be here long ago." The world is over."

"Since it's a war, someone will definitely die." Gorokhov interjected, "Since the outbreak of the war, there have been familiar friends who died around each of us. We should not only remember them, but also find ways to give them revenge."

   "You're right, Comrade Military Commissar." Sokov also felt that this was not a moment of sadness, so he cheered up and said, "I will demand this blood debt from the Germans one day sooner or later."

   "Comrade Commander," Smirnov, who was on the phone, suddenly turned to Sokov and said, "General Antonetta wants to see you and said he has something very important."

   "Did he say something?"

  Smirnov covered the microphone with his hand, and continued: "He didn't say what it was specifically, he just said it was a very important thing, and he needed to talk to you face to face."

  Sokov knew that Antonetta would not look for him for no reason. Since he said there was something important, it must be a serious matter, so he said casually, "Okay, let him come over in half an hour."

   "General Antonetta," Smirnov let go of his hand covering the microphone, and said, "comrade commander has agreed, come here as soon as possible."

  While waiting for Antonetta to come over, Sameko asked Sokov curiously: "Comrade Commander, tell me, what important matter does this Antonetta want to ask you?"

   "I don't know." Sokov replied very simply, "But I think since he said it was an important matter, it must be very urgent, so I decided to meet him."

  Sokov gave Antoneta half an hour, but he showed up at the headquarters in less than twenty minutes.

   "Hello, General Antoneta." Sokov stepped forward to shake hands with Antoneta, and asked curiously, "You are in such a hurry to find me, is there anything important?"

   "General Sokov, the situation is like this." Antonetta said impatiently: "I received a call from an old friend today. Now he is the city defense commander of Kupcny."

  Hearing this, Sokov thought that the German commander was going to surrender to him, right? Thinking of this, he interrupted and asked, "Is he planning to learn from you and cooperate with our army?"

"General Sokov, you are really amazing. Before I finished speaking, you guessed his intention." Antoneta pointed to the map and introduced to Sokov: "Look, where he is Kupczny is currently stationed with two regiments of the Romanian army. He received a call from Shangfeng not long ago, asking him to organize troops to counterattack the Transnistria. He felt that with his own strength, if he wanted to execute the Germans The order given to him is tantamount to bringing troops to die. Therefore, after repeated weighing, he decided to learn from me and start a comprehensive cooperation with you."

  Knowing that Kupzny's guard was preparing to lead his troops to surrender, several senior commanders in the headquarters showed joyful expressions on their faces. But Sokov was much calmer: "General Antonetta, are you sure that your friend really intends to cooperate with us?"

Antonetta heard a hint of doubt from Sokov's tone of voice, and couldn't help crying inwardly, worrying that if he really convinced his friend, when the other party took the initiative to seek refuge, Sokov refused. Still don't know how to deal with it.

   In order to have a definite answer, Antonetta asked solemnly: "General Sokov, I don't know what you think, can you tell me the answer?"

   "General Antoneta, I naturally wish for your friend to cooperate with us." Sokov said: "But there is no evidence for words. There must be a written document."

"So that's the case." After Antoneta figured out what Sokov was worried about, she patted her chest and assured her, "General Sokov, don't worry. This friend of mine has always followed his word. Since he said that he wants to cooperate with you, he must have come for cooperation, and he doesn't think he will change his mind temporarily."

"If this is the case, that would be the best." Sokov said to Antoneta: "General Antoneta, since your friend is so sincere, why don't you let him come to us and take a look , By the way, sign a cooperation agreement between the two parties."

"General Sokov, I came here to find you just for his business." Antonetta said: "He said that in order to avoid being discovered by the Germans after too long a delay, he suggested that it is best to go to the hospital in one or two days. Within a few days, complete the signing of the cooperation agreement, and send troops into Kupcny in advance to take over the defense there."

  Sokov's status is different now. He naturally doesn't ask about small things like negotiations. He just cares about when the negotiators sent by the other party will arrive: "When can he send someone to negotiate with us?"

   "When I spoke with him, he already said that as long as he can contact you and obtain permission, he will send a negotiator as soon as possible to discuss cooperation with you."

"Then please come here quickly." Sokov said with a smile: "No matter what the final negotiation result is, we will respect your friend. Maybe his actions can save countless people from dying in battle. "

After Antonetta got up and left, Smirnov said with some happiness: "Comrade commander, this is really great. If the guards of Kupczny are really, as Antonetta said, unintentional Fight us, then we can take another important city in Ukraine without a single soldier."

   After Antoneta replied to his office, he immediately ordered someone to connect to Kupzny's command post. When he heard that the person who answered the phone was his old friend, Antonetta said, "Old man, after a day of hard work, General Sokov finally agreed to cooperate with you."

   "Great, this is simply great." The other party said excitedly: "That is to say, as long as the Soviet army is stationed in Kuptzny, then my troops will be able to surrender their defense with confidence."

  But Antoneta asked worriedly: "Old man, are there any German troops near your defense zone?"

"Yes, there are about two battalions of troops." The other party replied affirmatively: "Although they have fewer numbers than me, but if there is a real fight, my troops are really not their opponents. So once signed I have signed the land transfer certificate, I hope you can come to support as soon as possible."

"I can assure you." Antonetta, who has been there, replied confidently: "Maybe you sign in the morning, and the troops will be stationed in your division's defense area in the afternoon. Even if there are Germans nearby, what's the point?" Great, can they beat General Sokov's troops?"

"That's true. For the Germans, General Sokov is like a god. It is a blessing for the Germans not to compete with his troops." To Antoneta The other party agrees with this statement, otherwise he would not take the initiative to call Antonetta and ask him to discuss cooperation with Sokov.

  In fact, any so-called cooperation agreement is a lie. It is actually a letter of surrender. But everyone is tacit about this matter, and save face for each other.

  Since Sokov's troops crossed the South Bug River, two cities have chosen to cooperate with the Soviet army and stopped all unnecessary hostilities. If Kupzny can also transfer control peacefully, then in the ensuing battles, more and more cities will follow Antonetta's example.

  Wait until the end of the war, Antonetta, who first chose to cooperate with Sokov, may save countless lives because of such a move, and thus gain everyone's respect.

Antonetta got up and came to the wall, looked up at the map hanging on the wall, thinking to himself: "It is about 400 kilometers from Kupcny to Wengeny, if Sokov's troops don't Stop the westward advance, and then force the Prut River north of Wengenne, it can only be a beautiful fantasy."

He picked up the explanatory stick placed by the wall, tapped Wengene's position lightly, thinking to himself, if advancing at normal speed, it would take at least ten days for Sokov's troops to reach this area. time. But on the battlefield, every minute and every second is precious. Maybe his troops will not be the first to enter Romania after such a delay.

   I would like to remind Sokov, but then I think about it, if I ran over so recklessly, it is still unknown whether the other party will listen to my suggestion. Forget it, let's wait and see what happens. I have already opened the way for Sokov to go south. Whether I can see this move depends on his level.

  Antoneta was in his headquarters, thinking about Sokov's next move. And Sokov is also considering the same problem in his headquarters.

He called Trofimenko, Sameko, and Smirnov to the map, and said to the three: "Look, if Kuptzny is occupied by our army, then the road to Wengeny will be very difficult." It's fully opened."

"Yes, the area is like this." Sameko said first: "According to our original location, we will fight in Moldavia for a period of time. After controlling a certain area, we will turn around and head south. But now that Antonetta has helped us deal with Kupczny's enemies, it means that we should adjust our deployment and adopt a new plan to liberate more land."

"I think the Chief of Staff is right." Trofimenko went on to say: "Our troops on the right can stay to consolidate the existing line of defense, while the troops on the left turn around and move south to capture Gurlat Ni and Raut, completely open the way to Wengene."

   Seeing that Trofimenko's thoughts coincided with his own, Sokov smiled: "Comrade Deputy Commander, I really didn't expect that the help provided by the Romanians made us have to adjust our tactics."

"Actually, this is not bad." Smirnov said with a smile: "Our original plan was to cross the Prut River from the north of Wengen. But from the map, our combat routes are all about the same size circle. Now that Antoneta has helped us take Kupczny, our troops can push directly south and cross the river north of Wengeny."

"Since this is the case, then I will inform the troops on the right to stay in place to build fortifications and consolidate the defense." Sameko said: "The troops on the left can start to gather to the south, and when the time is right, immediately Attack the cities to the south."

"Wait a minute," Gorokhov suddenly interrupted while everyone was discussing, "If we turn around and attack south at this moment, won't we have invaded the combat area of ​​the 52nd Army? General Korotelev knows this Afterwards, won’t you make a small report to your superiors?”

   "This is a problem." Upon Gorokhov's reminder, Sameko immediately realized that his troops were fighting for merit with their allies, which might cause unnecessary trouble. "Comrade Commander, do you have any good solutions?"

"There is a way," Sokov stared at the map, and said to the two, "After crossing the river, General Korotelev's troops are now staying on the bank to rest. It seems that they have no plans to continue to develop in depth. He drew a dotted line on the map with his hand, "We can completely bypass the 52nd Army's offensive area and attack the enemy's defense line."

"That's a good idea." Sameko's eyes lit up immediately, "In this way, wouldn't it be him beating him, and I beating mine? There are also cities held by the Germans in the middle to keep us General Korotelev couldn't blame the separation of the two troops, even if he wanted to."

   "Who is in charge of the negotiation?" Sokov asked, "This is a big event, and it must not be sloppy."

   "Comrade Commander," Smirnov volunteered as soon as Sokov finished speaking, "I think this matter should be left to me and Comrade Military Commissioner."

   "I think it can." Sameko chimed in from the side: "I believe that with the ability of General Smirnov and the eloquence of General Gorokhov, this task will be successfully completed."

   "Also, Comrade Commander." Sameko also reminded Sokov: "Should I report such an important matter to Marshal Konev so that he can know it well."

Sokov began to think in his heart that if he mobilized the main force of the troops to go south, sooner or later he would conflict with General Korotelev's territory. If he reported the matter to Marshal Konev and let him make up his mind, it would be resolved. Drop a lot of trouble.

  After trying to understand this, he nodded and said, "I will contact Marshal Konev immediately to hear how he gave instructions."

   "Director of the Communications Corps," Sokov called the Director of the Communications Corps to the front and told him, "You immediately help me get through the phone of the Front Army Command. I have important work and need to report to Marshal Konev immediately."

   Before the call was connected, a staff officer came in outside and reported to Sokov emotionally: "Comrade Commander, the tank unit sent to us by the superior has arrived, and the two commanders are now outside."

  (end of this chapter)