Sokov is a person who always avenges himself. He will definitely not be reconciled to the fact that he suffered such a big loss on his way to office today. Before getting into the car, he asked Gorokhov: "Comrade Military Commissar, how many people did you bring to greet us today?"

Before Gorokhov could answer, Sokov added: "I'm talking about the security personnel."

"A company, 140 men in total." Gorokhov replied without hesitation: "The company commander is Captain Alt."

 “Call him over here, I have a task to assign to him.”

Gorokhov did not dare to neglect, and quickly ordered someone to call Captain Alt over.

"Comrade Commander," from the moment Sokov got off the train, the guard company commander named Alt put the focus of his defense on the new commander. At this moment, when I heard the commander calling me, I realized that the other party would definitely assign me a task, so I asked respectfully: "What instructions do you have?"

“Comrade Captain, I think you should have seen what happened to me just now.”

"Yes, Comrade Commander, I saw it." After hearing what Sokov said, Art immediately guessed what the task assigned to him was by the other party, and asked tentatively: "Do you want us to take people to search for a sneak attack?" Your enemy?"

"Yes, that's what I mean." Sokov nodded and said: "Since they are infiltrated troops, there will definitely not be too many of them; also, even if they carry mortars, they will definitely not move at a fast speed. It would be too fast. If you bring half your men to search nearby, you might be able to catch them."

"Comrade Commander," Bezikov came over at this time and took the initiative to ask Sokov: "Let me lead the team to search. I promise you, we will kill all the enemies who sneaked up on you one by one. catch."

But Sokov did not want Bezikov to perform this task. After all, they were only responsible for the security work in the Kremlin before. Let them search for infiltrated enemies on an unfamiliar battlefield. There would definitely be no Captain Alt. The troops were more suitable, so he bluntly rejected the other party's request: "Comrade Major, you and your men have other tasks, which is to **** us to the army headquarters. This is the order you received as early as Moscow. As for Speaking of those **** little devils, let Captain Alt and his men search for them.”

Sokov's words reminded Bezikov that the reason why he left Moscow was to protect the safety of the general in front of him and General Yakov. It was indeed not suitable to carry out an unfamiliar search mission in a strange area, so he did not persist. own opinions.

"Comrade General," Captain Feng, who had been almost forgotten by Sokov, appeared in front of Sokov and took the initiative to say: "Let us participate in this search mission. We have been fighting with the Japs for so many years." He is relatively experienced in how to find them."

Sokov stared at Captain Feng, thinking in his mind that the resistance fighters and the Japs had a blood feud. If they were to assist the security forces in searching for the infiltrating enemies, they would undoubtedly be the best candidates. Thinking of this, he nodded in agreement: "Okay, Comrade Captain, from now on, you and your men will accept Captain Alt's command and launch a search for the enemy in this area. Be sure to find them."

"Don't worry, Comrade General, we will go all out." After Captain Feng said this, he said hesitantly: "But our weapons are all left in the International Brigade. If we want to participate in this search mission, I wonder if we can Arm us."

“Captain Art,” Sokov said to Art, “prepare weapons for this captain and his men, and then lead them into an ambush to search for those **** brats.”

“Comrade Commander,” Captain Alt glanced at Captain Feng and said with some embarrassment, “If you give the weapons to them, there won’t be enough weapons to ensure your safety.”

"It's okay, there are only eleven of them." Sokov said lightly: "Even if you take away half of the people, there will be enough troops to **** us back to the headquarters."

"Okay." Now that Sokov had given the order, Captain Alt naturally did not dare to disobey, so he could only call a squad leader and ask their squad to hand over the weapons and ammunition to Feng from the International Brigade. Captain them.

After seeing Captain Feng and the others re-equipped with Soviet-style weapons, Sokov smiled and asked: "Comrade Captain, are these weapons still available?"

Many of the equipment of the International Brigade were brought when they retreated from the Northeast. Although the Soviet army later supplemented them with some weapons and ammunition, the quantity was limited after all, and the main equipment of the brigade was still based on the original equipment. Although Captain Feng and others were not equipped with Soviet-style weapons, they could use them. When Sokov asked this question, he nodded quickly and replied: "Comrade General, don't worry, we will learn how to use these weapons. There won’t be any problems.”

 “That’s good, that’s good.”

Captain Feng remembered something and asked Sokov tentatively: "Comrade General, if we capture the little Japs who have infiltrated, what should we do with them?"

Hearing Captain Feng's question, Sokov sneered and said: "Comrade Captain, don't forget that the little devil's hands are still stained with the blood of your comrades and compatriots. I now officially authorize you to take any measures to deal with those The little devil you captured."

"Understood, Comrade General." Sokov's words made Captain Feng feel a lot more at ease. Since he was given full authority to deal with the captured little devils, none of them would survive. He had to fight for those who sacrificed themselves in the black water and white mountains. Comrade revenge.

　　When Captain Alt and Captain Feng led the troops to search for the imp, the convoy parked at the foot of the hill continued to move forward.

Lukin, who was sitting next to Sokov, asked Sokov tentatively: "Misha, if you ask Captain Feng of the International Brigade to handle the prisoners, will he kill them all?"

Sokov did not immediately answer Lukin's question, but asked instead: "Comrade Deputy Commander, let me ask you. Suppose that when you were rescued from the concentration camp by the Allied forces, they handed over the guards of the concentration camp to you. , what will you do?” Lukin, who was tortured in the concentration camp, was silent, and Yakov, who was sitting on the other side, was also silent.

Lu Jin knew very well that if he had not been captured due to injuries and delayed treatment in the concentration camp, he would not have lost his legs. If the troops that rescued him from the concentration camp were not Allied forces but Soviet troops, he would definitely ask the commander leading the team to shoot all the guards in the concentration camp without leaving any trace. He turned to look at Sokov and said seriously: "Misha, I will shoot all those **** guards."

Yakov was also thinking in his mind that if he had not been lucky enough to be rescued by Sokov, he might have been imprisoned in a German concentration camp. As for whether he can survive until the end of the war, that is unknown. So as soon as Lu Jin finished speaking, he added: "Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to one's own people. I think it is completely correct for Misha to hand over the disposal power to Captain Feng."

 After another hour of driving, the convoy finally arrived at the army headquarters.

After Gorokhov took Sokov and others to the headquarters, he said loudly: "Comrades, stop what you are doing first and welcome the arrival of the new commander!" After speaking, he took the lead in applauding Come.

The staff officers and communications soldiers in the headquarters saw the military commissar taking the lead in applauding, and they also applauded. For a while, the room kept applauding.

After finally waiting for the applause to stop, Sokov first said hello to everyone, and then introduced Lukin and Yakov to everyone. After completing the introduction, he waved his hand and said: "Okay, now that everyone knows us, let's continue working."

After pushing Lukin's wheelchair to the table, Sokov said to Gorokhov: "Comrade Military Commissar, please introduce us to the situation of the army right away."

 Since the departure of the previous commander, Gorokhov has been in charge of the 53rd Army. Even though he was just a military commissar, he still knew the situation of the troops very well. As soon as Sokov finished speaking, he pointed to the map on the table and introduced to Sokov the deployment of the troops' defense and equipment. .

After Sokov waited for Gorokhov to finish speaking, he looked up at him and asked: "Comrade Military Commissar, tell me, what is the focus of our next work?"

Gorokhov did not expect Sokov to suddenly ask this question. He was stunned for a moment and did not know how to answer.

Fortunately, Lu Jin rescued him in time: "Comrade Military Commissar, I think our main task in the next step is to send manpower to detect the enemy's troop deployment and equipment, and arrange manpower to build roads to facilitate the passage of large troops." said To be honest, the road conditions were really bad during the dozens of kilometers back from the train station."

Hearing Lukin's criticism, Gorokhov couldn't help but blush. You should know that General Afuning had mentioned to him several times the unsatisfactory road conditions in the group army's defense area, but he had always put it aside with various reasons. At this moment, when Lu Jin mentioned this matter, he hurriedly defended: "Comrade Deputy Commander, you also know that the troops had just finished fighting on the Western Front and had not received enough rest before they were hastily transferred to the Far East. Once here, everything You need to start from scratch..."

"Okay, Comrade Military Commissar, please stop talking." Sokov raised his hand to interrupt the other party and said directly: "You also know that we will launch an attack on the Kwantung Army in the near future. But now there are no decent roads near the area where the troops are gathering. Once the battle starts, not only will the attacking troops be blocked by the roads, but even future logistics supplies will be seriously affected due to the poor condition of the roads."

In order to deepen the opponent's impression, Sokov also specifically mentioned the Third Battle of Kharkov, "In early 1943, our army, which had just won the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, had an absolute advantage in both strength and equipment. Under such circumstances, we launched an attack on Manstein's troops. Our army's attack in the early stage achieved a huge victory, but at the end of the battle, why did our army change from the victorious side to the defeated side? It is because of logistical supplies They couldn't keep up. The logistics base was more than a thousand kilometers away, and the road conditions were so bad that the commanders and fighters of the transportation force tried every means, but they still couldn't send the weapons, ammunition and various materials urgently needed by the frontline troops in time. , which resulted in our army suffering a huge defeat due to insufficient logistical supplies."

“You are right, Comrade Commander.” As a senior commander, Gorokhov naturally knew the reasons for the failure of the Third Battle of Kharkov. He was serving as a political commissar in a unit of the Voronezh Front. If it were not for the lack of ammunition and fuel for the unit, the numerically superior tank unit would not have been annihilated by the German armored units. If he hadn't run so fast at that time, he might have been a prisoner of the German army: "I know where I went wrong. I will arrange manpower as soon as possible to repair the roads in the defense zone to ensure that it will not delay the Far East Campaign." "

"Very good, very good." Sokov was very satisfied with Gorokhov's statement. He nodded and continued: "The next step is to arrange enough reconnaissance teams to conduct reconnaissance deep into the enemy's defense areas to figure out our The strength and equipment of the Kwantung Army opposite the army so that we can make a targeted attack plan."

"I will call the director of the reconnaissance department immediately." Gorokhov said: "Ask him to immediately dispatch a capable reconnaissance team to conduct reconnaissance in the Kwantung Army's defense area."

After calling the director of the reconnaissance department, Gorokhov remembered the discussion with Sokov at the train station and quickly reminded him: "Comrade Commander, you need to call the corps commanders and division commanders below and ask them to rush. Come and meet?”

"We just arrived here today. We are all very tired and need a good rest." Sokov felt that he had rashly summoned the commanders below for a meeting without being familiar with the troops. The discussion would not produce any results, so he rushed to Ge Ge. Rokhov waved his hand and said: "As for when to meet these commanders, I will wait until I think about it."

Hearing what Sokov said, Gorokhov could not say anything else. He could only say with a wry smile: "Okay, Comrade Commander, you have the final say when to meet with the commander below."

"That's right." Sokov raised his hand and looked at the time, "Captain Alt and the others have been searching for the enemy for more than an hour, why haven't there been reports yet?"

"Comrade Commander, Captain Alt and the others are carrying a walkie-talkie. I immediately asked the radio operator to contact them." Gorokhov said: "Let's see how their search mission is going."

"Go quickly." Sokov urged: "I'm worried that those little devils have secretly escaped to their defense area when we shelled the mountain pass position."

Gorokhov came to a radio and said to the operator sitting next to the machine: "Call Captain Alt immediately and ask him to report back to them about the situation there."