Red Moscow

  Chapter 133 Return with a rewarding experience

  Sokov heard dense gunfire from the direction of the transfer station. He couldn't stay there, so he hurried over with a few soldiers protecting him.

  By the time he arrived at the transfer station, the battle was over, and Andre was leading people to count the results of the battle, and no one was arranged to load the supplies. Seeing this, Sokov was furious, and cursed at Andre angrily: "Second Lieutenant Andre, don't you know that the gunshots have already alarmed the nearby enemies. Enemy reinforcements are coming soon, but you I still have the mood to stand here and count the spoils."

  Andrei, who was scolded by Sokov, lowered his head in a panic, and said ashamedly: "I'm sorry, Comrade Battalion Commander, I was wrong. I will arrange for people to load the supplies onto the sled."

"Except for weapons and ammunition, medicine and food," Sokov told Andre while listening to the movement outside, "All those military uniforms, quilts and other supplies will be given to you when we evacuate later." I burn it all up. What we can't get, the Germans can't get."

The fifty sleds pulled by Erlian were neatly placed next to the freight yard. Soldiers temporarily acted as porters. They lifted the tarpaulin covering the ammunition and moved the neatly stacked wooden boxes one by one. Moved to the sled.

   Just after seven or eight sleds were filled, dense gunshots sounded in the distance. Sokov hurriedly called Andrei to the front, and asked loudly, "Comrade Second Lieutenant, how long will it take you to fill the sleds completely?"

Andrei turned his head and glanced at the soldiers who were busy, calculated secretly for a moment, and then replied: "Report to Comrade Battalion Commander, it will take at least half an hour to fully fill these sledges. You know, we have to In addition to looking for ammunition, you also need to find food and medicine..."

   "I'll give you fifty minutes," Sokov interrupted Andre without waiting for him to finish. He knew that half an hour was the minimum time limit, and he could barely fill the sled, but it was far from enough time to burn the remaining supplies of the German army, so he added another twenty minutes: "If the task cannot be completed by then, What kind of consequences will there be, even if I don't tell you, you should understand in your heart."

"Understood, Comrade Battalion Commander." Andre nodded hastily, then turned around and shouted at the soldiers who were carrying things: "Comrades, the enemy is rushing towards us, and the comrades in the machine gun company are fighting tenaciously." They are bleeding and sacrificing every minute, and every minute you save, you can save the life of a comrade in arms! Everyone, hurry up and stop dawdling!"

  Andrei walked around repeating what he was shouting over and over again. After the soldiers of the second company heard his shout clearly, they all accelerated the speed of carrying.

  Sokov trotted to the wooden house of the radio station. There was a battle here not long ago, and the strong smell of blood could still be smelled in the house. Seeing the radio operator sitting by the window, he told him: "Comrade radio operator, immediately get in touch with Lieutenant Vasily of the gun battery, I want to speak to him."

  The operator wearing earphones nodded, picked up the microphone and started calling: "Owl, owl, I am Red Star, I am Red Star, please answer if you hear it! Please answer if you hear it!..."

   After calling five or six times, the other party finally responded. Sokov took the earphone and microphone handed over by the telegrapher, and put the earphone on his head. Because of time constraints, he didn't even bother to use the pre-agreed pronouns, and directly spoke plain language to the microphone. Call: "Lieutenant Vasily, listen, the second company is moving supplies here at the transfer station, and it will take at least an hour. I order you to stick to it for an hour, understand?"

   "Understood, Comrade Battalion Commander." In addition to Vasily's voice, there were clearly audible gunshots and explosions from the earphones, which showed how fierce the battle was. "In one hour, we will absolutely not let the Germans move forward."

  After all the sleds were loaded, the soldiers of the Second Company pulled the loaded sleds in groups of three and headed out of the transfer station. The remaining soldiers carried gasoline barrels and poured gasoline into the pile of remaining supplies, preparing a fire to burn it up completely, leaving no supplies to the Germans.

  Andrei walked up to Sokov and asked him for instructions: "Comrade Battalion Commander, there are more than a dozen German prisoners. What do you think? Take them away or shoot them on the spot?"

   "We are carrying so much supplies, if we bring captives, it will definitely slow down our speed." Sukov didn't want the captives to become a burden, so naturally he didn't want to take them with him. But if he were to give the order to shoot all the German soldiers who put down their weapons, he would not be able to do such a cruel thing.

  After some thought, he pointed to the wooden house in the distance and said to Andre: "Tie them all up and lock them up in that wooden house. Whether they survive or not depends on their luck."

  After the soldiers took the tightly bound German prisoners into the wooden house, they thought that the Soviet army was going to set fire to kill them, so they cried loudly and begged the soldiers to spare their lives. It's a pity that none of the soldiers present could understand German, and they didn't know what they were shouting at all. After closing the door, they went back to the warehouse and set fire to it.

  When the freight yard at the transit station was billowing with flames, Sokov, although he was standing tens of meters away, could still feel the scorching heat. He raised his hand and looked at his watch, only to find that fifty minutes had passed. He said to Andrei who was standing beside him, "I think Lieutenant Vasily can see such a big fire. If he is smart enough, he will bring Let the troops withdraw in time. Well, it's getting late, let's hurry back to the unnamed highland as soon as possible."

Just as Sokov and the others returned to the unnamed highland along the road they came from, Vasili also saw the fire in the direction of the transfer station. He knew in his heart that it must have been set off by the second company after completing the task of transporting materials, so He decisively ordered to retreat into the forest with alternate cover.

  The blocked German army was eager to rush to the transfer station for rescue. Seeing that the Soviet army had retreated into the forest, they were worried that they had been ambushed, and instead of pursuing them, they continued to rush to the transfer station.

   After getting rid of the enemy, Vasily's troops quickly caught up with the second company marching in the forest. I saw the elated soldiers of the Second Company happily pulling the fully loaded sledges, talking and laughing as they walked forward. He hurriedly ordered his subordinates to help pull the cart to relieve some of the burden.

  Seeing Vasily rushing up with the troops, Sokov hurriedly asked with concern: "Comrade Lieutenant, you have worked hard. How is it? Are there any heavy casualties?"

"Our casualties weren't too great." Vasily shook his head and said, "In the dark, the German troops who were blocked couldn't figure out our details, so they fought a little timidly. During the battle of more than an hour, We only had about 30 casualties."

"Lieutenant Vasily, you have done a good job." Sukov was very satisfied with the performance of the machine gun company in the battle tonight, and he said with a smile: "If it weren't for you, we probably wouldn't have captured much supplies. You will Rewarded for tonight's performance."

  (end of this chapter)