Red Moscow

  Chapter 1586 Maintenance Station Relocation (Part 2)

   During the war years, the work efficiency was very high, and even the old man who had always been procrastinating showed amazing efficiency. It took less than three hours for the repair station to receive the relocation order and relocate to the machinery factory.

When Sokov learned that the maintenance station had been relocated, he showed a surprised expression on his face: "It's been relocated so soon?" Then he said to Sameko, "Comrade Chief of Staff, I will leave this place to you. The committee member went to the machinery factory to have a look."

  Managarov heard Sokov saying that he was going to the machinery factory, so he quickly stood up and said, "General Sokov, I also want to go to the machinery factory. Let's go together."

  Since Managarov had already made the request, Sokov naturally couldn't refuse, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, Comrade General, then let's go there together."

  The three of them took a jeep and came to the machinery factory.

  There were only two soldiers standing guard at the gate of the factory. When they saw Sokov and his convoy approaching, they did not check, but let them drive straight into the factory. Seeing this situation, Sokov not only frowned, he didn't expect the guard work of the machinery factory to be so lax.

  In front of the office building of the factory, a second lieutenant officer was talking and laughing happily with several female workers. When he saw a convoy approaching, he stopped the conversation and greeted the convoy.

  The jeep that Sokov was riding in stopped beside the officer. Sokov opened the door and walked out. Looking at the other party, he asked, "Comrade Second Lieutenant, are you the military representative from the factory?"

Although the officer did not know Sokov, he knew the general star on his epaulettes, and immediately stood at attention and raised his hand to salute: "Hello, Comrade General, I am Second Lieutenant Pierre, the factory's army representative, and I follow your orders. Please advise!"

   "I am Major General Sokov, Commander of the 27th Army." After identifying himself to the other party, Sokov asked, "Which department do you belong to? How many soldiers are on duty in the factory?"

Knowing that the person in front of him was the commander of the group army, Second Lieutenant Pierre seemed extremely nervous. He stammered and replied, "Report...report to Comrade Commander, I...I belong to the 98th Guards Division, and I was ordered to be stationed in the machinery factory. There are a total of 27 people in the platoon, responsible for protecting the safety of the machinery factory."

   "Only 27 people?" Sokov glanced at the factory area, and found that the area of ​​the factory was equivalent to a small town, and 27 people were used as guards. It was a joke: "Why are there only so few people?"

  Pierre didn't know the purpose of Sokov's question, but he replied truthfully: "There are no important military facilities in the machinery factory, and a platoon is enough."

"That was before, Comrade Second Lieutenant." Sokov said with a serious expression: "From now on, this place will become an important military facility, and your security forces must be strengthened. Especially at the gate, checks must be strengthened, not everyone You can come and go as you please."

  Hearing Sokov's words, Pierre was a little dazed. Although he understood that he had to carry out Sokov's order, how could he strengthen the defense of the factory area with more than 20 people under him. He could only say to Sokov with a sad face: "Comrade Commander, I have too few people under my command, unless my superiors send me more people."

   "Where can I call?" Sokov asked the other party: "I want to talk to your teacher."

   "The factory director's office on the second floor can make calls." Pierre said with a smile on his face, "Comrade Commander, please follow me, and I will take you to make a call."

  When Sokov followed Pierre into the building, he asked casually, "Where is the factory director?"

   "Didn't the maintenance station move here just now? The factory manager went to the factory to check."

   Arriving at the factory director's office on the second floor, Pierre greeted the female secretary sitting at the door, and stretched out his hand to push open the closed door. However, he did not enter the door immediately, but stood by the door, leaning slightly forward at 15 degrees, and stretched out his hand in a gesture of invitation: "Comrade commander, please come in!"

  Sokov walked into the door, and there was a long conference table in front of him, which formed a "T" with the desk directly opposite. He walked to the desk along the left side of the conference table, and grabbed the phone on the table in front of him. He put the microphone to his ear, and after dialing a number, he heard a voice inside, and immediately said: "This is Sokov, please approach Colonel Chuvashov, commander of the 98th Guards Division immediately."

  The phone was connected quickly, and Chuvashov's voice came from the receiver: "Hello, Comrade Commander, I am Chuvashov, what instructions do you have?"

   "Comrade Colonel, I want to ask you, how many guards have you deployed in the machinery factory?"

Hearing Sokov's question, Chuvashov was silent for a moment, and then said: "Comrade Commander, I don't know very well. I have to ask the Chief of Staff to find out. Chief of Staff," Chuvashov said later Is to ask Uzakov, "How many troops have we deployed in the machine factory?"

  Uzakov hurriedly took out his small book and flipped through it, and then reported to Chuvashov: "Comrade Commander, we have deployed a platoon in the machinery factory, with a total number of 27 people."

   "Comrade Commander, I have figured everything out." Chuvashov immediately said to Sokov after hearing Uzakov's report: "A platoon has been deployed in the factory, with a total of 27 people."

   "Comrade Colonel, I want to ask you. In such an important unit, why only deploy so few troops?"

  Chuvashov was stunned for a moment, and then reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, there are no valuable military installations in the machinery factory, because I only sent a platoon to serve as a guard."

"The former machinery factory did not have any valuable military facilities, but from now on, this will be the area that your division will focus on guarding against." Sukov said on the phone: "You immediately transfer a battalion and rush to the machinery factory. Strengthen the defense work here, and make sure that there will be no mistakes."

   "Comrade Commander," Chuvashov asked in puzzlement when he heard Sokov ordering him to transfer a battalion to strengthen the defense work, "Can you tell me the specific reason?"

Sokov thought of the change of the maintenance station, but he didn't seem to communicate with Chuvashov. It was inevitable that the other party didn't know the specific situation, so he said to him: "Comrade Colonel, I already understand that the maintenance station has been moved to the machinery factory. In this way, our comrade workers can repair our damaged tanks on the battlefield faster and better.”

Knowing that the maintenance station responsible for repairing destroyed tanks on the battlefield has now entered the machinery factory, Chuvashov immediately understood the purpose of Sokov's call, and quickly replied: "Don't worry, Comrade Commander, I will immediately Transfer troops to the machinery factory and raise the alert level there."

   Sokov was very satisfied with Chuvashov's answer. He nodded and said, "Then I'll wait for your good news." After speaking, he put down the phone.

   "Comrade Commander," Pierre asked quickly seeing Sokov put down the phone, "Do you want me to be your guide and take you to the workshop?"

Sokov originally wanted Pierre to stay to answer the phone, but after thinking about it, if he didn't have a guide, he might not be able to find the location of the factory for a long time, and it would definitely delay a lot of time, so he He nodded and agreed to Pierre's proposal: "Okay, Comrade Second Lieutenant, I will trouble you to be our guide. As for the phone inside, let the female secretary at the door answer it and let her tell Qiu our whereabouts. Colonel Vashov."

  Pierre agreed, and communicated with the female secretary at the gate of the runway. Soon, he returned to Sokov, nodded and said, "Comrade Commander, everything has been arranged, and we can go to the factory now."

When Sokov followed Pierre out of the office building, he saw Managarov and Lunev standing beside the jeep chatting, so he walked towards them and greeted them from a distance: "You two are here what's the topic?"

   Hearing Sokov's voice, the two stopped talking. Managarov said to Sokov: "General Sokov, General Lunev and I are saying that the security force here at the machinery factory is too weak, and if it is attacked by the Germans, it may cause huge losses. "

  Although what Managarov said was to Sokov, Pierre, who was following Sokov, blushed with shame after hearing it, because what the other party said was the truth.

"You are right, Comrade General." Sokov agreed with Managarov's statement: "The defense force in the factory is indeed a bit weak now, let alone being attacked by the German army, even if it is just They might not be able to deal with a few spies sneaking in to cause sabotage. But I have already called their division commander, and reinforcements will arrive soon."

   Lunev waited for Sokov to finish speaking, and asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, where are we going next?"

   "Let's go to the factory to have a look." Sokov said to the two, "See if the comrades in the maintenance station have installed all their equipment."

   Seeing that Sokov and the others were about to leave, Pierre quickly said: "Comrade Commander, the factory building is one or two kilometers away from here. If you walk, it may delay a lot of time. I think it's better to go there by car."

  Sokov heard that the factory building was one or two kilometers away, so he gave up his plan to walk there. So he waved his hand and ordered: "Get in the car!"

  Under Pierre's guidance, the jeep soon came outside the factory building.

   Seeing several destroyed tanks and armored tractors parked at the door, Sokov knew he had arrived.

  He saw a worker smoking a cigarette beside the armored tractor, so he waved to him and said, "Comrade worker, please come here."

  When the worker heard Sokov's shout, he immediately threw away the cigarette butts in his hand, and trotted to Sokov. Although he was not a soldier, he still stood at attention and saluted Sokov with a non-standard military salute: "Hello, Comrade General, may I help you?"

  Sokov pouted at the destroyed tanks and asked curiously, "Did you drag these tanks back?"

"Yes, Comrade General." The worker gave Sukov an affirmative answer: "When I was pulling one of the tanks back, I suddenly received a comrade from the station master, who asked me to take the tanks that were dragged back and directly Towed to the machinery factory. I saw that the distance was not far away, so I dragged the wreckage of the tank directly here, and then turned around to drag another tank. No, I towed two of the wrecked tanks here."

   "Thank you, Comrade Worker." Sokov said hard work to the other party, and then asked: "Do you think the two tanks you dragged back can be repaired?"

"How to say it?!" Hearing Sokov's question, the worker hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "If the maintenance station is still in its original location and has not been relocated to the machinery factory, waiting for the fate of these two tanks is Send it back to the steelworks for remelting."

  From what the other party said, Sokov heard that the two tanks might be repaired, so he tentatively asked: "Comrade worker, according to your opinion, these two tanks can be repaired?"

"Of course. Since I dragged these two tanks back, I must know their situation best." The worker nodded and said, "According to my observation, they are just the turrets that were destroyed, and they will be dragged to the factory building later. Here, use a crane to lift the broken turret away, and then replace it with a good turret, basically you can go back into battle."

   After chatting with the workers for a few more words, Sokov led Managarov, Lunev and others into the factory building.

  The factory building is a busy scene at the moment, all the machinery and equipment are full of people, everyone is busy with their work, and they didn't notice the arrival of Sokov and his party at all.

  Pierre looked around for a while, and then said to Sokov with a look of surprise: "Comrade Commander, the factory director and station manager are there."

   After expressing his gratitude to Pierre, Sokov came to Adil and asked with a smile: "Comrade Adil, what do you think of the working environment here?"

"It's great, it's really great." Seeing Sokov's arrival, Adil said happily, "I didn't expect that the equipment here is so complete." He pointed to the truck on the roof that was lifting things, and continued Said, "Before we wanted to remove the turret of the tank, we had to build a frame with logs, and it took seven or eight people to work together to complete the work. But here is a ready-made vehicle, and only one person below is required to tie the steel cable , the disassembly of the turret can be completed.”

Sokov looked up at the cars moving back and forth on the roof track, and thought of something, so he called the factory manager and asked, "Comrade factory manager, how many hours of power supply do you have every day?" For a period of time, the power supply in some areas has been restored, but due to the limited power supply, the power supply must be supplied according to the plan.

Hearing Sokov's question, the factory manager quickly replied: "Comrade General, we can get two hours of power supply time here every day. If it was before, such a long power supply time would be enough. But now the maintenance station has been relocated to our Here, I'm afraid this power supply time is far from enough."

"Yes, Comrade General." After the factory manager finished speaking, Adil agreed: "Such a short power supply time is very detrimental to our work. Just think about it, just after the tank turret was hoisted, the power went out. We have to temporarily stop the work we are doing until the power supply is restored."

"I understand, Comrade Adil." Sokov knew very well that the work efficiency of the maintenance station would only increase if the power supply of the machinery factory was guaranteed. He assured Adil, "I assure you that starting today, the machinery The power supply time of the factory will be provided from the original two hours to eight hours."

"Eight hours?!" The factory manager originally thought that Sukov could give him an extra hour of power supply, and he was already thankful, but he didn't expect the other party to be so generous that he actually increased the power supply time from two hours to eight hours: "This is really amazing. Bravo."

  (end of this chapter)