Red Moscow

  Chapter 698 Tank Soldiers (Part 1)

  Ivanov did not live up to Sokov's expectations. He found twenty soldiers who had been tank soldiers in the guard battalion. Originally planned to find someone to take them to the defense area of ​​the 122nd Regiment, but he was worried, so he said hello to Xidolin, and then led the group of soldiers to the Workers' New Village.

  When he appeared at the regiment command post, Papchenko, who was commanding the battle, was taken aback: "Comrade deputy division commander, why are you here?"

   "I'm sending tankers to Comrade Commander." Ivanov pouted at the group of soldiers standing at the door, and asked, "Where is Commander?"

  Papchenko led him to the window, pointed to a building in the distance, and said, "The observation post of Comrade Commander is located in that building."

Seeing the continuous shells falling around the building with only two floors left, Ivanov frowned: "Damn, Lieutenant Colonel Papchenko, how could you let the division commander stay in such a dangerous place? "

Hearing Ivanov's duties, Papchenko spread his hands and said helplessly: "Comrade deputy division commander, you don't know, the position of the observation post was chosen by the division commander himself, and I have no right to change his position." Decide."

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Ivanov asked Papchenko with a straight face when he saw shells exploding from time to time on the road leading to that building. "Which way is safer to get to that building?"

Hearing what Ivanov said, Papchenko knew that he planned to take someone to Sokov, and quickly replied: "Comrade deputy division commander, you can pass through the sewer, no matter how fierce the enemy's shells are, they can't hurt you." you."

   "Sewer?" Ivanov heard Papchenko mention the sewer, and suddenly remembered that Sokov once said that he planned to use the sewer to connect the fortifications in order to better attack the enemy. However, he had never been through the sewers before, so he couldn't help but feel a little nervous: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, do you have any soldiers who are familiar with the terrain of the sewers? Let him act as a guide for us and take us to the division commander."

  Ivanov followed the guide assigned to him by Papchenko and entered the sewer of the Workers' New Village. As soon as he entered, the smell in there almost stumped him. He quickly covered his nose with his hands and asked the soldiers leading the way: "Comrade soldiers, do you often use this sewer?"

"Yes, Comrade Deputy Commander. We entered another building from one building through the sewer." The soldier noticed that Ivanov was a little uncomfortable with the smell in the sewer, and quickly said to him: "When I first came in, The smell is a bit unbearable, but after a while, I get used to it."

In order to maintain his image in front of the soldiers, Ivanov quickly put down his hand covering his nose, pretended to be calm, and said to the soldiers: "Comrade soldier, you are right. When I first came in, the smell here is indeed It smells a bit bad, but after a long time, I get used to it. You see, I have fully adapted to the environment here. Alright, hurry up and take us to the building where the teacher is."

   Under the leadership of the soldiers, Ivanov and the group of tank soldiers walked through the labyrinthine sewers. Ivanov said with emotion: "The terrain here is really complicated. If there is no one to guide the way, it is easy to get lost inside."

"You are right, Comrade Deputy Division Commander." The soldier turned his head and said to Ivanov as he walked, "During the enemy's first attack, the regiment commander ordered us to reinforce the comrades in arms on the west side, because we are not familiar with the terrain. We all got lost in the sewers. As a result, we couldn’t reach our destination until those buildings fell.”

   Ivanov is the kind of commander who fights for every inch of land. He heard that the German army occupied the buildings on the west side, and asked with concern: "Have you regained all the lost positions?"

"Yes," the soldier nodded and said, "We entered the building occupied by the enemy through the sewer, attacked them by surprise, and caught them off guard. It took less than ten minutes to clear them from kicked out of the building."

   While chatting, they came to the building where Sokov was. The soldier led the crowd to the vicinity of an exit, but instead of going out immediately, he meowed twice towards the outside. Before Ivanov could ask him why he wanted to meow like a cat, someone had already rushed down and asked, "Who is down there."

   "It's me, Tonya!" The soldier asked towards the top, "Is it Second Lieutenant Samoilov?"

   "That's right, it's me." Samoilov, who was squatting outside the sewer entrance, asked, "Who is the person who came with you?"

"It's me, Second Lieutenant Samoilov." Ivanov recognized that the person who spoke was Samoilov, the guard platoon leader who followed Sokov, and said quickly: "I am Ivanov .”

   "Ah, it's Comrade Deputy Commander." Hearing Ivanov's voice, Samoilov was taken aback: "Why are you here?"

   "I am sending tank soldiers to Comrade Division Commander." Ivanov looked up at Samoilov and asked, "Is the Division Commander here?"

   "Yes, the division commander is here." Samoilov bent down and stretched out his hand to Ivanov: "Comrade deputy division commander, grab my hand, and I will pull you up!"

   With the help of Samoilov, Ivanov and the tank soldiers climbed out of the sewer one by one. Ivanov, who breathed fresh air again, took two deep breaths and asked Samoilov, "Comrade Second Lieutenant, where is the division commander?"

   "Comrade deputy division commander, please come with me." Samoilov said so, but his feet did not move. His eyes stayed on the tank soldiers who followed Ivanov.

Ivanov saw Samoilov's embarrassment, and quickly said to the group of tank soldiers: "Comrades, you wait here for a while, I will go to see the division commander first, and I will arrange tasks for you later." After finishing the tank soldier, he raised his chin at Samoilov and signaled him to take him to see Sokov.

   Sokov, who was holding a telescope, never dreamed that Ivanov would appear in his observation post. He put down the binoculars and asked in surprise: "Comrade deputy division commander, why didn't you stay at the headquarters, but came here instead?"

   "Comrade Commander," Ivanov replied with a smile, "don't you need tank soldiers? I found twenty in the guard battalion and brought them all."

  Although the five tanks promised by Peter have not yet arrived, it would be great if the tank soldiers could be in place first. Sokov quickly asked, "Comrade deputy division commander, where are they all?"

  Ivanov glanced at Samoilov meaningfully, and then said: "They are all at the exit of the sewer. If you see them, I will call them all over immediately."

  (end of this chapter)