Although Sokov was not afraid of Apaneseko, after the call, he still called Konev and reported the matter to him.
After listening to Sokov's report, Konev was silent for a while and said, "Comrade Sokov, although we were kind enough to take the initiative to send troops, we did not communicate well with friendly troops in advance. We did something wrong. You have the responsibility and I have the responsibility for this matter. Let me contact Comrade Vatujing immediately and inform him of the news that we sent troops to the north of Oboyang."
After finishing the conversation with Konev, Sokov thought to himself: It is understandable that Apanashenko got angry. If it were him, a force suddenly appeared in his defense zone and started to build a large-scale project without even saying hello. He might not feel comfortable.
After understanding this, he called Sameco to himself and said to him: "Chief of Staff, I need to go to the 182nd Division immediately, and this is the responsibility of you and the military commissioner."
When Samek heard the call between Sokov and Konev, he guessed that he would definitely go to negotiate with friendly forces, so he quickly asked him for instructions: "Do you need to order Colonel Khokhlov and others to stop the construction?"
"No, the work of building fortifications must not be stopped. Otherwise, after the enemy breaks through the friendly defense line, it will be difficult for us to stop them." Sokov ordered Sameko: "Call Khokhlov and order him to speed up the construction. No matter who stops it, you must not stop."
Sokov knew that the place he was going was dangerous, so he took Samoilov's guard platoon. Before leaving, he also asked Samoilov: "Comrade Lieutenant, are there any soldiers in your platoon who can use bazooka?"
"Yes, Commander." Samoilov asked tentatively after hearing Sokov's strange question: "Is the place we are going to be very dangerous?"
"Yes, maybe you will encounter the enemy." Sokov reminded the other party: "In addition to the rocket launcher, bring a few new rockets, so that when we encounter the enemy, we can get out smoothly." He never dreamed that a precaution he took would save everyone's lives in a few hours.
In order to prevent too many vehicles and expose the target, only four jeeps were arranged for this trip, and Sokov sat in the first car. After the soldiers got on the bus, Samoilov, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked Sokov: "Comrade Commander, where are we going?"
"Go to Shumakovo, north of Oboyan, we have a division's troops building a line of defense there."
"Comrade Driver," Samoilov immediately asked the driver after hearing Sokov's words: "Do you know the place?"
"Yes, comrade Lieutenant, I know there."
When Sokov saw that the driver knew the place, he asked casually: "When will we reach our destination?"
While starting the car, the driver replied: "Comrade Commander, it's almost 300 kilometers from us to Shumakovo. The road conditions for the urgent road construction are not good, and the speed can only reach 60 kilometers per hour, which means that it will take us as soon as five hours to reach our destination."
The convoy bumped on the road for more than four hours, passed through forests, lakes and swamps, and finally came to a hilly area. Sokov looked at the view outside the window and asked the driver curiously: "Comrade Driver, where is this?"
"Comrade Commander," the driver turned his head and replied, "This place is about five kilometers away from Shumakovo."
After hearing this, Sokov nodded slightly and thought to himself that the terrain along the way was not conducive to the large-scale mechanized troops. It seems that the decisive battle of tanks that will take place soon will definitely not be carried out in this area. As long as there is no large-scale German armored troops in his defense zone, there should be no big problem to block them.
"Stop the car," Sokov suddenly said to the driver as the convoy approached a small hill: "I want to go up and take a look."
Hearing Sokov's orders, the driver did not dare to neglect and quickly parked the car on the side of the road. As soon as Samoilov waited for the car to stop, he immediately jumped out of the passenger seat and went to the back to help Sokov open the door.
After getting off the car, Sokov pointed his hand at the top of the hill and said to Samoilov: "Comrade Lieutenant, you can wait for me here for a while. I will go up and see the surrounding terrain."
"Comrade Commander, I'd better accompany you." Samoilov said: "After all, this is a strange environment. I'm responsible for your safety?"
"No need to be different." Sokov just wanted to go to the top of the hill to see the surrounding environment. He might come down in a few minutes. There is no need to bother Samoilov and others to set up some warnings on the hillside. He shook his head and said, "I'll go up and take a look. You'll get down in a few minutes. You'd better stay here and wait for me. Once I come back, we'll set off immediately."
Since Sokov gave the order, Samoilov was not good at disobeying it. However, when Sokov walked towards the hill alone, he was not idle, but ordered the soldiers in several other cars to get out of the car, and took out the new rockets and rockets he carried, ready for battle.
Regarding Samoilov's arrangement, a soldier murmured in a low voice: "Comrade Platoon Leader, there is no need for this. Comrade Commander just goes up and take a look, don't take out these equipment!"
Listening to the warrior's complaint, Samoilov glared at his eyes and said in a stern tone: "Abide by the order!"
Seeing that Samoilov got angry, the soldiers could only move the new rocket launcher and rocket launcher placed on the car and prepare for launching as if it were decent.
Sokov went up the hillside alone, just to see the surrounding terrain so as to decide whether to use the terrain here to build more fortifications nearby. Unexpectedly, when he was fifty or sixty meters away from the top of the hillside, he suddenly heard a roar of a tank engine, and immediately stopped, took off the assault rifle slung on his shoulder, and carefully observed where the sound came from.
Soon, the roar of the tank became louder and louder. Sokov heard clearly that the sound came from the other side of the hillside, and quickly pointed the muzzle in that direction. At the same time, he was thinking in his heart whether he should continue to move forward or retreat immediately?
Before Sokov could make his final decision, he saw a gun barrel slowly stretching out from the top of the hillside. After a moment, the body of a tank appeared in his sight.
When he saw the white cross on the tank body, Sokov was stunned. He did not expect to see a German tank here. The German tank parked at the top of the hillside soon discovered Sokov standing on the hillside, and slowly turned the turret and prepared to fire at Sokov.
Sokov was frightened and he instinctively pulled the trigger. The bullets of the assault rifle hit the tank's armor plate, making a jingle sound, splashing countless sparks. After firing the bullets in the magazine in one breath, Sokov threw the gun, held his head and rolled down the hillside.
Chapter completed!