It has to be said that during the war, the Russians who had always been procrastinating in their work were sometimes quite efficient. At dawn the next day, Ozor brought a group of construction workers, pulling two carts of shovels and pickaxes to Mamayevgang, and prepared to start building defensive construction here.
All the people working were coming. As the master, Sokov had absolutely no reason to continue lying in the tent to sleep. He could only curse Ozor in his heart while forcing a smile to greet him. He held the other party's hand and said with a smile: "Comrade Major, I didn't expect you to come so early. It's really hard."
Ozor grinned and then proposed his own conditions to Sokov: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I plan to arrange people to clear the bushes and weeds on Mamayev's hills, and then start the construction of fortifications. However, I only have more than 100 people under my command. Can you borrow some soldiers to help me?"
Since Ozor was helping his own fortifications, Sokov naturally would not be stingy. He quickly ordered Selyosha to follow him: "Shelyosha, send someone to inform the four battalion commanders immediately and let them come to me immediately."
After Selyosha ran far away, Sokov said to Ozor in a deliberate tone: "Comrade Major, I will discuss something with you. Look at the area of ​​the entire Mamayev hill, what a big project it is to remove the shrubs and weeds on it. Even if I send two thousand people to help you, it will not be done in one or two days."
Ozor was also a smart man. When he heard Sokov say this, he asked tentatively: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, do you mean to start building fortifications without cleaning up the shrubs and weeds on the hills?"
"Yes, that's what I mean. If we don't remove shrubs and weeds, it can still play a hidden role. Otherwise, the German reconnaissance planes will be far away in the air and discover our fortifications on the hills." After saying his thoughts, Sokov asked back: "This will not increase the construction difficulty for you, right?"
"No," Ozor shook his head and replied, "clearing the shrubs and weeds from the hills in advance is just to make the built fortifications look more eye-catching..."
"No, Major Ozor, don't be too eye-catching fortifications you have built." Sokov heard this and waved his hand and interrupted the words behind him. "If it could be discovered by the Germans at a glance, our fortifications will become the targets for their shelling and bombing. It's better to hide it, the more concealed it, the better."
"Ltd Colonel Comrade," Ozor recorded Sokov's request in a small book, and then asked: "Also, you said you would build two or three authentic tunnels between the north and south slopes. I wonder what method should we take to construct it?"
Ozor's words made Sokov stunned. He was not a construction engineer in the army and naturally knew nothing about construction. He grinned and asked a little embarrassedly: "Comrade Major, I don't know what construction methods are there for building authentic tunnels?"
As soon as Sokov asked about his professional skills, Ozor immediately became more and more: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, there are three types of construction methods for building authentic tunnels: open excavation, cover excavation and hidden excavation." When Ozor said this, he deliberately paused for a moment to observe the other party's expression. Seeing Sokov's confused look, he knew that the other party was an unyielding layman, so he continued to say, "Open excavation refers to the construction method of digging the ground, digging the earth and stone from top to bottom to design elevation, and after the base is dug from bottom to top, completing the main structure of the tunnel, and finally backfilling the foundation pit or restoring the ground. The advantage of this excavation method is that the construction technology is simple, fast and economical; the disadvantage is that it is easy to be discovered by German reconnaissance aircraft during the construction process."
After hearing the first construction method, Sokov asked without hesitation: "What about the cover excavation method and the hidden excavation method?"
Ozor said: "The cover excavation method is to close the top after excavating from the ground down to a certain depth, and the remaining lower projects are constructed under the closed top cover. The main structure can be carried out in a row or reversed..."
"Wait a minute, Comrade Major." Sokov was not interested in the method of excavation. He heard only half of it and couldn't wait to interrupt the content behind Ozor. As for the remaining method of excavation, even if Ozor didn't say it, Sokov knew that it needed to be constructed underground, but he still asked casually: "We won't consider the method of excavation. You should talk about the method of excavation."
Ozor nodded and began to introduce the authentic cover excavation method to Sokov: "The hidden excavation method is a tunnel construction method that does not dig the ground under specific conditions, and does not dig up the ground, and is all underground to excavate and build lining structures. It is difficult to implement this construction method near the Volga River, because it involves a series of work such as drainage and soil removal." After introducing the three construction methods, Ozor looked at Sokov and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, don't know which method you plan to use for construction?
"Comrade Major, didn't I say I wanted to build two or three authentic tunnels?" Sokov said carefully: "Then you can use the method of constructing two authentic tunnels at the same time, one using open excavation method and the other using hidden excavation method to see which construction method is more efficient, and the remaining authentic tunnel will use which construction method."
While the two were discussing the construction plan, the four battalion commanders who were notified followed Selyosha and ran all the way. They stood in a row in front of Sokov, raised their hands to salute, and kept standing attentively waiting for Sokov to give orders. Sokov raised his hand to return the salute to them and spoke, "Comrades in the battalion, I called you here because Major Ozor was preparing to start construction in Mamayev's hill, but he was not in enough staff, so I plan to draw 500 people from each of your battalions to cooperate with him in the construction. Is there any problem?"
"No problem!" the four battalion commanders replied neatly.
Sokov continued: "You must tell the soldiers that the fortifications they built are fortifications that we will use in future defense operations. We must not be careless in terms of quality. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" The four battalion commanders replied neatly again.
When the four battalion commanders returned to dispatch personnel, Sokov specifically said to Ozor: "Comrade Major, if there is not enough staff, just speak. Our brigade has nearly 5,000 people, and I can increase your staff at any time."
Ozor thought Sokov could at best transfer two or three hundred people to him, even if it was good, but he gave him two thousand people as soon as he opened his mouth. Hearing the other party said this, he quickly replied politely: "Enough is enough, comrade Lieutenant Colonel. The area of ​​Mamayev's ridge is limited. If there are more people, it will be difficult to perform."
Chapter completed!