After Asia left with her children, Sokov asked Cydolin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, has the commander called and mentioned the reinforcements on the underwater pontoon bridge and the east coast?"

"No," Cidolin replied, shaking his head vigorously, "No, never mentioned."

"Strange," Sokov said to himself: "I clearly saw that the pontoon bridge had been built, why didn't the commander tell us about this? Did something happen to the matter?"

In order to figure out what was going on, Sokov personally called the headquarters and was about to ask Cui Kov about it. He said to the microphone: "Comrade Commander, I am Sokov."

"Oh, it's Colonel Sokov." Cuikov was a little surprised that Sokov would call himself on his own initiative, so he asked quickly: "What's the situation in the Archives Building?"

"The enemy launched four attacks on the Archives Building, and we all repelled them." Although Sokov experienced the battle personally, he did not see the specific results, so he could only report to Cui Kov in a general way: "There were about three or four hundred Germans who were killed by us, and one enemy plane was shot down and injured."

"The results of the battle are very good." Cui Kov was very satisfied with the results achieved by Sokov's troops: "If you continue to fight like this, you will be able to crippled a regiment-level German army. By the way, did the battlefield reporters from Moscow go to your division headquarters?"

"No, Comrade Commander." Sokov originally wanted to ask about the floating bridge, but Cui Kov inadvertently brought the topic to the battlefield reporter. He shook his head and said, "So far, I have not seen the political commissar and the battlefield reporter appear."

"What, haven't you arrived at your division headquarters yet?" Cuikov heard Sokov's answer and said in surprise: "But they should have arrived at your division headquarters three hours ago. Why hasn't they appeared so far? Is there something unexpected happening?"

Fortunately, Sokov had just asked who Anisimov set out with, so he could answer the question raised by Cuikov: "Comrade Commander, I think it may not be possible. The one who went with the political commissar to meet the battlefield reporters was Major Tenev, the commander of the guard battalion, and one hundred soldiers. With their combat effectiveness, even if they encountered a company of the German army, they could protect the reporters and the political commissar from danger."

"No, if you are not afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of if you are. You should send someone to search along the way and see what happened." Cui Kefu said solemnly: "These two reporters are from Moscow, and they can't make any mistakes."

"Okay, Comrade Commander." Seeing that Cui Kov insisted on sending someone to search for him, Sokov could not sing a counter-topic with him, he could only agree: "I will send someone to find their whereabouts immediately."

"Come on them and call me immediately." After Cuikov finished speaking, he planned to hang up and nodded, but when he heard Sokov say wait, he asked impatiently: "Comrade Colonel, is there anything else?"

"That's right, Comrade Commander. Today, I saw the bottom pontoon bridge on the Volga River in the archives building. "Sokov asked carefully: "I want to ask when will the three infantry divisions that are about to arrive on the east coast enter the city?"

"So this is the case." After hearing Sokov finished speaking, Cuikov sighed and said, "Col. Sokov, the situation has changed now, and his superiors have adjusted their plans accordingly and do not intend to send these three divisions out of the city."

"Ah, they won't enter the city?" Sokov's heart sank suddenly, and then asked in surprise: "Comrade Commander, why is this?"

"It's all because of the German bombing," Cui Koff said helplessly: "The base camp feels that even if all three divisions are sent into the city, it will not be of much help to the entire situation due to the lack of air supremacy and sufficient amount of technical equipment. If these troops lose their losses in the enemy's bombing, it will have an adverse impact on the future counterattack."

When Sokov learned that it was the command of the base camp, he immediately felt cold. Although he had always opposed the establishment of a new combat cluster in the south of the city, once there were three additional defenders in the city, some changes would occur in the comparison of the forces between the enemy and us. But if they did not enter the city, their troops would become firefighters in the following days, and they would be transferred to which direction where the situation was unfavorable.

Cui Kov once again reminded Sokov that once the battlefield reporter arrived at the division headquarters, he must call him to report. After saying that, he hung up the phone without waiting for Sokov to say anything else.

Seeing Sokov put down the phone, his face turned pale, and Cidolin knew something was wrong. He asked quickly: "Comrade Commander, what do you say to the commander?"

Sokov sorted out his thoughts in his mind and said, "The commander said that the political commissar and the war correspondent should have arrived here three hours ago. He was worried about what went wrong with them, so he asked us to send someone to search immediately."

"I'll make arrangements right away." Considering Sokov's friend during Selyosha, Sidolin asked for instructions carefully: "I think it's better to send Selyosha's guard company to perform this mission."

"Let's send Selyosha." Sokov did not object to Sidolin's arrangement. But after sighing, he continued, "The commander also told me that the superiors changed their minds and the three divisions that were originally scheduled to enter the city will not come again."

"Why?" Ivanov jumped straight from his seat when he heard the news: "Comrade Commander, what happened? Why did the superiors change their minds? You should know that the troops in the city are in short supply. If three more divisions can be added, it might be able to reverse the unfavorable situation in front of you."

"The enemy controls the air supremacy of the city, and the technical equipment required for our large-scale counterattack is almost all on the east coast." Sokov explained to Ivanov with a wry smile: "Even if three infantry divisions are allowed to enter the city, the role they can play is very limited."

After Sidolin called Selyosha, he reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I have given an order to Lieutenant Selyosha. He said that in just one quarter of an hour, he could lead the troops to set off."

But before Selyosha's guard company set off, Anisimov appeared at the door of the division headquarters. When he saw Sokov paced back and forth in the room, his eyes lit up and said loudly: "Comrade Commander, when did you come back?"

"Political Commissar?!" Sokov looked in his voice and saw Anisimov standing at the door. He was overjoyed. He quickly walked over, held the other party's hand, and asked nervously: "Comrade Political Commissar, where have you been? Why are you back now? I am worried about your safety. I plan to send someone to find you."

"I'm so embarrassed to worry you, comrade Commander, I'm so embarrassed." Anisimov replied: "I received a war correspondent from Moscow. They wanted to check the defense zone of my division, so I took them around and didn't have the time to say hello to you. This is my fault, I'm so sorry."

"Where is Comrade comrades reporter?" Sokov asked.

Anisimov turned around and shouted at the door, "Please come in!"
Chapter completed!