Chapter 1898: The Unsung Hero (Part 1)

  Chapter 1898 The Unsung Hero (Part 1)

  After deploying the mission, Sokov felt that the battle would not start for a while, so he planned to find a place to lie down for a while, recharge his energy, and command the troops to fight better at dawn.

   Just as Sokov left the headquarters and was about to go to the room Smirnov had arranged for him, Second Lieutenant Herus chased him up from behind: "Comrade Commander!"

  Sokov stopped, turned and asked Herus: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, what's the matter?"

   "Comrade Commander, can I take a moment of your time and report an important matter to you?"

  Sokov looked around and saw people walking around in the corridor. After these officers saw Sokov, they all stopped instinctively, raised their hands to salute, and then continued to move forward.

"This is not a place to talk," Sokov said knowing that Herus came here specifically to find him, and there must be something very important. It is obviously inappropriate in this corridor where people come and go, "Let's talk in my room. "

  The room Smirnov arranged was not big, but it had a lot of furniture: a writing desk and two armchairs were placed by the window, and a bed covered with white sheets was placed against one wall. There is also a small round table and four chairs in the center of the room, above which is an incandescent lamp hanging from the ceiling.

   Sokov pulled out a chair and called Herus to sit down: "Sit down, Second Lieutenant Herus."

   But Herus didn't move at the same place like a telegraph pole. Seeing that he didn't sit down, Sokov didn't force him, so he pulled out another chair and sat down straight away. Then he looked up at him and said, "Second Lieutenant Herus, there are only two of us here, if you have anything to do, just tell me."

   "Comrade Commander, the situation is as follows. I met an acquaintance in the city today."

   "Acquaintance?!" Sokov asked in some amazement, "What does he do?"

"His name is Aku, and he used to be a corporal in the 9th fortification area, commanding a squad." Kruss explained to Sokov: "When our army's position was occupied by the Germans, he took His soldiers retreated with the main force until they came to Vinnytsia, and were ordered to hold a bunker in the defense fortification."

   "Second Lieutenant Herus, your story sounds very long." Sokov interrupted Herus, and pointed to the chair he just dragged out: "You should sit down and talk slowly."

   This time, Horus sat down obediently, ready to continue telling Sokov the story of Aku.

   "There is nothing here, so I can't serve you with tea." Sokov gestured towards the other party: "Go on, I want to know what happened to your friend."

"The bunker they were ordered to hold on to was at the very edge of the defense fortification." Herus continued: "In the first few days, the bunker they were in was not attacked by the Germans. But the guns from a distance The sound of gunshots and explosions made him understand that the positions held by friendly troops were being attacked by German troops.

   After four or five days like this, there were no more gunshots or explosions nearby, and their communication with their superiors was also interrupted. But at this time, they did not realize that all defense positions except theirs had been occupied by the Germans. "

  Sokov heard this, and already guessed the reason: "I think it may be that the location of the bunker that Aku and the others are holding on to is too remote, so it was not discovered by the Germans."

"That's right, that's how it is." Herus nodded, affirming Sokov's statement, and then continued: "The next day, they saw a group of German troops riding motorcycles. Passing by more than 50 meters in front of the bunker, Aku finally saw the appearance of enemies, so he was not willing to let them go, and immediately ordered the soldiers to shoot.

   Following the order, the three Jieggarev light machine guns in the bunker fired at the same time. The intensive firepower caught the unprepared Germans by surprise. Immediately, two motorcycles were destroyed, and seven or eight German soldiers were killed. The Germans who had regained their senses immediately jumped off the motorcycle, used the motorcycle as a cover, and shot back at Aku and the others.

  After more than ten minutes of fighting, except for one motorcycle that fled back, the rest of the motorcycles were destroyed, and all the soldiers on board were killed. Seeing that the enemy was retreating, Aku immediately sent people out of the bunker to collect weapons that were still usable from the German corpses, preparing for a protracted war with the Germans. "

   Just as Horus was getting into his words, there was a knock on the door. Sokov got up and walked over, stretched out his hand and opened the door, and saw that it was Koshkin standing at the door: "Koshkin, what's the matter?"

   "Comrade Commander," Koshkin replied, "a strange person is looking for Ensign Horus outside."

   "Second Lieutenant Herus," Sokov turned to Herus who was sitting at the table and said, "Someone is looking for you outside."

   "Is someone looking for me?" Horus stood up hesitantly, and said with a puzzled face, "Who would be looking for me?"

   At this time, a middle-aged man in military uniform flashed out from behind Koshkin, and said to Herus with a smile, "Herus, I am looking for you."

   "Aku!" Herus couldn't help but exclaimed after seeing the person clearly: "Why did you come here?"

   "Herus, I want to ask you to help me meet General Sokov."

   Before Herus could speak, Sokov said coldly: "I am Sokov, what do you want from me?"

The man in casual uniform heard that the general in front of him was Sokov. He hurriedly stood at attention, raised his hand in salute, and said respectfully, "Hello, Comrade General! I am Aku from the 9th fortification area of ​​the former Southwest Front Army. corporal."

"It turned out to be Corporal Aku." Sokov figured out that the man in military uniform standing at the door was the Aku that Herus was telling him about, so he quickly greeted him: "Please come in and sit down, He Second Lieutenant Ruth is telling me your story. Now that you are here, I hope to hear the whole story from your mouth. Is it possible?"

   "Of course, Comrade General."

   "Koshkin," Sokov turned around and told Koshkin, "Get some cups of tea here. I've been sitting here for a long time without even drinking my saliva."

  Hearing that Sokov wanted to drink water, Koshkin didn't dare to neglect, turned and left the room in a hurry, and went back to the headquarters to find a teapot.

"Comrade Aku," Sokov saw that Aku was wearing a white-washed military uniform, so he didn't address him by his military rank: "Before you came, I was listening to Horus talking about your heroic deeds in Vinnitsa. Woolen cloth."

  Aku couldn't help blushing when he heard Sokov say this, and then said embarrassedly: "Comrade General, I don't know where he is talking, so I can continue."

   "He just said that you repelled a German motorcycle squad, and you sent people out to collect weapons and equipment from the corpses."

"It turns out that I have talked about this, so I will continue to talk about it." Aku said: "The Germans thought that our troops stationed in the defense fortifications had been wiped out by them. As a result, after our fight, the Germans discovered that There was still a surviving firepower point, so a company was specially dispatched to deal with us.

  Our bunker was poured with concrete up to one meter thick. The Germans who attacked only had machine guns and mortars, so there was nothing they could do with the bunker. In the next two days of attack, they paid the price of at least fifty soldiers, but they still couldn't get close to the position of ten meters from the bunker.

  One day, we had just repelled an attack by the Germans, and suddenly there was the roar of an aircraft engine in the air. I looked out from the embrasure and saw two planes in the sky. Flying in front is a reconnaissance plane of our army, and behind it is a fighter plane of the Germans. "

  Hearing this, Sokov couldn’t help but think that he once took a reconnaissance plane to idle around the German-occupied area, and as a result attracted German fighter jets. Although the pilot was highly skilled, he was shot down by the enemy plane in the end.

  Recalling the past, Sokov couldn't help asking: "Did our army's plane escape?"

"No, Comrade General." Aku naturally didn't know that Sukov had been shot down by an enemy plane, so he said to himself: "The plane was still shot down by an enemy plane. The plane made an emergency landing about 200 meters away from our bunker.

   I was stunned to see the two stumbling out of the smoking plane. Because I found out that the pilot was a woman and the other passenger was a general.

  In order to prevent the female pilot and the general from being captured by the Germans, I immediately sent three soldiers to meet him outside the bunker. But the Germans in the distance obviously also found our general, and immediately blocked the road leading to the bunker with machine guns and mortars. Unfortunately, two soldiers died, and the remaining soldier was also injured. Fortunately, the general Both the pilot and the female pilot returned safely to the bunker.

  When the general entered the bunker, I saw that the briefcase he was carrying was handcuffed to his wrists. From my experience, this is a general on a secret mission.

  I just spoke a few words with the general, and some soldiers shouted loudly that German assault guns were coming. Comrade General, you should know that the German assault guns are used to support infantry attacking fortified positions, but we lack anti-tank weapons and cannot deal with them at all. If we wait until they consider our bunkers, we will be finished. "

  Sokov thought to himself, if he saw an enemy general entering the bunker, he would definitely not order the assault artillery to attack the bunker, lest everyone inside would be killed. You know, a living general is more valuable than a dead general.

  Thinking of this, he asked casually: "Did the German assault guns turn around and leave without firing a single shot?"

   Aku had a shocked expression on his face, he didn't expect Sokov to guess the situation at that time. But he still tried to calmly say: "You are right, Comrade General. When I saw the German assault guns getting closer and closer to our bunker, I felt a little trembling in my heart, and I felt that it must be finished." , As long as the assault gun hits our firing holes twice, we will all be finished.

   Just when I was in despair, I suddenly saw the German assault gun stopped thirty meters away, and after a few minutes, the assault gun actually turned around and drove away, completely confused me. "

"Comrade Aku, the German assault guns suddenly chose to leave. I think it's just that they discovered that there were important people in the bunker. It would be a pity if they accidentally killed someone in the bunker, so they stopped the bombardment." Sokov smiled. Said: "If it were me, next, I would take a political offensive and persuade you to put down your weapons and surrender. In this way, not only can the casualties of the troops be reduced, but also a big fish can be caught."

"Comrade General, you are so right!" Seeing Sokov's orderly analysis of the problem, Aku couldn't help feeling a little in awe of him: "The Germans hid behind a rock and shouted through their trumpets. We surrendered our arms and promised to give one of our prisoners what was due."

Sokov sneered twice, and then said: "Come on, Comrade Aku, this is a common trick used by the Germans. After the defenders are tricked out, they don't care whether you are sincerely attacking or pretending to be a snake, whether to keep you or not." Shoot you, it all depends on their mood."

"You're right, Comrade General." After listening to Sukov, Aku nodded vigorously, and continued: "That general also told us the same thing, saying that the defenders in some places were killed because they resisted for too long. After the Germans were captured, they were shot immediately, so it was right not to surrender.”

   "Comrade Aku, what exactly does that general do?" Sokov was eager to know what happened later, so he asked eagerly, "What is in the briefcase in his hand?"

"I don't know either." Aku shook his head and said with a wry smile, "I just saw a thick stack of documents. I really couldn't tell what it was. I asked the general tentatively, and he replied Said he was sending information to another detachment about a counterattack in the enemy's rear so as to drive the enemy out of our city."

  In Sokov's impression, since the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, the troops of the Southwest Front Army have been retreating steadily, and there is no decent counterattack at all. Even if the general sent the information to the designated troops, he might not be able to follow the plan and give the enemy a thunderous blow.

   "Comrade Aku, you were surrounded by the enemy at that time. How did you escape in the end? How did you arrange the general and the female pilot?"

   Before Aku could answer Sokov's question, Koshkin came in from outside with a tray in his hand. The tray contained a pot of tea, four cups, and a saucer full of sugar cubes.

After putting the contents of the tray on the table, Koshkin picked up the teapot, poured a cup for Sokov first, and then poured a cup of tea for Kruss and Aku each: "Two, please drink tea! Ah! Comrade Ku, drink some tea to moisten your throat, and then tell us what happened afterwards."

  (end of this chapter)