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Chapter 2755 Escape

According to Vlasov's plan, the troops would hold out in the Yagotin area for another day and then leave this damn place by train.

But the plan could not keep up with the changes. The German army launched a surprise attack on the Yagotin area in the early morning of the 26th. The Soviet army was caught off guard and had no time to organize an effective resistance. Many areas were occupied by the German army, including the railway station where Vlasov was going to transfer troops.

Vlasov turned pale when he heard the news that the train station had been lost. Without transportation, it would be a pipe dream to leave the area blocked by the German army on foot.

Colonel Del was also anxious when the train station was lost. According to the plan beforehand, as long as the soldiers could successfully evacuate to the train station and board the train, they could move northeast along the railway in half an hour at most, and they could escape the German encirclement and reach the defense zone of friendly forces in half an hour at most. Now that there were no trains, it was obviously impossible to break through the German blockade by just marching on foot.

It was for this reason that Colonel Del said excitedly: "Comrade Commander, what should we do? The German occupation of the railway station means that our contact with the outside world is completely cut off. If we cannot get rid of the current predicament as soon as possible, our headquarters may be doomed to be destroyed."

Vlasov smoked desperately, thinking about what to do next. The area he controlled was already very small, and now with the fierce attack of the German army, this area was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye. Maybe in another hour, no, half an hour, or even less, the enemy might rush into the headquarters, and then he would either die in battle or become a prisoner of the Germans, but he didn't want to see either of these two situations.

Just then, he heard someone outside shouting loudly: "Comrade Commander, where is Comrade Commander?"

Vlasov heard the shout and raised his head suddenly, thinking that the person who shouted seemed to be Captain Sokov. Colonel Del also heard Sokov's shout and hurriedly said to Vlasov: "Comrade Commander, it seems to be Captain Sokov."

Then, Sokov appeared at the door.

He stood at the door and took a look, quickly locking onto the positions of Vlasov, Colonel Del, and Nikolsky, then walked over quickly and said to the three of them: "Comrade Commander, Comrade Chief of Staff, Comrade Military Commissar, the enemy is rushing towards this side, I'm afraid my people can't hold them back for long, you should hurry up and follow them."

"Leave? Where to go?" Nikolsky said dissatisfiedly: There are enemies everywhere around us. If we go out now, it will be tantamount to death. "

Seeing that Nikolsky seemed unwilling to leave, Sokov became anxious and turned around and shouted outside: "Someone, come quickly!"

Following Sokov's shout, seven or eight people rushed in from outside, led by Lieutenant Constantine.

Vlasov saw Konstantin with a bandage on his head and showed a look of astonishment on his face: "Comrade Lieutenant, didn't you die? How come you are here?"

Constantine looked at Vlasov and said calmly: "Comrade Commander, I am lucky. I escaped from Kiev again and found Captain Sokov here. I became a member of the special company again."

"Now is not the time to reminisce." Sokov was worried that Vlasov and Konstantin would talk endlessly, so he rudely interrupted them and said to the soldiers who followed in with an order: "You two will move with the commander, the chief of staff and the military commissar. Move quickly, our comrades can't hold off the enemy for too long."

When Colonel Del was being carried away by two soldiers, he shouted loudly: "Wait a minute, take the radio and other communication equipment..."

Sokov saw the communications staff officer who had escaped from Kiev with him, and said to him: "Comrade Staff Officer, just take a radio, and don't take the rest. The Germans will be here soon, and it will be too late if we don't leave now."

In this way, Sokov, with a dozen soldiers, carried Vlasov, Colonel Del and Nikolsky and quickly fled into the depths of the forest.

Although the Germans had airplanes, artillery, and tanks, as long as everyone went deep into the forest, these equipment could only play a limited role. The only threat was the German infantry, but it was not easy for them to find a dozen people in the forest.

After running for an unknown amount of time, the group came to the side of a lake. Sokov quickly ordered, "Everyone, pay attention. Let's rest here for half an hour before continuing on our journey."

After hearing what Sokov said, everyone found a place to sit down and started breathing heavily.

After a while, someone took out the water bottle he carried with him and went to the lake to fill it with water, preparing to drink it on the march.

"Captain Sokov," Vlasov asked politely, calling Sokov to his side, "where are we now?"

"I don't know, Comrade Commander," Sokov answered truthfully. "I was just running away and now I have no idea where I am."

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Vlasov turned to Colonel Del and asked, "Do you have a map?"

"No, Comrade Commander." Colonel Del shook his head like a rattle: "I left in such a hurry that I didn't have time to bring the map with me."

"Where's the compass?" Vlasov asked unwillingly. "There must be a compass, right?"

"I'm sorry, no." Colonel Dell replied with a bitter face: "Who knew that we would be transferred so hastily, and we didn't have time to bring many things."

"Captain Sokov, it's a bit troublesome that we don't know where we are now." Vlasov sighed and said, "If we don't know our exact location, it will not be easy to leave this forest smoothly."

"Comrade Commander, I think our first task is to get rid of the Germans." Sokov replied quickly: "As long as we can get rid of the Germans, it won't be too late to find a way to leave the forest."

"Without a map or a compass, we don't know how long we will stay in the forest." Vlasov continued with a serious expression: "Captain Sokov, have you prepared enough food?"

"I asked everyone to prepare a batch of food yesterday. It's probably enough for us to eat for a week." Seeing that Vlasov was worried about food shortages, Sokov quickly comforted him and said, "In addition to the food we brought with us, we can also find a lot of food in the forest."

"Captain Sokov is right." Colonel Del added: "If we are lucky enough, we may find potatoes left by the collective farm members after harvesting in the clearing at the edge of the forest."

Colonel Del's words reminded Sokov: "Comrade Commander, as we all know, many residents have villas built in the forests outside the city. They come to the villas in May every year to plant various vegetables and then wait until September to harvest them. Although it is the end of September now, there must be many country villas that still store a large amount of vegetables. As long as we find these places, we don't have to worry about food shortages at all."

Vlasov stopped talking and listened to the noise in the distance. Nikolsky, who was sitting next to him, asked curiously, "Comrade Commander, what are you listening to? Are you listening to the sound of gunfire coming from the headquarters area?"

"Yes, Comrade Military Commissar." Vlasov agreed with Nikolsky's guess and said with some concern: "I wonder how many of the officers and soldiers who stayed behind to block the enemy can finally escape successfully. I never thought that such a good battle would end up like this." "Comrade Commander, such a result was not expected by us, not even the Supreme Command." Colonel Del said: "We have 85 troops, while the Germans are said to have only 50. Even though we have the advantage in manpower, we cannot defeat the enemy. How can we fight the next battle?"

"As long as we can contain the German offensive, we will have time to accumulate strength." Facing the somewhat dejected Colonel Del, Vlasov still said: "When we have the advantage in manpower and equipment again, we will be able to crush the German offensive and drive them out of our land."

Sokov didn't want to listen to Vlasov's nonsense, so he took off his backpack, took out a loaf of bread that looked like a brick, and handed it to Vlasov: "Comrade Commander, you haven't had breakfast yet. Eat something first, so that you won't have enough energy for the journey ahead."

Vlasov took the bread, tore off two pieces, and handed them to Colonel Del and Nikolsky respectively: "Chief of Staff, Military Commissar, you didn't eat anything this morning, you must be starving. Eat something first to replenish your energy so that we can continue our journey."

"Comrade Captain," Sergeant Zub, who was on guard, ran to Sokov and reported to him, "I saw someone coming here in the distance."

"See clearly whether they are enemies or one of our own?"

Sergeant Zub shook his head and replied, "It's hard to see because of the trees and bushes."

"How many people are there on the other side?"

"There are about twenty people."

Knowing that the other side had more than 20 people, Sokov couldn't help but frown. His number was not as large as the other side. If he fought head-on, he would definitely suffer a great loss. The only way was to let everyone hide and catch the other side off guard.

Thinking of this, he immediately issued a command to everyone: "Disperse, hide, and prepare for battle."

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After seeing everyone disperse and hide in a suitable place, Sokov added: "No one is allowed to shoot without my order."

Ten minutes later, a group of people appeared in Sokov's sight.

Although the other party was wearing Soviet military uniforms, Sokov lay on the ground motionless. The fact that the other party was wearing Soviet military uniforms did not mean that they were Soviet soldiers. You know, the German Brandenburg troops liked to disguise themselves as Soviet soldiers and go deep into the Soviet defense zone to cause damage. Who can guarantee that these people in front of him are not disguised Brandenburg troops?

When the soldiers saw the lake, they immediately rushed to the water's edge, threw their weapons aside, and then lay there to drink water or wash their faces.

Lieutenant Konstantin, who was lying next to Sokov, whispered, "Comrade Captain, look at them, they must be our people."

Sokov thought, if these people were disguised Brandenburg troops, their first reaction after seeing the lake should not be to drink water or wash their faces, but to immediately search the area to see if there were any hidden enemies. But when these people arrived at the lake, they threw their weapons aside and drank water or washed their faces, which meant that they were most likely fleeing Soviet commanders and fighters.

Thinking of this, Sokov, who was hiding behind the bushes, shouted to those people: "Hey, comrades!"

The people who were drinking water and washing their faces heard Sokov's shout, and immediately grabbed the weapons beside them and aimed them in the direction of the sound.

One of the leading lieutenants even shouted towards where Sokov was hiding: "Don't move, raise your hands and stand up slowly, otherwise we will shoot."

Sokov heard that the man spoke fluent Russian without any accent, so he should not be a German in disguise. He slowly stood up, raised his hands to the level of his shoulders, and shouted at him: "Comrade Lieutenant, don't shoot, throw it away yourself, he is one of us."

Although Sokov had already said that he was one of their own, the second lieutenant still held his gun tightly and said, "You said he was one of our own. What can you prove?"

"I'm Captain Sokov, the commander of the special company of the headquarters." Sokov took two cautious steps forward, then stopped and said, "If you don't believe me, you can come and check my ID in person!"

Before the lieutenant could step forward, a voice suddenly came from the group: "Captain Sokov, is that you?"

Sokov looked in the direction of the voice and found Chulxin standing in the crowd. He couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Aren't you Chulxin? Why are you here?"

"That's right, comrade Captain, it's me, I'm Chulxin." Chulxin quickly came to the second lieutenant and proved Sokov's identity to him: "I am from the special company, and he is my company commander, Captain Sokov."

The lieutenant had fled here with Chulxin, and the two had communicated on the road. He did not think Chulxin had any need to deceive him, so he quickly put down his gun and said to Sokov apologetically: "I'm sorry, Comrade Captain, I mistook you for a German."

"Comrade Lieutenant, did you escape from Yagogin?"

"Yes, Captain." The second lieutenant nodded and replied, "More than 20 of us are from different units. We were all scattered by the Germans and met each other while fleeing in the forest."

"Comrade Lieutenant, we are here to cover the army commander's retreat." Sokov turned his head and shouted to the bushes not far away: "Come out, we are one of us."

At Sokov's shout, Vlasov, Colonel Del, Nikolsky and the rest of the soldiers stood up from their hiding places.

The second lieutenant was startled when he saw so many people suddenly appearing around him. When he was about to draw his gun, he thought that these should be his own people, so he put his gun down again.

"Comrade Lieutenant," Sokov introduced him, "this is the army commander, chief of staff and military commissar. I'm sure you know them all."

While the lieutenant was saluting Vlasov and the others, Sokov quickly came to Churhin and asked directly: "Churhin, why are you alone? Where are Lieutenant Zhukov, Dyubro, and Romanov?"

"I'm sorry, Captain, I don't know." Chulxin lowered his head and said with shame on his face: "We were scattered in the battle. I really don't know where they are now. Maybe they died, or maybe they are still alive."

(End of this chapter)