red moscow

Chapter 2868

Before the scouts sent by Major Vasya could send back the information, the rumbling sound of artillery was heard again outside.

Hearing the sudden sound of artillery fire, Sokov's heart could not help but skip a beat. He was worried that the Germans had just stopped shelling and did not launch a ground attack. It was a conspiracy to make the Soviet commanders and fighters think that the shelling had ended, so that they would come out of their hiding places and enter the combat positions, and then launch another artillery attack, which would cause huge casualties to the defenders.

Thinking of this, he grabbed the phone, connected to the Second Battalion Command Post, and asked impatiently: "Captain Alexa, this is Sokov. Has the enemy launched an artillery attack on your battalion's position again?" When asking this question, he prayed silently in his heart that the officers and soldiers could quickly enter the anti-artillery caves to hide when the enemy's artillery attack began, so as to reduce unnecessary casualties.

Unexpectedly, a strange voice came from the receiver: "Hello, Comrade Brigade Commander, I am the deputy political commander of the battalion. The battalion commander is not here."

"Not here?" Sokov asked unhappily. "Where did he go?"

"He has gone to inspect the position."

"What? He went to inspect the position. Doesn't he know that the Germans are bombarding your position? Isn't he going to die if he runs out like this?" Sokov finished speaking in one breath. Suddenly, he realized that something was wrong. There was no violent explosion in the background sound of the phone. He couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "No, I don't seem to hear any artillery explosions there?"

"Yes, Comrade Brigade Commander, you are right. We have not been bombarded." The deputy political battalion commander hesitated for a moment and continued, "From the direction of the artillery sound, it should be the position of the third battalion that was bombarded by the enemy."

"The third battalion's position?" Sokov said casually and put down the phone.

At this moment, Karsokov was using another phone. After answering the call, he reported to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the commander of the third battalion reported that the enemy suddenly launched a fierce artillery attack on their battalion's position. Now, except for a few observation posts, the rest of the officers and soldiers on the position have retreated to the anti-artillery caves."

After listening to the report, Sokov nodded, then looked down at the map on the table, thinking to himself: After the Germans bombarded the second battalion's position, they did not launch an attack. After a pause, they suddenly bombarded the third battalion's position. What exactly do they want to do?

Seeing Sokov staring at the map intently, Karsokov guessed that he must be thinking about something important, so he asked tentatively: "Comrade Brigade Commander, what are you thinking about?"

Sokov looked up at Karl Sokov and said slowly, "The Germans first bombarded the second battalion's position, but did not launch a ground attack. Then they began to bombard the third battalion's position. Tell me, what was their intention?"

Karsokov shrugged his shoulders and said with some disdain: "The Germans' intention is obvious. They want to break through the defense line of my brigade."

"Comrade Chief of Staff, I know as well as you that the Germans are trying to break through the defenses of my brigade." Sokov looked at Karsokov and asked, "But what is their purpose in doing this?"

"Yeah, it's quite strange." Karsokov pinched his chin and said thoughtfully, "If they only bombarded the positions of the second and third battalions without launching a ground attack, even if they wasted a lot of shells, they would not be able to break through the defense line of our brigade. This German approach is really incomprehensible."

"I think we should wait a little longer." Belkin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interrupted and said, "See if the Germans will launch a ground attack after the shelling of the Third Battalion's position ends."

"I agree with the deputy brigade commander's proposal." Karsokov echoed: "To find out the Germans' intentions, we can only wait until they finish bombarding the Third Battalion's position. What action will they take next?"

"Comrade Brigade Commander, Comrade Brigade Commander." A woman's voice suddenly came from outside the tent: "Is Comrade Brigade Commander in there?"

Sokov recognized the voice of the head nurse Vera and said to Belkin and Karsokov: "It's Comrade Head Nurse Vera. It must be about Corporal Chevaryanag."

Sokov walked to the door of the tent, raised his hand to lift up the curtain, and said to Vera who was standing outside: "Comrade Vera, I have been waiting for your news. Come in quickly."

Vera walked into the tent and asked somewhat stiffly, "Comrade Brigade Commander, I am not affecting your work, am I?"

"How could it affect it?" Sokov asked anxiously, "Is the operation finished?"

Vera nodded: "It's done. The operation was successful. The bullets and shrapnel in the body were removed, but the person has not woken up yet."

"Is your life out of danger?"

"Not yet." Vera looked at Sokov and said, "That's why I came to see you."

Karsokov did not understand what Vera meant and asked in confusion: "Comrade head nurse, the brigade commander is not a doctor, what is the point of looking for him?"

"Deputy Brigade Commander, Chief of Staff, I'll leave this to you." Sokov knew why Vera was looking for him, so he said to Belkin and Karsokov, "Comrade Vera and I will go to the field hospital and will be back soon."

Vera followed Sokov out of the tent and came to a deserted place. She asked Sokov carefully: "Comrade Brigade Commander, do you know why I am looking for you?"

"Of course, of course I know." Sokov nodded and said in a positive tone: "The blood I provided played a huge role in saving Romanov last time. Now Corporal Chevaryanag is dying. I am afraid that only my blood transfusion can save his life."

"You are right. Only if you give Corporal Chevaryanag a blood transfusion, he will have a chance to survive." After Vera finished speaking, she suddenly showed a hesitant expression on her face: "Comrade Brigade Commander, there is actually one more thing I don't know whether I should say or not."

"If you have anything to say, just tell me."

"Although I wanted to come to you to give Corporal Chevaryanag a blood transfusion, I couldn't make up my mind. After all, you are the brigade commander. How can you give a blood transfusion to an ordinary soldier casually? Later, it was Doctor Tonya who called me over and asked me to come to you. She also said that as long as you were willing to give a blood transfusion, Corporal Chevaryanag would definitely survive." After Vera finished speaking, perhaps worried that Sokov would misunderstand something, she quickly added: "After saving Comrade Romanov last time, you told me not to tell anyone about it. I have always followed your orders and did not mention this to anyone, but I don't know how Doctor Tonya knew about it."

Seeing Vera's fearful look, Sokov quickly comforted her, "Vera, I know you didn't tell anyone. Tonya is a military doctor. She suddenly found a seriously injured soldier who recovered in a very short time. She must have felt strange. Later, she came to me to verify the matter. I saw that she had already guessed the truth, so I didn't hide it from her."

"So that's how it is." Vera raised her hand and patted her chest, saying with relief, "I thought I was talking in my sleep one day and accidentally revealed this secret, and Doctor Tonya happened to hear it."

The two came to the tent where Chevaryanag lived. In addition to Chevaryanag, there was also a nurse sitting next to his stretcher. Seeing Sokov and Vera walk in, she quickly stood up and saluted: "Brigade Commander, Head Nurse, you are here!"

Vera nodded and then instructed the nurse: "Go and find military doctor Tonya and tell her that the brigade commander is here." "Okay!" the nurse agreed and walked out of the tent quickly.

Sokov stood beside the stretcher, looking carefully at Chevaryag lying on it, wondering in his heart, was it really this soldier in front of him who single-handedly blocked the frenzied attack of an entire German battalion while all his comrades were sacrificed?

"Comrade Commander," Vera asked curiously, seeing Sokov staring at Chevaryag, "Why do you care so much about him?"

Sokov turned to look at Vera, trying to force a smile on his face: "Comrade Vera, have you heard about what happened at the Fourth Battalion's position yesterday?"

Hearing Sokov's question, Vera nodded quickly and replied, "Of course I know. A platoon of the Fourth Battalion was killed in the frenzied attack of the German army, except for one soldier. But what was the name of the remaining soldier? Oh, yes, his name is Spinachski. It is said that he single-handedly blocked an entire German battalion, which is really amazing. When I arranged for someone to take care of him, my nurses all rushed to sign up."

"In fact, there were not one but two people who survived on the battlefield."

"What? Two people survived? Where is the other person besides Spinachski?" Vera asked the question and immediately guessed the answer: "Comrade Brigade Commander, you won't tell me that this Corporal Chevaryanag is the other survivor?"

"Yes, he is indeed another survivor." Sokov explained to Vera: "As for who was the one who held the position alone and blocked the German attack again and again, I think Chevaryag is more likely."

"Isn't it Spinachski who is holding the position?" Vera asked puzzledly, "How come it suddenly became Chevyango?"

"Because when the deputy brigade commander and the fourth battalion commander led the men to clean up the battlefield, they only found Spinachski on the high ground, so they subjectively believed that the person who was holding the position alone was Spinachski. Corporal Chevaryanag was blown away by the blast of the artillery shell during the battle and rolled down to the bottom of the high ground, so the soldiers did not find any trace of him when they were cleaning up the battlefield."

After Sokov's explanation, Vera immediately understood the cause and effect: "Oh, so that's how it is. When Corporal Chevaryag wakes up, we will be able to find out who the hero is who held the position alone."

Led by the nurse, Tonya hurried into the tent: "Misha, you're here!"

"Yes, I'm here." Sokov raised his hand to check the time, then said to Tonya, "Tonya, I have a lot of things to do, so hurry up. After I'm done, I'll return to the brigade headquarters immediately."

"Don't worry, it will take at most twenty minutes." Dong Niya said, and turned to the nurse who called her over and said, "Comrade nurse, there is nothing for you to do here, please leave first."

After the nurse left, Tonya turned to Vera and said, "Comrade head nurse, the blood drawing will be left to you."

"Okay." Vera agreed, bent down and picked up a medical bag next to the stretcher, opened it and took out a syringe, and asked Dongnia: "Comrade military doctor, how much blood do you want the brigade commander to donate?"

"100CC is enough." Dong Niya urged: "Hurry up and try to wake the injured up as soon as possible."

Soon, after Vera finished drawing Sokov's blood, Tonya said, "Misha, you just finished drawing blood, don't rush back, sit down and rest for a while!"

Sokov nodded and asked the busy Vera, "Where is Romanov now?"

"Where else can it be? Of course, it's in the tent we went to last time." Vera said, "Comrade Brigade Commander, there are a lot of wounded soldiers recently, and there are not enough tents. Do you think we should let Comrade Romanov leave the hospital early to make room for other wounded soldiers?"

"Vera, go and call Romanov over later. I'll take him with me when I return." Sokov said with a smile, "My brigade headquarters is short of manpower. He can go over there and be a clerk to help me organize battle reports and the like."

"No problem. I'll go and call Comrade Romanov as soon as I finish what I'm doing."

After a few minutes, Vera turned and walked out of the tent.

Tonya stared at the slowly decreasing amount of blood in the blood bag and asked thoughtfully, "Misha, the last time you gave Comrade Romanov a blood transfusion, how long did it take him to recover?"

Sokov thought for a moment and replied vaguely, "I think about a few hours."

"A few hours?" Dongnia nodded slightly. "That's still pretty fast. I just don't know how long it will take for Comrade Chevaryag to wake up after the blood transfusion."

"Donya, last time Vera drew my blood, I used direct injection for Romanov, so it was faster." Sokov glanced at the blood bag hanging on the shelf and continued, "And Chevaryag needs a blood transfusion, so it may take longer."

Hearing Sokov say this, Tonya's eyes widened in shock: "My God, after Vera drew your blood, she actually injected Romanov directly. She is so brave that she is not afraid of killing someone."

Sokov smiled faintly and said, "At that time, Romanov was dying and his life was hanging by a thread. Vera had to take a risk to save him."

After a pause, Sokov continued, "Donya, you are a medical support team. How long can you stay here?"

Hearing Sokov's question, Tonya glanced at him and said slowly: "When we came here, our superiors told us that we would have to stay at the front for about three months. But judging from the current situation, three months is far from enough."

"It would be best if you could stay." Sokov said to Tonya, "Our brigade's field hospital was just established not long ago, and there is a serious shortage of medical staff. Without you, many wounded soldiers who are not seriously injured will have to be transferred to the rear hospital for treatment."

"Misha, don't worry." Dongya said with a smile: "I don't know what others think. But I can tell you that as long as you don't drive me away, I will stay in your army until the end of the war."

(End of this chapter)