Red Moscow.

Chapter 2835

Kazakov slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Comrade Commander, I understand. The infantry brigade in Shaoxing, Sokov, provided us with artillery fire support. Didn't they get more than a dozen 122mm howitzers? The power of the shelling just now should be caused by these artillery."

Rokosovsky nodded slightly: "It seems that my decision to leave the howitzer for them is completely correct."

"Is this a matter of fact?" Malining could confirm from the conversation between the two that it was Sokov's troops who defeated the German army's attack on the headquarters with heavy artillery. He said excitedly: "If you hadn't decided to leave the heavy artillery to Major Sokov, we would have been in danger today."

O'Orol, who had just walked into the door, raised his own question: "I know the fact that several commanders have left heavy artillery to the infantry brigade. But what I feel strange now is how he knows that we are attacked by the enemy and can use long-range artillery fire to accurately strike the enemy without letting the shells fall on our own people's heads?"

"Col. O'Goor, the question you asked is exactly what I am confused about." Rokosovsky said to Malining with a serious expression: "Chief of Staff, send a telegram to the infantry brigade and ask what's going on."

Malining agreed, and when he was about to send a telegram, the phone ringing in front of him rang.

He quickly grabbed the microphone and said, "I am Malining!"

An urgent voice came from the earpiece: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I am here for observation. I just found a convoy coming to the location of the village."

When Malining heard this, he was shocked and thought that he had just repelled the enemy's attack, was there another enemy? "Did you see clearly who is coming?"

"The soldiers in the car are all wearing our military uniforms, but I don't know which part of them they are from," said the observation post.

"I understand." After putting down the phone, Malining reported to Rokosovsky: "Comrade Commander, the observation post reported that a convoy was coming towards us, and the people sitting in the carriage were wearing our military uniforms. According to my speculation, they should have come to reinforce."

"The troops coming to reinforce?" O'Orol looked at Rokosovsky and asked curiously: "Comrade Commander, which unit do you think it will be? General Panfirov's 316th Infantry Division, or something else?"

"Although we have asked for help from the 316th Infantry Division," Rokosovsky shook his head and said, "but they have no means of transportation. Even if they receive the request for help, they will immediately send troops to reinforce. I'm afraid they are still on the road at this moment. The only possibility is Misha's infantry brigade."

Everyone was half-believing about Rokosovsky's analysis. After all, the attack of the headquarters occurred very suddenly and the infantry brigades were very far apart. How could it be that they rushed over to reinforce in such a short time?

"Report!" The sound of a report came from the door.

"Come in!" Malining shouted at the door.

A staff officer walked up to Malining and reported to him: "A dozen soldiers came outside. The lieutenant who led the lead said that he was from the infantry brigade guard company and he would report to you if he had something to do."

"Let him come in."

Soon, the platoon leader of the guard appeared in front of Rokosovsky, Malining and others under the leadership of the staff.

"Comrade Lieutenant," Malining looked at the strange major in front of him and asked, "Which part of you are from, what are you doing here?"

The guard platoon leader looked at Rokosovsky standing next to him, not knowing whether to answer Malining's question first or salute Rokosovsky first.

Rokosovsky saw the platoon leader's embarrassment and said generously: "Comrade Lieutenant, since the Chief of Staff asks you a question, you can answer him first."

After receiving Rokosovsky's instructed guard platoon leader, he reported to Malining: "Report to Comrade Chief of Staff, I am the platoon leader of the infantry brigade. At the order of the brigade commander, I sent over the wreckage of the engine of the enemy plane found."

"Oh, are you sending the wreckage of the plane engine?" Since Rokosovsky handed over the wreckage of the plane engine to O'Orol for handling, he heard the guard platoon leader say so and walked forward and took two steps: "Where is the thing?"

"In the forest one kilometer away from here," the platoon leader of the guard explained: "While we came, we heard the sound of gunfire in the headquarters, so we found a place to stop and reported the situation we encountered to the brigade."

"The distance here is not close to the infantry brigade." Malining asked curiously: "I want to know, how did you pass the information to the brigade?"

"It's very simple," replied the guard platoon leader easily. "The brigade commander equipped us with a radio station so that we can keep in touch with us at any time."

Malining smiled and said, "Your brigade commander is quite generous. He sent you to send a wreckage of the plane engine and also equipped with a radio station."

"Comrade Chief of Staff," explained the guard platoon leader: "In fact, the brigade commander equipped us with a radio station because he was worried that we would encounter the enemy when searching for the wreckage of the aircraft engine. And after we had a radio station, we could ask for help from the brigade department through the radio station. The artillery of the brigade department then fired the enemy based on the shooting parameters provided by the artillery observers to cover us to successfully get rid of the enemy."

When Kazakov heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. He hurried over and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, do you say that your brigade commander has equipped you with a radio station, so that you can contact the artillery troops in the distance and launch artillery bombardment on the enemy when you encounter the enemy?"

"That's right, it's true, Comrade General."

"So, is the artillery attacks suffered by the enemy of the attacking command carried out by your brigade's artillery based on the data provided by artillery observers?"

The guard platoon leader nodded again and said in a affirmative tone: "That's right, Comrade General. I heard from the brigade commander that this practice is called 'calling artillery support'. You can contact the artillery through the radio when needed, so that they can effectively attack the enemy based on the shooting parameters provided by the artillery observer." "Great, this practice is really great." Kazakov was excited after hearing this. He turned to Rokosovsky and said, "This Major Sokov is simply a talent, and only he can come up with such a genius tactic."

After hearing this, Rokosovsky couldn't help but nodded slightly, and couldn't help but feel a little proud. He thought that if this matter was true, it would mean that his approach to bring him from the 5th Army was simply too correct. After pausing for a moment, he asked the guard platoon leader: "Did your brigade commander say that he would send troops to rescue the headquarters?"

The guard platoon leader shook his head blankly: "I'm sorry, comrade Commander, I don't know much about this."

"Comrade Commander, don't worry. When the convoy enters the village, we will know which unit we are coming."

A few minutes later, Sokov appeared in the headquarters.

Seeing Sokov's appearance, Rokosovsky smiled on his face.

Before Rokosovsky finished speaking, Malinin, who discovered Sokov, immediately greeted him: "Major Sokov, why are you here?"

After Sokov raised his hand to salute Malining, he replied respectfully, "Comrade Chief of Staff, I received a report from my subordinates. I knew that the headquarters was in danger, so he immediately brought two soldiers from the company to reinforce. Look, it was him who reported to me." He pointed at the platoon leader of the guard standing next to him.

"Major Sokov," although from all signs, the infantry brigade used heavy artillery to bombard the German army at the attacking command and successfully repelled them. But for the sake of safety, Kazakov still asked his question: "Did you use heavy artillery to defeat the enemy of the attacking headquarters?"

"Yes, artillery directors." Sokov nodded and gave Kazakov a positive reply: "When our subordinates told me that the headquarters was attacked by the enemy, I assembled the troops and ordered the artillery in the brigade to carry out fierce artillery bombardment on the enemy of the attacking headquarters based on the shooting parameters provided by the artillery observers."

Sokov felt particularly comfortable when he thought of seeing piles of German corpses outside the village and several destroyed tanks. He continued, "I saw the situation outside the village, and our brigade's artillery achieved good results."

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"Major Sokov," said Malining in a grateful tone: "If you hadn't supported us with artillery fire in time, the Germans must have rushed into the village at this moment..."

When Malining spoke, Sokov seemed a little absent-minded. He remembered that Rokosovsky wrote in his memoir that during the Battle of Moscow, he had been in danger many times, and the command alone was attacked by the German army several times. In the most dangerous time, after the Germans rushed into the village, they began to divert. If the houses had not blocked the enemy's vision, they might not have escaped.

"Misha." After Malining finished speaking, Rokosovsky walked over and patted Sokov's shoulder with his hands, saying in a grateful tone: "On behalf of all the members of the headquarters, I would like to express my gratitude to you and your subordinates. If you hadn't extended a helping hand in time, I think we might have life worries. By the way, you, Comrade Lieutenant." Rokosovsky's words later said to the platoon leader of the guard standing next to him, "You have made an indelible contribution to our ability to escape danger, and you will receive your honor!"

When the guard platoon leader heard that Rokosovsky would award him honor, he was overjoyed and hurriedly expressed his gratitude to the other party: "Thank you, thank you, Comrade Commander!"

"Major Sokov," Kazakov asked with interest, "can you tell me how did you come up with your 'call fire support' tactic?"

Sokov did not answer Kazakov immediately, but looked at Rokosovsky and said, "Comrade Commander, the wreckage of the aircraft engine we sent was placed not far outside. Look, are you sending someone to receive it?"

After Sokov reminded him, Rokosovsky immediately remembered the task assigned to him by his superiors, and turned to Oul and said, "Col. Oul, follow this lieutenant to receive the wreckage of the plane engine."

After O'Orgil left with the guard platoon leader, Rokosovsky smiled and said to Sokov: "Misha, tell me, how did you come up with the tactic of 'calling artillery fire support'? We all want to know the answer."

Seeing that Rokosovsky, Kazakov and others looked at themselves with anticipation, Sokov did not hide his own personalities, so he popularized the tactics that only appeared in the 1950s to several people: "In the past, when our troops needed artillery support from the rear when they needed artillery fire support, the usual practice was to block and shoot in the front of the position. This could indeed achieve the effect of blocking and delaying the enemy, but the disadvantages were also very obvious, such as the consumption of ammunition and the limited number of enemies to be eliminated.

I'm just thinking about whether there is a way to eliminate enemies efficiently without wasting ammunition. After my repeated thinking, I felt that artillery observers could be allowed to stay at the forefront and feed the shooting parameters to the artillery in the rear through the radio station, thereby improving the accuracy of the artillery. ”

In order to enhance persuasion, Sokov mentioned the battle that ended not long ago: "For example, in today's battle, in accordance with the previous practice, if you want to provide artillery support to the defenders of the headquarters, you can only cover the fire here. Although it can block and delay the enemy, there will definitely be many shells hitting his own people's heads. In the small unit that first approached the headquarters, there was an artillery observer. He could report the enemy's position to the rear artillery in time through the radio station and guide them to carry out accurate strikes on the enemy. In this way, the enemy can be eliminated, and the tragedy of shells falling on his own people's heads can be prevented."

"Good, Misha, you're really good." As soon as Rokosovsky finished speaking, he immediately praised him and said, "From the achievements made by artillery in combat today, your tactics are very effective. Comrade Kazakov," he said to Kazakov afterwards, "Can you promote this tactics in the artillery troops to provide the accuracy of artillery strikes?"

Kazakov nodded: "When I go back, I will call on the artillery commanders to study Major Sokov's tactics carefully."

"Misha, how many people have you brought to reinforce us this time?" Rokosovsky asked.

"Two companies." Sokov replied briefly, "About three hundred people."

"The number of people is really quite large. It seems that Misha is quite concerned about our safety." Rokosovsky sighed to his deputy and asked Sokov with concern: "You have drawn so many people to support us, and it will not weaken your strength, right?"

"No, of course not." Sokov said proudly: "I have not used any of the three main battalions. The people who followed me this time were all commanders and fighters of the reserve team. You know, there are a large number of commanders and fighters we have been accommodated during this period, and it will be fine if we have another three or four battalions."

When Rokosovsky heard Sokov say this, he was silent for a moment, and then asked tentatively: "Misha, the headquarters has too few troops. I wonder if you are willing to give up and leave all the two you brought?"

According to Rokosovsky's idea, after he made this request, even if Sokov wanted to agree, he would definitely have to bargain.

Unexpectedly, Sokov said without hesitation: "No problem, Comrade Commander. I only took away the guard platoon that transported the wreckage of the plane's engine. The two companies I just brought were left to protect the safety of the headquarters."

(End of this chapter)