Chapter 2755: Escape

According to Vlasov's plan, the troops would stay in the Yagotin area for one more day, and then take a train to leave this damn place.

But the plan could not keep up with the changes, and the German army launched an unexpected surprise attack on the Yagogin area in the early morning of the 26th. The Soviet army was caught off guard and had no time to organize effective resistance, and many areas were occupied by the German army. Among them was the train station that Vlasov planned to use to transfer troops.

Upon hearing the news that the railway station had been lost, Vlasov could not help but turn pale. Without transportation, it is simply a dream to leave the area blocked by the German army on two legs.

The train station was lost, and Colonel Del was equally anxious. According to the prior plan, as long as the soldiers could successfully evacuate to the train station, they would be able to jump out in half an hour at most after boarding the train and move northeast along the railway. The German army encircled the area and reached the vicinity of the friendly defense zone. Now that there are no trains, it is obviously impossible to break through the German blockade by simply marching on foot.

It is precisely because of this that Colonel Del said emotionally: "Comrade Commander, what should we do? The occupation of the railway station by the Germans means that our contact with the outside world is completely interrupted. If there is no way to get rid of the current predicament as soon as possible, we will The headquarters may not be able to escape the fate of destruction."

Vlasov smoked desperately, thinking about what to do next? The area under his control was originally extremely small, but now with the fierce attack of the German army, this area is shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye. Maybe in another hour, no, half an hour, or less, the enemy may rush into the headquarters, and then wait for their fate, either to die in battle or to become a prisoner of the Germans, but in these two cases, These are all things he doesn't want to see.

At this moment, 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 shouting seemed to be Captain Sokov. Colonel Del also heard Sokov's cry and quickly said to Vlasov: "Comrade Commander, it seems to be Captain Sokov."

Then, Sokov's figure appeared at the door.

He stood at the door and took a look, quickly locked the positions of Vlasov, Colonel Der and Nikolsky, then walked over quickly and said to the three of them: "Comrade Commander, Comrade Chief of Staff, Military Commissar Comrade, the enemy is charging this way, I'm afraid my people won't be able to stop them for long, please hurry up and follow them."

"Go? Where to go?" Nikolsky said dissatisfiedly: There are enemies everywhere. If we go out now, it is tantamount to death. "

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

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

Vlasov saw Konstantin with a bandage on his head, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, didn't you sacrifice yourself? Why are you here?"

Konstantin looked at Vlasov and said calmly: "Comrade Commander, I was lucky enough to escape from Kiev again, and found Captain Sokov here, and became a member of the special company again. member."

"Now is not the time to reminisce about old times." Sokov was worried that Vlasov and Konstantin would not finish talking, so he rudely interrupted the two of them, and then said to the soldiers who followed in a commanding tone: "You guys Move in groups of two with the commander, chief of staff and military commissioner, as our comrades cannot stop the enemy for too long."

When Colonel Del was being held up by two soldiers to leave, he shouted loudly: "Wait a minute, bring the radio and other communication equipment..."

When Sokov saw the communications staff officer who had followed him and escaped from Kiev, he said to him: "Comrade staff officer, it's enough to bring a radio. Don't ask for anything else. The Germans will be here soon. If you don’t leave, it will be too late.”

In this way, Sokov led a dozen soldiers, Vlasov, Colonel Del and Nikolsky, and quickly fled deep into the forest.

Although the Germans have aircraft, artillery and tanks, as long as everyone goes deep into the forest, the role of these equipment is limited. The only threat was the German infantry, but it was not easy for them to find a dozen of them in the forest.

The group of people ran for who knows how long. They came to the side of a lake. Sokov quickly ordered: "Everyone, please pay attention. Let's rest here for half an hour before continuing on our way."

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

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

"Captain Sokov," Vlasov called Sokov in front of him and asked politely: "Where are we now?"

"I don't know, Comrade Commander." Sokov replied truthfully: "I just ran away and now I can't figure out where I am."

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

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

"Where's the compass?" Vlasov asked reluctantly, "There's always a compass, right?"

"Sorry, no." Colonel Del replied with a grimace: "Who knew we moved so hastily and didn't have time to bring many things."

"Captain Sokov, it's a bit troublesome to not figure out where we are now." Vlasov sighed and said, "If we don't know our specific location, if we want to leave this forest smoothly, I'm afraid it will be very difficult." Not an easy thing to do.”

"Comrade Commander, I think our first task is to get rid of the Germans." Sokov quickly replied: "As long as we can get rid of the Germans, it will not 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 to ask with a serious expression: "Captain Sokov, have you prepared enough food?"

"I asked everyone to prepare a batch of food yesterday, which is probably enough for us to eat for a week." Seeing that Vlasov was worried about the shortage of food, Sokov quickly comforted him and said: "In addition to the food we carried, we can also eat in the forest." Found a lot to eat.”

"Captain Sokov is right." Colonel Der added: "If we are lucky enough, in the glades at the edge of the forest, we may still be able to find potatoes left behind by the collective farmers after harvesting."

Colonel Del's words reminded Sokov: "Comrade Commander, as we all know, there are many residents whose villas are built in the forests on the outskirts. They come to the villas every May to plant various vegetables, and then wait until September to harvest. Now, although It’s the end of September, but there must be a lot of vegetables stored in many country houses. As long as we find these places, we don’t have to worry about food shortages at all.”

Vlasov stopped talking, but listened to the sounds 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 from the area where the headquarters is located?"

"Yes, Comrade Military Commissar." Vlasov agreed with Nikolsky's guess and said with some worry: "I don't know how many of the commanders and fighters who stayed behind to block the attack could successfully escape in the end. I really didn't expect that, okay This is how a battle will end.”

"Comrade Commander, let alone us, I am afraid that even the Supreme Command did not expect such a result." Colonel Del said: "We have 850,000 troops, while the Germans are said to have only 500,000. We are under strength Even if you have the upper hand, you can't defeat the enemy, so how can you fight the next battle?"

"As long as we can contain the German attack, we can gain time to accumulate strength." Facing the somewhat dejected Colonel Del, Vlasov said bravely: "When we once again gain the advantage in troops and equipment, we will To crush the German attack and drive them from our soil."

Sokov didn't want to listen to the nonsense Vlasov said, so he took off the backpack he was carrying, took out a piece of bread like moving bricks from it, and handed it to Vlasov: "Comrade Commander, you haven't eaten it yet. Let’s have breakfast. Eat something first so that you don’t have any energy when you have to go on the road.”

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. Let’s get something to replenish our strength so that we can go on our way.”

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

"See clearly whether it's the enemy or one of our own?"

Sergeant Zub shook his head and replied: "It is difficult to see clearly due to the obstruction of trees and bushes."

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

"About twenty people."

When he learned that there were more than twenty people on the other side, Sokov couldn't help but frowned. He didn't have as many people as the other side. If he had a head-on confrontation, he would definitely suffer a big loss. The only way is to hide everyone and catch the other party off guard.

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

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

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

Although the other party was wearing a Soviet military uniform, Sokov lay motionless on the ground. The other party was wearing a Soviet military uniform, which did not mean he was a Soviet army. You know, Germany's Brandenburg troops like to disguise themselves as Soviet troops and go deep into Soviet defense areas to cause damage. Who can guarantee that these people in front of them are not disguised as Brandenburg troops.

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

Second Lieutenant Constantine, who was lying next to Sokov, said in a low voice: "Comrade Captain, look at them, they should be our own."

Sokov was thinking that if these people were disguised as Brandenburg troops, their first reaction after seeing the lake should not be to drink water or wash their faces, but to immediately search the surrounding area to see if there was anything hidden around them. enemy. But when these people arrived at the lake, they directly threw their weapons aside to drink water or wash their faces, indicating that they were most likely Soviet commanders and fighters who had fled.

Thinking of this, Sokov shouted at those people: "Hey, comrades!"

The man who was drinking water and washing his face heard Sokov's shout and immediately grabbed the weapon beside him and pointed it in the direction of the sound.

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

Sokov heard that the man spoke Russian very fluently and had no accent at all. He should not be a German in disguise, so he slowly stood up, raised his hands to the position parallel to his shoulders, and shouted at him: "Comrade Lieutenant, don't shoot, throw it yourself, it's one of us."

Although Sokov had already said that it was one of us, the muzzle of the gun in the lieutenant's hand was still not lowered: "You said it was one of us, what can you prove?"

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

Before the lieutenant came 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? ? "

"Yes, Captain, it's me, I'm Chulxin." Chulxin hurriedly 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 second lieutenant fled here with Chulxin, and the two had communicated on the road. He didn't think Chulxin had any need to deceive him, so he quickly put down his gun and said to Sokov apologetically: "I'm sorry, Captain, I mistook you for a German."

"Comrade Lieutenant, you are Did Yagotin escape here? "

"Yes, Captain." The 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 our own people."

As Sokov shouted, Vlasov, Colonel Del, Nikolsky and the rest of the soldiers stood up from their hiding places.

Seeing so many people suddenly appearing around him, the lieutenant was startled. When he was about to draw his gun, he thought that these should be his own people and put it down again.

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

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

"I'm sorry, comrade captain, I don't know." Churhin 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."