Chapter 2757

After dark, everyone stopped moving forward and found a suitable place in the forest to camp, preparing to continue their journey after dawn the next day.

Sokov led the people who had escaped from Yagotin to set up defenses around the positions of Vlasov, Colonel Del and Nikolsky to prevent them from encountering any accidents.

In the middle of the night, Sokov, who was sleeping soundly, was suddenly awakened by a loud noise. As soon as he opened his eyes, Konstantin rushed to him and shouted at him: "Comrade Captain, the Germans are coming, let's retreat quickly."

Sokof looked around and found that the soldiers were running away in all directions and did not fire back at all. Faced with such a chaotic scene, Sokov was powerless and could only order Constantine: "Comrade Lieutenant, immediately take the commander, chief of staff and military commissar to move, and never let them fall into the hands of the Germans."

When leaving Yagotin, Sokov gave Constantine and several of his soldiers a strict division of labor. In case of an emergency, they should immediately carry Vlasov, Colonel Del and Nikolsky to move, so as not to fall into the hands of the Germans.

At this moment, hearing Sokov's order, Constantine did not dare to neglect it, and quickly turned around and ordered the soldiers to immediately take the three army chiefs to move as planned.

In this way, Vlasov, Colonel Del and Nikolsky, who had just been awakened from their sleep, were carried by the people arranged by Sokov to escape deeper into the forest before they figured out what was going on.

Vlasov, who was carried by the soldiers, asked Sokov who was not far away: "What's going on? What's going on? Why do we have to move?"

"Comrade Commander," Sokov told the other party while running: "The Germans are coming. If we don't move in time, we may become their prisoners."

Hearing that he might become a prisoner, Vlasov was immediately anxious. He didn't want to be a prisoner of the Germans, so he cooperated with the two soldiers who carried him and ran deep into the forest.

After running for an unknown distance, Sokov thought it should be safe and ordered people to stop.

When Sokov gathered the troops and looked, he almost cried. The original troop of more than 100 people was reduced to less than 20 people, and the rest had all run away.

"Captain Sokov," asked Colonel Del, who was panting, "Since the Germans are coming, why didn't I hear gunshots and explosions? Could it be that the Germans used cold weapons when they broke into our camp?"

When Sokov heard it, the other party's words made sense. From the beginning of the escape, apart from the panicked shouts of the soldiers, there was no sound of gunfire or explosions. The Germans would never be stupid enough to use cold weapons. The only explanation is: there were no Germans at all. We just scared ourselves.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly called Constantine over and asked directly: "Comrade Lieutenant, you said that the Germans attacked our camp. Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Constantine was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Comrade Captain, I didn't see any Germans at all. I heard others shouting that the Germans were coming, so I came to tell you to leave."

Sokov noticed something was wrong and asked back: "Comrade Lieutenant, tell me, you just heard someone shouting "The Germans are coming", but you didn't see the Germans with your own eyes. Am I right?"

"Absolutely correct, Comrade Captain." Constantine nodded and said: "I just heard someone shouting: The Germans are coming, so I ran over to wake you up."

Sokov was sure at this moment that this might be another oolong incident. In order to find out the truth, he suppressed his anger and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, can you tell me who shouted you heard?"

"There were people shouting everywhere, I think it must be true." Constantine answered truthfully.

"Yes, I was also awakened by the shouting." Del said online, "When I was listening to whether there were gunshots around, your people carried me away from there."

"Captain Sokov, what's going on?" Vlasov also noticed something was wrong, so he asked Sokov, "Can you tell me accurately whether there are any Germans who broke into our camp."

"Comrade Commander, I can't accurately answer you whether there are any Germans who have entered our camp."

"Since you don't know, send someone to find out quickly." Vlasov said with a serious expression, "I want to know whether there are any Germans near us."

After Sokov agreed, he called Chulxin to his front and said to him, "Comrade Chulxin, I now order you to take two soldiers to our camp. scout the camp to see if there are any Germans there. "

After Chulsin led his men away, Sokov continued to analyze the situation with everyone: "If our camps were really attacked by the Germans, there would definitely be an exchange of fire. But from the situation just now, apart from hearing the shouts of our soldiers and seeing them running around, there was no sound of gunfire or explosions, let alone any trace of Germans. "

Hearing Sokov's words, Nikolsky said thoughtfully: "Captain Sokov, if according to what you said, there are no Germans around us, then why are everyone running around? This is obviously illogical. "

"Comrade Military Commissar, about this matter." Facing Nikolsky's questioning, Sokov replied cautiously: "I guessed a possibility. "

"What's possible?" Nikolsky asked.

"Camp roar! Also called camp bombing!"

Everyone couldn't help but take a breath when they heard the word Sokov said.

"Ying Xiao", also known as "Bombing the Camp", is an extremely special military term. It refers to an unexpected incident in which all officers and soldiers blindly take abnormal actions without receiving any instructions when the troops are camping at night. It often happened in ancient armies, and even led to killing each other, thus causing the army to lose its combat effectiveness.

As a senior soldier, Vlasov thought for a long time after listening to Sokov's guess. Finally, he nodded slowly and confirmed Sokov's statement: "I think Captain Sokov is right. Today I might have encountered Ying Xiao later in the evening.”

"Comrade Commander," Colonel Del asked in confusion, "What is the cause of the camp roar?"

Sokov's thoughts gradually became clear at this moment, and he said carefully: "Comrade Chief of Staff, this is what I think about. Our troops have lost the battle, and the spirits of the officers and soldiers are in a state of high tension. Maybe one of the soldiers fell asleep In the middle of the night, he happened to say something in his sleep, "The Germans are coming." Then the soldier beside him happened to hear it. The soldier who didn't know the truth had no time to confirm whether the Germans were coming, so he started shouting, thus caused this incident."

"Yeah, it's possible." Nikolsky also agreed with Sokov's statement. "After long-term and high-intensity fighting, the soldiers are in a state of high mental stress at any time. Once they hear someone shouting 'The Germans are coming' will cause a series of chain reactions."

After Vlasov waited for Nikolsky to finish speaking, he smiled bitterly and said: "I really didn't expect that we would encounter such a thing. But fortunately, after the camp roar, the troops just scattered and fled. Killing each other is a blessing in misfortune.”

"Comrade Commander, what should we do next?" Colonel Del asked Vlasov for instructions: "Should we continue to stay here, or should we immediately move to another place?"

Before Vlasov could speak, Sokov rushed to say: "Comrade Chief of Staff, please don't. I just sent a few soldiers to the camp where we evacuated to see what happened there. If we We have moved hastily now. What if they can’t find us when they come back?”

Seeing Colonel Del, he seemed to want to say something more, but Vlasov raised his hand to stop him: "Chief of Staff, if you have anything to do, wait until the soldiers who went to understand the situation come back. Also, if we stay here for a while, maybe It can also accommodate some soldiers who have escaped."

Now that Vlasov has expressed his stance, Colonel Del can't say anything more. He can only stay here and wait for Chursin and others to return.

Facts have proved that Vlasov's decision was correct.

When Chursin and others returned, nearly fifty people gathered around Sokov, all of whom were soldiers who had escaped after the bombing of the camp.

Qursin came to Sokov and was about to make a report when Sokov raised his hand to stop him: "Chursin, report the situation you detected to the comrade commander."

"Tell me, Comrade Chursin." Vlasov asked in a kind tone: "What did you see when you returned to our camping site?"

"There is nothing except some discarded backpacks and weapons." Qursin replied: "We also conducted a careful search nearby and found no trace of the Germans at all. It seems that the Germans have not appeared at all. ”

After listening to Chursin's report, Sokov felt like a mirror in his mind. He really guessed that he was not wrong. Someone was indeed asleep and shouted "The Germans are coming", which caused this chaos.

"Chursin," Sokov asked tentatively after seeing that Chursin and the other two soldiers were each carrying several rifles and two or three backpacks, "those backpacks abandoned in the camp?" Have you picked up the bags and weapons?"

"No, Comrade Captain." Chuersin shook his head and said, "I brought too few people, and I didn't even pick up half of them."

Sokov looked at the newly sheltered soldiers around him. Many of them didn't even have weapons or backpacks, not to mention boots. They probably discarded them when escaping. Then he turned to those people and said, "You guys follow Qiu Comrade Erxin, go to the original camp and find your weapons and backpacks. Especially the soldiers who don’t have boots. You must remember that you can’t march in the forest without boots.”

Everyone agreed with a roar, and then followed Qurxin towards the original campsite.

Seeing that twenty or thirty soldiers were following Qursin to the original camp, Colonel Del couldn't sit still: "Comrade Commander, do you think we should go back to the original camp?"

Regarding Colonel Del's proposal, Vlasov laughed, then pointed at Sokov and said: "Chief of Staff, I think you should ask Captain Sokov for his opinion."

"I think it's better to stay here." When Sokov said this, he saw Colonel Del's expression change and quickly explained to him: "Although no Germans appeared near our camp last night, today What about during the day? What about tonight? They will always be there. If we stay, we will be in danger. It is better to stay here temporarily. If we find the enemy coming towards us, we still have enough time to move. "

"Well, Captain Sokov is right." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Nikolsky smiled and agreed: "Even if no Germans appeared in the original camp last night, who can guarantee that they will not appear today. Therefore, staying here should be the safest. Even if the Germans occupied the camp, it would take a lot of time to get to this place."

"We will stay here to rest for the time being. After Chulxin and his men get back the lost backpacks and weapons, we will continue to move." Sokov said to everyone: "Everyone can use this time to have a good rest. After we set off, we don't know when we can rest again."

Everyone agreed with Sokov's statement, so they dispersed and found a suitable place to sit down and rest, so as to recover their physical strength as soon as possible, so as not to fall behind due to physical exhaustion during the march, and finally unable to return to the Soviet defense line.

After a long wait, Sokov finally saw Chulxin and his men return. Everyone was carrying rifles and backpacks. It seemed that they had gained a lot this time.

After Chulsin came over, Sokov asked with concern: "Have all the backpacks and weapons in the camp been brought back?"

"Yes, comrade captain." Chulsin answered in an affirmative tone: "All are back."

"How do you feel?" Sokov turned around and asked the soldiers who followed him back: "Are you tired?"

The soldiers answered in unison: "No."

Although these soldiers said they were not tired, Sokov thought that they had walked such a long way back and forth. If they continued to travel now, many of them might fall behind due to lack of strength. Falling behind in the forest would have serious consequences. It was for this reason that Sokov did not order them to set off immediately, but said to them in a kind tone: "Comrade soldiers, you must be very tired. Sit down and rest for a while. We will continue on our way later."

As Sokov expected, many soldiers had already felt exhausted after returning from the camp. When they heard Sokov ask them to rest, they immediately fell to the ground. Soon, the sound of snoring could be heard from the crowd.

"Comrade Captain," Constantine said to Sokov, seeing this, "You are very thoughtful. In their situation, if they set out immediately, they will fall behind in less than an hour due to lack of strength. Once they fall behind in the depths of the forest, the consequences will be very serious. I am afraid that most of them will not be able to walk out of the forest alive."

"Yes, that's true." Sokov replied, "I plan to let them rest for an hour before continuing, but by that time, their strength should have recovered. If we slow down the marching speed appropriately, we should be able to avoid falling behind."