Chapter 2761

After hearing Vlasov's order, Sokov immediately sent a signal to the surrounding soldiers to prepare for transfer. As for the plane that came to meet him, he couldn't care less. If there were enemy planes patrolling the nearby airspace, the plane might be doomed.

When Colonel Del saw the troops starting to move, he asked Vlasov hesitantly: "Comrade Commander, are you really not going to contact the front army headquarters and ask them to withdraw the plane that came to meet us?"

Regarding Colonel Del's proposal, Vlasov hesitated for a moment, and then made a difficult decision: "Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to the front army headquarters, saying that the meeting point we agreed on has been discovered by a German reconnaissance plane. If The dispatched plane landed according to the original plan. I am afraid that there may be danger. We request that the dispatched plane be withdrawn immediately. "

After finishing speaking, Vlasov warned again: "Chief of Staff, after sending the telegram, we will transfer immediately. Do you understand?"

"clear."

A few minutes later, the communications staff officer finished sending the telegram to the front army headquarters and packed up the radio station to prepare for transfer. But at this time, the German bombers that came after hearing the news had already reached the sky above the forest. They swooped down from the sky one after another, dropping bombs and strafing at the still smoking fire, scaring the Chief of Communications Staff out of his wits. But fear is fear. When he moved, he still did not forget the radio station on his back that could keep in touch with the outside world.

After the enemy planes bombed the forest glade, they also bombed the nearby forest.

Seeing that the trees not far away were blown up in the middle, the moving troops were in chaos. Many soldiers broke away from the neat queue and began to flee in all directions.

Sokov did not stop this situation, and he also knew in his heart that in this situation, no matter who changed the troops who were in chaos, it would be impossible to gather them. The only thing that can be done is to get out of the German bombing area as soon as possible and find a safe place to contain the troops again, as many as they can gather.

The bombing by enemy planes lasted for more than ten minutes and then ended.

Looking at the enemy plane flying away in the sky, Sokov finally breathed a sigh of relief, then called Constantine and told him: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, when the enemy plane bombed just now, many of our soldiers left because of fear. Now you and Qurxin and Zub gather as many troops as you can. I can only give you half an hour. Once the time is up, we must move immediately. "

"Transfer?" Constantine asked with some surprise: "Comrade Captain, are you worried that enemy planes will bomb again?"

"I'm not sure whether the enemy will bomb again." Sokov said with a wry smile: "But I can't rule out that the enemy will send ground troops to search this area. If we don't move, we may have to engage in a head-on firefight with the enemy. Do you think we can defeat the enemy with our current strength?"

"It can't be defeated." Constantine knew this well: "I will gather the troops immediately."

Seeing Sokov stop advancing, Vlasov came over and asked: "Captain Sokov, why did you stop?"

"Comrade Commander," Sokov replied: "A lot of our troops were scattered during the bombing just now. I asked Second Lieutenant Constantine to gather them. Otherwise, it will be up to us to rely on our few people. If we encounter the enemy , there’s not much chance of winning.”

"Comrade Commander," Colonel Del hurried over and said in a panic: "We should leave here as soon as possible. I'm worried that the enemy plane will come back soon."

"Comrade Chief of Staff, don't worry too much." Seeing Colonel Del's worried look, Sokov quickly comforted him and said: "The enemy planes will not come. Even if they come again, if they want to bomb the troops in the forest, where will they go?" So easy."

"Comrade Commander!" Colonel Del asked Vlasov with a grimace: "The plane to pick us up will definitely not come. What should we do next?"

"We continue to walk northeast," Vlasov said: "After walking about 50 kilometers, we will reach Sumy. There must be troops of our army there."

Half an hour later, Constantine reported to Sokov: "Comrade Captain, we have tried our best, but there are still seven or eight soldiers missing. They must have gone to other areas during the bombing."

"Comrade Second Lieutenant, we can't take care of them anymore." After hearing this, Sokov waved his hands and said, "We will continue on our way as planned and strive to escape the German encirclement as soon as possible."

The assembled troops moved forward again in the direction instructed by Vlasov.

After several hours of marching, in the evening, Sokov asked Vlasov for instructions: "Comrade Commander, we have walked almost 20 roads, and the soldiers are exhausted. Should we camp on the spot to rest?"

Hearing Sokov say this, Vlasov frowned slightly. According to his idea, he wanted the troops to reach Samui City in one go, but at this moment he felt that he was exhausted and could not continue walking at all. So he agreed to Sokov's request: "Okay, Captain Sokov, let's rest here. Remember, there may be Germans nearby, so be sure to set up adequate security."

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Sokov nodded and said, "I will set up a good warning."

After Sokov left Vlasov, he called Konstantin and two other lieutenants and said to them: "Comrade commanders, the soldiers have been exhausted after a long day's journey. We are exhausted. We have decided to camp here and rest until tomorrow morning. However, for safety reasons, we will send out two guard posts in the east, west, and south, so that if there is any movement, we can send out an alert in time. "

A second lieutenant heard what Sokov said and immediately raised questions: "Comrade Captain, the soldiers have been exhausted after a day's journey. If you follow your arrangement, a double post will be deployed in each of the four directions. , coupled with the soldiers changing guard at night, it means that 16 soldiers cannot get a good rest, which is very detrimental to their journey tomorrow. "

"Comrade Second Lieutenant," Sokov said dissatisfiedly as he looked at the second lieutenant who questioned him: "I know that everyone is very tired after traveling all day. But there is nothing we can do. There may be enemies nearby. If we don't be vigilant, , step up vigilance in case the Germans come over at night. Do you think our soldiers, who are sleeping soundly from exhaustion, have the strength to defeat them? "

After hearing what Sokov said, the second lieutenant hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said: "It should be impossible to defeat them. After all, our soldiers were sleeping when the enemy attacked. I'm afraid many of them will die before they even have time to open their eyes." Under the guns of the Germans."

"Since you understand this, then go ahead and carry out my order." Sokov slowed down and said to the second lieutenant: "If you meet any soldiers who don't understand this arrangement, you have to make it clear to them, do you understand? "

"clear."

After setting up the guard post, Sokov was sure to report the matter to Vlasov, so he walked to the place where Vlasov and others were resting.

As soon as I walked over, I saw the communications staff commanding two soldiers to set up an antenna and seemed to be preparing to send a telegram.

"Comrade Commander," Sokov walked to Vlasov's side and asked, "Are you planning to send a telegram to the front headquarters?"

"Yes, Captain Sokov." Vlasov nodded and said, "I need to report the situation here to the front army headquarters."

Sokov said nothing about Vlasov's plan. The unit was now located deep in the forest. Even if the German telegraph personnel intercepted the telegram, it would be difficult to find his small unit in the vast forest. An easy thing.

Soon, the antenna was set up and the communications staff began to send messages.

If this was a regular headquarters, Sokov would have stayed far away. But now the so-called headquarters only has Vlasov, Colonel Der, Nikolsky and a communications staff officer. As the head of the security force protecting the headquarters, Sokov should definitely stay here. of.

Shortly after the telegram was sent, a reply from the front headquarters arrived.

After reading the above content, Colonel Del handed the telegram to Vlasov and said: "Comrade Commander, the plane that came to meet us was hit by ground anti-aircraft fire while flying over Romney. , has been destroyed."

When he learned that the plane coming to meet him had been destroyed, Vlasov couldn't help but feel a wave of fear. He thought that if he had not been discovered by a German reconnaissance plane and bombed by a bomber, he might have been on that plane. If he was shot down over Romney, he would definitely die.

"It's so dangerous, Comrade Commander." After Military Commissioner Nikolsky came over to read the contents of the telegram, he was also startled into a cold sweat: "Fortunately, we were not on that plane, otherwise if it was shot down, we would not be able to survive at all. There was no hope of survival."

"Yeah, it's quite dangerous."

"Comrade Commander," Colonel Del thought for a while, and then made a suggestion to Vlasov: "How about we send a reconnaissance team to the nearby area to conduct reconnaissance and figure out our current location. Only by confirming our position so that tomorrow’s march will not be aimless.”

"I think it's okay, but the reconnaissance team must rush back after dawn. If we come back late and we have already set off, they may not be able to find us again." After Vlasov said this, he turned to Sokov Asked: "Captain Sokov, how long will it take to send out a reconnaissance team?"

"Comrade Commander, if we want to send out a reconnaissance team, it only takes a few minutes." Sokov asked: "The question is in which direction should we conduct reconnaissance?"

"Of course it's the northeast direction." Colonel Del replied without hesitation: "According to the map, as long as we keep walking in the northeast direction, we can reach the Sumui area."

"Okay." Now that Colonel Del has indicated the direction of the reconnaissance, Sokov naturally knows how to execute it: "I will arrange the manpower immediately."

Sokov quickly found Chulsin and said to him: "Chursin, I have an important task for you now. I will give you three soldiers to form a reconnaissance team and go to the camp. Go to the northeast for reconnaissance and find out where we are now."

"No problem." Qiusin readily accepted the task, and also raised a question: "Do I need to catch two tongues?"

"It's not necessary." Sokov shook his head and said, "If you catch the tongue, you can't take them away after the interrogation. In the end, you have to deal with them on the spot, so why bother."

"Well, then I understand. Is there anything else you would like to order?"

"Churxin, I think you should understand that we don't have a fixed base in the forest and we are always moving." Sokov stared at Churxin: "You must come back before dawn tomorrow, otherwise you may not find us, understand?"

"Understood." Churxin nodded again and said: "I will definitely come back before dawn."

Sokof extended his hand to Churxin and said in a friendly tone; "Good luck to you!"

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In the middle of the night, Sokov was awakened by Constantine while sleeping: "Comrade Captain, Comrade Captain, wake up quickly!"

Sokof, who was awakened, suddenly shuddered, thinking that the Germans were approaching, and hurriedly asked: "Comrade Lieutenant, what happened?"

"The north The sentry came to report. "Constantine said: "There is movement in that direction, it seems that someone is moving towards here. Comrade Captain, how should we deal with it?"

"Wake everyone up." Sokov woke up a soldier who was sleeping near him and told him: "Be prepared to fight and move, there may be enemies coming up."

Seeing the soldier opening his mouth to shout, Sokov quickly stopped him again: "You wake people up quietly, don't make too much noise, so as not to alarm the enemy in the distance."

After the soldiers woke up the sleeping soldiers one by one, Sokov said to Constantine: "Come on, Comrade Captain, take me to have a look."

Constantine nodded, and then acted as a guide for Sokov, taking him to the sentry position in the north.

Soon, the two came to the lurking position of the sentry.

Sokov carefully came to the position of the sentry, and after lying beside him, he whispered: "What's going on here?"

The sentry pointed to the forest ahead and said: "I heard a noise coming from the front, the sound of broken branches being stepped on. I listened carefully for a long time, and there are at least a dozen people active in that area, or even more."

"Comrade Captain," Constantine knew that Sokov had sent out a reconnaissance team. He was worried that the sentry on guard would make a mistake, and asked Sokov carefully: "Could it be that Chulxin and the others are back?"

"Impossible." Sokov shook his head and said: "Chulxin and the others will not be back until dawn. And even if they come back early, there are only four of them, and it is impossible to make too much noise. There must be other troops in the forest ahead. I just don't know if they are Germans or our own people."

"Or, should we send someone to contact them?" Constantine suggested.

But his suggestion was quickly rejected by Sokov: "It's pitch black here. If we rashly send people over, I'm afraid the enemy will shoot without hesitation, which will cause us unnecessary casualties."

"Then what should we do?" Seeing that his proposal was rejected by Sokov, Constantine couldn't help but feel anxious: "Are we just going to wait like this?"

"Second Lieutenant, send a few more people over." Sokov said: "It's better to set up machine guns here. If the enemy rushes over, we can suppress them with firepower."