"Chief of Staff, let Major Vasia continue to speak." Sokov stopped Karsokov and said to Vasia: "You can say whatever you think in your heart. Even if you say it wrong, I won't blame you."

After receiving Sokov's affirmation, Vasia continued to express his suspicion: "Faced with the attack of the enemy with the advantage, even veterans will be afraid, let alone a new recruit who has a short enlistment period. Therefore, I think whether he is a hero who holds his position needs to be verified before he can report it to his superiors."

After listening to Vasia's story, Sokov asked in confusion: "Major Vasia, since you think Spinach Sky is not necessarily a hero who sticks to the position, why don't you ask this question earlier, but wait until your superiors know about it before questioning the matter?"

Faced with Sokov's questioning, Vasia hesitated for a moment and explained: "The deputy brigade commander was also the one who led my troops to the position at that time."

When Sokov heard this, he turned his head and looked at Karsokov, wanting to get the answer he wanted from him.

Karsokov nodded and explained to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, Major Vasia is right. At that time, the deputy brigade commander learned that the position of the Fourth Battalion was attacked by the enemy, and immediately mobilized the reserve team. When it was dark, the enemy's shelling and bombing stopped, he rushed to the position. Seeing that there was only one soldier left on the position, he felt that this soldier should have defended the position."

"So, is the deputy brigade commander who believes that in the face of the enemy's crazy attack and stubbornly defending the position is this recruit who has not been enlisted for several months?" Sokov looked at Vasya and asked, "Am I right?"

"Yes, comrade comrade comrade." Vasia did not deny Sokov's speculation, but continued: "I asked such a question to the deputy brigade commander at that time, but I was criticized by the deputy brigade commander. He said that since there was only Spinach Ski on the position, he was the hero who held the position and did not give me a chance to explain."

"That's right, comrade brigade commander." Karsokov waited for Vasia to finish his speech, and added: "The deputy brigade commander and I both believe that since the commanders and soldiers of the positions have all died, there is only Spinach Ski. If it weren't for the position he guarded, who would have guarded it?"

"How many people are there in the platoon that holds its position?" Sokov turned to look at Vasia and asked, "Have all the bodies of the sacrificed soldiers been found?"

"It's basically found it." Vasia said hesitantly.

Sokov keenly grasped a keyword: "Major Vasia, what you said is that all the 'basic' have been found. Does this mean that the bodies of the warriors have not been found?"

"When cleaning the battlefield, I ordered people to collect all the bodies of my comrades who died." Vasia replied: "But after counting a few times, I found that one person was missing."

"Who is missing?" Sokov asked.

"Corporate Chivaryg, deputy squad leader of the 8th squad of the third platoon," said Vasia. "I personally checked the position several times, but no body was found. I asked my own question to the deputy brigade commander, saying that the person who stood firm might be Corporal Chivaryg, but was refuted by the deputy brigade commander. He said that the other party was either bombarded or bombed by the enemy, or that the enemy was scared out of his courage and became a shameful deserter."

"Desergeant?" Sokov couldn't help but sneer when he heard this word: "Although the infantry brigade was not formed for a long time, there had never been deserters. I think the deputy brigade commander's guess may be wrong."

"Comrade Brigade Commander," Karsokov understood what Sokov meant and knew that he was going to support Vasia's analysis, and he couldn't help but say with some embarrassment: "You and the deputy brigade commander have the opposite opinion. Will there be a dispute when you meet?"

Sokov thought to himself that if the body of Corporal Chivalryg could not be found, his opinion would not be tenable. In order to convince Belkin, he had to go to the position to see if he could find useful clues.

Thinking of this, Sokov asked Vasia: "Major Vasia, can you take me to the position and take a look?"

After hearing this, Vaxia was stunned and asked back, "What, Comrade Brigade Commander, are you going to the position?"

"That's right. To find out the truth of the matter, I feel it's necessary to go to the position in person."

Karsokov quickly persuaded: "But there is close to the enemy's defense line, and if you want to go, it will be dangerous."

Sokov waved his hand and said firmly: "Comrade Chief of Staff, if I want to find out the truth of the matter, I must go to the position to check it myself. As for safety issues, you don't have to worry, I will pay attention to safety."

He came out of the tent with Vasia, Sokov called Bobricov and told him, "Captain, I will go to the frontier position of the Fourth Battalion, and you send a few soldiers to follow me."

"Comrade Brigade Commander, you're going out so late?" Bobricov asked in surprise.

"There is something that needs to be clarified immediately, so I can only rush over immediately." Sokov urged: "Okay, time is tight, you should find someone to act quickly."

Half an hour later, Sokov and others arrived at the position where they fought fiercely during the day.

Due to violent shelling and bombing, a thick layer of floating soil was accumulated on the position. As soon as Sokov stepped on it, the soft soil covered his feet.

With the help of the bright moonlight, he looked at the charred land in front of him and asked thoughtfully: "Major Vasia, do you think there is a possibility? After Corporal Chivaryg died, his body was covered by floating soil. You did not find his body when you cleaned the battlefield?"

"This is impossible." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Vasia retorted: "We checked it very carefully and there was absolutely no omission."

Seeing that Vasia was so sure, Sokov couldn't worry about this question anymore, but asked, "Where did you find Spinach Sky at that time?"

"Here, there." Vasia pointed to a position east: "When we came, he lay there and was shot in the shoulder."

Sokov looked at the position where Vasia pointed and frowned, because people could not see the entire frontal battlefield when they stood in that position. If Spinach Ski were really the battle hero mentioned by Berkin, they would never appear in that position. Originally, he had only three points of doubt about the authenticity of Spinach Ski, but now it increased to five points.

However, he did not say anything, but buried his head at the highest point of the position. He felt that if he could hold on to the position, that would be the most critical position.

After reaching the highest point of the position, Sokov keenly discovered that there was a half-collapse trench full of bullet shells.

He jumped into the trench, bent down and picked up the shell, and said to Vasia who was following him: "Major Vasia, look, there are so many shells piled up here, which means that the soldiers who are holding their positions have fought fiercely here."

Vasia squatted beside the trench, looked down at the shells in the trench, and murmured: "But these bullet holes don't explain anything."

"There are these shells, which means that some soldiers have indeed fought bravely here and blocked the enemy's attack tenaciously." Sokov looked up at Vasya and said, "Let's go to the field hospital to see the Spinach Ski. When asked where he was fighting at that time, he could figure out whether the fighting hero who blocked the enemy was him."

In this way, the group came to the field hospital again.

When Tonya learned that Sokov was visiting the injured Spinach Ski, she hurriedly came up and said actively: "Misha, we have performed surgery on Comrade Spinach Ski. He is not in danger for the time being. After resting for a few months, his injury will be cured."

After hearing this, Sokov nodded and then asked in a low voice: "Donia, can you tell me what part of the injured person was injured?"

"The right rear shoulder position." Donia replied: "Based on my years of experience, the bullet marks shot into the high place and shot into the right rear shoulder. If there is no obstruction of internal organs, they will penetrate from the right abdomen."

Sokov raised his eyebrows, "So, someone shot him from behind. Right?"

Donia nodded and said in a sure tone: "Yes, it's true that someone shot him from behind, and it was a shot from a high place."

Sokov wrapped his hands in front of his chest and began to think about what Tonya said: "If Spinach Ski was a commander who had been in the army for many years, he might have offended people at work, so that others would have shot his cold gun from behind. But this person is a recruit who has only been in the army for a few months. Even if he offended anyone, no one would have shot his black gun on the battlefield. There must be something strange about this."

Thinking of this, he asked Tonia: "Donia, are there any other wounded person besides the wounded person, Spinach Ski?"

"Of course, of course." Dongniya nodded and said, "There was a fierce battle in the defense zone of the Fourth Battalion yesterday, and there were quite a lot of wounded people." After saying this, she paused for a moment, and then asked curiously, "Misha, what are you asking about this?"

Sokov smiled faintly and replied, "Now everyone is saying that this Spinach Sky has stood his position alone and repelled the enemy's attack. He is an amazing hero. But I have to do this because of this, so I want to figure out what's going on."

As the two were talking, Belkin walked out of the tent and saw Sokov, with a surprise expression on his face: "Comrade Brigade Commander, when did you come back?"

"I've been back for about two hours," Sokov said casually, "I heard that you are in the field hospital, so come and have a look."

"Comrade Brigade Commander," Belkin said excitedly when he heard Sokov say this: "You don't know that during the time you are not in the brigade, we have another amazing combat hero. Now he is lying in the tent inside, and I will take you in and have a look." After that, he grabbed Sokov's hand and pulled him into the tent without saying a word.

Walking into the tent, using the lighting of the tent gasoline lamp, Sokov saw clearly the spinach Sky he wanted to see. At this moment, he was lying on a stretcher with a thick bandage wrapped around his right shoulder.

"Comrade Brigade Commander," said Belkin in a low voice: "He just fell asleep. Let's speak quietly and don't wake him up."

Sokov pointed at Spinachsky with his hand and asked faintly: "He is the combat hero you reported to the Army Command?"

"So you know him from the Army Command."

Sokov did not speak, but pulled Belkin out of the tent. He walked forward for a while, and saw that there was no one around, then stopped and asked Belkin: "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, do you really think he is a combat hero who can block the German attack alone?"

"Is there anything wrong?" Belkin's expression froze when he heard Sokov say this, and then asked back: "When I brought people to the position, he was the only one left. If he hadn't blocked the enemy, who would have been?"

"Can't it be someone else?" Sokov said lightly: "You know, he is just a recruit and has no combat experience at all. Facing the enemy's bombardment and crazy ground attacks, he is not scared to pee his pants. It's already good. How could he block the enemy's attack alone?"

Hearing Sokov say this, Belkin was unhappy: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I have already said that when I arrived at the position, he was the only one left in the entire position. If he hadn't been alive, the enemy would have occupied the frontier positions of the Fourth Battalion."

Seeing that Belkin was so stubborn, Sokov smiled bitterly and then said, "Have you ever thought that there may be someone else who blocks the enemy's attack, and it has nothing to do with him."

"Is there someone else?" Belkin asked with a sneer and said, "Comrade Brigade Commander, who will be the one who does this according to your wishes?"

"Major Vasia told me that Corporal Chivaryg, deputy squad leader of the eighth squad, was missing." Sokov did not argue with Belkin, but just said calmly what he saw: "I just went to the position to see that a trench on the top of the mountain was filled with bullet shells, which means that there were soldiers who were staying there for fierce battles. And you found that the position of Spinach Ski could not see the entire battlefield at all. If he stayed in that position, how could he repel the enemy's attacks again and again?"

"Maybe he had transferred the position," Belkin defended unconvincedly: "You must know that if you stay in one place for too long, you may be able to attract enemy artillery fire, so the best way is to fight for a while and change the place. Maybe Comrade Spinachsky was unfortunately injured when he was transferring the position."

"Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, do you know what part of Spinach Ski was injured?"

"Of course I know." Belkin said: "Isn't it just that I was shot in the right back shoulder?"

"Since you know that he was shot at the right back shoulder, that's easy to do." Sokov pointed his fingers on Belkin's left back shoulder twice, and said: "According to the military doctor, Spinach Ski was shot at this position. If the internal organs had not blocked the bullet, they would definitely pass out from the right abdomen..."

"Wait a minute, comrade comrade brigade commander." When Belkin heard this, he suddenly realized something was wrong: "You said that the bullet was shot from the right back shoulder. If there is no obstruction of internal organs, the bullet will penetrate from the right abdomen?"

"Yes, that's it."

"No." Belkin frowned, "If it was really shot on the back shoulder, then the bullet should also drill out of the shoulder blades. How could it drill out of the abdomen?"
Chapter completed!