"This is impossible." Belkin unconsciously raised his voice: "Under the circumstances at that time, the soldiers on the position would point their guns at their own people instead of hitting the enemy."

Sokov considered that this was a field hospital and the wounded were living in temporary tents and had no sound insulation effect at all. If he had a dispute with Belkin here, it would definitely attract a group of people to watch, so he quickly stopped Belkin and continued: "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, this is not a place to speak, so we should go back to the command center first."

After Sokov reminded him, Belkin also realized that it was unwise to have a dispute here, so he nodded in agreement.

Belkin followed Sokov back to the brigade command center and unexpectedly found that the fourth battalion commander Major Vasia was also here. He couldn't help but frown slightly. He finally understood in his heart why Sokov questioned the fact that Spinach Sky was a hero, and that Major Vasia was making trouble with his feelings.

"Major Vasia, why don't you stay in your camp?

Seeing that Major Vasia was criticized by Belkin, Sokov quickly defended him: "Comrade of the Deputy Brigade Commander, Major Vasia was called by me. I thought the same as his thoughts, and I felt that Spinach Ski could not be a real hero."

Since Sokov mentioned Spinach Ski again, Belkin was impatient. Even if Sokov was his superior, he spoke very rudely: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I have reported the heroic deeds of Spinach Ski to the Army Command. You now say that his record is fake. If your superiors find out, what consequences will it bring? Have you ever thought about it?"

"A few days ago, Lieutenant Regalin killed 75 German soldiers alone." Sokov did not argue with him, but said calmly: "In order to ensure the authenticity of the battle record, you personally brought people to verify it. After confirming it, you reported it to the Group Army Command. Why did you act so sloppy this time?"

Belkin stopped talking, but through his heavy breathing, Sokov realized that the other party was very dissatisfied. The reason why he did not conflict with him was probably to take into account his identity. In order to avoid endless disputes in this matter in the future, Sokov decided to clarify the problem: "Comrade-in-Chief, why not draw personnel to verify this battle and see what happened?"

Hearing Sokov say this, Belkin raised his head and said with some dissatisfaction: "All the soldiers who hold their positions have died, and only Spinach Ski is left. How can I investigate?"

"Yes, comrade comrade commander." Karsokov also echoed: "There is only one who survived the position. If you think he is unlikely to be a hero who defends the position alone, it is obviously unrealistic to ask him to verify the situation."

Although Major Vasia had questions about Belkin's view of Spinach Sky as a lone hero, he didn't know how to verify the matter, so he could only look at Sokov for help to see if the other party could come up with a good solution.

"Major Vasia." Sokov thought to himself that Corporal Chivalryg, deputy squad leader of the Eighth Class, is now alive and dead. If he could find him, there might be a possibility that the matter would be revealed. So he asked Vasia tentatively: "When you cleaned the battlefield, you really searched the entire position carefully. Did you really find the trace of Corporal Chivalryg?"

"I searched carefully, but I did not find any trace of him." When Vasia answered this question, she was still full of doubts. When she accompanied him to inspect the position, she reported to him in detail, why did she ask about this? But since the other party asked again, even if he had any dissatisfaction in his heart, she could only answer truthfully: "Comrade Brigade Commander, have I reported all these to you on the position?"

"In addition to the positions, have you searched around the positions?" Sokov said with a lucky mentality: "It is possible that Corporal Chivalryg was bombarded by the enemy when he was transferring the positions, and was blown away by the explosion air waves, and rolled directly below the positions. It is also possible."

When Vasia heard Sokov say this, he suddenly widened his eyes in surprise. He thought to himself that he had just led people to search the entire position, but the surrounding areas of the highlands had not been checked. If what the brigade commander said was true, perhaps the missing Chivaryg was really lying somewhere around the highlands.

Thinking of this, Vasia hurriedly said to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, what you said makes sense. I did only take people to check the entire position, but did not check the surroundings of the highlands. Perhaps Corporal Chivaryg was seriously injured at this moment and was lying in a corner around the highlands, waiting for us to rescue him. I immediately called the battalion headquarters and asked them to send someone to search."

"Major Vasia, I think it is more appropriate to be responsible for the search for Corporal Chivaryg himself." Sokov said with a serious expression: "If after repeated searches around the highlands, he still cannot find his whereabouts, then according to the deputy brigade commander's proposal, he requested the superiors to award the medal to Spinach Ski."

Vasia understood that this was Sokov's trust in him, and quickly replied loudly: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I will go back and organize a search now."

After seeing Vasia away, Karsokov asked Sokov curiously: "Comrade Commander, the superiors did not ask you to report to the Army Command, why did you go to Moscow in a blink of an eye?"

Belkin also wanted to know the answer to this matter, so he turned his attention to Sokov and wanted to hear what he said.

Because the task carried out by Sokov in Moscow was top secret, although he successfully completed the task, he did not receive any reward for the reasons of confidentiality. At this moment, when he heard his two deputy ask about this, Sokov naturally could not say it. He could only say vaguely: "This urgent trip to Moscow is to carry out a special task. The nature of the task is very special. Please forgive me for not telling you."

Fortunately, both Belkin and Karsokov understood the principle of confidentiality. Seeing that Sokov was unwilling to say it, he also understood what confidentiality task he might have performed, so he did not continue to ask.

However, Belkin asked curiously: "Comrade Brigade Commander, did you hear any news related to the Great Counterattack when you were in Moscow?"

"No." Sokov replied simply: "When I returned to Moscow, the city was organizing an evacuation, and I didn't hear any news about the major counterattack."

As the chief of staff of the brigade, Karsokov, based on the recent information obtained, knew that the Soviet army had no possibility of a counterattack. But at this moment, he could not help but feel a little disappointed when he heard Sokov say this news.

When Belkin learned that the city of Moscow began to evacuate, he was surprised and asked his most concerned question: "Comrade Brigade Commander, since the city is evacuating, then Comrade Stalin, has he left Moscow?"

"No." Sokov shook his head and said, "Although many military and political institutions have been moved to the rear, Comrade Stalin stayed."

Karsokov suddenly became excited when he heard this news. He said excitedly to Belkin: "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, you heard it. Comrade Stalin stayed, and he did not retreat to the rear."

But Belkin frowned: "The situation is so critical now, how can he stay in Moscow? What if something happens, what should I do?"

"Don't worry, comrade-Comrade-Comrade-Comrade-Comrade-Stalin," said Sokov calmly: "Comrade Stalin stays can play a role in stabilizing the people's hearts and boosting morale. As for whether he will be in danger, that's simply nonsense. Do you think that when our commanders and fighters learn that Comrade Stalin is still in Moscow, he will be in danger?"

Belkin thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I think even if everyone sacrificed their lives, they will work hard to ensure the safety of Comrade Stalin."

Karsokov said thoughtfully: "Yesterday the enemy put a large number of leaflets on our position, saying that Comrade Stalin had encountered an unexpected accident and didn't know..."

Sokov naturally knew what Karsokov wanted to say, so he spoke directly and interrupted his words: "Comrade Chief of Staff, you need to say more. The content written on the German leaflets is all rumors, and it is a means to try to disintegrate our army's morale."

After hearing Sokov said this, Karsokov asked tentatively: "Comrade Brigade Commander, Comrade Stalin is really okay?"

"Of course it's okay." Sokov replied with a smile: "I went to the Kremlin two days ago and saw Comrade Stalin with his own eyes. He is in good health and will be fine even if he lives for decades. By the way, I returned with Comrade Lobachev, the military committee member of the Army. He told me on the way that Comrade Stalin will come to our Army to inspect in the near future."

Belkin was sitting at the table, and after hearing Sokov's words, he immediately jumped out of his seat, pointed at Sokov with his fingers, and said with trembling lips: "Comrade Brigade Commander, what you said is true? Will Comrade Stalin come to our army to inspect in the near future?"

"Yes, what I said is true." Sokov also emphasized in order to increase credibility: "Lieutenant Regalin was originally back to the forefront with me, but since Comrade Stalin will visit the army headquarters in the near future, Comrade Lobachev kept him to strengthen security."

Originally, Belkin and Karsokov had some doubts about Sokov's words, but now he learned that Lieutenant Regalin, who was a master of shooting skills, was actually left at the Army Command by Lobachev and participated in the security work, and believed in what Sokov said.

...

In the middle of the night that day, Sokov, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by Ekarsokov on duty: "Comrade Commander, you have your phone number."

Sokov struggled to sit up and asked in a daze: "Where did the phone call come from? Is it the Army Command?"

"No, comrade comrade, comrade," Karsokov shook his head and said, "It was Major Vasia, the commander of the Fourth Battalion. He said that there has been new progress in finding the missing Corporal Chivaryg."

When Sokov heard that it was about Chivalryg, he immediately became energetic. He didn't even care about wearing his boots. He got up and came to the table, picked up the microphone on the table, and put it in his ear and said, "Is it Major Vasha? I am Sokov. How is your progress in finding Corporal Chivalryg?"

"Report to the brigade commander," said Vasia on the other end of the phone respectfully: "As you analyzed, we searched around the highlands and found the missing Corporal Chivaryg."

"What, found Corporal Chivaryag?" Sokov asked in surprise: "Where is he now?"

"Comrade Brigade Commander, when we found Chivaryg, he was covered in blood and was in a coma." Vasia said: "I have ordered people to urgently take him to the field hospital."

"I'll go to the field hospital right away." After saying that, Sokov dropped the microphone in his hand, bent down and started putting on his boots, preparing to rush to the field hospital immediately.

"Comrade Brigade Commander," Karsokov walked to the door of the tent, lifted the curtain and looked outside, and asked tentatively: "Do I need to call a few soldiers from the guard company to accompany you to the field hospital?"

"No need." Sokov waved his hand and said, "This is the defense area of ​​our brigade, and it is not far from the field hospital. If I go there alone, it won't be a problem."

Seeing that Sokov was unwilling to bring the guards over, Karsokov did not force himself, but he still reminded Sokov: "You should be more careful."

"I can." Sokov threw down this sentence, opened the curtain and walked out.

When Sokov came to the field hospital, he saw the lights on the tent for surgery, and medical staff were in and out from time to time, so he hurried over.

The head nurse Vera came out of the tent, and Sokov quickly grabbed her and asked with concern: "Villa, who is doing surgery on the tent?"

"The Fourth Battalion sent a wounded person not long ago. The injury was very serious and rescue is underway."

Sokov thought to himself, saying that, the wounded person being rescued inside should be Corporal Chivaryg sent by Vasia, and asked quickly: "Villa, tell me the truth, can he save him?"

"This is not easy to say." Vera said with embarrassment: "There are more than 30 parts of his body injured, including gunshot wounds and shrapnel injuries. After the injury, the wound was not treated in time, resulting in excessive blood loss. Now that the plasma in the field hospital is insufficient, I still have to find someone to donate blood."

"Comrade Brigade Commander," Sokov was talking to Vera when he suddenly heard someone calling him behind him. He turned his head and saw that it was Vasia's men who rushed over with more than a dozen soldiers. He came to Sokov and asked curiously: "Why are you here?"

"I came to see Comrade Chivaryg," Sokov looked at Vasia and his subordinates, remembering what Vera had just said, and hurriedly said: "By the way, Major Vasia, the head nurse told me that Comrade Chivaryg needs a blood transfusion immediately because of excessive blood loss. The field hospital has used up too many wounded people in the past two days, and the inventory of plasma has been used up. Look, can the soldiers who follow you donate blood to your comrades?"

"No problem, comrade comrade commander." After Vasia said this, she turned to face the soldiers he brought with him, and said firmly: "Comrades, you all heard it. Comrade Chivaryg, who is now in rescue in the tent, has lost too much blood and his life is at stake. I hope everyone will carry forward the style of unity and friendship and donate blood to him enthusiastically."

As soon as Vasia finished speaking, the soldiers rushed to say, "Comrade Battalion Commander, I am in good health. Let me donate blood to Comrade Chivaryg."

"I am a type O blood, a universal blood transfusion, and I am a blood transfusion."
Chapter completed!