The train continued to move forward, Sokov picked up the phone on the table and contacted Zhu Kewen at the front of the car.

"Comrade Lieutenant, I am Sokov." Hearing Zhu Kowen's voice coming from the receiver, Sokov immediately said: "We are passing through the German-occupied area and we must be highly vigilant. If you find something wrong, contact me immediately by phone. Do you understand?"

Zhu Kewen's old face turned red. He thought that after the train was stopped by the enemy at the station, he did not report it immediately. If Sokov had not noticed something was wrong and rushed over directly, he might have been questioned by the captain for a few more questions. At this moment, he heard Sokov's orders and quickly replied: "I understand, comrade brigade commander. If something happens, I will report it to you in time."

When Sokov put down the phone, Khalanchuk asked curiously: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, are you still worried that the train we are taking will be stopped by the Germans?"

Sokov looked at Haranchuk and said with a serious expression: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, as long as we have not left the area controlled by the Germans, we may be intercepted by the Germans at any time, so we must not relax our vigilance."

"Lieutenant Colonel Sokov is right." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Polytic continued: "We must not relax our guard until we enter our military defense zone smoothly."

Hearing Sokov and Polytic say this, Haranchuk couldn't help but feel nervous: "If our train is really stopped by the Germans, what should we do? Will we go to war with the enemy?"

"This is natural." Sokov said lightly after hearing this: "Don't forget that the commanders and fighters are holding weapons, not fire sticks. Since the enemy wants to provoke, they naturally cannot be polite to them, just fight. Moreover, the later the war starts, the more beneficial it is to us, which means that we are closer to our own defense zone. Even if we are surrounded by the enemy, it is easy to break through and join friendly forces."

After another two and a half hours, the train began to slow down.

Halanchuk, who felt the car slow down, looked out the window nervously: "Why is the car slower? Have you encountered an enemy in front of you?"

Sokov raised his hand and looked at the time, then shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be that he encountered an enemy blocking the road, but that we are about to reach our destination."

As soon as he finished speaking, the phone ringing on the table rang.

Sokov quickly grabbed the microphone and said, "I am Sokov!"

"Comrade Brigade Commander." Zhu Kewen's voice came from the receiver: "The destination is coming ahead. I have ordered the train to slow down. Please prepare to get off."

After putting down the phone, Sokov said to Polytic and Harlanchuk: "Entrepreneur Zhukowen reported that the train was about to arrive at his destination, so he ordered the train to slow down so that we could get off."

Haranchuk waved his fist excitedly and said excitedly: "Thank God, we are finally going to our destination."

"Lt. Col. Harlanchuk, don't be too excited too early." Politic reminded him: "The front is only the terminal station of the train, not our destination. The nearest defensive position of the friendly forces is three kilometers away from the station. Even if there is no enemy nearby, it will probably take an hour before we can reach the friendly forces' defense zone."

"Comrade Colonel, I have notified my deputy that he will arrange a convoy to pick us up at the station," Sokov said. "Even if there are a large number of wounded people and with the help of trucks, I can return to the defense zone of my brigade in the shortest time."

A few minutes later, the train stopped.

As soon as the car stopped, Halanchuk planned to open the door and get out of the car, but was stopped by Sokov: "Wait a minute, comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I will call Lieutenant Zhu Kewen first to see if the convoy that was picking up our car has arrived?"

Sokov quickly finished the phone and said to Haranchuk: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the convoy that was able to handle our car has not arrived yet. What you have to do now is to disarm all the German troops who were escorting those three cars so that we will not have any problems when transferring."

"Leave this to me." Hearing Sokov asked him to pay the German troops to arrest the Germans, Halanchuk agreed very readily: "I promise that none of them can escape."

After Haranchuk got off the car, Polytic said with emotion: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, you must know that when you proposed this adventure plan, I didn't agree with it. But considering that you are a representative sent by your superiors, you can't even mention it even if you have any ideas in your heart. I really didn't expect that we really returned to our army's defense zone."

"Comrade Colonel, I can understand that you don't agree with my plan in your heart." Sokov looked at the other party and said, "After all, this plan is too risky. In the whole process, even a little problem in a small link may put the troops in a state of endless doom."

The two chatted for a while, and a soldier got into the car to report: "Comrade Commander, Lieutenant Colonel ordered me to report the situation to you."

"How is the situation outside?" Polytic asked.

The soldier replied: "The German troops escorted the cars in the three cars have been disarmed, and the rest of the troops are getting off the train in an orderly manner and lined up beside the cars. Comrade Lieutenant Colonel is worried that you are not at ease, so he ordered me to come and report to you."

After hearing this, Polytic nodded, then turned to Sokov and said, "Then let's get off the car first. I believe that it will not take long to arrive."

Since Polytic was about to get off the car, Sokov naturally could not stay in the car. Before he left the car with his subordinates, he also specifically reminded Khabarov: "Khabarov, there may be some chaos outside. After getting off the car later, you must follow me closely and don't get lost."

"Okay." Baharov nodded and responded.

After getting off the bus, Sokov and Polytic walked towards the front of the bus.

It was indeed as Sokov said, everywhere was full of chaos. The soldiers who had just gotten out of the car were slowly lined up amid the shouts of the commanders. The captured German soldiers were squatting on one side of the train, and more than a dozen soldiers holding bayonets were watching over them.

Before Sokov could find Zhukowen and Haranchuk, the roar of the car engine came from a distance.

Hearing this voice, Polytic immediately felt happy, and then said to Sokov excitedly: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, listen, it is the sound of the car engine, and it should be your troops coming to pick us up."

Although Sokov knew that the vehicles coming were probably coming to pick up the troops, for safety reasons, he still suggested to Politic: "Comrade Colonel, it's night at night and the visibility is limited. It's not clear whether the vehicles coming to pick up the troops, so we still need to be vigilant."

After Sokov reminded him, Politic nodded repeatedly: "Comrade Colonel, you are right. We must keep a high level of vigilance to prevent being caught off guard by the enemy." After that, he called a commander beside him and ordered him to take people to the direction where the voice came from to arrange defenses, so as not to encounter an enemy's surprise attack.

More than ten minutes later, the commander sent someone to report that the vehicle was affiliated with the infantry brigade.

When Sokov heard this, he put his heart hanging back in his stomach. He asked the soldier: "Who is the commander who is the team?"

The warrior thought for a while and then replied: "The leader is a captain, and he seems to be named Alexa..."

"Okay, I understand. Captain Alexa is here." Sokov turned to Polytic and said, "Comrade Colonel, Alexa is my second battalion commander. He should be the one who is leading your convoy."

Sokov pointed at the warrior with his hand and ordered, "Comrade Warrior, go and call Captain Alexa over and say I have something important to say to him."

The warrior agreed and turned and left.

Not long after, a truck with tarp drove staggeringly in front of Sokov and others.

As soon as the car stopped, the door on the side of the co-pilot opened.

Captain Alexa jumped out of the car, ran quickly to Sokov, raised his hand and saluted, and reported: "Comrade Brigade Commander, Captain Alexa, the second battalion commander, was ordered to come to pick you up. I obey your order, please instruct!"

"Comrade Captain," Sokov asked, looking at Alexa, "How many vehicles have you brought?"

"There are 45 cars in total." Alexa replied: "In addition to the driver, each car is equipped with a co-pilot and two soldiers escorting the car."

After hearing this, Sokov nodded slightly. He was very satisfied with Alexa's arrangement: "Comrade Captain, immediately drive the car to the train. Take the time to transport away all the troops staying here and the batch of arms we seized."

"What, you seized a batch of enemy arms?" Alexa widened his eyes in surprise after hearing this: "I don't know how many weapons and supplies have been seized? We see that there are a lot of people in you. If you still have to transport ammunition and supplies, I'm afraid the vehicles are far from enough."

"Please install as much as you can!" Sokov said: "If you can't sit down, let the healthy soldiers march on foot, and the trucks use the materials we seized and the wounded soldiers to return to our defense zone as quickly as possible."

Under the arrangement of Politak and Harlanchuk, the commanders and soldiers of the 315th Division drew up enough personnel and began to move the ammunition and supplies loaded by the Germans into the carriage to trucks parked not far away. After transporting the supplies, the soldiers were asked to board the train one by one.

The truck filled with supplies and wounded soon drove away from the unknown station and headed towards the defense zone of the Second Battalion.

Although Alexa brought 45 trucks, he could not carry all the commanders and supplies. Seeing the soldiers who were still staying by the railway, Sokov made a decision. He would hike back to the defense zone of the Second Battalion with these soldiers who had not boarded the train. The distance was not far anyway, and he could reach the destination within half an hour at most. As for Polytic and Khalanthuk, Sokov asked them to return to the defense zone first and wait for his arrival at the brigade command.

When Zhu Kowen saw Sokov hiking back to the defense zone like the soldiers, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Comrade Brigade Commander, why don't you take a car? You just want to hike back to the defense zone of the Second Battalion like us?"

"Although the defense zone from this station to the Second Battalion is only three kilometers, no one can guarantee that it will not encounter the German army on this road." Sokov explained to Zhu Kowen patiently: "If the troops are suddenly attacked by the enemy at night in a strange area and do not have commanders of higher levels to command, they will easily be defeated by the enemy. I marched on foot with those soldiers who cannot ride in the car to prevent the troops from organizing effective resistance when they are suddenly attacked by the enemy during the marching."

"Oh, so that's it." Zhu Kewen nodded and continued: "Comrade Brigade Commander, you have brought back a division this time. Do you think our superiors will merge our brigade and this force?"

When Sokov heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little shocked. If Rokosovsky really planned to merge the 315th Division with his own infantry brigade, and with his own qualifications, he could only serve as deputy division commander at most. If he could not be a brigade commander, but wanted to be a deputy division commander with a false pretext, Sokov was very resistant.

After thinking for a long time, he said to Zhu Kewen in an official tone: "Comrade lieutenant, whether the troops are merged is the final decision of the superiors. No matter what decision they make, my subordinate can only implement it unconditionally."

Forty minutes later, the troops successfully entered the defense zone of the Second Battalion.

Only then did Sokov feel relieved and put his heart hanging in his throat back into his stomach.

Seeing the second battalion commander Alexa waiting on the position, Sokov asked straight to the point: "Where are the two commanders of the friendly forces, where have they gone?"

"I have arranged personnel and sent them to the brigade command."

"Good job." Sokov nodded after hearing this, and then ordered him: "Immediately arrange a car for me and take us back to the brigade command."

Alexa agreed, called a warrior, and after approaching his ear and whispering a few words, the warrior turned around and left.

Soon, an empty truck drove over and stopped steadily in front of Sokov.

Sokov put his hand on Zhu Kewen's shoulder and said to him: "Comrade Lieutenant, the car is coming, let's get in."

The truck soon sent Sokov and others back to the brigade command.

Still far away, Sokov saw Belkin standing at the door of the tent, with a nervous expression, and hurriedly said to the driver: "Comrade Driver, drive the car to the deputy brigade commander and stop."

The driver agreed and parked the car steadily in front of Belkin, then said to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, you can get off the car when you arrive."

After thanking the driver, Sokov pushed open the car door and walked towards Belkin. The soldiers sitting in the car also dropped the baffle behind them and jumped out of the car one after another, and lined up next to the car.

"Comrade Brigade Commander." Belkin immediately walked up to him and hugged him. At the same time, he said excitedly: "Comrade Brigade Commander, it's great that you can return safely. I have always been worried about what will happen to you."

"What can happen to me?" Sokov said with a smile: "I am not a child, I have the ability to protect myself. By the way, is there any news during the period of my departure?"
Chapter completed!