After shaking hands with Polytic, Rokosovsky introduced him to Chief of Staff Malining, Military Commissioner Lobachev and others, and then called the two to sit down: "You sit down and have a cup of tea first. We will talk about the specific work arrangements later."

"Comrade General," Politic asked politely, instead of sitting down immediately, "I want to know now, how do you plan to place our troops?"

"Comrade Colonel, how to place you is indeed a problem," Rokosovsky said thoughtfully: "According to what we have, although you have nearly 4,000 soldiers, but only three thousand people can fight after the wounded and the wounded are eliminated. In addition, during the few months you have been operating behind enemy lines, you have lost logistics supplies, ammunition, military supplies and medicines. If you are sent to the battlefield immediately, the role you can play is limited."

Politic did not refute Rokosovsky's statement, but nodded, saying, "You are right, Comrade General. We have been in the enemy's back for more than two months. Not only are we short of ammunition and various materials, but the commanders and soldiers are exhausted because they cannot get a good rest and do not have the ability to immediately enter the battle."

Rokosovsky turned his head and whispered to Malinin, then stood up and looked at Polytic and asked, "Comrade Colonel, I wonder how long you need to rest before the troops can regain their combat effectiveness?"

Politix thought for a while, then replied: "Before our division participated in the battle, there were more than 11,000 people, and now there are less than 4,000 people left, including hundreds of wounded people. In other words, our division has been crippled. According to convention, it takes at least three months to half a year to restore its original combat effectiveness..."

"Comrade Colonel," as soon as Polytic said, Malining interrupted, "We cannot give you so long rest and replenish."

Polytic naturally knew that under the current circumstances, the superiors could not give him too much rest time. After hearing what Malining said, he asked tentatively: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I want to ask, how much time can you give us?"

Malining glanced at Rokosovsky, then stretched out three fingers and said in a firm tone: "Three days, we will give you three days of rest at most."

After hearing this, Polytic thrust the muscles on his face. Under normal circumstances, it was far from enough for a severely damaged army to rest for only three days. After pondering for a long time, he asked slowly: "Who can I know how many soldiers, weapons and ammunition can be added to us?"

Faced with the two problems of Politic, Rokosovsky coughed twice and said, "I'm sorry, comrade Colonel, if you want to get the supplement of the soldiers, I can only regret to tell you that no, none of them, and I don't have any reserve team at all."

Rokosovsky's words made Politic feel cold. The little force he brought back from the enemy was unable to be responsible for the defense of one area alone before being replenished, which means that his troops may be placed under the command of others.

After a moment of pause, Polytic continued to ask: "What about the ammunition? You know, we have been fighting behind enemy lines for so long, and because we cannot get any supplies, the ammunition is almost exhausted. If we cannot replenish us, we may not be able to perform any combat missions."

"Comrade Colonel, I have a general understanding of your actual situation." Rokosovsky turned his head and said to Malining: "Chief of Staff, arrange the logistics department in the afternoon to replenish the required ammunition for Colonel Polytic's troops. Do you understand?"

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Malining nodded and said, "I will call the Director of the Logistics Department later and ask them to provide ammunition and supplies to the comrades of the 315th Division."

After chatting with Polytic, Rokosovsky turned his attention to Sokov: "Misha, I thought it would be basically an unfinished task to bring such a unit back from the enemy's back, but you did it. You are so awesome."

After hearing Rokosovsky say this, Politic couldn't help but echo: "Comrade General, you are right. At the beginning, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov told me that I could bring my troops back to our defense zone from the enemy's back. But the facts proved that he really had a way to bring our troops out of the enemy's back without any damage."

Sokov laughed dryly, then explained: "If Colonel Polytic and Lieutenant Colonel Harlanchuk had no choice but to complete this difficult task."

"I heard that there were also a batch of German weapons and supplies on the train you were taking. I wonder how many of them were?"

"Report to the commander," Sokov was not worried at all that Rokosovsky would make the weapons, so he said openly: "Weapons are enough to equip a regiment."

Rokosovsky nodded and said, "Our troops are equipped with Soviet weapons. If they are replaced with German equipment on a large scale, it will put pressure on logistics supplies. You must make reasonable arrangements for the use of these seized weapons and ammunition."

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander," Sokov explained: "I only plan to equip this batch of weapons with one battalion so that it will not increase the pressure on the logistics department."

"Misa, if your brigade's defense zone is in, how long can it last if it is attacked by the German army?"

Sokov didn't expect Rokosovsky to suddenly ask such a question. After a brief silence, he asked back: "Comrade Commander, have you obtained some information and know that the enemy will launch an attack from our brigade's defense zone?"

"The defense zone of our group army can basically be divided into three parts," said Malining: "The Volokoramsk, which General Panfirov defends, is the middle section of the entire defense line; to the north of the city, is the northern section of the defense line; and the area where your brigade is defending is the southern section of the defense line. Some time ago, the enemy's attacks from the middle section and the northern section of the defense line all ended in failure. In order to break the existing deadlock, the Germans will definitely choose the next attack direction in the area where your brigade is located."

Sokov knew very well that the movements he had made would sooner or later anger the Germans and let them take themselves as their main target of attack. Hearing Malining say this, he nodded slightly and then said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, no matter how fierce the enemy will launch next, I will do my best to block the enemy's attack."

"Misha, we all trust you. We believe that with your ability, we will definitely deal a heavy blow to the Germans." Rokosovsky stretched out his hand to Sokov and said with a smile: "Thank you for bringing Colonel Polytic and others here. Now, you can leave."

Sokov saluted several army leaders present and turned around and walked out of the command center.

When they came outside, Zhukowen, who was standing next to the jeep, and Khabarov and others came to greet him: "Comrade Brigade Commander, can we leave?"

"Yes, my mission has been completed and I can leave at any time."

Khabarov was about to get on the bus with Zhukovin, but Sokov called out: "Anton, you and me are in the same car!"

After hearing Sokov say this, Khabarov immediately agreed excitedly, ran over and opened the back of the jeep, and asked Sokov to get on the bus with respect. After Sokov got on the bus, he also took a seat in and closed the car door casually.

Second Lieutenant Zhukowen, who was standing next to the car, couldn't help but frown when he saw Khabarov's behavior, and thought to himself that the ordinary soldier was not qualified to take the back row of the bus with the brigade commander? He was going to say a few words to the other party, but when he came to the car window, he heard Sokov say, "Comrade Lieutenant, why are you still standing here? Why don't you go back to your car quickly?"

Zhu Kewen responded helplessly, turned around and ran back to the car he was riding in. After closing the door, he said to the driver in a muffled voice: "Drive!"

On the way back to the infantry brigade defense zone, Khabarov asked Sokov curiously: "Misha, what did the commander say to you?"

Sokov glanced at Chursin, who was driving, and saw that the other party was staring at the front without blinking his eyes, as if he had not heard the question asked by Khabarov. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Comrade Commander said that the next focus of the enemy's attack may be transferred to the defense zone of our brigade, so that we can take precautions in advance."

Khabarov heard this and his eyebrows were twisted into a bump. He asked worriedly: "Misha, do you think it can be blocked?"

"As long as we have enough ammunition, we should be able to hold on."

"Hasn't you just seized a batch of ammunition from the Germans?" Khabarov asked in confusion: "Do you still feel that ammunition is insufficient?"

"Anton, on the battlefield, the consumption of ammunition is an astronomical figure." Sokov explained to Khabarov: "Don't see that we have seized a lot of ammunition recently, but it will take only two or three days to consume it if we really fight a war."

"Then let your superiors provide you with supplies." After hearing this, Khabarov said in a natural tone: "After all, you do not have the ability to produce weapons and ammunition."

"If I could get supplements from my superiors, I wouldn't be so worried." Sokov shook his head and said, "There are limited supplies from Moscow now, so we can only give priority to the heavy combat troops, such as General Panfirov's 316th Infantry Division and General Dovator's 3rd Cavalry Army."

Khabarov asked in surprise: "So, you can't get any supplements from your superiors?"

"The ammunition needed by our brigade can only be solved by ourselves." Sokov said with a wry smile: "I am worried that one day, after our ammunition is exhausted, facing the rushing enemy, the commanders and soldiers will only fight with the enemy with bayonets."

"But after the war broke out, the People's Committee of National Defense established dozens of secret arsenals in the forest outside Moscow." Khabarov asked in surprise: "Didn't you send someone to find these arsenals?"

"I have found it. So far, two have been found. Otherwise, there would be so many artillery battalions in the brigade." Sokov just finished speaking, and suddenly remembered that Khabarov was a senior digging party. Every time he went to the old battlefield to hunt for treasures, he would definitely have to search for a lot of information. Maybe he had seen the secret arsenal drawings of the People's Committee of National Defense in the forest outside Moscow. Thinking of this, he looked up at Chursin, who was driving attentively, and asked in a low voice: "Anton, do you know the location of these arsenals?"

Khabarov nodded slightly and said in a low voice: "I have already said that during the Patriotic War, there were dozens of secret arsenals set up in the forests in the suburbs, but I can remember only a dozen."

"Enough, enough." Sokov couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard Khabarov say this: "Even if he can only know a dozen seats, it's enough for me."

"Misha, don't be too happy too early." Khabarov reminded Sokov: "I don't know at this moment how many of the dozen arsenals I remember have been discovered. So when I return to the brigade command, you show me the map so that I can point out the location I know."

"That's great."

After the jeep came to the entrance of the brigade command department and stopped, Sokov pushed open the door and got out of the car first, then reached out and pulled Khabarov down: "Anton, come with me and point me the location you know."

Belkin and Karsokov were chatting. When they saw Sokov enter the tent, they were about to greet him, but they saw him pulling Khabarov to the table, pointing to the map on the table, and said excitedly: "Hurry up, point out the location you know."

Seeing Khabarov lowering his head to look at the map, Berkin hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, reminding Sokov with a serious expression: "Comrade Brigade Commander, how can you let outsiders see such an important combat map?"

"My comrade, don't worry," Sokov explained to Belkin: "Anton said he knew the location of some secret arsenals, and I asked him to point me out the approximate location."

"No way?" Belkin said with a suspicion: "He has just arrived here, how could he know the arsenals hidden in the forest? Comrade Brigade Commander, don't be deceived by him."

"I believe in Anton." Sokov said this and turned to Khabarov, who was standing by the table in a daze, and said, "Stop being slow, mark the location of the arsenal you know on the map."

After obtaining Sokov's approval, Khabarov possessed himself and looked at the map on the table again.

After looking for a while, he stood up and said to Sokov: "Misha, these maps are not suitable. You need to find a map near Moscow, preferably a large-scale map of one hundred thousand, so that I can find the general location."

In order to find the secret arsenal hidden in the forest as soon as possible, Sokov naturally had to satisfy Khabarov's small request.

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov turned to Karsokov and said, "Please find a large-scale map of one hundred thousandth of the suburbs of Moscow."
Chapter completed!