"I have contacted General Guriyev," Cuikov said on the phone: "He will send the 117th Guards Regiment back to the defense zone as soon as possible and replace your troops. After completing the defense handover, your troops will immediately launch an attack on the enemy northwest, rushing towards Orlovka at all costs, and establishing a support point there, waiting for friendly forces outside the encirclement to come and meet you."

When Sokov heard the name of Orlovka, he couldn't help but tremble. He thought that he was ordered to go north to Orlovka last time to pick up the troops that broke through the siege and rushed in. After a day of persistence, he learned that the reinforcements that broke through the German defense had been destroyed on the road. Moreover, he encountered the enemy and was injured before leaving.

Once he was bitten by a snake for ten years, he was afraid of the ropes. Sokov felt inexplicably afraid of Orlovka. At this moment, he heard Cui Kov's order, and he couldn't help but hesitate: If he really wanted to lead his troops north again, he had to break through the German defenses. By the time he arrived at the place, there were probably not many people left by his side. But if he didn't go, Cui Kov might dismiss him on the spot.

"How is it, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov." Seeing that Sokov didn't speak, Cuikov understood the opponent's difficulties in his heart, but he had no choice. Several infantry divisions that crossed the river and entered Stalingrad had already entered the battle; the original defenders who were standing in various factories also launched a counterattack on the enemy. However, after suffering huge casualties, these 50,000 or 60,000 troops only advanced two to three kilometers. If they continued at this speed, it would take at least half a month to meet with the troops outside the encirclement. Therefore, he could only pin his hopes on Sokov: "Is there any difficulties?"

"Comrade Commander, there must be difficulties." Sokov is now driving the ducks on the shelves and has no way out. He can only grit his teeth: "But we will find a way to overcome them. After we hand over the defense to the 117th Guards Regiment, we will immediately launch an attack in the northwest direction."

After putting down the phone, Sokov sighed and asked at Bere: "Comrade Colonel, the commander has just given us a new order."

"What order?" Bi Lei asked curiously.

Sokov took out a map from his bag and spread it on it, spread it on the sandbag, and pointed to Bere and said, "Comrade Commander ordered us to wait for the 117th Guards Regiment to return to the defense zone, immediately hand over the defense to them, then launch an attack in the northwest direction, rush towards Orlovka, and establish a support point there to wait for the friendly forces outside the encirclement to come and meet."

"Playing the piano randomly is like playing the piano randomly." After seeing the enemy-to-me situation marked on the map, Bie Lei said unhappily: "Comrade Brigade Commander, this is obviously to let us die."

He used his nails to spend a dotted line between the Red October Factory and Orlovka, and finally poked it twice with his finger, saying with a serious expression: "Comrade Brigade Commander, you see it. From us to Orlovka, there are thirty kilometers, and there are four German lines of defense in the middle. Do you think we have the strength to break through the four German lines of defense?"

"It's very difficult," Sokov said truthfully: "Even if we use all the tank battalions and the first battalion, and with the cooperation of the air force, after contacting the breakthrough of the four German defenses, I guess we will have no one left."

After hearing Sokov's words, Bere sighed to the sky and said helplessly: "Comrade Brigade Commander, although I know very well in my heart that the commander's order is to let us die. But the order is an order. Since it has been issued, we can only execute it, not discuss it here."

Sokov had long guessed that Bere would have such an attitude, so he said to him: "Comrade Colonel, the first thing we need to do now is to transfer the tanks one and three companies and at the same time replenish all tanks with fuel and ammunition."

Bere nodded: "I immediately contacted Captain Shereda and asked him to transfer the first and third companies to come. By the way, we still have ten tanks as fixed turrets, can we also transfer them together?"

Although the assembly workshop also falls under Sokov's jurisdiction, under the current circumstances, what he has to consider is how to break through the four German lines of defense, rush to Orlovka to establish a defensive position, and wait for the arrival of friendly troops outside the encirclement. Therefore, the defense of the assembly workshop becomes less important. He nodded vigorously and replied: "Call it all. Although transferring these tanks away, the defense in the assembly workshop will become weak, as long as our attack can be more powerful, the enemy will not be able to draw strength to attack the factory."

"Since you have no objection, I will contact Captain Shereda immediately." Belle turned around and walked towards the phone and said, "Let him bring all the tanks here."

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Forty minutes later, more than 20 tanks left in the assembly workshop rumbled over and parked in the parking lot outside the club.

When Sokov and Bereh saw the tank troops coming, they immediately got off the rooftop and came outside to greet them. As soon as they walked out of the club, Sokov saw a familiar figure. He couldn't help but frown, walked quickly to the man, and asked with a stern face: "Yakov, why are you here?"

Yakov said with a smile: "Misha, I heard you are fighting well here. I came with the tank soldiers to see if there is anything to serve you."

"Nothing is nothing, nothing." Sokov said sternly: "Major Yakov, your task is to assist the factory in improving tanks, rather than charging forward. It's too dangerous here, so you'd better go back to the assembly workshop."

Seeing that Sokov was about to drive him away, Yakov was a little anxious: "Misha, I know you have important combat missions next, but you are not afraid of danger. What's the point of being scary about me? You should take me to act together."

"Yakov, don't forget your special identity." Sokov pulled Yakov aside and said to him with a tough attitude: "If you have any danger here, it will not only implicate me, but I'm afraid Commander Cuikov will not be able to escape."
Chapter completed!