Chapter 32

Our car drove along the muddy road beside the forest for more than half an hour. By the time we got to a small town, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

The small town has shown a scene of front line, where almost no complete house can be seen, and the streets are full of black bullet holes. Except for the signalmen pulling the wires and the patrols passing by from time to time, there are no local residents at all. Maybe they have been evacuated to the rear.

On duty at the crossroads is not a policeman, but a fully armed Red Army soldier. The driver pulled up in the middle of the road, opened the window and yelled at him, "Hello, friend. How can I get to the headquarters? "

The soldier on duty came over unhappily. It seemed that he wanted to complain about the driver who stopped and left the car illegally. He bent down and looked into the car. He immediately stood upright, pointed to one side of the intersection, and said in a loud voice, "go north, comrade commander. The headquarters of the infantry school is in the north suburb

The headquarters is located in a small house in the northern suburb. Not far from the outside, there is a black car with a green camouflage net. This small house should be the only complete house in the town. Our car stopped right in front of it.

After the car stopped, Zhukov turned and said, "let's go down and see which army is stationed here?" Then he opened the door and went down. The tank captain and I opened the door and got out of the car from the left and right.

There was a sentry standing guard by the steps. When he saw the three of us, he immediately called out to the open door, "Comrade Lieutenant!"

With his shouts, a second lieutenant in a brand-new army coat came to the door.

The tank captain quickly jumped up the steps, stood in front of the second lieutenant on duty, and said to him, "I said, comrade second lieutenant, please report to your commander immediately: General Zhukov is here!"

The second lieutenant glanced at us, then turned his eyes and looked at the captain in front of him. He replied somewhat flustered: "Comrade General, you are very busy at the moment. I don't have the right to let you in. I'll report to you first, will you, comrade captain? "

"But this is general Zhukov..." the captain was very dissatisfied with the attitude of the second lieutenant on duty. Just as he wanted to get angry, Zhukov interrupted him: "the second lieutenant did right!" He gave a brief order to the Second Lieutenant: "go and report!"

The second lieutenant turned and ran into the room. Less than a minute later, he reappeared at the door, raised his hand and said, "please, senior general and general are waiting for you inside."

I followed Zhukov into the door. In the room stood an elderly major general and several school commanders, each wearing a brand-new military coat.

Seeing us coming in, he stepped forward to Zhukov and began to report: "major general Smirnov, principal of podorisk Infantry School..." but Zhukov interrupted him and asked one after another, "where are the troops you command? How many people? What's the current state of the war? "

"To the north, about five kilometers from here." Replied the major general with great composure“ There are 1120 students in all. Although the equipment and weapons are very poor, but the students are very brave, we beat back the German attack many times, and have kept them here for three days

"The name of the German army? How many troops are there? " Zhukov continued to ask like a teacher testing a student.

"It's not clear. We haven't captured any German prisoners so far. As for the strength of the German army, I estimate it to be about one regiment. We have the confidence to stop such forces. "

"Estimate?" Zhukov's face became very ugly. He said in a sarcastic tone: "when did our commanders learn to command operations with estimation? Have you never sent someone to scout the enemy? Does it mean that all the information you get is estimated by you in this house? "

"Comrade General!" In the face of Zhukov's dissatisfaction, the major general was very embarrassed. He explained in a flurried way: "the local residents have evacuated. We can't find a guide, so there is no way to scout the German army."

After hearing this, Zhukov's face was full of tears and laughter. He asked, "have you ever fought back against the German army or harassed them on a small scale?"

"No, senior general. The positive German army is very strong. With our current strength, what we can do is to hold the position for as long as possible. It is impossible to fight back against the enemy. "

"Rita." Zhukov turned his head and affectionately called my nickname, and said, "it seems that you are right. This is what you call defensive conservatism."

"Yes! Georgi konstantinovic. " I promised and shut up. In such an occasion, if I say more and make more mistakes, I'd better keep silence to avoid offending others and not knowing what happened.

The major general looked me up and down. Maybe he felt very strange. Why did Zhukov run around with a female soldier? He looked at me and asked Zhukov doubtfully, "Comrade General, who is she?"

"Come on, meet me." Zhukov introduces me to major general“ Major oshanina, whose rank was conferred personally by Comrade Stalin. "

I stepped forward, saluted the major general, said hello to him and said, "Hello, Comrade General!"

"Well," Zhukov said again without waiting for the major general to say anything, "Comrade General, take us to the front." Then he told the tank captain, "as for you, captain. Just stay here and get in touch with the military academy. "

Zhukov and I drove north along the muddy road. The major general's car followed us closely.

After driving northward for more than ten minutes, rows of wooden piles with barbed wire began to appear on the side of the road. Knowing that they were not far from the front position, I opened the safety of the submachine gun, increased my vigilance, and was ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

The driver suddenly yelled, "German!" Then the car came to a sudden stop. Because the incident happened suddenly, I also reacted, and was carried forward by the huge inertia. My shoulder heavily hit the back of the chair in front of me, and I almost cried out in pain.

Instead of checking my shoulder injury, I opened the door and jumped out. I saw a long trench more than 20 meters in front of me. It seemed that there were many people in it. I half squatted and raised my gun to guard. As soon as I found the people in the trench rushing towards us, I immediately shot them without hesitation.

"Wait a minute. Rita Zhukov opened the door and came out. He looked over there. "It's not German in the trench. Don't shoot." It's not the German army. Is it the driver who lied? But since Zhukov said so, there should be no problem, so I stood up straight, hung the submachine gun around my neck again, and closed the insurance.

Later, the major general in the car ran over in a panic and asked nervously, "what's the matter?"

"Nothing." Zhukov said in a smooth tone: "the driver misjudged our soldiers and regarded them as Germans." Then he waved to a man who had just stood up on the other side of the trench and called out, "Hello! Come here

A captain in a brand-new army coat jumped out of the trench and ran over in the muddy water. He stood up in front of Zhukov and saluted. He said in a loud voice, "Comrade General, Captain Andre, commander of the sixth company of podorisk Infantry School, report to you."

"How many days have you been defending?" Zhukov asked with concern.

"The third day and night."

"How was the enemy's attack?"

The captain turned and pointed to the front line to introduce to us: "we beat the enemy across the UGRA river. It seems that this is the enemy's vanguard. We stick to the East Bank of the river." With that, he turned around and looked at Zhukov, waiting for his statement.

"How many people are there in the company?" Zhukov asked in a steady tone.

"140 students. If we can add another company and add 60 people, we can increase the defense depth. Comrade General

The captain's words seemed to suit Zhukov's taste. He turned to the major general next to him and said, "give him 100 people."

"Difficulties, Comrade General!" The major general looked embarrassed and complained to Zhukov: "in other battalions, the number is less than half. Besides, we stick to such a line of defense

"I know." Before he could finish, Zhukov interrupted him“ Look for it. You can look for it anywhere

"Yes The major general made a helpless promise.

Zhukov took two steps forward, walked up to the captain and asked, "Captain, if you get a supplement, can you guarantee to hold this area?"

After a short silence, the captain hesitated and said, "yes. I think we can, Comrade General! "

"You see, the German Communist should not be allowed to cross the UGRA River and tell the students so."

"Yes The captain agreed very readily.

"Wait!" Zhukov immediately changed his mind. "I'll tell it myself!" With these words, he walked around the captain to the direction of the trench, and I followed him quickly.

Seeing us coming, the soldiers in the trench stood up one after another. I looked at the trench. It was too simple, narrow and shallow. People squatted in it, their heads were still exposed, and the deflecting bullets were OK. If the German army fired heavily, there would be no survivors left.

Standing on the edge of the trench, Zhukov glanced around and said in an unhappy tone, "Why are they all wearing German military coats?" As soon as I saw it, most of the soldiers in the trenches were wearing German army coats and boat caps. No wonder the driver took them as Germans just now.

"Comrade General," one of the soldiers nearest to him took off his German overcoat and stood up to answer him, "it's just a substitute. It's really cool to stay in the trench without a military overcoat. Comrade General

"What's the matter? Why don't the soldiers have military coats?" Zhukov looked back at the major general and asked angrily. I carefully observed that the officers in the trenches were wearing military coats, while the soldiers were still wearing thin summer uniforms. He took off his German coat and shivered in the cold wind.

"The school issued a battle alert. Because of the rush of time, the Quartermaster didn't have time to make statistics, so he didn't give military coats to the students." The major general stepped forward and explained to Zhukov.

"Take the quartermaster to court martial." Zhukov said angrily. I estimate that if the Quartermaster stands in front of him, he will definitely be shot“ You must deliver the army coat on time in the evening. You should do it yourself. "“ Yes! I see The major general agreed and returned to his original position. Zhukov walked back and forth a few steps on the edge of the trench, and then said aloud, "you are all good! Children, you can't step back. You have to hit the last one. "Then you squat down and say to the soldier in a kind voice," I ask you, do you understand? Children He reached for the soldier's head and said softly, "hold on for another two days." Then he stood up and gave an order to the major general as he walked: "we must get a military coat at night."“ Yes The major general saluted Zhukov as he passed him. The car came unsteadily. I took the lead to open the door and let Zhukov in. Then he opened the back door and got into the car“ Where are we going next? Comrade General. " The driver asked as he drove“ Next, it's time for us to go to borojino, where the headquarters of the Western Front Army are. " Welcome to our website www.start.com. The latest, fastest and most popular serial works are all original!