Chapter 43

I ran to leliushenka's side, squatted down and carefully held him up. Only then did I find that he was not only injured on his forehead, but his military coat had been dyed red by blood, and several parts were still bleeding. Seeing this, my tears rolled down my cheeks and anxiously called out to him: "Comrade major general! Major general! How are you doing? "

He still covered his forehead with his hand, looked at me with two eyes, and said, "we beat the enemy back when we saw them. I didn't expect to be injured in this situation. It's really bad luck."

My hands reached under his armpit, clasped his shoulder, half bent back and dragged him to the headquarters. In the process of dragging, his head quietly tilted to one side, the hand that originally covered the wound also hung down, let me feel that his life is losing a little bit.

"Lelushenka, general lelushenka, please, don't sleep! Wake up Tears blurred my vision, I accelerated the speed of backward drag, at the same time yelled: "anyone? Anybody? Come and help me! Help me

With my shouts, I didn't know where two soldiers in helmets came from for a long time. Without a word, they took lelushenka from my hands, jumped out of the trench and carried him to the headquarters. I followed them with tears streaming down my face.

After entering the headquarters, the two soldiers carried in lelushenka and put him on the March bed, where he was being bandaged. Then I could see that both of them were carrying medicine boxes, with white sleeves printed with red cross on their arms. It turns out that they are all health workers. With them, there will be no danger to the major general's life. I was so nervous that I was finally relieved. I leaned against the wall and sat on the floor, gasping for breath. The strenuous exercise just now not only exhausted all my physical strength, but also made my close clothes drenched with sweat.

The phone on the desk suddenly rang, which made me jump. I thought, didn't lelushenka just throw the microphone aside and run out of the observation post? How could the phone still ring? If you look carefully, it turns out that another one is ringing. I took a deep breath, put my hand on the wall and stood up. I took two steps to the table and grabbed the microphone.

"I'm Colonel karotov, commander of the fourth tank brigade. Comrade yesakov, chief of staff of the group army, who was sent to command the battle here, died." Without waiting for me to speak, the other party told me the sad news in a hurry.

"Ah?" I was shocked. The commander was injured and the chief of staff was killed. Who should command this unit? I'm sure I can't. I don't have the experience and ability to command tens of thousands of troops at all. If I command blindly, the whole army may be destroyed.

As soon as I put off the phone, the bell rang again. This time, it was Colonel polosucci. Without waiting for me to speak, he said in a hurry: "my political commissar has died and several positions have been occupied by the German army. Please send the group army to my reserve team so that I can organize the team to take back the lost positions."

"Colonel borosushi, I'm major oshanina, special commissioner of the front army." Upset, I answered him, "general lelushenka, commander of the group army, has been injured. I'm taking over his command. I don't have a reserve team in my hand."

"Ah?" Hearing this news, he was also greatly surprised, but he continued to state his difficulties to me: "my troops have been killed more than half, many battalions and companies have run out, but the front German troops are still under the cover of tanks, launching a crazy attack on our positions."

"All right, comrade colonel." I said impatiently, "I repeat, I don't have reserves in my hand. If I can't, I'll go to your position to fight in person." When I said this, he was immediately silent. Then I slowed down and suggested to him, "put the enemy's tanks, cut off the infantry, and then send the soldiers with anti tank weapons to destroy the tanks without infantry cover."

When the phone rang for the third time, I had completely lost patience. I picked up the phone and didn't wait for the other party to speak. I couldn't help yelling angrily: "which commander of TMD was injured or sacrificed?"

"Rita!" Zhukov's familiar voice came from the microphone. He said with a smile, "Dear major, why are you so angry? Is something wrong? Where is general lelushenka? "

His series of questions made my tears fall down again. I choked and said, "Comrade General, the situation is very dangerous. The German army once attacked near the headquarters of the group army. General lelyushenka was wounded in the battle, and group army chief of staff yesakov also died. Now the whole group army has lost its unified command and is fighting separately. "

"Well, don't cry, don't cry!" He comforted me on the phone and said, "crying can't solve any problem. How is general lelushenka's injury? Can he continue to command the battle? "

I wiped my tears, looked at the general who was lying on the March bed and was being wrapped up by the medical staff, and replied, "no, he is seriously injured."

"Can you take over the command of the group army and command it?" Zhukov was silent for a moment, and then made the suggestion.

After thinking about it, I immediately rejected his proposal and replied, "senior general, I can't accept your proposal. At most, I once commanded a battalion, and I don't have the experience and ability to command a large army. Therefore, I strongly suggest that Colonel polosucci take over the command post of the group army. He once commanded a division for a long time. With his experience and working ability, he is more qualified for this post than I am. " At this point, I stopped for a moment, then continued: "at the same time, I strongly request that you send us some reserves. At present, the army has suffered serious losses, the battalion and company units of the group army have been exhausted, the defense line is in danger, and there is a possibility of losing at any time. "

"Come on! All right Zhukov interrupted me: "you're like them. You ask me for a reserve team, as if I'm going to make an army out of thin air."“ But the current situation is indeed very dangerous, Comrade General. "“ I understand that, so I sent troops to you an hour ago. I believe they will arrive soon. I'm just calling to let you know and get ready to receive them as soon as possible. " His words let the big stone in my heart fall to the ground, it's good to have the reserve team come up, at least this defense line can persist for a few more days“ That's great. Comrade General I said excitedly, "on behalf of the soldiers of the Fifth Army, I thank you."“ All right, all right! Don't talk to the officials. After the reserves go up, you must hold back the German army for a few days. I've arranged for the air force to support you. As long as you beat back the German tanks, your pressure will be reduced a lot. " After stopping for a while, he said, "also, we must tell the soldiers that Moscow is behind us. We have no way back." Then he hung up. I stood in front of the observation hole and watched the situation on the battlefield with a telescope. Our tanks lined up behind the first trench and were firing on the attacking German tanks and infantry. Many of the enemy's tanks were destroyed, but our army's tanks were also hit by bullets and caught fire from time to time. According to this way of fighting, it is estimated that our army's tanks will be completely lost in a short time. But I have no way to help them. I can only watch the tank troops stop there and fight with the enemy“ Who is the commander here? " Suddenly a loud voice came from behind. Looking back, I saw an officer in a cornice hat and a military coat standing at the door. Then I put down my telescope and went over to him. I said, "I'm major oshanina, special commissioner of the Western army. Who are you?" The officer saluted me and said, "Captain Su puningzefu, commander of the close guard rocket battalion, reports to you that I have been ordered to come here for reinforcement. Please give me your instructions if you have any tasks." Great. This rocket is powerful enough for the German army. I pulled him to the lookout hole, pointed to the German troops in front of the position and said, "your battalion will launch two volleys on your attacking troops immediately. We must destroy as many German tanks as possible. Do you understand? "“ I see! " The captain agreed, then turned and ran out of the headquarters.