Chapter 65

"Comrade commander, the special unit has assembled. Please give us your instructions!"

The man who is reporting to me is Aji, a soldier in white camouflage. He was the soldier who stabbed the German sentry in the jaw with a dagger during the night attack I led. Because of his heroic performance, he was soon promoted to sergeant by relevant departments.

Late the night before yesterday, I went back to the headquarters of the front army in the snow and gave Zhukov a brief report on my recent situation. Of course, I didn't even mention the injury of Stalin's stand in. He stayed in his room for one night. The next morning, he politely declined Zhukov's kind invitation and insisted on returning to the 16th army, which I knew well.

For my return, rokosovsky, who is short of experienced commanders, is very much wanted. I only worked in the command post of the group army headquarters for one day, and rokosovsky gave me a special task, asking me to set up a capable special unit to investigate the enemy's deployment in yasnayapolina, and then come back to report to the group army. When he has the detailed information of the enemy, he will be able to work out a detailed counter attack plan according to the command of the headquarters.

When I accepted this task, I felt very strange, because this kind of investigation task is usually completed by the guerrillas. How can regular troops be used this time? So he asked him: "Comrade commander, is there no guerrilla force in YASNAYA Poliana?"

"Yes." At that time, he answered me with a serious look: "because the German forces are advancing too fast, we have no time to send guerrillas and sabotage groups to the area, so we need to set up a special unit temporarily to complete this task. And the commander of this team, you are undoubtedly the best candidate

So, I accepted the task and selected 12 elite soldiers like Aji from the remnants of the group army. Now I'm getting them to gather in the trenches outside the shelter of the guard camp to prepare for their pre departure mobilization.

I nodded to Aji and said, "get in the line." Aji saluted me, stepped back and returned to the queue. I took a submachine gun and walked back and forth in front of the line for two times. My eyes flowed through the twelve ordinary faces in front of me one by one with the help of the light from the masking part. These faces looked simple and calm. Their eyes moved with my movement, looking forward to my upcoming battle mobilization.

"Comrades." I just said a word, they came to a neat attention.

"Take a moment, please!" I went on to say: "our mission this time is to go to yasnayapoliana to carry out the investigation mission. Because the German army has occupied this area, we can't take any means of transportation for the distance of tens of kilometers. We have to walk by our own legs. I made a statement in advance that the risk factor of this mission is very high, not to mention that if it fails, the whole army will be destroyed. Even if the task can be successfully completed, many comrades will die. So, if anyone is afraid of death and doesn't want to go, he can come up with it immediately. I will never embarrass him... "

"Comrade commander," the political instructor kroshkov, who used to stay in the shelter, did not know when he came out and interrupted me in a hurry. Then he came to my ear and said in a low voice, "how can you do such battle mobilization? It will affect the morale."

"I've got discretion. You don't have to worry." I whispered to him, then coughed and asked the soldiers, "do you want to stay? If you want to stay, move forward; Or raise your hand and say something. "

After I said this, there was a silence. No one spoke, no hands raised or moved forward.

"Comrade commander," my words made kroshkov a little angry. He said discontentedly, "in the face of a fierce enemy, even if the bayonet reaches his chest, our soldiers will not shrink back."

I raised my hand to stop kroshkov from going on, and then said to the soldiers, "since we are not afraid of death, we are willing to participate in this operation. Then I put the ugly words in front of me. If there is anyone on the battlefield who is greedy for life and afraid of death, flinches or runs away, "I raised my submachine gun high and said aloud," I know him, but the submachine gun in my hand doesn't know him. Do you understand? "

"I see!" The soldiers replied with one voice.

"OK, let's go!" At my command, the soldiers turned right and walked along the trench.

"Comrade commander," I heard kroshkov call me from behind. I turned around and saw that he held out his hands to me. I quickly reached out and took his hands. When shaking hands, he said sincerely: "the future is hard, be more careful!" I gratefully shook his hand hard. After releasing it, I solemnly saluted him regardless of my higher rank. When I saluted, I felt my nose ache. Without waiting for him to return the salute, I turned to catch up with the team in front of me. At the same time, I secretly raised my hand to wipe away the tears from my face.

Marching in the snow forest, it is not easy to find the road, but also easy to get lost. In order to prevent us from running into the German position, every 500 meters or so, our team would stop, use the compass to correct the direction, and then move on.

The team was divided into three parts. Aji led two soldiers as top soldiers, walking about ten meters in front of the team to open the way for the team; Staff sergeant geriath and the other three soldiers fell more than ten meters behind to serve as the rear of the palace for us; And I, along with a sniper, a surveyor, a messenger with communication equipment and two stormtroopers, walked in the middle of the whole team. Starting in the middle of the night, we advanced in the snow for five or six hours by daybreak. According to the surveyor, the distance is no more than 15 kilometers, and the straight-line distance is estimated to be shorter. In the early morning, the forest began to fog, and our vision became more and more blurred. At first, I could see the scenery 30 or 40 meters away. At last, I could only see the scenery 5 or 6 meters away. I shrunk my neck to avoid the snow falling from the treetops, carefully led the troops through the forest, listening attentively to the movement around me with my ears. All of a sudden, the soldier in front of me came running and called to me in a low voice: "Comrade commander!"“ I'm here, "I don't know what's going on, and I don't dare to shout, so as not to expose the team's target. When the soldier ran to me, I asked him in a low voice, "what's the matter?"“ Ah Ji heard something moving in the distance. He thought the army was coming towards us. Ah Ji asked me to report the situation to you. He and his staff have been in ambush and are continuing to observe the situation. "“ Those in the back, follow up quickly I turned back to greet the four soldiers later, then looked at the soldiers standing on the left and right, and said, "all come with me." Running forward for more than ten meters, I saw Aji crawling in the snow. I quickly fell on his right side and asked in a low voice, "what's the situation? Do you know what kind of army it is? "“ I only heard the sound of one or two motorcycles, and the rest of them were walking, probably an infantry unit. " As we were talking, the soldiers behind us came and fell on the snow. Because we are all wearing white camouflage clothes, lying on the snow, if you don't look carefully, you really can't find us“ Prepare to fight I gave orders to everyone in a low voice. I turned to look at the sniper on my right and said, "if I order the fire later, you are responsible for killing the German commander. Do you understand? "“ I see, comrade commander. You see, well, as long as the commander of the German army dares to show up, I will kill him with one shot. "