Chapter 73

Four hundred! This number can't help but make my heart beat. It's a force that can't be underestimated. These soldiers, who stand out from the encirclement of the German army, have experienced a series of cruel battles. They are not afraid of the tanks that simply gallop through the trenches, and they will not be panicked because they are cut off by the enemy. They all have rich experience in fighting against the German army, if I can lead them to fight guerrillas behind the enemy, It will certainly turn the enemy's rear area upside down.

In the history I know, after the German army captured YASNAYA Polina, the famous tank general goodrian set his headquarters in Lev Tolstoy's manor. If I lead this army to attack the manor, I am quite sure that I can take down the German headquarters. If I am lucky enough to capture goodrian alive, the military operation I command will be recorded in history in the future, so that future generations will firmly remember my feat. At the same time, the action of taking away the German headquarters and capturing the famous German generals will greatly boost the morale of the Soviet army. At present, the Soviet army, which has been losing and retreating, needs a victory too much. Capturing goodrian alive is definitely a record worthy of showing off. As soon as this tempting idea came out, my heart beat faster and I was eager to put it into practice immediately, so I couldn't wait to urge felstov to take me to the army.

On the way, I asked felstov, "are there any other commanders in the army?" The reason why I ask this question is that I am afraid that there are still people with higher ranks in the team, so I can't command the team at will.

"There is also a political worker, also from the 316 division, including the instructor Pavlov."

When I heard that there was no one with a higher rank than me, I felt more secure. Then I asked him, "which army are the soldiers originally from? Are they all from the former 16th army? "

"The numbers in the army are very disordered. Except for a few soldiers of the 16th group army, most of the others belong to the 19th, 20th, 24th and 32nd group army, which belong to the former western front army and the reserve front army. Although they were scattered, they tried every means to avoid the German resistance and break through to the east to find their own team. Pavlov and I met them on the way out of the encirclement and took them in and formed an army. "

With these words, we had come to a place not far from the rest place of the army. I saw a tall young officer coming towards us with two soldiers carrying rifles.

After more than ten steps, the other party called felstov in a loud voice: "Hey, comrade lieutenant, where did you bring so many people here?"

"Comrade company instructor," felstov pointed to me as he walked and introduced to Pavlov, "this is lieutenant colonel oshanina. You should have heard of her. When she was the commander of the division's guard battalion, she personally led the troops to recapture the positions occupied by the German army."

Company instructor Pavlov took two steps, came to me, stood at attention and saluted me, and reported: "company instructor Pavlov of 1st battalion and 2nd company of 1077th regiment of 316 Infantry Division has reported to you that the newly formed 1st battalion is resting, please give us your instructions."

1077 regiment?! I've never heard of the name of this army, but I still pretended to be calm and waved my hand and said, "continue to rest." Then I turned around and asked Lu Jin behind me quietly, "when will there be a 1077 regiment in the 316 division? Why don't I know?"

Lu Jin stepped forward, approached me and said in a soft voice, "Comrade commander, you don't know something. During the period when you were in hospital, the 316th division had been adapted. Now the division's new establishment is 1073, 1075 and 1077 infantry regiments, plus 857 artillery regiment. "

"Oh." After listening to his explanation, it dawned on me that a lot of big things happened in my coma days. I looked back and asked the instructor Pavlov, "what about the equipment of the army?" I thought that if I was well equipped, I would take it directly to attack goodrian's headquarters.

Unexpectedly, he shook his head and said with great regret: "we have a large number of people, but the equipment is a little less. There are only more than 40 rifles. Most of the soldiers run out empty handed."

His words, immediately let me want to immortalized dream of history shattered. Of the 400 people, only one tenth are equipped with weapons. With such equipment, it's just a dream to destroy goodrian's headquarters. And even if we don't fight, such a huge team will have to walk one day in the northeast direction to reach our defense line. If they met with a large number of German troops on the road, they would not escape the fate of being captured. Thinking of this, I couldn't help sighing. I said in my heart that if I could replenish some equipment for them and arm them, even if I didn't attack the manor, I would at least let them have the ability to protect themselves. We have fought two small battles along the way, but the capture is very limited. All the weapons captured for the first time were taken away by the captured soldiers; In the battle in the village yesterday, although more than a dozen submachine guns were seized, all of them remained in the village except Lukin and sapochuk who carried one. Moreover, even if these weapons were given to them, it would be useless.

When he was in a dilemma, sapochuk came up to me and said in a soft voice, "Comrade commander, I know that there is a large ammunition depot about five highways away from here. It used to be dedicated to providing weapons and equipment for the fifth group army. If there is no German occupation, we can go there to find some weapons and arm them all. "

I was a little excited to hear what sapochuk said, but on second thought, since it was a large arsenal, it might have been occupied by the German army, so I opened my mouth and swallowed what I said. Seeing that I was silent, sapochuk was a little worried and said, "Comrade commander, what do you think about this? But to say something Seeing his anxious appearance, I still expressed my worry: "since the size of the arsenal is not small, it is estimated that it has been occupied by the German army for a long time, and it is impossible to find the equipment we need."“ No, I've been to the armory. The location is very hidden. If no one leads the way, outsiders can't find it. " When they heard him say this, Pavlov and felstov were excited. They rushed to say, "Comrade commander, please allow this sergeant to be our guide. We'll send some people to have a look with him. Maybe we can find the equipment we need urgently."“ All right It's hard for me to object to what they all said, but I still put forward my own idea: "if we can find that Arsenal, it's not enough to go to only some people. My idea is to let sergeant sapochuk act as a guide. You can take all the troops there and take as much equipment as you can. " I turned and called to the corporal who had just handed me the kettle to drink: "resdayev!"“ Here we are He agreed very simply. I pointed to a few people around me and said to him, "I sent the instructor and the second lieutenant with the troops, led by sapochuk, to find the armory. After we find the armory, whether we can find the weapons we need or not, the troops must return immediately. The first meeting place is in the village where we camped yesterday, waiting for our meeting; If you miss it, you will take them along our route and directly return to the defense area of division 316. Do you understand? "“ Very clear, comrade commander! "“ Well, get ready to go. " After giving orders to them, I shook hands with Pavlov, felstov, sapochuk and resdayev one by one and said to each of them sincerely, "good luck Lu Jin, who was standing beside me, said anxiously: "Comrade commander, there are fewer and fewer members in our small team. You see, apart from you and me, there are only two people left, aguminte and sgoria. If we encounter with the German army, we will suffer greatly." I looked at him and said with a smile, "it doesn't matter. There are few people and small targets, so it's not easy for the German army to find out when they move. If we really have bad luck and encounter the German army, we can fight if we can, but if we can't, we can run. "