Chapter 77

Without a word, I looked Pavlov up and down to see if he was a passer-by like me. Perhaps it was too long for him to look at Pavlov. He blushed, rubbed his hands awkwardly, and stammered: "Comrade commander, what are you looking at me for?"

Hearing what he said, I realized my gaffe. I quickly calmed down, coughed and said, "what's the matter with the great famine in Ukraine? Let's hear it. " I'm saying this because I want to know if the history he knows matches what I remember.

"From 1932 to 1933, the Soviet Union launched a collective farm movement to encourage farmers to join the farms on a voluntary basis. But the collectivization movement developed so much faster than the government had planned that there were not enough machines for the farm, and there were not enough accountants and managers. The lack of efficiency and hope, together with the indiscriminate slaughter of livestock instigated by the rich peasants and two years of drought, led to the food shortage in 1932. "

When I heard this, I thought, "Oh," he was talking about the famine in the 1930s, which is not the same as what I know. In this case, he is also an ordinary person. He is not a passer-by at all. What's more, crossing this yard is not a chance. It's not a coincidence. How can he get to other time and space. However, I interrupted him curiously and asked, "is the famine related to the national food shortage?"

"Yes." He gave me a positive answer, and then went on to say: "there are many rich peasants in Ukraine, the collectivization of farms is low, and most of the grain produced is hoarded by the rich peasants, which leads to very little grain supplied by the farms to the cities. Due to the nationwide grain shortage and the hoarding of grain by the rich peasants, the residents in the city could not buy grain, so there was a case of starvation. This situation started with only one or two small cities, then gradually spread to big cities, and finally inevitably affected the whole of Ukraine. "

"Did many people die in the great famine?" I asked with concern.

"As a result of the government's timely campaign to clean up the saboteurs in the collective farms, it organized grain collection teams to go to the countryside to collect the surplus grain from the rich peasants, and immediately implemented a strict national ration system, which enabled the country to tide over the difficulties. But even so, there are about 100000 to 150000 people who died of starvation in the great famine. "

"Oh." I thought that the number of deaths that could be equated with the great famine would be more than one million. I didn't know that it was just over one hundred thousand. It seems that the efficiency of the Soviet government is still very high, and it can rescue people from the famine in time. I suddenly thought of another thing, and then asked: "is it because the grain collection team collected the surplus grain, which caused those rich peasants' dissatisfaction with the society, that the old lady named ayuna would run to tell the Germans?"

"Exactly, comrade commander." Pavlov nodded and said in a positive tone: "maybe this ayuna is a rich farmer who came from Ukraine and has been hiding in this village in anonymity. Now I can't wait to see the Germans coming, so I can't wait to join them and become the running dog of the bandits. "

"Report!" As he was talking, Lu Jin's voice came from outside.

"Come in!" I yelled at the door.

When Lu Jin came in, he stood at attention and saluted me. Then he respectfully reported, "Comrade commander, the number of casualties has been counted."

"What are the casualties of our army?" I am very concerned about the casualties of my subordinates in the small-scale battle just now, so I can't wait to ask.

"Our army killed 38 people and injured 25. Most of the casualties were during the attack on the hut

I could not help but frown and ask, "what about the Germans?"

"In this battle, our soldiers were very brave. They killed 31 German devils and seized 17 submachine guns, 10 rifles and 1 pistol."

"All right!" I impatiently interrupted Lu Jin's words, saying that more than 200 people beat others, more than a dozen people, and there were so many casualties. If the other party is not more than a dozen people, but more than a hundred people, it is estimated that we will be the ones who will be wiped out. Then he turned to Pavlov, who was sitting beside him, and said, "Comrade instructor, please call all the company commanders here. I have something to say to you."

"Yes Pavlov rose, saluted me, and went out.

Five minutes later, the room was full of low rank commanders. The reason why we say low rank means that these people are holding the rank of sergeant and staff sergeant; Although their ranks are very low, they all hold the post of company commander or deputy company commander in this temporary team. For example, Lu Jin's friend isayev, though only holding the rank of sergeant, held the post of company commander of artillery company.

I stood in the middle of the room and said, "today we had a fight with the Germans in the village. Please talk about your feelings."

"Comrade commander, let me say a few words." A short sergeant with freckles stood up and said he was short, but for other people, he was still much higher than me. Seeing that I nodded in agreement, he went on to say, "in the battle, the soldiers were very brave, so no German devils could escape from us."

"Yes, because our soldiers are very brave, none of the bandits can run away." As soon as his voice fell, someone nearby immediately echoed. When one person opens his mouth, he immediately mobilizes other people's emotions. Everyone talks with all kinds of words, to the effect that no matter what kind of enemy we meet, our brave soldiers will be destroyed without exception.

"Enough!" I interrupted the group. Maybe my voice overtook all the people and scared them. The room suddenly became silent. I glanced at the dignified atmosphere around me, and I felt angry. Then I scolded mercilessly: "I want you to sum up the experience and lessons you should learn in today's battle, not to let you come here to talk nonsense!"

"Comrade commander, can I say something?" It was sergeant isayev, the artillery company commander, who spoke. I nodded to indicate that he had something to say.

He stood up, cleared his throat, and said in a loud voice: "in today's battle, although many German devils have been eliminated, I should also see that the casualties of our army are not small, even far greater than the enemy." At this point, he stopped and looked at me, afraid that I would be angry again.

I didn't expect that someone could see the problem of this battle. I wanted to hear if he could say something new, so I gave him a smile and said, "what would you do if you were in charge of this battle?"

"If I command this battle, before it starts, I will send a few soldiers to reconnoiter and make sure there are no Germans in the house. Judging from the size of that house, it can only hide about 20 people at most. Judging from our army's current technology and equipment, we don't need today's sea of people tactics at all. We just need to make a round of artillery preparation before the attack, blast the enemy out of the house, and launch an infantry charge when they can't become an army, At the same time, it can effectively reduce the casualties of our army. "

"Well, it's a little interesting." What he said was very simple, but it was more in line with my idea. I nodded again and made a concluding speech: "isayev is right. When fighting, it's not only enough to have courage, but also need to use more brains. The life of a soldier is precious, so when commanding a battle, we should not blindly rush and fight fiercely. Instead, we should know how to reasonably use strategies and tactics to reduce unnecessary casualties in the battle. "

At this point, I saw people around me looking at me with strange eyes, as if looking at an alien monster. I looked suspiciously at filstov and Pavlov sitting next to me and asked, "what did I say wrong?"

"No, comrade commander." "What you said is very different from what we learned in the military academy," he explained. For example, according to the regulations, when attacking enemy positions, soldiers should charge forward in a scattered formation with guns, while the commander should charge at the front of the whole team. "

"I see." With a sigh, I patiently explained to them, "a lot of the knowledge you have learned is out of date in the current situation. For example, if you still go to attack in line according to the regulations, it may take only a few enemies to wipe out all our attacking forces. The ultimate goal of the attack is to defeat the enemy. In order to achieve this goal, we can take all necessary means. Let me tell you about the battle I fought in the suburbs of wolokramsk. At that time, the German army occupied the position of the 948th brigade. General rokosovsky, the commander of the group army, was furious and ordered to shoot the escaping brigade commander. He also ordered the division commander to immediately organize troops to take back the lost position. I happened to be there at that time, so I took the initiative to accept the counterattack task. Before the attack, I asked the commander to order the artillery of the group army to bombard the enemy's position for 20 minutes. "

At this point, I stopped for a moment to see that everyone listened with interest, and then went on: "when the shelling went on for 15 minutes, I ordered the troops to attack..."

"Ah?" Someone cried out in a fuss, and immediately attracted a lot of disdainful eyes. He quickly covered his mouth with his hand, so as not to make any more noise and make public anger. I told them the truth about the situation at that time. Although it was simple, it still made everyone marvel. Especially when it came to the fact that after the recovery of the position, our army only killed about 20 people, but nearly 200 German soldiers were destroyed by us. They were even more surprised and open their mouths, and did not believe what they heard. It's no wonder that on the battlefield, one or two German battalions often annihilated a Soviet division. So they heard that when our forces were roughly equal, it was incredible that we, as attackers, could win at a very low price.

Pavlov was a little surprised and said, "Comrade commander, you are so amazing that you can achieve such a great result."

"Comrade instructor, commander oshanina has achieved more than that," said sapocchuk, who had been sitting nearby and did not speak. He stood up and began to sing praises for me. "Some time ago, she served as a special commissioner in our fifth army, but after the commander was wounded and withdrew from the battle, she led us to carry out a large-scale counterattack in borojino, He severely damaged the bandits. "

I'm a little embarrassed to hear sapochuk say that everyone looks at me with reverence. With a dry smile, I said, "I called you to a meeting to sum up today's fighting, so that you can learn something useful from it. For example, our department now has a lot of artillery, so there is no need for the soldiers to charge with bayonets and the intensive firepower of the enemy; Instead, we should bombard the enemy's positions before we attack, and then we will attack after heavy casualties are caused to the enemy, so as to reduce the casualties of our department. " Pavlov clapped his hands and said, "yes, comrade commander, what you said is very good. Why didn't we expect to fight like this before?" After listening to what he said, I just smile and don't speak. You know, this kind of playing method is not my creation, but I learned it from the post on the military forum of later generations. "How many of us are there now?" I asked Felstov frowned for a moment, then raised his head and said to me, "there are more than 60 casualties out there today, and there are still nearly 700 soldiers in the army."“ Seven hundred people? " This figure scared me again. Isn't it 400 people in the daytime? Dozens of people have been killed and injured. Shouldn't there be only more than 300 left now? I asked curiously, "where do so many people come from?"“ On the way to the armory, we met a group of soldiers, and on the way back, we saw that they were all soldiers with combat experience, so we organized them into the ranks. "“ How many weapons have you found? " I asked the most concerned question again. After all, we still have a long way to go before we can go back to the wolokramsk area where the 316 division is stationed“ Comrade commander, you can't believe it. There are so many things in that armory. We have not only rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, mortars, but also a few 45mm guns, as well as a large amount of ammunition urgently needed by the troops. The weapons and ammunition we brought back are enough to equip two regiments. "“ How did you get so many weapons and ammunition back? " I think the two regiments have a lot of equipment. Even if you have seven or eight hundred people, each carrying two guns and carrying a box of ammunition, you won't bring much. I didn't expect that his reply was greatly beyond my expectation. "We found dozens of sledges in the warehouse. Except for the parts carried by the soldiers, the remaining weapons and ammunition were pulled back by sleds. Unfortunately, we can't find horses or dogs. We can only use people to pull the sledge. " I was talking to Pavlov when Lukin's voice came from the door: "Comrade commander, can you come out? There is a member of the village Soviet who wants to talk to you about something. " I agreed, then patted Pavlov on the shoulder and said, "go on organizing the discussion." Then he turned and walked to the door.