Chapter 138

"Lie down!" When the second shell fell near us, general leviagin yelled. In fact, his cry was totally superfluous. The shells were still roaring along the way. No one needed to remind us that we were all lying on the ground. It was a survival instinct.

Besides our soldiers, even the German prisoners were all down. They knew better than anyone that cannonballs could not tell the enemy from the enemy. They could not only kill the Soviet soldiers, but also blow them to pieces. So everyone reacted quickly and almost fell down at the moment when the first cannonball exploded.

I lay on the ground and was shocked by the huge explosion sound wave. Instinctively, I used my uninjured hand to protect my head. Other parts of my body were hit by stones falling from the air. Even if I was injured, it would not be too heavy. But if I was hit by a stone directly on my head, I would lose my life.

From time to time, the shells flying around us exploded, and the bricks and stones in the rubble pile were raised high into the air by the air waves, and then fell from high places. A few pieces of gravel hit my back like a heavy hammer, and the pain made my tears come out. I can't help regretting the pain. I didn't have to wait for a good command post. I had to run to the front line to direct the battle. Was my decision too hasty?

When I was struggling with myself, there was a sudden sound of gunfire in the distance, and the German tank's shelling on us suddenly stopped. I slowly raised myself with my hands and looked in the direction of the densest guns. From time to time, fire and smoke rose in the direction of the German reinforcements. It seemed that our troops on both sides of the road were attacking the German troops.

I was about to get up when suddenly several people passed me and ran towards the place where I was fighting. Before I recovered, an angry voice rang out: "stop! Stop all of you I turned my head and looked in the direction of the sound. I saw a soldier with a red face, shouting and rushing towards me.

"You damned Krauts, go to hell!" He rushed to me, stopped, raised his submachine gun, and pulled the trigger at the figures who were running in front of me“ Dada dada With a series of gunshots, the bodies of the people who were running all leaned back, then ran two steps forward and fell to the ground.

It was only then that I understood that several German prisoners wanted to escape, but they were found and killed on the spot by soldiers with high vigilance. If you look at the shooter, I know the one who went to the headquarters in the morning to report to leviagin. Although he saw that the escaped prisoners were all shot down by him, he still refused to give up. He angrily walked forward with his gun and made up for them one by one.

"Colonel girl, I protest!" Major Tolman didn't know when to stand in front of me and exclaimed angrily, "now that we have surrendered to you, please give us the treatment that a prisoner of war deserves. Your killing of unarmed prisoners of war is a serious violation of the Geneva Conventions. "

"Enough! If they had not attempted to escape, such a thing would not have happened. " I got up from the ground, interrupted him impolitely, glanced at the major with an angry face like a pig's liver, and continued: "if you want to avoid similar tragedies happening again, you should restrain your men and let them be prisoners honestly."

"Yes He listened to my words, helplessly agreed, and then rushed to the side to shout a few words in German. With his shouts, the remaining ten or so prisoners gathered in front of him and formed a regular line. Seeing that his troops had assembled, he turned around, walked up to me, saluted me, and then said, "I've assembled my troops. Please take us where we should go."

I looked around and found general leviagin standing on my right side. I asked him in a low voice, "Comrade General, where are these prisoners? Can they be sent out of the city?"

He shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not. We are surrounded by German forces. It's almost impossible to send these prisoners out smoothly." He looked up at the German prisoners standing in front of us, sighed softly, and said to me in a low voice, "why don't you put them in the downstairs of the headquarters for the time being? There are many German prisoners there, and they can be locked together."

I turned to see the soldier with the gun. He was standing not far from me. He waved to him quickly: "Comrade soldier, come here." He ran to me in three steps, put his gun on his shoulder, and then stood at attention respectfully. I didn't reply. I pointed to the building behind me and told him directly, "take these prisoners to the building."

"Yes He agreed, then took off the submachine gun again, pointed at the German prisoners of war, and yelled: "all follow me honestly, who wants to run away again, these people just now are your examples."

He said these words in Russian, which no one could understand except major Tolman. I gave a wry smile, just to remind him, when Tolman nodded at me, and then yelled at his subordinates, as if translating the words of the soldiers. After he finished shouting, he turned to salute me, and then led his men to follow the soldiers to the building.

Watching the prisoners go away, leviagin came up to me and opened his mouth to talk“ Diddiddidi... "The loud and clear charge horn suddenly rang. I looked back in surprise and saw soldiers with all kinds of weapons pouring out from every corner and rushing towards the fierce fighting place“ Let's go back to the headquarters, comrade division. " Leviagin's words put an end to my idea of charging with the troops, and he continued, "you can better command all the troops in the city there."“ All right, then I just hesitated for a moment and agreed to his proposal. After all, I am now the head of a division. I am no longer the platoon leader. There is no need to lead the soldiers to charge. Staying in the headquarters, I can play a greater role. As soon as we entered the headquarters, a second lieutenant came up to greet us and reported to us, "Mr. division, I'm going down to look for you. I have a call for you." Seeing that I looked at him blankly, I quickly explained, "it's the Commissar." I grabbed the phone and said to it, "Hello, comrade political commissar! I'm oshanina“ What's the situation in the city now? " The political commissar didn't say anything polite, but couldn't wait to ask me, "are you not hurt?"“ Not bad, "I was quite satisfied with today's results. Looking at leviagin standing beside me, I answered the commissar happily," I fought two battles with the German troops who entered the city and wiped out a lot of enemies at a very low cost. What's the situation over there? "“ Comrade teacher, I'm calling you now to bring you bad news. " The political commissar hesitated on the phone and said, "I just received the latest order from group army commander rokosovsky..." "what order?" Before he finished speaking, I interrupted him and asked in my own way: "is the commander still ordering our division to keep the city at all costs, like yesterday, and drive it here like a nail, not to retreat?"“ no I was told the opposite. The commander ordered our division to give up volokoramsk, and all the troops immediately retreated to the Istra river area to establish a new defense there. "“ What Leviagin and I were stunned by the news almost at the same time.