Chapter 146

I looked in the direction of the sound, and two soldiers in helmets were coming here in a hurry. After a while, they came to us

I can see clearly that it's not someone else, but my guard company commander Ramis. I also know the soldier behind him, that is, the soldier who shot and killed the escaped prisoner. Although I can't name him, he should be regarded as general leviagin's personal guard or something. Now that he's here, leviagin's safe. Thinking of this, the big stone in my heart fell to the ground.

Ramis walked up to the crowd, looked at the soldier seriously and asked, "Comrade soldier, what are you doing?"

Seeing that it was a commander who helped me out of the siege, he was a little embarrassed to my impolite soldier just now. He replied in a friendly way: "Comrade commander, nothing happened. I'm just playing with this female soldier. Don't take it too seriously."

Ramis got out of the way, came to the soldier, and said word by word, "we are from the eighth division of the guards. She is our division commander, lieutenant commander oshanina, and your division commander is at the same level!" "She's here to heal," she said in a more emphatic tone. If you've finished dressing your wound, go where you should be

When he had finished speaking, there was a sound of air-conditioning, and then there was a whisper. The soldier came up to me with a red face and said, "sorry, comrade commander!" After saluting me, I went through the crowd and got into a nearby tent.

Although the soldiers who harassed me went away, my heart was very uncomfortable. Although the Soviet army had strict discipline on the battlefield, its military discipline in peacetime was unsatisfactory.

"Comrade teacher, let's go!" Ramis stood beside me and made a gesture of please.

When the three of us went to the headquarters, I turned and asked the soldier, "Comrade soldier, what's your name?"

"My name is grissa. I'm a soldier of the guard company of 1077 regiment."

"Where are you now?"

"At present, it is estimated that we have returned to the division headquarters, and we have handed over the defense of the city to the comrades of the seventh division of Jinwei."

"Let's talk briefly about the situation from last night to now." Listen to his tone, it seems that leviagin did not organize troops to break through last night, but continued to defend the city. Fortunately, commander Lin's seventh guard division arrived in time, otherwise the 1077 regiment would be as lost as the 857 artillery regiment directly under the division.

"After the German artillery attack started last night, the general ordered all the troops to withdraw from the occupied buildings and hide on the spot 200 meters before ambushing the enemy. To tell you the truth, when he gave the order, everyone doubted whether his decision was right. " Although we walked very fast, grissa told me the situation clearly.

"And then?" I asked with concern.

"The shelling stopped about an hour later, and the enemy took advantage of the night to launch attacks from several directions in an attempt to wipe us out at one stroke and completely occupy the whole city. As soon as the enemy entered the ambush circle, our army, occupying favorable terrain, immediately opened fire fiercely. The German army was caught unprepared by us and hardly organized effective resistance. After more than ten minutes of fighting, nearly 100 bodies were left behind and defeated.

Half an hour after the enemy's second attack, they learned from the lesson they had just learned, adopted the step-by-step tactics, and advanced step by step to the defense depth of our army. First, we fire flares to expose our defense line to strong light. Then, we use mortars and flame throwers to make sure there are no more living people on the front line before sending infantry to occupy it. As the German tactics were beyond our expectation, we couldn't find a way to deal with them for a while, so we had to retreat.

Fortunately, general leviagin sent a small force around the rear of the attacking German army and knocked out their mortars and flamethrowers, eliminating the greatest threat. Without the cover of powerful and advantageous weapons, the German troops who attacked our army immediately fell into chaos. Comrades of the general came to the front in person, calmly commanded, adhered to the favorable terrain, and commanded some troops to divide and encircle the German troops and eliminate them one by one.

The enemy's third attack was launched after dawn. More than 200 German troops, under the cover of two tanks and 10 armored vehicles, launched another offensive against the area our army was defending. General leviagin had long guessed that the enemy might launch another attack under the cover of their tanks after dawn, so he laid ambush in many places.

At the beginning of the battle, I was standing next to the general and clearly saw a soldier hiding behind the rubble. When the German tank was only 10 meters away, he suddenly jumped out of the hiding place and threw five grenades to the enemy, which disrupted the German formation and caused one of its tanks to break into the minefield and be destroyed. When he was unfortunately hit by machine gun bullets from the enemy armored vehicle, he died.

Inspired by this soldier's heroic performance, the defending soldiers opened fire fiercely, cut off the contact between the enemy infantry and tanks and armored vehicles, and engaged them in close combat to weaken their firepower. The famous anti tank man became more and more brave in the war. In order to facilitate the bombing, he threw off his cotton padded clothes and woollen clothes in spite of the cold weather, and went close to drop bombs. He successively destroyed and injured three armored vehicles of the Soviet German army. After half an hour of fierce fighting, the German army successfully smashed its third attack

Although grissa talked lightly about the battle last night, I knew that it must have been extremely cruel. Through this battle, I have a further understanding of leviagin's tactical guidance level. According to the Soviet Army's previous tactics, it would only fight with the German army, without any tactics, absolute superiority in military strength and equipment. It was almost impossible to beat the German army. However, leviagin was able to repel the German attack one after another without the protection of artillery and aviation, and insisted on the arrival of reinforcements. It was really not easy.

With these words, we have come to the headquarters of the seventh division. Lieutenant garbifer is standing outside the command car and looking around. He looks like he is waiting for someone. Seeing our arrival, he quickly came up, ran to me, stood at attention and saluted, and reported: "Hello, comrade commander! Our teacher is waiting for you inside. Please come in quickly

Col. griazenov and Mr. Lin sat at their table studying the map. When they saw me coming in, they both stood up and shook hands with me. President Lin asked with concern, "Lida, how is your injury?"

I said gratefully, "thank you for your concern. I changed the medicine and had an injection. It's no longer in the way." Then I couldn't wait to ask, "what's the situation in the city?"

"I'd like to introduce you," said the colonel, taking the initiative. "Our vanguard battalion captured the station in the morning, covered the infantry and built new fortifications. When the main force of the division arrived, it quickly spread out to the whole city, and fortunately joined with the troops of your division who were still fighting in the city. "

After listening to the Colonel's nagging for nearly half an hour, I finally asked weakly, "can I get in touch with my division headquarters here?"

"No problem." The colonel said carelessly, "we have just laid a telephone line. We can not only talk to your division headquarters, but also have a direct conversation with the headquarters of the front army." Then he turned around and told the signalman in the corner, "get me through to the division headquarters of the eighth guard division immediately."

"Yes." The signalman agreed and began to call our division's index. After a while, he stood up and reported to us, "Comrade commander, the phone has been dialed."

"Du!..." Duh!... " The prompt sound from the microphone made me nervous even more than the sound of guns. While waiting for the other party to connect, I couldn't help sweating on my forehead and my heart beat faster.

"Hello! This is the headquarters of the eighth division of Jinwei! What can I do for you The voice of political commissar yegorov came from the other end of the microphone, which calmed me down. At least the division headquarters was safe. I opened my mouth and just wanted to speak. Suddenly, I felt my nose was sore and tears were rolling in my eyes. I quickly closed my mouth and didn't dare to speak. I was afraid that I would cry when I spoke.

"Hello Hello!... " The other side fed twice, see I don't speak also fell into silence. Then the other party seemed to notice something, and then tentatively asked: "Rita, is that you?"

"Comrade political commissar, it's me! How is everything in the division? " I hold my nose and try to control my emotions.

"Good! Good! General leviagin has led the 1077 regiment to withdraw safely from the city and is taking a rest with the 1075 regiment. " The commissar said excitedly: "although general leviagin got the news that you might be in the seventh guard division, we are still organizing people to search because the news has not been confirmed."

"Nothing! I'm fine. Thank you for your concern. " I quickly comforted the commissar and said, "I was rescued by the soldiers of the seventh guard division when I broke through the encirclement. I am now in their division headquarters."

"Shall I send someone to pick you up?" Asked the commissar with concern.

"No I politely refused his kindness and asked, "is general leviagin here?"

"Yes, yes, you wait. I'll put him on the phone right away." Then I heard the commissar calling leviagin over the microphone. After a while, another voice that I am familiar with rang out in the microphone: "Hello, sir! I'm leviagin. How are you

"I'm fine, thank you!" When I heard leviagin's voice, my mood became more stable. "After breaking up last night, I've been worried about you. I don't know if you can lead the troops safely to highlight the German encirclement. Just now, I heard grissa, a soldier, talk about the fighting last night. I know you are safe and sound, so I feel at ease. "

"Sir, we are also worried about your safety. After daybreak, when I was commanding the troops to fight with the enemy, I specially sent people to the city to search for your whereabouts. However, only the bodies of some soldiers who were responsible for protecting your safety were found, which made us more worried about your danger. Later, after meeting with the seventh division of Jinwei, I heard their commanders and fighters say that they had seen you before, so I sent grissa, the guard, to follow them to find you. "

"Come on, stop it!" I couldn't wait to interrupt him. "I'll go back to the division headquarters as soon as possible. I'll talk about other things when I go back. Besides, during my absence, you will act as a teacher

"Yes Leviagin agreed very simply.

After putting down the phone, I looked at Colonel Lin and said, "the current situation is not optimistic. I want to go back to my division immediately. Can you arrange a car for me?"

"No problem, I'll arrange it right away!" The Colonel went to the door and called out, "Lieutenant garbifer, you'll find a car right away. The commander will leave immediately." Then he came up to me again and said, "just a moment. The bus will arrive soon." Mr. Lin sat at the table, staring at the map without saying anything. I looked at him and wanted to ask him what he thought of the future situation. Seeing his expression, I hesitated for a moment and didn't speak again. However, the silence in the room was soon broken, and President Lin said, "Rita, I think you should be prepared to mobilize your troops when you go back and organize your defense, so as not to be caught off guard when you get there."“ Transfer? " I am a little puzzled to ask: "where to transfer?"“ Here it is President Lin slapped his hand on the map and confidently said, "Istra river!" He looked up at me: "although general rokosovsky's withdrawal plan was rejected by Zhukov, judging from the current situation, it will be sooner or later for the 16th army to withdraw to Istra. If you are not ready now, when you suddenly receive an order, the troops may fall into chaos, so you should prepare for a rainy day. Do you understand? "“ Understand? I know that! " I have no doubt of President Lin's words. There is still half a month to go before the great counter offensive. Anything can happen during this period. We should make preparations for the withdrawal in advance, so as not to make the troops fall into chaos and turn the withdrawal into a rout after receiving the temporary order, which will not be worth the loss. At this time, the voice of lieutenant garbifer came from outside: "Comrade commander, the car is ready." We walked out of the command car and saw another brand new Jeep parked outside. The Colonel thought that I had never seen such a vehicle, and specially introduced it to me, saying: "this is a jeep. It is a new type of vehicle aided by US allies. It has strong off-road performance and is suitable for driving on bad terrain." Grissa was the driver. He had been a bus driver before he joined the army and had rich driving experience, so I declined the driver arranged by the colonel for us. Actually, I don't need the driver arranged by the colonel. I have my own small abacus in my heart. If the driver of the seventh division is allowed to drive us, he will drive the car back to our destination. With our own people as drivers, we can finally take the car as our own. I sat in the co pilot's seat, and Ramis had to sit in the back seat. Before driving, I was going to ask grissa, "grissa, do you know the way?"“ No problem, sir Grissa confidently answered me: "I've been a bus driver, and the best thing I can do is to remember the route. As long as I walk once, I can find it." I waved goodbye to President Lin, Shi Zhe and the Colonel outside the car, then turned to grissa and said, "OK, let's drive!" Although the jeep's off-road performance is good, but in the bomb and shells on the road, even if the speed is not fast, still bumpy. I reclined my head on the back of my chair and closed my eyes. I didn't have a good rest for several days. I just took this opportunity to take a nap in the car“ Sir, comrade, "suddenly Rumis's puzzled voice came from his ear:" I think something's wrong. There seems to be someone in the woods in front of me! " I opened my eyes and looked around. I didn't find anything unusual. I was dissatisfied with Ramis who disturbed my rest, but it was not easy to attack, so I had to say in a tone of Indifference: "I didn't see anyone, did you see anything wrong?"“ Boom! Boom! Boom My voice did not fall, a series of explosions sounded around the car, the smoke instantly blocked our sight“ It's the enemy Ramis suddenly yelled and quickly put his submachine gun on the window“ Get off the road and drive into the forest I yelled in grissa's ear. Almost as I yelled, grissa slammed the steering wheel and drove away. Not far away from the main road, there are still shells falling on both sides of the road. The air waves caused by the explosion lift the car back and forth. The windshield is smashed by flying shrapnel and stone fragments, and a warm and choking smell of gunpowder rushes into the car“ Come on! Come on, come on!! Drive into the forest Ramis yelled and shot into the smoke. The jeep, which had already rushed into the forest, got rid of the smoke blocking the sight and continued to drive full power to the depth of the forest. "It must be a small German unit, they are attacking us with mortars," Ramis said aloud as he changed his clip After changing the cartridge clip, he released his right hand and patted grissa on the shoulder, saying: "continue to drive towards the division headquarters. As long as we enter our own area, these German devils will not be worried." The car drove forward in the forest for another five or six minutes, and then came to a large area of forest with relatively few trees. There are more than ten green tents scattered in the woods, with sporadic military activities. I recognized at a glance that this is where my division headquarters is located!