Chapter 184

"Mr. captain, I have a question." I got up from my seat and walked around the room with my back on my back. Frowning, I asked the German officer what I thought: "yesterday, with hundreds of troops, you broke through the defense line of our division and occupied the front of our army. From this point of view, the combat effectiveness of your troops is beyond doubt. " On hearing my praise, the German captain had a smug look on his face. I then said, "but when our army launched a counter offensive against you today, you were easily defeated by us. Can you tell me what's going on? "

The captain didn't answer me, and his eyes swept over chisgakov and shedulin. Chisjakov slapped the table and said, "it's the teacher of our guard division who asked you this question. You should answer her quickly."

The captain was startled and nervously explained to me, "Madam commander, there are many reasons. First, your tanks pretended to be our army and suddenly opened fire when approaching our army, which caught us by surprise; Secondly, we lack enough anti tank weapons to resist the attack of your tanks; Thirdly, and most importantly, because of the cold weather, the guns in the hands of soldiers can't be opened, and the weapons that can't be fired are almost like firesticks in their hands, so we have to wait and see. If it's not for this damned cold, even if you can beat us, you will pay a huge price. "

"You mean it's not our soldiers who beat you, but the cold weather in Russia?" Hearing him say so, Xie Dulin, standing on one side, asked sarcastically.

"Yes, sir major." Although the German captain became our prisoner, he was unconvinced: "if we didn't adapt to such cold weather and lack the antifreeze for guns, even if you have the support of tanks, it's not easy to defeat us."

"All right, take him down." Chisgakov saw the unconvinced face of shedulin and was about to quarrel with him. He immediately ordered the soldiers to take the prisoner out.

As soon as the captives were escorted out, katukov hurried in. He is not polite, sitting on the empty seat opposite me, took off the tank cap on his head, wiped the sweat on his head with his sleeve, and said happily: "Comrade commander, I really convinced you! Under your command, these two battles have been really enjoyable. I didn't expect that with such a small number of casualties, we completely annihilated the two German troops wedged into our defense line. "

After hearing his praise, I just gave a wry smile and replied, "Comrade General, don't you think our victory today is too lucky? In these two battles, we can solve the battle so quickly by relying on our own absolutely superior technical equipment. If the enemy used aircraft and artillery during our attack, what kind of situation do you think today's battle will be like? " Speaking of this, I suddenly thought of the excellent performance of the tank brigade in today's battle. I felt that I should not blindly pour cold water on them. I quickly changed the topic and said, "of course, under your wise command, the tank brigade's performance in today's battle is remarkable. First, the enemy's tank units were killed cleanly; Then they used the captured tanks to confuse the enemy, swaggered close to their positions, and when they were not on guard, they decisively attacked, killed the most dangerous armored vehicles for our army, and caught them by surprise. It is because of your proper command that our infantry battalion can easily destroy the enemy and regain its position. "

"Yes, sir, you are right!" Major shedulin also joined me in flattering general katukov: "when I led the soldiers to rush up, your tank troops had divided and surrounded the enemy. With the support of your powerful firepower, the enemy was defeated and was forced to surrender to our army when there was no hope of escape. "

When general katukov was flattered and embarrassed by us, chisgakov, who had never participated in the dialogue, suddenly asked, "do you think what the German captain said just now is true?"

"What did he say?" The three of us asked coincidentally.

"Cold! The German captain did not admit that they were defeated by us, but by the cold

"It's possible!" Although he almost quarreled with the German captain just now, he hesitated for a moment and replied objectively: "when I led the troops to rush into the position, only a few of the enemies resisted stubbornly, while the vast majority of the others ran around with weapons like headless flies. At that time, I thought it was quite strange when these Germans became so greedy and scared of death that they didn't even have the courage to shoot us and started to run away. After the enemy laid down their weapons and surrendered, I picked up this kind of submachine gun, "he said, pointing to the submachine gun on the table, and then said," I understand what's going on. It's not that they don't want to shoot, it's that the bolt is frozen and can't be pulled open. "

"This is an important situation, which needs to be reported to the commander immediately." I asked Xie Dulin, "Comrade major, can you contact the division headquarters directly by telephone?"

"No!" He shook his head and replied, seeing my face showing disappointment, he quickly added, "but the regiment can. It's a pity that we should first contact the regiment headquarters, ask them to call the division headquarters, and then ask the people from the division headquarters to call us again. "

"All right then!" I nodded and told him: "you should call the regiment headquarters immediately, ask them to contact the division headquarters, and tell the commander that I have important intelligence report, and ask him to call me back as soon as possible." When he started dialing, I turned my eyes to general katukov sitting opposite me and asked him curiously, "Comrade General, I want to ask you a question. Didn't I just capture one German tank? How did it just become two?"“ I thought only one German tank could be used, but when I cleaned the battlefield, I found another one just broke its track. The soldiers thought they could use it, so they repaired it by the way. I didn't expect that the two captured German tanks would be put to great use. "