Chapter 190

Katukov stopped, looked at me regretfully and asked, "Mr. oshanina, what else can I do for you?"

I looked at leviakim, chisgakov, sherebriakov, Lieutenant Colonel mlakintsev and political commissar slavkin who were still on the field. After hesitation, I asked my most worried question: "general katukov, is there a car radio installed on your tank?"

"Yes," I was just relieved when I heard his answer. As long as there is a radio station, it is very convenient for communication and command of troops. Did not expect that his next words, like a basin of ice water pouring from my head: "but because of poor contact, has long been useless."

"What? What? " I was surprised to ask: "car radio can not be used, then how do you command the army?"

Hearing my question, his face showed a look of suspicion that I don't see much of it. He asked in a puzzled way: "of course, it depends on the soldiers to command with flag language. Otherwise, how can they command?"

"How can this work?" Listening to his understatement, I couldn't help crying out: "I command the tank battle by the flag, but this battle is at night! Do you think the soldiers can see your signal in the dark? Even in the daytime, when large-scale tank troops attack, the battlefield is covered by all kinds of artillery smoke everywhere. Where can we see clearly what information is conveyed? Tanks have very high mobility, very high operational speed, wide range of activities, and the distance between the front and back of the troops is also very far. There is no way to really command a mechanized army only by the flag language. If there is a car radio, it can facilitate your command, coordinate the whole armored forces organically, and multiply the combat effectiveness. "

When I talked on and on, I suddenly found that all the people on the scene were staring at me with strange eyes. I immediately realized that I had said something I shouldn't have said. I quickly changed my words and said, "since the car radio can't be used, there's no way. In the battle tonight, general, your tank troops will be the main force of the attack. The success or failure lies in whether the tank brigade can quickly break through the enemy's line of defense, so I have to trouble you in command. "

Katukov stepped forward, took my hand, shook it a few times, and said excitedly, "Mr. oshanina, you are so good. How come I have never considered using car radio to command troops before. You can rest assured that I will urge the mechanic to repair the radio station immediately after I go back, so that the troops can communicate with each other through the radio station before they go into battle. " Let go of my hand, salute and turn away.

Looking at lieutenant colonel mlakintsev and political commissar slavkin standing next to me, I suddenly remembered that I had patronized and assigned tasks, and I had not arranged any staff to serve as a guide for the mixed Cadet group. No wonder the leader and political commissar stayed here all the time. So he quickly squeezed out a smile and said to them apologetically, "I'm sorry, commander mlakintsev and political commissar slavkin. I just forgot to arrange someone to act as a guide for you. Please don't worry. I'll do it right away

Then he turned to leviagin and said, "Comrade General, the assembly site is in your regiment's defense area. You see, are you going to take the commander and the political commissar by yourself, or should I arrange someone else to lead the way? "

"I'll go!" Leviagin readily agreed, and then made a gesture of invitation to them, saying, "Lieutenant Commander mlakintsev and political commissar slavkin, please follow me. I will take you to captain lomov's defense area myself."

There were only two commanders left in the room, chisjakov and sherebriakov. I was a little embarrassed and said to chisgakov, "Comrade Colonel, can I ask you something?"

Chisgakov looked at me strangely and said, "Comrade teacher, if you have any tasks, you can give orders directly, needless to say please or not."

Listening to him say so, I feel more embarrassed and explained: "it's not a combat mission, but I want to trouble you to find me a pair of cotton padded trousers." Then I raised the hem of my military coat to show him, "look, my coat was changed that day when I saw Comrade Stalin, and I was wearing a uniform skirt inside. I can't stand wearing a skirt in such cold weather. Do you understand? "

To figure out what was going on, chisjakov and sherebriakov looked at each other, with a kind smile on their faces, and then replied, "no problem, I'll do it now!" Then he walked out of the headquarters quickly.

As I watched chisjakov leave, I made a gesture to selebriakov, who was still standing upright beside me: "Comrade commander, please sit down and let's have a chat."

"Yes He agreed and sat down honestly. He didn't know what I was going to talk with him, so he was a little nervous.

"Please forgive me for my bad attitude towards you this morning." I was a little excited when I called him in the morning at the camp headquarters in shedulin, and I took advantage of this calm moment to apologize to him.

He stood up and said, "Comrade teacher, you were right in your criticism at that time. I have too little confidence in my soldiers, and greatly underestimated their fighting enthusiasm and the extraordinary fighting power they inspired. As you said at that time, the soldiers armed with Stalin's ideas are invincible to any enemy! " After stopping for a while, he tentatively asked, "can I take part in the battle at night?" Seeing that I was noncommittal, I quickly made up my mind to say, "I want to personally lead these soldiers armed with Stalin's ideas to teach those invincible Germans a lesson!"

"All right, all right!" I interrupted his more and more numb words and said, "this attack will be under my own command. You'd better stay in 1075 regiment to command your troops. Hold the position well, don't let the Krauts sneak into our rear again. There's nothing more to do here. You can go back. "“ Yes He saluted helplessly and turned to leave. All the people in the room were almost gone, and there was only a communications officer on duty in the corner. I said to him, "I'll have a rest. Don't let commander chisgakov disturb me when he comes back. Let him wake me up after eight o'clock in the evening. " With that, I went to the corner where the marching bed was, pulled back the curtain and clothes, and lay down.