Chapter 204

Almost ten minutes later, I received another call from Colonel chisgakov, who told me that martenovo had been recaptured, that defense had been handed over to the 354th infantry division, and that the troops were now assembling to return to sun mountain city.

As soon as I put down the phone, Captain Yushchenko, who was responsible for protecting me from going to the headquarters of the front army, came into the headquarters and informed me that grissa, the driver, had driven the car to the door and could start at any time. I once again explained to leviagin and yegorov the defense situation of the troops, and then I left the headquarters with Yushchenko at ease.

The jeep stopped at the gate of the headquarters. Two soldiers in military coats stood upright in front of the jeep. When they saw me walking over, they immediately raised their hands to salute me. I raised my hand and saluted. I went straight to the front of the car and opened the front door. Before I stepped on the car, I turned to Yushchenko and said, "Comrade captain, you and your men sit in the back." With that, I got into the car, sat in the co driver's seat and said hello to grissa who had been staying in the car.

Seeing Yushchenko and two soldiers sitting in the back row, I asked grissa in an uncertain tone: "do you know how to get to the front command?"

"Yes, sir! I know where the front command is. "

"Well, let's go!"

As soon as I spoke, grissa stepped on the gas and the jeep rushed out.

The car was driving along a temporary path opened up in the forest. From time to time, I looked up at the sky through the window and prayed to myself that I would not encounter German planes on the road.

After driving for five or six minutes, I saw a small army coming along the road. The sight of this sudden emergence of troops made my heart beat faster, so I quickly asked grissa to stop at the side of the road. Seeing that the car suddenly stopped, Yushchenko, who was sitting in the back row, immediately pushed the door open and jumped out. They fell down on the spot and pointed the muzzle of the gun to the front.

As the troops got closer and closer, the faces of the people were clear and recognizable. I had been staying in the car and didn't move. I saw that the other party was wearing our uniform, so I pushed the door open and rushed to Yushchenko, who was lying on the snow. He said, "comrade captain, it's our own army. Go and ask, what part are they?"

"Yes," Yushchenko agreed. He got up from the ground, slung his submachine gun over his shoulder, and then ran to the other side with a big stride.

When the opposite team saw Yushchenko running towards them, they all stopped at the same time. An officer came out of the team and met him. After they got together, they saluted each other and began to talk.

After chatting for a while, they came to me together. In this case, I naturally can't stay in the car, jump out of the car, straighten my clothes and wait for them to come.

The officer came up to me, stood at attention, saluted, and said in a loud voice, "Comrade division commander, Captain lomov of the Third Battalion of 1077 regiment of the eighth division of the guards, reports to you that the troops have completed the task of capturing the residential areas and are now on their way back to Taiyangshan city. I'm waiting for your instructions

I didn't reply. Instead, I raised my hand and patted the captain on the shoulder, who was a head higher than me. I asked with concern, "how are the casualties of the troops in the battle against the residential areas?"

"Report to Mr. division commander," lomov replied loudly, "in the battle of seizing the residential areas, only three soldiers in our battalion died, more than a dozen soldiers were wounded, and more than 80 of the enemy were destroyed and captured."

"Well done!" After I praised him, I immediately told him: "you should continue to lead the troops on your way. If you want to go back to the city as soon as possible, there may be fierce fighting right away. You should be psychologically prepared."

"Yes Lomov agreed, and then tentatively asked, "can I leave?"

"Go

After saluting me again, he turned and ran away to gather troops in front. I also turned to Yushchenko and said, "Comrade captain, get on the bus. It's getting late. We need to get to the headquarters as soon as possible."

The car drove on for another ten minutes, and fierce gunfire and grenade explosions came from the woods on the left. I was surprised. How could there be gunshots here? He quickly asked grissa to stop the car again, turned his head and asked Yushchenko, "Comrade captain, what's this place? What's the matter with the gunfire? "

Without waiting for Yushchenko to speak, grissa, the driver next to him, had already preempted me and said, "Sir, this is Himki, also known as chemical city. There's a settlement near here. It may be that our troops and the infiltrating enemy are on fire. "

"Get out of the car and have a look."

Five of us went into the forest and ran for a few minutes to the edge of the forest. The field of vision is suddenly clear. There is a residential area in the front left, most of which are two-story buildings. Because they have not received the baptism of the war, the overall preservation is still complete. From a distance, I saw two or three armored vehicles parked in front of the buildings on the edge of the settlement. The clear cross on the vehicles made me understand that they were German armored vehicles.

In the forest on the right, a group of soldiers with weapons rushed out. Judging from their clothes, they should be militia troops. They were shouting and rushing towards the residential area.

The machine guns on the German armored vehicles were shooting desperately, and the windows above the residents were leaning towards the charge. The soldiers charged more than 50 meters away from the residential area, as if they had hit a transparent wall and fell to the ground one after another.