Chapter 253

The whole division broke up into parts and launched a campaign of suppression.

After only two days of fighting, I found that my original judgment was wrong. The number of German soldiers hiding in villages or settlements is far less than my estimate. The number of them is only five or six, and the number of them is only twenty. Moreover, they are not only without heavy weapons, but also lack of ammunition for rifles or submachine guns.

Every time our army sent out a battalion, its strength was more than 20 times that of the German army, its equipment was excellent, its morale was high, and the German army, which had already become a bereaved dog, had an advantage. In addition, it's not easy to catch a few hundred people beating a few or a dozen others.

Yesterday, major lomov, the commander of the Third Battalion of 1077 regiment, was fighting in a small village. The whole battalion did not fire a single shot, but by fighting with bayonets, they solved all the German troops in a class in the village.

Seeing the brilliant achievements of my subordinates, I couldn't help itching when I used to stay in the division headquarters for a long time. So, in spite of the opposition of yegorov and chisjakov, we took the security forces as the backbone, and then transferred a group of people from other forces to form a battalion sized suppression force. We appointed the commander of the security company, Captain Yushchenko, as the commander of the battalion, and I personally led the search for the enemy.

But my luck, even looking for two days, in the passing villages or settlements, did not find the German.

Seeing the soldiers from full of joy gradually turned into disappointment, I was particularly worried. Every time my subordinates attack, they can achieve something, but I, the head of the division, lead the team to attack, but nothing, which makes me feel very shameless.

Tomorrow will be new year's day. In the morning, I received a call from commander Vlasov, saying that our group army and all the Soviet troops were fighting separately and jointly, encircling some units of the 9th German group army and the 4th German armored group army in the vyazima area. The retreat of the besieged German army was completely cut off by the paratroopers dropped by our army. He told me to go to the headquarters of viazima immediately to discuss the new combat mission in the coming year of 1942.

It was the mixed battalion formed two days ago that escorted me to the headquarters of the group army. After the soldiers quickly boarded the car, a long motorcade drove to viazima. I sat in grissa's jeep and looked out of the window without saying a word. Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Yushchenko on the co driver's seat. He looked back several times as if he wanted to say something to me. But I didn't look well and closed my mouth.

After more than half an hour's driving, my mood gradually calmed down. Although the battalion I led these two days did not find any remaining German soldiers, it was about to go to the battlefield, and there were still many opportunities to fight with the enemy.

I was about to have a word with Yushchenko in the front row when there was a loud explosion in front of me, and then all the cars in front of me stopped.

Yushchenko turned his head and said solemnly, "Comrade teacher, I'll go to the front to have a look."

I nodded and said, "go!"

He pushed the door open, jumped down and trotted forward with his submachine gun.

I looked forward and backward. The soldiers on the front and rear trucks had already lifted the tarpaulin and jumped down from the truck. They quickly scattered to the trees on both sides of the road to seize the favorable terrain and guard against the guns.

Except for the explosion just now, there was no movement. I saw a thick plume of smoke rising in front of me. I didn't hear any more explosions or gunshots because there were so many vehicles blocking my view that I couldn't confirm what had happened.

After a few minutes, Yushchenko came back panting. Without waiting for him to stop, I opened the door to meet him and asked aloud, "Comrade captain, what's the matter?"

He stopped at once, saluted me at attention and reported: "report to Mr. commander, the explosion just now was caused by the thunder of the truck in front of us."

"Ah?" I was so surprised that I asked, "how are the casualties?"

Yushchenko bowed his head and said with some sadness: "the driver and the lieutenant in charge have died on the spot. Six of the soldiers in the carriage were seriously injured and 14 were slightly injured. I've arranged for the health workers to treat them. After dressing, they will be sent back to the rear. "

As soon as his voice dropped, a truck with a hood came unsteadily from the front, passed us, and drove back in the direction.

I watched the truck go away, then turned to Yushchenko and said, "come on, comrade captain, let's go to the front together."

Yushchenko immediately put out his hand to block my way, and said with some embarrassment, "Sir, the front is too dangerous. You'd better stay here."

I frowned and asked him, "can the team move on?"

He shook his head and replied, "not yet. There are still mines laid by the enemy on the road. I've arranged for the engineers on the truck in front to start minesweeping. You stay here for a while, and we'll be able to move on soon. "

I didn't object to what he said. After all, the killing power of land mines is too great. If I don't clean them up, I don't dare to move forward. I don't want to sacrifice myself like bakanize, political commissar of the 7th Division of Jinwei. So I told him, "Comrade captain, it's too cold on the road. Except for the minesweepers and the necessary guards, let the rest go back to the car."

"Yes He made a promise and conscientiously carried out my order. I went back to the car and closed the door. Grissa, who had been staying in the car, turned to me and asked, "what's going on ahead, sir?" I looked out of the window at the snowy forest by the side of the road, wondering if I could pass through the forest, and answered him, "it was the truck driving in the front that hit the mine, and all the officers and men on the truck were killed." The snow in the forest is too deep. It is estimated that it is more than one meter in many places. In such places, people may be able to pass, but cars will not pass. It seems that we have to wait patiently for the engineers to clear the land before moving on. I leaned back in my chair and closed my eyes. Suddenly, someone outside the car called out to me: "Comrade teacher, comrade teacher." Is something wrong again? I suddenly opened my eyes, head out of the window, see is an ordinary guard company soldiers. I quickly asked: "Comrade soldier, what's the matter?" The soldier changed his submachine gun to his left hand, then saluted and replied, "report to Mr. division, there are people in the forest. Our captain has taken people to check it in person. He asked me to let you know, so that you pay attention to safety! "“ I see. I'll pay attention. " I nodded at him and said with a smile, "thank you!"