Chapter 284

Commander habi called lieutenant ugad and several other officers into the tent and assigned them the tasks we had just discussed.

I looked at my watch and found that it was just six o'clock and the enemy plane was about to leave at least four hours later. I just used this time to check the preparation of the female soldier company.

When habi finished his assignment and several officers saluted him and left, I got up to say goodbye to him and puccico. Seeing that I was going to leave, they urged me to stay. They said they would see the new air defense sentry system later and see if it could play its due role in night air defense.

I refused to go back to the women's company to check the formation of the air defense sentry system. I asked Lieutenant Colonel habi to call me when he found out that the enemy plane was out, and then I would come back from the women's company. As I said this, I left in such a hurry that I caught a glimpse of Colonel harpy and puccico's embarrassed face, and didn't have time to think about what was going on.

Back at the station of the company, kirianova and Orlova were waiting for me in the tent. As soon as I asked about the air defense sentry, I immediately reported that four soldiers were transferred from each platoon to set up a temporary air defense sentry team, with three people in a group. They were on duty every six hours.

After the report, Orlova asked anxiously, "Rita, does this air defense sentry system really work?"

"It works, and it works quite well." I gave her an unambiguous reply. I joked that the performance of the US aircraft in the next ten years will be much better than that of the German aircraft now. Aren't they confused by the heroic volunteers?

"Rita," kirianova asked again, "I want to ask one more question. When we have air defense sentries, what is the task of our antiaircraft artillery company when enemy planes attack? "

"It depends on the specific situation." When she asked me this question, she really stopped me, thought about it a little bit, and then answered her, "if it's too dark to see the incoming enemy planes, the whole army will stay hidden. If we open fire rashly, it is possible that the enemy plane will not come down, but will expose our position, attract bombing and strafing from the enemy plane, and cause unnecessary casualties. We can't fight, can't we hide? "

"But..." kiriyanova wanted to say something else. I waved my hand to stop it. I added: "of course, we can't just avoid fighting. If we have a good view and can clearly find the enemy plane on a moonlit night, we will fire decisively. Antiaircraft artillery attacks enemy aircraft by covering rather than hitting. With our existing gun position formation, we concentrate our firepower to attack an enemy aircraft, so that shrapnel can form a killing area without dead angle in the air. As long as the enemy's plane dares to crash into it, it will never come back. " Although I know that kirianova and Orlova, as professionals, know more about these theoretical knowledge than I do, they still talk a lot, mainly to increase their confidence. After all, people are more or less skeptical about the unknown new things.

With these words, kirianova asked about my encounter with the German patrol in the afternoon. It was obvious that Naya had come back and reported to them that they knew about it. But in the first stage of the battle, Naya held the gun behind me, shivering and probably didn't see anything. Then I ordered Naya to go to the second company in Baku for help. She couldn't tell how the battle was going on and how it ended. The only way to report to our company commander and instructor is to encounter German patrol soldiers on the road. After the battle, our army completely annihilated the enemy.

I briefly described how I encountered the German patrol on the road and how it fought. When I heard that lieutenant sapchenko's men leveled their anti-aircraft machine guns and knocked out two German armored vehicles. Orlova couldn't help interrupting and asked, "Rita, since the anti-aircraft machine gun can be placed horizontally to fight the German armored vehicles, can our anti-aircraft guns be used to fight tanks? Of course, the premise is to be equipped with special armor piercing bullets. "

When I heard her say that, I was stunned. At the beginning of October last year, I suggested to general Zhukov, then commander of Leningrad front army, that we should mobilize enough anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns to set up front-line positions for fighting German tanks and armored vehicles. It's been a few months. Why hasn't this method of warfare been popularized? Is it that when people leave, the tea will be cold. Zhukov's command style and many orders issued before leaving office have been denied by the new commanders?

I was just thinking about it. Suddenly someone outside the tent called for a report. Kirianova yelled at the door, "come in!"

As soon as the words fell, a female soldier with a rifle on her back opened the curtain and came in.

"What's the matter?" Kirianova asked the soldier.

The female soldier reported: "report to the company commander, it seems that someone is calling the name of the major in the station opposite the road."

"Is it?" I stood up, lifted the curtain and went out. Sure enough, I heard someone calling my name from a distance: "major oshanina, is major oshanina in?"

"I'm o'shanina. What can I do for you?" I yelled at the distance.

"Colonel hobby, please come here."

"OK, I see. I'll be right there."

I went back to the tent, packed my weapons, took the clips off the gun, took the new clips out of my briefcase and put them on. In the process of being busy, I stared at the phone that had not rung on the desk, and said with a bitter smile, "this Lieutenant Colonel hobby, if you have something to ask me, just call me. Why let the soldiers shout outside for a long time?"

After hearing this, Orlova quickly explained, "you may not know, Rita. Although we and the convoy are under the management of general hilov, we belong to different systems. This phone can only talk to the troops of this system. That is to say, although we are very close to each other, they can't make a call and we can't make a call. "

"But general hilov should be able to communicate directly with all the troops on the ice transport line?" I asked uncertainly.

"That's natural. The general's office and duty room use many telephones. It's very convenient to contact any army."

After listening to Orlova's explanation, I understood why the two male officers were embarrassed when I left commander habi's tent just now. Fortunately, the stove in the room is still relatively warm, otherwise, our situation really becomes that the heating basically depends on shaking, and the communication basically depends on roaring.

As soon as I got to commander Haby's tent, the enemy plane arrived on schedule. After the sound of clear gunfire, the motorcade on the transportation line turned off their lights one after another and turned off the fire to hide. The fake motorcade we arranged is now on the stage. In addition to the lights of several scrapped trucks, the soldiers also put a lot of lanterns on the ice. From a distance, it really looks like a moving motorcade.

Our camouflage tactics have achieved the desired results. The enemy planes flying on the ice transport line dive down to the fake convoy, drop bombs and strafe, and have a good fight.

Commander habi was standing outside the tent. He could not help laughing when he saw that the German plane had been fooled and bombed the fake convoy. He couldn't help but take out his cigarette box and put a cigarette in his mouth. Just as he was about to strike a match to light a cigarette, puccico political commissar next to him slapped the cigarette out of his mouth and said in a low voice: "Comrade commander, don't smoke, be careful to expose the target."

The German planes came and went, and the bombs and bullets poured out to the location of the fake convoy for free until all the bombs and bullets were gone.

Seeing the enemy plane away, commander habi waved his hand and said in a loud voice, "let's go and see what the outcome of the German plane is." Political commissar puccico said: "I want to ask the situation of other areas, so I won't go with you."

We came to the original location where the abandoned trucks were placed and saw that all the ice here had been blown up. According to lieutenant ugad's report, they have 11 trucks and dozens of lanterns here. At the moment, there is nothing but the black water and the broken ice floating on it. It is estimated that they have sunk to the bottom of the lake.

As soon as he entered the tent, puccico excitedly told us: "Comrade commander, major oshanina, I just called the road guards in other areas. They all reflected that the newly established air defense sentry system played a great role. In the air raid just now, the transport team did not suffer any losses because of timely prevention. "

Knowing that the air defense sentry system did play a great role tonight, my original worry disappeared. I huffed, and then said to habi and puccico, "two comrades of the commander, nothing's wrong, I'll go back to the women's company. I don't sleep well these days. I'll take this opportunity to make up for my sleepiness. "

Puccico said with a smile: "go ahead, major oshanina. It's estimated that the enemy plane won't come back tonight. You can have a good sleep."

Commander Haby also asked with concern, "shall I send someone to escort you back to the company?"

I waved my hand and declined his kindness. I'm kidding. It's only 100 meters away from the tent where I live. It's a little exaggeration to need escort for such a short distance. I saluted them and turned out of the tent.

A night without words, a sleep until dawn.

While they were having breakfast with kirianova, the telephone on the table rang. Orlova, who was closest to the phone, picked up the receiver. As soon as she said a word, she immediately stood up and said to the receiver, "yes, yes, the major is here. I'll put her on the phone right away Then he handed over the microphone.

I took the phone from her and gave a hello. Then I heard the voice of political commissar Higgins: "good morning, major oshanina. Are you having breakfast? "

Hearing the voice of the commissar, I quickly stood up and said respectfully, "Hello! Comrade political commissar. "

"Comrade oshanina, I congratulate you." Political commissar Higgins said frankly, "the air defense sentry system scheme you proposed proved to be very effective in last night's air raid, and effectively avoided the loss of our transport team." Then he slowed down his tone and said, "general hilov asked me to convey his apology to you. Yesterday's tone was a little too heavy for you. Please don't mind."

"Comrade commissar, look what you said." The leader would like to apologize to me, but I still have to maintain a modest attitude, otherwise it will leave a bad impression on the leader, "it's our work that has not done a good job and caused unnecessary losses to the transport team. Comrade General is right in his criticism."

Originally, he wanted to say a few more words, but he was interrupted by Higgins. He said on the phone, "get ready. Hitchhike to the city. Commander Huojin and general hilov want to see you."

I was just about to ask if I would be arrested by the patrol as a deserter after entering the city without a travel permit. Higgins added: "you get off at the first checkpoint in the city, which was the checkpoint that almost started fighting last time. I asked my driver to pick you up there. Do you understand? "

"I understand!" As soon as he finished, Higgins hung up“ Rita, "kirianova asked with concern," what did the commissar say on the phone? "“ Let me go to the city at once, and say that commander horzin and general hilov want to see me. "