Chapter 302

The lieutenant answered in a flurry: "report to the general. As soon as we received the order, we immediately mobilized. After receiving the equipment, we immediately came by car at the fastest speed."

As the German attack was temporarily repulsed, meletskov's mood improved slightly. He kindly asked the nervous lieutenant, "Comrade lieutenant, what's your name?"

"Akhromeyev," the lieutenant answered his name dryly, then added his full name, "Sergei Fedorovich akhromeyev."

Meletzkov sat down at the table, took a cigarette out of his pocket, put it in his mouth, and reached for akhromeyev. Seeing that the other party shook his head, he put the cigarette box on the table, lit the cigarette, took a sip and asked, "where are you from?"

"Chief General of the report," seeing meletskov's amiable attitude, akhromeyev was not so nervous, and naturally replied, "I'm Mrs. Tambo. At the age of 17, he left the farm to join the Red Army and soon entered the Naval Academy. When the war broke out, before I finished my studies, I graduated from the college ahead of time and went back to the combat sequence of the army. "

"It doesn't matter. I'll read it later," meletskov said friendly. "Now work hard in the army. Maybe you will become a general in the future."

The telephone rang in the observation center. As soon as the idea came out, I went up boldly and stopped the general who wanted to leave: "Comrade General, please wait a moment."

"What's the matter?" The general looked at me and asked.

Instead of answering him, I said directly to meletskov, "senior general, please allow me to be the commander of this commando team."

"You?" Meletskov didn't expect me to say that. He was stunned.

After a moment's silence, the general said with distrust, "I say, comrade major, I don't know how you got your present rank, but I remind you that this is going to war, not to the ball. Maybe the enemy's shell is still far away from the explosion, you will be scared to turn around and run

Instead of the general's sarcasm, I continued to say to meletskov, "Comrade General, during the Moscow defense war, I led several hundred small troops to recapture the positions occupied by the enemy; He also commanded tens of thousands of troops and participated in the counter offensive under Moscow. I have rich combat experience. If you can give this unit to my command, I promise to take back the position. "

When I finished, meletskov was silent, and the general was silenced by my words.

After a long time, meletzkov finally made a decision. He nodded slowly and said to me, "OK, come with me. I will appoint you commander of the assault force in front of all the commanders and fighters. "

We came to the front of the team and stopped. Meletskov said to them in a loud voice, "comrades, soon you will join the counter offensive against the Germans and drive them out of our position. Are you confident? "

Hundreds of throats answered neatly, "yes!"

On hearing the answers from the commanders and fighters, meletzkov nodded with satisfaction, pointed to me and said to them, "this is my newly appointed commander of the assault force, major oshanina, who will lead you to fight the Germans. Now ask her to tell you a few words. "

Voice fell, silence, terrible silence.

It's one thing for Russia to respect women. It's another thing for a group of promising commanders to go to war with a woman they don't know. At least, the commanders and fighters present, except for meletskov, could not find anyone who believed in my ability.

I stepped forward, looking slowly across the faces of these young officers, and from their resolute expression and closed lips, I knew that they were ready for all battles. In order to dispel their worries and make them act like an arm in the battle, we must first let them build up their trust in me.

"The second lieutenant's training team and the junior commander instruct all the commanders and fighters of the company, comrades, brothers!" I said in a loud voice, "it's hard to make up your mind to take part in such a cruel battle. It's even harder for general meletzkov to give such an order. He made this difficult decision after careful consideration."

At this point, I stopped for a moment and glanced at meletskov standing next to him secretly. He was surprised at first, and then he showed a look of approval. Then he continued: "you are all excellent commanders in the Red Army. I firmly believe that in time, many of you will grow into senior commanders and become generals in the Red Army, Even marshals. How can we have the heart to use you as ordinary soldiers. But now the situation is grim. If we let the bandits gain a firm foothold, they may break through our defense line at any time and cut off the supply channel under our feet, which is difficult for the second shock group army to survive. "

"Please rest assured, major." Lieutenant akhromeyev stepped forward and answered in a loud voice, "the second lieutenant's training team and the junior commanders will never disgrace the glorious Red Army troops. All of us will be like ordinary soldiers to attack. "

The captain of the training company also stepped forward and said in a loud voice, "please give us the order. We are ready for all battles. We can fight at any time." Seeing all this, meletskov said again: "brothers, I hope you can exchange the minimum sacrifice for the maximum victory." At this point, he pointed to a distant slope and said to me, "major oshanina, you should lead the troops there to occupy the starting position and wait for the signal of attack. Remember, it's a red flare. " I gave him a solemn military salute and answered in a loud voice, "please rest assured, comrade commander. I promise to finish the task well." After the ceremony, he turned around and gave a loud order to the troops: "everyone, listen to my command. attention! Turn right, target the earth slope in front of left, march together The troops followed ahlomeyev and the captain in a neat step towards the slope. I was just about to catch up when meletzkov stopped me behind: "major oshanina!" I turned around and heard him ask hesitantly, "how long do you think it will take to finish the fight?" I have been thinking about this issue when I was in the observation center just now. The first line of defense occupied by the German army was actually only one trench. The German army was not equipped with tanks or armored vehicles except for artillery and aircraft support. In addition, between the second line of defense and the first line of defense is a smooth line, which is conducive to the deployment of troops. If our army attacks quickly, it should be able to regain its position soon. So I answered very simply: "half an hour or so should be able to solve the battle." I squatted on the slope, and akhromeyev, Captain two people to observe the enemy. After being repulsed, all the enemy troops retreated into the trenches, and the shelling of our troops' positions completely stopped“ How are you going to attack? Comrade major. " Akhromeyev asked aside. I pointed to the trench I was going to attack and said, "you see, it's more than 300 meters from here to that trench, and there are dense craters in the middle. When attacking, let the formation of the brothers disperse, don't crowd together, let the Germans be the target. Make good use of those craters and cover forward alternately. Do you understand? "“ I understand They agreed in unison. At this time, the Soviet counter offensive began. On our left is the position of the 194th regiment. With the sound of the charge, groups of soldiers jumped from the trench and dashed forward with guns. I looked up at the sky. It was gray. There was no sign of the signal bomb that general meletzkov said. It seemed that he still felt that the time had not come to use our commando team. As soon as the 194th regiment reached the middle of the two trenches, it was intercepted by the enemy's artillery in the trenches, and then all kinds of guns began to fire. Shells kept falling in the middle of the attack team, mud and shrapnel splashed around. After several commanders who rushed to the front were knocked down by bullets or shrapnel, the army's offensive stopped. The soldiers lay down on the ground, and no one wanted to get up from the ground. Everyone tries to find a safe hiding place. When they feel safe, they begin to look around and shoot aimlessly in front of them“ Major, look, flare! " The captain suddenly yelled and pointed to the air. I followed the direction of his finger and saw a red signal bomb rising. It's our turn to play!