Chapter 318

At six o'clock the next morning, the regimental headquarters sent troops to change their guard. The commander in charge reported to me, and I sent lieutenant miducci to guide them to the positions.

Looking at the departing team, Lieutenant ugad standing next to me suddenly asked anxiously, "can they hold the position?"

"The position can't be held." I replied without hesitation, "the reason why the Germans delayed to take our position before was that there was a 131st regiment not far away threatening their flanks. Now this threat no longer exists, as long as they want to carry out a round of artillery on the Highlands, and then use tanks to cover the infantry attack, they will soon be able to win the position. "

"But, comrade major." Wugad listened to me so sure, a little anxious, "since I know I can't keep it, what's the significance of changing defense?"

"Time, comrade lieutenant. We need time to gather our troops, and then concentrate on the tight encirclement of the Germans, tearing a hole to highlight the troops. The regimental headquarters is going to use our battalion as the main force to take over the fortified positions by using other troops. " At this point, I pause and change the topic in time: "what's the situation of the guerrillas?"

"I'm ready for your last order."

"Let's go! Let's go and have a look. When Captain diomi and they come back from the position, we'll go

The guerrillas, led by sergeant yemeryanov and the devil drillmaster, lined up in two lines in the open space outside the health brigade, waiting for my final order.

I walked past the line, looking at everyone's faces one by one. The eyes of the old gentleman, the devil instructor, the 13 carefully selected soldiers and a female health worker all moved with me. And the four geese standing in the line, one of them grabbed a rifle, but their bodies were shaking like chaff.

I looked at them scornfully, then went up to the chief and asked in a gentle voice, "are you ready, Mr. yemeryanov?"

The old man replied excitedly, "report, major. The guerrillas are ready. I'm waiting for your order."

I patted the old man on the shoulder and said, "comrade, remember that the guerrillas are still very weak. We must not fight hard with the Germans. We should focus on sneak attacks. Keep in mind that we must follow the operational mode of reasonably selecting operational sites, rapidly deploying troops, rationally allocating troops, reasonably selecting operational opportunities, and rapidly withdrawing after a battle. Do you understand? "

The old man saluted me and replied loudly, "yes, comrade major. Please rest assured that I will lead this guerrilla force well and actively develop and grow so as to cooperate with our counter offensive in the future. "

Shortly after the guerrillas set out, diomi returned to the village with his company. He and the eighth company should be transferred to the regimental headquarters.

The headquarters of the regiment is about five kilometers away from our village, which can be reached within an hour of normal March. However, the carriage transporting the wounded in the health team could not raise the speed on the muddy road, which seriously affected the marching speed of the whole army. As a result, we didn't arrive at the regiment headquarters until noon.

I asked the troops to stand by and report to the regiment headquarters.

The head of the regiment saw that we were late and black enough to squeeze out water. Without waiting for me to speak, he asked seriously, "Comrade major, I thought you could arrive at the regiment headquarters at nine. As a result," he said discontentedly, pointing the watch on his left wrist with his right index finger, "it's already twelve o'clock. You are slower than a snail."

When I heard the criticism from the regimental leader, I felt fever on my face. I was thinking about whether to say a few words of apology. Puccico, the political commissar of the regiment, happened to return to the headquarters and saw that I was being trained, so he came to help me out. He said in a loud voice, "major oshanina, here you are. It's very fast. You are the first to arrive in the three battalions of the regiment. "

Commander habi, who wanted to continue criticizing me, saw the political commissar come out to help me out, but he didn't say any more. He just whispered a few words, and then told me, "take your camp and follow the political commissar. He will arrange accommodation for you."

When the soldiers in the camp were camping, I quietly asked the political commissar, "Comrade political commissar, what's the situation now?"

He sighed softly, shook his head and said, "major oshanina, it's very bad. The group army is besieged by the Germans. Originally, the headquarters ordered our 327th division to take the lead in breaking through the encirclement, but the whole division now occupies a very wide area, and it will take a long time to shrink and assemble. Therefore, the original plan to start the breakout battle on the 15th was replaced by reinforcements from the grassland front army. Major general privalov of the group army command is in charge of the battle to break through the encirclement. "

After thinking about the name, I didn't seem to know it, so I stopped thinking about it. Instead, I asked myself the question I was concerned about: "if our division doesn't participate in the breakout, can we hold the occupied area and launch new attacks?"

Puccico waved his hand and said, "it's impossible, major oshanina. You know, our division is distributed over a wide area. After six months of uninterrupted fighting, our troops are very tired. In addition, we are short of ammunition and food. Let alone launch new attacks, we can't even make active defense. "

All the troops in the regiment were assembled the day after we arrived. However, we still stayed in place and stood by. I went to the regiment headquarters and found out that only our regiment had been assembled, while the other regiments of the 327th division were still assembling. We spent the next few days waiting. Every day we heard fierce gunfire coming from the northeast. It seemed that the troops under the command of general privalov were attacking the German positions. Everyone is waiting quietly. Without orders from the superior, no one will go to the headquarters to ask for a task. This is probably the difference between eastern and Western cultures. If it were the Eighth Route Army, it would never be as calm as we are now. It is estimated that the telephone number of the headquarters has long been blown up by the commanders of the subordinate units, and the desk is full of battle invitation letters from eager commanders and fighters. Until the afternoon of the 17th, I was called to the headquarters by commander habi. I did not dare to neglect, immediately trot all the way to the headquarters, at the door, met the other two battalion commander, I nodded to them friendly, as a greeting. As soon as I entered the door, I heard commander habi's loud voice shouting: "major oshanina, the order of division headquarters has come down. Order our regiment to March East at once to join the main forces there. Your battalion, as the first battalion of the whole regiment, will start eastward along the forest road. Do you understand? "“ I see, comrade commander. "“ Then you can set out immediately. I'll take the troops directly under the regiment and the other two battalions to catch up. " Although I was dismissed by Lieutenant Colonel habi in a few words, the basic etiquette was necessary. I still saluted him and then turned to leave. In order not to slow down the company's marching speed, I only took two companies to rush to the assembly site designated by the division headquarters. The order of marching was seven companies in front and eight companies in the back. I walked in the front of the troop. The troop walked eastward along the path in the forest for about two hours. I suddenly smelled a peculiar smell. I thought it was my illusion. I sniffed and smelled it carefully. This time, I found that there was a pungent smell of burning tire rubber and another stench, But I don't know what it tastes like. I stopped, raised my right hand, ordered the troops to stop, and then ran behind, shouting out the name of Naomi: "Captain Naomi, where are you?"“ Major, "diomi heard me call him, trotted up to me from the middle of the line, slapped a salute, and asked aloud," Captain, diomi is at your command, please give me directions! " I covered my nose with my hand, frowned and said, "Comrade captain, do you smell the strange smell in the air?" Diomi sniffed, too, and then replied, "yes, it's like a burning car tire, and there's an indescribable stench. I don't know what it's like."“ You take people to investigate immediately, and I'll wait for you here. " Captain diomi looked left and right, then pointed to the left and said, "Comrade major, there's a slope. It's the highest in the neighborhood. You should be able to see what's going on there."“ Go ahead, captain He saluted and ran to the slope with several soldiers. Not long after he left, SOLIN, the instructor of the seventh company, and wugade, the commander of the eighth company, came to me and asked curiously, "Comrade major, why did you stop the army?"“ I can smell a strange smell in the air. I don't know where it's coming from, so I'll ask captain diomi to take some of them to have a look. " I looked back and saw that lieutenant miducci was standing behind ugad, so I pointed to him with my hand and said, "Lieutenant, take some people and follow me to the hillside over there." The hillside was not too low. Before climbing, I looked up and saw captain diomi looking around with his telescope. When I got to the top of the slope, I saw that captain diomi's telescope fell to the ground, but he didn't hear it. His whole body sat down on the ground, and all the soldiers around him were numb“ What's the matter, captain? What's the matter I asked aloud and walked towards him.