Chapter 363

Outside the village, a long truck and several motorcycles were parked on the side of the road. Capt. Gusev, Capt. Burda and Capt. chumak, with their troops, boarded the vehicles one by one in order.

Captain boroda, who came to see me off, handed me a bobosha submachine gun and joked with me in a low voice: "Comrade division, you can't lead the commanders and fighters to charge with a pistol without bullets in the war! Take this submachine gun with you. It will be useful. "

I know he said the pistol without a bullet, which he said last time, he was not a face red. When he took the submachine gun, he feel shy about asking, "do you have a pistol bullet?"

"Yes," he promised. He took out a carton from his briefcase and lifted the lid to show me. There were dozens of yellow orange pistol bullets neatly stacked inside. He may think that I haven't used the submachine gun. When he handed me the carton, he specially told me: "the drum capacity of this submachine gun is 71 rounds, and the bullets are pistol bullets, which can be used on both pistols and submachine guns."

I answered faintly: "got it." Then I want to put the cartridge box into my trouser pocket. But my action was stopped by boroda in time. He handed over a brand-new briefcase and said, "Sir, this is the briefcase I prepared for you. Please put the bullet here."

When I broke through the encirclement, my original briefcase was thrown away by me because it was too cumbersome. Now, seeing that boroda thought so carefully for me, I didn't refuse. I took the briefcase generously, carried it on my shoulder, and put the bullet into it.

At this time, the chief of staff, major Antonov, came up to me and raised his hand to salute me. He reported: "Comrade division commander, the troops have all boarded the train. Please give us instructions if we can start!"

I returned a gift, did not immediately answer, but asked him: "Comrade major, when the troops set out, which car do you take?"

Antonov pointed to the armored car in the distance and said, "I'll take that armored car and guide the troops in front of me."

I saw a few tricycles full of soldiers parked next to the armored car. I pointed to them and asked him, "Comrade major, what's the matter with those motorcycles?"

Antonov looked back and replied, "that's a company of scouts sent by Captain bulda. They will follow me and take on the road opening and reconnaissance tasks."

After listening to his reply, I nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "since the troops have finished boarding, let's go."

Major Antonov saluted me, turned and ran to the armored car at the front of the convoy. I turned around, reached out to boroda, who was standing beside me, and said with a smile, "Comrade chief of staff, I'll give you all the command of the division. We'll see you later."

Boroda held my hand tightly. "Sir, I hope we can meet again soon. Good luck to you!"

"I will." Then I let go of his hand and strode to the truck at the back of the line. I came to the front passenger's side, opened the door and got into the cab with the help of the driver.

The path in the woods, perhaps after the outbreak of the war, had not been repaired. In addition to the German air raids and shelling, there were large and small craters everywhere. In order to prevent the truck from turning into the pit, the driver had to carefully avoid one black crater after another. As a result, the speed was not much faster than walking.

The car drove forward for two hours. Just as I was about to lose patience, the car stopped. The driver turned to me and said, "Comrade teacher, we are here."

Almost at the same time, the commander's shouts came from the front: "all out of the car!"

"All out of the car!"

After a while, a sergeant jumped down from the car in front of me. He stood under the car and yelled to the soldiers in the car, "listen to my command, all of you get out of the car!" With his command, the soldiers turned over the baffle and jumped out of the car.

When the soldiers who got off the train began to form a whole team, I got off the car and walked along the dirt road to the front of the team.

After a while, I came to the front of the team. At this moment, major Antonov, Captain Gusev, Captain bulda, Captain chumark and others were here. When they saw me walking over, they immediately raised their hands and saluted and reported, "report to the division commander, comrade, the troops have reached the designated position, please give instructions!"

I saluted, went up to Antonov and asked, "Comrade major, how far is olejez from here?"

Antonov replied without hesitation: "report, comrade division commander, if you enter the forest from here and walk about three kilometers north, you can reach the guerrilla base."

I turned and looked at captain Gusev and said to him, "Comrade captain, take the second company to stay, guard cars and build simple fortifications. Captain Burda and I will go to the guerrilla camp in oljege to meet the general."

Gu Xiefu said in embarrassment: "Sir, I'd better go with the first company. You and the second company will stay."

After listening to Gusev's words, company commander Burda also helped him persuade me: "yes, sir. It's too dangerous in the forest. You'd better stay here and let the battalion commander work with us. I promise you that I will take Comrade General out. "

I waved to them and said firmly, "this is an order. Carry it out!"

Two people looked at each other, can only smile bitterly reply: "yes!"

Our unit is divided into three parts. The deputy company commander leads a platoon to open the way in front of us and advance to the depth of the forest. I went to the middle with major Antonov and the soldiers in the second platoon, and captain bulda took three platoons behind, with each platoon 150 meters apart, so that even if one platoon was attacked, it could quickly get the support of the other two platoons.

As I have repeatedly stressed that Germans may be encountered in the forest, everyone should be very careful when moving forward. Captain bulda seemed to have a problem with what I said. I heard him say to the deputy company commander that I was nervous, but he passed on my order to the letter.

As the troops are advancing while searching, the marching speed is certainly not fast. As I walked, I heard a soldier nearby muttering: "marching with women is trouble. When have you ever seen a German in this area? Do you need to be so careful? If you go on like this, you won't be able to reach your destination in the dark. "

I just glared at the rude soldier and scolded him in my heart: "this fool, if you don't be vigilant when you march in the forest, you can't cry when you are ambushed by the German army..." before I finished, I suddenly felt a bad feeling, as if someone was hiding nearby to watch us.

I quickly called out: "stop!"

With my command, the troops stopped advancing, and all the commanders and fighters turned their puzzled eyes on me. Major Antonov, holding a submachine gun, ran to me from a distance and asked in a low voice, "Comrade division, why did you stop the troops?"

I squatted down, put the butt of the submachine gun on the ground, held the barrel in both hands, and asked him to squat down. Then I said, "major Antonov, I feel like there are Germans nearby."

Antonov learned from me to squat on the ground, glance around and ask in a low voice, "where is it?"

I shook my head and said, "I didn't see the Germans, it's just intuition."

Antonov and I were squatting and talking, and the rest of the officers and men were still standing there looking around.

At this time, I heard the grumbling soldier murmur: "nervous!"

Just now I put up with him. This time I don't want to put up with him any more. I'm going to stand up and scold him.

"Pa" of a shot, the soldier's shoulder spatter from a blood flower, he cried out and fell to the ground, covered his shoulder in rolling scream.

As the soldier fell to the ground after being shot, Antonov cried out in a hurry: "lie down!"

Almost as Antonov called to lie down, I fell to the ground, raised my gun and looked around for the direction of the bullet.

And those soldiers around the reaction is different, quick reaction immediately on the ground, and slow reaction, still holding a gun standing in situ in a daze.

There was another shot, and the second lieutenant standing nearby fell down. He was the platoon leader. I didn't ask him his name. However, he was not as lucky as the soldier who complained just now. He was shot in the chest and fell straight to the ground, then there was no movement.

From where the soldier was shot, I know where the bullet came from. I quickly turned the gun and pulled the trigger in that direction. Since I haven't used this kind of submachine gun for a long time, I shot out dozens of bullets in one breath. However, my shooting also pointed out the direction for other commanders and fighters. As soon as my shooting stopped, dozens of rifles and submachine guns opened fire in that direction. I threw the submachine gun that had run out of bullets and rolled it on the spot. I came to the wounded soldier, grabbed his rifle and aimed in the direction where the bullets had just come.

One hundred meters away, a figure flashed out from behind the tree and ran away quickly. I slowly put his back into the sight and pulled the trigger. With the gunfire, the figure fell to the ground.

I stood up and said to Antonov, who was still lying on the ground, "Comrade major, please send some people to have a look."

Antonov agreed, called on a few people, cat waist ran over there.

As soon as the major left, the deputy company commander, who was making the way ahead, and bulda, who had been cut off, came in a hurry. Seeing me standing safe and sound, bulda was relieved. After saluting, he asked, "Comrade division, what happened just now? Was it the German ambush?"

I shook my head and said, "it's not like a German ambush. Maybe it's just a lost soldier."

While speaking, Antonov ran back with a German rifle and reported to me, "Comrade division commander, there is only one German soldier. He may have lost his way in the forest." When he handed me the German rifle, he praised it heartily: "the gun you just shot was really accurate, one shot hit the head."

I took the rifle, put it on my shoulder, and said to a few people with an air of dignity, "keep going. Remind the soldiers to be careful not to be attacked by the Germans again. "

"Yes Several people promised to leave. I quickly stopped bulda: "Comrade captain, please wait a moment, this wounded man, get someone to bandage him. And the second lieutenant, the platoon leader, has died. Send someone to take his body to the truck first. "

As the troops continued to move forward, the speed of marching was still very slow. Because of the bloody fact just now, we all realized that it was not a bad thing to be careful, so no one complained any more.

In this way, it took us three hours to get close to the base of the zazanov guerrillas. Looking at the forest cabin dozens of meters away, Antonov volunteered and said, "Comrade division commander, let me contact the guerrilla comrades. I have been to this place several times before. Not only Comrade sasanov knows me, but also many of his soldiers know me. "

"All right!" I nodded and said, "when you see Comrade sasanov, tell him that we are here specially to meet general afanasiyev, and ask him to send the general out as soon as possible."

Antonov agreed, took his submachine gun over his shoulder and trotted toward the guerrilla camp.

Watching him go away, I turned and called bulda: "Comrade captain."

Captain bulda, who was standing at one side, heard me call him. He ran over and stood straight in front of me. Then he asked, "what's your instruction, sir?"

"Let the soldiers disperse and hide, and send out guard posts in four directions at the same time."

When Burda heard my order, he was stunned, and then asked: "Comrade division commander, why should we set up a guard? We should know that there is a guerrilla camp ahead."

Instead of explaining to him, I said coldly, "this is an order. Carry it out."

Burda reluctantly saluted, honestly let the soldiers disperse and hide, and issued a guard.

I squatted next to a tree and raised my telescope to observe the guerrilla camp. Soon I saw a lot of people pouring out of the camp. They were divided into two groups. There were seven or eight people at the front, including major Antonov, who was in charge of contacting just now. Dozens of meters away, there was a group of soldiers. Because their faces were blocked by trees from time to time, I couldn't see if there was general afanasiyev I was going to take over.

Major Antonov and the guerrillas in plain clothes walked more than ten meters away from us. Because they couldn't see anyone, he looked around strangely and cried out: "Comrade division, where are you? Why can't I see you?"

I got up from the tree and answered him loudly, "Comrade major, I'm here."

When Antonov saw me appear, he smiles, looks down, says a few words to a short fat man with black hair, and then runs towards me. When he came to me, he raised his hand to salute, and reported: "Comrade division commander, I have brought general afanasiyev, and Comrade sakanov of the guerrillas has also come. He wants to see you."

The short fat man quickly came up to me, reached out to me, took the initiative to introduce and said: "Hello, Mr. oshanina, I'm the captain of the guerrillas, Mr. sakanov. Nice to meet you here."

Holding his hand, I said in a friendly way, "Hello, comrade sasanov. Nice to meet you, too. Thank you for protecting general afanasiyev. On behalf of general meletzkov, commander of the volhoff front army, thank you. "

With these words, general afanasiyev and more than a dozen soldiers had already come to a place not far from me. I quickly released sakanov's hand and ran to the general. Running to him, I solemnly saluted him after I stood at attention, and loudly reported: "report to comrades of the military commissar, acting division commander of the 378th division, major oshanina, we have come to meet you on the order of general meletzkov, commander of the front army. I'm at your disposal now! "

General afanasiyev looked me up and down and said strangely, "aren't you the infantry battalion commander of the 327th division of our 2nd shock group army? When did you go to the 59th army and how did you become the acting commander of the 378th division? "

I gave him a smile and politely replied, "Comrade General, it's a long story. There are Germans near here. It's not very safe. Let's go back to the division headquarters first, and I'll tell you in detail. "

General afanasiyev nodded, went up to sakanov, held his hand tightly, and said gratefully, "thank you, comrade sakanov. I will never forget your kindness to save my life."

Sakanov said modestly, "Comrade General, look what you said. We are all comrades in arms. We should help you. Besides, it was Comrade vaskov who first met you in the forest. With his help, you can arrive at our station safely. "

The general nodded and said, "yes, if I hadn't met Comrade vaskov in the forest, my soldiers and I would still be wandering in the forest now. Where is Comrade vaskov? "

Vaskov, when I heard the name, I couldn't help picking up my eyebrows. I said that it would not be so coincidental. Did I meet the warrant officer here again?

I didn't expect that there was such a coincidence in the world. Vaskov, who was called by sassanov, was really the brigadier's uncle who saved me a few days ago. Bravely on the battlefield, he is a little stiff in the face of the general who thanks him.

I stepped forward and said to sakanov in a loud voice, "Comrade guerrilla leader, can you give me vaskov?"

As soon as my words came out, all the people were stunned, and everyone's eyes turned to me. Vaskov saw me standing in front of him with an irrepressible smile on my face. Sarzanov asked curiously, "Comrade division, do you know vaskov?" I nodded hard and said with a smile, "yes, Brigadier vaskov was my superior before he became a guerrilla. He once led me and the Germans to fight tenaciously. " When I said that, everyone suddenly realized. General afanasiyev asked, "major oshanina, where do you plan to put Comrade vaskov to work?" I pointed to the guard company standing behind me and said, "on the way here just now, a famous platoon leader died because of the German sneak attack. I plan to let Comrade vaskov take the post of platoon leader in the guard company."