Chapter 364

After listening to my arrangement, general afanasiyev said with a smile, "major oshanina, your arrangement is very reasonable. I think that if Comrade vaskov is allowed to return to the army, his ability can be better played." At this point, he turned to look at sassanov standing beside him, "what do you think? Comrade guerrilla leader. "

Sarzanov replied with a smile, "Comrade General, you are right. Vaskov is a comrade with rich combat experience. It is his greatest honor to return to the army. "

General afanasiyev asked me again, "Comrade major, what rank are you going to give him if you want him to be a platoon leader in the guard company?"

I thought about it for a moment and replied, "report Comrade General, I'm going to give him the rank of lieutenant." I pointed to my military rank on my badge and said, "I have heard Comrade vaskov's subordinates say before that if he stayed in the front-line forces all the time, he would be at least a major now. To be honest, according to what I know about vaskov, with his ability, it's not a problem to be a commander or something. It's a pity that I'm just a major now. It's impossible to promote him to a higher rank. "

The general waved his hand and said with disapproval, "Comrade oshanina, your current rank is only temporary. Otherwise, I think you will get a promotion. Then you can give Comrade vaskov a higher rank." After that, he reached out to sasanov and said, "Comrade sasanov, thank you for your warm hospitality. Let's say goodbye. See you later."

"See you later!"

Seeing them saying goodbye, I beckoned to vaskov, who was standing beside me grinning, to come over. He trotted up to me, raised his hand and respectfully reported: "Comrade division, Lieutenant vaskov, the platoon leader of the guard company, will report to you and wait for you..."

Before he finished, I interrupted him and said, "come on, Feijia. After all, we've fought together. You and I don't have to be so polite. "

"However, according to the regulations..." when he wanted to explain a few words, I called captain bulda, the company commander of the guard company, and pointed to vaskov and said, "Comrade captain, come to meet the new second platoon commander, Lieutenant vaskov." Then he introduced the company commander to vaskov: "Comrade vaskov, this is your immediate superior, Captain bulda, the company commander of the guard company."

After listening to my introduction, vaskov immediately saluted bulda and reported it as required by the regulations.

After general afanasiyev and sarzanov said goodbye, he came to me and asked in a deliberative tone, "Comrade oshanina, I'm ready to go?"

"Yes, Comrade General." I promised, and then told Burda, who was standing beside me, "Comrade captain, we should divide the army into three parts just as we did when we came here. The deputy company commander and the first platoon opened the way in the front, while the second platoon and I were in the middle, responsible for protecting the general's safety; And you're at the back

General afanasiyev and I were walking in the middle of the line. At the beginning, neither of us spoke. After a moment's silence, the general suddenly asked, "major oshanina, is there any whereabouts of general Vlasov, commander of the group army?"

"Probably captured." I replied faintly.

"What? Captured? " The general's loud voice attracted the attention of the soldiers around him. Everyone looked back at him and went on“ How could they be captured? " He asked me in a low voice, "did you hear it or see it with your own eyes?"

I answered softly, "after I escaped from the siege, I went to the village of piatnica, where Vlasov's headquarters were at that time." At this point, I hesitated for a moment. Instead of saying that Vlasov ordered the troops to surrender, I said vaguely: "later, the village was surrounded by the Germans, and all the people in the village should have been captured, because when I drove by with the troops the next day, the whole village was empty."

"Wait a minute, there's a place I don't understand." General afanasiyev recognized the flaw in my answer and asked, "you don't mean that the village is surrounded by the Germans. All the people in the village are captured. I want to know, how did you get out? "

Hearing this question, I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat. As for how to answer him, I thought about it again and again, and decided to be honest: "coincidentally, I met my lost son in the village, and I escaped from the German encirclement with him."

General afanasiyev sneered twice and said in a sarcastic tone, "the Germans are really nice to you. No one stopped you and let you leave the village so swaggeringly."

"Yes, Comrade General." I knew that I had to make it clear to him, otherwise there would be endless troubles in the future. I explained with a wry smile: "when I went out of the village with my child, I tore off my rank. In addition, my uniform was torn to pieces when I broke through the siege for the first time. In the eyes of those Germans, I was a refugee. Of course, as I was about to escape from the German siege, I was stopped by several German soldiers. Fortunately, at that time, the children were more clever and began to cry, which made the German commander frown. He thought we were refugees and let us go

The general frowned. Instead of continuing to dwell on this topic, he asked another question: "aren't you in the 327th division of Colonel anchufiev? Why don't you go to the 378th division without your own troops? "

It's good that he didn't mention it. I got angry when he mentioned it. So I said angrily, "why did you go to the 378th division? It's not because of general privalov."“ General privalov?! What's the matter with him? " I snorted heavily, and then began to tell him about general privalov: "our 327th division was the vanguard of the breakout. I led my battalion along the narrow gauge railway and broke through the three German lines. After breaking through the third line of defense, I found that the narrow gauge railway passes through the middle of the two highlands. If no troops are left to garrison in the highlands on both sides, once the Germans launch a counter offensive to occupy the Highlands, only a few machine guns or mortars can seal up the gap we opened. " The general said thoughtfully, "I've been to the place you said. At that time, the German army had occupied the highlands on both sides again. Their mortar and machine gun fire caused huge losses to our army. I took the troops to rush twice, but I didn't rush past. I had to retreat and enter the forest to find a new route to break through the encirclement. " At this point, he was angry and fierce, and almost asked, "I want to ask you, since you find the importance of the highlands on both sides, why don't you keep the troops?"“ After breaking through the line of defense, I immediately ordered all the soldiers to enter the position and repair the fortifications in case the Germans could attack at any time. " I said lightly, "I only have more than 400 people, but I have to guard two highlands. As soon as the fortification was completed, the Germans launched an attack on our position. Under our tenacious resistance, the German attack failed. Shortly after the battle, Colonel anchufiev came with his troops. I'm very happy to see the main force of the division coming, because there will be enough troops to attack the Germans and drive them further away from our passage. I didn't expect that with colonel anchufiev, there was general privalov. My request for the division to leave enough troops to attack the Germans was rejected by general privalov, who thought that we should move on rather than stay to defend against possible German attacks. Shortly after general privalov's departure, one day Colonel tsoulif's 58th infantry brigade arrived. He heard me explain the importance of the highlands. Without saying a word, he immediately transferred the artillery battalion and a infantry regiment to my command and prepared to cooperate with my troops to launch an attack on the Germans. Unexpectedly, just a few minutes before the beginning of the attack, he received an order from the headquarters of the group army, asking him to quickly lead his troops to move into the miasnebor area. The orders of the superior can not be violated. He can only withdraw all the troops under my command from the fighting and transfer them to the designated areas. "“ Let's move the troops into myasnabor? " General afanasiyev frowned and thought for a moment, saying: "I have the impression that the command of the group army received a telegram from general privalov, saying that the breakout troops had encountered with the Germans and that there was a fierce battle. He was short of troops and asked for reinforcements, so he gave such an order to zhicaoliv." I said to him bitterly, "Comrade General, do you know? Because of this order, the attack that was ready had to be cancelled. Shortly after the departure of Colonel zhicaoliv's troops, the troops defending the other side of the highland were transferred by the order of Colonel anchufiev. I was the only one left to guard the highland. You know, I have more than 100 people, not to mention the offensive, but the defenders are not enough After hearing this, the general said solemnly: "if what you said is true, I will apply to general meletskov, commander of the front army. Since general privalov's behavior has seriously endangered the safety of the breakout forces, I suggest that he be sent to the military court for examination and approval." When I heard the general say that, my anger calmed down a lot, so I changed the topic and asked, "Comrade General, when I heard that the headquarters of the group army broke through the encirclement, it was divided into three groups. Besides you and general Vlasov's team, do you know the whereabouts of the deputy commander, general alfiliev, and the reconnaissance chief, Colonel Rogoff? " General afanasiyev shook his head and said, "I don't know. Not to mention the other two groups, even the chief of staff, Colonel vinogoladov, who broke through with me, was separated in the battle. " With these words, Antonov ran to us, stood at attention, and reported to general afanasiyev, who had the highest rank, "Comrade General, we have joined the second company of the left behind guards. The car is waiting by the side of the road. Please get on the bus."