Chapter 372

When the car entered the village, I asked the driver to stop the car. After vaskov got off, I asked the driver to drive to the division headquarters. In the car, I also heard vaskov's loud voice shouting: "no one is getting out of the car, keep going."

My car stopped at the gate of division headquarters, I opened the door and jumped down. The second lieutenant on duty at the gate of the headquarters, Peskov, immediately came up to salute me. As I saluted, I said, "Comrade lieutenant, go and call captain Gusev, Captain bulda and captain chumark. Move quickly!"

When I saw the second lieutenant trotting away, I raised my legs and went to the division headquarters.

Entering the headquarters, I saw boroda sitting at a table looking at the map. Seeing me enter the door, he quickly stood up and asked with a smile, "Rita, are you back?"

I nodded at him and politely replied, "I'm back."

"Here, have a cup of tea to moisten your throat." As soon as I sat down, he handed me a cup of hot tea.

I said thanks, took a sip of the tea, and then asked, "Comrade boroda, after I left, nothing serious happened in the division?"

Boroda sat down opposite me and said solemnly, "I sent sholov's 1134th regiment in the morning to collect all the remains of the soldiers who died on the way to the village of piatnica."

"Comrade chief of staff, you are right." As for his decision, I affirmed: "as long as conditions permit, we will bury the bodies of those soldiers who died." After saying this, I saw that he was still unhappy and asked strangely, "is there anything else? I don't think you're happy

He thumped the table with his fist and said angrily, "you know what? We were all cheated by our former division chief and chief of staff. "

"Ah?" Hearing him say so, I can't help but be surprised: "what's the matter, how did they cheat us?"

"Do you remember the last time we went to piatnica village, commander samoirov, then chief of staff, transferred eight infantry companies to us?"

I nodded hard and said, "I remember clearly that apart from providing us with eight infantry companies, there were also tank regiments, but there were only 11 tanks, and the rest were said to have been lost in the battle."

Boroda snorted heavily and said discontentedly, "any loss is deceitful. There are only 40 or 50 troops in each company that samoirov sent to us. But when I called several commanders one after another today to find out the strength of each unit, I found that the unit had not gone through any decent fighting and the reduction was not serious. Today, there are more than 140 companies with large numbers, and nearly 100 companies with small numbers. The reason why the troops we saw last time were seriously understaffed was that they were ordered by the chief of staff to draw only one platoon from each battalion to deal with us. "

When I learned the truth, I was stunned. The commander and chief of staff of the 378 division were too bold to deceive us. No wonder after the troops were assembled, they could have been transported by truck, but all the infantry were allowed to walk, which delayed our rescue operation in piatnica village. I also slapped the table fiercely and said indignantly, "this is too much. Do they dare to deceive others like this, and are not afraid to send them to the military court?"

"Other people have backstage, they won't be afraid." Boroda said with a wry smile: "you see, after they were relieved of their duties, they planned to be taken to the headquarters of the front army for disposal. As a result, the commander of the 59th group army, kolovnikov, came out and pleaded, and they were transferred to the headquarters of the group army."

Just then, a report came from the door. Boroda stood up and called out to the door, "come in!"

As he spoke, Capt. Gusev, Capt. Burda and Capt. chumark came in. The three men came up to me and raised their hands to salute: "Comrade division commander, commander of the guard battalion, Captain Gusev, commander of the first company, Captain Burda, and commander of the second company, Captain chumark, have been ordered to come and wait for your instructions."

Without waiting for me to speak, boroda asked in surprise, "Sir, do you have anything important to call them here?"

I stood up and saluted the three men. Then I turned to boroda and said, "yes, chief of staff, I called them here because I have an important task to assign." Then I went up to the three men and said to them with a straight face, "Captain Gusev, Captain bulda, Captain chumark, I called you here in such a hurry because on my way back, I got news that a German Eastern battalion was stationed in the north of piatnica village. The soldiers in this camp are all made up of those soft bones who have been captured and then defected. They wear our military uniform and attack villages and residential areas everywhere, killing our residents and isolated commanders and fighters. In order to ensure the safety of our division's defense, this enemy must be eliminated as soon as possible. "

"Well, sir, what is our task?" Asked captain Gusev, without expression.

"Now, Lieutenant vaskov is taking the soldiers in his platoon to the East camp to watch the enemy. I'm afraid there are too many enemies to cope with, so I'm going to ask captain bulda to take the other two platoons to reinforce them. And you, comrade captain, take captain chumak's second company and set up a defensive position behind the first company to take charge of the first company and ensure that they can withdraw smoothly after completing their mission. "

"I see, sir. Can we leave now? " Gusev asked politely.

I nodded and said, "go, comrade captain. Go and gather the team. Remember, to get enough trucks ready, we have to go and join lieutenant vaskov's forces as soon as possible. "

When the three left, boroda said with concern, "Rita, I listen to your voice. Do you plan to lead the team yourself?"

"Yes." I gave him a positive answer.

Hearing my answer, boroda waved his hand and said, "no, no, you are the head of a division. How can you take risks at will! I'll lead the team this time. "

Without seeing the scum of the East camp being killed, I was not sure. Therefore, I firmly said, "Captain boroda, the task of destroying the East camp is not dangerous. The camp we are going to attack is actually stationed with only one platoon. If there is a sneak attack, only one platoon of vaskov is enough. You see, for the sake of safety, I transferred two more companies to reinforce, and they are also the most elite security companies. You can rest assured that there will be no danger. "

Seeing that I was obstinate, boroda couldn't say anything more, so he had to cut off the topic and asked, "Rita, I'm going to have a meeting at the headquarters of the front army today. I don't know what to say?"

After I told him in detail about the deployment of the campaign, I said, "after the meeting, general meletzkov, commander of the front army, called me to his office and specially assigned us a secret mission."

"Secret mission, what mission is it?"

"Comrade commander ordered that our division's commanders and fighters should immediately take action to search for general Vlasov's whereabouts nearby, so as to see people alive or dead."

"But," said boroda with some embarrassment, "general frasov said he was missing, but you and I know in our hearts that he is most likely captured by the Germans. It's very difficult to find him. "

"Of course, if this task is not difficult, it will not be handed over to our division. You are the commander that the commander thinks highly of."

With these words, Captain Gusev came in again to report that the two guard companies were ready for departure at any time. I raised my hand to have a look. Only 15 minutes have passed. It seems that Gusev's efficiency is quite high. So I made a brief statement to boroda and left the headquarters with Gusev.

My reinforcements arrived in the village of piatnica two hours later. In the village, we saw two soldiers who were sent back by vaskov to meet us. They served as guides and led the troops to the swamp.

Gusev looked at the ocean in front of him. Some worried and said to me: "Comrade division, there is a swamp ahead. If we advance with light equipment, the problem is not big. However, heavy weapons such as mortars and heavy machine guns cannot pass through here."

As soon as I waved my hand, I said with disapproval, "if you can't pass, you can't pass. You stay and command the second company to build fortifications beside the swamp. If the first company is pursued by the enemy when it retreats, they will provide fire cover for the first company here. "

After giving Gusev orders, I looked at bulda and asked, "are you ready? Comrade captain. "

"Ready, ready to go." Speaking of this, he said with some embarrassment: "Comrade division, you don't want to attack the enemy through the swamp with us, do you?"

"There's no such nonsense. Let's go." I said, take the lead to go to the swamp.

My action startled bulda. He ordered two strong soldiers to help me follow the troops through the swamp.

Out of the swamp, we didn't go far before we met the guard post set by vaskov. He took us to the hiding place of the troops.

Vaskov took out a sketch that he had drawn, introduced it to captain bulda and me, and said, "according to our reconnaissance, the station is not a platoon, but a company. Because there were Germans nearby, their guard was very lax. There were only two sentries on duty in the camp, and the rest of them were sleeping in tents. Sir, you see, their tents are divided into two rows, nine in each row, and there are six people in each tent. "

Bulda looked at the sketch, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "as long as we kill the sentries, and then send someone to sneak into the tent and kill all the sleeping enemies with bayonets and daggers, it should not be a big problem."

When I heard bulda say this, vaskov didn't object either, so I nodded with satisfaction and said, "that's it. We'll do it when it's dark." I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It was only nine o'clock before the sun set in the sky, so I added, "let the soldiers have a good rest first, keep their spirits and take action."

They agreed in a low voice and went to deploy separately.

At eleven o'clock, it's dark, but you can still see everything 200 meters away with ordinary telescopes. Except for one platoon, the remaining two platoons, led by vaskov and Burda, quietly approached the camp from two directions.

Two German uniformed and helmeted sentries, armed with guns, slouched around the camp, unaware of the danger approaching them.

When I saw that vaskov had reached a tree only ten meters away from the sentry, he made a sign from a nearby soldier, with his palm on his neck, to use a knife to solve the sentry. The soldier nodded and approached the sentry quietly under the cover of trees and bushes. When the two sentries separated back to back, vaskov and the soldier came out of the hiding place, covered the sentry's mouth and put a knife on his neck. The sentry struggled a few times and his body collapsed. They dragged the corpse to the hiding place just now and sent out a signal to the soldiers who were hiding nearby. Then the soldiers stood up one after another, carrying their guns on their backs, holding daggers or bayonets, bending over and quietly approaching the barracks. When bulda led the raiding troops and vaskov joined up, they immediately divided into two teams, one team responsible for a row of tents. The soldiers were divided into groups of four. One group found a tent, lifted the curtain and went in.