Chapter 382

The battle ended after dark.

While the troops were counting the results, long lost Capt. sholov, major atzenuk, lieutenant commander petrel and their political commissars came to my new headquarters in the church. Although they came to the headquarters for different periods of time, they came to the headquarters for the same purpose. On seeing my face, several political commissars rushed out a document from their briefcase and handed it to me.

I opened it and saw that they were all applications for awarding medals to soldiers who showed bravery in battle. In my impression, there should be a big difference between sholov regiment, the main force in this battle, and acenuk regiment and petrel regiment, the reserve forces, when reporting the list of meritorious personnel. Unexpectedly, on the application form I held in my hand, the number of meritorious persons reported by the three regiments was almost the same.

After I read their application patiently, I handed it to boroda, who was sitting next to me. Then I looked at the head and commissar of 1132 regiment, frowned and said, "major atzenuk, new commissar of zorotu, are you two reporting too many people? You know, although I transferred two infantry battalions from your regiment, they just took part in the battle as reserves."

Atzenuk and zorrotusin blushed with shame when they heard what I said. Zorrotuxin, political commissar of the Communist Youth League, said to me with a bitter smile: "Comrade division, we are wrong. Although the soldiers of our regiment only take part in this battle as a reserve team, if they don't get any honor, it will not only affect their morale, but also make it difficult for the team to carry them in the future. "

I slapped the table, stood up, pointed to zorrotusin, and said sternly, "what did you say? If you don't give the soldiers of your regiment the necessary honor, it will affect their morale and make it difficult for the troops to carry them. If you can't lead the troops well, what else do you want your political commissar to do? If you feel that you are unable to lead the 1132 regiment with your own ability, I will speak as soon as possible so that I can report to the higher authorities and let them send a new chief political commissar to take over your post. "

After I was angry with zorrotou, I looked at Lieutenant Colonel petrel and political commissar awakov of 1133 regiment again and said, "tell me, why do you report so many meritorious personnel to zorrotou

Awakov waved his hand and said, "it's not like this, sir. You misunderstood me. Although our division's troops are also reserve forces, they still made some achievements in counterattack, and several of them captured a German tank completely. "

"Oh, 1133 captured a German tank?" Because when the troops began to fight back, I came down from the clock tower. I really didn't know whether the reserve team would win the battle. So I turned around and asked boroda, who was looking at the application: "Comrade chief of staff, do you know this?"

Boroda put down his papers and looked up at me blankly, as if he hadn't figured out the situation, so I repeated the question again. He nodded his head hard and said definitely, "I know that corporal yeffim of 1133 regiment captured a German tank with three soldiers, and captured all the members at the same time." Then he took one of the many documents, handed it to me, and said, "the political commissar awakov wrote clearly in his application."

I took a look at it. It recorded in detail the whole process of how corporal yeffim led the soldiers to capture the tanks. At the same time, it also wrote a sentence: due to the bravery shown by the comrade in the battle, the 1133 regiment invited him for third class merit and suggested that he be awarded a military medal.

Seeing that I held the application for merit in my hand and did not speak, political commissar awakov's face became overcast. Maybe he was worried that I would reject the application. For a moment, I thought that although the 1132 and 1133 regiments were only reserve forces, they did not play a significant role in the whole battle, if there were no meritorious personnel, it would really make the commanders and fighters feel cold. Now that there is a real hero, let's make it clear. Thinking of this, I handed the form back to boroda and said, "Comrade chief of staff, I agree to corporal yeffim's application for meritorious service. At the same time, I changed the third class meritorious service to the first class meritorious service." With these words, I observed the expressions of petrel and awakov intentionally. They were stunned at first. After looking at each other, their faces showed joyful expressions.

I turned my eyes to shailov and his political commissar Gagarin, who had not spoken for a long time. I coughed and cleared my throat. Then I said, "chief shailov..."

Before I finished, Jiajialin, the political commissar of the Communist Youth League, had already said: "I'm sorry, sir. In today's battle, the soldiers of major gogasov's battalion were frightened by the German artillery because of their inexperience in fighting. Only in this way can some soldiers leave their positions because of panic. It's all my fault. I'm not strict with them. Please rest assured, sir. I promise you that in the next battle, we will not... "

"Not what?" I interrupted him, went up to him and hilov, and asked deliberately with a straight face: "Comrade political commissar, do you promise me that no matter how hard the German shelling is, no one will retreat from the position in the next battle?"

Gagarin blushed, nodded hard, and answered firmly, "yes, sir, I promise!"

I couldn't help laughing when I saw his serious face answering my questions. I reached out and patted him and sholov on the shoulder and said kindly, "your regiment soldiers did well in this battle. Whether it was the Caucasus battalion that blocked the enemy directly or the Boris battalion that went back to the enemy's rear to attack the German artillery positions, they all performed very well. "

"Serve the Soviet motherland!" Gagarin straightened up and answered me loudly“ I think, "the colonel sholov, who had not spoken for a long time, began," for all the officers and men of our regiment, they know their responsibilities. Even if there is only one person left, they will fight bravely. "“ I know, I know, comrade colonel. " I nodded at him and said, "although at the beginning, some soldiers were frightened by the fierce artillery fire of the enemy, they were panicked and even ran away from their positions. But when the company of guards led by Captain bulda appeared in front of them, they immediately remembered their responsibility, returned to the front line, picked up the gun in their hands and launched a deadly battle with the German invaders. It is because of the indomitable and brave fighting of these ordinary soldiers that we finally defeated the enemy and achieved brilliant results. " Just then, the telephone on the table rang. Boroda, who was sitting at the table, picked up the receiver and raised his voice and said, "I'm captain boroda, chief of staff of the acting division. Where are you, please?" Hearing the other party's reply, he immediately stood up, straightened up and said respectfully, "Hello, Comrade General. Yes, comrade division commander, she is discussing with several political commissars of the regimental commander about honoring the commanders and fighters who took part in the war. OK, I'll put her on the phone right away! " Boroda covered the microphone with his hand and said to me in a low voice, "Comrade division commander, it's the phone call from general kolovnikov, commander of the group army. He said that he has something important to tell you." I walked up to him a few steps, took the phone from his hand, also learned from him, straightened my waist, and said to the microphone in a loud voice: "Hello, comrade general, I'm acting division commander, major oshanina. I'm waiting for your order."“ Well done, comrade oshanina General kolovnikov's happy voice came from the phone. He said excitedly, "I've received intelligence and said that your" is good. That's a good idea. How many military medals and certificates do you need? I'll send them to you overnight. " I covered the microphone and asked boroda, "chief of staff, how many military medals and certificates do you need?" Boroda nodded and replied, "Comrade division, I have counted out that there are 21 collectives and 378 individuals who have rendered meritorious service. They need 120 military medals and 300 certificates of merit." I was startled to hear such a large number, but I immediately reported the data to kolovnikov. After hearing this, he gave another hum and said, "I'll send someone to deliver the military medals and certificates to you overnight. The celebration meeting will be held tomorrow morning, and I will personally preside over it. " Then he hung up the phone.