Chapter 407

When I knew that I had chosen the wrong army, I was so sorry that I was so green that I wanted to slap myself in the face. As a passer-by, I am very clear that the whole city of Stalingrad is a huge mill of flesh and blood. There will be millions of soldiers and civilians who lost their lives during the campaign and chose the wrong troops and commanders. It is unknown whether they can save their lives, let alone make contributions. At the thought of this, I feel extremely depressed.

Zhukov was speaking vigorously. He found that I didn't have any response here, so he stopped and looked around. Seeing that I was out of my wits, his face sank and he asked unhappily, "what's the matter with you, Rita? Why are you so listless?"

Of course, I couldn't tell him that I was so depressed because I found out that I had chosen the wrong army. I could only force myself to be happy and perfunctory. He said, "senior general, I'm sorry. Maybe I'm a little dizzy because I've only been in the car for more than ten hours. But it doesn't matter. Please go on

Zhukov asked me to sit down at the table, poured a cup of hot tea in front of me, and then continued to introduce the situation of Stalingrad to me: "on July 16, about a battalion of German troops entered the cherneshevskaya morozovsksk region. The next day, the vanguard of the 62nd army, who had just arrived here, immediately launched an attack on the enemy and successfully repulsed them, preventing the German plot to set up an offensive starting position in this area. "

I took my cup, sipped it gently, looked at the map and asked Zhukov, "senior general, I want to know how many troops are there in the 62nd army?"

Zhukov picked up a notebook on his desk, opened it, just looked at it casually, and quickly replied, "before July 16, the 62nd group army had five infantry divisions, three cannon regiments, seven anti tank annihilator regiments, one mortar regiment, four rocket artillery regiments, one rocket artillery regiment, one antiaircraft artillery regiment, one Zhouqiao battalion, and three engineering barracks. In order to enhance the combat effectiveness of this army, the Supreme Command transferred the 131st infantry division of Col. jahua, the 112th infantry division of Col. Sologub and the 196th infantry division of Col. avelin into the combat sequence of the group army on the 17th. "

If we hear that there are eight infantry divisions and so many artillery regiments to launch an attack, our strength may be a little weak, but it is more than enough to fight a defensive battle. Thinking about this, I felt a lot more at ease. I put down my tea cup, stood up and asked Zhukov, "Comrade General, shall I go to the 62nd army now?"

Zhukov waved his hand and said, "don't worry. You must be tired after a night's drive to the headquarters. Go to rest first. I'll leave in the afternoon. I'll let captain alatoli take you to the post." After that, without waiting for me to make a statement, he went to the door, opened the door, and said to the major on duty outside, "Comrade major, please take Comrade o'shanina to have a rest and call her when you leave in the afternoon."

The major agreed, went to the door, nodded to me in a friendly way, and said politely, "major o'shanina, please follow me. The rest room is nearby."

After I went out, I turned to say goodbye to Zhukov. He took my hand and said, "Rita, go and have a rest. I'll let captain aratori call you in time. You can go straight ahead later. You don't have to say goodbye to me. "

I understood that he was too busy to be distracted by such trivial matters, so I nodded understandably. After releasing his hand, I saluted again and then followed the major to the nearby lounge.

Because the road from Leningrad was so bad, and aratori's car was driving too fast, I couldn't rest at all. Now I finally came to a place where I could sleep, and my sleepiness also came up. I went to bed with my clothes. In a few minutes at most, I went to sleep.

When I was sleeping soundly, I felt that someone was shaking my body hard. At the same time, I kept shouting: "Comrade major, wake up! Comrade major, wake up

I hazily opened my eyes and saw a chubby female soldier standing in front of me with an anxious look on her face. When I woke up, her face immediately brightened. Before I could speak, she said, "Comrade major, Captain alatory is waiting for you outside. I've been ordered to call you. He said, "please hurry up. We're going to start soon."

I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It was already one o'clock at noon. That is to say, I had slept for five hours unconsciously. I quickly sat up and said politely to the female soldier, "thank you, comrade soldier."

The female soldier said, "you're welcome. This is what I should do." Then he pointed to a small door beside him and said, "Comrade commander, I'll tell captain alatory that you've got up. That's the bathroom. Go wash first. " Then she opened the door and went out.

As soon as the female soldiers came out of the room, I immediately got out of bed and went to the bathroom next to them to wash. Back in my bedroom, I looked around and saw that I didn't pull anything down. Then I opened the door and walked out.

Aratori and his jeep were parked at the door. As soon as I got into the co pilot's seat, the car started.

With yesterday's lesson, shortly after the car started, I specially told him, "Comrade captain, if the road condition is bad, the car should not drive too fast. Yesterday, I bumped on this car for more than ten hours, and it almost broke me up. "

With a slight blush, aratori replied, "don't worry, comrade major, it won't happen again as it was yesterday. Although it is 600 or 700 kilometers away from Stalingrad, the road is relatively complete as a whole because it is rarely bombed by German planes. "

"When will it arrive?"

"It's one o'clock in the afternoon, and it's estimated that we'll be able to get to Tambov by five o'clock. We took a break there, had some food, refuelled the car, and then went on to Stalingrad. If there is no accident, we will be able to reach the headquarters of the 62nd army in kamesh village at about two o'clock in the morning. "

The road to the south is indeed easier than that from Leningrad to Moscow. Perhaps, as the captain said, it is seldom attacked by German planes, so the integrity of the road and the smooth traffic can be maintained.

Around ten in the evening, we passed a small city. I can't feel the atmosphere of war here. I can even see people shopping and children playing on the street.

Alatory stopped at the door of a food store and said to me, "Comrade major, please wait for me for a while. I'll go in and buy something to eat, so that I won't be hungry on the road and can't find something to eat later."

When alatory went shopping, an old lady stopped by the car. She looked at me in the car and asked curiously, "Comrade soldier, where are you going?"

To the old lady's question, I got out of the car and politely replied, "go to Stalingrad."

"Stalingrad, it's less than 200 kilometers from here. It's only a few hours' drive."

I looked around and looked at those carefree pedestrians on the street. I couldn't help asking the old lady curiously, "Why are people so idle that they don't build fortifications in the city? Are they not afraid of the Germans coming? "

"The Germans are here?" When the old lady heard me say this, she suddenly became serious: "Comrade soldier, do you have such an idea? To put it better, this is a ridiculous idea. To put it worse, it is a manifestation of defeatism. You know, we have so many troops. Even if the Germans are fierce, they will be blocked by our troops. They don't want to get to this city. " Then the old lady walked away, leaving me in a daze.

Fortunately, at this time, alatory came back from shopping and asked me to get on the bus, so I was liberated from the embarrassing situation.

After the car started, I repeated the conversation with the old lady to alatory. I didn't expect that alatory said with disapproval: "Comrade major, this is not strange. Even the Supreme Command recently confirmed that the Germans would attack Stalingrad. It is not surprising that ordinary people do not understand the situation. "

"But, comrade captain, you see, there is no defense in this city. Once the Germans fight, they can almost take the city without a fight. "

"Comrade major." Alatory's face became gloomy. He said in an emphatic tone: "although I don't know why there are no military facilities in this city, even ordinary citizens won't watch the Germans occupy their own city. They will spontaneously arm themselves and fight against the aggressors who are armed to the teeth until the last moment."

I wanted to argue with him, but he didn't understand the historical development in the future. There was no point in arguing with him, so I closed my mouth and looked at the scenery outside the window.

Aratori told me that if things go well, we can get to carmesh village at 2 a.m. I didn't expect our car to enter carmesh village before a little bit.

There was a checkpoint with fortifications at the entrance of the village. We saw our car passing by. A soldier with a submachine gun and two signal flags in his hand walked out of the bunker, waved the flag desperately and ordered us to stop. After driving a little further, alatory parked his car on the side of the road. After the fire was turned off, he took out a cigarette and lit it. He quietly waited for the soldiers on duty to come and check.

The flag speaking soldier, with two other soldiers, came to alatory. After looking inside the car, he asked warily, "Comrade captain, where are you from?"

"I'm from the western front command. Here's my identification." With that, he took out his certificate from his coat pocket and handed it to him. I paid special attention to the soldier's rank and found that it was a sergeant. The sergeant took alatory's identification, looked at it, gave it back to him, and continued to ask, "what are you doing here?"

Aratori pointed to me and said, "I was ordered to send this major oshanina to the 62nd army headquarters. Where is your headquarters? I need to see major general kolpakchi immediately. "

"You two, go and remove the roadblock." After giving the order, the sergeant grabbed the door, stood on the pedal, and said to alatory, "Comrade captain, drive. I'll take you to the headquarters of the group army."

Under the guidance of the sergeant, our car soon stopped in front of a stone building. The sergeant jumped off the pedal of the car, went to the guard on duty at the door and said a few words. Then he turned to us and called, "Comrade commander, this is the headquarters of the group army. You can go in."

When I got out of the car and walked inside with aratori, I was still muttering that the security work of the headquarters was so bad that the sentinel at the gate put us in without even asking us. If we were a special forces unit sent by the German, we would easily lose the headquarters. Aratori, who had obviously been to the place, came to the door of an open room with great skill and raised his voice for a report. When we were called in, alatory turned to me and said, "come on, comrade major, let's go in. Major general kolpakchi and his military commissar are in it. "