Chapter 456

A new round of German attack began in the evening. In order to capture the position of our regiment, the enemy used a large-scale artillery group, the shells fell on the defense line like raindrops, and our army suddenly fell into a sea of fire.

As the two lines of defense were shrouded in smoke, the situation of the front positions was not clear at all. I frowned and said to Lu Jin, "Comrade captain, please contact the first battalion and the second battalion by telephone to see what's going on in the position?"

Lu Jin picked up the phone and yelled a few times, then raised his head and told him, "Comrade commander, I can't get in touch with you. Maybe the telephone line has been blown off."

I glared at him and said sternly, "what are you still doing here? Send someone to repair it immediately. We must resume contact with the frontier in the shortest time."

Lu Jin promised to run to the gate of the observation station and called out twice. Soon a second lieutenant came to salute him and asked, "Hello, comrade captain, do you have any instructions?"

Because the gunfire was too loud, Lu Jin had to shout out: "Comrade lieutenant, the telephone line leading to the forward position of the observation post may have been broken by the shell. You immediately send someone to check the line, be sure to restore the communication with the frontier in the shortest time. Go ahead. "

After the second lieutenant left, Lu Jin came to me and said, "Comrade commander, I have given an order to the platoon leader of the communication platoon to send someone to repair the line immediately and resume communication with the front position as soon as possible."

Two minutes later, a signalman ran into the observation post and reported to Lu Jin, "Comrade captain, the second lieutenant asked me to report to you that the telephone line has been repaired and can talk to the commander at the front line."

When Lukin got on the phone, he yelled, "a battalion commander? This is captain Lukin. Report on your battalion? "

A battalion commander yelled at the top of his voice: "report to Comrade captain, the situation is very bad. The enemy's artillery fire was too fierce, and several concealment units were destroyed. Although statistics are not available for the time being, I think the casualties are still very large. "

"Tell the soldiers to pay attention to concealment and minimize unnecessary casualties. Hello! Hello Lu Jingang said two words, and there was no sound in the microphone. I called out repeatedly: "Hello, battalion commander, battalion commander, can you hear me?"

Seeing this, I couldn't help frowning and said unhappily, "what's the matter? Has the telephone line been blown off again?" Lu Jin quickly put down the phone, rushed to the door of the observation station again, and yelled to the outside: "come on, check the line quickly to see if the line is broken again."

Just then, an enemy shell landed near the observation post and exploded. The air wave made the dust on the roof fall like rain, so that I had to close my eyes to avoid being fascinated by the dust. Before I opened my eyes, I heard someone shouting: "Comrade captain, what's the matter with you? Where did you get hurt? "

I quickly shook my head and shook off a lot of dust on my face. Then I tried to open my eyes and look at the door. I saw a soldier helping Lu Jin up from the ground. I went over and saw the blood on Lu Jin's face. I quickly asked with concern, "Comrade captain, are you injured?" The soldier and I helped him to sit down in the corner, and then called to the soldier, "Comrade soldier, go and call the health worker."

After the soldiers left, I asked again, "Lu Jin, don't you mind?"

Lu Jin waved his hand and said with difficulty: "Comrade commander, I'm ok, but I've got shrapnel on my head and I can't die. The soldiers of the communication platoon have gone to repair the lines, and I believe they will soon be able to resume communication with the frontier. "

There was a voice calling for a report from the door. I looked up and saw that it was a male health worker. I quickly raised my hand to greet him: "come here, comrade soldier. The captain is injured. Bandage him quickly. "

The hygienist squats down in front of Lu Jin, opens the medicine box, and takes out a pile of bottles and a roll of bandages. When he cleaned the wound with alcohol, Lu Jin bit his teeth in pain and snorted, which scared me to remind the health worker nervously: "take it easy, don't hurt the captain."

The hygienist who was cleaning the wound listened to me and stopped his work. Lu Jin saw that he was nervous, comforted him and said, "don't worry, comrade health worker. I can stand it. Go on."

After cleaning the wound and applying iodine wine, the health worker bandaged Lu Jin's forehead. As a result, he stood up and reported to me, "Comrade commander, the captain's head was only scratched by shrapnel. After treatment, it's all right."

I nodded with satisfaction, waved to him and said, "thank you, comrade soldier. It's none of your business here. Go back first. "

When I got through to the front line again, I asked a battalion commander, "battalion commander, what's going on with the enemy?"

The first battalion replied in a loud voice: "Comrade report leader, according to the report of the observation post, the enemy has been bombarding our position with artillery fire, but no trace of the enemy has been found in front of the position."

"Continue to observe and report to me whenever you have any information." Then I hung up.

I didn't expect that as soon as I put down the phone, biliukov called again. He yelled and asked, "commander oshanina, what's the situation over there?"

"Very bad, comrade teacher." With a sad face, I replied, "the enemy is shelling our regiment's positions continuously. Although we can't count the casualty data for the time being, I estimate that the casualties caused by the enemy's shelling are not small."

"I now give you the latest order. Once the enemy's shelling is over and there is no attack from the enemy's ground forces, you will immediately lead the troops to withdraw from the position and set up a new defensive position two kilometers later to cover the troops crossing the river." Biliukov's constant change of orders made me dissatisfied, but I didn't dare to complain to him, so I could only say politely: "Comrade division, it's very difficult for the troops to withdraw quickly because of the heavy casualties. Because it will take a lot of time to transfer the wounded. When we withdraw to the new defensive area, it is estimated that the enemy's large forces will rush on. If our regiment has no fortifications, it will not be able to stop the enemy. I suggest that the troops should stay in the existing area and continue to fight against the possible attacks of the enemy, so as to gain valuable time for the troops crossing the river. " Biliukov was silent for a moment and said, "Comrade oshanina, there are a group of political workers sent from the base camp by the river. They need to cross the river as soon as possible. If your regiment continues to hold on to its present position, the enemy's troops may completely bypass your defense area and go straight to the river. Then these political workers with little combat effectiveness will be in danger. " To tell you the truth, I don't like political workers very much. In my mind, they belong to the role of being less successful than failing. Now I want my troops to retreat to the open area where there is no danger to defend, to build a new line of defense and to cover them to cross the river. From the bottom of my heart, I am very reluctant. Perhaps after hearing that I had not responded, biliukov said in a more emphatic tone: "Comrade oshanina, maybe you don't know the details of these political workers, then I will tell you frankly. They were called from all the frontier regions and prefectures of the country. Among them, there were more than 500 senior officials and department directors of the District, prefectural and municipal Party committees, as well as secretaries from collective farms and factories and other party workers. Among them are the staff members of the Central Committee, comrade kirilov and Comrade kruglov, and the Deputy people's committee member of the state farms of the Russian Federation, Mr. stubov. They came to the group army to strengthen the political departments and form a strong core of the party in the group army. Once something happens to them, it will be an irreparable loss for us. At that time, don't say it's you. Even general trakov and I may be taken to military court. " Biliukov's words scared me out in a cold sweat. It turns out that it is so important for us to cover the people crossing the river. It seems that we can only carry out the order unconditionally. So I bit my lip and reluctantly replied, "please rest assured, sir. After the enemy's shelling is over, I will order the troops in the front to withdraw from the position and rush to a new defensive position to build a defensive position. And I will lead the seventh company and the guard platoon to stay and cover the retreat of the troops. " When I heard the name of the seventh company, biliukov was silent for a moment, and then said decisively, "well, we should build a defense position by the river as soon as possible to cover the political workers to cross the river safely. Finally, I wish you good luck and remember to come back alive! "