Chapter 457

The German bombardment lasted a full hour.

As soon as the enemy's shelling was over, before I got through to the front line, trakov called. His voice was a little anxious: "is it Comrade oshanina? I'm trekov

I said politely, "Hello, comrade commander."

"Have you received the order from general bilukov?" trekov said

I replied, "yes, I have received an order from the division commander that our regiment withdraw from the existing positions, withdraw two kilometers, build a new position, and cover the political workers from the base camp to cross the river. At present, the enemy's shelling of our regiment's positions has just ended. I intend to observe for a while. If the enemy does not launch a ground attack, I will order the forward forces to withdraw from their positions one after another and rush to new defensive areas to build defensive positions. "

"Is there a lot of casualties in the army?" trekov asked

I don't know how to answer this question. Under the heavy artillery fire just now, even if we can't make statistics, we can guess that the casualties of the troops will never be less. Hearing that I kept silent, trekov on the other end of the phone also kept silent. Maybe he knew that his question was unnecessary.

I took a deep breath and replied, "Comrade report commander, we haven't contacted the frontier yet. During the German artillery bombardment of our position, the telephone line between the observation post and the front line was repeatedly broken, so our communication was repeatedly interrupted, so that I could not accurately and timely grasp the situation of the troops. " At this point, I hesitated a little, but I said what I really thought in my heart: "Comrade commander, I think it's probably the best choice to stay and stick to the present position with the current strength of our regiment."

Trekov, listen to me, he didn't speak.

I went on to say, "the troops suffered a lot of casualties in the shelling just now. The presence of a large number of casualties will slow down our retreat. Perhaps before we arrived at the new position, the enemy who came to attack had already come to the river. Can you give me the task of covering the political workers to cross the river? According to the soldiers' instructions, I came to the battalion command post. When I entered the shelter, the second battalion commander was shouting with his telephone desperately. Seeing me enter, he left the telephone and saluted me: "Hello, comrade commander. How did you get here? "

I also saluted and asked, "second battalion commander, how are the casualties in your battalion?"

The commander of the second battalion immediately replied, "Comrade commander of the report, the casualties of the troops have just been counted out. Nearly 200 people have been killed and nearly so many fighters are left."

I don't talk nonsense with him either. I directly ordered: "second battalion commander, just received the order from the superior, our regiment will withdraw from the position immediately. Go to the river Dayton to build a new defensive position and cover the crossing of friendly troops. You will immediately organize the transfer of troops and go to the regiment observation station to find captain Lu Jin to accept the task. "

The second battalion commander was used to obeying orders and readily agreed to withdraw without even asking why.

When he heard that I was going to the first battalion's position next, he could not help being nervous and quickly persuaded me: "Comrade commander, there may be unexploded shells on the way to the first battalion. If you go there, you will be in danger. Let me send a correspondent to give you the order. "

I waved and said firmly, "second battalion commander, you don't have to worry about my safety. Organize the troops to retreat immediately."

On the way to the first line of defense, I thought that more than 200 people from the second battalion, together with the seventh company and the guard platoon, could make up 500 or 600 people. As long as there are 100 people left in the first battalion, our regiment would be barely enough to fight a blocking battle. However, all the ammunition stored near the regiment headquarters could not be transported away. It seems that we can only blow up all the ammunition when we leave. We must not be cheap.

As a result, when I came to the first battalion, I found that the situation was much worse than I thought. As a result of the enemy's heavy shelling, the trenches here have been razed to the ground, the whole position can not see a moving figure.

I stopped and anxiously yelled at the empty position, "is there anyone else? Is there anyone else in the position? "

The guards behind me also called out in unison: "is there anyone else? Is there anyone alive? "

With our shouts, the surface soil on the ground moved. With little effort, more than a dozen soldiers came out of the ground. Seeing some comrades in arms, the guards ran up one after another to help them get out of the soil.

A few minutes later, in front of me, more than 40 soldiers lined up in two neat rows. On the left side of the line stood the former company commander, now a battalion commander. I went to him, looked at the bandage on his head, and asked with concern, "battalion commander, are you seriously injured?"

Unexpectedly, he replied loudly: "chief of the report, the rest of the first battalion are here. I assure you that as long as there is one man in the battalion, the enemy will never be allowed to move forward. "

At this time, the sergeant standing next to him told me in a low voice: "Comrade commander, the battalion commander's ears have been deafened."

After listening to the soldier's explanation, I couldn't help but be stunned. Only then did I understand why a battalion commander just answered the wrong question. I said to the sergeant, "I order the first battalion to withdraw from the position immediately, and the whole battalion will turn to the river Dun to accept the new combat mission."