Chapter 466

Trikov saluted gordov with a livid face and turned to walk out. I didn't dare to neglect. After saluting the three generals in the room, I went out immediately.

Gordov's call is really a little puzzling. He called trakov from the front line to Stalingrad without saying anything else, just to ask why he allowed the troops to retreat. What he could have done on the phone was to ask his subordinates to give up their work and come to the headquarters for reprimand. It was so boring.

I walked out of gordov's office behind the angry trakov. The commanders who were still waiting outside the door gave us sympathetic eyes. It is estimated that these people have suffered the same fate.

Trekov walked out of the headquarters without saying a word. As soon as he got into the jeep, he ordered the driver with a gloomy face: "drive, and go back to the observation post of chilskaya immediately."

I saw in my rearview mirror that as soon as he got on the bus, I closed my eyes, leaned against the back of the chair and closed my eyes. I was also secretly relieved. After all, I just saw the embarrassed look of trikov being reprimanded. Persuasion, in front of the driver, a lot of words are not convenient to say; I don't want to persuade you. It seems a little unsatisfactory. Now that he has closed his eyes, I have avoided the embarrassing situation of persuading or not persuading.

Our car is going out of the car. I'm going to wait for trikov to calm down and ask him about my next plan. Unexpectedly, as soon as we arrived at the first checkpoint, we were stopped. One of the captains in the first car got out of the car and said a few words to the people in the inspection station, trotted to our car, raised his hand to salute, and reported to trikov: "report to commander, we are stopped by the soldiers at the inspection station. Although I have shown our identity and the necessary documents, they still refuse to let us pass. "

On hearing the captain's report, the closed eyed trakov opened his eyes, pushed the door open and went down. He scolded the captain and said, "Comrade captain, didn't you tell them that we need to go to the front line immediately?"

The captain replied bitterly, "Comrade commander, I have said all this, but the sergeant in charge of the checkpoint said that he was ordered to stop us."

Seeing that trakov was angry with his subordinates, I quickly pushed the door open and got out of the car. I went to trakov's side and said in a low voice“ Comrade commander, let me handle this matter. I'll go and ask what's the matter? "

Trikov nodded slightly and said, "go ahead and ask why the checkpoint stopped us. Remember, have a better attitude. Don't get angry with the soldiers. They are expected to follow orders. "

After listening to trekov's words, I couldn't help getting a little nervous, especially when I heard the last sentence, I began to think about what it means to act under orders, which means that their actions have been authorized by their superiors. They were ordered to stop our car. Was it because gordov suddenly wanted to investigate the unauthorized withdrawal of trakov's troops and wanted to send someone to arrest trakov, because he was afraid that he would run away, so he ordered the checkpoint along the way to stop us? This thought made my legs soften. Some of them don't want to go. They have volunteered to ask for their lives in front of trikov. It will leave a bad impression on him to retreat at this time.

I walked up to several soldiers at the checkpoint, glanced at them, finally looked at the soldier with the highest rank, and asked seriously, "sergeant, why do you want to stop our motorcade? You know, it's general trakov in the car. He needs to go back to the front line immediately to command the battle. "

The sergeant saluted me and politely replied, "I'm sorry, comrade commander. I'm also under orders."

"By orders, by whose orders?"

"It's an order from the garrison headquarters, comrade commander." The sergeant respectfully explained, "the order says that the checkpoints along our way, after seeing general trakov's motorcade, must keep them temporarily."

"Do you know why?"

The sergeant shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, comrade commander. I don't know. I just follow orders."

"Chief, maybe what you have received is the order forged by the saboteurs. I suggest you confirm it with your superior immediately, so as not to delay our business."

Listen to me, the chief hesitated, pondered for a moment, and replied, "Comrade commander, please wait a moment, I'll make a phone call." After I nodded permission, he turned and ran into the roadside guard box, picked up the phone and began to dial.

The staff sergeant put down the phone and trotted all the way. He came up to me and said solemnly, "report commander, I just called to confirm that the higher authorities have indeed issued an order asking general trakov to leave. Not only my checkpoint, but all checkpoints in the city have received the same order. That is to say, even if I let general trakov pass, he will be stopped at the next checkpoint. "

"Do you know why?" I asked the same question a second time.

Fortunately, this time, the sergeant did not answer that he didn't know. Instead, he truthfully replied, "Comrade commander, I just asked that the headquarters of the front army had an order to convey to general trakov. Because he was afraid that he would not be able to contact him on the road, he had to let the checkpoint hold him temporarily. At present, the chief of staff of the front army is rushing here with orders. "

Knowing why the checkpoint was blocking us, I went back to trakov and reported the matter to him as it was. After listening, trikov frowned and said to himself, "what's going to happen? You know, commander gordorf didn't say anything when he was in the headquarters just now. " When he said that, seeing me standing upright in front of him, he quickly said with a smile, "don't be nervous, comrade oshanina. There should be no big deal. Let's go back to the car and wait." In our anxious waiting, a jeep came along our way and stopped not far from us. The door opened and several people came down at the same time, including major general nikishev, chief of staff of the front army, a tall major general and a school level officer. Nikishev and the general came towards us, while the school officers went to the checkpoint. Trekov and I opened the door, got out of the car, and met nikishev. "How do you do, general nikishev?" he said aloud. I didn't expect to see you again so soon. " There was an ugly smile on nikishev's face, and he said in a strange tone, "yes, general trakov, I didn't expect to see you again so soon." After that, he leaned slightly, pointed to the major general beside him and said to trikov, "come on, comrade trikov, I'd like to introduce you to general shumilov, the new commander of the 64th army. General shumilov, this is your deputy, general trakov, deputy commander of the group army. " When nikishev said that, I knew that trakov was only the deputy commander. Just when I was surprised, nikishev went on to say, "general shumilov, as you know, the commander of the 64th army turned out to be general gordov. Less than one day after he took office, he was called to Moscow by the Supreme Command and was soon appointed commander of the 64th army. Therefore, the work of the 64th army has always been in the charge of deputy commander, comrade trikov." I thought trikov would be a little embarrassed. Unexpectedly, after listening to the introduction, he still looked indifferent. He also saluted general shumilov very generously. Then he extended his hand and said politely, "Hello, comrade commander. Welcome to the 64th army. " Shumilov also smiles, shakes his hand with trikov, then turns to nikishev and says, "chief of staff, thank you for sending me here. Please go back. I'll be Comrade trakov's car and go back to the front line together. " Nikishev nodded, shook hands with them one by one, and turned back to his car. By this time, the checkpoint had received the order from nikishev's subordinate, the school level officer, to remove the obstacles at the intersection and let our motorcade pass. I'm still in the co driver's seat of the trakov, so I can hear the conversation between the two commanders in time. "What's our next task, comrade commander?" trekov asked Shumilov said: "according to the operational order designated by the headquarters of the front army, we will carry out a surprise attack on the enemy at 2 am on the 29th, together with the 62nd group army, to annihilate two enemy groups in the upper buzinovka and Qier River areas. In order to achieve this goal, we will use the new reinforcement to our infantry 204 division and tank 23 army