Chapter 470

In the evening, we stayed with me and stopped several passing commanders and fighters to ask them where the commanders were, but they could not tell why. It took me a lot of effort to find a dejected major in the crowd. I grabbed him by the shoulder excitedly and asked excitedly, "Comrade major, are you the commander of the 208th infantry division?"

He looked at me, not even polite, just nodded and said, "yes, what can I do for you?"

I didn't care about his attitude and asked, "where is your division now?"

Unexpectedly, he sat down on the ground and said, "I don't know."

Seeing his virtue, I gave him a kick and asked in a voice: "what? You don't know, aren't you from division 208? What about your troops? Where are the teachers and commanders? "

Unexpectedly, he covered his face and began to cry. "It's over, it's all over. When the military train carrying our division just got off the train at kojernikovo station, it was suddenly attacked by German planes and tanks, causing great losses to the troops. Fortunately, the troops are retreating along the railway. No one knows where the division commander and the regiment commander are. "

When I came back to trakov, I told him the bad news. He was silent for a long time, then called me: "get in the car." After I got on the bus, I told the driver, "go to nebekovo and let me have a look. Maybe we can meet the army we are looking for there."

Our car soon arrived near the station where nebekovo would pass. I saw troops digging trenches from a distance. I quickly turned back and said to trikov, "Comrade commander, there are troops digging trenches in front of us. I'll ask what part of them are."

With trekov's permission, I got out of the car and trotted to the commanders and fighters. Our arrival has already attracted the attention of those commanders and fighters. When we saw that we were running towards them, a captain immediately came to me and asked loudly from a long distance, "Comrade commander, which part are you from?"

I went up to the captain and said to him, "Comrade captain, I'm from the 64th group army. I accompany general trakov, commander of the group army, to look for the 208th division. Do you know where I can find this army?"

The captain replied, "Comrade commander, we are from the 208 th division. Because our troops were attacked by enemy air raids and tanks, we lost a lot. I spread out the battalion into a line of scattered troops, facing south, and began to build bunkers to prepare for the battle. "

"Do you know where the division headquarters or the League Headquarters are? Comrade captain. " Trekov didn't know when he came behind me and asked the captain.

The captain shook his head and said, "Comrade General, I don't know where the division headquarters or regiment headquarters are. However, I learned from those who had retreated from the south that there were German tanks in kojernikovo, so I decided to occupy the defensive position to fight against the enemy's attack. "

"Good job, comrade captain." Trekov praised his practice and ordered him to stop the retreating soldiers and strengthen the defensive force.

After getting back on the bus, trakov said to the driver, "go to the chilekov station, where I think we may find the division headquarters or regiment headquarters of the 208 th division."

As we approached the station, we saw several military trains parked here. A lot of troops are getting off here.

Seeing this scene, trakov said excitedly, "look, comrade oshanina, I think this is the unit of the 208 th division. Let's go and have a look. "

We walked into the station and asked a few officers and men casually. It was the unit of the 208 th division. Although the news of the destruction of the four military transport trains in kojernikovo has not yet reached here, the railway subgrade and the surrounding areas of the trains are full of people, luggage scattered everywhere, cooking smoke and chaos.

Trekov and I trudged into the station office and found the station's military commander, a major battalion commander. Trikov gave him a brief account of the situation in the South and ordered him to send stronger troops to guard the two highlands near the village of nekovo. Meanwhile, the rest of the troops were quickly transferred away from the station, waiting for further instructions.

After giving these orders, trakov took us by car to the dairy farm two kilometers west of chilekov railway station, where he was going to set up a temporary headquarters.

After arriving at the dairy farm, the adjutant krimov just arrived here. He is commanding the communication troops to set up radio stations and prepare to contact the headquarters of the front army. Trikov ordered krimov: "adjutant, after the radio station is set up, immediately call the headquarters of the front army. The code name is" akustik. "

It's noon, and the sky is clear. In the town of dairy farm, besides us, there are troops of the 208 th division. Trakov never bothered to inquire about the whereabouts of the division headquarters from these commanders and fighters, but he got nothing.

Ten minutes later, Klimov reported to trikov that he had contacted the headquarters of the front army. When trekov and I went to the temporary headquarters, there was the roar of aircraft motors in the sky. I looked up and saw that there were three groups of 9-plane planes in the sky, coming straight to us from the north. From the appearance, these planes are all our own.

Trekov and I had just entered the headquarters when there was an explosion outside. I rushed to the window and looked out. I saw the planes bombing the train station and the military vehicles parked there. A fire broke out in the car and station buildings. A fierce flame rapidly spread from one building to another.

I turned and yelled at trikov, "Comrade commander, it's our plane bombing the station. It's our plane bombing the station." Trekov ran to the window and looked at it. Then he rushed back to the radio station and ordered the radio operator to send a message in clear code: "at the chilekov station, our plane is bombing our own army line!..." When the operator sent out the alarm signal, I found another nine plane formation flying from the north and began to drop bombs into the town. Then, they formed a circular formation and began to dive and strafe in turn. Just as I was staring at the scene outside in a daze, trakov suddenly jumped on me and knocked me to the ground, and then a bomb exploded outside our house. The brick and concrete structure of the house could not withstand the blast wave, and the roof collapsed first. Fortunately, trekov and I were leaning against the wall, and the beam slanted against the wall, forming a safe area. Trekov and I were safe. But the operator was not so lucky, he was killed on the spot, our radio station was also damaged, we lost the means of contact.