Chapter 483

The loud bugle sounded, and the commanders and fighters of the two regiments jumped out of the position, shouting passionate slogans and pounced on the enemy with heavy casualties and chaos.

After the German aircraft's heavy bombardment, the original steel giants, now turned into a pile of scrap iron, burning in the broad battlefield. The end of the infantry of the two battalions was even more miserable. When the plane bombed, except for the troops of more than one company who entered the trench, the rest were exposed in the open land. When the German plane bomb fell from the sky, many people had not recovered. As soon as the bomb that could not distinguish between the enemy and ourselves exploded, the German soldiers near the explosion point were all bloody and crying. As soon as his plane flew away, before the German soldiers with heavy casualties began to treat his wounded, they saw the mighty Soviet commanders and fighters rushing towards them. The German soldiers who survived were scared out of their wits and gave a shout. Suddenly, people who could still move climbed out of the trenches or craters and rushed to the river.

Just now, when I gave orders to the two infantry regiments, I also made a call to lieutenant rozhkov of the artillery company, ordering him to measure the distance, block the enemy's retreat with artillery fire, and cooperate with the counterattack forces to eliminate the enemy as many as possible.

Without waiting for our infantry to rush up, the mortar shells of the artillery company had accurately landed in the middle of the enemy's line. In the open area full of craters, black smoke suddenly rose, which made the enemy turn upside down. After our infantry rushed up, they used their machine guns, submachine guns and rifles to sweep at the enemy, just like hunters hunting a group of rushing prey.

I calmly watched the commanders and fighters who rushed to the enemy like tigers down the mountain, and did not issue any more orders to stop the pursuit and return to the position, so as to prevent them from being killed by the enemy's long-range artillery fire, because the German tanks used to suppress us on the other side had been blasted into a pile of scrap iron by their own planes shortly after crossing the river.

Under the attack of our infantry firepower and artillery fire, these enemies who lost the cover of planes, tanks and artillery should not cry and cry. Except for a few who jumped into the river to escape, the rest were wiped out on the wide plain on the left bank of the Don river by highly motivated commanders and fighters.

"Yes, yes, yes, that's the way to fight this battle!" Seeing our army's one-sided victory, Colonel sarin could not help shouting excitedly.

However, the enemy's reaction was not slow. When our soldiers collected weapons and ammunition from the enemy's corpse, and just returned, he raised his right hand and shook it with me, then immediately released it. He was a little embarrassed and explained to me, "Comrade commander, you know, I'm the driver of Comrade commander. Sometimes I accompany him to some dangerous places to take part in one or two battles, That's how I got my rank. "

Just as he was talking, the driver's face suddenly changed. He looked out of the window and said, "Damn, there are enemy planes in the sky. Comrade commander, you have a firm seat. I want to get rid of this damned enemy plane as soon as possible. " With that, as soon as he stepped on the gas, the jeep speeded up.

Our jeep, which was driving at high speed on the uneven road, was soon found by the enemy plane. The enemy plane began to dive and drop bombs on us. From time to time, the bombs exploded on both sides and behind the car. The mud of the flying shrapnel clattered on the car body, making the tarpaulin clatter.

When the enemy plane dropped the bomb and failed to do anything about us, it circled over us a few times before it reluctantly flew away. Seeing the enemy plane disappear from our view, the driver and I were both relieved.

After five or six hours on the road, we finally made it to Stalingrad. Compared with the last time, there are more fortifications, more patrols, more checkpoints and stricter inspections in the city. However, there are still as many pedestrians on the street as before, which gives me the feeling that although the war is coming, the relevant departments have not done the work of evacuating residents at all.

The driver pulled me to the building where the headquarters was, and then said to me, "here we are, comrade commander."

I leaned over and took the submachine gun from the back seat, reached out to shake him, and politely said, "thank you, chief. Thank you for bringing me here." Then he opened the door, got out of the car, waved to him and walked to the building.

When entering the door, a second lieutenant on duty came up, stopped me, saluted me and politely asked, "Hello, comrade commander, what can I do for you?"

I hastily returned a salute and replied, "Comrade lieutenant, I have been ordered to report to the headquarters of the front army."

"Do you have a military card and a business card?"

I took out my military card from my pocket and handed it to him. At the same time, I explained, "I came here immediately after receiving the telegram from the headquarters of the group army. I didn't have time to apply for a business trip card."

The second lieutenant opened the soldier's card, looked at me against it, waved his head and said, "Comrade commander, please follow me. I'll call my superiors to confirm. " I didn't object to his proposal. I just nodded and followed him to the building.

The second lieutenant led me into the building and into a duty room on the left. He picked up the phone on the desk, shook the handle and said in a calm voice, "Hello, I'm the second lieutenant on duty at the door. Please connect me with general glikov, deputy commander of the front army." Because I was far away, I didn't know what the general glikov who answered the phone said. Anyway, the second lieutenant replied, "yes, yes, I understand, Comrade General."

When I put down the phone, the second lieutenant came up to me, handed me the military card and said politely, "Comrade commander, I have confirmed that commander gordov himself ordered you to come back. His office is at the end of the corridor on the second floor, where you can see him. "

I took the military ID card, said thanks to the second lieutenant, and planned to turn and leave. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by the Second Lieutenant: "Comrade commander, please wait a moment."

I looked back at the second lieutenant in doubt and asked, "Comrade second lieutenant, what else can I do for you?"

The second lieutenant pointed to the submachine gun I was carrying and said, "according to the regulations, you have to hand over your weapons first." I knew it was a rule, not that the second lieutenant wanted to make trouble for me, so I handed over my submachine gun.

"And your pistol." Added the second lieutenant.

Without saying a word, I opened the holster, drew the pistol and handed it to the second lieutenant.

The second lieutenant put his pistol and submachine gun in a cabinet on his desk, took out a notebook from his briefcase, looked through it, scrawled two lines on it with a pencil, then tore it off and handed it to me, saying, "Comrade commander, please keep the receipt. When you come out, come here and get your weapon back."

I went up the stairs to the second floor and down the corridor. Along the way, I met several commanders in a hurry. They looked up at me and saw that my rank was higher than theirs. They didn't stop. As they walked forward, they raised their hands to salute me.

Seeing this scene, I can't help feeling that the headquarters of the front army is really no better than the headquarters of the group army. Here, I am a stranger, and no one knows me at all.

Outside the office at the end of the corridor, at a square table, sat a baby faced lieutenant. Seeing me walking towards him, the lieutenant stood up and asked coldly, "what can I do for you? Comrade commander. "

I went up to him, stopped, and said with a smile, "Hello, comrade lieutenant. I have been ordered to report to the commander. May I see him now? "

The lieutenant looked at me and said, "I'm sorry, comrade commander. I didn't receive any notice that someone would report to him. So if you want to see the commander, you must make an appointment according to the regulations. Please leave your name, rank and position, and what's important to see the commander. Then when the commander has time, he will arrange to meet you. "

The tone of the Lieutenant's speech was entirely business like.

Knowing that it was useless to argue with the officer on duty, I shrugged my shoulders and wrote down my name, rank and the reason to see the commander on the register he handed me. After filling in all this, I returned the registration book to the lieutenant and asked, "Comrade lieutenant, where should I go to wait for news? You know, I just arrived in Stalingrad a few minutes ago, and there was no place to live

Although the lieutenant was old-fashioned, he was still warm-hearted. He picked up the phone, dialed a number and said to the microphone, "Hello, it's me. There is a female commander who wants to see the commander, but she has no appointment. Now she has to find a place to wait for the commander's interview. Can we arrange it with you? "

After getting permission from the other party, the lieutenant put down the phone and said to me with a smile, "Comrade commander, go to the first floor, go down the stairs and turn left. The second room is the rest room, where you can wait for the reception of the commander."

After thanking the lieutenant, I turned to leave. I didn't expect to see a short, Round faced, shaved general just walking a short way. I quickly let him to the side to make way for him, at the same time straighten up to salute him.

The general raised his hand to return a gift and walked past me in no hurry. All of a sudden, he stepped back, stopped in front of me, looked me up and down, and asked, "who are you? Comrade commander. "

When I heard the general ask me this question, I glanced at him again. After confirming that it was not the general gordov I was looking for, I respectfully replied, "report to general Comrade, commander oshanina. I have come to the front army headquarters to report to commander gordov on the order of commander trakov."

At this time, the lieutenant on duty came up, saluted the general and said, "Hello, comrade deputy commander of the group army, the commander has been waiting for you for a long time. He ordered me to go in as soon as I see you without informing me. "

After listening to the introduction of the lieutenant, I realized that the general in front of me was general glikov, deputy commander of the front army. So he raised his hand again and said, "Hello, general glikov."

Glikov gave me a forced smile. His smile was arrogant. He took the initiative to extend his hand. He shook it with me and immediately separated. He said, "nice to meet you, comrade commander." Then he waved his head to the lieutenant and said, "come on, comrade lieutenant, take me to the commander himself."

Seeing the lieutenant push open the door, respectfully invite glikov in at the door, and carefully pull the door, I turned around and went on, intending to wait for gordov in the downstairs lounge.

I didn't expect that as soon as I got to the top of the stairs, the lieutenant on duty came up from behind and stopped me at the same time“ Commander o'shanina, please stay. Comrade commander has orders. Please go to his office immediately

I went into gordonev's office and saw the gray haired general again. When I saluted him, he told me to sit down, looked at me with a smile and asked, "I said, commander o'shanina, didn't I transfer you to general korpakchi's 62nd army? How could you be in the 229th division of the 64th army? " General glikov, sitting on one side, heard the commander's question. He raised his eyebrows and looked at me with interest, waiting for me to answer the commander's question. Knowing that I was able to enter commander gordov's office so smoothly, general glikov played a very important role, so he gave him a polite smile before answering, "report to commander, the day I returned to the 62nd army, I was just in time for general lopagin to take over the post of general korpakchi." At this point, I pause to see if gordov has anything to add. Sure enough, gordoff finished, nodded and said, "yes, I ordered lopagin to be commander of the 62nd army. Go on“ After general lopagin took over the post of commander, the first order he gave was to blow up the floating bridge on the Koska River, so as to prevent the troops from withdrawing without permission. After the meeting, I was sent to the same encircled 229th division by Comrade gurov, military commissar of the group army. In this way, less than an hour after I returned to the 62nd group army, I was sent to the 64th group army again. "