Chapter 496

Our jeeps slowed down and drove among the refugees. I didn't expect that more than ten kilometers later, there was still an endless stream of refugees on both sides of the road.

I turned and looked back. Trakov was reclining, his back in his chair, his eyes closed, and bandulin was looking out the window. I looked back out of the window. On the dusty roadside, the refugees were so tired and slow, as if they were stuck in the land. Seeing this scene, I could not help but ask in a low voice, "Comrade bandulin, do you know where they are retreating?"

"Where else?" Bandurin said solemnly, "evacuate to Stalingrad, of course."

Stalingrad, as soon as I heard the name, I could not help but feel a thump and worry about the future fate of these refugees. You know, in my known history, in order to prevent panic, Stalin issued an order not to evacuate Stalingrad citizens, which eventually led to the loss of precious lives of hundreds of thousands of citizens.

Driving a few kilometers further, the refugees on the roadside became sparse. I just wanted to ask the driver how far to get to the destination, but I heard him shout excitedly: "look, it's our army."

I follow the direction of his fingers to see past, only next to the fork in the road, is marching an army. In the front is a bright red flag guide, behind is a neat four-way column, those carrying briefcases and pistols of the commanders, are walking on the left side of the team.

I heard bandurin suddenly yell in the back, "Comrade driver, stop at the fork in front." After the driver nodded his consent, he said to trikov, "Comrade commander, it's the first battalion of the 804th regiment of our division. Thank goodness they're here at last. "

After our jeep stopped at the intersection, trakov and bandurin got off the bus. Seeing that the two commanders got out of the car, I could not stay in the car any more, so I had to get out of the car and stand on the side of the road with them, waiting for the arrival of the team.

The commander of the opposite team found us from a distance, quickly stopped the team, trotted to us, raised his hand to salute, but hesitated. It seems that he knew bandurin, but there was a general standing next to him. He didn't know who to report to.

Fortunately, bandulin released the siege for him in time, pointed to trakov and said, "Comrade captain, this is general trakov, deputy commander of the group army. Please report to him."

After the captain raised his hand to salute again, he reported to trikov, "report to deputy commander comrade, Captain Fei of the first battalion of the 804th infantry regiment reports to you that our battalion is going to the assembly site to join the division headquarters after a long journey. At present, the whole battalion is fully loaded and ready to fight. Please give instructions! "

Trikov nodded with satisfaction and said, "good job, comrade captain. We are going to fight a big battle next, and we need a new force like you. Well, you take the troops and move on. We'll see you later. "

The captain went back to the line and yelled the order. The team that had stopped was marching forward with neat steps. As they passed us, the officers and men all looked at us in unison. With a smile, trakov raised his hand to his forehead to salute the officers and men of the army.

Standing behind trekov, I calmly observed the soldiers marching in front of us. Although they were all tired and tired, when they passed us, they all walked with their heads held high in order to show their high morale.

At ten o'clock in the evening, we arrived at the division headquarters of the 229th division. Knowing our arrival, the commander, Colonel Saren, came out with a group of his subordinates.

After introducing his political commissar to trikov, sarin came to shake hands with me and said in a friendly way, "Lieutenant Commander oshanina, I didn't expect that we would meet so soon? How about this opportunity to stay in our 229th division? "

I didn't expect that trikov's ears were sharp. He immediately heard what sarin said. He came over and said solemnly, "Colonel sarin, I warn you, don't take the idea of lieutenant commander oshanina. She is the chief of staff of our group army command."

Hearing what trikov said, Saren said with a smile: "Comrade commander, I'm just joking. Don't take it seriously. Don't stand outside. Come on in

As I was preparing to enter the division headquarters, I saw the shadow of captain Lukin in the crowd who welcomed us. I nodded to him, and then followed Colonel sarren into the division headquarters.

As soon as he entered the door, political commissar truning asked the serviceman to bring tea and some food for trekov and me. He was a little embarrassed and said, "Comrade commander, when I first met you, I should have treated you well. Unfortunately, the division headquarters can't find anything good, so we have to let you pay attention to eating."

With a wave of his hand, trikov said, "Comrade political commissar, it doesn't matter. I can understand. After all, it's during the war. It's good to have food."

Just then, a commander came in from the outside and handed a piece of paper to Colonel sarren. After reading it, Colonel sarin pushed the paper in front of trakov and said, "general trakov, please see, this is a telegram from the headquarters of the group army. Let me go to the headquarters immediately and say that there is an important combat mission."

Trikov picked up the paper on the table, looked at it, nodded, and said, "since there is a combat mission, let's go together."

In this way, when he arrived at the headquarters of Colonel salen, he didn't even sit on a hot stool and had to rush to the headquarters of the group army. He said it was an important combat task, but whether shumilov had considered that all his troops were beaten by the German army, and he didn't know what else to do.

When we arrived at the headquarters of the group army, almost all the people who should have come came. After listening to their introductions, I was surprised to find that in addition to Colonel sarren of the 229th division, there were also division commander biliukov of the 214 division, Colonel lyudnikov of the 138 division, Colonel kuropachenko of the 157 division, senior colonel vosliboynikov of the 208 division, division commander klobkin of the 29th division, and colonel Smirnov of the 154th marine brigade, And the commanders of the 66th marine brigade and the 137th tank brigade.

Seeing so many heavyweight commanders coming to the military meeting tonight, I immediately put down my contempt for shumilov. It seems that he has made a lot of preparations in advance for this battle. Otherwise, it would be impossible to use the six infantry divisions, two marine brigades and one tank brigade in a complete set at one time.

When everyone was seated, it was Colonel Ruskin, chief of staff of the group army, who was responsible for explaining the combat mission. He got up from the table, took off his cap and put it under his left armpit. He used his hand as a comb to trim his hair. Then he put on his cap again and went to the map on the wall.

He picked up the stick leaning against the wall, lit the map and began to explain: "Comrade commander, according to the report of the scouts and the interrogation of the German prisoners, we know that the enemy has transferred their fourth group army of tanks back from the Caucasus direction and put them back into the direction of Stalingrad."

When people here heard that the fourth group army of German tanks had been transferred back, they could not help but look worried and began to whisper.

Seeing the tumult below, the expression on Colonel Ruskin's face became more serious. He tapped the map with his stick and said aloud, "be quiet, please be quiet, comrade commander." But his words didn't seem to play much role. The whispering below didn't disappear immediately, and it continued.

"Pa!" With a loud noise, trakov clapped his desk and yelled, "be quiet! Don't you know it's a meeting? No more talking. " Although trakov was only the deputy commander, his prestige far exceeded Ruskin's. as soon as he opened his mouth, all the people in the room closed their mouths. Seeing that the house was quiet, Cui said, "chief of staff, go on."

Raskin looked at trakov gratefully, and then went on to say: "at present, the troops of our group army have temporarily organized new defensive positions along the line of renok spardanovka orlovka, relying on the villages, and are ready to turn this area into an obstacle that the enemy can't overcome. The two regiments of the 371st division of the 4th Infantry of the German army have approached the renok area. Because of their rapid progress, they have become isolated from their main forces. The nearest friendly force to them was the Romanian Sixth Army near orlovka, 40 kilometers apart.

Our group army will counter attack the enemy, targeting two regiments of the 371st German division. According to the intention of the command's operational plan, we will concentrate all our forces to fight a war of annihilation, and strive to annihilate the German forces of the two regiments in the shortest possible time. The first echelon is the 214th division of bilukov and the 229th division of Colonel sarren; The second echelon is... "

Before Raskin finished, someone raised his hand. Raskin looked at each other and said politely, "what do you want to say, Colonel klobkin?"

Colobjin, the commander of the 29th division, stood up, looked at the map and asked, "Comrade chief of staff, I want to ask, if our army is carrying out counter assault against the enemy, and Romanian troops attack us from the flank, what should we do?" As soon as klobkin's words came out, it was like throwing a handful of salt in a boiling oil pan. Suddenly, the frying pan exploded and the room was in a mess.

I think klobkin's statement is very reasonable. Although Raskin didn't finish his words, I can also guess that their deployment was nothing more than leaving a small number of troops to monitor the Romanian troops, and the rest of the troops gathered to attack the two German regiments, eating each other first at all costs. However, I am very clear about the current situation of the group army. Although there are so many numbers, how many troops can really fight? What should we do if we can't eat each other's food and the battle is stuck?

In the face of the noisy scene, Colonel Ruskin seemed a little at a loss. Just when trakov was about to make a scene, shumilov stood up first. After all, he was the commander of the group army, and everyone was very scrupulous about his identity.

Shumilov stood up, went to the map, took the explanation stick from Colonel Raskin's hand, pointed to the location of Romania on the map, and explained his own idea to everyone: "comrades commander, I know you are worried about the army of servant country. According to the reconnaissance, the army is not full. After a long time of fighting, there are only about 6000 people left, which can be said to be a negligible force. Therefore, we don't have to worry about being attacked by the German troops when they attack them. "

"Comrade commander, comrade commander is right." Raskin lost no time to add: "we will concentrate our forces against the strong enemy. Once the strong enemy is eliminated by our army, the weak enemy will be frightened and even retreat without fighting."

When Raskin said that, after all, it was the Soviet Army's usual way to fight a strong enemy first and then a weak one. When we thought about it, we were relieved and did not express any objection.

At this time, I was thinking that the Chinese and foreign fighting methods were really different. If I had changed my command, I would have concentrated my forces to eat the Romanian troops first, solve the battle, and then turn my head to fight the German troops. Thinking of this, I couldn't help laughing.

My laughter was heard by Colonel smirlov of the marine brigade who was sitting next to me. He frowned and asked, "Comrade commander, what are you laughing at? Do you have any different views on the commander's military deployment? "

Sitting next to him was Mr. biliukov. Hearing the captain scolding me, he quickly came out to help me out: "don't hurry to say that, Colonel smirlov. Maybe lieutenant commander oshanina has some good ideas."

Trekov might have heard our conversation, too. He got up, went up to shumilov and whispered a few words in his ear. Shumilov looked at me, then nodded slightly. Then he announced in a loud voice: "comrades in command, now I would like to invite commander o'shanina, chief of staff of the group army, to tell you about her wonderful ideas."

Seeing that everyone's eyes turned on me, I knew I couldn't avoid it, so I stood up, straightened my uniform, and strode to the map. After saluting shumilov and trakov, he turned to salute the commanders present.

After all this, I picked up the explanation stick, pointed to the position of the Romanian army, and threw out my plan: "I think the main attack direction of the group army tomorrow should not be the two isolated German regiments, but the Romanian army. We should concentrate the forces of two or three divisions and eat them first... "

As soon as we said that, the following sentence floated up: "Comrade commander, if we attack the Romanian army and the German army reinforcements, what should we do? You know, when the German army was attacked, Romanian troops probably stood by. On the other hand, when Romanian troops are attacked, the German troops will certainly come to reinforce us. At that time, our retreat may be cut off by the German troops, and it is obvious that we are in a dilemma of front and back attack. "

"Yes! If the German reinforcements, our offensive forces will be surrounded

"It's too risky. In this way, the anti assault plan may fail."

His words immediately aroused a chorus.

Instead of knocking on the wall with a stick like Ruskin, I turned my hand behind my back and looked at you quietly.

Trikov stood up and pressed down. After everyone was quiet, he said solemnly, "comrades commander, lieutenant commander oshanina is a commander with rich combat experience. I will not say much about her command level among the commanders present. Please keep quiet and listen to her all her intentions before you express your own opinions. Do you understand? "

The commanders sitting below answered neatly, "I understand!"

Trikov nodded with satisfaction, turned to me and said, "commander oshanina, go on. Don't worry, no one will interrupt you this time! "

I gave trakov a little smile, then said with a smile: "just now, some commanders questioned: what if we were attacking the Romanian troops, and the German troops would reinforce us? My answer is, "I can't get it!" After that, I didn't see what your expression was, so I turned around and pointed to the map with a stick and said to you, "comrades commander, please look at the renok area where the German troops are stationed and the orlovka area in Romania, with an interval of 40 kilometers. It's a good place to set up ambush in this hilly area with a lot of hills. We ambush the next army here in advance. When the enemy's reinforcements attack, we will attack decisively and destroy them.

My plans for tomorrow's operations are as follows: first, the 138th and 157th infantry divisions and the 137th tank brigade are the main attack units, responsible for attacking the Romanian army, and the 66th marine brigade is the reserve; 2、 The 154th marine brigade and the 29th Infantry Division ambushed the German troops on the line from renok to orlovka; 3、 The 214 and 229 divisions continued to be deployed in the renok area, which constituted a deterrent to the German forces in the area and made them afraid to send all their forces to rescue the Romanian army. The 208 division, as the general reserve, is under the direct command of the headquarters of the group army. I'm done. Thank you After I salute you, I put down the explanation stick, went back to my position and sat down again.

My battle plan immediately aroused controversy. My familiar teachers, such as bilukov, Saren, lyudnikov, kuropatenko and kolobkin, firmly supported my plan. The unfamiliar commanders, however, put forward different views, especially the commander of the marine brigade, Colonel smirlov, who said cautiously: "this plan of lieutenant colonel o'shanina sounds very good, but when you think about it, there are still many shortcomings. If the German troops are attacked in Romania, instead of reinforcement, they will concentrate all their forces to attack renok, what shall we do? You know, we don't have any solid fortifications in this area. We can't withstand the fierce attack of the enemy. " As soon as Colonel smirlov's words came out, everyone fell into silence again, knowing that what he said might be completely existent.