Chapter 520

Before dawn, trekov and I got a call from shumilov. I could tell from his voice that he was a little panicked. He asked conventionally, "Comrade trakov, when will you be able to return to the headquarters of the group army?"

"What's the matter?" Trekov asked cautiously, looking at the large group of commanders sitting around him.

"It's hard to say on the phone. You'll go back to the headquarters with commander o'shanina immediately. I have something important to discuss with you." Then he hung up.

Trikov stood up and said to Colonel vosliboynikov, who was sitting opposite him, "Comrade Colonel, lieutenant commander oshanina and I are going to go back to the headquarters immediately. I'll leave it to you to take over the team later."

The Colonel quickly stood up, straightened up and replied loudly, "please rest assured, deputy commander. I promise to finish the task you assigned."

Trikov nodded with satisfaction, then turned to me, swung his head aside, and said, "come on, comrade oshanina, let's go back to the headquarters."

Back at the headquarters of the group army, shumilov was walking around the room with his hands behind his back, while the two military commissars were sitting at the table, smoking. The whole room was full of smoke, and the ashtray made of tins on the table was full of cigarette ends.

As soon as he saw him meet, shumilov came up like a straw, grabbed him by the arm, pulled him to his seat and said in a hurry, "Comrade trakov, you're back. Something's wrong." Two military commissars also pressed out their cigarettes and stood up to say hello to trikov.

Trikov gently broke away from shumilov's hand and asked, "Comrade commander, tell me. What's the matter with you in such a hurry to call me back to the headquarters?"

"Comrade trakov, you see," shumilov said to him, leaning down and pointing to the map, "as soon as he got the information, an enemy force bypassed our renok line from the South and made a detour to our junction with the 51st army. In this five kilometer gap, there was originally a company of the 51st group army defending here. Who knows that the company commander saw that the enemy was powerful and didn't fire a shot, so he took his troops and fled. "

When shumilov said this, trikov slapped the table angrily and yelled angrily: "you should call the commander of the 51st army immediately, and catch this coward who is afraid of life and death and flees in the face of battle and shoot him!"

Sheldyuk took over the topic and said: "just now, the commander of the 51st group army has been executed on the spot by the supervisor of the Ministry of interior. Now we have to consider how to solve this small enemy force wedged into our rear. "

Trikov drew a cigarette from the cigarette box on the table, lit it, took two puffs, pressed it out in the ashtray, and resolutely said, "comrades, from the present situation, the enemy wants to encircle and destroy us at all costs. From our side, we can't just defend ourselves, we can't just let the 51st army destroy this enemy. We have to seize the opportunity to fight back, you remember solov once said: it's amazing to win. We should counterattack, take the initiative and mess up the enemy. How about a surprise attack? "

"Surprise troops?" "What do you mean, comrade trakov?" shumilov asked

Trikov pointed to the map and said, "it's very simple. Let general biliukov's 214th division send a regiment under the cover of tanks and immediately move out. When the enemy's foothold is not stable, it will launch a sudden attack on them and wipe them out completely and cleanly."

After listening to trakov's plan, Abramov tentatively asked: "should we inform the 51st army and let them also send troops to cooperate. If they attack each other in two ways, they have a better chance of winning."

Trakov waved his hand and directly denied Abramov's proposal, explaining: "if the two army groups fight together, the chance of winning is higher, but it's too time-consuming. And now what we need most is time. When the enemy gets a firm foothold at dawn and there are planes to help us, our offensive forces will suffer heavy losses. " At this point, he picked up the phone from the desk and called general biliukov.

As for trikov, without the permission of the commander, he issued orders directly to the following division commander. Not only the two military commissars had a common expression, but also shumilov acquiesced. It seems that in everyone's mind, they all regard trakov as the real group commander.

When biliukov's voice came out of the microphone, trakov didn't show any politeness to him. He said frankly, "general biliukov, I have a mission for you. Do you have the confidence to finish it? "

Without hesitation, bilukov said, "Comrade trakov, please rest assured that no matter how difficult the task is, our 214 Infantry Division will guarantee to complete it."

"Well, since you are so confident, it's right to give you the task." On hearing biliukov's reply, trakov's face showed a happy smile, and he continued, "Comrade biliukov, listen, not long ago, a German army bypassed the lines of your division and the 229th division, detoured back to our junction with the 51st army, and occupied a position. Your task is to attack the unstable enemy immediately under the cover of tank units, and we must eliminate them cleanly. "

"Comrade trakov, please rest assured that as long as our 214 division attacks, we will never let this enemy escape. You will wait for our good news." Bilukov said confidently.

Trikov nodded with a smile and said, "well, general biliukov, I'll wait for the news of your victory. You muster your troops as soon as possible, and I'll send my messenger, sidtorin, to you as a guide. "

Shortly after the order was given, the chief of staff, Colonel Ruskin, who had expected to return in the afternoon, appeared at the headquarters. As soon as he saw that several major leaders of the group army were present, he immediately came forward to salute and reported, "report commander, deputy commander and military commissar comrades, I have completed the task of gathering the rout troops and I will come back to report to you."

When shumilov saw the chief of staff coming back, he was also a little excited. He quickly asked, "Comrade Raskin, is everything going well when you go to collect the rout troops this time?"

Raskin nodded his head vigorously and answered excitedly, "yes, comrade commander, the task has been completed very smoothly. Most of our scattered troops were hidden in the valley or some small villages. When they learned that we were going to take in small troops, they came to report to us one after another. This time, I have gathered more than 2000 soldiers with combat experience. "

"More than 2000 soldiers!" "It's good that you can take in so many people in a short period of time. These commanders and fighters can form another regiment," he said absently

Sheldjukla stayed in Ruskin and asked himself the question he was interested in: "are there any political workers and grassroots commanders in the troops he took in?"

Raskin shook his head and said regretfully, "I'm sorry, comrade military Commissar. There are really no people you care about. You know, after the troops of these commanders and fighters were defeated by the Germans, they broke out in small groups and lost contact with their superiors. "

"By the way, comrade Ruskin, come here. I have a task for you." When trakov saw Raskin talking with sheldyuk, he suddenly thought of the 20000 recruits in the 208th division. He called Raskin over and said, "Comrade Raskin, the headquarters of the front army has supplied us with 20000 recruits. They are now in the forest near the headquarters of the 208th division. You should hurry to contact the commander of the division, Colonel vosliboynikov. In addition to the independent division of lieutenant colonel oshanina, there are six other regiments. You take them all back to the headquarters of the group army. "

"Independent teacher? What kind of independent teacher? " Raskin asked in a confused way.

"Yes, comrade trekov, what's the matter?" Not to mention that Raskin didn't know the state, even shumilov asked blankly, "when was the independent division formed? How can I not know?"

Trikov waved to shumilov and said, "Comrade commander, I'll explain to you later about the independent division. The priority now is to let Comrade Raskin go and bring back the more than 10000 recruits first." Then he urged Raskin: "chief of staff, don't dally. Go to the 208 division. Maybe the commander, Colonel vosliboynikov, is in a hurry. In addition, pull a batch of weapons and ammunition from the reserve warehouse of the group army to the independent division. If they don't have weapons, they can't fight this battle. "

After Raskin left, trikov explained to shumilov, "there are 20000 new soldiers, of which 8000 have been selected to form an independent division, and commander oshanina will be appointed as the division commander."

Shumilov looked at me and asked trikov in a tone of disbelief, "Comrade trikov, do you think lieutenant commander oshanina is qualified for this position?"

Shumilov said that, which made me look very embarrassed. I wanted to explain, but I was afraid to make the commander unhappy, so I had to keep silent for the time being. Fortunately, trikov came out in time to help me out: "Comrade shumilov, I highly recognize the commanding ability of lieutenant commander oshanina, and I also think she is the best candidate for this position."

When he heard that, shumilov had no choice but to nod his head and said, "well, comrade trakov, since you have so much confidence in lieutenant commander o'shanina, I believe in your vision and let her be the military commander of this newly formed army. Besides, do you need to send political workers to this unit? "

Trekov shook his head and directly rejected shumilov's proposal: "this is not necessary. I believe that with the ability of lieutenant colonel oshanina, she can lead this army well."

As he was speaking, a communications officer came running in from the outside. He held up a telegraph and yelled: "Comrade commander, it's a telegram from general biliukov, the commander of the 214th division." I went up to receive the telegram from the staff officer. Before I could read it, I handed it to trakov.

After reading the telegram at a glance, trakov handed it to shumilov and excitedly said to us, "general biliukov is good. His troops have defeated the German troops that detour back to the rear of our army. They are now pursuing the remnant enemy."

With these words, seeing that the communications staff officer was still standing at the door, he waved for him to come over and said, "staff officer, call general biliukov back: we must wipe out all the enemies and don't let any of them run away."

After recording the order, the staff officer raised his hand to salute him and then turned to the telegraph room.

Mr. biliukov acted quickly and called again half an hour later to report that the enemy had been completely annihilated. Most of the enemy had been killed in the battle. Seeing that the rest of them were desperate, they were forced to lay down their arms and surrender to our army.

When he learned that our army had completely annihilated the German troops who had been returning to the rear, he grinned silently. Then he went forward and reported to trakov, "report deputy commander, I have brought back 12000 new fighters. In order to prevent exposing the target from being attacked by enemy planes, I've scattered them in nearby valleys and forests. At the same time, due to the rush of time, it is impossible to provide all the weapons and ammunition required for the independent division's troops in a short time, but only a part of the weapons and ammunition has been replenished first, and the rest will be replenished in two to three days. "

Trikov nodded with satisfaction and praised, "well done, comrade Ruskin." Then he came up to me and said to me, "Comrade oshanina, it's up to you. Go and take over your own troops quickly."

I stood still and said to him in embarrassment, "report to deputy commander, I don't know where to find my own troops."

As soon as he patted his forehead, trikov called out: "Oh! If you don't, I'll forget about it. " Then he yelled out, "sidtorin, where's sidtorin?"

When I heard trakov calling his Messenger, I knew that he wanted little sidtorin to be my guide. I immediately reminded him and said, "sorry, comrade deputy commander, I want to remind you that sidtorin was a guide for general biliukov to fight those Germans who detour back to the rear of our army."

Trikov chuckled and said to himself, "look at my memory, I forget such an important thing. Let's go. I'll take you to my jeep and let the driver take you

I followed trakov outside and saw his jeep not far away. Seeing us coming out, the driver came out of the car and saluted us. Trekov stepped forward and whispered something to the driver. I saw the driver nodding, guessing that trakov might be telling him where to take me.

Sure enough, trikov turned to me and said in a loud voice, "commander oshanina, get in the car. I've told the driver where I'm going, and he'll take you there. " After thanking trekov sincerely, I got on his jeep.

After the jeep had been driving for more than ten minutes, trekov's driver pulled me near a forest. Looking out of the window, I saw an army standing in a neat line on the edge of the forest in the distance.

The jeep stopped more than ten meters away from the team. The driver turned to me and said, "Comrade commander, when we get there, general trakov will tell me to send you here."

When I got out of the car, Captain xiejerikov came over, saluted and yelled: "report to Mr. commander, Captain xiejerikov, head of the new regiment, report to you. All the commanders of the independent division have assembled and are waiting for your instructions!"

After I returned the salute, I glanced at the team with satisfaction and said, "very good, all at ease!"

Shejerikov replied, "yes!" He turned around and ran to the team, shouting: "all of you, listen to my command, relax!"

I went to the front of the team and looked at the commanders standing neatly. I had mixed feelings. These 80 commanders were all the commanding force of my independent division.

I waved to everyone, said with a smile: "Hello everyone!"

I didn't expect that all the people were standing in the same place like wooden piles, looking straight at each other, but no one answered me, which made me feel a little embarrassed.

I had to shout to the leaders at the end of the line, "Captain chejerikov, Captain Oleg, Captain kosga, Captain Gaidar, come out!"

As I yelled, the four stepped out of the line and stood in a neat line in front of me. Their eyes were fixed on me, silent, waiting for my further orders.

I went up to captain shejerikov, looked at his belt and pistol, and asked, "Comrade captain, how many weapons have the chief of staff of the group army distributed to you?"

Shejerikov replied in a loud voice: "Comrade report division commander, Colonel Raskin, chief of staff of the group army, distributed US 84 pistols, 1000 rifles and 20 light machine guns. But there are too few bullets. On average, there are only five bullets per rifle and only 20 bullets per machine gun. "

I could not help frowning a little when I heard that such a little weapon had been distributed. I said to myself that Colonel Ruskin was so stingy and that such a little weapon was enough. Although it was just said that it would be added one after another the day after tomorrow, I can't believe his words. Maybe he will forget about it when there are many things tomorrow. No, I'm going to find trakov tomorrow and ask him to send us more weapons and ammunition, at least twice as much as now.

But in the presence of these commanders, I still have to maintain the image of the headquarters of the group army. I coughed as if I were talking to myself and explaining to them: "the group army has added 20000 people this time, but it can't give you so many weapons at once, so you should understand more. Bread, there will be; Milk, there will be; There will be everything. "

"Comrade division," Captain shijerikov took over my topic and asked, "what shall we do next?"“ What else can we do, of course, is to train your soldiers! They are all civilians without any military training. If they fight like this, don't they let them die in vain? Do you understand what I said? "“ I see! " Not only the four commanders in front of me answered my questions in unison, but also the 80 company commanders behind them answered me in unison.