Chapter 530

I can't help shivering when I hear Titov's cold, emotionless voice. He turned to look at jitov, who was tense and serious. It seemed that he was not joking with me, but seriously asking for my advice.

I turned my head and looked at mihayev again. He obviously heard what jitov said just now. Seeing that my eyes turned to him, he immediately stepped back nervously, and then asked, "Comrade division, I seem to hear this political commissar say that he wants a gun... To shoot me, right?" Although he tried to keep calm, he could still hear the tone of his voice changing because of nervousness.

I looked at Mikhail with my back and asked coldly, "shoot you?! Comrade engineer, please tell me why I want to shoot you? "

I didn't expect that when I said this, he not only didn't relax, but also became more nervous. He hesitated for a moment, and then said, "because I was... Captured... By the Germans, and you can see that it was not me... I escaped... But the Germans who took the initiative to release me." With these words, he leaned forward slightly, his arms drooped naturally, his fingers stuck to the seams of his trousers, and his head lowered deeply, so he did not dare to look up at us again.

Looking at his confession posture, which was obviously formed in the concentration camp, I couldn't help feeling sad for him. I sighed and comforted him, saying, "Comrade mihayev, I will neither shoot you nor hand you over to the supervisor of the Ministry of interior. I'm here to look for your whereabouts besides reconnaissance. Now that I've found you, I'll take you back to the independent division safely. "

"Is it true? Sir, are you really not going to shoot me or send me to the internal affairs department? " Mikhail looked up at me and asked tentatively.

"Yes, comrade engineer." I became a little impatient with his suspicious attitude. I looked at him discontentedly and added: "I repeat for the last time, as long as you don't run away or rebel to the enemy because you are afraid of death in the battlefield, no matter what happens, I will guarantee your safety." With that, I walked out of the forest without looking back, intending to see if Gaidar's drawing work had been completed.

As soon as he walked out, he was stopped by Titov from behind. He ran up to me quickly and said sternly, "commander oshanina, wait a minute."

I stopped, looked at him and asked, "Comrade political commissar, what can I do for you?" In fact, I asked this question clearly. He stopped me now, not to ask me how the reconnaissance mission was going, but to talk with me about how to deal with Mikhail.

His voice rose a few degrees, and he said fiercely: "commander o'shanina, what's the matter with you? Why don't you deal with this soldier. I remind you that your tenderness is very dangerous. "

When he said that, my head was big. Isn't it just that a soldier was caught by the Germans and released again? Is it necessary to go to the top of the line? Originally, I apologized to him, but seeing that he was older than me, I didn't argue with him for the reason of respecting him. I just kept silent.

I didn't expect that he was still a little reluctant. Seeing that I was silent, he thought that I was wrong and his tone became more severe. He said, "Comrade o'xanina, you are the head of a division. You should consider your own identity before making every decision." Speaking of this, he pointed to Mikhail yev in the back and said in an unquestionable tone: "according to order No. 270 of the people's Commission of national defense, all red army officers and men must fight to the end. If they are captured by the enemy, no matter whether they have resisted in advance, they will be punished as traitors afterwards and sent to the reform through labor camp together with their families. Since he was captured by the Germans, he should be severely punished whether or not he divulges our information to the enemy. Even if we don't shoot him here, we should hand him over to the internal affairs department. If you don't deal with him, once you're reported, you'll be guilty of covering up, and then you'll be involved. "

Hearing this, I felt at a loss. Although I know that his starting point is for my good, I still feel very uncomfortable. You know, I was once captured. Once the people in the interior department knew about this, I would be sent to the punishment camp. Moreover, even if this matter can be concealed from everyone, if jitov reports the matter of Mikhail, I will be punished for being implicated. What should I do?

Just when I was in a dilemma, Gaidar, who appeared in time, helped me out. He and the soldier trotted up to us. After wiping his sweat, he raised his hand to salute us and excitedly reported: "report to division commander and political commissar, I have completed the reconnaissance task."

"Is the drawing ready?" I asked hastily to distract Titov's attention.

"All right." Gailda said and handed over a drawn map.

When I took it over, I asked casually, "have all the enemy's firepower points been marked?"

"It's all marked." Gaidar said, pointing to the special symbols on the map.

"Are they all accurate?" Jitov looked over at the map and asked again.

Gaidar didn't say anything, just nodded at us with a smile, indicating that the labels were accurate.

"Can you show me this map?" Just as I was huddling with Titov to see the picture, Mikhail's timid voice came from the side.

"What do you do with the map?" Asked Titov warily.

Regarding jitov's query, mihayev explained: "Comrade political commissar, if we observe the residential area from the forest, we can't see it in many places. Although I stayed in the residential area for a short time, at my professional level, as soon as I passed by the building, I could immediately determine where the German firepower and firing holes were located. "

I'm very satisfied with Mikhail's explanation, so I don't hesitate to hand over the hand drawn map in my hand. I didn't expect that jitov grabbed my hand and reminded me, "Lt. commander oshanina, this is a military secret. You can't give it to someone who is suspected of collaborating with the enemy."

I gently broke away from jitov's hand and said, "Comrade political commissar, I believe that after reading this map, comrade mihayev can provide us with useful information. If anything goes wrong, I'll take care of it. "

My words made mihayev a little excited. He took my map with trembling hands, raised his hand to the eyeglass frame, and began to study it carefully.

After watching it for two or three minutes, he suddenly raised his head and said to Gaidar, "Comrade commander, there are still many incomplete places on your map. For example, here, "he said, taking the pencil from gedar's hand, adding a few strokes to the picture," next to this building, there is a brick concrete structure building, which used to be a fire duty room, but now the German army has transformed it into a firepower point, in which there is a machine gun, which can block the way our army rushes to the building with firepower. "

Looking at the buildings and firepower points he added to the map, I nodded slightly and said that it was not a bad thing that the engineer was caught in the residential area. At least he could observe the enemy's defensive positions at close range and provide us with these useful information. With a more comprehensive German defense plan, we can pay less when attacking.

Mikhail yev continued: "and at the crossroads here, the enemy has built several barricades, and an armored vehicle. No matter which line of defense our assault troops approach, they will find it."

When Mikhail yev and Gaidar were studying and perfecting the map, I pulled jitov aside and said in a low voice, "Comrade political commissar, you can see that too. Mihayev can provide us with a lot of useful information. In this way, our troops can make less sacrifice when attacking the residential areas. "

Titov didn't speak, his eyes were looking straight ahead, his expression was indifferent, I couldn't guess what he was thinking. After a while, seeing that he had no response, I had to say again, "Comrade political commissar, if we win the counterattack with the information provided by Mikhail, then he is a meritorious man and should not receive any unreasonable punishment."

After hearing what I said, jitov sighed and said helplessly, "well, it's up to you." With that, he lifted his leg and left. After a few steps, he stopped and said to me, "now that the reconnaissance mission has been completed, let's stay in the forest and have a rest. We'll leave after dark."

I nodded, and then said to him carefully, "Comrade political commissar, do you think you should say hello to those soldiers about today's incident?"

Titov snorted and said displeased, "I know how to explain to the soldiers. I don't need you to teach me." Then he left angrily.

After jitov went away, Gaidar came up to me and handed me the map modified by Mikhail. At the same time, he said, "Comrade division commander, comrade Mikhail has changed the map. Please have a look."

When I took the map and looked at it, at least one third of the content was added to it. In addition to a few buildings that we could not see at all, he also added a dozen hidden German firepower points. Judging from the location of the firepower points, we can give heavy casualties to our soldiers who break into the residential areas in combat.

After reading this picture, I can see why two cavalry divisions attacked several residential areas near Taiyangshan city during the Moscow defense war, but they didn't fight down for several days. Because of careless reconnaissance in advance, the commander thought that after a certain period of artillery preparation, the enemy's defense in the residential areas would be destroyed, so that our troops could drive straight in. But actually? After making great sacrifices, our troops managed to break into the residential areas. However, because they were unable to eliminate the remaining enemy in a short period of time, the enemy who was counterattacked was driven out again by internal and external cooperation.

I gave the map back to Gaidar. I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It was almost noon, so I told Gaidar, "Comrade captain, it's almost noon. It's time for lunch. Give Comrade Mikhail your dry food and water. He may be hungry. We can't make our hero hungry. "

With bread in one hand and a kettle in the other hand, mihayev gratefully said to me, "thank you, sir. Your kindness to me, I...... "

Before he finished, I raised my hand to interrupt his words, and said faintly: "well, don't say so much. Comrade mihayev, after you have finished eating and drinking water, you can find a place to have a rest. You haven't slept all night. I think you are sleepy, too. "

Mikhail yev nodded obediently and went to eat with Gaidar. I looked around and saw that there was a tree with clean surroundings. There were no wild plants such as mushrooms and agarics. There was only a piece of grass. So I went to sit down with my back against the trunk and took out bread from my briefcase to eat.

After eating, I leaned my back against the tree trunk and closed my eyes. Although I didn't sleep all night, I didn't feel sleepy at all. I was thinking about the details of attacking this residential area.

Just thinking deeply, I suddenly heard a rapid step from far to near. I suddenly opened my eyes and grabbed the submachine gun on the grass. When a soldier ran to me, he stopped for a moment, half squatted and said in a low voice, "Comrade commander, no, three Germans have come into the forest!"

"How far is it from us?" I asked nervously.

"They have entered the forest and are coming in our direction. I think they'll be here in three or five minutes When the soldier finished, he ran forward again. It seems that he is going to report to jitov.

"What's the matter, sir?" Seeing that the soldiers came and left in a hurry, Gaidar and mihayev, who had been resting not far from me, also realized that something might have happened, so they both ran to ask what happened.

I quickly waved to them and told them, "there are three Germans in the forest. Please find a place to hide."

Fortunately, the forest is full of low shrubs, we can easily find a hidden place. As soon as I lay down behind a thick bush, jitov rushed over and quickly fell down beside me. He said in a low voice and hastily, "it's nearly ten hours before dark. If the enemy finds out, we can't get back to the line of defense at all."

"Comrade political commissar, what should we do?" I asked nervously. According to what I meant, anyway, it's still a few hundred meters away from the residential area. Even if all the Germans who went into the forest were killed, the German army in the residential area would not find it. Now that he said that, I'm a bit at a loss.

"Be careful not to let the Germans find out. There were only three of them. They didn't find us. If you want to search for a few hidden people in such a big forest, you have to send a platoon of troops. "

After a few minutes, three Germans appeared in my view. They saw their rifles on their backs, carrying a bamboo basket in one hand and a shovel in one hand. Seeing them dressed like this, I was deeply relieved. I quickly tilted my head and said to Titov next to them, "Comrade political commissar, do you see what they are carrying? It seems that they are here to pick mushrooms, not to come to us. "

The Germans stopped about 50 meters away from us and scattered around, searching for mushrooms. In the summer forest of Russia, as long as it rains, countless mushrooms will grow. The more you go deep into the forest, the more the number and variety of mushrooms will be.

I looked ahead through the bushes and found that there were patches of mushrooms on the grass and at the foot of the trees. Maybe these Germans would come here to pick mushrooms. Thinking of this, I was a little worried. I gently touched jitov with my shoulder and said to him in a low voice, "Comrade political commissar, do you see the mushrooms in front of us? Maybe the Germans will come to us later. Maybe they will find us then. What shall we do? "

Jitov raised his pistol and said, "don't shoot. Be careful. If the enemy has to come to die, when they come near, we will shoot them all at the same time. It's more than 500 meters away from the enemy's base, and even if there is a lot of gunfire, they can't hear it. "

I nodded and simply said, "I agree!"

But it soon turned out that my worries were unnecessary. Because there are so many mushrooms in the forest, when the Germans came to the place 20 meters away from us, their baskets were full. The three full of joy and laughter, shovel a shovel on their shoulders, carry a basket full of clothes, and go back happily.

Seeing the enemy's far away figure, I angrily scolded: "damned Krauts, I hope you will be poisoned to death by poisonous mushrooms later."

I just said it casually, but I didn't expect that jitov would specially correct me and say, "commander o'shanina, maybe your wish will come to nothing. On my way here just now, I have observed that the mushrooms here are edible, and no poisonous ones have been found. "

When I heard jitov say that all the mushrooms here are edible, I had an idea. I immediately suggested to jitov, "Comrade political commissar, it's still early before dark. Why don't we take advantage of this time to ask the soldiers to pick some mushrooms, and we'll take them back to the division headquarters to improve the food?"

As soon as Titov heard this, he said repeatedly, "that's a good idea. During this period, everyone is tired of eating dried bread every day. I'll arrange someone to pick mushrooms and let them improve their food."

We stayed in the forest until it was dark, then carrying a few bags of fresh mushrooms, we walked towards the guard division's defense area. But for the sake of safety, jitov took the submachine gun from the soldiers and walked at the back of the whole team. As he walked, he looked back from time to time, wary of possible enemies in the rear. It was not until I stepped on the position of the guard division and saw the lieutenant who took us away from the position yesterday that I breathed a long sigh of relief and said to myself, "thank God, we are back safely at last."