Chapter 540

Little effort, the tank full of infantry, passing through the troops cleaning the battlefield, approached us. About ten meters away from us, the tank stopped. When the infantry got out of the car, the top hatch of the tank turret was opened, and two people came out of it. At a glance, I recognized that one was the commander of the tank soldier, and the other was Gaidar, who had been missing for a long time.

They helped each other jump out of the tank and came to me shoulder to shoulder. I thought Gaidar should be in a state of panic when he missed the plane, but I didn't expect that the expression of Gaidar and the tank soldiers was full of spring. They came up to me and raised their hands to salute me.

"Captain Gaidar, and you tank soldier, you still have the face to appear in front of me." I looked at the two men in front of me with anger in my heart. Naturally speaking to them without mercy, I gritted my teeth and said, "my task is to bypass the residential areas and come here to help captain shejerikov block the German reinforcements, But what about you? I didn't see anyone for several hours. If it wasn't for the artillery company commander... "I turned to the artillery company commander standing next to me and said with embarrassment," company commander, I'm sorry, I don't know your name. What should I call you? "

"Morozov, artillery company commander, Lieutenant Morozov." The commander of the cannon company answered me loudly.

"Yes, it's lieutenant Morozov. If the Lieutenant's artillery company had not destroyed a German tank in time, then the enemy's reinforcements would have broken through the defense line of captain shejerikov and entered the residential area, driving our troops out of the residential area step by step. "

As soon as I finished speaking, shijerikov also said sternly: "Captain Gaidar, I want to remind you that if the situation mentioned by the division commander really happens, then waiting for your destiny is not just to return to the punishment camp, you may be sent to the military court and executed immediately."

Gedar ignored Xie jerikov, but looked at me and said earnestly, "Sir, can you listen to my explanation?"

"Come on," I said. Although I was dissatisfied with him, I still wanted to find out what happened so that they would not be able to get to the battlefield. I raised my hand and looked at my watch. I added, "I'll give you five minutes to explain this."

"It won't take me five minutes, one minute at the most, to make things clear." Seeing that I gave him the opportunity to explain why he was late, Gaidar showed a happy expression on his face. He was a little excited and said, "Comrade division, after receiving your order, I will immediately turn around and go back to find captain pelsky." He was afraid that I didn't know who he was talking about, and he tilted his head to the tank soldier beside him, indicating that he was talking about the tank soldier beside him. In fact, he was right to do so. I still don't know the name of the commander of the tank soldiers. I understand. When he said so, I realized that the name of the captain of the tank soldiers was pelsjian.

"... when I discuss with captain pelsjian to reinforce captain shejerikov, the nearest way is undoubtedly through the residential area. Because the battle was going on fiercely at that time, pelsjian worried that his tank unit would be attacked by the enemy's anti tank men, so he offered to go around the residential area, so I got on his tank and exited the residential area, Join the other two tanks waiting outside.

For fear of encountering the enemy's anti tank men, I took two companies of infantry, some of them in tanks, the rest on foot, and planned to go around the west side of the settlement. As a result, we soon found that we went the wrong way. There was a large area of swamp here. If the soldier on the tank who is not in the open road has sharp eyes, finds something wrong and makes the tank stop, the head car will surely be trapped in the swamp.

No way, we can only continue to detour westward, hoping to find a way to

I heard Gaidar Rory say it wordily for a long time, but I didn't get to the point. Why didn't I find him such a wordy person before. Looking at the words to let him play freely, he didn't know when to get to the topic, so he interrupted him coldly: "Captain gedar, I remind you, you only have five minutes."

On hearing this, pelsjian quickly took over the conversation and said clearly, "Sir, please allow me to report the details of the matter to you." Seeing that I nodded slightly, he continued: "we went around the swamp and drove from the northwest to the position built by Captain shejerikov. Unexpectedly, we met a German patrol on the road. After some fighting, we annihilated the enemy and captured a prisoner.

From the prisoner's mouth, we know that there is an enemy camp not far away, in which nearly a thousand people are stationed. Except for the German troops of the two companies, the rest are all Italian troops. "

"Wait, comrade captain," I heard that they found the Italian army barracks, which aroused my curiosity: "the prisoners didn't cheat you. Why are there Italian troops stationed here?"

"I interrogated the captives, and yes, it was the Italian Army's residence. There were Italian troops of one battalion and German troops of two companies in it," he said positively

"What kind of action did you take?" As soon as I heard that I had discovered the Italian Army whose achievements and equipment were totally out of proportion, I had an idea in my heart. If only we could find a way to transfer the German troops from the camp. For me, the Italian camp without the German troops is a huge prison camp, but the enemy in it has not laid down their weapons for the time being.

"We immediately went to the camp that the prisoner said, to find out about the enemy. Unexpectedly, one kilometer away from the camp, we found that the German troops in the camp were on a large scale, rushing to the direction of the settlement. When I saw the enemy leave, I felt that the fighters had arrived. Without the support of the Germans, the Italians would be vulnerable. But to be on the safe side, I asked captain Gaidar to send scouts to the vicinity of the camp. It was found that the German army had been transferred to the direction of the settlement, while only the Italians were left in the camp.

In the process of scouts' reconnaissance, the originally backward infantry also caught up. As a result, the number of our infantry reached two companies. As soon as the Scout's information came back, we immediately launched an attack on the camp. "

Although I have known for a long time that the fighting capacity of the Italian army is low, I don't know what the final result will be when they meet my untrained army. So when I heard him say that our army launched an attack on the Italian camp, I still couldn't help but ask curiously, "what's your final result?"

"I used tanks to drive the way, and the infantry followed me and rushed to the enemy's camp. The enemy had only two sandbag fortifications at the gate, each with a light machine gun. Seeing our tanks rushing towards them, they fired as hard as they could. Machine gun bullets rattled on the tank's armor, but they couldn't stop us from advancing.

Seeing that our tanks were getting closer and closer, the Gunners were afraid to fight, threw down their weapons and ran to the camp. As a result, they were all knocked down by the machine guns on our tanks. After the tanks collapsed the sandbags, our troops rushed into the enemy's camp. "

Listening to him say so, I feel more secure. I asked lightly, "did the enemy lay down his arms and surrender to you soon?"

Peiersjian was surprised by what I said. He asked in surprise, "how do you know, sir? After our troops rushed into the camp, the enemy rushed out of the tent with weapons. I directed the tank unit to fire a few guns at them. After blowing up several leading officers, the rest of them raised their arms above their heads and surrendered to us. "

"After only a few shots, the enemy surrendered? It's incredible. " After he said something with emotion, he turned to me and asked, "do you think this is true, sir?"

I looked him in the eye, then nodded and said, "Comrade captain, you don't have to doubt it. It's absolutely true. I remember someone saying that as long as they fight against the Italian army, their morale will rise and their defense line will be broken. And a general who has won Italy twice in a row will be ridiculed. "

After hearing this, Xie jerikov tentatively asked: "Comrade teacher, I don't know who said this. Why have I never heard of it?"

Of course, I won't tell him that I saw this sentence in the post of later generations, otherwise I won't be regarded as insane by them. In order to divert his attention, I deliberately mentioned another story: "when Italy attacked Greece, the soldiers unanimously reflected to their superiors that we could not attack because there were Finnish troops in Greece. Mussolini, who received the report, asked Finland's allies to withdraw from Greece. However, after investigation in Finland, it was found that only three Finnish soldiers and three officers volunteered in Greece, so they replied to Mussolini that there were only six volunteers in the so-called army. Mussolini was very angry and sent a telegram to Finland: "I mean these people!"

My words made everyone laugh. As soon as the laughter stopped, I asked pelsjian, "Captain pelsjian, where are the prisoners?"

"Still in their camp, under the care of our soldiers." At this point, peregrine hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "in fact, not all Italians have surrendered. There is still about a company of troops in a corner of the camp, protecting their battalion commander, who refuses to surrender to us. They sent a message that if they want to lay down their arms and surrender, they must ask our superior to negotiate with him before they are willing to surrender. "

"Since they are willing to surrender only when they see your superiors, I will go to the Italian camp and accept their surrender." Then I went up to perskin, shook my head at him and said, "come on, comrade captain, take me to the Italian camp."

"Please wait a moment, sir." Shejerikov ran in front of me, opened his arms and stopped me. He said nervously, "I think it's like a trap. No matter how vulnerable Italy is, it won't surrender to an army with less people in just a few minutes."

I'm very happy to hear him say that. First, I'm happy for his concern for my safety; Second, these subordinates no longer blindly obey orders, they already know how to consider problems from many aspects. I said with a smile, "Comrade captain, your worries are superfluous. I read from the war report that in a battle in North Africa, a small number of British tanks charged against the Italian anti tank gun positions. At the beginning, Italy fired back, but after two or three minutes, they suddenly stopped and waved the white flag to surrender... Afterwards, when the British asked the reason, the Italians rightfully answered: the ammunition box was not opened with a crowbar. If you think about it, the so-called most powerful male lion in the desert will surrender at any time to the second and third class troops sent to Stalingrad. "

"But," shejerikov stood in front of me and continued to try to persuade me, "even if these Italians really surrender. What would you do if you met that runaway tank on the road? " At this point, he took a scornful look at Peregrine and said, "you know, one-on-one, our tanks don't have to win."

"Comrade captain," pelsjian, who had been smiling all over his face, was furious when he heard that. He grabbed the captain's collar, put his face close to him and said, "who insulted our tank soldiers? Say, who is it? "

Shejerikov was not willing to be grabbed by the collar like this. He struggled as hard as he could and said in a loud voice, "what can you do with me, that's what I said? Let go of your dirty hands

"Stop it, stop it all!" Seeing that they would fight again, I quickly stopped them: "what are you doing? You have the ability to fight the Germans, not your own people and your own people! "

I am angry, two people immediately honest, obediently back a step, but still glare at each other.

At this time, Gaidar, who had not spoken, came out to make a comeback: "Captain shijerikov, let me say something. Is there a tank and an armored vehicle in the German tank you said escaped When he saw sjerikov nodding his head in affirmation, he continued: "we met the tank you said on the road. Because we returned from the Italian camp at that time, the German tanks didn't expect to encounter us here, so we killed all the German soldiers in the car before we recovered. You see, "he said, turning to the seven or eight soldiers standing behind him," they are all equipped with German equipment. "

When I look at them, they are all German style equipment, not only rifles and submachine guns, but also a soldier with a machine gun in his hand. When I look at them, they are unloaded from an armored car.

As I was about to walk towards the tank, I suddenly remembered an important thing. I stopped and asked Gaidar seriously, "Comrade captain, why didn't you inform me of your actions in time?"

In response to my question, Gaidar lowered his head in shame and said, "I'm sorry, sir. Unfortunately, my operator was killed by stray bullets in the battle with the German patrol. Although there is a radio station in captain perskin's tank, he doesn't know your call code, so he can't get in touch with you. "

I heard him say that, and I understood that another operator was lost in the battle. In this way, we only have No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 operators left. I pointed to the No. 4 operator not far away and ordered him to go with me, operator Then he told shijerikov: "Comrade captain, when I'm away, the troops here will be under your command. Remember, take the time to build up the fortifications in the settlements to prevent the enemy from attacking. "

Before I got into the tank, perschien wanted me to sit in the tank, but I refused. At last, the operator got into the tank, and Gaidar and I had several soldiers huddled on the tank body. Two soldiers were afraid of standing unsteadily and rolled down from the tank. They even tied themselves to the handle of the turret with backpack belts.

The driving speed of T-34 was quite fast. It took us less than half an hour to arrive at the Italian military camp. The tank carrying us passed by four tanks placed on the side of the road and drove directly inside. I saw that many tents on the roadside had been pushed down, and groups of Italian soldiers in boat caps were sitting on the ground, surrounded by soldiers of our division.

Gaidar pointed to a wooden house in the distance and the sandbag fortification outside, and said to me in a loud voice: "Sir, you see, there is the Italian battalion, and their battalion commander is in it."

The tank stopped fifty meters from the cabin. As soon as Gaidar helped me jump out of the tank, several people came up, led by the engineer Mikhail yev. He raised his hand to me and said, "Comrade division commander, the battalion commander of Italy is in the cabin. He said that as long as we have high-ranking commanders coming, he will surrender."

"Who can speak Italian here?" I looked at several people standing in front of me and asked the most crucial question.

No matter Gaidar or mikheiev, they all shook their heads in embarrassment to show that they did not understand.

Since they don't understand, how do they communicate with Italians? It's not a sign, is it? On the battlefield, people may not be interested in gesturing to the enemy. I'm afraid they will shoot directly at you.

When I was puzzled, mihayev reported: "Sir, many Italians can speak German, so I can communicate with them."

I took a look at Mikhail, nodded and said, "well, in that case, you can come with me to the cabin and accept the Italians' surrender to us."

With that, I handed the submachine gun to one of the soldiers and walked forward with great strides. Gaidar and mihayev quickly followed and walked to the wooden house together.

On the way, Gaidar was a little uneasy. He asked in a low voice, "Sir, do you think the Italians will suddenly change their mind and lock us up?"

"No way." I said with certainty: "if they wanted to fight, they would not surrender so easily just now. The reason why this Italian battalion commander wanted to surrender after meeting our high-ranking commanders was to save some face for himself."

"Sir, I don't know much about Italians." Mikhail yev also said: "I don't know if they really want to save face and then ask to surrender after meeting our senior commanders."

"It must be, that's right." Just now mihayev didn't hear what I said about Italy, so I specially told him an allusion: "on June 30, 1940, marshal Balbo, the Italian governor in Libya, was shot down by Italy's own anti-aircraft artillery over Tobruk in Africa. The Italians, in order to cover up the tragedy that made them lose face, brazenly announced that the marshal was killed in an air battle with the British. All right, comrade engineer, when you get to the place, go ahead and report it. "

I saw Gaidar and mihayev look at each other and nod. Mihayev then ran to the sandbags and talked to a man who looked like an officer. After a while, mihayev ran back to me and said with a smile, "Comrade division commander, I just asked the Italian officers. He said that their battalion commander was waiting for us in the room. Let's go in. "

Led by Italian officers, we passed by the enemy's sandbags and swaggered into the battalion headquarters. There was a wooden table in the middle of the room with maps, telephones and even a pistol on it. An Italian officer sat behind the table. Seeing us enter the door, he quickly stood up.

Mikhail yev came forward and began to talk to him in German. After listening for a while, the officer looked at me in surprise. He spoke to Mikhail in German for a long time. Then he walked around the table and came to me.

After he raised his hand to salute me, he spoke German or Italian, which I couldn't understand for a long time. Mikhail yev looked at the Italian officer in front of me in a daze. He came to translate for me and said, "Comrade division commander, let me introduce to you. This is Mr. Alfonso, the first-class captain of the Italian battalion commander. He said that his troops are tired of the war and eager to return to their motherland as soon as possible, so he specially surrendered to the Red Army."

After listening to his high sounding reason, I laughed, put my hands behind my back and politely replied, "Mr. Alfonso, congratulations on your wise choice. You and your subordinates will surely return to your motherland. First of all, please ask your soldiers outside the door to lay down their arms. Otherwise, if there is a misunderstanding with my people and an unfortunate exchange of fire, they may not be able to return to their hometown alive. "

When I said that, Captain Alfonso immediately said something to the officer who led us through the door. After saluting, the officer turned and ran out of the cabin.

Seeing what Alfonso had done, I understood that he really wanted to surrender, so I continued to say to him, "Mr. Alfonso, next, please gather all your subordinates, and I will arrange people to escort you to a safe place."

When we walked out of the wooden house together, the Italian soldiers with live ammunition outside had put down their weapons and were concentrating towards the designated area.

Gaidar asked me, "what shall we do next, sir?"

"Comrade captain, you and Comrade mihayev will take a company to stay, and then captain perskin will keep two tanks for you. When the Italians are assembled, they will be escorted back to the residential areas."

"A company?" Gaidar's face showed an expression of embarrassment. He pleaded: "Comrade division, can you send me more people. You know, there are seven hundred Italians, and I'm only one hundred. Can we take care of them? "

I saw a jeep in front of me, which should have been captured by the German army from the Soviet army. I asked mihayev to go to captain perskin and ask if he could help me find a driver to drive me back to the residential area. I don't want to go back by tank.

As for Gaidar's worry, I said with a smile, "Comrade captain, you are worried too much. When the British Army accepted the surrender of a group of Italian soldiers with guns in North Africa, they were too busy collecting the spoils to manage the Italian prisoners, so they yelled at them: "don't make any noise! Go over there! " Then continue to collect booty everywhere. In the case of no way, in order to find the British army to capture themselves, Italians had to hold their guns on their heads and walk around. In addition, because there were too many prisoners of war, the British army had no time to build a prison camp, so they asked the quartermaster to send raw materials to the Italian prisoners of war and let them set up a prison camp to lock themselves up. "

Mikhail yev quickly found a driver to come over, not under peresjian, but a subordinate of my division. The jeep pulled up in front of me and I asked the operator to sit in the front co driver's seat while I sat in the back. Before closing the door, I leaned out and said to gedar, "if you put the Germans and Italians in the same prison camp. The Germans will organize to try to dig a hole to escape from the prison camp, while the Italians will be very cooperative even when the gate of the prison camp is not closed. They will only occasionally go out to harass the lovely girls nearby. "

At this point, I closed the door heavily, and then told the driver: "drive, comrade driver, let's go back to the residential area immediately."“ Comrade teacher, what should we do next? " Operator four turned and asked. Looking at the operator who was not flexible enough and could not understand my intention at all, I could not help sighing, and then told him: "Comrade operator, your task is to contact the group army chief of staff, Colonel Raskin, and tell him the good news immediately." After that, I leaned back, leaned back in my chair and began to close my eyes. In order to fight the battle of recovering the residential areas, I've been staying up all night these days. I'm really tired. I need to seize the time to have a good rest.