Chapter 542

As soon as night fell, Colonel Ruskin unexpectedly appeared in the settlement.

After receiving a call from the sentry on duty at the south entrance, I quickly stopped the meeting in progress and went out with several people, such as xijerikov, Morozov and pereskin.

Just after walking out, I saw a group of people coming. The two men walking in front of me were very familiar. Although I couldn't see their faces, I recognized at a glance that the one on the left was Colonel Raskin, chief of staff of the group army. The commander who was a little behind him was captain Gaidar, who I sent to escort the Italian prisoners.

I quickly ran a few steps to Raskin, raised my hand to salute, and loudly reported: "baogao group army chief of staff, independent division commander, Lieutenant Colonel o'shanina, reporting to you, waiting for your instructions!"

Raskin stopped in time, saluted me, reached for my hand, shook it, and said excitedly, "Comrade oshanina, I finally see you again. What a beautiful fight you have been directing today

When Raskin finished speaking, Gaidar behind him stepped forward and reported to me, "Comrade division, I have come back after completing my task and I am waiting for your instructions."

I looked at the dark area of commanders and fighters behind him, and told him: "first arrange the accommodation for your soldiers, and then come to my command post for a meeting."

"Command post?" Gaidar asked blankly, "what command post? I don't know where it is

I snorted heavily and said, "you don't know you won't ask the soldiers on patrol. All the soldiers in the residential area know where my command is." Anyway, I'll let Capt. chejerikov and Lt. Morozov go and arrange the camp for them. Then I made a gesture to Raskin: "chief of staff, don't stand outside. Please follow me to the command post."

Raskin walked into my command post, looked around, and said enviously, "commander oshanina, the environment here is really good. You live in brick houses, and our group army headquarters is still in a wooden house."

I laughed and joked with him: "chief of staff, if you think it's good here, I can move out immediately and let you move here to work."

He ha ha a smile, in time to switch the topic: "o'xia Nina, I come this time, also brought you a few people." With that, he went to the door and said to the outside, "everyone is not in a daze. Let's all come in and let your teachers have a look."

Before people from outside came in, I was curious about what people Raskin had brought me. When people from outside came in, I was overjoyed. It turned out that he not only brought sergeant razumeyeva, the communication monitor, but also brought my guard class.

Ruskin came up to me and said, "what's up? Commander o'shanina, are you satisfied? I've brought your guard team and your communications monitor. In this way, not only will it be more convenient for you to contact the headquarters of the group army, but also your safety in the battle will be guaranteed. "

I immediately called pelsjian: "Comrade captain, please take my guard class out first. In order to protect the safety of the command post, we will arrange them to live on the first floor."

After the soldiers of the guard class left, I said to the rest of razumeyeva, "sergeant, from now on, you will stay in my command post and be responsible for the contact with the headquarters of the group army." Then he explained to the No. 4 radio operator standing beside him: "from today on, comrade radio operator, you will be under the command of this sergeant. You must obey her orders absolutely."

The fourth operator was reluctant to look at razumeyeva, so he nodded helplessly and agreed.

Razumeyeva asked the soldiers behind him to put the radio on another table beside the wall and asked the No. 4 operator, "how is your communication here?"

The fourth operator replied, "sergeant, there used to be only three walkie talkies in the residential area, but we later repaired the telephone system left by the Germans, so that the command post can contact the soldiers at each duty point by telephone, and know the enemy situation outside at any time."

Razumeyeva was inquiring about the communication situation in the residential area to the No. 4 radio operator. I took the opportunity to ask Raskin to sit down at the table and ask about his intention: "Comrade chief of staff, do you have any instructions for coming to me so late?"

Raskin nodded, took out a folded map from his briefcase, spread it on the table, and said to me: "according to the information provided by the Italian prisoners, five kilometers north of their camp, there is a separate Hungarian infantry battalion, with a total force of 500 people, belonging to the Hungarian second army. You see, "he explained to me, pointing to the map," in the orlovka area, which is the existing defense area of the 70th division of the guards, we once annihilated a Romanian army. Their initial task was to cover the German flanks attacking our defense line, just like the Hungarian troops. The reason why the Italian infantry battalion captured today is deployed between the two forces is that the Germans are afraid that they will fight against each other and make the Italian camp a buffer zone. "

Raskin's words have not been finished, but I have guessed the purpose of his trip. When he came to an end, I said in advance, "Comrade chief of staff, do you mean that our division will continue to attack tomorrow and clear up this enemy?"

"Yes, that's what the group command means." Raskin said positively.

Just as he was talking, Xie jerikov, Oleg, Gaidar, peiersjian and Morozov came in one after another. Without the permission of Ruskin and I, five people could only stand there honestly, and no one dared to sit down.

Raskin got up and walked in front of them. He walked back and forth a few times with his hands on his back, and suddenly announced a shocking news: "Captain xijerikov, Captain Oleg, Captain gedar, I have good news for you. In order to commend you three for your brave and indomitable fighting spirit in today's battle, commander shumilov proposed that you three be promoted to the rank of major after discussion and approval by the military committee of the group army. "

As soon as Raskin said this, there was a complete silence in the room. The three people were shocked by the sudden good news, and their faces showed incredible expressions. But I didn't say anything because I was thinking that my three commanders had been promoted to major. Should I be promoted to a higher level?

Seeing that no one was speaking, Raskin just shrugged his shoulders and went forward to shake hands with the three new majors one by one, starting with Sergey reekov. At the same time, he said, "Comrade major, I congratulate you!"

All the people he held in his hands, no matter they were shijerikov, Oleg or Gaidar, answered loudly: "serve the motherland of the Soviet Union!"

Seeing that Raskin had already shaken hands with three of my subordinates, I couldn't fall behind. I quickly went forward to shake hands with the three of them and, like Raskin, called each other's names and congratulated them. So when they shook hands with me, they repeated what they had just said.

When the procedure was finished, Raskin asked everyone to sit down and repeated what he had just said to me. After that, he looked up at the commanders in front of him and asked habitually, "do you have any different opinions?"

"A Hungarian infantry battalion." Gaidar said excitedly: "no problem, this task is given to our regiment. I will take two companies and tank units to capture them all tomorrow."

As soon as Gaidar finished, Captain pelsjian added with great interest: "yes, the number of Hungarian infantry battalion is much less than that of Italian army. As long as our tank unit comes out, the enemy will not be defeated at once."

"No, the soldiers are very tired today when you go to attack the Italian battalion for a long time." Shejerikov stood up and objected, saying, "I think the task of destroying the Hungarian battalion tomorrow should be completed by the troops led by major Oleg and me. Major gedar, you'd better be responsible for the remaining settlements."

"Yes, I agree with major shijerikov." Oleg immediately stood up and echoed: "Comrade division, tomorrow's battle should be finished by major shijerikov and me."

Seeing that several commanders were fighting for who was going to carry out tomorrow's battle, Raskin showed a satisfied smile on his face. He said to me in a low voice, "Comrade oshanina, your men are eager to fight. If you don't stop them, they may quarrel all night."

I felt sorry for Raskin's words, so I slapped the table hard. Hearing me clapping the table, several commanders who were fighting red in the face immediately calmed down. When everyone stopped talking, I said calmly, "don't fight. Tomorrow's battle will be under my command. Major shejerikov, two infantry companies are not enough. You can choose four companies to go with me. Captain perskin's tank unit is out. Lieutenant Morozov's cannon company left three guns to help defend the settlement, and the other seven guns followed me. "

Some people are happy and others are sad about my arrangement. However, since I made the final decision, we all know that this decision can not be changed. Even if there is any dissatisfaction in my heart, I can only keep it in my heart and dare not show it casually.

Seeing that several subordinates did not express their opinions, I began to offer conditions to Raskin: "Comrade chief of staff, the distance from the residential area to the Hungarian camp is too far. If we soldiers are allowed to walk, it will take us several hours on the road alone. When we arrive at our destination, we must have a rest for a while, and then we can fight after our physical strength recovers. Do you think you can provide us with some necessary help? "

Raskin looked at me with a smile and asked, "don't know what I can do for you?"

"As you heard just now, besides tanks and infantry, there are also seven light cannons. At such a long distance, you can't let our soldiers push the cannons by hand for more than 20 kilometers, can you? So you have to find a way to provide some trucks for our division, so that we can not only transport troops, but also lead the artillery to March quickly. "

Raskin thought for a while, and readily agreed to my terms: "well, we are still in the guard division, and we can still find trucks. Tomorrow morning, I'll ask Colonel lyudnikov to send you some." At this point, he yawned exaggeratively and said, "it's not early. I'm going to have a rest. Let's go back and have a rest."

After the meeting, I asked several commanders to go back to the station to select the best troops and strong generals and form the troops to fight tomorrow. After everyone left, I politely said to Ruskin, "chief of staff, it's getting late. You can go to the inner room and have a rest."

Raskin, too, nodded, pushed open the inner door and went in.

I was worried about the enemy situation in the evening, so I didn't go to another room to rest. Instead, razumeyeva stayed outside on duty. First, we chatted for a while. When we were tired, we would lie on the table and have a rest.

At dawn, as soon as the door of the inner room rang, I sat up straight and said politely to Raskin who came out from inside, "chief of staff, are you awake? Did you sleep well last night? "

Raskin nodded and said, "I haven't slept so soundly for a long time. Now that you're up, let's go out and see how the troops are getting ready? If I don't see the troops, I'm always worried. "

Seeing that he was about to walk out with his legs raised, I quickly reminded him and said, "Comrade chief of staff, didn't you say that you asked Colonel lyudnikov to send us trucks today? Why don't you call him before you go out? "

Raskin waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "don't bother. Before I came here last night, I agreed with lyudnikov to send 20 trucks after dawn."

We walked out of the residential area to the South and saw that there were five tanks about to take part in the battle, and the tankers were not idle, standing on the tank body, wiping the gun barrel.

Seeing this, Ruskin waved his head over there and said, "come on, let's go and have a look."

As we walked towards the tank, we heard the dialogue of the tank soldiers.

Only an elderly sergeant who was cleaning the gun barrel said to the sergeant who was smoking on the turret: "Hey, sergeant, I heard we have another attack this morning."

The smoking sergeant said confidently: "yes, I heard that the target of today's assault is not the German, but the army of the servant country. You see, yesterday our tank rushed forward and fired two guns at random. So many Italians didn't come out of the tent and surrender to us. Don't worry. Today's battle is estimated to be similar to yesterday's. as long as our tanks rush, machine guns sweep into the crowd and fire two guns, the enemy will lay down their arms and surrender. "

"That's right. As long as we have such confidence, the enemy will surely be defeated by us." Pelsky, who came out of another tank, just heard the sergeant's words. After praising him, he asked, "how are you all getting ready?"

"Report to Comrade captain." The staff sergeant stood up straight on the car body and reported, "it's all ready."

Pelsjian laughed: "good guys, I'm glad to see that you have such a high morale. I can tell you that today's battle will be under the personal command of division oshanina. It's an honor for our tank team to fight with her."

When I see Raskin looking at me with a smile, I can't help blushing. This Peregrine is really flattering me in front of his department, which makes me feel a little embarrassed in front of Raskin.

The sergeant suddenly said, "Comrade captain, I'm a little worried."

"What are you worried about?" Not only did Peregrine frown, but Raskin's face also looked unhappy.

"I'm worried that when we get to the camp, the enemy may have run away. I'm worried that my tank won't catch up with the escaping enemy." The chief said very calmly.

The chief's words immediately caused a lot of laughter.

When the laughter subsided, pererskin said, "don't worry, sergeant. Even if the enemy runs away, you can bombard them with tanks. Since they don't want to be captives, let them go to hell. "

Pelsjian's words also caused the soldiers to laugh.

"Comrade captain," Raskin went forward and said aloud, "your corporal is very angry."

Peiersjian found us and yelled, "all at attention!" With his command, the tank soldiers, whether standing, sitting or lying, stood up straight and kept a standing position on the tank body.

Pelsjian jumped out of the tank and ran to us. He came to us and was about to raise his hand to salute. Raskin stopped him. Raskin asked, "Comrade captain, are your troops ready?"

Upon hearing Raskin's question, peresjian nodded his head and answered in a loud voice, "report to chief of staff that the tank unit is ready to fight at any time."

"Very good!" Raskin, perhaps for the sake of improving his morale, made a promise to perskin: "Comrade captain, if you come back after successfully completing your mission this time, I will personally promote you to the rank of captain."

Raskin's words aroused the whispers of the tank soldiers. I heard them say, "Hey, do you hear me? The colonel said that if we finish the task successfully, we will promote the captain to the rank of captain

"Well, if a captain becomes a captain, will our rank be raised one level?"

Just as I was talking, there was the roar of car motors in the distance. I looked in the direction of the sound and saw a long line of trucks coming towards us. It seemed that the motorcade sent by Colonel lyudnikov had arrived.

I divided the troops into three echelons: the first echelon was composed of a tank and an infantry company. They were responsible for exploring the way in front of them; Captain shejerikov and I followed with two tanks and two companies of infantry; The third echelon consists of two tanks, an infantry company and a cannon company. Captain shejerikov and I went to the front of the second echelon in our jeep. On the way, xiejerikov said to me carefully, "Comrade division, in fact, you don't need to go out in person. I'll be fine in this battle." I waved my hand, interrupted what he said, and said frankly, "major xijerikov, in future battles, we will have the opportunity to deal with the army of other servant countries of the bandits, so we should know their roots and know their bottom, so that we can fight in an invincible position." My words, obviously, failed to convince Xie jerikov. He murmured: "I have heard others say before that the equipment of the Hungarian Army is the worst among the German servants. Since the weapons and equipment are not good, it is estimated that the combat effectiveness will not be much stronger. It may be the same as yesterday's fight against the Italian army. As long as we fire a few guns and let the tanks guide the soldiers forward, the battle will be over. " When I heard that Xie jerikov was so confident, I suddenly felt a sense of insecurity. I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't think of it. In this way, unconsciously, our troops approached the Hungarian camp. As soon as the driver stopped the car, the commander of the company in front of him ran up to him and said, "report to Mr. division commander, four hundred meters ahead is the camp of the Hungarian Army." Shejerikov and I pushed the door open, got out of the car on both sides and walked forward. I specially asked the company commander, "is there anything wrong with the enemy?" The company commander hastily reported: "the enemy's camp is located on a hillside. They dug a trench around the camp. When we saw our army appear just now, the enemy has obviously issued a battle warning, and many Hungarian soldiers have entered the trenches. " Shejerikov looked at the Hungarian barracks ahead with a telescope, and then asked, "Comrade division, do you need to wait for our artillery company to arrive and prepare for the fire before attacking?" I took the telescope in his hand and looked ahead. The trenches outside the camp were full of Hungarian soldiers. After observing for a while, I learned how to distinguish their officers and soldiers without any teachers. The men with barrel caps and pistols were officers. And those who wear a Navy cap or German helmet and grass green uniform are undoubtedly soldiers. I carefully observed their guns on the trench. They were almost all rifles. I didn't even see submachine guns, let alone heavy and heavy machine guns. I put down my telescope and said to the company commander standing in front of me, "comrade company commander, take your troops and follow the tanks to rush to the enemy's camp once to try the enemy's reaction." The company commander promised, turned and ran away quickly. Time is not long, stop in the front of the tank, the motor issued a roar, the tail of a jet of black smoke, and then quickly rushed to the hillside. Behind it, a company of infantry soldiers spread out and rushed up, bending over with weapons. Three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred and fifty meters, one hundred meters. As our troops got closer and closer to the enemy's position, the enemy still didn't open fire on the position. I don't know if they were frightened by our attack formation.