Chapter 548

When I was worried about my troops, klobkin looked at the sky, raised his hand and looked at his watch. Then he waved his hand and said to me carelessly, "Comrade oshanina, let's go to the 158 highland. In this situation, it's really not easy to take back the lost position from the enemy's hands."

As soon as his words were finished, he had already stepped out of the observation post before I could make a statement.

Seeing that he had left the observation post, I had no choice but to smile helplessly at Oleg, who was standing by. Then I waved my head and said, "come on, major Oleg. Let's go to the highland ahead with colonel klobkin."

It's not like I'm alone or with one or two soldiers. The chief of staff of the division found that the division commander was going to inspect the Highlands in front of him. Without saying a word, he followed up with a guard platoon.

When I got to the foot of the mountain, I stopped and went curiously to check the underground tank depot built by the engineering regiment. The tank depot is dug down obliquely, with an area of more than 30 square meters at least. Many ammunition boxes and oil barrels are stacked in the corner.

Seeing that I was observing the tank depot, klobkin came over and said with a smile, "Comrade oshanina, what do you think after seeing our tank depot?"

I asked curiously, "Comrade Colonel, do the tank soldiers usually stay in the underground tank depot and stand by at any time?"

But he shook his head and said, "no, this is just the place where we park our tanks. The tank soldiers live in other places. However, there is a tunnel between their residence and here. Once there is a battle, they will enter here through the tunnel immediately. " At this point, he turned to his back and yelled, "chief of staff."

The chief of staff of the division rushed over, and without waiting for klobjing's command, he went straight into the tank depot and pushed against the wall. After the door panel on the wall was pushed open, a dark passage appeared.

Klobkin then said to me, "the exit of the tank depot is covered with wood and covered with soil. If you don't get close to it, you can't find it at all. If you want to attack, you just need to break the board outside. "

After listening to klobkin, I found out how the tank broke through the ground.

With these words, he raised his hand to look at his watch again and urged me to say, "come on, commander oshanina, it's getting late. After we go to the highlands to check, we have to deploy new defense tasks for the troops."

Walking along the open field, I personally felt how fierce the battle was. In the observation station, I just saw one soldier after another being blown off by shells and knocked down by bullets. When I really approached their bodies, I found that the bodies of the soldiers who fell near the crater were almost incomplete, either with missing arms or legs. Only the bodies of the soldiers who were knocked down by machine gun bullets were relatively complete.

As we passed by the remains of these soldiers, klobkin said with emotion: "if our army could have strong artillery and abundant shells, our casualties would be much smaller in the attack just now."

I nodded, pointed to the barbed wire not far away, and said to klobkin, "yes, Colonel, you're right. If we use the fire to blow up the ridge barbed wire when the fire is ready, we can pay less

At the moment, the remains of those soldiers who lay on the barbed wire and died for the succeeding troops as bridges have been carefully lifted down from the barbed wire by the soldiers who cleaned the battlefield and placed beside them carefully. The soldiers lined up in a neat line, took off their hats and helmets, and bowed their heads to the martyrs.

When we saw this scene, klobkin and I stopped, took off our hats and bowed our heads to mourn for the martyrs. After a while, klobgin put on his hat again and whispered to me, "come on, commander o'shanina, let's go to the highlands." I took another look at the martyrs who used their bodies to open the way for the succeeding troops to win. They put on their helmets and followed klobkin to the high ground.

The Marines occupied the hillside position, while our four tanks were parked outside the trench. The tank soldiers were sitting on the tank to have a rest. Seeing a large group of us going up the mountain, they quickly stood up and raised their hands to salute us. Klobkin raised his hand and asked, "where's your company commander?"

Without waiting for the tank soldiers to speak, a fierce gunshot came from the other side of the hillside. Klobkin's face changed, and without waiting for the tank soldiers to answer their questions, he kept walking up.

As I followed and made my way to the top of the mountain, the chief of staff of the division approached me and said in a low voice: "Mr. oshanina, I haven't been in touch with the garrison on the high ground. I guess it's either their communication equipment or they're in trouble. " With that, he quickened his pace to catch up with kolobkin.

The words of the chief of staff of the division made me worry about the sailors who retreated into the tunnel on the high ground. From yesterday's loss of position to now our army's recovery of position, even if they could not contact the friendly forces for such a long time, they had not carried out any necessary harassment and attacks on the enemy. It seems that their fate is worrying.

We came to the top of the mountain, where my special camp was stationed. I quickened my pace, passed kolobkin, who was walking in front of me, and asked my men in a loud voice, "where is captain Pugachev?"

A lieutenant, who might be the commander of a company, immediately raised his hand to salute me and reported: "Comrade division commander, the battalion commander heard the sound of gunfire on the west side of the hillside just now. He took two platoons of soldiers to check."

When I heard the Lieutenant's report, I turned to klobkin, who was standing beside me, and said, "Comrade Colonel, I see that the enemy has not been eliminated. You stay here. I'll go and have a look."

Klobkin glared his eyes and said, "Comrade o'shanina, how can you say that? Am I afraid of death? Since there are still gunshots coming from the west side of the hillside, which proves that there are still enemies who have missed the net and have not been eliminated, I will go with you to see what happened. "

I looked at klobkin and the guard platoon behind him. Even if there were still enemies on the other side of the hill, if there were dozens of people, it would be easier to deal with them, so I nodded silently.

We followed the traffic ditch on the top of the mountain to the Western hillside position. As soon as I entered the trench, I heard a lot of gunfire coming from the north. Oleg pointed to the other side and said to me in a loud voice, "Comrade division, the gunfire came from that side."

We walked along the trench for forty or fifty meters, turned a corner, and saw Pugachev and a group of soldiers crowded in the trench. There was a black hole in the middle of them, which seemed to be our tunnel works. From time to time, two soldiers turned and fired a few shots inside, then quickly retracted and leaned back against the trench. Usually, after the soldiers shoot, bullets will fly out of the hole and hit the trench outside, making the soil splash.

Fortunately, Pugachev was standing on our side. Seeing us coming, he ran over with his gun. He raised his hand in front of me and asked breathlessly, "Mr. teacher, how did you come to me?"

"What's the matter?" I asked directly.

Pugachev pointed back sideways and said: "according to the soldiers' report, when they were searching for the enemy, they met two sailors. They said that when the position was lost yesterday, one of the troops retreated into the tunnel. Our soldiers let them lead the way, ready to pass and join the friendly forces who hold the high ground. When they came to the cave, the sailors and five or six of our soldiers went in together. Unexpectedly, just a few steps away, he was shot by the enemy machine gun inside. Two sailors died on the spot, three of our soldiers died, and one of them was injured. The remaining two soldiers quickly pulled out of the tunnel while shooting. "

"Comrade Colonel, it seems that all the troops retreating into the tunnel have died." I turned to klobkin and said, "do you know what a marine tunnel looks like?"

The chief of staff of the division stepped forward and answered, "Mr. oshanina, please allow me to report to you."

I originally proposed to build tunnels on the high ground to deal with the Germans. I didn't expect that the Germans actually occupied the tunnel. Instead, we went to attack the tunnel. Although it is difficult to fight in the tunnel, as long as we know what the tunnel is like, I will have a way to organize the troops to take it down. So when I heard that the chief of staff of the division understood the situation of the tunnel, I immediately urged: "Comrade commander, come on and listen."

The chief of staff of the division drew a sketch of the tunnel for me on the earth wall of the trench with his fingers, and explained: "go straight ahead 20 meters from the entrance of the cave, where the road forks, leading to the ammunition depot on the left, and the rest place for the soldiers is on the right. It's very difficult for us to rush in if the enemy puts two machine guns right at the entrance of the cave. "

When I looked at the sketch he had drawn, I couldn't help shaking my head and said, "Comrade chief of staff, you think the problem is too complicated. For me, there is no problem in attacking this tunnel. I didn't expect that the tunnel in this highland was so rudimentary. No wonder it was captured by the German so soon. "

Klobkin shrugged his shoulders and said with the same regret: "there's no way. You know, it must take a lot of time to build a good tunnel that can be attacked and defended, but the Germans didn't leave us much time."

I turned and told Pugachev: "Comrade captain, find German speaking soldiers and shout to them. Tell them that we have wiped out all the Germans on the surface. Let them immediately lay down their arms and surrender."

As soon as my words came out, not only Pugachev was stunned, but also klobkin. Seeing that Pugachev was still standing in a daze, I just wanted to urge him to carry out the task as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, klobkin had begun to persuade me: "Comrade oshanina, the German army will not surrender so easily. We'd better find another way to eliminate them."

I laughed at klobkin and said, "Comrade Colonel, I want to try first. If the Germans are willing to give up their arms and surrender, then we can reduce our sacrifice."

"What if they are determined not to surrender?" Asked klobkin.

I snorted and said, "if they don't surrender, we'll wipe them out." Speaking of this, I once again told Pugachev: "Comrade captain, if the Germans do not surrender, you will order the soldiers to throw grenades in and kill them all."

"Sir, it's OK to throw grenades in the tunnel entrance," Pugachev said with some embarrassment, "but how can I throw grenades in the tunnel? If you don't throw it well, the grenade will bounce back from the rock wall and blow up our own people. "

"Give me a grenade and I'll show you how to drop a bomb in the tunnel."

When Pugachev heard what I said, he was extremely puzzled, but he asked a grenade from a soldier and gave it to me. I waved to everyone to show them that they were all standing on the left next to the trench so that I could show them how to drop bombs.

Klobkin and his chief of staff rushed to give orders to their subordinates to stand aside and make room for me.

Looking at dozens of pairs of eyes are staring at me, I am not only not nervous, but feel particularly calm. First, I will hold the grenade's right hand naturally droop. When I hurl forward, I use my left arm to block it, and the grenade will fly more than ten meters horizontally. When I saw my performance, klobkin took the lead in cheering. Then the chief of staff of the division, major Oleg and Pugachev also cheered.

Klobkin said with emotion: "Comrade oshanina, I think this method works, that is, more practice is needed."

I nodded, and told Pugachev: "Captain Pugachev, you hear what Colonel klobkin said. You should make use of the opportunity of the interpreter to shout to the tunnel, and seize the time to organize the soldiers to practice this kind of bombing method. You should practice it as soon as possible and prepare for actual combat. "

Seeing that Pugachev excitedly agreed and was about to turn around and leave, I suddenly remembered another thing and stopped him: "Comrade captain, I saw that you used a flamethrower when you attacked the hilltop position. Where does this weapon come from? "

Pugachev looked at me and reminded me, "Sir, don't you forget that it was captured from the Italian camp. I think it's easier to hit the enemy's firepower point with this weapon, so I brought two. "

With the flamethrower, it's easier to hit the tunnel, so I told him: "before attacking, first throw grenades into the tunnel. When the explosion smoke blocks the enemy's sight, then let the flamethrowers sneak into the tunnel and use the flamethrower to kill the enemy's machine gun fire points. Do you understand? "

When Pugachev finished answering, he turned and ran back to his soldiers.

In a short time, the gunfire at the entrance of the tunnel stopped, and then I heard someone yelling at the tunnel in German.

Klobkin lit a cigarette and said enviously, "Comrade oshanina, there are so many talents in your department. You can find such a good German in the soldiers."

When I heard what he said, I looked to the left and right. Seeing Oleg and the chief of staff of the division chatting three or four steps away from us, I lowered my voice to his ear and said, "Comrade Colonel, don't you know that almost all my men are prisoners from Gulag concentration camp? I'm not surprised to find all kinds of talents among them. "

Klobkin nodded and said with approval, "yes, it's not too much to say that there are so many talents in the concentration camp there."

As we were talking, the gunfire started again. Seeing that the trench facing the hole was splashed with mud, I knew that the German troops in the tunnel would not easily lay down their arms and surrender. Since they didn't want to live, I would help them, so I made a gesture to Pugachev from a distance to start attacking.

Soon, the sound of the enemy's machine gun fire was suppressed by the dull explosion of grenades. It was Pugachev who directed the soldiers to throw grenades into the tunnel. Two flame soldiers with flame throwers on their backs squatted at the entrance of the cave, waiting for the order to attack.

After the first round, the machine gun in the tunnel was dumb. But Pugachev did not immediately let the firemen into the tunnel, but directed the soldiers to carry out a second round of bombing in the tunnel.

In the roar of the grenade explosion, I seemed to hear Pugachev yell, and then a flaming soldier who was ready to go rushed into the cave.

As soon as the firemen burst into the tunnel, I heard the enemy's machine gun ring again. However, it seems that the machine gun only rang, and then stopped suddenly. I don't know whether the machine gun jammed or whether the machine gunner was burned to death by the flame from the flamethrower. At this moment, Pugachev stood at the entrance of the cave, raised his submachine gun, waved it forward, and took the lead to rush in. Then, the soldiers near the cave also penetrated.

Seeing the soldiers rush into the tunnel, I was slightly relieved. As long as I rush into the tunnel, the rest of the battle will be easy to fight. When Oleg saw that our soldiers were so brave, he couldn't help itching. He also wanted to rush into the tunnel to have a look, but I refused.

The sound of gunfire and explosion in the tunnel rang out. Seeing that the enemy was not willing to wait to die, they were still fighting in the corner and struggling to death.

Five minutes later, the sound of gunfire and explosion in the tunnel stopped. A soldier came out of it breathlessly, ran to me, raised his hand and reported to me, "Comrade division, something's going on inside. Captain Pugachev, please come over."

"What?" Oleg beside me was very angry when he heard this, and he was furious with the soldiers: "what is Pugachev, and what qualification does he have to let his teachers go to dangerous places?"

I raised my hand to stop Oleg from going on, and kindly asked the soldier, "Comrade soldier, can you tell me what happened in the tunnel that even captain Pugachev can't decide?"

The soldier was a bit embarrassed by Oleg, but when I heard that I was so kind to speak to him, he was stunned for a moment by the huge contrast, and then he replied, "report, sir, when we attacked the tunnel on the right side, we found that there were all the wounded in it..."

"Anyway, it's all German wounded. Just throw some grenades in and get rid of them. What else can I ask for?" Oleg heard this and muttered to one side.

I didn't expect klobjing to agree with Oleg: "the wounded are also bandits. We can't show mercy to them. I agree with major Oleg's suggestion that we should use grenades to solve them all."

The soldier listened, did not wait for me to speak, desperately put his hands, loudly said: "can't blow, can't blow."

"What did you say?" Oleg came forward and grabbed the soldier's collar. "How dare you sympathize with the bandits? Can I shoot you now?"

I quickly liberated the soldier's collar from Oleg's hands. I said what happened to these people. When I was excited, I liked to pull other people's collars. I didn't know how to express my feelings with other actions. I helped the soldiers tidy their collars and continued to ask, "what's wrong with the wounded?"

The soldier took a deep breath and then replied, "the wounded are not only German, but also our Marine Corps. The health worker who took care of the wounded said that there was explosives in the hole. If we dare to attack their wounded, he will detonate the explosives and die with us. "

"To scare people?" Oleg muttered again.

"Commander o'shanina," said the soldier, and klobkin quickly pulled me aside. I thought he would agree with Oleg's opinion again, but he whispered something that surprised me: "I think that German hygienist should be true. As you remember, our tunnel was built in an old armory, where hundreds of barrels of gunpowder were stored. Later, when the Marine Corps built fortifications, I was afraid they didn't have enough explosives, so I gave them all the gunpowder. "

When I heard that it was the expired gunpowder, I couldn't help but ask with a wry smile, "can we still use the gunpowder that has been stored for more than 100 years?"

Klobkin did not speak, but nodded vigorously.

I went back to the soldier and asked, "what do you want from the German hygienist?"

The soldier nodded, then said: "the other side said that as long as a commander with a high rank promised him not to attack the German wounded, he would lay down his arms and surrender."

"How many of the enemy's health workers are there?" Klobkin asked suddenly.

"There seems to be only one." The soldier was a little nervous when he saw that he was being asked by a colonel.

"I thought there were several people, but there was only one." Klobkin disdainfully said: "find a sniper to kill him, not to end it?"

"Comrade Colonel," replied the soldier flurriedly, wiping the sweat from his forehead, "the German hygienists are hiding behind a row of powder kegs and can't reach them at all."

After listening to the soldier's words, klobjing was silent, and even Oleg, who had been complaining, was obediently shut up.

"Come on," I said to the soldier, "take me to the tunnel." With that, I lifted my legs and walked forward.

"Comrade oshanina, it's too dangerous." Klobkin grabbed my arm and said sincerely, "it's better for someone else. I can't watch you have an accident."

I laughed at him, gently broke away from his hand, pretended to be calm and said to him, "don't worry, comrade colonel. I've always had good luck. I believe this time is no exception. You and your guard platoon will stay here and wait for my good news. "

When I walked into the dark tunnel, my legs began to soften, and I began to scold from Gaidar to Pugachev, who was confronting the German medical staff in the tunnel. You know, I'm your teacher, but now I'm turned into a negotiator by you. When I'm faced with this kind of uncertainty, let me take the lead. Although it seems that there is no danger every time, I'm not afraid of ten thousand, but I'm afraid of just in case. I can't tell clearly that during the negotiation, one of the other party's soldiers pulled the trigger and shot a long string of bullets at me because of nervousness and a cramp in his finger. Then I'll go straight ahead.

Adapted to the light in the tunnel, I saw Pugachev and more than a dozen soldiers squatting or standing in the tunnel, the muzzle of the gun pointed to the front without exception, and the front should be the place where the wounded were parked. These big wooden casks should be filled with gunpowder in the corridor. If you shoot them, it may cause a series of explosions, or even collapse the tunnel, and then no one will be spared.

I went to Pugachev's side, pretending to be calm and said to him: "Comrade captain, let the German speaking soldiers shout inside, and say that I promise by my reputation that I will never kill any German wounded, and ask him to lay down his arms and surrender."

Pugachev whispered a few words to the soldier next to him. The fighter then took a few steps forward, came to the barrel and yelled at it in German. Hear his shout, inside a hoarse voice responded a few words, seem to confirm something. The soldier yelled a few more words. After receiving another response from the other side, he turned to Pugachev and said, "Comrade captain, he has promised to surrender."

When I saw Pugachev commanding the soldiers to remove the powder keg, my heart went up to my throat. I was afraid that if I was not careful, it would cause an explosion. But fortunately, the barrel was moved away, and my vision suddenly widened. As long as a wide space, the ground is densely covered with stretchers, these should be the wounded of the German army and our Marine Corps. Seeing that the German health workers were escorted, I told Pugachev: "Comrade captain, arrange the manpower to carry out the wounded here as soon as possible." After that, I went out of the cave with the German health guards and the soldiers escorting him. When I walked out of the cave, I saw kolobkin, Oleg and the guards standing outside. They were staring at the cave nervously. They were all relieved to see me come out safely“ It's the damned German hygienist. You have to take risks yourself. " When Oleg saw the German hygienist standing at the entrance of the cave, he was so angry that he came forward and slapped him in the face. Unexpectedly, as soon as the health worker lowered his head, Oleg's hand slapped his helmet and knocked it off, revealing his silver white short hair. Oleg could not help but be stunned, and then said in surprise: "I didn't expect that you... You... Are actually a woman?" I looked at the freckled face in front of me and asked coldly, "soldier, tell me your name and rank, and your army." The next interpreter immediately translated my words into German and repeated them to the female health worker. The woman health officer stooped to pick up her helmet and put it on her head. She answered without hesitation, "Kalla, corporal, I belong to the 371st infantry division."