Chapter 555

At the end of the meeting, I repeatedly stressed to several leaders: "before dark, your task is to distribute weapons to the recruits and seize the time to carry out rapid training in shooting, dropping bombs, stabbing and tactical movements. Do you understand? "

"I see!" The commander here replied with one voice.

Looking at the commanders with serious expression, I couldn't help thinking. I felt that the task given to me by general trakov was too heavy. Although I also wanted to command the independent division, fight a few tough battles with the German army, and perform well in front of the superior leaders, I didn't expect to receive the task of covering the retreat of the main force. In the situation of great disparity between the enemy and ourselves, everyone knows that this task is not to die a lifetime, but to die a lifetime. At that moment, I felt like an abandoned child.

But on second thought, the reason why trikov gave me such an important task might be because I like to be creative in using soldiers. If I lead the army to take on the post-war task, he would feel more secure. According to my understanding of the Germans, they will take our troops lightly when they find that they are retreating on a large scale, and they will relax their vigilance when they move forward. In this way, our division can take advantage of the opportunity to teach those arrogant pursuers a lesson.

Thinking of this, I said to you: "comrades, after daybreak tomorrow, the enemy will find that our large forces have retreated from the existing defensive positions, and then they will rush forward quickly. Under normal circumstances, our independent division, which lacks both heavy and light weapons, will not be able to resist the enemy's attack even if it is completely destroyed. However, the situation is different this time. After a long battle, the enemy has become exhausted. When they enter our army, their large troops will stay for a while and send small troops to follow our army and rush to Stalingrad quickly.

And we can take advantage of the opportunity of their light troops to attack them, and take them by surprise, and even eat part of them. In order to achieve this goal, after entering the position, the gadar regiment should pay attention to the camouflage of the troops and not let the enemy find us too early. At the same time, we should send more investigators to understand the enemy's movements and know ourselves and the enemy. "

After my words, the expressions on the commanders' faces became vivid, and I said while the iron was hot: "comrades, when you return to the army, you should tell the soldiers that we must fight this battle well, because we are fighting not only to cover the retreat of the main force of the group army, but also for our own survival. Do you understand? "

This time, all the commanders stood up in unison and replied with one voice, "I see!"

Shejerikov, who has always been close to me, also specially said: "Dear commanders, I believe our independent division will not be destroyed by the Germans. According to my understanding of the division commander, as long as you prepare and fight according to the battle plan she envisioned, we will surely win the final victory. " Although I was a little embarrassed by chejerikov's flattery, it also increased my confidence in winning.

As soon as the meeting was over, the commanders left one after another and rushed back to their respective troops to assign combat tasks to their subordinates.

After walking back and forth in the headquarters, I thought about the combat deployment in my mind. I felt that the only problem was communication. If this problem is not solved, if the communication is not smooth, then my orders can not be transmitted to the front in time, and the front information can not be fed back in time. However, to solve these problems, we can only ask trekov to come forward. I raised my hand and looked at my watch. I estimated that trakov had returned to the headquarters of the group army, so I asked razumeyeva to call the headquarters of the group army.

As soon as trikov heard my voice, he immediately asked with concern, "what's the matter, o'shanina? Is there anything important in such a hurry to find me?"

"Comrade commander, this is the situation." After I briefly described my combat deployment, I then made a request to him: "our division is seriously short of communication equipment, which is not conducive to my contact with various units in combat. Do you think we can ask the 208 division to leave some communication equipment and related personnel for us when it withdraws? At least we should leave the telephone lines of the division headquarters, because when the fighting starts, this will be one of my command posts. "

"No problem," trekov replied unambiguously, "I can decide this matter without asking Colonel vossley boynikov. Communication equipment and related personnel can't be given to you, but I'll ask them to hand over the telephone lines in the village to your division completely. Do you think that's all right? "

"Great, comrade commander. Thank you so much!" I just asked tentatively, but I didn't expect that trikov could help me solve the problem so easily.

"O'shanina, I want to ask you a question." "How many days do you think your independent division can hold back the Germans?" trekov asked

How many days? It's a question whether we can block it one day. How many more days do we want to block it? You really look up to me. However, these words can only be thought about in my mind, but I can't say them out. I vaguely replied, "Comrade commander, I can only say that I will do my best to delay the enemy for one or two days as far as possible, so as to buy time for the main force's transfer." When I said this, I was obviously not confident enough. I could only say that it would be delayed for a few days, not blocked for a few days.

"Very well, as long as your troops can block the enemy for two days, then the main force of the group army can smoothly retreat into the fortified area of Stalingrad and get ready for all battles."

Putting down the earphone and the transmitter, I asked razumeyeva sitting next to me, "Comrade lieutenant, how many people are in your communication company now?"

Razumeyeva quickly stood up and replied, "report, comrade division commander, when we came from the headquarters of the group army, there were ten people. Today, I asked several other girls to select people who know telecommunications knowledge in their teachers. Just now, they reported that they recruited about 40 people. Some of them were originally staff of the Telecommunications Bureau. As long as they had a simple training, they could complete the normal work of sending and receiving telegrams. "

"That's great." It seems that among the new soldiers from Gulag concentration camp, there are really a lot of talents. We can find a few capable people in any occupation. I quickly told razumeyeva: "Lieutenant, you go to select a few capable soldiers, seize the time to train them, and then send them to Gaidar regiment."

In the evening, I was having dinner with xiejerikov and talking about the training situation of the army today. Gedar, Oleg, Morozov and perskin all came into the headquarters and said goodbye to me.

When I saw the four commanders standing in a row in front of me, I thought that after tomorrow's day, maybe I would not see one of them, and my nose became sour.

On behalf of everyone, Gaidar asked, "Comrade division, can we start?"

I reached out to shake him and said, "commander gedar, I hope you can win. I'll be here waiting for your good news."

With a smile on his face, Gaidar said bitterly, "Sir, do you think the fourth regiment will still exist tomorrow evening?"

His words made my heart tighten. Under normal circumstances, what he said was the truth. In the face of the enemy's superior land and air firepower and powerful ground forces, it is absolutely certain to eliminate thousands of troops who lack weapon training. In order to cheer him up, I especially stressed: "the enemy's strength is too strong. Never fight with the enemy. Use your brains and fight skillfully with the enemy. We should know how to preserve ourselves and achieve the greatest results with the least casualties. "

Hearing what I said, Gaidar and the other three commanders became firm in their faces. They raised their hands together to salute me, and at the same time, they answered loudly, "please rest assured, sir, we will complete the task."

I turned and asked razumeyeva, "Comrade lieutenant, have all the signalmen I asked you to send to the regiment?"

Razumeyeva nodded hard and replied, "report to Mr. division chief, I have sent a communication team to each of the two infantry regiments. The communication team leader of the second regiment is corporal Najia, and the communication team leader of the fourth regiment is corporal guliyayeva. After entering the designated location, they can contact us at any time through the telephone and telephone. "

I nodded with satisfaction, turned to Gaidar and said to them, "let's go. Good luck to you."

After the four left, I turned to shejerikov and said, "Comrade commander, have you repaired the observation post I asked you to prepare for me this afternoon?" Although my regiment and I stayed in the camp at the same time, I was not at ease with the war in the front, so I asked sjerikov to build an observation post for me two or three kilometers away from the battlefield.

Shejerikov nodded his head and replied, "it's finished. It's three kilometers northeast of the defense line that Col. gedar will build. There are five people in the observation center and a telephone line. If you stay there, you can not only observe the enemy's situation, but also command the troops. " At this point, he deliberately stopped for a moment to observe my expression. Seeing that I did not raise any objection, he tentatively proposed: "do you need to go and have a look?"

"No," I waved my hand and said, "the main force of the group army has not begun to retreat. If I go now, I will see a scene of chaos. It's meaningless. Let's wait until tomorrow."

Seeing that I was not interested in visiting the observation station, I left after a hasty dinner.

That night, I stayed up all night, staring at the map all night, thinking about the enemy's possible March route in my heart, and figuring out how to fight to minimize the casualties of our army.

As soon as it was dawn, xiejerikov came to the headquarters. He reported to me, "Comrade division, the car is ready. We are waiting outside the forest. Can we start?"

I rolled up the map on the table, stuffed it into the bag, and told him, "Comrade commander, I'll take Pugachev, razumeyeva and my guard team to the observation post. You and your troops will stay here and wait for my further orders. "

When I told him to stay, the expression on his face became particularly ugly. He muttered: "Comrade division, the battle may start soon, but you let me stay here to watch. Do you think this is appropriate?"

I handed the bag to Pugachev, who came in. I turned to xiejerikov with a smile and said, "don't worry, comrade commander. There are many battles you fight. If we put so many troops in the trenches and let the enemy's big shelling planes blow up, the casualties will not be small. Don't worry. When it's your turn to attack, it will give you a big show. "

Seeing that I had said this, xiejerikov couldn't insist on it. He could only say helplessly, "yes, I'll stay here and wait for your further orders."

There were jeeps and a truck outside the forest. I was in the jeep and the truck was from the guard class. When I got on the bus, I saw Pugachev walking towards the truck. It seemed that he wanted to take the co driver's seat of the truck. I quickly stopped him: "Comrade captain, come here and take my car."

The captain trotted all the way over and without saying a word, opened the front passenger's door and got on. After he sat down, he turned to look at me and asked, "Comrade teacher, do you want to start?" Seeing that I nodded in agreement, I immediately ordered the driver to drive

Shejerikov built me an observation post on a hillside. As there were no trees and only low plants on the slope, I was afraid that if the vehicle stopped at the foot of the slope, the enemy's reconnaissance plane would find it, so I ordered them to return and call the driver to pick us up when necessary.

On the top of the hillside where the observation is located, there is a semi buried shelter. Because the top is covered with shrubs and weeds, it can not be found by flying over the reconnaissance plane from the air. It can be seen that shijerikov is very attentive to the observation center. There is a wooden table in the middle of the room, which is one meter square. It is reserved for putting telephones, telephones and maps. There are also several wooden benches for people to sit and rest.

In addition to razumeyeva, Pugachev and Willa, the other two soldiers who came into the observation post with me stayed outside as guards, while a little farther away in the Bush, other soldiers of the guard class were hidden.

While razumeyeva was setting up the radio station, I raised my telescope and looked into the distance. There were two long trenches connected by traffic trenches in the southwest open field. The trench was quiet, and no one could see it. I didn't know whether the troops were hiding or didn't enter the trench at all. Then I turned the camera to the West and looked at the small village that belonged to the headquarters of the 208 division. It was also quiet. There was no shadow or smoke, as if it had been abandoned.

I put down my telescope, turned around and asked razumeyeva, "Comrade lieutenant, is the radio set up?" Seeing her nodding, I immediately ordered her, "contact lieutenant commander Gaidar immediately. I want to speak to him."

Razumeyeva pointed to the telephone on the desk and said to me carefully, "Mr. division, that telephone was set up yesterday. It can contact lieutenant colonel Gaidar."

When she said that, I laughed. After picking up the receiver, I shook the handle on the phone a few times. As soon as the call came, I asked in a hurry, "Hello, is that Colonel Gaidar? I'm oshanina

"Hello, sir, this is Gaidar. What's your instruction?"

"Colonel gedar, I'll ask you, where are your troops? Why do I see no one in the trench? "

"Report to division commander, didn't you ask me to hide the troops? If you can't see it, it proves that our soldiers are well hidden. If you can't see it, the enemy won't think that we have a well prepared army waiting for them. By the way, not only the infantry have been concealed, but also the artillery company of Morozov have been concealed behind the position. I don't think you have found them

After listening to Gaidar's words, it suddenly occurred to me that Morozov's artillery company was indeed deployed behind Gaidar's position, which I didn't see just now. I dropped the phone, went to the observation hole, raised the telescope again and observed carefully. The trench was still dead, and no one could be seen. But at the back of the second line of defense, there were several haystacks that attracted my attention, because the distance between these one person tall haystacks was equal.

I feel strange, collective farm manor a few haystacks piled so far away from the village to do, but also placed so neatly, so can not help but look at a few more. At this glance, we can see the true face of the haystack. It turned out that the artillery of the Morozov artillery company was hidden in the haystack.

I grinned and turned the camera to the front of the line. Although the front of our defense was two kilometers, because there was a small river on one side, the German troops had to cross the two lines of defense built by our army if they wanted to enter the village where gedar was stationed.

I looked through the telescope for nearly an hour and found not only the shadow of the German mechanized troops, but also the reconnaissance aircraft in the air. I couldn't help doubting my own judgment. Didn't the Germans find that our army had retreated from its original fortified position on a large scale? Otherwise, why don't they send out troops to seize these uninhabited areas? "

Just as I was about to lose patience, dust rose on the distant horizon. I quickly concentrated and looked through the telescope. Soon the enemy troops came into my sight.

The enemy had about a battalion of troops, with three parallel tanks in the front, five or six armored vehicles in the back, and trucks full of soldiers in the back.

As I said in advance that power would be decentralized and Gaidar would be allowed to command the battle independently, I didn't rush to call him and give orders when I saw the enemy appear. Instead, I kept holding up my telescope to observe the enemy's situation.

Although I was very patient and didn't call Gaidar, someone was so upset that he called me first. When I picked up the microphone, I knew that it was Oleg, the second group leader. He lowered his voice and said excitedly, "Comrade division commander, the enemy troops are passing through the area not far from the underground tank depot. Do we need to attack them and take them by surprise?"

"No, comrade commander, No." I quickly stopped his impulsive behavior and told him seriously: "the positions of your regiment and tank units should not be exposed casually. Continue to lurk. I will call you when to attack." With that, I hung up without waiting for him to speak. I saw through the telescope that the enemy's tanks were getting closer and closer to our trench, but there was still no movement in the trench. Even Gaidar didn't call me to ask if we should fire to intercept the enemy's tanks. When the enemy's tanks were 100 meters away from the trench, the haystacks behind the second line of defense were lifted from inside, revealing the hidden cannons. Looking at the busy gunners, I can't help but feel a cold sweat for them. I hope they can move faster and earlier, and fire before the German tanks find them. Soon, I saw Morozov, wearing a big cornice hat, coming out of nowhere, standing behind a cannon, holding up the right hand of a small red flag, looking left and right for a moment, then waving down abruptly, and the cannon of the artillery company fired again and again. As soon as the three German tanks were ten meters away from our trench, a group or two or three groups of flames rose on the body of the tanks. After driving a certain distance, they stopped beside the trench one after another. In the first round of firing, the artillery company destroyed all the enemy's tanks, though some of them missed, landed around the tanks and exploded. Then a second round of fire followed, and four of the six armored vehicles that followed were turned into burning scrap iron. The remaining two armored vehicles turned around and ran. Not far away, one of them was overturned by the air wave of the shell explosion, rolling on the ground, and finally the four wheels were burning up. In addition, the end of the car was not much better. Because it was driving too fast, it bumped into an oncoming truck. After the violent impact, most of the soldiers on the car fell down by inertia. At this time, the soldiers in the first trench of our Army stood up one after another and opened fire with their machine guns, submachine guns and rifles. They focused on the soldiers on the truck behind and the soldiers who jumped out of the car to escape. The German soldiers who were caught off guard were killed in piles under the car and not far from the car. Some soldiers were ready to jump when they were shot dead, head down from the car baffle upside down. Seeing that the enemy was in chaos, the soldiers in the trench jumped up and rushed to the enemy with their weapons. At this moment, the phone on the desk rang again. I thought it was Gaidar. I was just trying to praise him. Unexpectedly, it was Oleg again. When he heard my voice, he said anxiously: "Comrade division, let's attack our regiment and tank unit from the side, as long as we cut the back of these German guys, I'm sure none of them will run Oleg's suggestion made me excited, but seeing the soldiers of the fourth regiment following the enemy in the distance, I gritted my teeth and said firmly, "no, commander Oleg. I repeat, without my order, your regiment and the tank unit of Peregrine are not allowed to attack. "