Chapter 566

Gordonov's proposal was just in line with my heart, so I was not polite and directly sat in the sidecar of the first motorcycle. Originally, mihayev wanted to ride the same motorcycle with me, but he saw that I had already got into the sidecar first. Wearing the German captain's uniform, he obviously could not sit behind the driver, so he had to sit in the sidecar of the second motorcycle wrongly.

Both Godunov and basmanov can drive motorcycles. They both fight to be my drivers. They fight for a long time. Seeing that they were fighting, I finally came out and let basmanov be the driver, while gordonov, I let him go back and continue to command the guards. On the remaining three motorcycles, all the soldiers in my guard class and lieutenant razumeyeva, the company commander of the communication company.

As the troops in the rear were under the command of lieutenant commander Oleg and lieutenant Godunov, and I was in a hurry to join them, I urged basmanov to speed up.

Busmanov agreed, his eyes fixed on the road ahead. With the accelerator in his home, the motorcycle drove fast on the rough dirt road.

After driving at a high speed for more than half an hour, I raised my head and asked basmanov in a loud voice, "Comrade lieutenant, how far is it from our destination?"

Maybe the wind was too strong, which affected basmanov's hearing. When I called for the second time, he slowed down his speed, turned to look at me and asked aloud, "Comrade division, what do you say, I can't hear you clearly?"

I repeated the question in a loud voice. He looked around and answered me in a loud voice: "Mr. reporter, I think we may have finished most of the distance. In a few minutes, we should be able to reach our destination."

Just as I opened my mouth to speak, basmanov's body suddenly leaned back, and then the motorcycle suddenly lost control, and the body swung violently to the side of the road. Sudden changes, so that the back of a few motorcycles did not come back to mind, the results are one after another hit. The huge impact shocked my five abdomen and six viscera as if they were displaced.

Just when everyone was in a mess, busmanov covered his shoulder and jumped out of the car. He yelled at everyone: "there are snipers, everyone, get down, get down!" As soon as he finished, he fell down on the ground.

When I heard that there were snipers, I couldn't wonder why the motorcycle just got out of control. Instead, I jumped out of the sidecar, fell on the ground, raised my gun and looked around, trying to find out where the enemy was?

After all the soldiers of the guard class left the motorcycle and fell down on the spot, I crawled to basmanov's side and asked in a low voice, "Comrade lieutenant, what's the matter? Where are the enemy snipers? "

Basmanov lay on his side, covering his left shoulder with his right hand, and replied painfully: "Sir, I've been shot. The bullet came from the hillside in the front left of the road and hit me in the shoulder

Hearing his report, I quickly raised my telescope and looked there. The hill on the left is about 40 meters away from where we are. It's quiet on the hill. No one can see it. I don't know where the sniper who hurt busmanov is hiding now.

I'm thinking about whether to send two soldiers to search now, or when the big troops behind arrive and send more people to search the mountain, a soldier of the guard class stooped to my side, squatted down and asked, "Sir, what should we do?" His loud voice was heard far away in the silent wilderness.

I glared at him discontentedly, and directly ordered: "get down quickly, you stand so high, do you want the German on the hillside to hit you as a target?"

The soldier put his gun on the ground, then threw his whole body forward and fell down on the spot.

I raised my telescope again and looked up at the hillside. I saw a few figures slowly standing on the top of the hillside, bending over and coming slowly towards us. Seeing the sudden emergence of a few people, my heart beat faster. My heart said, can't the Germans bear to rush down and destroy us?

Thinking of this, I did not dare to neglect, quickly turned to the back and yelled: "guard class, listen to my command: load the bullet, get ready for battle."

As soon as my voice fell, a familiar cry came from the opposite side: "Sir, is that you?"

As soon as the other side opened his mouth, I recognized that it was the third group leader kosja who was shouting. He immediately put down his heart and quickly got up from the ground. He turned to the guard soldiers behind him and said, "don't shoot. It's his own." Then he yelled to the other side, "commander kosga, come here!"

When I heard my voice, commander kosga and some soldiers came running to me at the speed of 100 meters. They stopped in front of me, raised their hands and saluted. Then they said in a loud voice, "report to division commander, commander of the third regiment. Commander kosga led his troops to meet you and wait for your orders."

After giving a salute, I asked discontentedly, "commander kosga, since you are here to meet us, why do you shoot indiscriminately? You see, you have injured lieutenant basmanov of the fourth regiment."

Kosja looked at lieutenant busmanov, who was covering his left shoulder with his hand, and then turned to me, but he didn't explain why. He just straightened his back.

Seeing his apathetic expression, I was a little anonymous and couldn't help asking him in a loud voice: "Comrade kosga, why don't you answer me? You know, the shot you just shot wounded lieutenant busmanov, and caused a series of collisions among five motorcycles. If it wasn't for the fact that lieutenant busmanov happened to be talking to me and slowed down, it was estimated that some people would have died in the accident. "

After I finished scolding, kosja finally said, "Sir, I'm very sorry for the accidental injury of lieutenant busmanov. I'd like to apologize to him on behalf of the soldiers who shot him." After that, he went to basmanov, raised his hand to salute him, and politely said, "Comrade lieutenant, I apologize to you for the recklessness of my subordinates. I hope you will forgive him!"

I hummed heavily beside, and said angrily, "shoot and hurt people, is it over with an apology?"

Kosja came back to me, looked at me and said boldly, "report, sir. I think the shooter did the right thing. If it was me, I would have fired. But the only difference is that if I shot, Lieutenant busmanov would not be here at the moment to accept my apology. "

"What, what do you say?" Hearing his almost arrogant reply, I was almost furious, "you tell me clearly, why would you shoot if it was you?"

"Because of your uniform and the motorcycle you're on." "If I was on duty and saw a group of people in German motorcycles and uniforms show up in my field of vision, I would not hesitate to shoot," kosga replied

German uniforms, I thought to myself when I heard what kosga said, we are not only wearing German uniforms now, but also the vehicles we are using have just been seized from the German army. The soldier on guard was not changed by the monkey king. He didn't have any eyes. He couldn't recognize at night whether the people in German uniforms in his vision were German or his own. So his decisive shooting was correct.

Want to understand this truth, I can't help blushing, fortunately in the evening, you can't see the color of my face. Seeing that I didn't speak for a long time, basmanov opened his mouth to help me out: "Comrade division commander, the shooter did the right thing. He must have regarded us as the German patrol, so he fired decisively. But fortunately, his shooting is not accurate, otherwise I will lose my life. " At the end, he laughed twice.

I looked at a hillside in the night, quickly turned off the topic and asked kosga, "Comrade commander, how many people have you brought to meet us this time?"

"Mr. reporter, I have two companies with me, and they are now hidden on the hillside," kosga reported. Fortunately, you were small, so the sentry fired. If there were a large number of people, maybe all the soldiers in ambush on the hillside would shoot. "

What kosga said surprised me in a cold sweat. Fortunately, I was lazy and didn't want to walk, so I listened to lieutenant Godunov's advice and rode on a motorcycle. If hundreds of people swaggered on the road in German uniforms, kosga, who was lying in ambush on the side of the road, would order the troops to open fire and fight with his own people at that time, That's a big joke.

In order to prevent similar misunderstandings, I quickly ordered kosga to send a platoon of soldiers, followed by the bandaged wound of lieutenant basmanov, to meet the large troops behind. As I watched basmanov leave with the soldiers, I was escorted by kosga's troops and moved to a new position.

Although five motorcycles can still be used, I dare not ride any more for fear of misunderstanding by friendly forces. But not far away, kosja took us to the place where the truck was hidden and took me to the new headquarters with his card.

When the truck arrived at its destination, all the people who had received the news, such as xijerikov and Gaidar, welcomed me to the new headquarters. The new headquarters is in the north of a hillside. It's a semi buried shelter. The two steam lamps hanging in the house make the whole room bright.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw the flag leaning against the corner of the wall. I could not help but smile and forget the unhappiness I had just met on the road.

As soon as razumeyeva put up the radio station, she received a strange call. After answering the call, she looked up at me and said nervously, "Mr. reporter, it's general Zhukov who is going to speak to you!"

"General Zhukov?" Although I've always wanted to keep in close touch with him, the level difference between us is so big that we can actually get in touch with him for only a few days. I took the earphone and the transmitter and said politely, "Hello, general."

"Good job, Rita!" Zhukov affectionately called my nickname. After giving me a generous compliment, he continued: "Comrade vasilevsky told me all about your deeds. He said that you not only attacked the 29th German motorized infantry division in the dark, annihilated nearly ten thousand enemies, but also captured major general Laize, the division commander of the division. It's really amazing that we used the strength of another division to resist the repeated attacks of the three divisions of the 4th group army of hottank during the day. "

When Zhukov said the name of the commander of the fourth group army of German tanks, he said "Hote" instead of "Goth" as trekov said. He said in a hurry, "Comrade General, although our division has won several victories, there are heavy casualties, and one regiment has almost run out. If we want to maintain the combat effectiveness of our division, it is very necessary to add enough backbone and a large number of soldiers. "

After listening to my request, Zhukov was silent for a moment, and then asked word by word: "I heard Comrade vasilevsky say that you want Comrade meletzkov's second lieutenant training team. Is there such a thing?"

"Yes, Comrade General." It's not a secret, so I didn't hide it.

Zhukov said with a smile: "Rita, you are really open-minded. You need to know the training team of the second lieutenant, but Comrade meletzkov's heart and soul. He doesn't know how hard it is for you to leave this army."

"No, Comrade General. When I was still in the front army of volhoff, because I proposed to the supreme command that the next target of German attack would be Stalingrad, not Moscow or the Caucasus, which caused the Supreme Commander himself to be unhappy. In a rage, he gave an order that I should guard the mamayev post after the battle of the bulge. At that time, senior general meletzkov offered to hand over his second lieutenant training team to me. "

"Let me ask you, if you do take over this army, how do you plan to use them?"

"Shortly after the establishment of my independent division, there was a shortage of backbone fighters and grassroots commanders. After the second lieutenant's training team comes, I will assign these officers to each company to assume the principal and deputy positions, so that each of them can have the opportunity to command a platoon or even a company. "

Zhukov didn't go on talking about the second lieutenant's training team. Instead, he promptly changed the topic: "Rita, I'll tell you a military secret: the troops transferred from the other front forces and the reserve of the supreme command are now assembling in the northwest of Stalingrad. Among them, the 16th tank army was in the greater Ivanka area, the 4th tank army was in the zavareyu area, the 64th Infantry Division was in the lesser Ivanka area, and the troops of the 173, 231, 116, 24 and 308 infantry divisions also got off at the alceda station.

After these troops arrive, the commander of the front army will organize an assault group in the samofalovka area. In this assault group, there are the 27th and 35th infantry divisions, the 298th infantry division, the 28th tank army and the 196th tank brigade. They are under the command of major general kovadako, deputy commander of Stalingrad's front army. Their mission is to counterattack to the southwest with the cooperation of the 62nd group army, and eliminate the 14th tank army, which burst into the Volga River

Zhukov's words frightened me. You know, it's an important military secret. How can he tell me a small division commander that if the counter attack of the army fails because of leakage, I will be most suspected. Thinking of this, I couldn't wait to interrupt trakov's later words and cautiously reminded him, "sorry, comrade general, I'm not your deputy now. I'm not qualified to know such top secret information."

"In a few days, I will go to Stalingrad to replace Comrade vasilevsky. Maybe I will let you be my deputy, so you must know some information in advance." Then he added: "in response to the plan being implemented by the front army of Stalingrad, comrade Stalin, who has been paying close attention to the war situation of Stalingrad, pointed out in his instructions to general vasilevsky, the representative of the supreme command, general yelimenko, the commander of the front army, and malinkov, the representative of the National Defense Commission:

First, our military affairs must completely seal the enemy's entrance to Stalingrad, encircle and annihilate them. You have the strength to do it, and you can and should do it.

Second, we must hold our forward positions to the West and south of Stalingrad, and do not send troops from there to encircle and annihilate the enemy who has intruded. Our army will continue to counterattack Russian Airlines, attack the enemy and drive them out of Stalingrad. "

From what Zhukov said, I can vaguely tell that in the coming days, the West and south of Stalingrad will be the focus of German attack. In other words, in the coming days, my independent division will still have a lot of vicious battles to fight. However, he didn't mention anything about providing additional troops to our division.

Seeing that his words were almost finished, I couldn't help asking him again: "senior general, I beg you again to supply our division with the necessary soldiers. We should know that the soldiers in the independent division have not received any military training and are seriously short of combat experience. Before they became soldiers, they were all prisoners in Gulag concentration camp. "

"What, prisoner?" To his surprise, Zhukov asked incredulously, "Rita, do you think the independent division is made up of a group of prisoners from Gulag concentration camp?"

"Yes, Comrade General."

"Before they became soldiers, they didn't have any military training or combat experience. I'm not wrong."

"Absolutely right, Comrade General." When I heard Zhukov's question, a glimmer of hope appeared in my heart. With my understanding of him, if he didn't want to help me, he would not have asked so carefully.

As I expected, Zhukov was silent for a while after asking these questions, and then he said, "I'll try my best to find a way to supplement the soldiers. Even if there is no regular army, we can add a few Stalingrad militia battalions. They are all made up of backbones drawn from major factories and have a certain combat effectiveness. In addition, I will also contact Comrade meletskov for you. As for whether he is willing to give you the second lieutenant training team, it depends on your luck. "

When I heard that Zhukov was willing to take the initiative to contact General meletzkov for me, I was overjoyed and repeatedly expressed my thanks to him. He said earnestly: "Rita, the next battle will be more difficult. I hope you will be prepared psychologically enough."“ Please rest assured, senior general, "I said confidently," where the independent division sticks to, the bandits will never be allowed to move forward. "“ It's a beautiful thing to say. Whether you can do it or not depends on your performance. I wish you good health. Goodbye Zhukov broke off contact before I could speak. After seeing the end of the conversation between Zhukov and me, xiejerikov, Koska and Gaidar quickly gathered around and asked curiously, "Comrade teacher, what did general Zhukov say to you?" I wanted to talk to them about the contents of the call, but I didn't realize that the contents of my conversation with Zhukov were all military secrets. I couldn't tell them, so I opened my mouth and closed my mouth. Seeing that I refused to say anything, he immediately understood that they were not qualified to know the contents of the phone, so he changed the topic in time and asked curiously, "Sir, has the second regiment of commander Oleg withdrawn?" When I heard his question, I sighed and said, "well, forget it. The second regiment has been withdrawn, but the casualties are heavy. There are only less than 300 people left, including dozens of lightly wounded."“ What, less than three hundred? " As soon as I finished speaking, shijerikov said in surprise: "before the battle, the second regiment was a regiment full of 2000 people. In other words, they lost 90% of their lives in the battle, and they don't know how Oleg commanded them. " When I heard what shijerikov said, the situation that the communication of the Oleg regiment was blocked during the retreat was not unknown. It was because of his good ideas that more than 200 soldiers died in vain under the enemy's artillery fire on the way back from attacking the enemy's camp. Thinking of this, I slapped the table and said angrily, "yes, this Oleg is too much. When I gave the order to retreat, he dared to break off the contact with the division headquarters and sneak attack the German transport convoy with hundreds of soldiers. Although the attack was successful, on their way back, they were found by the German army and mobilized dozens of artillery to bombard their convoy. As a result, more than 200 brave soldiers died in the enemy's artillery fire. " When I finished, Gerda asked cautiously, "Sir, what are you going to do with Commander Oleg?" I snorted and said, "what else can I do? Of course, I'll demote him and let him become company commander in the company." Speaking of this, I thought that after Oleg was removed from office, there would be no head of the second regiment. The most urgent task is to find a suitable person to replace him. So I turned to ask Xie jielikov, "Comrade commander, after Oleg is demoted, the post of the second head of the regiment will be vacant. Do you have a suitable person to replace him?" Shijerikov shook his head and said regretfully, "I'm sorry, sir. I don't have a suitable person in my mind." I turned to look at Gaidar, but he also shook his head, saying that there was no suitable person. The three leaders who had never spoken, seeing that the other two leaders were shaking their heads, he stepped forward to me and said cautiously, "Mr. reporter, I have a suitable candidate. I don't know if it's in your mind."