Chapter 569

I was about to speak when a clear gunshot broke out of the room.

Just when most of the commanders were at a loss, xiejerikov stood up and rushed to the door of the headquarters with a lunge. He yelled at the outside: "come on!"

A soldier quickly appeared at the door, raised his hand to salute, stood silently in front of him, ran to himself, waiting for him to ask questions or give orders.

"Where did the gun go?" Asked chejerikov aloud.

The soldier at the door was obviously a subordinate of chejerikov. Hearing his question, he quickly replied, "report chief, the gunfire came from the west of the headquarters." Then he skillfully said to shijerikov, "listen to the gunfire, it should not be more than 200 meters away from us. Maybe the sentry on duty over there found the enemy's trace, so he fired his gun to call the police. "

My heart beat faster when I heard that the German troops were within 200 meters of my headquarters, but I still had to keep calm in front of many of my troops. I picked up the submachine gun leaning against the table and asked Pugachev in a loud voice, "Captain Pugachev, where is the company you just took to the mission? Call them all up and follow me to see what's going on? "

"No, sir." Before I got to the door, Captain busmanov, the new guard battalion commander, stopped me first and said, "you are the head of the first division. You can't take any risks. Let me take a guard company to see what's going on."

Basmanov's words immediately aroused the resonance of all the people present, and everyone echoed: "yes, sir, it's too dangerous outside. You can't take risks."

"Sir, this kind of thing can be done by any of our leaders here, but you can't. You are the backbone of our independent division. You can't take risks easily."

I know that everyone's dissuasion comes from their good intentions, but in such an extraordinary period, it is still necessary to motivate the morale of the army through their own initiative. So I waved my hand, declined everyone's good intentions, and resolutely said: "thank you for your good intentions, but I have made up my mind. Don't try to persuade any more."

But in order to reassure everyone, I decided to take more people: "Captain Pugachev, assemble the company just now. And you, Captain basmanov, "the first order was given to Pugachev, and the second order was given directly to the new guard battalion commander," take the soldiers of your platoon. "

Just as shejerikov wanted to talk again, the telephone rang in the room. It seems that before I came here, they did a good job in preparation. Even the telephone in the headquarters was installed. Shejerikov quickly went to pick up the phone and said in a loud voice, "Hello, I'm commander shejerikov of the regiment. Where are you?"

After listening to the other party say a few words, Xie jerikov said: "wait a minute, don't hang up." Then he covered the microphone and turned to report to me: "Comrade division commander, the officer on duty reported that a few minutes ago, the sentry on the west side of the hillside found a troop approaching, so he decisively fired a warning gun. Now all the guard troops in that direction have entered the position and are ready to stop the enemy."

"How many troops and what kind of equipment does the enemy have?" I asked repeatedly.

"According to the report, there are probably more than 100 people in the enemy. As they did not fight back, it is impossible to confirm whether they are carrying heavy weapons or not," he said, shaking his head

As soon as the words were heard, there was a loud gunshot outside. Xiejerikov quickly released his hand on the microphone and asked the other party in a loud voice, "what's the matter with the gunshot?"

In order to know the specific situation of the war in time, I approached the side of Xie jerikov and heard the reply from the microphone: "report to the commander, it is our soldiers who fire at the approaching enemy again."

"Did the enemy fight back?" Shejerikov looked at me and then asked.

"No, the enemy is approaching our position by taking advantage of favorable terrain such as depressions."

"How far is it?"

"The distance is less than 100 meters. Maybe our firepower is too strong and the enemy has stopped advancing."

After listening to the report of the officer on duty, I was really puzzled. What kind of play did the Germans sing? They came to attack us secretly. After we were found, they did not retreat or fight back. They just used the terrain to try to get close to our army.

Xiejerikov put down the phone, asked me for instructions and said, "Comrade teacher, what do you think we should do?"

It seems that if we want to find out what happened, we have to go to the firing position. When I made up my mind, I immediately began to give orders: "commander xijerikov, you are in charge of the headquarters of the left behind division. If there is anything, I will contact you by phone. Kosja, gedar, yegonovych, Morozov, you go back to your respective units and get ready for all the fighting. Pugachev, busmanov, take the troops and follow me to the position. "

Just now, when xiejerikov was still on the phone, both Pugachev and basmanov went to the door to find one of their subordinates and ordered the other party to call up the troops. By the time my order was given, more than 100 officers and men were ready to go outside the headquarters.

Pugachev had just arrived at the position we were going to, so as soon as I called out to start, he walked at the front of the whole team and guided us to the place where the gun was fired.

Fortunately, the place where the gun was fired was not far from the headquarters. It took only two or three minutes to reach the destination. Far away, I could tell from the sound of the gunfire that not only the Soviet rifles, submachine guns and machine guns were fired, but also the German rifles and submachine guns were fired. I thought the German army began to fight back. When they went into the trench, they found that it was the soldiers who were lying in the trench, shooting desperately at the outside, but there was no movement outside.

Seeing this scene, I could not help frowning slightly, thinking who was the company commander and how he trained the soldiers? Even the enemy didn't see it. It was like setting off firecrackers. Don't they know that the ammunition of German weapons is captured, and one shot is lost?

Pugachev's company commander, who was guarding the position, called over. As soon as I saw the lieutenant, I burst into an attack: "Comrade lieutenant, what's the matter with your soldiers? They didn't even see the enemy's face. Everyone is about to run out of bullets. Immediately order them to stop shooting. If you can't see the enemy, just wait and wait until the enemy gets close. "

The lieutenant, who had been trained by me, yelled at his subordinates: "stop shooting, stop shooting immediately! Stop fighting and stop shooting immediately. "

Taking advantage of the opportunity for the lieutenant to greet his subordinates, Pugachev and basmanov and I went to the command post of the position first. I raised my telescope and looked out from the observation port. In the moonlight, the visibility was no more than 100 meters. I only saw some dark figures in the distance. They were in the form of scattered soldiers. Taking advantage of the terrain outside, they moved cautiously to our positions.

The gunfire in the position soon stopped. The lieutenant came in and reported to me, "report to division commander, I have ordered the troops to stop shooting. Only a few machine gun positions were told to use machine gun fire to suppress the German troops once they approached again. "

I did not put down my telescope and continued to observe the situation outside. As the firing on our position stopped, those enemies took the opportunity to move forward and quickly approached 20 meters. At this time, a light machine gun in the position rang, and the bullets clattered on the enemy's only way. But they didn't panic. They just fell down on the spot. When the machine gunners changed their ammunition clips, they rushed forward for more than ten meters. When the machine gun rang again, they had found a relatively safe place to hide from the machine gun fire.

The more I look at it, the more wrong it is. What are these enemies? When he came to attack our army's position, when he was suppressed by our firepower, he didn't fire a single shot and looked passive. I touched Pugachev, who was standing beside me, and handed him the telescope. At the same time, I said, "Pugachev, you can see that the enemy's performance is really strange. In the face of the suppression of our army's intensive firepower, they neither retreat nor fight back, but only make full use of the terrain to move forward."

Pugachev looked at it for a while and said strangely, "Sir, I'm afraid it's not the Germans. How can the Germans be so brave in the face of such fierce firepower of our army?"

"Yes, it's not like the German soldiers I know." In my mind, although the German army has strong combat effectiveness, in the face of dense enemy firepower, they usually choose to retreat. Even if they do not withdraw, they will shoot back in place. It's abnormal that the enemy's attack on us, like this evening, is only to move forward cautiously, neither to fight back nor to retreat.

"Could it be a friendly force?" As soon as Pugachev's words came out, he immediately denied his own saying: "but it should not be. Our right wing is the 70th division of the guards and the 157 division of the infantry. It's too late for them to build fortifications. How can they send troops to our direction?"

The speaker didn't mean it, and the listener meant it. Originally, Pugachev just said it casually, but he let us guess that the troops outside the battlefield might really be our friends. I quickly called the lieutenant over and asked, "Comrade lieutenant, where is your company's phone?"

I saw the lieutenant point his hand at the corner of the wall. Without waiting for him to speak, I immediately ordered him: "call your commander, Lieutenant Colonel Sergei nikov, and ask him to send someone to send the flag from the headquarters immediately. We can't afford to delay in a hurry. "

When the lieutenant called to convey my order, Pugachev put down his telescope and asked curiously, "Comrade division, what do you want lieutenant commander xiejerikov to send the flag here for?"

"You'll find out later." Instead of explaining to him, I ordered busmanov: "Captain busmanov, you go out and order the machine guns outside to stop shooting. No one is allowed to shoot again without my order. " Basmanov did not ask for any reason, but simply agreed, turned and ran out of the command post.

After the second lieutenant called, he came to report to me: "Comrade division commander, I have conveyed your order to commander xiejerikov. He promised to send someone to send the flag to me immediately."

In less than two minutes, he ran into the command post breathlessly. Of course, he didn't come alone. He was followed by a soldier carrying a flag. When he saw my face, he raised his hand to salute. As soon as he wanted to report to me, he was interrupted by me. I went over him and directly told the soldiers behind him: "Comrade soldier, please go to the trench and set up the glorious banner of our independent division high."

The soldier didn't understand why I told him so. Although he promised, his feet didn't move, and his eyes were still looking at Sergey reekov. Shejerikov saw that his subordinates stood still after receiving my order. He stamped his feet in anger and said, "you're deaf. Didn't you hear the teacher's order? Go to the trench immediately and find a high place to set up our flag. " Seeing that xiejerikov was angry, the soldiers carrying the military flag did not dare to neglect him. They agreed and ran out carrying the military flag.

After the soldiers went out, the gasping sergeant asked curiously, "Comrade division commander, why should we set up our division's flag?"

I pointed to the outside and said thoughtfully, "I suspect that the so-called enemies outside are not the Germans, but our friendly forces."

"What, friendly forces?" Surprised, he ran to the observation port, took the telescope from Pugachev's hand and looked out. After looking for less than half a minute, he suddenly said in a loud voice: "Comrade division, you are right. It really looks like our friendly army. You see, there are several people who are still holding our army's rotary machine gun."

"Comrade zejerikov, are you sure?"

"Yes, that's right."

The brand-new military flag is set up high in the trench and flutters with the night wind.

Time was not long. The small unit that had concealed its way to our front stopped advancing. Several shadows stood up and walked slowly towards our position.

"Come on, comrade commander, let's see what part they belong to." Judging from the performance of the other side, it was indeed our friendly army. I gave a shout of excitement and took the lead to walk out of the command post and down the hill. Behind me, in addition to shejerikov and Pugachev, there was captain basmanov, who was responsible for protecting me with dozens of soldiers.

Seeing us coming out of the trench to meet them, the helmeted commanders and fighters across the way quickened their pace. When we were still four or five meters away, we both stopped at the same time.

A small commander came out of the other team and said in a crisp voice, "I'm verol, the political instructor of the mixed regiment of the Vinica Infantry School. Who is the highest commander of the army, please?"

The other party was actually a woman, and also a political instructor, which really surprised me. When I heard her question, I quickly stepped forward and replied loudly, "I'm the commander of the independent division, Colonel oshanina."

Verol quickly raised his hand to salute me and reported, "Hello, comrade colonel."

After I gave a salute, I answered with some displeasure: "Comrade political instructor, why don't you send someone to contact us in advance? As a result, we got into a fight with ourselves. But fortunately, there were no casualties, which is lucky in the misfortune. "

Villol replied with a wry smile: "Comrade Colonel, you do not know that we have just emerged from the German encirclement, because we have lost our way and come here by mistake."

I heard that they just broke out of the encirclement of the German army, and the resentment in my heart disappeared. I stepped forward, took verol's hand, and said in a friendly way, "well, comrade instructor, this is not a place to talk. Go back to the headquarters with me first." Then I turned around and told my battalion commander, "Captain busmanov, take ten soldiers and bring the comrades of the mixed regiment here. Find a place to settle down and let them have a good rest. They must be tired after such a long run. "

Five minutes later, verol had already sat in my division headquarters and told us about her fighting experience: "our mixed regiment composed of Vinica Infantry School was assigned to the 15th division of the close guard infantry, which was responsible for holding the joint of the 62nd and 64th army. Three days ago, after heavy air and artillery preparation, the German army launched an attack on the main position of the 15th division. Due to our lack of sufficient anti tank weapons, after a day's fighting, the main force of the close guard division, which suffered heavy casualties, was forced to withdraw from the state farm on the occupied Volga river bank.

In the evening, the German tanks attacked the 38th infantry division of the 64th army of the friendly neighbor, and soon seized the position of the division. In this way, our regiment was besieged by the German army.

Facing the superior German army, the commanders and fighters of our mixed regiment were not afraid, but bravely fought with the Germans. In the whole three days, relying on the ring fortifications built in advance, we fought back the German attacks again and again and firmly held the occupied positions.

By this evening, our regiment had completely lost contact with the headquarters of the group army. At the same time, our regiment was facing the situation of running out of ammunition and food. In order not to be annihilated by the German army, the regiment leader made a decisive decision to break through. As soon as it gets dark, the regiment will break through in three directions at the same time. The commander and political commissar led a battalion to break through the encirclement to the north and northeast respectively, while I led two companies to the East. Along the way, we destroyed all the bandits we encountered and broke the German communication lines. "

"Where are you from?" As I asked, I pushed the map in front of her.

She looked around, then quickly pointed to a place and said decisively, "here we are. We have been in this area for three days, and then we were forced to break through when we ran out of ammunition and food."“ My God, "she exclaimed in surprise, looking at the place where she pointed her finger," from the map, you have traversed at least 12 kilometers in the enemy's defense zone since you broke through tonight. It's really not easy. " Verol just laughed and didn't speak. But I was shocked out of a cold sweat, and I said with a lingering fear: "instructor veroll, fortunately, when your troops arrived here, they had run out of ammunition and food. Otherwise, with your regiment's fighting capacity, if you really want to fight with our troops, the casualties of both sides will certainly not be small." Verol stood up and asked solemnly, "Comrade Colonel, how are you going to set up my company, send us back, or stay here to fight the Germans?" As early as I heard that they were the Vinica Infantry School, I had the idea of leaving them all behind. If they help to train the troops, the combat effectiveness of our division can be rapidly improved in a short time. Now that she's asked this question, I'll say, "instructor veroll, I want you and your company to stay. You know, our division has just been established, and almost all the soldiers are recruits without any military training or combat experience. Due to the fierce fighting, the superior is unable to provide us with enough combat backbones to help our division improve its combat effectiveness. Now that you're here today, it's time to enrich your company to the grass-roots units. " Verol was obviously a very obedient man in the army. She did not raise any objection to my statement, but simply replied, "Comrade Colonel, I am under your command." Although I left a company of the Vinica Infantry School on my own initiative, I still need to report this matter to the higher authorities. Otherwise, the head of the mixed regiment will find verol and her subordinates missing and think they have become deserters. I asked lieutenant razumeyeva to contact the headquarters of the group army. When I heard trakov's voice, I honestly reported to him, "Comrade commander, we have just come to a small unit protruding from the German encirclement."“ Oh, the army that broke out? " "It's not easy to get out of the German siege," trekov asked with interest. What's the name of their commander? " I quickly covered the transmitter and asked veroll in a low voice, "instructor veroll, what's your real name and father's name?"“ Krafgua denisovna verol Verol also whispered her full name to me. I nodded and replied to trekov: "Comrade commander, her name is krafguya denisovna verol, a political instructor of the Vinica Infantry School. She led a multi company soldier to successfully highlight the German encirclement and come to our division's defense area. I intend to keep her and her troops in the independent division. Do you agree? " When I said the last sentence, I secretly decided that I would leave the female commander and the troops she led, whether trekov agreed or not.