Chapter 571

At the end of the call with Zhukov, I was a little worried about gain and loss. Originally, I only wanted to take over the training team of major general meletskov's second lieutenant through personal relations to enrich and improve my command system. I didn't expect that even the Supreme Commander himself was involved in this incident, which made me feel terrified. It's a good thing to say that if I win a battle, I don't know if it will affect Zhukov and meletzkov.

When I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard a familiar voice calling me: "Comrade teacher."

Looking up, it turned out that it was Pugachev, the acting head of the second regiment. Looking at his unhappy face, I couldn't help asking in surprise: "what's the matter, Captain Pugachev. I've become the acting head of the team. How can I be so unhappy? Tell me, who has offended you? "

Pugachev raised his head and said angrily, "Comrade teacher, Lieutenant Colonel xiejerikov is not fair. You should do justice for me."

Shejerikov and verol went to assign students to each regiment. How did they offend Pugachev again? Thinking of this, I was puzzled and asked, "Captain Pugachev, what's the matter? I'm confused by you. "

"Lt. Col. chejerikov called me, kosja and Gaidar to the position and said that according to your instructions, we would be assigned a group of cadets who had just rushed out of the German encirclement."

"Yes, that's exactly what I told lieutenant colonel chejerikov." When I heard him say that, I nodded and gave him a positive answer. "I also asked verol, the political instructor of the Vinica Infantry School, to go with him."

"Lieutenant Colonel chejerikov said that according to your order, each regiment can be divided into 40 students."

"Yes," I confirmed Pugachev again, adding, "I asked him to give each regiment 40 cadets, leaving the rest to the guard camp."

"The other three regiments have allocated 40 cadets. Why did lieutenant commander xijerikov only give me 36 cadets?" Pugachev said angrily. "Should we be discriminated against because our second regiment was disabled in the battle?"

"Who was discriminated against? Captain Pugachev. " At the door came the voice of chejerikov.

I followed my voice and looked to the door. From the outside, I saw not only chejerikov and verol, but also kosja and Gaidar. Seeing so many people coming, I stood up from my seat with a smile and jokingly said to Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Pugachev, acting head of the second regiment, is complaining to me that you intend to discriminate against him

"Discriminating against him?" After hearing this, Xie jerikov looked around in a daze, shrugged his shoulders, and asked in a puzzled way, "Comrade teacher, where do you say this?"

Without concealing anything, I repeated Pugachev's words and finally said, "I ordered you at that time to assign 40 students to each regiment. Why did the second regiment only give 36 students?"

After hearing this, he looked at verol, and then replied bitterly: "Mr. reporter, I also want to follow your order, but..."

"But what? Why don't you go on, comrade commander? " As for shijerikov's hesitation, I felt a little dissatisfied: "I asked you to assign 40 students to each regiment. Is that not clear enough?"

"Clear!" Chejerikov replied busily.

"Now that it's clear, why don't you carry out my orders?" I said this with a trace of anger.

"Sir, please allow me to answer this question." When verol learned that she had become a member of the independent division, she called me a division commander instead of a colonel. When she saw the embarrassed appearance of xiejerikov, she quickly came out to rescue me.

Seeing this beautiful officer who is still in pity, I changed to a gentle tone and said, "come on, instructor veroll."

"This is the situation, sir. You said just now that a regiment is divided into 40 cadets, which should be 160. However, only 156 soldiers have stood out with me. Let alone the guard camp, even four regiments are not enough. "

After listening to her, I was stunned. If you think about it carefully, it's not true that there are four regiments in the independent division. If each regiment has 40 students, it will have at least 160 students. I don't know how I calculated it at that time, but it actually has 120 students. I even want to add the remaining 36 to the guard camp.

I was embarrassed to smile at shejerikov, and then said to Pugachev, "Comrade captain, it's all my fault. I miscalculated the number. Well, since lieutenant colonel xiejerikov and instructor verol have allocated all the students, if they want to adjust them again, it is estimated that the other commanders will not agree. " Speaking of this, I deliberately pause for a moment, eyes in the other three head of the body swept away.

Xiejerikov, Koska and Gaidar immediately understood, quickly nodded and said: "yes, yes, we have assigned these students to the company. If we want to adjust again, it is estimated that the soldiers will also have opinions."

Looking at Pugachev's face full of grievances, I had to draw a big pie for him first: "Captain Pugachev, the second regiment has been greatly reduced this time. When the new recruits are added, I will assign more commanders and fighters to your regiment."

Seeing that I and the other three commanders had already stood on the same front, Pugachev, who was unable to support himself, blushed and could only say helplessly, "OK, I will obey your order."

This night was destined to be a eventful one. After Pugachev's resentment was calmed down, I was going to send some people out and find a place to rest. Unexpectedly, the group army headquarters assigned us new tasks.

It was Raskin, chief of staff of the group army, who spoke to me this time. Hearing my voice, he said anxiously, "Colonel oshanina, I have an urgent task to give you."

I made a sign to some commanders not to leave, then politely said to the transmitter, "please go ahead, chief of staff. I'm listening

"This is the case, Colonel oshanina." Raskin said solemnly: "near the basarji crossing station in the area of little rosovka, there is a communication relay station of the 62nd group army. Now it is besieged by the German army, and the troops who have been there for two days. General kolpakchi has just called commander shumilov to ask us to send our best troops to rescue this stranded communication force. "

While listening to Raskin's words, I searched the area he said on the map. It was ten kilometers away from our division's current position. On the contrary, it was closer to the defense area of the 70th division of the close guard infantry. If lyudnikov sent troops, he would arrive at his destination in less than an hour.

I was puzzled by the group army command's way of moving from the near to the far, so I euphemistically put forward my own opinion: "Comrade chief of staff, it seems that the place you mentioned is closer to lyudnikov's close guard division, and the distance is no more than five kilometers. Why don't we transfer their troops to our division, which is ten kilometers away, instead

Raskin did not answer my question, but said in a business tone, "Colonel o'shanina, this is commander shumilov's order. You know, according to the regulations, orders from the higher authorities are not allowed to be discussed, so execute them immediately. "

Now that his words have been said, I have no choice but to agree: "yes, I give the order."

At the end of the call, I first ordered razumeyeva to call and ask perersian and Morozov to rush to the latest military meeting. At the same time, I called several commanders to the table and repeated the order given by Raskin to several people.

Kosja leaned over and stared at the map on the table and asked, "Comrade division commander, I don't understand. Since the guard division is so close to the encircled troops, why don't they send troops instead of letting us go to rescue so far away?"

As for his question, I can only say faintly: "orders from superiors are not allowed to be discussed. Let's study what scale of troops should be sent to rescue. "

Hearing what I said, kosga took the lead in asking for help: "Comrade division commander, in these two days of fighting, the casualties of the third regiment are relatively small. Let's finish this task."

"Commander kosga," said Sergey reekov, a little displeased when he heard kosga say so. He immediately retorted, "the casualties of your three regiments are small, and none of my regiments are big." Then he straightened up and pleaded with me: "Sir, please give this task to our regiment. I promise you, I promise to rescue the besieged friendly forces. "

Before I could make a statement, there was a voice calling for a report at the door. I looked up from the map and saw that it was Capt. pirgis and Capt. Morozov. I quickly beckoned them to come to the meeting together.

After giving them a brief introduction, I specially asked pelsjian, "Captain pelsjian, how much fuel does the tank have?"

Pels shook his head and said with some dismay, "report, sir, we only have the fuel in the tank, but not all of it. If we want to attack by force, after the battle, these tanks will have to be abandoned or blown up on the spot because they have no fuel, so as not to make the German cheaper. "

I waved my hand and said decisively, "Captain perskin, this time we're only going to send out two tanks to pump out the fuel tanks of the other tanks and fill them up." Then I turned to look at Morozov: "Comrade Morozov, you are now a mortar company commander. Take five mortars with you and follow me to teach the Germans a lesson."

After listening to me, Xie jerikov took the initiative to ask, "Comrade division commander, now that there are tanks and artillery, what about infantry? Which unit do you plan to send?"

I pondered for a moment, then said decisively: "infantry, I decided to transfer the ninth company of lieutenant Godunov of the third regiment. In this retreat, he made a good impression on me. In addition, a company was drawn from one regiment, a company from Pugachev, and a platoon from basmanov. I think that if so many troops go to rescue, it will not affect our division's defensive strength, but also rescue the besieged friendly forces. "

"Who are you going to command this unit?" Asked Gaidar. As the second and fourth regiments are reserve teams at present, the two commanders Pugachev and Gaidar are eager to try.

I looked at veroll standing in the middle of several male commanders and asked her with a smile, "instructor veroll, would you like to join me in this rescue mission?"

Everyone was shocked to hear that I was going to do it myself. Xiejerikov took the lead in persuading me: "Comrade teacher, you are the head of a division. You can't take any more risks."

"Yes, sir. When the whole division retreated, you served as a dangerous guard. You can't take any more risks this time Pugachev said nervously.

I waved my hand and said stubbornly, "well, you don't have to persuade me any more. Now that I've made up my mind, no matter how you persuade me, I'll go. " At this point, I raised my voice and announced aloud: "during the period when I left, the commander of the division was in the charge of Lieutenant Colonel Sergey reekov. Do you understand me?"

After listening to my order, several commanders looked at each other and said nothing.

Seeing the silence, I looked at veroll and asked again, "instructor veroll, you haven't answered my question. Would you like to join me in this rescue mission?"

This time, verol nodded his head without hesitation, and simply replied, "Sir, I will obey your orders."

After an hour of preparation, our rescue team set out.

In front were two tanks that had just been filled with fuel, and then a truck full of soldiers, and the jeep that verol and I took with razumeyeva, drove in the middle of the whole team.

Because at this time, it was already dawn. I didn't look at the sky from the window. I was afraid that German planes would suddenly appear in the sky. A fleet like us without any air defense capability, with only one dive bomber, can hit us hard.

But our luck seems to be good, driving more than half the distance, also did not see the German plane, and the sound of guns coming from the front has been clearly audible.

I asked the driver to rush to the front of the whole team and stop all the cars on a hillside. Waiting for the car to stop, I can't wait to open the door, jump out of the car and take verol to the top of the slope.

Standing at the commanding height on the top of the slope, I raised my telescope and looked forward to the place where the smoke was rolling. I saw a large group of German soldiers charging towards a high ground under the cover of tanks. Below the highland, there are about 20 tanks that have been burned black or burning. The white cross on the body indicates that these abandoned tanks are all German tanks.

German tanks came to a halt at the foot of the hill and bombarded the hillside positions with artillery fire. German infantry, armed with guns, bent over and rushed up the mountain. As soon as they got close to our army, the silent position revived. All kinds of guns in the trench opened fire at the same time, and the German infantry fell to pieces in an instant. The German soldiers were shooting at each other for a while. Seeing that they couldn't rush up, they rolled back.

At this time, perskin and Morozov also came to the hillside. After seeing the scene of fighting in the distance, they asked me, "Comrade division, what should we do?"

I put down my telescope and looked around. I found Lieutenant Godunov and captain busmanov standing beside me. Seeing that all the commanders were present, I began to give orders: "Captain busmanov, you take the soldiers of the guard camp and hurry to dig a bunker on this hillside. After we rescue the trapped troops, you will be responsible for the blocking task. "

"Yes Basmanov agreed and went down the slope to summon the soldiers of the guard camp.

Then I ordered pelsjian: "Captain pelsjian, when the new round of German offensive begins, you will lead the tanks to launch a surprise attack from their rear and try to kill more German tanks."

"Lieutenant Godunov, when Captain perskin's tanks begin to attack, you take the opportunity to attack the flanks of the German infantry. Captain Morozov, when our infantry attack, you should concentrate your artillery fire on the German infantry, so that they can not organize effective resistance and cover the friendly forces on the opposite highland to break through. "

After I gave all the orders in one breath, I saw that except for captain busmanov who left, the rest of the people were still standing in the same place. With a frown, I yelled at them: "since the task is clear, why are you still standing here? Don't you go to carry out it now?"

Several people agreed loudly and ran down the hill to carry out my orders.

The new German attack began in ten minutes. Seeing the German tanks stopping at the foot of the mountain again and charging towards the high ground under the cover of artillery fire, pelsky led two tanks to attack decisively. As they drove, they fired their guns. In the first round of shelling, they each hit a tank. The German tanks suddenly started to burn with a big dark red flame. The German infantry who were climbing the slope were also howled by the heavy and heavy fire on the hillside, leaving a large number of bodies and retreating down in confusion.

Godunov's troops, also in trucks, rushed forward behind the tanks. When perskin's tank fired the second round and destroyed a German tank again. The infantry soldiers jumped down from the trucks one after another and rushed towards the German soldiers fleeing down the hillside with weapons.

And Morozov's artillery is not ambiguous, the Gunners moved the mortar from the truck, quickly set up the gun frame, aimed at the enemy gathering place and fired. After five mortar shells made a beautiful arc in the air, one by one they landed in the dense German army formation and exploded. The German soldiers who had been crowded together were in a mess and ran around in a mess.

Just when the German army was dazed by us, the friendly army at the top of the mountain jumped out of the trench in time and rushed down the hill with weapons. Their attack became the last straw to defeat the camel. The German army, which had been supported by us, could no longer support it. They turned around and ran back one after another. Godunov knew that our task was to rescue the trapped friendly army, not to destroy the enemy in front of him, so he did not order the troops to pursue. Instead, he asked the soldiers to cover the newly encircled friendly army officers and men to get on the car and withdraw to our side. Seeing that the infantry had begun to retreat after rescuing the friendly troops, they did not like fighting and destroyed the pelsteen tank unit of the enemy's five tanks. After firing two more guns at the fleeing German tanks, they quickly retreated. A few minutes later, Godunov came to the hillside with some commanders in big cornice hats. I looked at these commanders with white and black faces and asked with a kind face, "comrades, which army are you from?" A second lieutenant looked me up and down, and asked warily, "Comrade Colonel, may I ask first, which part are you from?" Basmanov, who was standing beside me, saw the unfriendly attitude of the second lieutenant. He quickly jumped out and asked, "Comrade second lieutenant, how can you be so rude to our teachers?" I raised my hand, stopped basmanov from going on, and replied kindly, "Comrade lieutenant, I'm commander of the independent division of the 64th army, Colonel oshanina. I've come to rescue you on the order of my superior. May I ask what part of you are now? " Without waiting for the second lieutenant to answer, a political worker pushed him aside and came to me. After raising his hand and saluting, he respectfully replied, "report to the colonel, I'm yevjifeyev, the political instructor of the communication company of the 62nd group army. This second lieutenant," he said, pointing to the second lieutenant who had just spoken, and continued to introduce, "it's second lieutenant Strelkov of the communication company." I nodded, raised my chin to the two other silent commanders standing nearby, and asked, "who are these two commanders?" As soon as I finished speaking, one of the political workers stepped forward, raised his hand, and reported, "Comrade Colonel, deputy political instructor of reconnaissance platoon kovaliov, report to you and wait for your order." I gave him a smile, turned to ask the remaining senior: "and you, comrade senior?" The senior gentleman straightened up and reported to me, "I'm pukazov, the chief of communication company. I'm at your command." After knowing the commanders of the communication company, I went up to yevdifyev and asked with concern, "Comrade political instructor, how many people are left in your company?" Yevdifyev looked at the people around him, then looked down the hillside, and then replied to me, "report to Comrade Colonel, there are still 33 people left in my company."“ You've played well these two days. " Verol, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly began to praise yevdifyev. "Just look at the burning tanks at the foot of the mountain, and then look at the bodies of the bandits on the hillside, and you will know how brilliant your achievements are." After hearing verol's praise, yevdifyev looked her up and down, straightened her waist and said with pride, "yes, female political instructor. In these two days of fighting, we used anti tank guns, flasks and anti tank grenades to blow up, destroyed 22 German tanks and killed nearly 200 of them“ If you add in the results of the tank unit, there are 27 German tanks here Godunov looked at the burning German tanks on the battlefield in the distance and said with pride. I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It was already eight o'clock in the morning. I thought that today's task was fairly smooth, and it was so easy to complete. However, this is not a place to stay for a long time. It should be transferred immediately. Otherwise, when the German plane leaves, it will not be so easy to retreat. Thinking of this, he urged them to say, "well, comrades, since the communication company has successfully broken through, it's time for us to withdraw. If we wait for the German plane to move out and the ground forces to come after us, we just can't withdraw. " With that, I lifted my feet and went down the hill“ Comrade Colonel, please wait Seeing that I was about to leave, yevdifyev suddenly lunged in front of me, blocked my way and said in a loud voice, "we can't withdraw now."“ Why? " Because I was worried that the German plane would come back at any time, I said this in a very blunt tone. "Our task is to rescue you. Now that you are out of danger, we should leave here in a hurry. You're blocking my way. Are you going to stay and have a party with the Germans? " Yevdifyev shook his hands desperately and said anxiously, "it's not like this, it's not like this. Comrade Colonel, you misunderstood me. I said we can't withdraw because we still have troops to withdraw. "