Chapter 572

Hearing that there were still troops not withdrawn, I was so angry that I grabbed the collar of yevdifyev and asked angrily, "what do you say? Again, there are still our troops not withdrawn?"

Yevdifyev was so choked by his collar that he could not speak, so he could only nod his head in affirmation.

Seeing that his commander was embarrassed by me, young captain Strelkov quickly stepped forward, gently grasped my hand and said, "Comrade Colonel, please let go of the political instructor and let him report to you slowly."

I pushed yevdifyev hard and glared at him. After taking a deep breath, I said angrily, "tell me, where are the troops that have not been withdrawn, and how many people are there?"

Yevdifyev covered his throat with his hand, coughed a few times violently, pointed to the hillside they had just rushed down, and said: "behind the hillside, there is basarji passing station, in which there is one of our communication relay stations. Now there are two reconnaissance classes and a women's communication class in the relay station. "

"What are you hesitating about? Take people to rescue them immediately!" After yelling at yevdifyev, I turned around and called Godunov's name. I was about to tell him to take people to rescue the reconnaissance and communication teams that had not been evacuated.

Before I could speak, Lieutenant Godunov had lost his voice and cried out, "look, the Germans are attacking again."

I quickly looked in the direction of his fingers. Even without a telescope, I could clearly see that a large group of German infantry, under the cover of more than a dozen tanks, were rushing towards the heights just now.

My heart sank as I watched the German troops advancing towards the high ground. Originally, he wanted Godunov to take a truck to Huirang station to pick up the soldiers inside. Now it seems that this is an unfinished task. In the case of a considerable number of soldiers, our infantry are not the enemy of the Germans at all. Moreover, they still have more than a dozen tanks. If they want to fight against them just by relying on the two tanks of peierschien, they will undoubtedly hit the stone with the egg.

Seeing this scene, yevdifyev sat down on the ground, wiping his tears and saying in silence: "it's over, it's over. The troops who will stand will not be able to stop the enemy's attack of this scale."

When I saw him crying, I got angry. I walked over to him and looked at his buttocks. I cursed: "yevdifyev, you stand up for me. Don't cry like a woman. Try to get in touch with the soldiers who will stand there and make them ready for battle. "

Young lieutenant Strelkov, who was unfriendly to me just now, gave me an apologetic smile, grabbed evtyfeyev's arm and tried to lift him from the ground. Unexpectedly, as soon as he lifted yevdifyev up and let go, he sat down again. The other two colleagues couldn't bear to see yevdifyev's cowardly performance. They helped the second lieutenant to stand up his political instructor.

Seeing that yevdifyev could not count on it, I frowned and asked strerkov, "Comrade second lieutenant, do you know how to contact the people who stay at the station?"

The second lieutenant nodded and replied, "Comrade Colonel, I know the contact code of the communication relay station. Do you have a walkie talkie here? If so, I can get in touch with the comrades in the station directly. "

Listen to him say so, I quickly told busmanov: "Captain busmanov, immediately call lieutenant razumeyeva here, remember to let her bring up the telephone."

Basmanov's action is very sharp, not long after, he took razumeyeva panting up from the hillside. In fact, razumeyeva had been standing outside the jeep waiting for my order. At this moment, seeing the guard battalion commander running down the hill, she immediately realized that she must have something to look for. She quickly took a heavy telephone on her back and trotted to basmanov to meet her, so that she could reach the top of the hill so quickly.

Stelekov took the earphone and transmitter that razumeyeva handed him, squatted aside and began to call the relay station loudly: "tulip, tulip, I'm lilac. Please come back when you hear me! Tulip, tulip... "

When the second lieutenant called for his comrades, I saw that the German tanks had reached the unguarded Highlands, and the infantry had flooded the empty trenches and rushed to the other side of the highlands.

I sighed and put down my telescope. I had asked the second lieutenant a few words, but when I saw that he was desperately calling for the relay station, I waved to the big man who was supporting yevdifyev to come to me.

The senior officer raised his hand in front of me and politely asked, "Comrade Colonel, what instructions do you have?"

I pointed to the direction of the highland and asked with a fluke: "Comrade chief, if the soldiers left at the relay station are ordered to withdraw now, which direction can they withdraw safely?"

The grand master turned to look at the highland, shook his head slowly and said, "Comrade Colonel, as early as two days ago, the Germans surrounded our relay station, but because of our stubborn resistance on the highland, they could not get close to the relay station."

"How far is the relay station from the highland, and what kind of fortifications are there?"

After sighing again, the grand master replied, "after crossing that high ground, less than one kilometer to the north, it's our relay station. Because we use the houses that will make the station original, the so-called fortifications are just some sandbags piled at the door."

The last fantasy in my heart was completely disillusioned by the words of the chief. A relay station which was surrounded by the German army and had no solid fortifications, it was impossible to block the attack of infantry covered by tanks with two classes of soldiers and a women's communication class.

The German tanks followed the infantry and gradually disappeared on the other side of the highland. Then there was a rumble of artillery behind the highland. It seemed that the Germans were bombarding the fortifications of the relay station with tank guns.

At this moment, Strelkov finally contacted the female signalman at the relay station. I heard him exclaim excitedly, "I'm the second platoon commander of communication company, Lieutenant Strelkov. Who are you?"

Hearing that I got in touch with the girls in the relay station, I quickly went to the side of the telephone, squatted down, took the earphone from the second lieutenant's hand, put it on, and yelled at the transmitter: "Hello, can you hear me? I'm the commander of the independent division of the 64th army, Colonel oshanina

"Hello, comrade Colonel," a young soldier's clear voice came out of the earphone. "I'm corporal Naja clemenko, the messenger. I'm the monitor of the communication class."

"What's the situation there?" When I asked, I had heard a lot of gunfire coming out of my headphones.

"It's very bad, comrade colonel. German tanks are approaching our relay station. They are driving and firing, followed by a large number of infantry Naga nervously reported to me.

"The Scouts of those two classes are responsible for protecting the communication class and communication equipment." Second lieutenant strerkov whispered to me.

"Corporal Najia, there are still two classes of scouts in the relay station. Where are they now?"

"They all went into the fortifications to stop the Germans." Najia replied loudly, "but I don't think they'll be able to support it for long. The Germans are at least ten times more than us."

"Can you break through now?" I asked with difficulty.

After a moment's silence, Naga simply answered me, "Comrade Colonel, I don't think we can break through the encirclement. The relay station is surrounded by Germans. As soon as we leave the house or the fortification, we will be shot to death. " As soon as her voice fell, there was a violent explosion in the earphone, followed by a dense gunshot.

"Corporal Najia, what's the matter? Najia, corporal Najia... "After hearing the explosion and gunfire, Najia suddenly stopped talking, which made me nervous and yelled at the transmitter.

About two or three minutes later, when I heard Najia's voice coming out of the earphone again, I was relieved. I asked pleasantly, "corporal, what's the matter? I just heard a shell explode near you."

"Yes, a German tank shell fell on the side of the house and exploded, making a gap in the wall on one side. There are two German soldiers who want to take the opportunity to rush in through the gap and are beaten back by the female soldiers in the communication class. "

"Are there any casualties?" I asked with concern.

Najia was silent for a moment, and answered in a low voice, "two were sacrificed, and one was injured. But the Germans didn't get along. One of the soldiers was killed by us on the spot, and the other who escaped by chance was wounded in the leg by us. "

When a communication class confronts two German soldiers, they still pay the price of two deaths and one injury, while the German soldiers only pay one death and one injury. I just don't know how effective the soldiers of the two reconnaissance teams are and how long they can hold back the Germans.

I was quietly calculating the proportion of casualties between the enemy and ourselves. Yevdifyev, who had returned to normal, came up to me and pleaded with me: "Comrade Colonel, I ask you to send troops immediately to rescue the soldiers in the relay station."

I looked up at him, did not speak, but continued to ask Najia: "corporal Najia, where are the soldiers of the reconnaissance class? Are they still fighting the attacking Germans? " In fact, without her reply, the more and more intensive gunfire came from the earphone, I knew that our soldiers were fighting with the German army tenaciously.

"They're fighting. They're brave." Na Jia just said dryly, and then became excited. "Under the fierce attack of the enemy, they suffered a lot of casualties. When the enemy rushed to their side, two of the wounded did not hesitate to ring the grenade and died with the enemy who rushed up

I took off the earphone and held it in my hand, so that several people around me could hear Najia's voice: "a tank came, it collapsed our sandbag fortification, and it was rushing towards us. Ah, who is that? It seems that he is the monitor of the reconnaissance class. He is rushing towards the tank with a bunch of grenades... "She just said this, and there was a loud bang in her earphone.

Long after the sound, Najia choked and said, "the monitor rushed up and died with the German tank."

"How many scouts are left?" The German offensive is progressing so fast. Although I expected it, I still imagined that the scouts could resist for a while, so that the female soldiers in the communication class could get out of danger. I tentatively asked, "Najia, please confirm it again. Do you have any hope of breaking through?" In fact, my intention was to make the communication women surrender to the Germans and save their lives first. However, seeing that there were several political workers around, I had to swallow this treacherous remark.

Najia replied with a bitter smile: "Comrade Colonel, there is no hope. We are completely surrounded by the Germans. " After a short pause, she continued: "all the women soldiers in our communication class will stay here. When the Germans arrive, we will finish all the bullets and leave the last one for ourselves."

Najia's words made me silent. Just then, another female soldier's scream came from the earphone: "sisters, the Germans are coming. Shoot And then there was a lot of gunfire.

Strelkov sprang up in front of me, knelt down on one knee and begged me bitterly, "Comrade Colonel, please send troops to attack. I can't watch my comrades in arms die like this."

"Yes, comrade Colonel, you can't hesitate any more. Send troops to attack!"

"Fight, sir. We can't watch our sister die in German hands."

First yevdifyev, kovaliov and others, then verol, Godunov, basmanov and others, all asked me to send troops to rescue the relay station besieged by the German army.

When everyone was in a fierce mood, Najia's voice didn't come out from the earphone. Without saying a word, I looked at the thick smoke rising behind the highland, wondering whether Najia was fighting or sacrificing. I didn't pay attention to the voice of asking for a fight.

After a long time, Na Jia's voice came out of the earphone again. However, she was obviously injured and spoke intermittently: "report, comrade Colonel, I heard what you said. There was no one else in the relay station. No matter the Scouts or the female soldiers in the communication class, they all died. I was the only one. The German shells were still exploding around the house... Several tanks with white crosses were approaching on my right, followed by a large group of infantry... I was seriously injured, two shrapnel in my abdomen, so I couldn't evacuate. Anyway, I will be killed sooner or later, so you must not risk saving us... A tank stopped outside my house, and two people got out of the tank... After talking with some infantry, they came to me I'm so scared. I'm so nervous that my heart will stop beating. I see what's going to happen... "

She said here, a few clear pistol shots came out of the headphones, followed by the sound of German submachine guns“ Farewell, my dear comrades... "After a clear shot, the call was interrupted.

Strelkov knelt on the ground, his face raised high, his hands tugging at his hair, howling like a wounded beast. The other three commanders of the communication company also looked sad.

I stood up from the ground with difficulty, gently wiped away the tears from the corner of my eyes, and called to several of my subordinates: "verol, basmanov, Godunov."

The three heard my call and came to me. Without waiting for me to speak, Godunov said in advance: "Sir, let me lead the ninth company to attack. I will teach these damned bandits a lesson."

"Sir, I'll take the guard camp with me." Basmanov also said.

Instead of answering them immediately, I looked at the commander of the communication company who was in pain, and then told basmanov: "Comrade captain, you and instructor verol, take people to escort these escaped communication company commanders back to our station. Godunov and I stayed behind and broke up

"What? Sir, don't we teach those damned Germans a lesson? " Basmanov did not expect that I suddenly gave such an inexplicable order, and could not help shouting.

Hearing the contents of basmanov's shouting, the deputy director of the reconnaissance platoon came up to me and said reluctantly, "Comrade Colonel, my subordinates have died here. I can't leave like this. I want to stay and avenge them."

"Comrade Deputy instructor," I said to him sternly and solemnly, "our order is to rescue you and break through the encirclement. Now that this task has been completed, we should return to the camp immediately." Seeing what else he wanted to say, I quickly raised my hand to stop him, and then said, "if the German plane comes, we just want to withdraw, but we can't withdraw. Go ahead My last word is not only to the Deputy instructor, but also to basmanov.

Seeing that the soldiers of the guard camp helped several commanders of the communication company to leave, gordonov, who was standing beside me, said unconvincingly, "Comrade division, I don't understand why you want to give such an order. It's clear that the enemy is in front of us. Why don't we fight? As long as our company rushes forward, we can bring the enemy into chaos. "

I snorted and said coldly, "what's the use of getting the Germans into chaos? When they come back, then the company you lead will be easily eaten by them. As a result, we not only failed to rescue the besieged communication class, but also added another company to the outcome of the German war. "

Seeing that Godunov was speechless, I urged him: "Comrade lieutenant, don't stay here, go and gather the troops. When busmanov and they move safely, we'll follow

Although Godunov's face was not reconciled, seeing my serious expression, he had no choice but to promise and obediently gather the troops scattered in the individual bunker on the hillside. However, after the German army occupied the relay station, it stopped the operation, so that our broken small force could withdraw to the new defense area of the independent division smoothly. As soon as I got back to headquarters, trekov called. His anxious voice came from the earphone: "o'shanina, has the rescue mission been completed?" After a moment's silence, I replied, "Comrade report commander, it's only half done."“ When it's finished, say it's finished. When it's not finished, say it's not finished. What's half finished? " Trekov asked me in his headphones“ Comrade commander, this is the situation. When we got to our destination, we found that the German army was attacking the highland guarded by the communication company. I ordered the troops to attack decisively, beat the Germans from behind, beat back their attack, and covered the troops holding high ground to join us. "“ It's a good job. After all, we rescued the communication company. " "How can you say that the task is only half finished?" trekov asked“ Well, comrade commander. " I said bitterly: "originally, I thought that the task would be completed if this small unit was rescued. But when I was going to take them away, the political instructor of the communication company, yevdifyev, told me that there were two classes of scouts and one class of communication women in the relay station behind the highland. " After hearing this, trekov was surprised and asked nervously, "ah! Have the rest of the people been rescued? "“ No, When I got the news, the German army launched a new attack on the highlands. As you know, my troops are not trained enough to confront the well-equipped and well-trained German troops. They are not their opponents. Besides, there are more than a dozen German tanks, but we only have two tanks with insufficient fuel and ammunition, so we can't confront them at all. So we can only watch the enemy rush to the relay station behind the high ground. "“ Then what happened? " Trekov's tone became solemn“ Although our troops holding fast to the relay station were inferior not only in equipment but also in number, they were still fighting tenaciously with the Germans. In particular, corporal Najia, the monitor of the women's communication class, said to me firmly after being surrounded by the German Army: "all the women soldiers in our communication class will stay here. When the Germans arrive, we will finish all the bullets and leave the last one for ourselves." She did as well as said. I heard several Germans walking towards her in the earphone. She shot decisively at the enemy and killed herself in order not to be a prisoner when she was seriously injured. " After listening to me, trikov fell into silence. After a long time, he said slowly: "corporal Najia is our hero. Although she does not belong to our 64th army, we still have to report her heroic deeds. You should sort out the information immediately and report it to me. I want to report it to the headquarters of the front army so that more officers and soldiers can learn from her brave and indomitable spirit“ Yes, comrade commander. I'll do it immediately. "