Chapter 584

Soon after the call with Zhukov, there was a knock at the door. I called out, "come in!"

As soon as I spoke, verol and mihayev came in through the door, followed by the defecting captain Grimes.

When the three of them raised their hands to salute me after entering the door, I paid special attention to the saluting method of Grimes, for fear that he would give me that infamous military salute. However, it turns out that my worry is unnecessary. Like verol and others, gramus salutes with his right five fingers together and naturally straightened, his middle finger slightly connected to the front of the right corner of the hat brim about 2 cm, his palm downward and slightly outward, and he looks at me at the same time.

After the salute, verol said in a hurry, "report, sir, we're in big trouble."

"What's the matter?" When I heard her say that, I couldn't help saying that our disguise would not be seen through by the Germans so soon?

"It's a complicated matter to talk about, so it's up to captain Grimes to report it to you," verol said With that, she turned and said something in German to gramus behind her.

Grimes nodded, took a step forward and reported to me. Mikhail, who was next to him, translated for me in time: "Sir, I'm sorry to tell you that I received a call from Mr. commander just now. He said by telephone that in order to ensure the safety and smooth flow of the traffic line, three eastern battalions will be deployed along the railway line, one camp every 10 kilometers. Judging from the latest arrangement of the higher authorities, there will be a battalion in the north and south directions of our station. The camp nearest to us is three kilometers south of the station

"Dongfangying?" I can't help frowning at the word.

Seeing my expression, gramus obviously misunderstood me. He thought that I didn't know what the eastern battalion was and took the initiative to explain to me: "the troops recruited by Germany in the eastern line are collectively referred to as" Oriental soldiers ", including the soldiers who volunteered to join the German army from all over Eastern Europe. They were dressed in German uniforms and were responsible for guarding the German traffic lines, When fighting with enemy guerrillas in the German rear, sometimes they are even responsible for defending some unimportant position nodes in the front line. These soldiers are usually organized by battalions and rarely larger than this scale. Their existence greatly increases the combat effectiveness of the German army and the ability of anti guerrilla operations. "

"Are there any Soviet prisoners in the East camp?" When I heard this, I couldn't help interrupting.

"Yes." "In the early days of the war, our army captured a large number of Soviet officers and soldiers," Captain Grimes replied positively. At first, there was no consideration of incorporating these prisoners into the German army. However, in the winter of 1941, our army's defeat in Moscow indicated the collapse of Blitzkrieg and the change of the Empire's Oriental policy. In January 1942, the German national defense forces began to plan to recruit volunteers from the ethnic minorities of the Soviet Union to form the "Oriental army.". Soon after Hitler's permission, a large number of Eastern troops were formed, including 11 battalions of Armenian army, 14 battalions of Azerbaijani army, 14 battalions of Georgia army, 5 battalions of Caucasian Army (composed of Azerbaijanis and Chechens) There are 34 battalions of "Turkestan Legion" and 8 battalions of "Volga Tatar Legion". As far as I know, on August 12 this year, the southern army group captured Elista, the capital of the karmec autonomous republic. After the German officers made a lot of propaganda and agitation in the karmec Mongolian community, 3000 karmec Mongols took the initiative to join the German army and become one of the members of the new Oriental battalion. "

Listening to what gramus said, I just nodded slightly and said to him with a flat expression, "go on."

"But the German commander-in-chief was not at ease with these" Oriental legions "and worried that they would be fighting with the Russians..."

"Huh?" I couldn't help snorting when I heard gramus accidentally use the insulting term "Russian.".

Hearing my groan, gramus immediately woke up and knew that he was in a different camp and that some words could not be used casually. His face flushed and he quickly corrected: "no, it's not the Russians, it should be the Soviet army. The German commander in chief was afraid that the eastern battalion would fight against the Soviet army, so in addition to dispersing them as battalions into the various German forces, he also set up a "Eastern soldier monitoring group" composed of Party Guard officers and soldiers in the battalion

When I heard that there was a small SS unit in the eastern battalion, I asked with great interest, "Captain Grimes, what's the composition of the" Eastern soldiers monitoring group "you mentioned?"

"Usually, the leader of the monitoring team is a SS commando team leader, and his rank is SS first sergeant," Grimes said. The Deputy group leader is two or three SS first class team leaders, all of whom are SS second class sergeants. The remaining five or six members are usually first-class or second-class members of the SS. "

"Is there a lot of communication equipment in Dongfang camp?" In my impression, the combat effectiveness of the east battalion is far weaker than that of the German army. If they have more communication equipment, I can consider eliminating them to enrich my communication company.

To his surprise, gramus shook his head and said, "in order to prevent the East camp's radio station from being seized and leaking secrets, they are not equipped with any communication equipment. Even if the higher authorities have any orders to give, they will send them to the commander of the battalion or the leader of the monitoring group in the form of written orders through the signalmen. "

After listening to gramus' introduction, I turned to look at verol and asked, "Comrade political commissar, I don't know what you mean by big trouble."

When verol heard me ask, she was surprised and said, "don't you think our station is sandwiched between two eastern battalions, and our movement at night will be restricted?"

After listening to her, I shrugged my shoulders and said easily, "it's just two eastern camps. It's nothing. Just get rid of them."

My words startled verol, and she reminded me excitedly: "Sir, comrade, I didn't hear you wrong, did you say that you want to solve these two eastern battalions?"

"Yes, you didn't hear me wrong. I mean to get rid of them all." I nodded and answered positively.

"But how to solve it? You know, the two eastern camps and the adjacent German camps are only two or three kilometers apart. It's not like our station. There are several hillsides around it, and there are grasslands or open fields everywhere. Once there is a battle, even if there is no communication equipment to contact, those German people who are disturbed will come in swarms, and then our offensive forces will be caught in front and back. "

After listening to Mikhail's translation, gramus, who was standing nearby, echoed: "yes, sir, once there is a battle in the camp of Dongfang camp, the nearby garrison will arrive for reinforcement in the shortest time." At this point, he shrugged his shoulders and said with regret, "I'm sorry, I don't think your plan will work."

Seeing that both of them are so worried, I put down my heart. Since even my own people don't believe that I can easily solve the two East camps, the Germans are even more surprised. In this way, I have more confidence in the implementation of this plan.

I leaned back on the back of my chair, crossed my fingers on my chest, and said with a smile to the three people in front of me, "when did I say that I want us to attack Dongfang camp?"

Verol was confused by what I said. She stared at me for a long time before she hesitated and said, "Sir, didn't you just say that you want to solve the Dongfang camp?"

I nodded, sat up straight again, waved to a few people and said, "you all come here and see the distribution of the German army and the eastern battalion." When all three of them were around the table, I looked up and said to gramus, "Mr. captain, it's up to you to tell us about the distribution of the camp." With that, I pushed the German map on the table to him.

Without being polite to me, Grimes pointed to the map on the desk and said, "our camps are distributed according to the standard of five kilometers apart, that is to say, there are our army camps five kilometers away from the north and south of the station. The reason why your action to seize the station was not exposed, I think it was related to the surrounding hills. Because of their shelter, when you attacked the camp in the north, I only heard a very weak gunshot, and I didn't receive the warning from the friendly forces, so I didn't strengthen the guard of the station. When you are seizing the station, the friendly forces a few kilometers away also can't hear much news. So when the superior commander calls to inquire, I just need to say that they are harassed by the guerrillas, so I can cover up the matter. But there was no hill between the camp and the camp, and the distance was not too far. I don't think it is possible for us not to disturb the troops in other camps when we destroy the East camp. "

After Grimes finished, verol nodded in affirmation. Seeing that I was still staring at the map on my desk, she couldn't help but kindly remind me: "Sir, I think captain Grimes is right. The German army and the East camp are too close to each other. Ten minutes at most, their reinforcements will arrive, And we can't solve the battle in such a short time. "

Instead of picking up veroll, I continued to ask Grimes, "Mr. captain, is the eastern battalion to the north where the train was blown up in the early morning?"

"Yes, sir." Grimes replied positively“ Our eastern battalion to the south is the Azerbaijani battalion, and to the north is the Georgian battalion. "

Then I turned to veroll and said, "commissar veroll, now I'd like to introduce to you my battle plan. At eleven o'clock, you send a small troop to take a motorcycle, carry machine guns and mortars, and go to the south side of the German camp. They use mortars to bombard the enemy's camp and use machine guns to strafe

"What shall we do if we bring out the Germans?" As verol said this, he took a wary look at captain Grimes beside him.

I saw her face, and I knew that she was still worried about the defecting captain, for fear that the other party would leak the secret when they heard our army's plan. I just smile and reply, "the reason I asked you to do this is to draw the German out of the camp. Lead them to the Azerbaijani camp and try to make them fight against each other. "

"What if they don't?" Asked verol uneasily.

"If they don't fight, we'll help him. As soon as the German army and the Azerbaijani battalion got caught in fire, we sent two companies to attack the Azerbaijani battalion from the station. At this time, "I said, turning to gramus again," Captain gramus needs to call his former superior and report to the other party that the Azerbaijani battalion is mutiny, attacking the station and asking for friendly support. "

Before I finished, verol's face was smiling. It was obvious that she understood my intention. Sure enough, she added: "Sir, I think I understand what you mean. Once the fight broke out, the Azerbaijani battalion without communication equipment could not contact the German army, and the flag language could not be used in the dark. Therefore, even if they knew it was a misunderstanding, they had to fight hard in order not to be eliminated. Comrade teacher, am I right? "

"Exactly. That's what I imagined."

"What about the Georgia battalion to the north?"

"You don't have to worry about that. I'll ask lieutenant colonel chejerikov to send troops to solve it."

After sending away verol, mihayev, and gramus, I got Shula to contact shejerikov. The commander may have been waiting for my news. When he heard my voice, he asked excitedly: "thank God, sir, you have finally contacted me. How are you doing now? Are you safely at the aberganerovo station, where you have joined the forces of major Oleg? "

I waited for him to finish, and then I said without hesitation, "Lieutenant Commander shijerikov, thank you for your concern. Although we had a little trouble on the way, we got to the station of abganerovo and joined the troops of Oleg and verol. By the way, I'll tell you again that the troops of Oleg and veroll merged to form the fifth regiment. The leader of the regiment was lieutenant colonel Oleg, and the political commissar was the political instructor of veroll. Did the German attack our division's defence today? "

Shejerikov quickly replied, "no, sir. However, the German army is launching a fierce offensive against the defense areas of the 57th group army, the 70th division of the guards on the right wing of our division and the 157 division of the infantry. "

Listening to what he said, I said with deep feeling: "well, it seems that our night attack operation disrupted the combat deployment of the German army to ensure the safety of our division's defense area for the time being."

"So, am I sending troops from the main position tonight, or are you sending troops from the station of abganerovo to attack the German camp again?" Shejerikov's reaction was very quick. He immediately understood that I was talking to him and that it had something to do with the night attack. So before I spoke, he had asked first.

"That's right, Lieutenant sergeant chejerikov. You're quite quick to understand my intentions now." I couldn't help laughing and praising him, and then said, "now I'll assign you a combat mission. Please remember."

There was a small sound coming from the earphone. It was estimated that chejerikov was looking for a pen and paper. Soon I heard him say, "Sir, I'm ready. Please tell me."

"The German army will send three eastern battalions along the railway this afternoon to ensure smooth railway traffic. One of the Azerbaijani battalions was stationed three kilometers south of the station; The other Georgian battalion was stationed near the train that had been destroyed by gunfire in the early morning. In the vicinity of these two battalions, there are large German troops stationed. "

"Do you mean to let us attack this camp in Georgia? Then, how many troops should we send to take part in the night attack? Do we need the artillery battalion of yegonovych to provide firepower support and the tank unit of captain pelsky to cover the charge of the troops? " Shejerikov had a good taste in attacking the 29th German motorized infantry division last time. He thought I would have a big fight like last time, so he asked us whether we would use artillery and tanks.

"Sergeant chejerikov," I was afraid that he would go on and maybe suggest that I ask the group army or the friendly army to provide artillery support and so on, so I quickly interrupted his words behind him and said in an emphatic tone, "tonight's operation, we don't need the tanks of peresjian or the artillery battalion of yegonovych, I just need you to send two classes of soldiers."

I was so surprised that xiejerikov stuttered: "what... What, only... Only... Two... Two classes? Is that all right? "

"There's nothing wrong with it, comrade xijerikov." I said confidently, "you are just harassing the German army. What do you want so many people to do?"

Xiejerikov was silent for a long time before he tentatively asked: "Sir, can I ask how to fight tonight?"

I thought for a moment, and then said to him, "you ask captain Morozov to take two classes of soldiers on motorcycles, carry mortars, and go in two directions to bombard the German army and the Georgia camp. When the enemy rushed out of the camp, the soldiers who shelled the German camp retreated to the Georgia camp; The artillery bombarding the Georgian battalion retreated in the direction of the German camp. Lead the two enemies to one place and let them fight by themselves. "

After listening to my plan, after a short silence, shijerikov suggested to me: "Comrade teacher, I think the number of two classes is too small, and it should be doubled."

"Why?" His formulation makes me very curious. Doesn't he know that the less the number of people, the better“ I'm going to let the two new classes lay mines on the roads outside the two camps. In this way, when the enemy rushes out from the camp, the mine can slow down the enemy's speed, so that our soldiers have more time to retreat calmly. What do you think? "“ Good. I'll do as you say. " Shejerikov thought more thoughtfully than I did. If several armored vehicles were rushed out of the German camp, the soldiers on the motorcycles would not have the slightest fight back. If the enemy sets foot on the mine, the speed of pursuit will slow down, and our soldiers will have time to retreat calmly“ Sir, my last question is, "what time does the battle start tonight?"“ Eleven in the evening. " I was afraid that he would ask for more instructions at that time. I specially reminded him: "I will give you full command to solve the battle of the Georgian battalion. You don't have to ask for instructions at that time, just carry out the order directly." If it wasn't for the fact that the Georgian battalion was too far away from the station, they would have suffered the same fate as the Azerbaijani battalion. But they don't want to have a good night's sleep. Let them have a good fight with the German. I really want to know whether the Germans have the upper hand or whether the Georgian battalion has a better chance of winning in a field battle of the same strength. As soon as I had finished the assignment over there, trekov called. Hearing my voice, he said apologetically, "Comrade oshanina, I'm very sorry. Although I tried my best to persuade general shumilov and general yelimenko, the opinions of the group army and the front army were unexpectedly unified. They all asked you to hold on for at least five days at the abganerovo station and firmly hold the pace of the fourth group army of Gothic tanks marching northward." Instead of answering his question, I asked, "Comrade commander, the day after tomorrow will be September 1. When do you plan to take office in the 62nd army?" Trekov hesitated for a moment and replied, "judging from the current situation, my appointment may be delayed. But you can rest assured that even if you want to take office, you will have to wait for you and your troops to withdraw from behind the enemy. " It's obvious that trakov's words are not casual, but sincere, so I repeatedly thank him: "thank you, comrade commander. You can rest assured that I will return to our square array safely after completing the task. I also want to follow you to the 62nd army to fight the Germans and build immortal meritorious deeds with you. " My careless flattery made trikov laugh. After the laughter stopped, he added, "o'shanina, I know you are in a very dangerous situation in the German rear. If you see that the situation is not good, don't fight any more. I'll allow you to leave the army and break through in disguise. " When I heard him say the same words as Zhukov, I felt warm in my heart. I quickly replied, "please rest assured, comrade commander. I just stay here for five days. I am confident to complete the task. Please don't worry about my comfort."“ Well, if you say so. " Trekov pauses, then goes on to say the usual adage, "I wish you good luck!"