Chapter 585

Ten hours before dark, I sat at my desk, staring at the German map in front of me, thinking about my battle plan today, to see if there were any mistakes.

The door was quietly pushed open, and verol appeared at the door. She asked tentatively, "Comrade teacher, may I come in?"

Anyway, half of her body had already come in. I couldn't let her go out any more, so I said frankly, "verol, since you're here, don't stand at the door. Come in!"

After verol came in, he sat across from me, turned to see the telegrapher Shula sitting in the corner, then turned back and said to me in a low voice, "Sir, I have something important to talk to you. Do you want to let the telegrapher go out first?"

I saw her serious expression, and at the same time, she called me directly by rank rather than by nickname. I knew that she must have something important to say to me, so I leaned over to Shula and said, "Comrade Shula, I have something important to talk about with political commissar veroll. You go out first."

As soon as Shura left, I said, "well, comrade veroll, there are only the two of us left. Let's just say what we have to say."

"Comrade division," verol said to me solemnly, "when you just assigned the task, you didn't let captain gramus evade. Aren't you afraid of his divulging the secret?"

It turned out that her so-called important thing was to worry that gramus would quietly tell the German what he knew. After listening to this, I laughed and comforted her and said, "political commissar verol, you are too worried. Since captain gramus has surrendered to us, I believe he can be trusted."

Although I said that, verol still said uneasily: "however, he only surrendered to us when he was desperate. Our trust in him should be limited. "

Seeing verol's skeptical attitude towards captain Grimes, I patiently said to her, "but under what circumstances did captain Grimes surrender to us, but judging from his decision and last night's performance, he has chosen the right path. I believe that in the next battle, he will continue to cooperate with us, so we should give him enough trust to make him feel that his decision is right, so that he can be willing to do anything for us

"But," verol thought, and after a long silence, he asked hesitantly, "if you let the Germans beat the Germans, won't captain Grimes have a knot in his heart?"

I waved my hand and said confidently, "absolutely not. You have to let him understand that what he is doing now is not that the Germans are fighting against the Germans, but that the Germans are fighting with the * * represented by Hitler for a new Germany."

With the change of verol's face, I knew that she was obviously convinced by me. Originally, she wanted to say a few more words. Suddenly, she thought that she hadn't seen Oleg for a long time, and even didn't see his shadow at the just battle meeting. So she asked verol, "verol, where's Colonel Oleg?"

Verol didn't expect that my mind was jumping so much. Just now, he was still talking about gramus. In a twinkling of an eye, he asked Oleg again. She was stunned for a moment and then replied, "the regimental commander has gone to the south of the station with a company of soldiers."

"What is he doing there?"

"I've told him the plan for tonight's battle. He said to take a company of soldiers and fill those deep ditches with a way for motorcycles to pass."

"Well, lieutenant commander Oleg is very thoughtful. He has even figured out the attack route of the troops."

"Rita, I still have no idea about the battle plan tonight. You said that the enemy would be so stupid to jump into the trap we dug with open eyes?"

Originally, I was very confident in my plan, but I didn't expect to hear veroll say so, and I became bottomless. But in front of my own ministry, I couldn't lose my temper. So I coughed, cleared my throat, and said with an air of indifference, "political commissar verol, don't worry. I'll know whether I can succeed or not after dark. Even if the plan fails, we can continue to harass the enemy here as long as we don't expose ourselves. " With that, a little sleepy, I couldn't help yawning.

"Since you say that, Rita, I'm confident." Verol said, seeing my drowsy appearance, he said: "by the way, you seem to have been up all night. There's nothing wrong now. You can have a rest first. I'll call you when you have something to do."

Sending verol away, I pushed open the door of the next lounge and went straight in, lying in bed with my clothes. I didn't sleep well for several days. As soon as I lay down in bed, I felt sleepy, and soon fell asleep.

When I woke up, I looked out of the window pasted with adhesive tape and saw that it was getting dark. I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It was almost seven o'clock. I didn't expect that I had a long sleep. I slept seven or eight hours unconsciously. I was afraid that there was something urgent waiting for me outside, so I quickly opened the door and went out.

At this time, in addition to Shula, the operator, Oleg, verol, mihayev and gramus were all in the outer room. I can't help but feel a little embarrassed to see that so many people are waiting for me outside, but I'm sleeping in the room. It's more or less indescribable. As soon as I got to my seat, I looked up and asked, "is anything going on?"

On hearing my question, Oleg answered first, "Comrade division commander, Captain Grimes has something to report."

I turned my head to gramus and asked with a smile, "Mr. captain, tell me what you want to report."

Grimes quickly stepped forward and answered in a loud voice, "report, sir. An hour ago, I received a call from my superior saying that there will be a troop train passing by the station of abganerovo around 11 o'clock this evening. Let me make necessary preparations."

"How many troops are there on the train?" Hearing the news, I could not help frowning. I did not expect that the German army had begun to transport soldiers by railway.

"According to information from the superior, there are two infantry battalions on the train."

"Sir, what should we do?" Verol asked tentatively, "fight them or let them pass?"

Seeing that after verol finished, Oleg also had signs of wanting to speak, I quickly raised my hand to stop him and said, "don't worry, let me think about it."

If we don't fight, once these two infantry battalions are added to the front, the German army will add a new force. But if we fight, we will be completely exposed. Once the German forces from all sides come over, we will be completely destroyed.

After staring at the map in front of me for a while, without looking up, I asked Grimes, "Captain, has the Azerbaijani battalion entered their new camp?"

"Yes, sir. When the Azerbaijani battalion entered the camp at about two o'clock this afternoon, I specially took people to have a look. Their residence is only 800 meters away from the railway line. "

When I heard gramus say that he had been to the Azerbaijani camp, I couldn't help looking up at him and scolding Oleg and verol in my heart. You are too brave to let gramus go to the enemy camp alone, and you are not afraid that he will betray us?

Before I got angry, Oleg had explained to me in a low voice, "Captain Grimes didn't go alone. I arranged for Mikhail and two soldiers to accompany him."

Listening to Oleg's words, I felt a lot more at ease. As long as gramus was not the only one who went to the enemy's camp, there would be no danger that he would collude with the enemy and dig traps for us.

I saw that the railway line on the map was winding, and there seemed to be many curves, so I asked gramus, "Captain, from the map, there seems to be many curves on this railway line?"

"Yes," said gramus positively, and then pointing to a position, he said to me, "Sir, please have a look. The railway has a sharp bend at this position in order to get around the hillside. "

I looked carefully in the direction of his finger, but no, there was really a turning point, and it was not far from the Azerbaijani camp. At this point, I suddenly came up with a good idea.

I stood up straight and said to several commanders on the scene, "comrades commanders, as for this troop carrying train, we must never allow it to reach the front. In that case, the German army will add a new force, which will break the hard won battlefield balance, so we must kill this train!"

"How to fight?" Verol asked curiously, "is it still like this morning that the train was destroyed by gunfire? But I don't think there is much chance of success. After all, the arms train is standing there waiting for our army's shelling, while the troop transport train is constantly moving at high speed. "

After listening to verol's worry, I asked her with a smile: "who said to use artillery?"

Used to my way of speaking veroll quickly asked: "then how to fight?"

I pointed to the railway corner on the map and said to them, "I think so. After dark, send out the two companies attacking the Azerbaijani battalion in advance and ask them to remove all the spikes on the rail at the corner, so that the high-speed train will derail when it turns. When the train was off the rails, they immediately attacked from the hidden place, and destroyed the German surviving in the carriage with bullets and grenades, shovel and axe.

After hearing this, Oleg was shocked and immediately reminded me: "Sir, please consider carefully. If Azerbaijanis can't find such a big noise as the derailment, unless they are all blind and deaf. Their camp is only 800 meters away from the railway line, and it only takes a few minutes to get to the side of the railway. "

"Lt. Col. Oleg is right. In order to increase the probability of success of tonight's operation, I decided to advance the time of harassing the German camp to 10:30. In this way, when the German train derailed, it was almost the same time that our decoy troops led the German troops outside the Azerbaijani camp. At that time, Azerbaijanis were too busy to spare too many people to check what happened at the side of the railway. After solving the German army on the train, we turned around and attacked the Azerbaijani camp. At the same time, Captain gramus called his superiors again, saying that the Azerbaijani camp was rebelling and was attacking the abganerovo station and passing military trains, asking for reinforcements from the superiors. "

After I finished my speech, I saw that several people were silent, and my heart became uneasy again. I secretly said that if anyone raised an objection, I would cancel the combat plan I just put forward. I didn't expect that after a long time, the commander on the scene still didn't speak. I couldn't help getting upset. I used my fist to knock on the table several times to attract all the people's attention. After that, I said impatiently, "what's the plan like? You guys have to say something. Don't keep saying nothing like this. It makes me feel uneasy."

"Comrade division," said Mikhail yev, who has been working as a translator. He said slowly, "I have fought with you several times and won every time. So I think this operation will also win. "

"Yes, comrade Mikhail yev is right," Oleg agreed in time. "I wanted to say that, but I didn't expect that he took the lead."

"You flatterer," verol said in an uncertain tone after cursing him softly, "Comrade division, although Comrade Oleg and Comrade mihayev agree with your plan, I still think it's too risky. There are too many variables in this. For example, if the German train comes early and our small troops have not yet brought the German troops to fight each other when the train overturns, our army's action will be a bit like falling into a trap; Another thing is that the train came late. When we heard the gunfire in the Azerbaijani camp, the train stopped in time and let the infantry on the train get off and search for the way to the camp. In that case, we also have no chance of success. "

I have to say that verol's analysis is very reasonable, which makes me speechless for a while. After a moment's silence, I thought that since my order had been given, if I changed my orders day after day, it would affect my prestige in the independent division. So I held my heart and told him: "since the order has been given, I can't change it. As for the success of the operation at night, we have to pray for God's blessing. If he really stands on our side, I believe we will be very successful. "

After the commanders were sent away, I immediately contacted Xie jerikov from the headquarters of the left behind division. As soon as I got on the phone, I asked in a hurry, "commander xijerikov, what's the situation in the division's defense area?"

"Report, sir, at noon, about a battalion of German infantry, under the cover of fifteen tanks, charged towards the position of the first regiment. After more than an hour's hard fighting, the soldiers destroyed three German tanks and injured five. Their infantry left nearly a hundred bodies in front of the position and retreated in ashes. "

"Good fight, comrade shijerikov. But don't be proud. You should continue to strengthen your defense and send scouts to scout the enemy. " After telling him about positional defense, I informed him in addition: "also, comrade commander, the attack time of the detachment tonight has changed, from 11:00 to 10:30."

"What, half an hour in advance?" After hearing my notice, shijerikov asked with concern, "Comrade division, is there any accident?"

"Yes, Colonel chejerikov." As for the unexpected situation, I didn't hide it from him. Instead, I told him the truth, "the German army has a troop transport train, which will pass through the aberganerovo station at about 11 o'clock, which disrupts our original deployment, so we can only advance our operation time."

"I see, sir." Shejerikov again expressed his determination to me and said, "please rest assured that the attack team is ready to fight. I assure you that I will be able to complete the task you have assigned me

"Well done, well done, comrade xijerikov. Then I'll wait for the news of your victory. "

After nightfall, verol came to the headquarters to find me and said, "Comrade division, the attack team is ready. Will you go to meet them?"

I nodded, waved to her and said, "come on, comrade political commissar, take me to meet these heroes who are going to fight."

I followed her through the rubble filled waiting hall to the square in front of the station.

Today's moon is also good. Everything in the square is clear. In addition to Oleg, mihayev and grams, there are six motorcycles. In front of each motorcycle stand three soldiers in German uniforms. I stepped forward, saying nothing, but shaking hands with the soldiers one by one.

After shaking hands, I went back to Oleg and several of them. My eyes swept over the faces of the 18 soldiers who were going to fight. The eighteen ordinary faces in front of them all seemed very calm, as if they were not going to carry out the dangerous task of luring the enemy, but just going out on patrol.

I suddenly feel that my throat seems to be choked by something, so that I can't speak.

At this moment, Oleg whispered in my ear: "Comrade teacher, you should give them a few words, so that they can have more confidence."

After I took a deep breath and stabilized myself, I said loudly to the soldiers, "comrades, I will be here waiting for you, waiting for you to come back triumphantly."

Eighteen soldiers roared: "serve the Soviet motherland!"

Oleg stepped forward two steps, passed me, waved at the soldiers, and ordered in a loud voice: "listen to me, all aboard, let's go!"

Looking at the motorcade leaving, Oleg turned to me and asked, "Comrade division commander, who will lead the troop going to the nearby troop train?"

Instead of answering his question immediately, I turned to veroll and said, "political commissar veroll, I now declare that during my absence from the station, you are responsible for all the affairs in the station."

As soon as my words came out, several people were surprised at the same time. Mikhail yev asked in advance: "Comrade division commander, do you want to lead the team to carry out this task in person?" Seeing that Oleg and verol also wanted to persuade me, I quickly raised my hand to stop them from going on and said, "don't worry, I know I'm the head of a division and I won't take any risks. There are too many uncertainties in tonight's operation. I have to go to the front line in person to understand the progress of the battle in time and adjust my deployment according to the specific changes in the enemy's situation. Tonight's operation, commander Oleg and his two companies will carry out the task of destroying the railway. And me and mihayev and captain gramus, take a company to take care of you Oleg and some of them were full of anxiety, and gramus didn't understand what we were saying because no one translated for him, so he just stood beside with a blank face and looked at us foolishly and kept talking. I raised my hand and looked at my watch. The clock had already pointed to nine, so I urged Oleg: "don't dawdle, comrade commander. Go and gather the troops quickly. We still have a long way to go." When Oleg went to assemble the night attack troops, I said to gramus, "Captain, you will set out with me later to see how the German army and Azerbaijani battalion fought." As soon as I finished speaking, mihayev translated it into German in time. After listening to mikheiev's translation, gramus realized that I was going to carry out the night attack mission with them. He could not help getting a little flustered. He said anxiously, "Sir, the front is too dangerous. You can't go." After translating this sentence, Mikhail yev muttered in a low voice: "Sir, you see, even captain gramus is against your going to the night attack tonight. You'd better stay in the station to command the troops." I laughed at gramus and said, "don't worry, captain. I'm just going to the battlefield. The troops you and I lead may not even have a chance to shoot tonight. By the way, take your communication equipment with you when you leave. Maybe it can be used later. " Grimes mumbled and turned to leave, because Mikhail had no interpreter, I don't know what he said, but I can be sure that he didn't want me to take part in the night attack, because the guns were not long sighted, maybe the soldiers charging in front were OK, but I, the division commander watching in the back, was killed by cold fire. Twenty minutes later, Oleg and three commanders walked into the headquarters, came to me and reported, "Comrade division, the first company, the second company and the third company have assembled. They can start at any time. I'm waiting for your order." I nodded with satisfaction and replied, "you start with company one and company two, and I'll catch up with company three as soon as possible." After hearing my order, Oleg raised his hand to salute, and then left with two commanders, leaving the company commander of the third company at my disposal. Looking at the commander standing straight in front of me like a telegraph pole, my first reaction is that he is a commander with rich combat experience. I don't know if his troops will achieve unexpected results when they fight tonight? I wanted to chat with him and ask for his name or something. Unexpectedly, mihayev came in and reported to me, "Comrade division, Captain gramus and I are ready to go at any time." With the appearance of Mikhail, I had to give up my plan to chat with the third company commander. So I waved my head to the third company commander and said, "come on, comrade company commander, it's time for us to start."