Chapter 596

Looking at the other side waving the signal flag, let us stop, in order to prevent misunderstanding, without my order, all the trucks stopped at the same time.

With the help of several soldiers, I overturned the truck from the side of the car. At this time, the open car, which was originally parked in the back, had been driven by Boris, and steadily stopped beside the truck. As soon as I got on the bus, he drove me to the front position.

The position where the motorcade stopped was not far from the position of the first regiment, only about two or three hundred meters. Although this section of the road is full of big craters and small craters, it can't run fast, but after all, it's much faster than walking. Just minutes later, my car was only 50 meters away from the officers and men standing outside the trench. But just then, the car stopped.

I frowned at Boris and asked, "Comrade Boris, why did you stop the car?"

With a wry smile, Boris pointed forward with his hand and said: "Sir, you see, the ground in front of us is full of German corpses, as well as the wreckage of bombed tanks and armored vehicles. Our car can't drive through, so we can only aggrieve you to go through."

When I look forward, it's not that there are more German bodies in this area than in those places just now. In addition to the craters and the remains of tanks and armored vehicles, cars can't drive through. Since the car couldn't pass, I didn't blame Boris. Anyway, it wasn't his fault. I pushed the door open, got out of the car, carefully stepped over the bodies lying on the ground and walked towards the position.

I just walked out not far, several officers and men standing outside the trench have trotted all the way to me. I fixed my eyes and saw that it was no one else who was running in front of me. It was my guard battalion commander, basmanov. Back to my own territory, I felt relaxed. I took off the German helmet and waved it to him.

Basmanov ran to me and said with a surprised look: "Mr. division, you are back. I have been waiting for you here for several days."

The four soldiers behind him looked like the guards of the guard camp. After they saw me, they didn't salute me, but consciously stood at the four corners beside me to guard, and cleverly protected me.

When I saw the performance of the soldiers in the guard camp, I nodded with satisfaction and said to busmanov happily, "Captain busmanov, it seems that you have trained the soldiers in the guard camp well. Judging from their performance just now, they all know the truth of not saluting the commander on the battlefield so as not to expose the target. At the same time, in the eyes of laymen, their station is just a random one, but in fact they are very particular about it, so that no matter where the enemy comes from, they can find it in time. "

Basmanov heard my praise, and then said with a simple and honest smile, "Comrade division, it's getting late. We'd better go back to the division headquarters first. Commander xiejerikov is still waiting for you."

I followed basmanov into the trench and walked along the crisscross traffic trench to the direction of the division headquarters. When the commanders and fighters saw us, they stood up straight and saluted us with their backs against the trench wall.

As I walked, I asked busmanov, who was leading the way: "Comrade captain, which company is this regiment?"

Hearing my question, busmanov slowed down and said in surprise, "don't you know, sir? The first regiment and the fourth regiment changed their guard the day before yesterday. Now all the officers and men in the positions are from the fourth regiment. "

Basmanov's words surprised me. During this period, in order to prevent the target from being exposed, I kept silent on the radio except for sending two or three telegrams to xiejerikov. I really didn't know much about the situation of the division. I asked nervously, "why do you want to withdraw a regiment? Have they been seriously reduced in recent battles?"

Basmanov shook his head, with a blank expression on his face, asked: "no, when a regiment withdrew from the position, it was almost complete. Sir, who did you hear that a regiment was beaten and disabled? "

"I guess." I shrugged my shoulders unconsciously and explained to him: "recently, in order to prevent our radio station from being detected by the German army, when we contact with Xie jerikov, it's no longer a Ming language call but a telegram, so we can't know some information in time."

Basmanov said after hearing this, oh, and then told me: "shijerikov said that there was no fighting in other directions of our division except here. It was a waste to put the fourth regiment, a unit with rich combat experience, in the back. So he asked the first regiment and the fourth regiment to change defense."

When I got to a fork in the road, I saw a shelter blocking the curtain on the left. There were many people going in and out. After walking a lot of places, it was the place with the most people coming and going. He asked busmanov curiously, "Captain, where is this place?"

Basmanov just glanced at it and immediately replied, "report to division commander, this is the medical center of the fourth regiment. In the fighting yesterday and today, there were a lot of wounded people in the fourth regiment."

You know, before I went to the station, there was no decent medical team in the division. Now even the regiment has a medical center. I suddenly became interested, so I couldn't help but say curiously, "the medical center should be newly established. I want to go in and have a look."

Basmanov listened to me with a smile on his face. He said to me respectfully, "well, sir. Go to the clinic and I'll call the fourth commander, Lieutenant Colonel Gaidar

"Go ahead, go ahead," I waved impatiently at him, then pulled up the curtain and went in.

The walls of the shelter were lined with stretchers, on which lay a wounded man. Seeing me come in, everyone's eyes turned to me. Even a male health worker who was squatting beside a stretcher and bandaging a wounded soldier's leg also stopped his work and looked at me curiously.

I was just about to walk by when there was a clear whistle next to me, and then there was a loud whistle in the room. A fat wounded man lying on a stretcher not far away from me said sarcastically, "who the hell brought the captured female health worker to the clinic?"

As soon as the fat wounded man's words were finished, another thin wounded man beside him also said frivolously: "Hello, girl, can you hear Russian? For the captured Germans, we will all shoot men; As for women, as long as they serve us, we will give them preferential treatment. " His words immediately aroused the laughter of the whole wounded.

I looked down at my dress, with a German helmet in my hand, a German uniform on my body, and the sign of a medical officer on my left arm. No wonder they took me as a female medical officer of the German army.

Seeing that I didn't speak, the fat wounded man yelled again: "Hey, I said, girl, why don't you still stand there and wait on us? Eh, why hasn't it been reflected yet? Can't you understand Russian, or are you scared and silly? "

As soon as his words were heard, the wounded who treated me as a rare sight in the medical station laughed together.

"Comrade soldier, how can you speak in such a tone?" Seeing the fat wounded man with a smiley face, I couldn't help telling him, "don't you know how to respect others?"

"Oh, we've captured them all, and they're so arrogant!" The fat wounded man was obviously angered by my words. He held his hand against the wall and wanted to stand up. As soon as he moved, he might touch the wound. He bared his teeth and lay down again. He turned his head aside and yelled at my back, "Hey, comrade captain, did you bring this prisoner? How arrogant

I heard him calling for captain, and even if I didn't look back, I knew that my guard battalion commander, Captain busmanov, was standing behind me. The captain took the first two steps and said with a black face: "nonsense, it's nonsense! This is our teacher. Don't you know him? "

Basmanov's words calmed down the room, and then I heard someone whispering, "my God, it's Mr. oshanina. I saw her once when she came to inspect the regiment."

"Yes, listen to what you say. I remember that the last time the commander of the group army came to the division to give the flag, I saw her from a distance."

"I'm sorry, sir!" The fat wounded man lay on the stretcher with a red face and saluted me with embarrassment.

"Hello, comrades. I'm the division commander, Colonel oshanina. I've just come back from behind the enemy lines and passed by here. I'd like to see you by the way." Although I'm dissatisfied with the fat wounded, it's not a good time to attack in this case. I have to say a few words to the wounded, "although we are injured, we are still in a high mood. If you are in a good mood, you will recover quickly, so that you can return to the front line as soon as possible

"Comrade teacher, it's time for us to go." Basmanov waited for me to finish. He quickly came up to me and said to me in a voice that could be heard in the room, "Colonel gedar is still waiting for us."

I looked at busmanov gratefully for giving me a step in time, otherwise I didn't know how to end. I pretended to nod, a sudden appearance, said: "yes, you don't say, I almost forget." Then he waved to the wounded and said in a loud voice, "the wounded, comrades, have a good rest. I wish you a speedy recovery."

When I came out of the medical station and continued to walk along the traffic ditch, basmanov scolded me in a low voice: "Sir, comrade, how can you go to the medical station at will? The wounded people there are generally bad tempered. If I just go in later, they will embarrass you."

I waved my hand and said, "Captain busmanov, you are so thoughtful. As the head of a division, it is normal for me to go to the medical station to see the wounded soldiers. "

After walking a little further, I saw Gaidar waiting in front of me. Just when I entered the medical station, basmanov felt uneasy, so he asked another soldier to inform Gaidar, and he followed me into the medical station and helped me out in time.

Seeing my arrival, Gaidar, who was waiting in front of me, trotted all the way to me. After standing at attention, he raised his hand to salute and said excitedly, "Hello, sir, I hope you can come back."

After I saluted him, I held out my hand to him. When my hands clasped tightly, I also said with emotion: "yes, I finally returned to our own territory. During this period, I miss you very much."

After releasing his hand, Gaidar asked me, "Comrade division commander, shall we go to the division headquarters now?"

I waved my hand and said, "commander gedar, please wait. This time I came back with Commander Oleg's fifth regiment. I came faster because I was in a car, while commander Oleg's army was on foot and was still on the March. For the convenience of movement, we all wear German uniforms, but you send someone to meet them, so as to avoid misunderstanding with our troops. "

Gaidar nodded to show that he understood me. He turned and waved to a captain standing not far away. When the captain ran in front of him, he whispered a few orders. The captain nodded after hearing him, turned and ran away. Gaidar then came back to me and said in a relaxed tone: "Comrade division, I have told you that my people will take over the fifth regiment of commander Oleg and return to the position safely."

When we returned to the division headquarters, several other commanders were already waiting here. When they saw me coming back, they all came to greet me with joy. Even communications company commander razumeyeva also happily said to me: "Comrade teachers, welcome home."

After I sat down in my old position, I immediately asked four team leaders to sit down. After everyone sat down, I turned around and asked Xie jielikov, "Comrade commander, have you received the order from the superior to let us go to mamayev post to receive the defense?"

Shejerikov nodded affirmatively, stood up and said, "yes, sir, I have received an order from general trakov, the new commander of the 62nd group army, that after we hand over our positions to Colonel lyudnikov's close guard division, we should immediately set out to mamayev post to take over the defense of the 35th close guard division."

When I heard the name of the 35th division, I couldn't help grinning up. I was appointed as the commander of the 35th division by the former commander of Stalingrad's front army. But before I took office, my appointment was cancelled because of the personnel change at the top of the front army. I was very curious about the kind of commander who took over my post, so I asked curiously, "Comrade xiejerikov, do you know who is the commander of the 35th division of Jinwei?"

"It's said that it's major general gorazkov. He used to be the commander of the 98th infantry division. It's said that his troops have made great achievements in the battle in the Don River Valley. So that after the 98th division was transferred to the rear, he was transferred to the commander of the 35th division

Hearing the name of this old acquaintance, the smile on my face became more brilliant. After the battle of crossing the river, I haven't seen this hero's division commander for a long time. I didn't expect to have the chance to meet him again today, and I still led the troops to receive him.

Perhaps seeing the smile on my face, xiejerikov asked curiously, "Comrade division, do you know general gorazkov?"

"Yes, Lieutenant shejerikov, of course I know this division. When general trakov was inspecting the Don River Valley, he personally commanded the battle to seize the Don river ferry. The 98th division was a combat unit at that time. I met this division commander at that time. "

Just then, basmanov, who was on guard outside the door, came into the headquarters and came to me. He leaned down and whispered in my ear, "report, sir. The people from the 70th division of the guards are coming. They are outside the door at the moment."

I turned my head slightly to him and asked in a low voice, "what level of commander is coming?" My implication is that if the visitor's level is lower than mine, I will send others out to meet him.

Basmanov obviously understood what I said and quickly reported that "a regimental political commissar is here. I think he should be the political commissar of the guard division."

When I heard that the other party was the political commissar, I immediately thought of my old acquaintance, political commissar jitov. I quickly stood up and said to the commanders here, "comrades, the people sent by the 70th division of Jinwei have arrived. Now they are outside the door. Let's go out with me to meet them."

"Comrade teacher, shall we all go out to meet you?" When Gaidar heard me say that they all went out to meet him, he thought it was a bit of a fuss, so he complained: "is this necessary?"

I looked at him and said with a smile, "Colonel gedar, of course. And it might be someone you know. "

"Who are the people I know?" Asked Gaidar, with a blank face.

I deliberately do not say, just said with a smile: "as for who, you follow me out to see." With that, I took the lead to walk outside.

After walking out of the headquarters, Ji Tuofu, the political commissar of Jinwei division, stood at the door. I went to him with a smile and saluted him. I politely said, "Hello, political commissar Ji Tuofu, I didn't expect that we met again."

Jitov was also surprised at my appearance. He raised his hand and said excitedly, "my God, is that you? Comrade o'shanina, when I came here, I heard that you were still behind enemy lines. I thought you couldn't come back today. "

Although I don't like political workers all the time, every time I see jitov, I feel very kind. So after hearing what he said, I jokingly said, "originally, I wanted to stay in the enemy's rear for another ten or eight days, but when I heard that political commissar jitov was coming, I immediately left everything behind and rushed back to meet you."

When jitov heard my flattery, he laughed, pointed at me with his finger and said, "you, you, how long have you been so talkative since I haven't seen you."

Then I will introduce my subordinates to him. The four current commanders in the headquarters, in addition to the third commander, middle school kosja, the other commander, Lieutenant sergeant xijerikov, acting commander of the second regiment, Captain Pugachev, and the fourth commander, Lieutenant Colonel Gaidar, have all met in the division headquarters of the guard division. Because we are all acquaintances, after a simple greeting, the atmosphere became warm, and everyone entered the headquarters talking and laughing.

After everyone was seated, I asked jitov curiously, "Comrade political commissar, how many troops have you brought to take over?" "It's just a regiment," replied Titov, holding out a finger. Because commander shumilov said that the fighting situation here is not fierce, so I only brought one regiment to receive and defend, and it was still a disabled regiment. The other two infantry regiments, one artillery regiment, two rocket barracks and tank battalions remained in their original areas and held their positions. " After hearing this, I nodded and then said to jitov, "Comrade political commissar, you can negotiate with my third and fourth commanders, Lieutenant Colonel kosja and Gaidar, about the defense. And I will quickly lead the first and second regiments to the mamayev post to take over the 35th division of the guards Listen to me, commissar Titov raised his hand, looked at his watch, and said with understanding, "Colonel oshanina, then go quickly. As far as I know, the front army will fight back in the north of the city tomorrow. Let the independent division to replace the 35th division of the guards, perhaps for the sake of this counterattack“ What kind of counterattack is it? " I asked curiously. Titov shook his head and replied, "I don't know. At my level, I'm not qualified to know a lot of things. But when you see general trakov, you can ask him. As far as I know, at present, the headquarters of the 62nd group army is located above the mamayev post. " When I learned that trakov's headquarters were still at mamayev post, I couldn't sit still any longer. After explaining the transfer to kosja and Gaidar, I immediately urged xijerikov and Pugachev to gather troops and prepare to leave for a new defense zone, mamayev post. The troops set out in half an hour. More than 2000 officers and men of the first regiment all drove to the mamayev post by truck, while the second regiment followed up by marching on foot. And I was sitting in the jeep in the middle of the team with shijerikov, going with the team. After the convoy started, I didn't care to talk to sjerykov. Instead, I looked out of the car window from time to time for fear of being attacked by German planes. However, our luck is obviously good. We can't see German planes in the gray sky. Our fleet of hundreds of trucks was able to move smoothly towards Stalingrad. As we walked along the Volga river towards the city, we heard more and more clear gunfire. It was obvious that the Germans were shelling the city. After another distance, I saw German artillery shells falling on the Volga River from time to time, exploding and raising water columns. They wanted to destroy the boats on the river with artillery fire. But after observing for a while, I found that this kind of shooting was aimless and without any danger. The shells that fell into the water and exploded were at least two or three hundred meters away from the moving ship. After entering the city, I saw the streets in the city dead. The trees on both sides of the road didn't have a green branch. They were all scorched by the fire. All that remained of the wooden house was a pile of ashes and isolated chimneys. Even many stone buildings were destroyed. There were no doors and windows, and the floors collapsed. Once in a while, you can see a good house. People living here are busy moving their bags, tea cooks and utensils out of the house and transporting them to the wharf. They are ready to evacuate to the opposite side of the river when the ferry comes. Because the driver didn't know the way and didn't know how to get to mamayev post, our team had to stop at the roadside. After we got out of the car from both sides, I looked up at the air and said anxiously, "Lieutenant Colonel chejerikov, we need to get out of here as soon as possible, otherwise when the German plane comes, our huge fleet will be the best target for the German plane to attack." Instead of speaking, shejerikov rushed to the middle of the road, looked at both sides, walked towards the people who were moving things, and said aloud, "Hello, comrades, how can I get to mamayev post?" The people who moved things didn't know whether they didn't hear him or didn't want to talk to him. They didn't even look back at him. Shijerikov was in a hurry. He quickly walked up to an old man, put his hand on his left shoulder, pulled him over, raised his voice and asked, "old man, we are going to mamayev post. Do you know how to get there?" The old man looked at him blankly, pointed to the front and said, "I just need to drive along this road and turn left at the second intersection. But now, the buildings in that area have been blown down by German planes, and the roads are different. If you want to go, you can only turn right at the intersection in front of you and take a detour to the central railway station, where there is a road leading to mamayevgang. " Then the old man turned around, went into the building and went on to tidy up his belongings. Xiejerikov came back to me and said helplessly, "Comrade teacher, what should we do next?" I pulled the door open, turned to him and said, "didn't the old man make it very clear? First make a detour to the central railway station, and then find a way to mamayevgang. Get in the car! Comrade commander. " With that, I got into the car first, slammed the door heavily, and told the driver, "when lieutenant colonel chejerikov gets on the bus, I'll drive. Turn right at the intersection ahead. Let's go to the central railway station first. "