Chapter 605

When night fell, I thought that the German army would not send out night bombers to bomb the Highlands, so I walked out of the headquarters and planned to go to the front position. As soon as the curtain was lifted, two soldiers standing outside immediately saluted me.

The area of mamayev hillock is not small. If I go out alone, if there is something temporary, it is not easy for my subordinates to find me on such a large area of hillock. So I told one of the Sentinels, "Comrade soldier, go and call captain busmanov, your battalion commander." The soldier agreed and ran away.

Basmanov's hideout should not be far from my headquarters. In a short time, the captain came to me under the guidance of the soldiers. I walked up to me, raised my hand to salute, and asked cautiously, "Sir, do you have any instructions?"

"I want to take a walk. You take two soldiers with me."

"Yes, sir. I'll arrange it right away. Please wait a moment!" Basmanov said this, saluted and turned away.

Looking at the captain's back as he left, I wondered in my heart what kind of soldiers he would look for to inspect with me. Are they tall, big and burly, or are they thin but smart?

The answer was soon revealed. Busmanov came back with four soldiers, three women and one man. I knew all the women. They were Vera, the monitor of my guard class, and wonia and nagia, the soldiers in the class. When I saw Willa, I was stunned for a moment. Then I asked the monitor curiously, "Comrade Willa, didn't captain yegonovich transfer you to his artillery camp? Why didn't you stay with him in the 64th army? "

Little girl embarrassed to reply: "Sir comrade, I am your guard, where you go, I will follow you."

"Comrade captain is not bad. If you give up, you may be robbed by her girl." Seeing the little girl wriggling, I couldn't help joking with her.

Vera looked up at me and replied seriously: "Sir, you have saved the lives of me and my sisters. Since our superiors let us be your guards, we will take this responsibility seriously. As for other things, we'll wait until the war is over. "

After Vera finished, wonia and nagiya beside her echoed and said, "yes, sir, you are our Savior. You saved us from the muzzle of the governor's team. From now on, we will use our own blood and life to ensure your safety. "

I saw three girls with serious faces and knew that they were all telling their own truth. But now is not the time to say these words, I quickly changed the topic, said: "it's late, give me to the front of the position to walk."

When he heard that I was going to leave, basmanov handed over a military coat that was on his arm and said with concern, "Comrade division, it's cold at night. Please put on your military coat."

In September in Russia, the temperature difference between morning and night can reach 20 degrees. It's hot when you wear single clothes during the day. Maybe you will catch a cold at night. So I took the coat in his hand without hesitation. When I was about to wear it, I habitually asked, "do you all have military coats?"

Busmanov nodded hard and replied, "we're all wearing military coats. If you don't believe it, you can see it." I follow the direction of his fingers to see, not only he is wearing a military coat, even Vera, they are also wearing a military coat.

I nodded with satisfaction, then waved and said, "let's go."

We first walked southeast along the ridge and soon came to the side of the hillside near the wharf. Standing on the hillside, I can see the dark Volga River with cool autumn. Several ferries crossing the river at night are slowly approaching the wharf.

With the arrival of the ships, countless people suddenly came out of the cold wharf. First of all, the wounded were carried out from the bomb shelter, crater and bunker. Civilians with bags and suitcases also came out of hiding places. Before the boat reached the shore completely, some impatient people jumped into the water from the shore and poured waist deep water to the ferry.

Those who get close to the ship first don't necessarily get on the ship first. When they see the civilians wading in the water, the sailors standing on the bow of the ship threaten to keep them away with bayonets. For those who are not afraid of death and want to climb on the ship first, the sailors simply smash them into the water with the butt of their guns.

Looking at this chaotic scene, Vera first asked: "Sir, if the mamayev post is lost, will the dock be lost?"

"That's fair to say, comrade Willa." Basmanov immediately took over the conversation and said, "if you don't look at our position, the straight-line distance from the dock is not more than 100 meters. As long as the German army occupies the hill, put up a few machine guns here and shoot at the dock, then the whole dock will be shrouded in the range of machine gun fire."

"We have a lot of troops on the dock, and they can fight back here. I believe that our brave soldiers will be able to wipe out all the Germans who occupied the highlands. " Willa heard busmanov say so, and retorted unconvinced.

Basmanov snorted and said with disdain, "monitor Willa, I'd like to remind you that the slope in front of us is so steep that it's more than 50, isn't it? If our soldiers want to climb up, they must lower their heads and watch their feet slowly. In that case, the Germans on the hillside can knock down our soldiers one by one like shooting at a target. "

"That's bullshit!" Vera was obviously dissatisfied with basmanov's statement and wanted to refute it, but I stopped her. I looked at them and then said, "OK, don't argue any more. Captain busmanov is right. If the Germans occupy the hill, they only need to set up a few machine gun positions here. The concentrated machine gun fire can not only block our counter attack, but even if there are reinforcements coming by boat, they will be killed in batches in the river when they get off the ship. "

I looked at the chaotic wharf below, sighed, and then said to some people, "come on, let's go to lieutenant colonel shejerikov and see how the fortifications of their regiment are going."

We turned around and walked north. Not long after we walked, we came to the oil storage warehouse which was destroyed by the German aircraft some time ago. We saw seven or eight cylindrical metal tanks, which had been blown apart, the tank body was burned black by the fire, and all the pipes leading to the oil storage tanks were blown into scrap metal.

Smelling the terrible smell of the warehouse, I frowned, covered my nose and sped along. Although the place here is relatively spacious, it is obviously not suitable for building fortifications. Perhaps chejerikov and I share the same idea, so there are no fortifications of our army in this place.

Walking, I suddenly remembered that the women soldiers behind me were all from Stalingrad, so I stopped and turned to ask Vera, "Vera, are you all from Stalingrad?"

Vera nodded hard. Although she didn't understand why I asked, she said definitely, "yes, sir, I'm from Stalingrad with wonia and nagia."

"I want to ask you, if the Volga River floods, will it inundate Stalingrad?"

Hearing my question, Vera showed a surprised expression on her face. After looking at each other with her two companions, she shook her head and said with certainty: "Sir, I don't think it will happen in this situation. Because as far as I know, the location of the whole city is much higher than the riverbank. Even if the levee breaks, some streets may be flooded, but most of the water will only flow to the grassland in the distance. "

I then asked, "if there is a section of the river bank in front of the mamayev post, where will the river flow?"

Willa thought for a while and answered, "when I was studying, I asked the geography teacher the same question. He answered me at that time:" because of the existence of mamayev post, it will stop the river from flowing to the city, and turn around to the north and West grasslands. "

After listening to Vera's answer, I felt inexplicably relaxed. I did not continue to ask, but to a few people, said: "let's go, while the moon is good tonight, we go to the position to see."

Along the craters and the surviving bushes, we headed for the main position. A hundred meters away from the top of the main position, I heard the long-awaited voice of the sentry: "stop! Who is it? Password

When I heard the voice of the sentry, I raised my hand to stop everyone. Then I answered in a loud voice in the direction of the voice: "I'm the division commander, Colonel oshanina. I'm here to see your commander, Lieutenant Colonel xijerikov."

My reply made the other party silent for a moment. Then a man got up from the Bush, trotted to me with a gun, raised his hand to salute, and said in a panic: "Hello! Comrade division. Sorry, I didn't know you were here... "

I raised my hand to stop him from going on, and said to myself, "Comrade sentry, you are right. You should be on your guard to prevent the Germans from coming up from behind the high ground. Are you on duty alone, or is there someone else? "

The sentry looked back and then replied, "Comrade division, there is another secret sentry. If you want to find the commander, please allow me to show you the way. In addition to many secret sentries, there are also several minefields. If no one leads you, you may be in danger. "

"Comrade sentry, please show us the way." The sentry's words made me a little more confident in the handling ability of chejerikov. The rear of the position is so heavily guarded, so I don't know how tight the defense is at the front of the position.

Under the guidance of the Sentinels, we passed through the minefield and the area where the secret sentries were ambushed, and arrived at the command post of shejerikov.

The command post is located in a temporary cave dug out on the south slope. When he saw us coming, xiejerikov was particularly surprised. He was surprised and asked, "Comrade division, how did you come to my position at this time?"

I went straight to the table and sat down. Then I said, "let me see how your fortifications are doing."

"Report, sir, most of the works have been completed." He pushed a sketch on the table in front of me and reported to me, "this is the layout of our regiment on the position."

I moved the oil lamp on the table a little bit in front of me, and looked carefully at the sketch that cherekov had drawn. It can be seen from the picture that he dug eight Tibetan soldier holes in the south slope, and each hole can hold one or two companies. On the hillside and the top of the mountain, he followed my orders and deployed two companies each. At the foot of the mountain, I also saw a row of black spots marked by him. I didn't know what these black spots represented, so I quickly waved to him, asked him to come to me and asked him for advice: "Comrade xijerikov, I want to ask, what does this row of black spots you drew represent?"

Shejerikov only glanced at it and quickly replied, "report to division commander, the black spot represents the individual bunker. I have deployed a platoon at the foot of the mountain. Their main task is to blow up the German tanks approaching the high ground."

Putting a platoon so far away from the position made me feel uneasy, because I asked anxiously, "are these bunkers solid? Can it withstand German artillery and aircraft bombardment? "

Shejerikov shook his head slowly. Seeing my dissatisfaction, he quickly explained, "these bunkers are very scattered. It's not easy for the German army to find them from the front. Every time before the German attack, the targets of artillery preparation and aircraft bombing are our hillside and peak positions. Even if we find these bunkers, we will not waste their shells and bombs for a few obscure bunkers. "

After listening to this explanation, I didn't say anything more. I just told him, "Lieutenant Commander shejerikov, after daybreak tomorrow, general Zhukov will organize three army groups to attack the German army in the north of the city. Under such circumstances, the mamayev post we are holding fast to may not be the target of German attack, so you should urge your subordinates to take advantage of this rare opportunity to continue to repair all kinds of fortifications as soon as possible. "

"I see. Comrade division commander, I'll pass on your orders and let the soldiers make use of the gap between battles to repair the fortifications on the positions."

"Very well, Colonel chejerikov." I am very satisfied with the statement made by chejerikov. I praised him and said, "if there are perfect fortifications in your positions, then the Germans will pay a heavy price if they want to attack your positions."

At dawn on September 5, Zhukov put three new army groups into the counterattack against the German army to the north of the city.

The sudden counterattack launched by our army caught the Germans unprepared and disrupted their deployment. Until noon, neither a German plane nor the German artillery were seen on the high ground, let alone the ground offensive troops.

Seeing the calm in front of the position, Pugachev, who was staying in my headquarters, said excitedly: "Comrade division, it seems that our counterattack has worked. The Germans are being beaten by us and running away. Otherwise, how could they not even send a plane. I just went outside to have a look. There are more than 20 ferries on the wharf, carrying the wounded and the residents of the city to the other side of the river one by one. "

Although we can't see the fighting situation of the counterattack troops here, and the superior didn't report the progress of the fighting to the division level troops, listening to the sound of guns from afar and the smoke of gunpowder floating in the air, I know in my heart that this counterattack is really the same as in history. Due to the short preparation and the lack of cooperation from the air force, it didn't achieve the expected goal at all.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the German plane appeared again over the highlands. As yesterday, the two planes skimmed over the highlands and rushed directly to the dock, bombarding the crowds and boats that gathered there.

When Pugachev and I saw a terrible scene with binoculars outside the headquarters, Pugachev gritted his teeth and said, "damn the Germans, they know how to bomb our common people and have the ability to fight with us. I have to fight you all over the place." After I used the word "looking for teeth everywhere" several times, my commanders also copied it.

I put down my telescope and said coldly to Pugachev, who was beside me. Comrade captain, inform your subordinates and let them do a good job in air defense, so that the troops won't be bombed by the Germans like they were yesterday When I said this, I had a special look at the place where the female communication class died in the gully.

When Pugachev heard what I said, he didn't dare to neglect it. He agreed and trotted away.

As soon as he left, I heard someone calling me behind me. Turning around, it turned out that razumeyeva lifted the curtain of the door, leaned out half of her body and was calling me. Seeing that I had noticed her, she quickly reported that "Comrade division commander, it's a phone call from commander Gaidar, the fourth commander. He said that he has important information to report to you."

After I put on the earphone, I couldn't wait to ask Gaidar, "Comrade commander, what's the matter?"

"Comrade division commander, my scouts reported to me that a German armored unit, bypassing highland 107.5 from the west, was coming towards Stalingrad. From the analysis of their direction of advance, they are trying to cut off the way back for the counterattack forces. "

"Commander gedar, are you sure your scouts can't read it wrong? Don't you think our tanks are German? " If you know that Zhukov's three army groups are counterattacking against the German army, how can the enemy send an armored force directly into the rear of our army? So my first reaction was that the Scout must have made a mistake.

I didn't expect Gaidar to say with certainty: "yes, sir. My scouts have repeatedly confirmed that it is indeed a German tank, and the white cross on the turret can be seen quite clearly. " Hearing Gaidar say so, my heart began to panic, quickly asked: "how many German tanks?"“ There are at least 40 tanks, a lot of armored cars and motorcycles. "“ Continue to observe and report to me any further information. " After the call with Gaidar, I was hesitating whether to report the situation to trikov. Unexpectedly, Oleg's call followed. As soon as he heard my voice, he exclaimed excitedly, "Comrade teacher, it's not good. Our contact with the city was cut off by the German armored forces