Chapter 609

The soldiers of the guard company had just put the bodies of more than 20 female soldiers who had died into the newly dug earth pit. Before they could fill the earth, suddenly there was another shout nearby: "air raid! Enemy air strikes

Li Jiya, who was standing beside me, only looked up at the air when she heard the cry. Then she yelled at the women soldiers standing by the pit: "girls, get ready to fight!" After that, she took the lead in running to a nearby anti-aircraft gun. After a short hesitation, the women soldiers in White army shirts also ran to their respective positions.

Busmanov came up to me, touched me with his arm, raised his mouth to the earth pit, and asked in a bit of embarrassment, "Comrade division, what should we do? Will you help the women soldiers bury all the martyrs now? "

"No, wait a minute." Looking at the two enemy planes hovering over the dock, I slowly shook my head and said faintly, "don't worry, comrade captain, wait until the female soldiers beat back this wave of enemy planes." The reason why I say this is because I have an uncertain premonition in my heart that maybe the female soldiers will sacrifice in the next battle. If we fill the pit now, we won't have to dig it later. But I said to basmanov in a high sounding voice, "wait until the women fight back this wave of German air strikes, and let them say goodbye to their comrades in arms."

I don't know what the German air force commander thought. Every time he bombed the dock, only two enemy planes were dispatched, and this time was no exception. When the enemy aircraft skimmed over the mamayev post, they did not dive down immediately for bombing and strafing, but continued to circle in the high altitude. As the anti-aircraft machine guns on the dock opened fire again and again, and the clear sound of gunfire broke out, Li Jiya also decisively ordered the remaining six anti-aircraft guns to fire.

The location of the anti-aircraft guns was too messy, and the firing boundary was affected by the surrounding buildings. After the explosion of the six shells in the air, there was no impact on the two circling enemy planes.

I was deeply afraid that the inefficient firing of the antiaircraft guns would lead to the enemy's revenge. I quickly stepped forward to stop Li Jiya: "comrades of the political commissar of the regiment, stop, stop quickly!"

Li Jiya didn't expect that I would stop her suddenly. She was stunned for a moment, and then asked coldly, "Comrade Colonel, are we just watching enemy planes bombing civilians on the wharf?"

"You can't wipe out the enemy planes with your fighting style. It's estimated that you and your subordinates will die in the end." I didn't care to explain more to her. After that, I immediately turned around and said to busmanov, "Comrade captain, take your men and help the women soldiers drag the anti-aircraft guns to a place with wide vision. Remember, after the antiaircraft guns are in place, they are grouped according to every three doors to form a triangle. The two triangles are 50 meters apart. "

For my command, although basmanov heard with a blank face, he still replied with a resolute expression: "yes, sir, I will carry it out immediately." Then he turned and yelled at the guards and soldiers who were coming this way: "Hey, you all come to me. Hurry up and don't dawdle."

When the soldiers of the guard company were dragging the anti-aircraft guns to the open field, I went to the angry Li Jiya. Before I could speak, she yelled at me in a hurry: "Comrade Colonel, what are you really doing? Why do you ask your soldiers to pull away the anti-aircraft guns? Don't you see that the German planes are about to dive and bomb? "

Just as she spoke, the sound of explosion came from the direction of the dock, followed by shouts and cries. With a bitter smile, I said to the angry Li Jiya, "Comrade political commissar of the regiment, have you ever thought about why your anti-aircraft artillery regiment has suffered heavy casualties in recent days, but only a few enemy planes have been killed?" My words let Li Jiya's face show a puzzled expression, then she instinctively shook her head, said do not know.

Seeing that she could calm down and listen to me, I went on to say, "although your antiaircraft artillery regiment has a large number of antiaircraft guns and machine guns on the wharf, when the enemy planes come, they all fight separately, dispersing the firepower and not posing any threat to the enemy organizations. I asked captain busmanov to put your antiaircraft guns in a triangle, so that no matter which direction the enemy plane flies from, it can guarantee enough firepower density, so as to provide the hit rate of shooting down the enemy plane. "

After listening to me, Li Jiya frowned and thought about it. Then she nodded in agreement and said, "Comrade Colonel, you have a good point. I'll let the girls try and fight for the enemy plane."

After the antiaircraft guns were in place, they were placed into two adjacent triangles according to my deployment, and they fired fiercely at the enemy plane which was pulled to the high altitude again. The shells exploded around the plane, forming black barrage after barrage, which soon dispersed with the wind.

When the enemy aircraft circled at high altitude, six anti-aircraft guns were looking after them; When the enemy plane began to dive, the anti-aircraft machine guns on the dock woven a dense fire net in front of it. A bomb dropped by an enemy plane destroyed an anti-aircraft machine gun when it dived and dropped a bomb. However, when it was just pulled up into the air and was about to circle, it was hit by the shrapnel of an anti-aircraft gun. A long black smoke burst out from under the wing, and the fuselage rocked and fell to the East Bank of the Volga River.

Seeing that the enemy plane was shot down, the girls operating the antiaircraft guns raised their hands and cheered in unison: "down, down! Wura! Wula

The remaining enemy plane saw that its companion had been shot down and did not dare to dive again. Instead, after circling in the air, it turned around and flew to the north. Unexpectedly, when the enemy plane was flying over the mamayev post, it suddenly lost control of its fuselage and plummeted down. It slanted over the highland position and plummeted directly to the north of the highland. After a dull explosion, a stream of black smoke rose.

What's going on? When I saw the enemy plane that crashed for no reason, I thought to myself that it would not be such a coincidence. As soon as the enemy plane wanted to fly over our army's position, there was a mechanical failure, which directly led to the crash?

However, before I could understand it, commander Oleg ran over with a radio operator and yelled at me from a long distance: "Comrade division commander, the call from the headquarters of the group army says that I want to talk to you immediately."

I took Oleg and the operator to the wall of the building, took the earphone, put it on, and yelled to the transmitter, "Hello, Hello, this is colonel oshanina. Please come back when you hear me."

General krailov's voice was soon heard in the earphone: "Hello, Colonel oshanina, this is krailov. What's the situation on your side? Have the German troops attacking the dock been repulsed

"Yes, chief of staff, we have wiped out all the German troops who attacked the dock." I replied aloud.

"Well done," the chief of staff praised me loudly, and then asked, "are there any outstanding commanders? Give me their names and I'll take credit for them. "

"Yes, chief of staff. The 101 regiment of the 35th division of the guards came to support our anti tank company. Although they had only 11 men and 10 anti tank guns, they destroyed 12 German tanks in the battle. "

"What, it's amazing that an army of 11 people has destroyed 12 tanks. What's the name of their commander?" Krailov was also stunned by the result, he immediately asked the company's commander's name.

I thought about it for a moment and answered, "the commander in charge is the political instructor, grasimov."

"Well, I've got the name. Is there anything else to report? "

"And Comrade chief of staff." Thinking of the dead girls who were still lying in the pit, I immediately reported to krailov: "the 1077th antiaircraft artillery regiment was also outstanding in the battle. They destroyed at least five German tanks. But at the same time, he also paid a great price. Two anti-aircraft guns were destroyed by German tank shells, and more than 20 girls died. Just two minutes ago, they also shot down an enemy plane that came to bomb over the dock. "

Krailov was silent for a moment. Then he asked, "the head of this regiment died in yesterday's air raid. Who is commanding this army now?"

"At present, the commander of the antiaircraft artillery regiment is Li Jiya, political commissar of the regiment. She is a commander with great fighting spirit."

"Well, I did. Is there anything else? "

"Chief of staff," when I heard that he was going to hang up, I hesitated for a moment, or asked decisively, "did the counterattack implemented today succeed?"

"Don't you feel it? Colonel o'shanina. " Krylov said sternly, "if our counterattack goes well, will the German tanks still rush into the city and try to capture the dock?"

After listening to krailov's words, I remembered that the German army was composed of two forces, one of which bypassed the 107.5 highland and rushed to the city from north to south; And the other one, from west to East, tried to seize the dock, but it was wiped out by us.

"Have we wiped out the German Panzer troops that entered the city?" In order to know more about the enemy, I asked cautiously.

"Not yet." Krailov said very quickly: "the German army is launching a fierce attack on the central railway station. The remnants of the 10th division of the interior ministry and the 35th division of the guards are fighting with them tenaciously. By the way, the fourth regiment of your independent division has also been dispatched. They are attacking from the back of the German army. The commander has now arrived at the railway station in person to direct the troops against the attacking German army. "

After returning the earphone and transmitter to the operator, I raised my head and asked Oleg, "Comrade commander, did commander Gaidar send someone to support you when you attacked the German flank of the attack dock?"

Oleg nodded hard and said with certainty, "yes, Lieutenant Colonel gedar sent me a battalion from the third regiment, so that I had enough strength to attack from the rear of the German army."

I nodded with satisfaction and said to him, "well, comrade commander, now the defense of the dock is up to you and captain Prokop of the 10th division of the Ministry of interior. I just want to say that we should hold the dock firmly at all costs, because this is the main artery of Stalingrad. Once it is cut off by the German army, the troops who stick to the city will run out of ammunition and food, and we will all be thrown into the Volga River by the German Army. Do you understand? "

"I understand!" Oleg answered me loud.

Just as I wanted to leave, it suddenly occurred to me that his troops were originally stationed in the south of the residential area. If they were all transferred here to guard the wharf, there would be an air raid there. So he added: "by the way, you can't give up in the residential area. You should send the most effective people to stick to it."

"Don't worry, sir. Comrade veroll, the political commissar of the regiment, was there. She still had three companies in her hands. Even if she was attacked by the German army, she could hold up for a while. Besides, we can still get the support of the third regiment at any time. Please rest assured, sir. We have no problem sticking to the residential area. "

With Oleg's promise, I returned to division headquarters with busmanov and the guard company.

As I passed by the hill where the main position was, I suddenly thought of the enemy plane that had fallen down for no reason, and asked basmanov to turn around and walk towards the high ground.

On the way, I met a second lieutenant on duty. He heard that I was going to find Lieutenant sergeant chejerikov, and immediately called a soldier to guide us to find Lieutenant sergeant chejerikov. In order to prevent too many people from exposing the target, I only left Willa and the three of them. The rest of the soldiers were led back to the division headquarters by busmanov.

I went down the trench to commander shejerikov's headquarters. I asked Vera and her to stay at the door. I lifted the curtain and went in. Shejerikov is holding a kerosene lamp and looking at the map at the table. When he saw someone coming in, he turned to me and looked at me. Maybe he was thinking about something. After looking at me for a long time, he remembered that I put the kerosene lamp on the table, stood up and saluted me.

I went to him and sat down. I looked up at him and asked, "Comrade commander, do you have any enemy information here?"

Shijerikov shook his head and replied, "no, not at all. There was neither German artillery bombardment nor German ground attack. Maybe it's the counterattack we launched at dawn today that has attracted their forces to other directions, so they can't draw their strength to attack us. "

"Although the enemy did not attack, we can not relax our vigilance." I heard that from xiejerikov. I was afraid that he would take it lightly, so I quickly reminded him.

"Before dawn, I sent scouts to hide five kilometers north of the highlands. According to the information they have sent back, there is no news from the Germans. It seems that they will not launch an attack. "

I feel a little relieved to hear that. Then I thought about my purpose of coming here, and said to Sergeant Sergeant, "Comrade commander, I just saw an enemy plane flying over your position. Suddenly it got out of control and was loaded down. It exploded and caught fire on the north side of the highland. I want to see what's going on and find out why the plane fell for no reason. "

As soon as my voice fell, Xie jerikov began to laugh. Confused by his laughter, I asked, "Comrade commander, what are you laughing at? Did I say something wrong?"

Shejerikov repeatedly waved his hand and explained, "it's not like that, comrade division. The reason that the enemy plane crashed was not because of any mechanical failure, but because it was shot down by us. "

"Shot down?" What Xie jielikov said surprised me. The regiment had no air defense weapons. How did it use to shoot down the enemy aircraft“ Comrade xiejerikov, you have confused me. Let's talk about it. "

Instead of answering me immediately, he made a gesture of invitation and said politely, "Sir, please come to me. I'll let you see for yourself how the enemy plane was hit."

I got up foggy, followed him out of the headquarters, left the trench, and went to the hillside full of bushes and weeds. Xiejerikov stopped and said to me with a smile, "here we are, sir."

"Right here?" I looked around for a long time, except for bushes and weeds, I didn't even see an anti-aircraft machine gun, let alone an anti-aircraft gun. I asked discontentedly, "Comrade commander, what do you want me to see?"

Shejerikov had taken two steps earlier and called out to the hillside, "Lieutenant, lieutenant, where are you?"

With his shouts, 78 or 80 commanders and fighters stood up from the bushes and grass. One of them trotted up to Sergey reekov, raised his hand to salute him, and reported, "Lieutenant Coulson, report to you and wait for your orders."

Xiejerikov pointed to me and said: "Comrade division wants to find out how the enemy plane fell down just now. You can show it to her."

The second lieutenant agreed, turned around and yelled at the soldiers on the hillside, "air raid, all ready for air defense."

With his orders, the soldiers lay on their backs, raised their guns and aimed at the air, making a gesture of preparing to shoot.

Seeing this scene, I was surprised again. I asked xiejerikov curiously, "Comrade commander, is that how you beat down the enemy plane?"

Shejerikov nodded his head and said: "our regiment has no air defense weapons. Every time we see enemy planes flying over our highlands and bombing docks, our commanders and fighters are very worried when they see that civilians are killed and wounded in the bombing. Finally, Lt. Coulson has an idea and comes up with this way to hit enemy planes. Originally, I just held the idea of having a try and agreed to his playing method. I didn't expect to bring down the enemy plane today. "

I nodded after listening to Xie jierikov's words, thinking that if we want to shoot down the enemy's aircraft in this way, we should have more luck. It seems that we should consider asking the group army headquarters to supply some anti-aircraft machine guns to our division. If it is really not possible, we should move all the anti-aircraft machine guns from the dock.

When I returned to the division headquarters, I received a phone call from the group army headquarters again. This time, it was not Krylov, but trakov himself. He said with relief, "thank you, Colonel oshanina. It would not have been easy to wipe out this German armored unit that broke into the city if it had not sent troops to attack from the German rear in time. " I kept thinking about the anti-aircraft machine guns in my mind, so I directly ignored what trikov said to me, and said frankly, "Comrade commander, can you provide some anti-aircraft machine guns for our division?"“ Anti aircraft machine gun? " "What do you want to do with an AA machine gun?" trekov asked, puzzled, after repeating what I said“ Every day the enemy planes skimmed over the highlands and then went to bomb the docks. If the anti-aircraft machine guns are arranged on the high ground, when they pass through the high ground, we can give them heavy damage and reduce the air defense pressure of the wharf. " As for my proposal, after thinking about it, trakov simply agreed: "it's easy to do. I'll arrange for someone to send the machine gun to you as soon as possible. Do you have any more requests? "“ Yes, comrade commander. " It's a rare opportunity to offer conditions to trikov. Naturally, I won't miss it. I sped up and said, "in order to strengthen the leadership of the independent division, I hope you can send me a political commissar and chief of staff." When he heard me say this, trikov laughed and said, "commissar, I've already prepared for you. Even if you don't ask, I'll send it to you tomorrow. However, the selection of the chief of staff is a bit troublesome. It may take some time. "“ The commissar is coming tomorrow? Who is he? Do I know him? " I didn't expect that trakov didn't answer me directly, and he also told me, "as for who it is, you will know when you see it. I have something else to do. I'll talk to you next time. Good luck