Chapter 620

The night attack of the German army aroused my vigilance. Before I left, I repeatedly told xiejerikov to prepare for war to fight against the crazy attack launched by the German army after dawn.

When I heard that shijerikov and oberstein promised to strengthen their defense and make sure there were no mistakes, I nodded and was about to leave. After two steps, I stopped and turned to shijerikov and said, "I said, commander, there is a position of anti-aircraft machine gun company on your south slope. They suffered a lot of casualties in the fight with enemy planes in the daytime, Now there are only two AA machine guns left. Tomorrow you send someone to carry the machine gun to the trench. When the German forces attack, they will use anti-aircraft machine guns to shoot their infantry

"Anti aircraft machine gun flat fire against infantry?" Shijerikov was confused by my sudden formulation. He asked incredulously, "is this suitable, sir? You know, I haven't taught this kind of play in the military academy's tutorial. "

"Although the military academy has not taught in the past, as long as we play here once, it will become a compulsory course in the military academy in the future." With that, I turned to go, and whispered, "what a dead brain."

From dawn on, kirilov and akhromeyev and I were standing outside the headquarters, quietly waiting for the coming air raid or shelling. I didn't expect that we stood outside for an hour or two, but there was still no movement at the front. Seeing that the German army had not moved for a long time, I was a little upset. I went to the communication room and asked razumeyeva to contact xiejerikov to ask if there was any sign of German movement.

After talking to the signalman of the first regiment, razumeyeva stood by and answered me respectfully: "report to Mr. division, I just asked. They said that the frontier was calm and there was no sign of German."

Hearing what razumeyeva said, kirilov came up to me and said thoughtfully, "Comrade oshanina, are you too nervous. Although the German army made a sneak attack on our position last night, it does not mean that they will attack our position today? "

"Comrade political commissar, you should know that the position of mamayev post is very important. You can overlook the whole city of Stalingrad and Volga river here. Once you control it, you can control a big rhetorical question, including the transportation line of Volga River, which is the lifeblood of Stalingrad. We can't take it lightly."

Although what I said seemed to teach him a lesson, kirilov nodded his head indifferently and said with approval, "Comrade oshanina, you are right. It's not a bad thing to be vigilant." At this point, he stopped, frowned, thought about it, and then said, "if the German army has not attacked by ten o'clock, I suggest that several commanders and political commissars be called to the division headquarters for a meeting to study how to strengthen the political and ideological work of the independent division."

I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It's already half past eight. If the German army doesn't attack in another hour and a half, it will prove that they won't come today. It's also very necessary to call together the political commissars of several leaders for a meeting. Thinking of this, I nodded and agreed: "well, comrade political commissar, do as you say." Before turning back to the headquarters, I specially told razumeyeva, "Lieutenant, at ten o'clock, if the German army does not launch an attack, you will inform the leaders of the five regiments to come to my division headquarters for a meeting."

Time went by while waiting. It was still quiet outside. There was no sign that the German Army wanted to attack. At this time, I can't help but ask kirilov strangely: "Comrade political commissar, tell me, last night the German army sent small troops to attack us, but in the daytime there was no movement. What's the matter?"

Kirilov tapped his fingers on the table and frowned. When I asked, he shook his head slowly and said, "Comrade oshanina, what is the intention of the German army? I really can't guess." Then he turned and asked akhromeyev, who was sitting beside him, "Comrade chief of staff, what do you think?"

Although akhromeyev was the chief of staff of the division, he obviously did not adapt to his identity. After hearing kirilov's question, he immediately stood up like a low-level commander and replied straightly: "report to the division commander and political commissar, I think the German army's sneak attack last night was just a trial. Seeing that none of the troops who came to sneak attack were able to go back, maybe they guessed that our position was well defended, so they didn't send troops to attack today. "

"You mean that the Germans will not attack our highlands today?" Kirilov asked in an uncertain tone after listening.

"Yes, comrade political commissar, I think so."

"Tell me your reason!"

"I think that the reason why the German army did not launch an attack on mamayev post was that their main force was firmly held down by the three army groups led by general Zhukov. Through last night's exploration, they may find that they can't capture our position with their current strength, so they continue to take the defensive position against me today, and intend to launch an attack on our highlands after the main force withdraws from the fighting area. "

After listening to akhromeyev's words, kirilov did not express his opinion. Instead, he turned his eyes to me and threw the question back to me: "how about you, comrade teacher. What's your opinion? "

"I agree with the chief of staff." Akhromeyev's idea coincided with mine, so I supported him without hesitation, adding: "I also think the Germans are building up their strength. When they attack us, it will be a thunderbolt."

"No matter how many troops they muster, it's useless. In front of our Red Army commanders and soldiers armed with great Stalin thought, they will be crushed and bloodied until they are all buried under Stalingrad city." Kirilov said confidently.

Kirilov's words made me look sad. I didn't expect that my casual words would become a routine used by political workers in analyzing the situation.

Seeing my smile, kirilov couldn't help but ask in surprise, "what are you laughing at, sir? Is there something wrong with me?"

I waved my hand and explained to him, "Comrade political commissar, what you said is very reasonable. The reason why I laugh is that the phrase "the Red Army armed with Stalin's ideas" was said in my defense of Moscow during the war. Now I am very pleased to find that many political workers use this sentence in their political and ideological work. "

At the end of my speech, kirilov's face showed an expression of surprise. He took the initiative to extend his hand to me and said in a friendly way: "Comrade teacher, I didn't expect that. It turned out that you were the first to say this sentence. I just heard people say this sentence. It was first said by a group chief of staff of the Western army. Is that you? "

I shook kirilov's hand politely and answered, "yes, comrade political commissar, I came to him during the Moscow defense and asked curiously," Comrade Godunov, long time no see. I didn't expect you to be promoted to captain. "

Godunov turned to look at Gaidar beside him, then stood up and said with embarrassment, "report to division commander, I was promoted to captain by lieutenant commander Gaidar after recovering 107.5 Highlands, and was appointed commander of the first battalion of the third regiment by him at the same time."

Gaidar is in the rank of lieutenant colonel. He has the right to promote his subordinates to the rank below the school level. Moreover, according to my understanding of Godunov, it is very appropriate to promote him to the rank of captain. So after nodding, I asked, "are you here today on behalf of the third delegation?"

"Yes, sir." Without waiting for Godunov to speak, Gaidar stood up beside him and said, "according to my understanding of Captain Godunov, he is a commander with fighting spirit. I suggest that he act as the head of the third regiment for the time being." With that, he would stare at me nervously, waiting for my statement.

I shrugged my shoulders and said indifferently, "as you know, Captain Pugachev is the acting head of the second regiment. His performance during this period proves that he is completely suitable for this position. Since you recommend captain Godunov as the acting head of the third regiment, I think it should also be the best choice. "

At this point, my eyes swept over several commanders in the room one by one. In addition to Gaidar and Godunov, a group leader, Lieutenant Colonel xijerikov, and political commissar oberstein came; Captain Pugachev, acting head of the second regiment, arrived; Commander Oleg and political commissar verol also came.

"All of you are here, sir. Let's have a meeting." Akhromeyev asked me in a low voice.

I waved my hand and yelled out, "Captain busmanov, come in."

With my shouts, the guard battalion commander trotted into the headquarters, quickly raised his hand to salute, and asked me, "Sir, do you have any instructions?"

"Go and get captain Morozov, the artillery battalion commander."

"Yes." Basmanov agreed, turned and ran out of the headquarters.

"Comrade division commander, aren't all the regiment leaders here? Why call the artillery battalion commander?" Asked akhromeyev, puzzled.

"All the regiments have added political workers and company commanders, but there is no political worker in Morozov's artillery battalion. That's why I asked him to come to the meeting."

Just a few minutes later, Morozov, led by basmanov, walked into the headquarters. After he met me at the door, he raised his hand and said, "report to Mr. division commander, captain of artillery battalion of the independent division, Mr. Morozov, who has been ordered to come and wait for your order."

"Sit down, comrade captain." After he sat down, I would like to announce to the commanders here: "to call you together today is to tell you that the focus of your work in the near future is not only to command the troops to dig fortifications and strengthen their training, but also to effectively carry out political and ideological work."

As soon as my words came out, several of my former subordinates looked at me with surprised eyes, but out of respect for me, they did not express any objection, but quietly waited for my reply.

To tell you the truth, I am more familiar with war than with how to carry out political and ideological work, so I am ready to give kirilov the right to speak. So I said, "next, please give us a speech." After gesturing to kirilov, I sat down.

Kirilov stood up and said to everyone, "comrades, I think you all know the order No. 227 issued by the supreme command. In order to prevent deserters from appearing on the battlefield, the Ministry of interior even set up a supervision team equipped with machine guns. But I know that in addition to the overseers, the ubiquitous political work plays a key role in ensuring the morale of the troops. To achieve this, we need to allocate political workers to each company and continue to publicize to the soldiers day and night, so as to dispel their fear in the battle. Let the soldiers no longer be driven by fear, but let them understand that they should overcome the pain with their own political consciousness.

Our political workers, through their political agitation for the soldiers, firmly believe that they are more politically and morally aware than the Germans. Only those who believe that they are dedicated to a higher goal can win the final victory. As we all know, most of the soldiers in our division are prisoners from the Gulag concentration camp. For them, we should not talk about patriotism, lofty ideals and other topics. What drives them to survive on the battlefield and fight to death against the dominant German army should be more a kind of primitive emotion - hatred. " Originally, when I listened to kirilov's speech, I was absent-minded, but when I heard his last sentence, I immediately raised my interest. I sat upright, looked up at him, and waited for him to say the following words. I didn't expect kirilov to stop and look at me after he had said this. He asked cautiously, "Comrade teacher, shall I go on?" It seems that I don't like the reputation of political workers, which is really big enough. Even my political commissar has scruples when it comes to this aspect. He immediately encouraged him to say, "please go on, comrade political commissar. I'll listen carefully here."