Chapter 632

The reason why I called shijerikov to inquire about the whereabouts of peresjian was that he was in charge of the independent division when I stayed behind the enemy. He was in charge of many personnel arrangements.

After a moment's silence, shijerikov replied: "report to Mr. division commander, since all the tanks of our division have been lost, Captain pererskin and his tank soldiers have all turned into infantry and been incorporated into the fourth regiment of lieutenant colonel gedar..." before he finished, I couldn't wait to hang up the phone and quickly connected the fourth regiment.

After the phone was connected, a lazy and impolite voice came out of the earphone: "where are you from the headquarters of the fourth regiment here? What's the matter?" After that, he yawned loudly.

The attitude of the person who answered the phone made me feel uncomfortable, but this is not the time to lose my temper. I suppressed my anger, bit my back teeth and said, "I'm the division commander, Colonel oshanina. I have something to look for lieutenant colonel gaidal. Is he there?"

As soon as my voice fell, there was a disorderly sound coming from the earphone. There were low voices, guns and even wooden benches. Maybe the person who answered the phone got up too fast and knocked the stool over. Then, the original lazy voice became serious: "Hello, sir. Please forgive me, I didn't know it was you, so... Please forgive me for my recklessness. Commander Gaidar is sleeping. I'll wake him up right away

Gedar's voice soon rang out in the earphone: "sorry, sir, please forgive me. I was sleeping when you called. You know, I just finished supervising the army's defense. I was tired all day. I was a little tired, so I fell asleep unconsciously. "

Hearing Gaidar's long winded explanation to me, I impatiently interrupted him and first reminded him: "after the transfer of the third regiment, there will be only your fourth regiment and commander Oleg's fifth regiment left for the defense of the settlement. It is necessary to organize soldiers to build more fortifications in the residential areas to prepare for the fierce offensive that may be launched by the enemy. "

"Yes, sir." Gaidar's language became refined again. "There are many architectural engineers in our regiment. Under the guidance of these professionals, we have built a lot of new works these days."

"Very well, Colonel gedar, that's the right thing to do." When I had finished praising him, I changed the subject and asked, "by the way, is captain perskin with you?"

"Yes, he is. Just a moment, please." Then I heard him yelling: "Hello, Mr. pelsjian, I have something to ask for you. Come and answer the phone quickly."

After a while, a familiar voice came from the earphone: "Hello, sir, I thought I was forgotten by you."

"Comrade captain, how can you be in Gaidar's headquarters?" I asked curiously that Mr. perskin would be able to answer the phone so soon.

With a trace of helplessness, pelsjian said: "Comrade division, it's like this. After all my tanks were lost in the early battle, my men and I became infantry. Commander Gaidar said that it's a waste to use our tank soldiers as infantry. It turns us into his guard platoon and usually lives in his regiment headquarters. "

After listening to perskin's words, I understood why he came to answer my phone after Gaidar called twice. Secondly, I also understood what happened when he just heard the sound of guns hitting from his headphones.

I coughed, cleared my throat and continued to ask, "Comrade captain, how many tank soldiers do you have?"

"Sir, please wait a moment. I'll count it." Then I heard him counting his men one two three four five. When he was seven, he did not continue to count down. At this time, I also knew that there were only so many people left in the tank unit.

Before he spoke, I said, "Captain perskin, I've heard that. You still have seventeen soldiers. Plus you, it should be eighteen, right? "

"Yes, sir." Peres replied.

I thought in my heart that it might be a little difficult for 18 people to drive back ten tanks, so I couldn't help hesitating. When pelsjian heard that I didn't speak and didn't hang up, he asked cautiously, "Sir, do you have any important task to call me at this time?"

I nodded silently, suddenly remembered that he couldn't see my expression, and quickly said: "well, Captain pelsjian, who was holding fast to the 1st Battalion of 2nd regiment in 107.5 highland on the left side of mamayev hill, captured ten German tanks in the battle just ended. Originally I wanted you to bring people to drive all these tanks back, but now there are only 18 of you in total, and the manpower difference is too much? "

"Is it just to drive the tank back, or to drive to fight?" Asked Peregrine tentatively.

"Just bring the tank back to hide." I seriously answered him, "at present, we don't even know where the enemy's camp is, so we rashly attack. Maybe the tank's fuel will run out before we get there. At that time, these tanks will either be destroyed by aircraft or recaptured by the enemy. "

"Comrade division, you don't know. If you just drive the tank back, we 18 people will be enough." "It's not for us to go to war anyway, so some tanks only need one driver," Peres said triumphantly

I was dumbfounded when I heard him say that, but that's what he said. It's not that he sent them to fight. One tank and one driver is enough. There are no gunners or sightseers at all. It's just that I'm at the top of my rope.

If we just drive the tanks back, we will have plenty of manpower. But if we want to take part in the war, we need at least twice as many tank soldiers. But in the present situation, where can I find the right tank soldiers. Thinking of this, I couldn't help sighing.

My sigh was heard by peresjian. He asked with concern, "Comrade division commander, are you still worried that the number of tank soldiers is not enough to put all these tanks into battle?"

Listening to him say so, I feel to myself that he is the roundworm in my stomach, even I can guess what I think. But if you guessed it, he would not be able to produce dozens of tank soldiers out of thin air. Half jokingly, I asked, "what? Captain perskin, can you find the right tank men to operate these tanks? "

"I dare not say anything else. It's not a trivial matter to find dozens of tank soldiers."

Although pelsjian said confidently, I was still dubious: "Oh, can you really find tank soldiers?"

At this time, Perls said to me in a low voice, pretending to be mysterious: "Comrade division, you may not know that there are several tank divisions or tank brigades in the city, but none of them have any tanks, and those tank soldiers have been changed into infantry. As you know, tank soldiers are a technical arm. If they were used by ordinary infantry at the beginning, it would be a waste. "

"Well, well, Captain perskin," although he had not finished his words, I understood what he wanted to say, and interrupted him hastily: "I understand what you mean. As soon as it gets light, I will go to the group army headquarters to find the commander and ask him for some tank soldiers to supplement you."

"That's very good," perskin asked excitedly. "Comrade division, when can we receive the captured tanks?"

"Now, of course, do you still want the tanks to be placed at the foot of the mountain in the highland and let the enemy planes blow them up after daybreak?" Speaking of this, I remembered that the distance from the residential area to the tank parking place was not close, so I asked with concern, "is there a car in the residential area?"

"Report, sir, no, none of them." Perersian replied simply.

I heard him reply that there was no car in the residential area. He quickly covered the microphone and asked kirilov, "Comrade political commissar, have those trucks carrying thunder guns come back?"

Kirilov looked at the door, then shook his head and answered, "no, I haven't seen captain Morozov yet."

I let go of my hand on the receiver and continued to say to perskin, "Captain, listen up. Immediately gather your men and go on foot to highland 107.5 to receive the tanks at the foot of the mountain. If you are lucky, you may meet the truck I sent to pick you up on the way. That's it, comrade captain. I wish you good luck

After I put down the phone, I looked at akhromeyev and kirilov who were fighting at the table and said to them, "I have ordered captain perskin to take his men and take over the tanks immediately. However, since there are no trucks in the residential area, if they walk, it may be daybreak when they arrive at their destination and drive the tanks back. So I'm going to wait for the four trucks of Morozov to come back, and then I'll send two of them to their destination and bring the captured German prisoners back when they return. "

After what I said, kirilov first nodded his head and agreed: "it's better for the division commander to consider comprehensively. After the German prisoners are transported back..."

Half way through, the phone on the desk rang again. Ahlomeyev grabbed the phone and said in a loud voice, "Hello, this is the headquarters of the independent division. Where are you?" After listening for a while, he handed me the microphone and whispered to me, "Sir, it's captain Godunov, acting head of the third regiment."

I took the phone, put it close to my ear and said, "Hello, is that Captain Godunov? This is colonel o'shanina. What can I do for you

"Report, sir," Godunov said politely, "I'm at the command post in Highland 107.5 with captain horushov."

"It was you who led the troops to the German army in a roundabout way, wasn't it?" When he heard that he was in the highland on the west side, he immediately understood who was in charge of the army he had just seen. The reason for asking was to confirm his conjecture.

"Yes, sir," Godunov gave me a positive reply. Perhaps he was afraid that I would blame him for leading the troops to attack without asking for instructions. He specially explained to me: "I had just led the troops to the vicinity of the highland and saw that the German army was attacking our position. At that time, I thought, can we take advantage of the enemy's not finding us, Sneak around behind them and give them a good beating. So... "

"So you led the troops to detour to the north slope of the highland, and attacked the friendly forces rushing down from the top back and forth, destroying the enemy attacking the highland. Is that so? "

Godunov laughs two times with embarrassment and asks in a flattering way: "you don't blame me for this, sir? You know, we've wiped out all the enemies who attacked our army. "

"All right, all right, Captain Godunov, I've seen all the credit you've made. Don't show your credit in front of me any more." At this point, I looked at the map in front of me and thought about it. I felt that it was not proper to put the first and third regiments of the second regiment on the high ground. Although gordonov was the acting commander and horushov was the battalion commander, they were both captains and they did not belong to each other. Once the war was fierce, they would be in trouble and one of them had to be transferred. Thinking of this, I said to Godunov, "Comrade captain, I now give you a new order to let your regiment's troops immediately take over the defense of the Highlands, and let captain horushov take his battalion and withdraw to the second regiment's station for standby."

Godunov agreed very readily: "yes, sir, I will convey your order to him at once."

Before I finished my phone call with gordonov, I heard Morozov's familiar voice at the door: "may I come in?"

Kirilov saw that I was on the phone, so he called out, "come in, Captain Morozov. Comrade division commander is looking for you."

When Morozov heard that I was looking for him, he walked up to me and stood at attention, quietly waiting for me to give him a new order after I called.

After I put down the phone and looked at the upright Morozov, I thought that all the cars in the division, including my jeep, were handed over to the group army headquarters. Where did Morozov find the four trucks? So before I ask about the casualties of the thunder gun combat team, I first ask Morozov curiously, "Comrade captain, where are the trucks of your artillery battalion from? Are they the German trucks seized during the day? "

To his surprise, Morozov shook his head and replied, "no, the trucks that pulled heavy artillery have been handed over to the retreating 125th regiment to transport the wounded of the regiment. These four trucks were sent by the headquarters of the group army to deliver explosives to us. "

I secretly nodded, heart said it was the group army headquarters truck ah. But now there are no cars available in the division. If we want to transport captain perskin and his subordinates, the captured German tank soldiers, we can only continue to borrow these trucks. So I told Morozov: "Comrade captain, you ask the soldiers to unload all the things on the trucks, and send two trucks to the residential area to meet captain perskin. By the way, I've just ordered them to go. Maybe you'll meet them on the way. "

Morozov nodded and said obediently, "OK, I'll take the car to pick them up myself."

Seeing that Morozov was about to leave, I quickly stopped him and continued: "by the way, when you send captain pelsky to the tank and they return, you will bring back the German tank soldiers captured by the first battalion of the second regiment." Then he waved to Morozov, "OK, you can go now. When the prisoners come back, come back to the headquarters

After Morozov left, akhromeyev finally had time to ask us about the use of the torpedo. He asked curiously, "teacher, political commissar, what's the effect of that torpedo?"

"Chief of staff, you said" Thunderbolt! " Kirilov, who had witnessed the power of the thunder gun with his own eyes, immediately explained to him excitedly when he heard akhromeyev's question: "that guy is really powerful. You didn't see that when the explosive bag exploded, it blew up the enemy with a radius of 50-60 meters. Even the tank soldiers hiding in the tank were no exception. Although they were not killed, But most of them were stunned by the blast wave, so our soldiers were able to catch so many tank soldiers and capture 10 tanks completely... "

After kirilov finished, I said to him thoughtfully: "Comrade political commissar, I think we should let Morozov make more explosive bags as soon as possible, so that we can give more damage to the attacking enemy when defending."

Kirilov nodded his head in agreement with me and said, "yes, this time with only 48 explosives, we have achieved such an unexpected result. If we use 200, 300 or even thousands of explosive packs, I can't imagine what kind of damage will be caused to the enemy. "

After chatting for a while, kirilov suddenly mentioned the captured tank soldiers. He took the initiative to ask me for orders: "Comrade oshanina, when the trucks carrying the prisoners come back later, I will follow these trucks to the headquarters of the group army, one is to return the trucks, the other is to hand over the prisoners to the headquarters of the group army."

As soon as his words were finished, I repeatedly waved my hand and directly rejected his request: "Comrade political commissar, I'd better do it myself to escort the prisoners to the headquarters of the group army. You and chief of staff akhromeyev will stay in the headquarters. "

My words not only caused kirilov's displeasure, but also akhromeyev's displeasure. He said discontentedly: "Comrade division, just when you and the political commissar were watching the actual combat of the thunderguns on the top of the hillside, I stayed in the headquarters all the time. In any case, I will be given the arduous task of escorting the prisoners. Besides, you are the head of a division. You can't leave your command position at will. "

Kirilov, after listening to akhromeyev's words, echoed: "yes, comrade oshanina, I think the chief of staff has a point. You are the head of a division, and you can't leave the command position of the independent division at will. As for the escort of prisoners, let me or the chief of staff do it."

Seeing that they had formed a common front so soon, I couldn't help laughing and saying, "political commissar and chief of staff, what you two said is reasonable. But when I go to the headquarters of the group army this time, I will not only escort the prisoners and return the trucks. Let alone us, we can even send a company commander or platoon commander to complete these things. When I went to see the commander, I wanted to ask him for some tank soldiers who had been reorganized into infantry, so as to supplement pelsjian's tank units as soon as possible and form combat effectiveness in a short time. " After I explained this, they were relieved that they would no longer fight with me for the task of escorting the prisoners.

After nearly an hour, Morozov came to the headquarters again and respectfully reported to me, "Comrade division, the truck escorting the prisoners has stopped at the foot of the hillside. Please show me how to deal with these prisoners?"

Before I said anything about the prisoner's treatment, I asked him, "Captain Morozov, do you know German?" When I asked this, I thought that if he didn't understand the German army, I would take Mikhail and let him translate for me.

I didn't expect that Morozov would nod his head and answer me: "Mr. reporter, although my German level is not as good as mihayev's, if we want to interrogate the prisoners, the problem is not big."

Molozov's words immediately made me feel ashamed. Many of my commanders are proficient in German, and I know nothing about German except a few words like "lay down your arms, surrender your arms and don't kill". However, at this time, I still wanted to maintain the image of my superior leader before I was under my own department, so I pretended to be indifferent and said, "well, comrade captain, since you know German, you can go to the headquarters of the group army with me."

At the foot of the hill, where the truck was parked, I saw the German prisoners squatting in a row under the truck, surrounded by nearly a company of soldiers pointing guns at them.

Seeing this, I turned to the following Morozov and said, "divide these prisoners into four groups, put them in trucks, and then we'll go to the group army headquarters."

After receiving my order, Morozov immediately ran to the soldiers and told them to separate the prisoners and put them into the truck one by one. Although most of the soldiers who served as guards around were from the second regiment, when I saw the division commander standing on one side, they also carried out the orders given to Morozov without discount.

When we set out, Morozov and I were sitting in the carriage of the first truck, where there were four German prisoners and six soldiers in full armed charge of them. Looking at the dejected German captain sitting in the carriage, I touched the arm of Morozov, nodded at the prisoner, and whispered to him, "Comrade Morozov, ask the name of the German captain and the number of the army!"

Morozov nodded and began to murmur at the German captain. When the prisoner heard that someone was speaking German, he was stunned at first. Then he quickly regained his mind and began to talk to Morozov with questions and answers.

After chatting with the captain for a while, Morozov stopped talking with the other side and reported to me in a low voice: "report to division commander, the captain's name is Bossel, and he is an armored battalion commander of the 14th German tank army. According to him, he is a teacher from the Vienna Panzer school, and today is his first time in combat. "

After listening to morrozov's words, I nodded and then asked with great interest to poser, "Captain, have you ever thought of being captured by us on the battlefield?"

Bossel, who heard the translation, shook his head vigorously and made a long speech again: "Madam Colonel, our troops attacking the Highlands have already taken the initiative in the battlefield. Although the garrison is constantly increasing troops from the south slope to the front position, according to my estimation, in half an hour at most, they will all die under our artillery fire. I did not expect that at this time, you shamelessly used heavy artillery to bombard us, resulting in our attack failure. "

After listening to the prisoner's words, I asked curiously, "Captain, are you sure you were attacked by heavy artillery?"

Poser thought for a while, then nodded his head: "yes, judging from the power of the shell explosion at that time, it's definitely not the 152 mm howitzer you used to use. The caliber of this kind of howitzer is at least 200 mm."

After listening to Morozov's translation, I looked at him with a smile. Then I turned to poser and said, "Captain, I have to say that your judgment is correct. The caliber of the weapon we used is more than 200 mm."

Bossel let out a cry, and then asked curiously, "when did you equip this kind of artillery? I've never heard of it."

"It's right that we didn't hear about it, because we only equipped this kind of weapon tonight. And you, Captain Bossel and your men, unfortunately became the first victims of our testing of the power of this weapon. "

After listening to me, poser pleaded: "Madam Colonel, I don't know if you can show me this new type of gun. Because after I was captured, I found that although I and my subordinates were stunned, there was almost no damage to the body of the tank, which was unbelievable

How could I possibly let these prisoners visit the independent division's secret weapon? So I said coldly, "Captain, when this battle is over, I will show you this new weapon if I have a chance, but only if you live to that time." As poser was about to say something more, there was a cry in front of him: "stop, stop!" I turned around and saw a temporary checkpoint at the intersection in front of me. Several triangular iron frames were placed in the middle of the road. On both sides of the road were sandbags with machine guns. A second lieutenant in a cornice cap and two soldiers with submachine guns came towards our truck. He went to the window on the driver's side and said sternly, "Comrade soldier, please show me your identification!" I stood up, holding the baffle in my hand, and looked down at the officer who was checking his credentials with the help of the flashlight. At the same time, I asked aloud, "Hey, comrade commander, what part are you?" The second lieutenant was startled by my voice, and quickly raised his flashlight to me. Unexpectedly, after the flashlight only shook my face for a moment, the second lieutenant quickly put away the flashlight, raised his hand to salute me, and politely called: "Hello, Mr. o'shanina! We're from the 10th division of the interior. " Hearing that the commander accurately called out my name, I couldn't help asking curiously, "Comrade commander, have we known each other before?" Unexpectedly, the Lieutenant's head was like a rattle and said, "no, I've never seen you before. However, I have heard from my colleagues that the division commander of the independent division who sticks to the mamayev post is a woman, and she is also the only female colonel in the whole army. Therefore, as soon as I saw your rank just now, I guessed your identity. " Seeing that the commander was very friendly to me, I said to him with a kind face: "Comrade commander, since you know my identity, can you let us pass? You know, we need to get to the headquarters of the group army in case of emergency. "“ "No problem," said the commander, turning and waving back. Five or six soldiers ran out of the sandbags and moved the tripod in the middle of the road to the side of the road. Seeing that the road ahead was clear, the second lieutenant looked up at me and said, "Colonel oshanina, the road block ahead has been removed. You and your men can go now. Have a good trip With that, he stepped back two steps and raised his hand to salute me. I also raised my hand in return and said in a friendly way, "thank you, comrade lieutenant. Good luck Then I raised my hand and patted the roof of the bridge, and told the driver loudly, "drive!"