Chapter 634

When I looked back, I saw two political workers standing not far behind me. Standing in front of him was a middle-aged man of medium build with dark skin on his face. From the logo of the regiment political commissar on his badge, I could tell that he was Xia Ping, political commissar of the tank brigade. The one in the back is much younger. The sign on the badge shows that he is just a political instructor.

"Comrade Xia Ping is here!" Gurov stood up with a smile and walked towards Shapin who was standing in front of him. After shaking hands with him, he didn't release them immediately. Instead, he continued to hold his hand tightly and pulled him to the table. And I, who was standing at the table, quickly stepped back to make room for the new political commissar.

When trekov and krailov reached out to shake hands with him, Xia Ping took time to report to trekov: "Comrade commander, I have brought your tank soldiers and a political instructor."

Trikov nodded, then pointed to me and introduced to Xia Ping: "political commissar Xia Ping, I'd like to introduce you. This is the independent division commander of mamayev post, Colonel oshanina!"

"Hello, comrade political commissar." As soon as trikov finished his introduction, I immediately took the initiative to say hello to political commissar Xia Ping.

Xia Ping gave a surprise, then turned to look at me and looked me up and down. When he was looking at it, I felt that the position where his eyes stayed the longest was the military rank on my badge. When Xia Ping turned his eyes to trakov again, he unexpectedly said: "sorry, comrade commander, if you want to assign the tank soldiers I brought to this Colonel oshanina, I can't agree."

Xia Ping's words made the indoor air solidify in an instant. I'm not only the second monk in law, but also trekov, gurov and Krylov. I don't know why Shapin suddenly said that.

"May I ask why you object?" After a moment's silence, gurov opened his mouth to resolve the deadlock.

"Report to the military commissar that tank soldiers are a technical branch. Without tanks, they can play the role of infantry temporarily. The general infantry without a long period of training, is unable to become a qualified tank soldiers. So I think it is not only a waste, but also a crime to send our experienced tank soldiers to serve as ordinary infantry in areas with fierce fighting

After hearing this, trikov shook his head, looked at Xia Ping seriously and coldly, and asked, "Comrade political commissar of the regiment level, is it because of what you just said that you raised your objection?"

"Yes, comrade commander."

After looking at each other, trikov couldn't help laughing: "I said, comrade political commissar of the regiment, you are over careful. As your superior, don't we know the current situation of the tank brigade? Although there are no tanks in the tank brigade now, as long as these brave tank soldiers are equipped with new horses, then you can immediately become an iron and steel division that makes the Communist aggressors feel frightened! "

Gurov looked at trakov attentively. As soon as he finished, he added: "Comrade Xia Ping, this is the situation. Colonel oshanina's forces, in the battle tonight, destroyed a German army and captured ten tanks. Because of the shortage of tank soldiers, she came to us for help. The commander and I, considering that your brigade will be transferred to the east bank tomorrow, decided to temporarily transfer personnel from your department to supplement the tank troops of the independent division. "

"Comrade military commissar, what did you say, the independent division captured ten tanks?" When Xia Ping heard the news, he still couldn't believe it. He nodded his head to confirm that it was true. He turned his head to look at me and asked excitedly, "Comrade Colonel, I don't know what tanks you have captured?"

When Xia Ping asked, he stopped me. I was not familiar with the German tank models, and I had never been to the scene to check the captured tanks, so I couldn't say clearly. I could only say vaguely: "there are both light and medium tanks."

"How many tankers do you have now?"

"Eighteen." I did not hesitate to answer this data.

"It's only 18. The number is a little less. It's good to be able to move half of the tanks." After hearing this, Xia Ping said to himself. Then he looked at Cui KOV and said, "Comrade commander, the independent division has only ten tanks, so we can't use so many tank soldiers. Well, I'll give them 30 more, and I'll take the rest back with me? "

Seeing that the cooked duck was about to fly, I quickly turned to the nearest military commissar for help. Gurov saw the anxious expression on my face and gave me a little smile. Then he said to Xia Ping slowly, "Comrade Xia Ping, don't just see that the independent division has only ten tanks at the moment. You should take a long view. With the division's combat effectiveness, I believe that in the near future, they will continue to capture the enemy's weapons and equipment, and tanks are just one of the many spoils. "

Shaping's eyes were fixed on me, but he asked gurov in an uncertain tone: "Comrade military commissar, do you confirm that the independent division under the command of Colonel oshanina can capture a large number of German weapons and equipment in the next battle?"

The conversation between gurov and Xia Ping made me feel ashamed. Gurov, in particular, believes in me unconditionally. He seems to think that as long as I am where I am, then I will win.

After hearing Xia Ping's suspicions, gurov nodded and said to him firmly: "Comrade political commissar of the regiment, although I have known Colonel o'shanina for a long time and haven't dealt with you for a long time, I don't know her less than you at all. Since the establishment of the independent division, the group army has only provided them with less than half of the weapons and equipment. The remaining weapons were seized from the enemy's hands by the army led by Colonel oshanina. "

Guloff gave me a strong support, which softened Shapin's face. He grinned and said to guloff with a kind of flattery: "then Comrade military commissar, can I make a request?"

I quickly looked at gulov, and saw his broad face covered with a smile: "yes, Comrade Xia Ping, if you have any request, just let me know. As long as it is within my ability, I will help you solve it. "

"Yes, comrade military Commissar." "I don't want to leave Stalingrad, especially in this situation, so I intend to stay," said Shapin

"What, stay!" After hearing this, trikov asked in surprise, "Comrade political commissar of the regiment, your tank brigade will cross the Volga River tomorrow evening and go to the east bank for rest and replenishment. What are you going to do if you stay alone?"

After hearing Xia Ping's request, I also looked at him curiously, trying to find out why he suddenly thought of staying. Unexpectedly, he tilted his head at me and asked trikov and gurov to say, "commander, comrade military commissar, I want to ask you to send me to work in the independent division, even if it's just to command a tank battalion."

Xia Ping's words made me silly. Are you right? You want to come to my division, and even command a tank battalion? I looked nervously at gurov and at trekov, who was silent, hoping that they would open their mouths to dispel the absurd idea of Xia Ping.

Perhaps he felt my look for help and said, "Comrade Xia Ping, you are a political commissar at the regiment level. If you want to go to an independent division, you can be a political commissar at the division level. It's just that we sent Comrade kirilov, director of the Political Department of the group army, two days ago. I don't think it's good to change people at such a time. "

"Yes, yes, comrade commander is right." I don't want another political worker of the same level as kirilov in the division, so I quickly agreed with trekov and pretended to raise difficulties: "political commissar kirilov has been in the division for some time and has been fighting with the commanders and fighters of the division. I'm afraid that if he is transferred at this time, it will affect the morale of the army."

I thought that the words of trekov and I could make the political commissar Xia Ping retreat. Unexpectedly, he said stubbornly: "Comrade commander, Colonel o'shanina, I just said that I just want to stay and continue to fight. I never thought of being a political commissar of the independent division. As long as I can stay, even if I can be a company instructor

After Xia Ping's words, trakov just shut up and turned his eyes on me, as if to ask for my opinions. I was embarrassed when I was seen by several people, and I was thinking quickly about how to deal with this matter: the political commissar of the division was kirilov, so it might not be possible to make room for him. Although he said that even if he commanded a battalion, he didn't care, but I couldn't really let him work in the battalion. The best choice was to let him serve as the political commissar of the regiment. At present, there are five regiments in the division, the first and the fifth regiments are all equipped with political commissars. The acting leaders of the second and the third regiments are all captains, which can not restrict him. So there are only four regiments left. Anyway, the leader Gaidar is a lieutenant colonel. Although his rank is lower than that of him, it is just appropriate for them to work together. Besides, I plan to assign pelsky's tank unit to the fourth regiment.

After thinking about it, I went up to Xia Ping and said with a smile: "since Xia Ping's political commissar insists on working in the independent division, then on behalf of all the officers and men of the independent division, I welcome you! As for the position, "I deliberately frowned and pretended to be thinking. In fact, I was secretly observing the reaction of the three of them and Xia Ping's Political Commissar. Seeing that the four of them were all like this, I continued:" I intend to assign the newly formed tank unit to the fourth regiment. At present, the fourth regiment has only the head, but no political commissar. That's to aggrieve Comrade Xia Ping, He will temporarily hold the post of political commissar of the fourth regiment. "

"I think Comrade o'shanina's arrangement is appropriate." After hearing my arrangement, gurov first expressed his support, and then specially asked for trekov's opinions: "what do you think, comrade commander?"

"I agree, too!" Trekov smiles and nods.

"I don't mind either." After the completion of the trekov table, Krylov also expressed his support.

Seeing that all the three leaders of the group army agreed to my arrangement, I was immediately relieved. I quickly reached out to hold Xia Ping's hand and said in a friendly way, "Comrade political commissar, once again, I warmly welcome you to work in the independent division."

Xia Pingping shook hands with me with a smile and made a gesture to the political instructor standing behind. The man quickly stepped forward and came to us. He stood straight and stared at the front. Xia Ping specially introduced himself to me and said, "Comrade teacher, this is Comrade wajim, the political instructor."

"Hello, comrade wajim." I greet the political worker with a smile on my face and extend my hand to him at the same time.

Wajim raised his hand to salute me, then he took my hand with both hands and shook it hard.

Xia Ping is the political commissar of the fourth regiment, so I decided vajim's new position in an instant. After I let go, I officially announced to him: "Comrade wajim, I appoint you as the instructor of the tank unit of the independent division!"

"Willing to serve the motherland of the Soviet Union!" Wajim answered me in a loud voice.

After arranging the posts of Xia Ping and wajim, I asked trekov, "Comrade commander, I can't use the telephone to talk with you now. If I have something urgent to report to you, what should I do?"

When trekov heard my question, he called a staff officer, leaned up to the other party's ear, whispered a few words, and then the staff officer trotted away from the headquarters.

After the staff officer left, trakov said to me with a flat expression: "Comrade oshanina, I've asked someone to go to the communication director of the group army and ask him to arrange for people to set up a telephone line from the group army to your division as soon as possible. When the line is ready, you can call me directly if you have anything to do

As I wanted to return to mamayev post before dawn, I said goodbye to them after I had finished what I had to do. Outside the headquarters, after assembling the tank soldiers and the soldiers I brought, they formed a four-way column and walked out of the city with neat steps.

I was at the top of the team with Shapin, Morozov and wajim. After the introduction, Xia Ping asked curiously, "Comrade division commander, where do you plan to deploy the tank unit?"

Without thinking, I replied, "these tanks are the precious lumps of our division. They can't be placed on the high ground, so that when the German planes come, they can all be blasted into scrap iron. So I'm going to hide the tanks in the settlements behind the highlands. "

"Settlements?" After hearing this, Xia Ping said thoughtfully, "I have a little impression of the residential area you mentioned. If the tanks attack from there, they must go around the high ground on the south side of the mamayev post. In this way, the impact distance of the tank troops will exceed five kilometers. On such a long road, if it is found by German planes, it is easy to be completely destroyed. "

Although I know what Xia Ping said is reasonable, I am not willing to change my decision easily. Not to mention that there is no time to build bunkers for tanks on the high ground, even if there is, I don't intend to put tanks there. After all, these tanks were captured from the German army, which is different from the tanks equipped by our army. It is necessary for the tank soldiers to have an environment familiar with the equipment, and this place is not the residential area of the fourth regiment.

Although political commissar Xia Ping and I have just known each other for a short time, in order to get along with each other peacefully in the future, I told him my thoughts in detail. After hearing this, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said with approval, "that's true. These German tanks can be used as soon as they are captured. But it really needs a running in time to give full play to the tank's performance. "

As we spoke, we approached the residential area unconsciously. Because of the large number of our troops, we knew at a glance that they were going to the front line, so neither patrols nor checkpoints stopped us.

We are walking, suddenly in front of a flashlight light shot over, followed by a low voice: "who, password?"

Hearing this sudden sound, we unconsciously stopped. I turned and asked molozov, "Comrade captain, do you know the command of the fourth regiment tonight?"

Molozov's head shook like a rattle: "I don't know!"

There was the sound of pulling the bolt in the darkness, and the sentry raised his voice: "password? Stop! No one of you is allowed to move. Stay where you are, or I'll shoot you! "

"Stop, troops stop!" After listening to the sentry's words, Morozov turned around and yelled at the soldiers behind him: "all listen to my command, stop

Obviously, the sentinel in the dark also saw the movement here. He still asked stubbornly: "password? If I don't say it again, I'll shoot! "

"Hello, comrade soldier!" Morozov tentatively took two steps forward, cleverly blocked me, and called out to the other side, "it's the division commander himself. She has just brought us back from the group army headquarters."

Instead of asking for the command, the sentry tentatively asked, "is it really the division commander?"

I didn't feel any danger from the voice of the sentry, so I stepped forward two steps, gently pushed Morozov aside, and said loudly in the dark, "I'm the commander of the independent division, Colonel oshanina, comrade soldier, what part of you? Is it commander Gaidar's fourth regiment or commander Oleg's fifth regiment? "

As soon as my voice fell, I heard a rush of footsteps. Then two soldiers appeared in front of me, raised their hands to salute me, and reported, "report to Mr. division, we are from the fourth regiment."

Looking at the two young soldiers in front of me, I asked flatly, "do you know where Captain perskin is?"

A soldier quickly replied, "yes, sir. The captain and his men have just driven about a dozen tanks back to the open space in the middle of the settlement. " Seeing that the soldier knew where the Peregrine I was looking for was, I immediately told him, "Comrade soldier, please take us to captain Peregrine." The soldier did not shirk, immediately made a please gesture to me, turned his head and left. Seeing that I was following the soldiers and moving forward, Morozov rushed to the back and yelled, "all of you, let's go!" We walked around piles of rubble and along the wide dirt road to the middle of the settlement. Looking up at the dilapidated buildings on both sides of the road, I asked the soldiers curiously, "Comrade soldiers, where do you usually hide?" You know, before the day today, there were four or five thousand people in the three regiments, four regiments and five regiments. I really want to know where these thousands of people were hiding when the enemy shelled or air raided them? The soldier replied with a smile: "Sir, you don't know something. There is a basement under every building here. There is also a huge air defense fortification under the cemetery in the middle of the residential area, which can accommodate three or four thousand people, no problem. " Little soldier's answer, let me feel relieved, it seems that I am worried. As he walked, the little soldier suddenly pointed to the right and said, "Sir, look, that's the cemetery." I looked in the direction of his fingers. In the dark night, with the help of the light of the distant fire, I vaguely saw that it was a place surrounded by iron fences, covering a large area. It is this cemetery that divides this huge settlement into two areas from the middle. Walking, the little soldier stopped, stood in place and whistled. I just wanted to ask him why he whistled. There were several flashlight lights in the distance. At the same time, a lazy voice asked impatiently, "Hey, I said, what are you doing here when you don't work hard in the middle of the night?" Hearing this familiar voice, I knew immediately that the speaker was Peregrine, so I yelled in the direction of the voice: "Hello, Captain Peregrine, come here!"“ Ah, it's the teacher. Don't sleep. Don't even sleep. Get up and meet the teacher. " Pelsjian was nervous by my sudden appearance. After a flurry of noise, there were bright lights around us, needless to say, all the lights on the tank.