Chapter 635

The sudden light not only startled me and commissar Xia Ping. Even peiersjian, who was walking towards us, was startled by the black crowd of officers and men who suddenly appeared in front of us.

Peiersjian came up to me, raised his hand and saluted absently, looked at the commanders and fighters behind me and asked curiously, "Comrade division, what's the matter? Who are they?"

Instead of answering peresjian's question, I pulled Xia Ping and, according to Russian custom, first introduced the low-level people to the high-level: "Comrade political commissar, I'll introduce you. This is captain peresjian, the commander of the tank battalion."

"Tank battalion?" As soon as my words came out, Shapin and perskin asked in unison, "isn't it a tank unit? When will they be promoted to a tank battalion?"

I coughed, cleared my throat, and explained to Xia Ping, "it's like this. Originally, I thought there were only ten tanks in the division, so I only decided to set up a formation of one unit for them. Now that you bring so many tank soldiers here, the formation of the unit is obviously not suitable, so I decided to promote to tank battalion temporarily. Do you have any comments? "

Xia Ping waved his head and answered me very simply: "Sir, I will obey your arrangement."

Seeing that Xia Ping had no opinion, I introduced the new political commissar of the fourth regiment to peierjian: "Captain peierjian, come and meet Xia Ping, the new political commissar of the fourth regiment. In the future, your tank battalion will be under his direct command. "

Peiersjian quickly raised his hand to salute Xia Ping, and respectfully said: "Hello, comrade political commissar of the regiment level, welcome to your arrival, my subordinates and I are waiting for your orders."

After they said hello, I pointed to the group of tank soldiers behind me, and announced to peresjian triumphantly, "Comrade captain, I have a good news to tell you. See these tank soldiers behind me? They were all brought by political commissar Xia Ping and supplemented to your camp. "

When he heard the news, pelsjian was overjoyed. He grabbed my hand and shook it vigorously. He said excitedly: "thank you, sir. You have added so many commanders and fighters to us. I promise you, as long as you command, I promise to lead the tank battalion to beat the enemy down. "

When he let go of my hand, I turned to the back and yelled, "Comrade wajim, please come here." When wajim came to my side, I said to pelsjian, who was smiling on his face: "Captain pelsjian, let me introduce you to this political instructor. His name is wajim. From today on, he will be the political deputy battalion commander in your camp. "

Pels was stunned by my words, but he soon returned to normal, and took the initiative to reach out to wajim and said in a friendly way: "Hello, comrade deputy battalion commander, welcome to work in the tank battalion."

"Hello, comrade battalion commander. I hope we can be good partners in our future work. " Although wajim's words were very polite, I could recognize a kind of alienation.

After greeting, Xia Ping Ping and his wife politely asked pelsjian, "Comrade captain, I don't know what models of the ten tanks we captured tonight?"

Peiersjian had been somewhat restrained in front of the new regiment political commissar and political deputy battalion commander. After hearing the question from political commissar Xia Ping, he replied very freely: "report to political commissar that among the tanks seized, there are four No. 3 tanks and six No. 4 tanks respectively."

When they talked about their major, I was not interested. I called Morozov to him and told him in a low voice, "Captain Morozov, I'll give you a task now. Immediately run and call me the fourth commander, Lieutenant Colonel Gaidar, and say that I have something important to say to him. "

After Morozov left, I went to Xiaping and pelsjian, who were chatting with each other, and planned to continue to listen to my book. Unexpectedly, Xia Ping said professionally: "yes, comrade captain. The purpose of the original German design of tank 3 was to cooperate with tank 4. No. 3 is equipped with high-speed tank gun, which is mainly used to attack enemy tanks, while No. 4 is equipped with large caliber howitzer for anti infantry operations. This is also a trend in the development of tanks in various countries in the early 1930s. "

When Xia Ping talked about the stoppage, perersian broke in in time and said, "the crew of these two tanks are all five: the driver, the messenger, the gunner, the loader and the commander. We have only 18 general attacks, that is to say, we can barely put four of them into combat before we get new additions. But now, with the experienced tankers you personally brought, comrade political commissar, we can put all ten tanks into combat. "

"What are the models of these three tanks?" When Xia Ping asked peiersjian what he said, I was suddenly covered with black lines. I thought the tank was divided into No. 3 and No. 4, but I didn't expect that No. 3 tank was divided into several types.

Peiersjian obviously knew the data of these aspects very well. He came to Xia Ping's question with open mouth: "the captured No. 3 tanks are all the latest n-type tanks. The turrets are equipped with 50 mm low-speed guns, which have low initial speed and can shoot high explosive ammunition. They are suitable for the planned anti infantry and short-range support tasks. The vehicle will carry 64 75 mm shells and 3450 machine gun ammunition. In terms of auxiliary armed machine guns, as in previous models, both use two 7.92mm machine guns and one machine gun in the body. "

When I heard that the more they talked, the more professional they became, I became a little uneasy. I couldn't help looking around. I was looking forward to Gaidar coming earlier. After I introduced the new regiment commissar to him, I could go back to my division headquarters.

Just when I was very anxious, Shapin's voice floated into my ears again: "after the German troops invaded our territory, they found that the 50 mm guns of their No.3 tank E and f could not effectively deal with our T-34 and KV-1 heavy tanks. Even if they were replaced with 60 mm guns with stronger armor piercing ability, they could only deal with our tanks at close range. Due to technical reasons, the chassis of No. 3 tank is no longer allowed to be equipped with bigger guns. Therefore, the German military thought of No. 4 tank and replaced the No. 4 F2 tank with 75mm long guns, so that they finally had a tank that could compete with our T-34. However, as a result, the operational use of their No. 4 tank has been completely changed. "

Hearing these professional contents constantly pouring into my ears, and seeing the two people who talked more and more, I almost had the idea of running away. Just as I was still hesitating to find an excuse to slip away, I suddenly heard a rush of footsteps in the distance. Then more than a dozen officers and men walked out of the darkness to the area illuminated by the tank lights.

One of the two people who came to the front was Morozov, who I sent out, and the other was Gaidar, who I had been waiting for. Seeing the two men's appearance, I breathed a sigh of relief. After drawing a cross on my chest secretly, I turned my head and called Xia Ping. Then I went to meet Gaidar.

"Hello, comrade teacher." Gaidar saluted me, then asked eagerly, "do you have any instructions for coming to me so late?"

It happened that Xia Ping came to me at the moment. I quickly pulled his arm, pointed to Gaidar and introduced him to him, saying, "Comrade political commissar of the regiment, I'll make an introduction for you. This is commander Gaidar of the fourth regiment." Then I said to Gaidar“ Commander Gaidar, come and meet Comrade Xia Ping, the regimental political commissar newly assigned to our division by the superior. After discussion with the commander, I decided to let him serve as the political commissar of your regiment. "

After hearing this, Gaidar first let out a cry, then came close to my ear and said in a low voice, "Comrade division, is it appropriate for this regiment level political commissar to be a political commissar in my regiment?"

"What's wrong?" Confused by what he said, I asked in a puzzled way.

"But he is a political commissar at the regiment level!" After he emphasized the identity of the other party to me, he added: "his rank should be the political commissar of the division or the brigade, not the small political commissar of the regiment."

After listening to Gaidar's worries, I said lightly, "commander Gaidar, it's not only Xia Ping's request to work in the independent division, but also the permission of the commander. The political commissar himself said that as long as he could stay in Stalingrad and not withdraw to the East Bank of the Volga River, let alone be the political commissar of the regiment, he would be willing to be the political deputy commander of the tank battalion. "

Seeing that all my words were for this reason, Gaidar knew that it was useless to say anything else, so he had no choice but to accept the reality. He said to Xia Ping bitterly: "Hello, comrade political commissar! On behalf of all the officers and men of the fourth regiment, I welcome you to work in the fourth regiment. "

When I saw that all the things that should be done had been done, I was deeply afraid to hear the profound professional theories that pelsjian and Xia Ping talked about again. After a few simple explanations, I wanted to slip away. Just about to leave, he was stopped by Gaidar. He said to me with concern, "Comrade division, it's too dangerous on the high ground. You'd better move the headquarters to the residential area."

"The high ground is dangerous. Is the settlement safe?"

"Look over there, sir!" Gaidar pointed in the direction of the cemetery and said to me in a low voice, "there are air defenses under that cemetery. It's OK to accommodate thousands of people. Recently, in addition to our commanders and fighters, there are also many people who have fled to the ferry and are waiting to cross the river. "

I shivered when I heard that he wanted me to stay in the air defense works under the cemetery. After looking at the gloomy position, Xin said that if I wanted to stay there, I would rather stay on the high ground to get the German shells. Thinking of this, I refused gedar's kindness without hesitation, and with Morozov they rushed back to the highlands.

Back at the headquarters, kirilov, who saw me reappear, immediately came over and asked with concern, "Comrade oshanina, what's the situation? Is the commander going to the tank?"

I nodded my head and replied, "the commander not only added 100 tankers from the 42nd independent tank brigade to our division, but also sent Comrade Xia Ping, the political commissar of the brigade, to our division to assist us in our work."

Hearing this, kirilov and akhromeyev instinctively looked out of the cave, but there was no one outside except the Sentinels walking back and forth.

Seeing that there was no one outside the cave, kirilov asked strangely, "Mr. teacher, where is political commissar Xia Ping? Why didn't I see anyone outside the cave?"

I waved to him, sat down and said, "Comrade political commissar, you don't need to change. Political commissar Xia Ping doesn't work in our division headquarters."

"And where has he gone?"

"I asked him to be the political commissar of the fourth regiment and to partner with colonel Gaidar."

After hearing what I said, kirilov frowned and asked strangely, "I know Comrade Xia Ping. Isn't he a political commissar at the regiment level? Even if he can't be a deputy political commissar in the division, he can't be a political commissar in the regiment?"

I don't want to entangle with kirilov on this issue any more. I just said vaguely, "this is with the permission of commander trekov and military commissar Comrade gurov."

When I said that, kirilov stopped talking. I went on to say, "political commissar Xia Ping also brought a political instructor, who I have appointed as the political deputy commander of the tank battalion." In order to prevent kirilov from asking what happened to the tank battalion, I sped up and said, "since there are a lot of additional tank soldiers this time, I promoted the tank unit to tank battalion without consulting with you."

Kirilov just nodded and did not speak. Akhromeyev, who has been silent all along, suddenly opened his mouth and reported: "Comrade division commander, general Krylov, chief of staff of the group army, has just called and informed us again that when we have something to contact the headquarters of the group army, we should either use the cable phone or use the radio to send a report."

It's said that you can directly call the headquarters of the group army here. I can't help but feel that the efficiency of the communication office of the group army is still very high. How long has it been? The direct cable phone to the headquarters of the group army has been connected.

Kirilov looked at his watch and said to me, "Comrade oshanina, you should have a good rest after you have been tired all night. It's still an hour before dawn. Before dawn, the Germans should not launch any more attacks. You should take time to rest. "

For kirilov's concern, I nodded gratefully, turned around and saw that razumeyeva was still in the room, sitting with the radio operator Naga, so I waved to her and asked her to come to me.

When she came over, I asked frankly, "now regiment one, regiment two and regiment three are equipped with walkie talkies besides wired telephones?"

After listening to what I said, razumeyeva asked in a misty way, "don't all teachers and comrades have wired telephones? Why should they be equipped with walkie talkies?"

I put out my hand, touched her forehead with my finger, and taught her with a smile: "don't you forget how our telephone line between highland 107.5 and us tonight was broken several times by German artillery fire?"

Razumeyeva then came back to her senses and quickly agreed: "I understand, sir. I'll arrange the staff to send the extra walkie talkies in the communication room to regiment 1 and regiment 3."

When she turned around and was about to leave, I suddenly remembered that after I went out to check the line, I had no message from wonia, so I stopped her and asked with concern, "Comrade lieutenant, do you have any news from wonia, Vania?" Although I knew that there was little hope that she would survive in that situation, I couldn't help but want to know the answer.

She nodded and whispered, "found it?"

My heart sank when I saw that there was no expression of joy on her face when she answered my question. I said in secret that she really sacrificed. Then I asked tentatively, "did she sacrifice?"

As soon as my words came out, she immediately shook her head, and then said to me with some embarrassment: "Comrade division, although wonia did not die, when our soldiers found her, she was seriously injured and her leg was broken by the explosion. Even if she is discharged from hospital, she has to rely on crutches to walk. "

Knowing the exact news of vonia, I sighed helplessly. Then I waved to razumeyeva and told her, "it's late, comrade lieutenant. Go and carry out the task quickly."

Although it was a whim for me to distribute walkie talkies to the command posts of the three regiments, it soon proved how wise my decision was.

After a short sleep, I was awakened by the earth shaking explosion. I suddenly sat down and saw kirilov and akhromeyev not at the table, but standing at the entrance of the cave and looking out at what?

I walked over quickly. When they were still a few steps away, I asked them in a loud voice, "what happened to the political commissar and chief of staff? Where was the shelling?" I didn't expect that after the exit, I found that my voice had been covered by the huge explosion. Kirilov and akhromeyev, who were just a few steps ahead of me, didn't hear me at all, so they didn't even turn around.

I went up behind them and patted them on the shoulder. They were patted on the shoulder by me from behind, only to find my arrival. Without waiting for me to speak, akhromeyev knew what I wanted to ask and quickly told me that our position was being attacked by the enemy.

Air raid! I quickly set aside two people, quickly ran out of the hole, looked up to the sky. Groups of enemy planes were flying around in the air, not diving down from high altitude to drop bombs and strafe. In the past, the enemy only bombed and strafed the Highlands where a regiment was stationed. Today, the enemy has not even let go of our highlands.

I was just about to count the number of enemy planes in the sky when kirilov and akhromeyev rushed out of the cave, holding my arms left and right and pulling me into the cave. Before we ran into the hole, a bomb fell from the sky and exploded ten meters behind us. The big and small pieces of soil hit my back. I took a breath of cold air because of the pain.

"Hell! How could the enemy's planes attack our highland? " Entering the headquarters in the cave, the explosion outside became much quieter, so I asked them in a loud voice, "how are the positions of the 1st and 3rd regiments?" Akhromeyev shook his head and replied, "Comrade division, the enemy's air raid has just begun. We haven't had time to contact the other two regiments."“ Contact now For the first time, I yelled at ahlomeyev. When akhromeyev picked up the phone, he yelled: "Hello, Hello, third regiment, third regiment, this is division headquarters, can you hear me? If you hear me, please answer! Hello, Hello, three regiments... "I quickly walked up to Najia and said to her in a loud voice," Najia, contact the first regiment immediately and ask commander xiejerikov how they are doing there? " When I heard that akhromeyev and Najia were calling for their respective targets, I was upset. After walking around the headquarters with my hands behind my back, I was planning to go outside the cave again to see the situation. Unexpectedly, I was stopped by kirilov. He didn't speak. He couldn't speak in such a loud noise. He just shook his head at me, grabbed my arm and dragged me back to the headquarters. When kirilov and I re entered the headquarters, I saw ahlomeyev's face on the phone showing a happy expression, and yelled: "yes, yes, I'm the division headquarters, are you the third regiment?"