Chapter 636

As soon as akhromeyev finished his call, I took advantage of the gap between the bomb explosions. When the headquarters was relatively quiet, I asked him in a loud voice: "chief of staff, what's the situation of the third regiment?"

Perhaps akhromeyev was afraid that the explosion would be too loud. I couldn't hear what he said. I lowered my head and wrote something on a piece of paper. After writing, he walked around the table to me and handed me the note full of words. I took the note and saw it read: "the position of the third regiment is being bombarded by German artillery."

After reading the note, I also picked up the pen on the table and wrote in the back, "have you found the German infantry?"

After seeing what I wrote, akhromeyev laughed and shook his head, saying that there was no German infantry attacking the third regiment for the time being.

As soon as my communication with akhromeyev was over, kirilov came to me and said, "Comrade oshanina, a group report..." before he finished, he was drowned by the violent explosion from outside.

I quickly picked up the pen and paper on the table and handed it to him, and asked him to write the report on the paper. Kirilov took the pen and paper, spread the paper on the table, and quickly wrote on the paper with the pen: "a regiment report, the German army has sent out more than 30 planes, which are bombing mamayev post in turn. Moreover, the positions of the regiment were also bombarded by enemy tanks and heavy howitzers. Although at the beginning of the bombing, Lieutenant Colonel shejerikov gave the troops the order to withdraw into the Tibetans' hole and the artillery hole, the casualties were not small

Under such heavy bombing and shelling, the casualties of the troops are inevitable, so I did not entangle in this issue, but asked him directly: "how far are the German tanks from us?" The purpose of my question is that after the bombing and shelling, molozov will send people to the position of the first regiment to teach the German tanks and the coming infantry a good lesson with the newly developed thunder guns.

Kirilov obviously guessed my intention. He shook his head slowly with a straight face, and then wrote on the paper, "the enemy's tanks are all parked two kilometers away, and the thunder cannons can't hit that far."

I stood up straight and frowned when I heard the explosion from time to time outside the cave. If the German army is only shelling, I don't have to worry about it, because the target area is only the north slope of the highland. But now the German army is a two pronged, both artillery and air strikes, put our entire mamayev post in the scope of heavy firepower.

As I was thinking about how to deal with the current crisis, I didn't notice kirilov leaving me and going back to Naga to arrange the task.

In the past, German bombardment and bombing were concentrated on the highland of a regiment, and our highland was directly ignored. Today, however, they are indiscriminately bombing the two Highlands with airplanes. Bombs falling from the sky and exploding outside the cave, coupled with the explosion of heavy shrapnel from time to time, I felt like I was on a small boat bumping in the rough sea, and I was in danger of capsizing at any time.

From time to time, I raised my hand and looked at my watch, hoping that the German air raid would end soon, because the aircraft's bomb carrying capacity was limited, so it could not last two or three hours? As long as the enemy's aircraft left, I could risk sending out the remaining anti tank company of the artillery battalion to attack the German tanks.

Half an hour after the enemy's air raid, perhaps all the bombs and airborne machine gun bullets were used up, and all the planes formed at high altitude and flew away.

The enemy plane flew away, but the shelling was still going on. I walked out of the cave to see what was going on outside? As soon as I got to the door, I met Mikhail, who came in a hurry. Behind him, there were more than ten soldiers carrying things. I raised my hand to stop him and asked aloud, "Lieutenant Mikhail, what are you doing at division headquarters?"

Mikhail yev quickly replied: "report to Mr. division commander, I have been ordered to install wooden doors for the division headquarters."

"Install wooden door?" When I heard Mikhail yev say this, I couldn't help turning to look inside, because I didn't give similar orders at all, so the only possibility is the orders given by kirilov or akhromeyev.

Seeing that I instinctively looked at the headquarters, mihayev immediately understood and quickly reported to me, "Comrade division, it's like this. Comrade political commissar just called me and said that because the explosion outside is too loud, you can't command. So let me bring the soldiers of the engineering company to install two wooden doors for you, so that you can keep the noise out and facilitate your command."

As for kirilov's thoughtful consideration, I nodded with satisfaction, and then said to mihayev, "well, comrade lieutenant, you can take people in. Remember, move fast. I don't know what kind of attack the German army will launch later. "

Mihayev beckoned his men into the long corridor and unloaded their shoulders. I stood by to see that there was even a doorframe outside the wooden door. It seemed that Mikhail yev, the engineer company commander, was well prepared. When the engineers were installing wooden doors in the corridor, I walked out of the cave.

After the recent bombing, the hillside was covered with smoke craters. It seems that the enemy dropped quite a few bombs. I turned my eyes to the communication room nearest to the headquarters, and saw that the curtain hanging at the door had been cut in several places by shrapnel. Worried about the safety of the girls in the communication room, I quickly walked over, lifted the curtain and bent down to enter.

When I came in, I saw a female health worker bandaging razumeyeva's arm. Seeing this scene, I couldn't help asking nervously, "Comrade lieutenant, what's the matter with you?"

Razumeyeva kept a smile on her face. She deliberately said to me as if nothing had happened: "it's OK, sir. It's just that some shrapnel flew over, penetrated the curtain at the door and made a small cut in my arm."

Although razumeyeva said it lightly, I was still not at ease, so I turned to the female health worker and asked, "health worker comrade, is lieutenant razumeyeva OK?"

The female health worker had finished dressing razumeyeva's wound and was packing her medicine box. When she heard me ask, she straightened up quickly and reported, "report to division commander, comrade Lieutenant's arm is just bruised by shrapnel. I have done debridement and finished dressing. As long as the dressing is changed on time, it will be ready in a week at most. "

It's said that razumeyeva's injury is no big problem, and I feel more at ease. Looking at the health worker in front of me, I couldn't help asking curiously, "what's your name, comrade health worker? How many female health workers are there in your health team? "

The hygienist quickly replied, "Mr. reporter, my name is Tamara shmakova. There are two female health workers in the health team. Besides me, there is another named walia pahmova

"Well, it's all right here. You go." When I sent shmakova away, I specially told her that in the air raid that just ended, many of the officers and soldiers were injured, so that she and the comrades of the health team should hurry up to treat them.

When shmakova left, I turned to razumeyeva and the other two female soldiers in the communication room and said, "girls, it's too dangerous here. You'd better move the communication equipment to the division headquarters."

Hearing my order, razumeyeva gave a loud promise, and then told her female soldiers to start packing and prepare to move into the headquarters.

When I walked back into the cave, the two door frames on the corridor were already fixed. Mikhail and they were installing the wooden door on the door frame. When I passed by them, mihayev stopped me and cautiously asked for instructions: "Sir, comrade, how far is the distance between the two wooden doors three meters? It's better to dig out a small room one meter square on the side wall, so that the officers on duty can stay here."

I looked at the distance between the two door frames, and felt that the proposal put forward by mihayev was very reasonable. I nodded and said with certainty, "well, since you are an expert in architecture, do as you say."

When I walked into the headquarters, I felt that the light inside was much dimmer, but the sound outside the cave was also much smaller. In this way, you don't have to yell at the phone as loud as you can.

In addition to kirilov, akhromeyev and Najia, the telegraph operator, there were also basmanov, the commander of the guard battalion, and Pugachev, the head of the second regiment. When they saw me coming in, they immediately saluted me.

After I went to the table and sat down, I asked Pugachev frankly, "Comrade captain, how is your regiment? Did you lose a lot in the air raid just now? "

Pugachev stepped forward and replied respectfully: "report, sir, in the air raid that just ended, we probably lost more than 100 people. However, these technical equipment, such as artillery, have always been hidden in solid air defense fortifications, so there is no loss at all. "

"Except for a few observation posts, let the rest of the officers and men stay in the hidden fortifications." At this point, I said with some frustration: "we are short of air defense weapons. In the face of the enemy's air strikes, we can only take this way."

"Comrade oshanina, I think this is the right way to do it." Kirilov stood up in time to encourage me and said, "in the fierce air raid of the enemy just now, if there were no solid air defense fortifications, the troops would have been defeated in the air raid. Now let the soldiers stay in the fortifications, and when the enemy's infantry attack, we will teach them a lesson. "

After listening to kirilov's words, I nodded, turned around and asked akhromeyev, "Comrade chief of staff, what's the situation with the first and third regiments?"

"Report to the division commander," ahlomeyev said fluently, "the positions of the 1st and 3rd regiments are still being shelled by the German army. However, from the current situation, the Highlands guarded by a regiment will become the focus of the enemy's attack. "

Akhromeyev's analysis made me very curious, so I couldn't help asking, "why, comrade chief of staff?"

"Sir, please come and have a look." Akhromeyev finished, took a map from the opposite side of the table, spread it out in front of me, pointed to it and began to explain to me: "according to our army's reconnaissance and the confession of prisoners, we can now know that the 44th infantry division of German lieutenant general Heinrich Anton deboy is stationed in the north of our division; To the northwest, it's lieutenant general Carl Rodenberg's 76th infantry division

After a few days of fighting with the Germans, it was the first time for me to know the number of the German army and the name of its commander. When I heard this, I couldn't help turning my mouth up. It seems that after I have the chief of staff, it will be different from before. At least some people will ask me to report a lot of enemy intelligence.

"The 44th Infantry Division has a tank regiment. Although one of their tank battalions was badly damaged by us in yesterday's battle, it didn't hurt much vitality. At present, the tank regiment should be the one staying in front of the regiment to carry out shelling. In the third regiment's position, except for the long-range attack of enemy artillery, no enemy ground troops were found. So my analysis is that when the enemy's shelling is over, the infantry of the 44th division, under the cover of their tanks, will charge to the position of the first regiment. "

"Comrade chief of staff," kirilov said modestly, "although there are enemy tanks in front of the first regiment's position, we don't see enemy infantry? You know, tanks alone can't occupy our highlands. "

"Yes, chief of staff." Kirilov's statement made me feel sad, so I asked akhromeyev: "although there is no enemy infantry in front of the positions of the two regiments at present, they may be attacked by the German army in both directions at the end of the shelling."

"Yes, teachers and political commissars." As for our questions, akhromeyev patiently replied: "the German army used more than 30 planes to bomb the mamayev post at the same time. In my judgment, the enemy is trying to break through the position of a regiment, go straight to the dock and cut off Stalingrad's contact with the outside world. "

Although the enemy's intention to seize the dock is very obvious, I still have some doubts about akhromeyev's judgment. Since the Germans have used so many heavy weapons, their goal will never be just to capture the mamayev post and the wharf. It is estimated that they also want to occupy the 107.5 highland of the three regiments at the same time and open the road to the city.

Seeing my delay in speaking, kirilov asked cautiously, "Comrade oshanina, what do you think of the chief of staff's analysis?"

I pointed to the location of the 76th division on the map, raised my head and asked akhromeyev, "Comrade chief of staff, do you know the man of Rothenberg?"

Hearing my question, akhromeyev hesitated for a moment and then replied, "according to our data, this lieutenant general is an old Prussian soldier, and his tactical characteristics tend to be conservative. I estimate that before the 44th division seizes the mamayev post, he will not put his troops into battle again. After all, his troops lost a lot in the battle last night. "

When akhromeyev finished speaking, I frowned and shook my head, and said slowly: "Comrade chief of staff, we are sticking to the north gate of Stalingrad. Once the defense line here is broken by the German army, the consequences will be unimaginable, so we must not underestimate the enemy."

"What do you mean?" Akhromeyev became cautious when he heard my serious tone.

"Chief of staff, you call the 1st and 3rd regiments and ask them to strengthen their guard to prevent the German army from attacking our positions after the shelling." When akhromeyev picked up the phone from his desk and was ready to give an order to the third regiment of the first regiment, I said to kirilov, "Comrade political commissar, please send a message to the commander and ask him for air force support."

"Air force support?" Kirilov did not expect that I would suddenly say so, and quickly reminded me: "Comrade oshanina, our 8th air force group army has been completely lost. Even if general trakov comes out, it will not be supported by aircraft."

Although I know it's very difficult to get the support of the air force, under the current situation, I can only go to the hospital in a hurry. So I said decisively, "Comrade political commissar, please make it clear to the commander that our troops can't move in the suppressed fortifications because of the enemy's air raid and shelling. If we can't get the support of the air force, maybe our troops will be defeated under the attack of the enemy's dual firepower, and the consequences will be unimaginable. "

"Is that all right?" Kirilov became more and more hesitant when he heard what I said.

"Go, my Commissar." I stood up and pushed kirilov to the telephone. At the same time, I said, "you don't want to see our troops being hit by the enemy's aircraft and artillery all the time. As long as we can control the air in the battlefield, these invading German forces will not be our opponents. "

Kirilov could not resist me, so he reluctantly agreed. When he came to the phone, razumeyeva also came in with another female signalman and was debugging another phone. Seeing kirilov standing there a little at a loss, I forced myself to smile and said to him, "Comrade political commissar, let's send a telegram to the headquarters with Naga's telephone."

Kirilov and I were waiting for a reply from the headquarters after the telegram was sent. Mihayev, who had just finished installing the wooden door on the corridor, suddenly cried out: "Sir, come and see the enemy's plane."

When I heard Mikhail yev's cry, I was immediately shocked out in a cold sweat, and my heart said, what is the German going to do? It wasn't long before the last batch of planes flew away, but the second batch of planes came again! I rushed to the entrance of the cave and saw Mikhail standing outside, looking up and counting the number of enemy planes: "one, two, three, four... Virgin Mary! There are a lot of them, at least more than 30. "

When I looked up into the air, the enemy planes had already come over the high ground, and one by one they dived down to the high ground. After the falling shell exploded on the north slope, the enemy circled in the air and then dived toward the south slope.

Looking at the enemy plane diving towards us, my feet were a little soft with fear, and I was ready to turn around and run into the hole. Without waiting for me to raise my foot, Mikhail yev, who was next to me, had already rushed over and dragged me into the hole. We stepped into the first wooden door. Just as we were about to close the door, a bomb had fallen seven or eight meters outside the entrance of the cave and exploded. A slow engineer was blown into the cave and landed at our feet. Looking at the bloody and groaning soldiers on the ground, I bit my back teeth and told Mikhail: "Lieutenant, find someone to carry him away." Then, I ran to the headquarters. I didn't stop until I ran to Najia. I couldn't wait to tell her, "Najia, call the group army headquarters for me immediately." Kirilov didn't know why I suddenly asked the telegraph operator to call the headquarters. He also kindly reminded me, "Comrade oshanina, is it not stipulated by the higher authorities that they can't communicate with the headquarters in Ming language?" Seeing Najia looking up at me in front of me with a blank face, I couldn't take time to explain to kirilov. I yelled at Najia loudly: "Hey, what are you still doing? Call immediately!" Startled by my expression, Na Jia grabbed the transmitter and called out to the headquarters of the group army. At this time, kirilov asked with concern, "o'shanina, what's the matter? Why call the headquarters?"“ The enemy's air strikes have begun again I said solemnly, "if we don't send out the air force to drive out these damned enemy planes, our position may really be unable to hold!"