Chapter 641

Twenty minutes after the shelling, I said to akhromeyev, who was sitting opposite, "Comrade chief of staff, the shelling is almost finished. Call captain Morozov, ask the artillery battalion to stop shooting, save some shells for the howitzer unit, and save them for later lessons for the German army."

Without saying a word, akhromeyev picked up the phone on the desk and called Morozov, repeating my order: "Captain Morozov? I'm chief of staff akhromeyev. The division commander ordered the howitzer unit to stop firing immediately. "

After hearing akhromeyev's phone call, I told razumeyeva: "Comrade lieutenant, immediately contact with the acting commander of the third regiment, Captain Godunov. When the shelling stops, immediately organize the troops to launch an attack on the Highlands, so as to recapture the position to me in the shortest time."

After a series of orders were given in an orderly way, I sat at the table and told the map in front of me, patiently waiting for the result of the counterattack. Kirilov was obviously not as calm as I was. After sitting for a while, he jumped out of his seat like an ant on a hot pot and kept circling around the headquarters with his hands on his back.

Akhromeyev is much more calm. After all, he has been with me for a period of time before, and has a certain understanding of my character. He knows that if he is not sure, I will never act as if nothing happened. Therefore, he sat opposite me without saying a word, waiting patiently for the war situation of the third regiment.

Five or six minutes later, there was a movement on the telephone in front of razumeyeva. After listening for a moment, she turned to me and called, "report to division commander, it's captain Godunov. He wants to report to you."

When I heard that the third regiment had some achievements to report, kirilov, who was closest to the telephone, rushed over and grabbed the earphone and transmitter from razumeyeva. I can't wait to ask, "I'm kirilov, political commissar. Captain Godunov. What's the situation over there? Have you got the highland?"

Since kirilov had done all my work before, I didn't have to be in such a hurry. I came slowly behind kirilov and listened to the conversation between him and gordonov: "what, what do you say? I can't hear you. Repeat what you just said

When I heard this, I suddenly had a bad premonition in my heart. Was the attack frustrated? My conjecture was soon confirmed by kirilov: "what, what do you say? The attack failed? No, we can't stop. We must continue to attack. We must take the position back to me in the shortest time

Before kirilov finished, I put my hand on his shoulder, gently pulled his body over, and took the earphone and transmitter from his hand.

When I heard Godunov's slightly flustered voice coming from the earphone, I turned to the transmitter and asked, "Captain Godunov, when will your troops be able to reorganize and launch a new attack on the Highlands?"

Godunov hesitated for a moment, and then replied in an uncertain tone: "report, sir, it may take half an hour at the earliest to launch another attack."

I snorted heavily and said coldly, "I don't have time to wait for you for half an hour now." With these words, it suddenly occurred to me that horushov's troops should have arrived at the south slope of the highland at this time. Then I asked, "has the 1st Battalion of the 2nd regiment arrived yet?"

"Horushov's troops have arrived. The captain is by my side. Would you like to speak to him?"

"Give the headphones and the transmitter to horushov." I gave orders to Godunov without expression.

After a while, Huo lushaofu's voice came out of the earphone: "Sir, I'm huolushaofu. I'm waiting for your order. I don't know what instructions you have?"

"How many thunderguns do you have?" I asked directly.

"Tell me, sir, when I set out, Captain Morozov gave me twenty launchers and a hundred explosives."

"Twenty launchers and a hundred explosives?" Hearing such a large number of people, I was surprised. Even if a launcher was only equipped with two people, it would be forty people. The artillery battalion would dispatch so many people to fight. If there were casualties, it would not be worth the loss. I quickly asked, "how many people did Morozov send you?"

"Five soldiers were sent."

"What, five soldiers?" When I heard what horushov said, I began to scold Morozov for being unreliable. With 20 launchers, only five soldiers were sent“ So many transmitters, how do you plan to operate them? "

"Sir, I have too many five people. The operation difficulty of this thunderbolt is similar to that of fireworks in the new year. Almost all the soldiers in our battalion can use it. "

After listening to him, I finally put my heart into my stomach. I'm also a fan of the game. The original accuracy of this thunderbolt is poor. It's operated by artillery and ordinary infantry, and the effect is almost the same. After I let go of my breath, I told horushov: "Comrade captain, I now order you to lead the troops to attack the Highlands immediately after all the explosive bags are shot out."

"Yes, I see." After answering me, he asked tentatively“ Sir, what about captain Godunov's troops? "

Hearing that he mentioned Godunov's name, I immediately lost my breath. After a snort, I told him: "let Godunov seize the time to reorganize the troops, and go up to take over the defense of the Highlands after you have occupied the positions occupied by the German army."

After putting down the earphone and the transmitter, I turned to kirilov and ahlomeyev, who was a little further away, and said, "come on, political commissar and chief of staff, let's all go to the top of the hill to see how our troops recover the highlands." When they both came to me, Captain popkov, the pilot who had been a spectator, asked eagerly, "Comrade Colonel, can I go with you?"

"Comrade captain, since you are interested in this, come with us." Knowing that the south slope of the highland has been equipped with thunderguns, I have no doubt about recapturing 107.5 highland, so I would like more people to share the upcoming victory with me.

Looking at us going to the top of the hillside to watch the battle, Captain busmanov, who was in charge of the guard, rushed outside and called more than a dozen soldiers of the guard company to come and follow us up the hillside.

When we got to the top of the mountain, we were just in time for the thunder guns to fire. I saw through the telescope that after a series of fires flashed under the hillside, a lot of indistinct black spots flew from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. A moment later, on the top of the hillside, there was a huge smoke of fire, and then there was an earth shaking noise. In the light of the fire, I can clearly see the human limbs and arms flying up into the sky. I can see how amazing the power of this explosive package is.

After a short pause, another round of thunder was fired at the foot of the hillside. The firelight of the explosion of the explosive pack lit up the mountain and shone into the eyes of all of us. At this time, akhromeyev came up to me and reminded me in a low voice: "Comrade division, these two rounds of firing of the thunderbolt seem to have a good effect. Do you think we should stop shooting from the 1st Battalion of the 2nd regiment and attack the Highlands directly? "

I put down my telescope and looked at him, then slowly shook my head and directly denied his proposal: "Comrade chief of staff, the Germans are very cunning. They have just prepared for 20 minutes of artillery fire, but they are not consumed in the artillery fire. However, as soon as the third regiment launched an attack, they immediately got out of their hiding place and beat back our attack with powerful firepower."

"But, sir." Akhromeyev looked at the smoke of gunfire in the distance and said anxiously, "if the Germans hide again, we can't help them even if we throw all the remaining explosive bags on them."

I said with disapproval: "Comrade chief of staff, don't worry about it. With so many explosive packages thrown up, even if they can't be killed, the shock wave of the explosion will also shock them to death. Just calm down and see how our troops recover the highlands. "

Although all of horushov's men were infantry, their skills in operating the thunder guns were no worse than those of morrozov's men. There were dozens of explosive packages left, all of which were finished in just two minutes. Before the smoke on the hillside was cleared, the troops at the foot of the mountain, who had been ready to go, charged towards the top of the slope.

On the top of the smoky hillside, there was not only no sign of human activity, but also no shot back. Until our soldiers rushed to the mountainside, there was no movement. Although the position was silent, I was still sweating for our commanders and fighters, deeply afraid of the plot of the German soldiers who survived on the hillside.

At this moment, kirilov came up to me and said in surprise, "it's strange that there is no movement in the position. Are the Germans really killed by our explosives?"

Although I thought kirilov was right in my heart, I was still worried about what would happen when the troops arrived at the top of the hillside, so I hesitated for a long time before saying, "you and I have seen how powerful these explosive packs are. But if we are not afraid of 10000, we should be afraid of just in case. Maybe when we bombed just now, there were German soldiers hiding on the north slope. They wanted to wait until our troops got close to the top of the mountain, and then they came out from their hiding place and opened fire on us. "

However, when the soldiers in the front were more than ten meters away from the top of the hill, the surviving German soldiers opened fire. Apart from a machine gun and two submachine guns, only a few rifles were firing. The bullets suddenly fell down and hit the soldiers in the front. They rolled down the hillside. The soldiers in the back quickly fell down on the spot, hiding in the crater and firing at the enemy on the top of the slope.

Although the terrain of the German army was very favorable, the number of them was too small. In addition, the technical and tactical level of my commanders and fighters was not bad, and they knew how to make use of the terrain to cover the leap forward. Therefore, the situation soon developed in favor of our army. When the machine gun was blown up by the grenade, our soldiers quickly jumped out of the hidden crater and rushed to the top of the hill.

Seeing this, I put down my telescope, breathed a sigh, and said to the people around me who were still watching the war: "come on, there's nothing to see here. In a few minutes at the most, Captain horushov's forces will be able to completely occupy the heights. Let's go back to the headquarters and wait for Comrade horushov to report the victory to us. "

As soon as we entered the headquarters, razumeyeva got up from her seat and told me with a smile: "report, sir, I just received a call from captain horushov saying that they have successfully recovered 107.5 highlands."

On hearing the good news, everyone's face showed a happy expression. Without waiting for me to speak, the chief of staff, akhromeyev, first told razumeyeva: "Comrade lieutenant, you immediately sent a message to the headquarters of the group army, saying that our troops have successfully recovered 107.5 highlands."

After sending a telegram to the headquarters of the group army, razumeyeva looked up to me and asked, "Comrade division commander, do you think you need to speak to captain horushov?"

I waved my hand and said, "no, I just don't get in touch with him. He knows what I'm going to say. You contact him immediately, order him to hand over the position to the third regiment immediately, and then lead the troops back the same way. "

When I came back to the table, akhromeyev pushed the map on the table in front of me and said with some embarrassment: "Sir, you see, the north slope of the 17.5 highland is flat, easy to attack and difficult to defend; On the other side of the south slope, the situation is just the opposite. The terrain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. I think the reason why we won these two battles to recover the Highlands was actually due to a certain element of luck. If it's not the small German troops that occupy the position, but the large ones, even if we pay a heavy price, we won't be able to take back the position. "

As for what he said, I agreed with him very much. After nodding, I raised my head and asked him, "Comrade chief of staff, what kind of good method do you have?"

Seeing that all the people were looking at him, akhromeyev said without stage fright: "I think we should work harder on fortifications like a regiment. As long as we dig more artillery holes in the trenches on the north slope and build a few Tibetan soldier holes on the south slope, we will have a much greater hope of keeping the high ground. "

When he finished his opinion, I didn't immediately express my position. Instead, I turned around and asked kirilov, "Comrade political commissar, I want to hear your opinion?"

Kirilov was staring at the map. When he heard my question, he waved his hand and said, "I don't have any opinions. Just follow what the chief of staff said. With strong fortifications, we can better block the enemy's attack. "

Just then, razumeyeva came up to me and handed me a telegram. At the same time, she said, "Comrade division commander, this is a telegram from the commander of the group army."

I picked it up and saw that the above content was simple and clear: "tomorrow evening, hand over the command of the division to kirilov and the chief of staff of the division. You will return with the personnel sent by the headquarters and take part in the counterattack command together."

Kirilov saw that I had received another telegram and worried that I would be criticized by trakov again, so he and akhromeyev both looked at me with worried faces and asked with concern“ Comrade o'shanina, are you all right? "

"I'm fine." As I said, I handed the telegram to him. "The commander asked me to hand over the command of the division to both of you tomorrow evening, and let me return to the city with the people from the headquarters to take part in the command of the counterattack." At this point, I turned to popkov and said, "Comrade captain, you are wronged to stay with us one more day. I will send you to the city tomorrow evening."

After reading the telegram, kirilov asked with some worry: "Comrade oshanina, why do you say the commander wants you to hand over the command? Is it to transfer you to another army?"

Kirilov's analysis made my heart thump. What he said is really reasonable. This possibility can't be ruled out at all. I finally saw the hope of success in the mamayev post. If trekov transferred me like this, I would lose all my previous achievements. If so, when I see trakov tomorrow night, I must have a good talk with him and try to let him let me go back to the independent division to continue to take charge of the overall situation.

After daybreak, the German attack began again.

However, the German army, who had suffered losses, did not dare to launch any more ground attacks. Instead, it had to carry out continuous shelling and air raids on our division's defense areas to suppress our firepower.

It was easy for the enemy to stop shelling and bombing the mamayevgang and 107.5 highland in the evening. I also transferred the command of the division to kirilov and akhromeyev.

As soon as the handover was over, an officer in a big cornice hat entered the headquarters under the guidance of basmanov. After the officer came in, he went straight to kirilov, raised his hand to salute him, and politely said, "Hello, comrade kirilov, I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon."

When kirilov shook hands with him warmly, he asked, "Hello, lieutenant commander weinlub. Nice to meet you. You have been ordered to meet Colonel o'shanina, have you

"Yes."

After receiving a positive reply from the other party, kirilov came up to me, raised his hand and introduced himself to lieutenant colonel Wei inlub, saying, "Comrade commander, I'd like to introduce you to Colonel o'shanina, the division commander of the independent division." Then he introduced me to the lieutenant commander, "Comrade o'shanina, this lieutenant commander is lieutenant commander Wei yinlubu, deputy commander of the armored forces of the group army. He has been ordered to meet you."

After kirilov's introduction, Wei yinlubu came up to me, raised his hand, saluted me and said politely, "Hello, Colonel o'shanina. I'm lieutenant commander Wei yinlubu. Because I'm familiar with the roads in the city, comrade commander has assigned me to pick you up to the headquarters. "

After returning the salute, I asked in the same polite tone, "Comrade commander, shall we start now?" Wei yinlubu raised his hand, looked at his watch, shook his head and said, "not yet, comrade o'shanina. At this time, there were still many enemy planes circling in the air. When I came, I had been bombed. For your safety's sake, we'd better wait until after dark to leave! "