Chapter 653

When Oleg sent for the commander of the anti tank rifle company, I gave you a brief account of what trakov said on the phone.

After that, I was going to call Gaidar, the fourth commander, and order him to send a battalion to counterattack the Soviet street behind the Highlands with the cooperation of the tank battalion, so as to take the dormitory area back from the hands of the German army. As for whether the tank battalion that I have been hiding will be bombed by enemy planes and lead to the annihilation of the whole army, I don't care much about that. I know the truth better than anyone else. I don't want the enemy to take a firm foothold in the dormitory area and take this place as the starting position to attack the mamayev post held by our division.

As soon as I picked up the phone, kirilov, who was pale beside me, said excitedly, "Comrade division commander, you should call captain akhromeyev immediately, and ask him to send three regiments to attack first, and cooperate with them. Immediately, I asked them to be speechless. At this moment, the marine officer came after them and asked them breathlessly:" comrades, commanders, You are retreating, and you are acting without orders. "

The captain put me aside, waved his arm at the marine officer and said in a loud voice, "you are blind. Can't you see that the German tanks have rushed into the Soviet street and only 100 meters away from our headquarters? If we stay, we may be prisoners of the Germans. " With that, he turned around and left.

Several of the officers of the Navy rushed in front of him and blocked his way. They retorted, "Comrade commander, in the Navy, the commanders are the last to abandon the ship. Do you know that the commander of the Navy should know this? "

The political commissar came to speak for the Colonel: "Comrade battalion commander, let me remind you that it was in the Navy, but we were in the army, so we are here to command you."

When his political commissar finished speaking, the Colonel yelled at the marine officer: "Comrade Vlasov, listen to me. We are not afraid of death. We have withdrawn the brigade command post to a desert island, but to continue to command the troops better." Then he turned his head and walked in the direction of the Volga River.

Vlasov quickly ran after him again and asked, "is that right? But, Captain, how can you command the troops there? "

The Colonel stopped, turned and approached Vlasov, and said impolitely, "according to the regulations, the commander's orders need not be discussed. Please execute them quickly." As soon as the words were finished, he kept walking towards the river, as if he wanted to leave the land of right and wrong immediately.

Vlasov took another step forward and made his attitude clear in a loud voice: "Comrade Colonel, even if you all run away, our people in the political department will not go anywhere. We will stay here and live with the position."

The Colonel didn't want to talk to Vlasov again, but suddenly he caught a glimpse of me standing aside with no expression on my face. He might feel ashamed. He suddenly pulled out his pistol, pointed at Vlasov and yelled: "since you don't obey the order, I'll shoot you now."

When he saw that things were going to be very noisy, the political commissar came out to make ends meet again. He rushed to the middle of the two, separated them, and loudly expressed his opinion: "Comrade brigade commander, since he doesn't want to leave, let him stay. Is dead or alive, then his own business, let's go ~ ~ "said, pushing the colonel to the river.

As the army and I are not subordinate to each other and have no right to interfere in the decision of the brigade commander, we can only keep silent. However, when I saw the Colonel drawing his gun, my hand was also on the holster. If he really wanted to poison Vlasov, I might stop shooting. At this moment, seeing the colonel and his political commissar scurrying Ashily towards the river, leaving only a bitter face of Vlasov, he went forward to greet him: "Comrade political commissar of battalion level, I am Colonel oshanina, division commander of the independent division. If you don't have enough troops to guard the position, I can send troops to reinforce you. "

I didn't expect that Vlasov didn't want to receive my kindness either. He just snorted and said coldly, "thank you for your kindness, but as long as one of our sailors is still there, we will not let the enemy occupy our position." Then he turned to his two subordinates and said loudly, "come on, let's go back."

Igratov and hubar came up to me and watched in a daze as the infantry retreated towards the river, while the sailors returned to their positions, ready to fight with the enemy. Both of them were puzzled and asked, "Comrade teacher, what's the matter?"

From the conversation just now, I've figured out what's going on. The commander and commissar of the 92nd brigade must have been frightened by the German troops who rushed to their headquarters, so they lied to trakov about the loss of the highland, but they took the opportunity to escape. However, before reporting this matter to the headquarters of the group army, I did not want to discuss too much with my subordinates, so I just said vaguely, "Captain igratov and captain hubar, you two will lead the troops here to prepare for battle. I'll send someone to let you know what to do next. " With that, I trotted up the mountain without waiting for two people to salute me.

As soon as I entered the headquarters, akhromeyev stood up and reported to me, "Comrade division commander, I have just learned that highland 107.5 has not been lost and is still in the hands of the 92nd infantry brigade."

I waved to him and said, "I see." Then I pointed to the phone on the desk and asked razumeyeva, "Comrade lieutenant, can this phone talk to the headquarters of the group army now?" At such a time, if I contact the headquarters by telegraph, it is very likely that I will miss something. That's why I asked if the telephone number of the headquarters could contact the headquarters. If not, I can only call the fifth regiment first, report the detailed situation to kirilov, and ask him to report to the headquarters on my behalf. Razumeyeva stood up, nodded hard, and said definitely, "report to division commander, I have sent someone to repair the telephone line. At present, this telephone can completely communicate with the headquarters of the group army." When I heard that I could talk to the headquarters, I immediately picked up the phone, shook it up, and was ready to report what I had learned from trekov. I heard the voice coming from the receiver. It was the communication class in the morning. So I politely said to him, "Hello, comrade soldier. I'm Colonel o'shanina. Is the commander there?"“ Excuse me, comrade Colonel, "the signalman said politely," the commander and the military commissar are not in the headquarters. May I ask the chief of staff to answer the phone? "“ All right, you can put the chief of staff on the line Soon there was a low voice from the receiver: "Hello, Captain o'shanina, has your division begun to fight back against 107.5 highland?"“ Not yet. "“ What do you say? After more than half an hour, your counterattack against the Highlands has not started yet? " Krailov's voice from the receiver suddenly became severe“ Chief of staff, please listen to me. When I returned to the mamayev post, I found that the 107.5 highland was still in the hands of the sailors“ what? 107.5 highland is not lost? " "Did you see it with your own eyes, or did you hear it?" he asked“ I saw it with my own eyes. " Through contact with the brigade commander and political commissar of the 92nd brigade, I didn't like them, so I didn't hide anything for them. So I told krailov what I had just seen and heard. After krailov heard it, there was no sound. After a while, he said in an uncertain tone: "Comrade oshanina, I hope you will check it again, because I knew brigade commander tanasolov and political commissar Andreyev before the war. According to my understanding of them, they are not people who are greedy of life and fear of death. They should not do such things to escape." I felt a little chilly when I saw krailov's refusal to believe it, but I had to say cautiously: "well, chief of staff, I'll call you in another hour. At that time, I will report to you and commander trekov the real situation on Highland 107.5 and the Soviet street. "“ OK, I'm waiting for your report At this point, krailov stopped for a moment, and then he specially told me: "Comrade oshanina, you must pay attention to safety."“ I will With that, I hung up first. When I put down the phone, akhromeyev, who had known the situation for a long time, volunteered to me: "Comrade division commander, at present, highland 107.5 is the focus of the German army's attack. You are the head of a division. You can't take risks. Let me go." I waved to him, rejected his proposal, and told him: "Comrade chief of staff, you'd better stay at the headquarters. The German army is still attacking the position of the first regiment, and you need to stay in command. After I leave later, you should report what happened here to the political commissar who stayed in the fifth regiment. "“ Take the guard camp with you? " Asked akhromeyev with concern. I nodded to his proposal. For my own safety, I even want to take a regiment to the highlands. However, at present, the highland is still in the hands of our army, and there are too many people to go, so it doesn't mean much, so I just said, "let basmanov take a company with me and go with me."