Chapter 657

My heart suddenly cooled when I heard what trakov said. Although I have heard kirilov say this for a long time, I still have a little fantasy in my heart, otherwise I would not risk telling trakov and krailov about the "water for soldiers" plan at this time. Listen to two people also say that this plan is not feasible, then it seems that this plan is really unrealistic.

In spite of my great unhappiness, I still had to pretend to be indifferent in front of trakov and krailov and say, "since the commander and the chief of staff also feel that this plan can't be carried out, then I won't consider it any more. It seems that we can only rely on our existing forces and weapons to stop the German crazy attack. "

Krailov came up to me and said enthusiastically, "Comrade oshanina, whether we can hold the mamayev post is related to whether our group army can hold Stalingrad, so the burden on you is not light. If you encounter any difficulties, you can call us or send a telegram, and we will try our best to help you. "

Krylov's words made me feel Alexandria, and I felt uncomfortable when I saw the trusting look he and trakov cast. But if I say goodbye to them at this time, I can't find a suitable reason. In desperation, I could only smile and express my determination to them: "please rest assured, commander and chief of staff, that I will strengthen the mamayev post and turn the highland into a gate that the enemy can't cross."

Trikov was good at observing words and colors. The anxious expression on my face couldn't escape his shrewd eyes, so he immediately took over the conversation: "OK, comrade oshanina, I think you are eager to return now. We won't leave you. You should hurry back to the army."

When I heard that trakov asked me to leave, I really wanted to. I saluted him and left the headquarters.

I walked out of the headquarters and stood on the street full of ruins and craters, looking left and right for the motorcycle that sent me. Next to me, an executive Lieutenant came up to me and politely asked, "Comrade Colonel, are you looking for a motorcycle?"

I quickly nodded and affirmed, "yes, a motorcycle with a sidecar. There are two soldiers on it. Do you know where they are, comrade Lieutenant? "

"If you walk along this street for 50 or 60 meters, you will see a fork in front of you. Your two subordinates are hidden in the buildings there."

After thanking the lieutenant, I walked down the street in the direction he was pointing. Along the way to see craters and debris everywhere, as well as from time to time to see the German body has not had time to clean up, the heart will understand how dangerous the group headquarters was.

As soon as I got to the fork in the road, I heard a voice coming from the nearby building: "Sir, is that you?"

"It's me. Come out." I recognized that the voice came from one of the soldiers on the motorcycle, so I said yes to each other.

I was sitting in the sidecar outside the city. When I wanted to close my eyes, I suddenly heard the soldier behind the driver say, "Sir, we just met the patrol of the 10th division of the interior department."

The Ministry of internal affairs, after hearing this address, I asked faintly, "is that right? What do they do in the city, they also serve as supervisors, and when they see which troops retreat without authorization, they shoot at their own people? "

"No, sir." The soldier quickly explained to me, "coincidentally, the leader of the patrol team and I have been in the same unit before. He told me that his division is now a garrison, controlling the backup defense points in the city and the firepower support points in the city. "

The soldier's words aroused my curiosity, so I couldn't help asking, "what else did he say?"

"He added that most of the fortifications in the city are made up of small fire points, one third of which are civil structures. Of course, judging from the fortifications he pointed out to me, including the barricades, these fortifications are not stable enough to become the necessary firepower support points in the course of fighting. "

After listening to the soldiers' words, I couldn't help thinking: "if the soldiers' information is true, then the 10th division of Interior Department of Colonel salayev can't be used as a reserve team to block the enemy's attack, because they can't be removed from those fire support points. It seems that the defense on the north side of the city is still based on my independent division. "

When he returned to the headquarters, he saw kirilov, who had stayed in the fifth regiment, was also there. He quickly called him and akhromeyev over. First, he told them that the political commissar of the 92nd brigade had escaped in the battle and had been executed on the spot after being captured by krailov from the desert Island.

After my briefing, kirilov did not ask in detail. Instead, he asked frankly, "Comrade division commander, does the headquarters have any instructions for us?"

I shook my head and replied, "it's the same old way, that is, let's firmly guard the mamayev post at all costs, ensure the safety of the Volga River Ferry, and prevent the enemy from rushing into the city from the north of Stalingrad."

Kirilov sighed with disappointment when he heard that there was no new order, and then told me, "Comrade oshanina, before you come back, we received a telegram from the headquarters of the group army saying that there are troops to take over the defense of highland 107.5, and let our third regiment hand over their positions to them when the new troops arrive."

"I don't know what the superior thinks. Our third regiment has become a fire brigade. Every time something happens to the friendly Highlands, we have to rush to reinforce them." When kirilov said that the third regiment would be transferred again, akhromeyev could not help complaining.

I deliberately pretended not to hear his complaint, but kirilov, after glancing at me for fear that I would be angry, gave ahlomeyev a special low voice.

"By the way, the commander gave a special account. Captain Pugachev, the second commander, Captain Godunov, the third commander, Captain pelsjian of the tank battalion and captain Morozov of the artillery battalion were all promoted to the rank of major."

As soon as I finished, they were surprised. Obviously, they didn't expect that trikov would suddenly promote several commanders of the independent division. After a while, kirilov, who was next to me, asked in a low voice, "are these commanders promoted?"

"Yes, only four of them got promoted." I looked at kirilov puzzled and asked, "do you have any questions?"

Kirilov first spoke to Nunu across the table, then gave me a furtive wink towards the door. I looked across the street, and then at the door. I slapped my forehead with chagrin. I scolded myself for being so confused that I forgot them.

It's not nice to say that people like Pugachev and gordonov have been promoted, but my division chief of staff akhromeyev and guard Battalion Chief basmanov are still in the rank of captain. Even if they don't say anything, I will feel uneasy.

I quickly moved the map in front of myself, hiding my embarrassment by looking at the map. After staring at the map for a long time, I tried hard to recall my defense deployment in my mind. When I felt there was no mistake, I raised my head and said to the two people sitting next to me, "it's late. You should have a rest early. Maybe tomorrow the enemy will attack our position."

Originally, I just said it casually, but I didn't expect that a word would become a prophecy. At dawn, the enemy began to bombard the mamayevgang, not only in the Highlands where the first artillery regiment was located, but also in the Highlands where my headquarters was located. Ten minutes after the shelling, enemy aircraft also flew over the mamayev post and began to dive.

I wanted to go outside the cave to have a look at the situation. As soon as I got out of the first wooden door, I felt like I was riding in a small boat on the sea. The strong explosion shock wave made the door outside rattle, just like an elephant bumping into the door outside.

Seeing that I wanted to go outside, Captain busmanov, who was on duty in the corridor, stopped me and yelled at me: "Comrade division, it's too dangerous outside. You can't go out." With that, he yelled at the two soldiers standing next to him: "what are you doing here? Help the teacher in."

After two soldiers listened to his orders, without saying a word, they put me in front of my arms and dragged me to the headquarters. At this time, I also know that it's too dangerous outside. If I stubbornly run out, I will lose my life. Therefore, I was very cooperative to let two soldiers drag me into the headquarters.

Back in the headquarters, the first thing I saw was akhromeyev shouting at the phone: "Hello, Hello, ball, ball, can you hear me? Hello, hello

"No more efforts, chief of staff. Don't you hear how fierce the fire is outside?" Without waiting for me to speak, kirilov had already said in advance: "I think the telephone line leading to a regiment of positions has long been broken by the enemy's artillery fire."

Listening to kirilov's words, razumeyeva quickly stood up and volunteered: "Comrade political commissar, I will send someone to check the line, and we will restore the communication between the division headquarters and the frontier as soon as possible."

"Wait a minute, Lieutenant razumeyeva." At the moment, I have to stand up and stop the commander of the communication company. There are not many people left in my communication company. If someone is sent out to check the line, it is estimated that there will be few people left in the communication company after the war“ Don't worry. At present, the enemy's artillery fire is fierce. Sending someone to check the line is tantamount to letting them die. Although I know that soldiers are not afraid of death, we should try our best to avoid such meaningless casualties. You wait until the enemy's artillery is sparse, and then send someone. "

"The teacher is right," kirilov said in a timely manner, "Lieutenant razumeyeva, you'd better use the telephone to contact the regiment."

When razumeyeva was communicating with a regiment with a telephone, kirilov said to me with some worry: "the enemy's artillery and bombing are so fierce, will the casualties of a regiment be too large?"

Kirilov's words made my heart sink. Under such heavy shelling and bombing, I don't know how many people would be killed or injured in a regiment? Although the distance between our two Highlands is only a few hundred meters, if we are blocked by enemy planes, we will not be able to send reinforcements in a short time.

At this moment, akhromeyev came to me and told me a more disturbing news: "division commander, according to the observation report of the second regiment, we found German troops in the distance, under the cover of a large number of tanks, pushing towards our position."

"Did you hang up?" I asked ahlomeyev coldly.

He shook his head and said, "no, the intelligence is reported by Captain horushov of the first battalion of the second regiment. He is still on the line. If you want to know more details, you can ask him directly."

I walked quickly to the table, picked up the receiver and put it in my ear. I said in a loud voice, "Hello, Hello, is that captain horushov?"

"Yes, sir, it's me." From the receiver came the familiar voice of horushov.

"Report what you have observed."

Because of the loud explosion outside, horushov had to shout at the top of his voice, so that I could hear what he said: "report, sir, as soon as the enemy's shelling started, I found a piece of dust on the grassland in the distance. After careful observation, it was found that the German infantry, under the cover of tanks, were advancing towards our position. At present, we are four kilometers away from the position of the first regiment. "

"How many troops does the enemy have?" According to the calculation of the previous two days, the 44th German infantry division in front of us should still have tens of thousands of troops. I want to know how many troops the enemy has invested this time through horushov.

"There are more than 30 tanks. As for the infantry, they only see black areas. The exact number is not clear. It is estimated that there must be a regiment."

"I see. Report in time." I finished and hung up.

When kirilov and akhromeyev came around, I said to them solemnly: "political commissar and chief of staff, the situation is very bad. According to captain horushov's report, there is probably a regiment of German troops following the tank attack, that is to say, there are more than 3000 troops, whose strength is roughly equal to that of the garrison on our mamayev post. However, due to their advantages in weapons and equipment, and the air supremacy of the battlefield is in their hands, what we are going to do next is a fierce battle. I hope everyone can be prepared in advance. "

"Please don't worry, sir, even though the enemy is fierce, I believe they will come to the same end as before. In front of our position, they will break their heads and blood, and finally they will retreat in dismay." Akhromeyev said confidently.

Kirilov, on the other hand, was not confident enough: "Comrade chief of staff, we should not be too optimistic. As far as I know, the German army attacked the position of a regiment several times in yesterday's battle. Although we later launched a counter charge and beat them back. But what does that mean? " At this point, he deliberately stopped for a moment, looked at the expression of akhromeyev and me, and then said, "it shows that the enemy has changed his playing style after several losses in front of our position. The officers and men of the first regiment also used the old fighting methods to deal with the enemy, so that the German army occupied our positions several times. Therefore, in the face of the fierce German army today, I have no confidence in whether a regiment can hold its position. "

"Comrade division commander, the communication with the first regiment is connected." Before akhromeyev and I could express our views, razumeyeva, who was sitting by the telephone, excitedly called out to me: "Lieutenant Colonel xiejerikov, a group leader, is online. He wants to speak to you."

I went over to put on my headphones and asked aloud to the transmitter, "Hey, hey, Lieutenant sergeant chejerikov, I ask you, how many casualties are there in your regiment?"

"Report to division commander," heard the loud voice of chejerikov from the earphone, "since our regiment has excavated many tunnels on the high ground in the past two days, from the beginning of the shelling, except for a few observation posts, the rest of the commanders and fighters have gone into the fortifications. Although the enemy's artillery and bombing are so fierce, there are almost no casualties in our regiment. "

"That's very good. That's very good, comrade commander." I was overjoyed to hear the report from Sergey rickov. Although we are short of air defense weapons, we have nothing to do with the enemy planes plundering in the air. But as long as our commanders and fighters hide in the tunnel, no matter how many enemy planes there are in the air, there is no way to take us.

"Sir, our observation post reports that the enemy's infantry, under the cover of a large number of tanks, are approaching our high ground, showing a posture of never giving up without taking over the high ground."

When I think of the thousands of German soldiers who are approaching the Highlands, I feel that they are not strong enough, so I tentatively ask, "do you have the confidence to defeat the enemy?"

"Please don't worry, sir. Although the enemy has a large number of troops, they have nothing to do with the many fortifications in our highlands. Although they attacked several times yesterday, they didn't get any advantage. On the contrary, we killed hundreds of them. "

When I heard that shijerikov mentioned the tunnel, I suddenly thought of the tunnel fortification that I participated in when I was in the 64th army. At that time, my idea was to fight a battle similar to Shangganling with the enemy. I didn't expect that the plan could not keep up with the change. The tunnel fortification had not come to play its role in the end, because our army was going to retreat and had to blow up all of it. But now the positions of the regiment are covered with all kinds of fortifications and tunnels, and my mind can't help but become active again.

After thinking about it, I said to sergeant chejerikov, "Comrade commander, if the enemy is so powerful that you can't resist it, you can give up the surface position temporarily, withdraw all the troops into the tunnel, fight a protracted war with the enemy and contain their forces."

"What? Give up the surface position and retreat into the tunnel? " Shijerikov was frightened by my order. He stammered and asked, "is this, this, this suitable?"

"There's nothing inappropriate." I said to him firmly: "the orders of the superior are not allowed to be discussed. Just follow them. If anything goes wrong, I'll take care of it. "