Chapter 665

When the jeep entered Soviet street, I saw that trakov's car was parked next to a relatively complete building. He was standing under the car, with his back to us, talking to some commanders and fighters in new cotton uniforms. I quickly stopped the driver and led two guards towards him. Approaching, I found that the person who was talking to him was akhromeyev.

Akhromeyev saw me walking towards them, stopped talking to trekov and nodded to me. As I had given an order in the division some time ago that I was not allowed to salute the commander on the battlefield, he did not salute me, but politely said hello to me: "Sir, you are here."

Trekov turned to see that it was me and muttered, "why is it so slow? I've been waiting for you for a long time. " I can't laugh or cry at what he said. I can't tell the driver in front of him. He said that in order to be safe, the driver would slow down when encountering a crater, and the time would be delayed if he reduced left and right. But he didn't go on. He waved his head at me and said, "come on, let's go to rodymtsev, and you, comrade captain, come with us."

The roads leading to "January 9" square are under our control, so we don't have to worry about being attacked by the enemy when we walk. Trekov and I were at the front of the team, and akhromeyev and several guards followed us, keeping a distance of four or five steps. Such a distance not only left room for me and trekov to talk, but also showed up in time when we had something.

As he walked, trakov looked back, and then praised akhromeyev in front of me: "oshanina, your chief of staff, akhromeyev, is the second lieutenant training team from the front army of Volkhov? I just talked with him for a while. I have a good impression of him. He is a commander with fighting spirit. "

I looked back at akhromeyev and suddenly remembered the military rank. I took this opportunity to tell trikov, "Comrade commander, I have something to tell you."

"If you have anything to say, you don't have to be so polite because you and I are so familiar."

"Look, comrade akhromeyev is my chief of staff, but he is still a captain. I'm afraid that if he commands the commanders below, others will not obey his orders. "

After listening to this, trikov laughed and pointed at me and said, "in my opinion, you, comrade oshanina, are a Macha. The last time you came to my headquarters, I gave you four major ranks. Why didn't you mention akhromeyev's name at that time? Forget it. Anyway, we've given so many. It's nothing to give one more. " At this point, he stopped, half turned his body, waved to akhromeyev and motioned him to his side.

Akhromeyev didn't hear my conversation with trakov, so he didn't know why trakov suddenly called him over. When he stood in front of him with a blank face, trakov put his hand on his shoulder, slapped him twice, and then said with a smile, "Comrade akhromeyev, when I just chatted with colonel oshanina, she said that your rank is too low. Let me promote you to your rank. I know something about your ability from oshanina and kirilov, so I also think you should get a higher rank. Now I will officially announce to you that from now on, you will be promoted to major. "

Akhromeyev didn't expect that trakov would be promoted to his rank at this time. His face turned red with excitement. After throwing a grateful glance at me, he said loudly to trakov, "serve the Soviet motherland!"

We walked two or three hundred meters forward. Suddenly, trikov pointed to a four story building next to the square and said to me, "o'shanina, look, if I guess correctly, Mr. rojmzev should be in that building."

When I looked at the broad square and the building at the crossroads, I suddenly thought: is this the famous Pavlov building? In my imagination, this famous building has to be seven or eight stories, or even more than ten stories high. I didn't expect that it was just a four story building whose roof had been blown through. I was a little disappointed.

With that, trikov quickly stepped towards the building. The building has four unit doors, and trekov went straight to the first. Seeing that his goal is clear, I don't understand that this is really the famous "Pavlov building".

As soon as we got to the door, we saw rodymtsev coming out with two soldiers. Rojmzev was wearing a military coat, while the soldiers behind him were wearing cotton uniforms.

Romtsev said from a long distance: "Comrade commander, how did you come here? It's too close to the Germans. Standing at the window on the second floor, you can see the active Germans at the other end of the square. You'd better go back to the headquarters of the group army as soon as possible. " After that, his eyes turned to me again, and he said solemnly, "I said, Colonel oshanina, although your troops have recovered most of the Soviet street, they can't bring the commander here?"

"Comrade rodimzev," trekov waved to him and explained to me, "it's not Comrade oshanina who brought me here, but I called your division headquarters, and the left behind commander told me that you came to the front, so I asked oshanina to accompany me to have a look."

With trekov speaking for me, rodymzev couldn't say anything more and took us into the building. After leaving all the guards downstairs, he took me, trakov and akhromeyev to the third floor carefully along the destroyed stairs.

When we walked into a big room, I was startled by a group of soldiers standing up from the ground. I thought that Pavlov and his soldiers were only a few. I didn't expect that there were so many. I counted them roughly. The number was at least thirty.

Rodimzev called a young sergeant to trekov and introduced him to him: "Comrade commander, this is Sergeant Pavlov, the guard of the building. He took the building from the enemy with the soldiers in the platoon." At this point, rodimzev's face was covered with a smile. "I heard other soldiers say that after Comrade Pavlov wiped out all the enemies in the building, he stood in the window on the top floor and cried out loudly: Yakov fedotovic Pavlov, the Red Army sergeant of our guards, has taken this building back from the enemy's hands!"

After listening to rodimzev's introduction, trikov came forward, took Pavlov's hand, shook it vigorously and said, "good, good Sergeant comrade. I salute you for your bravery and tenacity, and for taking back the building of the motherland from the enemy's hands Then he stepped back and raised his hand to give Pavlov a solemn salute.

Seeing the Group Commander salute himself, the young sergeant and his comrades behind him were startled. They also raised their hands in a hurry to salute trikov.

When they all put down their hands, I took two steps forward, reached out to Pavlov, and said in a friendly way: "Hello, Sergeant Pavlov..."

Before I could say the following, Pavlov raised his hand to salute me, and unexpectedly said, "Hello, Colonel o'shanina, nice to meet you here!"

My outstretched hand was frozen in the air, and my heart said what was the matter. Before rodymtsev could introduce me, how could this ordinary Sergeant know me? Have I become a household name?

Seeing me standing in a daze, Pavlov quickly reached out and took my hand, and reminded me in a low voice, "Comrade Colonel, have you forgotten the Pavlov and his son you met in borojino?"

When the sergeant said this, I suddenly remembered that when trekov and I went to inspect the front line, we met a pair of pavlovs and sons in the Far East Red Flag division of Colonel borosushi. They seemed to be workers from the sickle and hammer factory. My father died in the battle soon after, but I don't know what happened to my son. I didn't expect to meet an old friend who has been forgotten by me. I'm overjoyed.

Trikov and rodimzev looked at each other, wondering how I knew an ordinary soldier. Finally, trekov asked, "o'shanina, did you know Sergeant Pavlov before?"

I released Pavlov's hand and explained to trikov and rodimzev, "well, comrades general. During the Moscow defense war, I once served as an assistant to general Zhukov and accompanied him to many places for inspection. Sergeant Pavlov, whom we met when we visited the borojino battlefield, and his father came from the sickle and hammer factory. In the next battle, although his father died with honor, Sergeant Pavlov and his comrades turned grief into strength, continued to fight tenaciously and beat back the enemy's attacks again and again. "

After listening to my story, trakov and rodimzev went forward to shake hands with Pavlov and pay homage to him and his father.

Then, in a casual tone, trakov said to Pavlov, "sergeant, tell me about your situation here."

Pavlov agreed, and then began to introduce the situation: "report commander, in the battle last night, the platoon's lieutenant and Senior Sergeant withdrew from the battle because of injury or sacrifice, and I took over the command of the platoon. After a fierce battle, we successfully captured the building and held it as a fortress. "

"Sergeant, I come to ask you, there are many buildings around here, but why do you take this place as a fortress you can stick to?" This question of trakov seems to me to be a test of sergeant Pavlov's command ability.

Pavlov gestured to trekov and said politely, "Comrade commander, please come here." Then he led the way to the window, pointed out the outside and said, "according to my observation, this building can be a key area to guard the city. Its tactical advantage is that it is located at the crossroads, providing us with a view of about one kilometer in the north, South and West. From the time I occupied the building, I was ordered to build fortifications and prepare to defend it. You see, the building is surrounded by barbed wire and minefields. At every window facing the square, we have deployed machine guns. "

"What if the enemy's tanks come?" Trekov continued noncommittally.

"We also have ptrs-41 anti tank rifles on the roof, which are very effective against German tanks. You see, the destroyed tanks downstairs were destroyed by our anti tank Gunners hiding on the top of the building. As long as the enemy's tanks are close to the building, the thin armor on the top of their turrets will be exposed to the firepower of our anti tank guns, and because they are too close to the building, they can not raise the elevation of the guns to counterattack, so they can only become our shooting targets. "

"How wonderful After a sincere compliment, trakov asked with concern, "how many troops do you have now?"

Pavlov led us back to the middle of the room and introduced us: "after seizing the building, only I, private Alexandrov, gluchenko and chernogorov were left in the platoon. This morning, the reinforcements arrived, including the 7-man machine gun platoon of lieutenant afanasiyev and a heavy machine gun, the 6-man anti tank gun group headed by sergeant sobgaida and three automatic gunners, with a total of 3 anti tank guns, and the 4-man mortar group led by lieutenant chernushenko, with 2 50 mm mortars. "

"Who is lieutenant afanasiyev?" he asked in a loud voice to the crowd

"Report commander, it's me." As he spoke, a bearded, thin, short captain squeezed out of the crowd and stood at attention in front of trikov.

"Comrade lieutenant," trekov asked with a smile, "your rank is higher than Sergeant Pavlov's, so you will accept his command. Don't you have any complaints in your heart?"

Lieutenant afanasiyev shook his head like a rattle and replied, "please rest assured, comrade commander. I will obey Sergeant Pavlov's command and firmly guard this building."

"Very well," said trekov, nodding with satisfaction at the Lieutenant's statement, then patting him on the shoulder. "When the battle is over, I'll take credit for you heroes."

Pavlov was very excited when he saw that trakov had given him the task of sticking to the building. He immediately expressed his determination to trakov and rojmzev: "please rest assured, commander. I, Pavlov, promise you that as long as we stick to the building, we will never let the enemy swagger past us."

After glancing at the officers and men in the room, trakov asked Pavlov, "how many people are in your team now?"

On hearing this, Pavlov called out, "all of you, line up!"

When the commanders and fighters formed into two neat lines, Pavlov began to introduce the composition of the team to us: "commander, division commander, let me introduce our garrison to you.

Our army consists of 24 people, all of whom are multi-ethnic. They are Russians: Alexandrov, afanasiyev, Bondarenko, vororov, grikin, kiselev, salayev, svelin, sobgaida, chernushenko;

Ukrainians: gluchenko, dovrenko, ivachenko, chernogorov, Shapovalov, yakkinako;

Georgians: inciashvili;

Kazakh: murzayev;

Uzbeks: turdeyev;

Tajiks: turgounov;

Tatars: romanzanov

Jew: Hunter. "

When Pavlov introduced us, I was surprised to find that there was a young female health worker at the back of the team. I quickly walked over, held her hand, and asked kindly, "Comrade female health worker, what's your name?"

The female health worker came to attention and answered in a loud voice, "report, comrade colonel. I'm Maria ulijanova, health worker. I'm waiting for your order. Please give me your instructions."

Thinking that the building would be attacked by the German army in the next few months, I couldn't help worrying about the young girl in front of me. So I turned to trekov and said, "Comrade commander, it's too dangerous here. I suggest that the comrade health officer go to the back."

Before trakov could speak, ulijanova had already said, "thank you for your kindness, comrade colonel. I am a health worker, and my responsibility is to rescue the wounded on the battlefield. As long as there is one of our soldiers here, I will never leave my post. "

I wanted to persuade the health worker again, and trekov said, "oshanina, the health worker is right. Her job is to treat the wounded. Since she wants to stay, let her stay."

After Pavlov has introduced all the officers and men to us, he will arrange for his own defensive positions. When everyone Hula away, the room except me, trakov, rodimzev, ahlomeyev and Pavlov, ulijanova and another soldier with arms hanging on his chest.

After listening to Pavlov's introduction, trakov also thought that this was an important defensive zone, so he specially told rodimzev: "Comrade General, in order to ensure that our army can guard this building, I hope you can provide them with enough weapons and ammunition."

"Comrades commander," ulijanova, who heard trekov's words, suddenly said boldly, "besides weapons and ammunition, we also need food and water. You know, it's far away from the river, and the water supply system was destroyed in the bombing, so the water problem has to be solved. "

After the woman said that, rodymzev suddenly looked back at me and asked, "Captain oshanina, I have a question for you."

As he is my immediate superior, I can only say very politely, "please go ahead, Comrade General."

"Your troops have been at mamayev post for almost a month. Although I also know that you often collect weapons and ammunition from the corpses of the enemy, it is a drop in the bucket for a division. What I want to ask is, where do your division's weapons, ammunition and food supplies come from? " Rodimzev's question really caught me. Since I had a political commissar and a chief of staff, I don't have to do anything as I used to, so I don't know how to answer this question. Just when I was in a dilemma, I caught a glimpse of akhromeyev standing on one side and quickly pushed him out: "Comrade General, these things are in the charge of my chief of staff, major akhromeyev. Let him explain for you." Rodimzev's question also attracted trakov's attention. He stared at akhromeyev who was pushed out by me with great interest, waiting for him to explain to you. Fortunately, akhromeyev was a qualified chief of staff, and I didn't know how to answer the question. Without thinking, he made a report to the two men: "report, comrades, there are two channels for our division's ammunition supply: one is to rely on the inventory of friendly ammunition and to supplement some of the ammunition transported to the wharf across the river. For example, when we entered the mamayev post, we received an ammunition storage point of the 35th division of the guards, from which we replenished almost a regiment's weapons and ammunition; The second is the weapons and ammunition transported from the opposite side of the river. I usually ask for some from the logistics forces to supplement the army's consumption. "“ What about another channel? " Trekov asked“ Another way is to rely on seizure. As general rojmzev said, the weapons and ammunition we collected on the bodies of the enemy were too small to equip our troops. What I'm talking about is that before the independent division was transferred from the 64th group army to the 62nd group army, it had seized a lot of weapons and ammunition, which were stored in the residential areas behind the highlands to supplement the troops on the highlands at any time. "