Chapter 677

As the German troops retreated to the north side of the square, I breathed a sigh. If we beat back the enemy's attack, we will have at least half an hour or more to adjust our deployment and strengthen our defense.

Looking at the dozens of commanders and fighters scattered around me, I turned my eyes to the buildings on both sides of the street. I thought to myself that if these commanders and fighters were sent to the buildings to defend, they would seriously disperse their forces. In that way, the German troops who attacked again could easily wipe out the defenders we had stuck to in the buildings one by one. If we want to use our limited forces to defend such a wide defensive area, it seems that we have to change our thinking and concentrate our forces to hold on to some key supporting points. As long as we hold on to these supporting points, we can block the enemy's attack.

When I was thinking about which buildings to put the troops in, there was a rush of footsteps nearby. Following the voice, he turned to see a group of soldiers running towards us quickly. Running in the front is a sailor, while running, he kept turning back to urge the soldiers behind: "hurry up, everyone, speed up, hurry up again!"

I'm a little familiar with the voice of the sailors, and I'm just trying to have a closer look at who it is? One side of the guard battalion commander basmanov suddenly exclaimed excitedly: "Sir, you see, running in the front is the original 92 th infantry brigade Marine Sergeant horol." With that, he quickly stepped forward and waved his hands at each other.

When horol saw him, he just raised his hand and saluted. He kept running to me with the group of soldiers at his feet, leaving busmanov with a blank face. He raised his hand in a daze.

I reached out to stop the approaching Marine Sergeant and asked aloud, "Hey, sergeant, where are you going?"

Horol stopped, looked back at his comrades in arms, pointed to the corridor door we had just come out, and said in a loud voice, "comrades, the commander is in that building, rush with me!"

Seeing that they were going to rush into the building, I quickly moved a few steps to the left, stopped them, and asked horol in doubt, "chief, are you going to enter this building?"

Horol nodded his head and said anxiously: "Comrade Colonel, our leader is trapped by the Germans. Now I'm going to take someone to save him. Please don't get in our way. Also, if you can, I'd like to ask you to send some soldiers to help me go into the building to save people. "

Hearing that his commander was trapped in the building, I immediately thought of Colonel Yelin, who had just been sent away, so I asked tentatively, "sergeant horol, are you going to rescue Colonel Yelin?"

Horol, who was about to raise his head and continue to rush into the building, stopped immediately after hearing what I said and asked nervously, "Comrade Colonel, how do you know that it is colonel Yelin who is trapped in the building by the enemy? Have you seen him?"

"Of course I have!" Without waiting for me to speak, basmanov, who had just been ignored by horol, came over and said angrily: "we not only met the leader Yelin of the 42nd regiment of the guards, but also wiped out all the Germans in the building."

"That's great!" On hearing the news, horol turned to the soldiers he had brought and said excitedly, "comrades, have you all heard that? Our team leader is out of danger. " When the soldiers began to cheer, he turned to face me again, raised his hand to salute, and said gratefully, "thank you, thank you for saving our commander."

I really want to know how horol learned that Yelin was besieged by the enemy and could bring a large group of soldiers to rescue him, so he asked curiously, "Comrade sergeant, what's the matter?"

Hearing my question, horol blushed a little, and then explained to me with a little embarrassment: "when the enemy rushed in, because there were not many people in our regiment, after the fierce battle, the guard soldiers were almost killed, and I was trapped in a room on the second floor by the enemy. After killing one of the hapless intruders, I jumped out of the window and ran quickly back to the division headquarters along the traffic ditch behind the building. After reporting to the division commander, he sent 30 men to me from the rest of the soldiers in the division guard camp and asked me to rescue the commander. " After explaining the situation, he came close to me, looked at the nearby building with several rooms full of smoke, and asked carefully, "Comrade Colonel, do you know where our commander is?"

I nodded, pointed to mamayev post in the distance, and said, "when we rescued Colonel Yelin, he was seriously injured, so I sent someone to take him to the health center of our division. He was accompanied by the only surviving lieutenant

"Sir, what shall we do next?" Morozov came up to me and asked.

I turned to look at more than 30 artillery men of Morozov and a dozen soldiers of the guard camp, and said with a bitter smile, "our troops are limited now. It's not realistic to defend the whole street. So I think we can only choose a few houses as the defensive support points before the arrival of new reinforcements

Basmanov looked at the few dozens of soldiers around us, nodded and agreed: "Sir, I agree with you that it is unrealistic for us to keep such a wide Soviet street. If only a few firepower support points are established, in addition to not dispersing the forces, they can also effectively resist the enemy's attack. "

I looked around. Except for my troops, there were only dozens of soldiers brought by horol. I waved to him and asked him to come to me. Then I asked, "chief, do you have communication equipment here?"

After hearing this, horol shook his head and answered like a rattle: "sorry, comrade Colonel, the walkie talkie of the regiment was broken in the battle, otherwise I don't need to report back to the division just now."

After listening to horol's words, I can't help frowning. We didn't bring any communication tools when we came out. Now the communication equipment of the 42nd regiment of the guards has also been damaged. It seems that we need to contact kirilov and send someone back to Mayev post.

When I was thinking about who to send back to report, basmanov patted me on the shoulder, pointed to the Pavlov building in the distance and said to me, "Sir, let's try that building. Maybe there are communication equipment there."

As soon as basmanov's words were finished, I shook my head and denied them. I don't know what's going on in the Pavlov building? Not to mention Sergeant Pavlov, who held fast to the building, but even rodimzev and trakov, who had visited the building, did not expect that this building, which was only guarded by a few Soviet troops, could hold fast for as long as two months under the enemy's wave after wave of strong offensive. Finally, the building could be named after its guardian after the war.

I said to basmanov with a bitter smile, "Captain, I have been to that building. There is only a small unit of the 42nd regiment of the guards in it. The commander of the unit is a sergeant named Pavlov. Do you think that communication equipment can be found in a building held by a platoon unit to communicate with division troops? "

I've already said that. If busmanov doesn't understand, he's not worthy to be my battalion commander. Fortunately, he replied in time: "I understand, comrade division commander. I immediately sent someone back to the division headquarters to report and ask them to send reinforcements."

"All right, send someone out now. Try to bring reinforcements before the next German attack. " After I finished my command, I was not at ease, so I gave another advice: "to be on the safe side, send two soldiers to set out in batches. Even if we meet the enemy on the road, we can ensure that one soldier returns to the headquarters safely."

Basmanov, who received my order, called two soldiers and gave them orders. After receiving the order, the two soldiers agreed, turned around and ran quickly to the east entrance of the street. Looking at the back of their departure, I prayed in my heart: you must return to the headquarters safely and bring us the reinforcements we urgently need.

Basmanov walked back to me and was about to say something. Suddenly, he seemed to see something, and his eyes were staring at my back. His expression scared my hair. He said that he would not see the German rushing towards us, would he?

Just when I was upset, he suddenly cried out in a loud voice: "Sir, look, it's our army. The one who runs in the front seems to be general rojmtsev, the commander of the 13th division of the guards. "

I quickly turned to look back, only to see a large number of people at the west entrance of the street, at least 70 or 80 people, walking in front of it is indeed general rojmtsev. The soldiers behind him were dressed in a mess, including soldiers in helmets and khaki cotton uniforms, sailors in black brimless hats and Navy uniforms, and militia in cap and grey blue overalls.

When horol saw the procession at the entrance, he came to me excitedly and said, "Comrade Colonel, it's Mr. rodymtsev who has brought us." With that, he went up quickly.

Seeing that all the commanders who could command me appeared, I couldn't stand still any longer, so I also moved my steps to follow horol and walk towards rodymtsev.

Horol went up to rodymzev, who was carrying a pistol. After he stood at attention, he saluted him and said, "report to Mr. commander..."

Before he finished, rodimzeff raised his left hand and interrupted him. He asked solemnly, "wait a minute, chief, have you finished the task I gave you?"

Horol turned to look at me, and then said in embarrassment, "I'm sorry, sir, I didn't wait to finish the task you gave me."

"What?" Rodimzev glared at horol and asked aloud, "tell me, why didn't you finish the task?"

Horol shrugged his shoulders and replied, "because by the time I got there, the battle was over!"

Rodymtsev glanced at us, and then asked horol, "where is colonel Yelin?"

When I heard rodymzev ask about Yelin, I stepped forward and said, "Comrade General, please allow me to report to you about Colonel Yelin."

Rodymzev took a look at me and said, "Captain oshanina, if you have anything to say, just say it. But I remind you that I can only give you one minute. If you want to say something, please hurry up. "

I didn't pay attention to rodimzev's unfriendly attitude. Instead, I said to myself, "report to general, after we destroyed the German troops in a building behind us, we accidentally found Colonel Yelin who was seriously injured. I have ordered someone to send him to the health center of mamayev post."