Chapter 678

"You, what did you say?" When I said that Colonel Yelin had been sent to mamayev post, rodimzev was obviously stunned for a moment. Then he hesitated and asked, "Comrade oshanina, can you repeat what you just said? If I hear you correctly, I seem to have heard you say that Colonel Yelin has been sent to your division's clinic? "

I nodded at him and said in a positive tone: "Comrade General, you just heard me right. I saw the enemy attacking the Soviet street, so I brought in reinforcements. As the battle drew to a close, we inadvertently broke into the building where Colonel Yelin's headquarters was located and fought with the German people who besieged them. After destroying all the enemies, we found the wounded Colonel Yelin

"He's hurt. Is it serious?" Asked rodimzeff nervously.

I understand that rodimzev is worried about the injury of his subordinates. After a slight cough, he solemnly said, "yes, comrade general, comrade Yelin has been seriously injured. I have sent him to the health center of mamayev post."

When I said that, rodymzev's face showed a grateful smile. He took the gun in his hand and changed it to his left hand. Then he extended his hand to me and said in a friendly way, "Colonel oshanina, on behalf of Comrade Yelin, thank you!"

I gave rodymtsev's hand a gentle shake. After releasing it, I said politely, "Comrade General, you're welcome. This is what I should do."

Perhaps rodymzev, aware of my estrangement from him, put the pistol in the holster and approached me two more steps, explaining to me in a special way: "Colonel oshanina, you may not know that Comrade Yelin is my best subordinate. After the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, he took the post of battalion commander in the 5th Airborne Brigade of my brigade commander. Our paratroopers blocked the German outside Kiev for a month. When the Germans surrounded Kiev, he and I got out of the siege and went back to Moscow. After I was promoted to commander of the 87th Infantry Division, he was also promoted to commander. "

Rodymzev's words made me change my view on him. I didn't expect that he was still such a friendly man. In order to save one of his subordinates who had gone through life and death with him, he brought so many people to rescue himself. I looked at the large group of people behind him and asked in surprise, "Comrade General, how many people have you brought? Besides your subordinates, it seems that there are a lot of militia. "

Rodimzev looked back, and then said, "yes, after such a long time of fighting, my troops have been seriously reduced. In order to keep such a long line of defense, I have to do everything I can to transfer sporadic troops and militia, even residents, to supplement the shortage of troops. For example, among the more than 100 people I brought here, more than a dozen were temporarily armed residents. "

Looking at rodimzev's only one hundred people, I couldn't help asking him curiously: "Comrade General, with this kind of people, do you think you can keep the Soviet street?"

As soon as my voice fell, rojimzev shook his head and said solemnly, "I can't keep it. Not to mention the combat effectiveness of this improvised force, even if I only put two or three people in each building on both sides of the street, there are still many buildings that are not fortified. "

I pondered for a moment, and then said to him, "Comrade General, I think maybe you should play a different way, so that you can guard here with limited forces."

This time it was rodymzev's turn to be curious. After listening to what I said, he asked me curiously: "Colonel oshanina, I heard Comrade trakov say two days ago that you sent a lot of small teams to carry out guerrilla warfare in the city, and they actually achieved a lot, but the casualties of the troops were not big. Can you tell me what's going on? "

As Oleg of the fifth regiment reports to me every night on their tactics and achievements in urban guerrilla warfare, I can easily answer rodimzev's question: "according to our observation, the German forces that rush into the city are fully equipped independent combat units, Each team has three or four tanks and a large number of soldiers. They use this powerful firepower to cover, and make a rampage in the bullet ridden and rubble filled block. In the face of such an enemy, our small teams are divided into two parts. The infantry and the machine factory are hidden in the bombed buildings, the passport is hidden in the rubble, and they are hiding in the crater. When the German tanks pass by, they will come out and use intensive fire to destroy the following infantry. And the enemy's tanks are dealt with by the anti tank men hiding in the upper layer of the building. "

Perhaps it was the first time that rodymzev heard this kind of play. He was surprised and said, "it's amazing! Captain o'shanina, this is a great way to play! When the enemy does not find our blocking forces on the way forward, they usually take them lightly. When they relaxed their vigilance, our troops suddenly came out from places they didn't expect and hit them hard, so that they could be caught unprepared. At the same time, because the enemy and us were entangled, the enemy's aircraft and artillery lost their use and could not provide firepower support for the attacked troops, We can only watch their troops being eaten by us a little bit. "

I went on to say: "you have a limited number of troops, so you must not use them equally. If we want to defend the Soviet street, we must concentrate our superior forces and stick to several important supporting points. "

"Support point?" "What is the important support point?" rodimzev asked with a blank face

I pointed in the direction where he had just come and said, "for example, Sergeant Pavlov, the building they were guarding is an important support point for the 42nd regiment of the guards. As long as they don't give up the building, the enemy will pay a heavy price if they want to rush into the city. " At this point, I pointed to the east entrance and said, "when I led the troops to attack, there we met the tenacious resistance of the enemy in the corner fortifications, resulting in the sacrifice of at least 20 officers and men. In the following battles, I personally believe that every battle has developed into a fierce fight of fighting to the death house by house, and even a hand-to-hand fight with grenades, automatic rifles or bayonets. Even if the German troops occupy the lower part of the damaged buildings, we can't give up easily. We will continue to stay in the upper part of their heads and give them a fatal blow from there. "

As he listened to me, rodymzev nodded his head and said, "I understand. I understand completely. The reason why your troops can stay at mamayev post for such a long time and ensure the relative integrity of the organizational system under the condition of equal strength between our two divisions may have something to do with your ingenuity. " Then he pointed to a relatively complete two-story building next to the square and said to me, "Colonel o'shanina, such as the bookstore next to the square, as long as I arrange a few people there, they can echo Sergeant Pavlov who sticks to the building and wipe out more Germans."

Seeing that rodymzev's insight is so strong, I can't help but praise him secretly. It seems that the generals are not in vain. I just said a few words, and he already knows how to reasonably allocate his limited forces. Rodimzev called to the Marine Sergeant horol standing beside him, "Comrade Sergeant!"

When horol heard rodymtsev calling him, he quickly and loudly agreed, "here we are!" Then he came to rodymzev's side and asked him respectfully, "Sir, do you have any instructions?"

Rodimzev told the bookstore beside the square, "sergeant, take ten soldiers to the bookstore. My order to you is that when the enemy attacks Sergeant Pavlov's building, you should strike the enemy hard from the side, so that the enemy can not attack the building recklessly. "

After horol left with a group of soldiers, rodimzev called another subordinate and began to set up the task. At this time, I saw a young girl with a headscarf in the casual clothes. Curious, I waved to her to come to me.

The girl looked around for a moment, then bravely squeezed out of the crowd and came towards me. When she came to me, she put her rifle on her shoulder and raised her hand to salute me: "Hello, comrade Colonel, the militiamen Nina has come at your command and is waiting for your order. Please give me your instructions!"

I pulled her hand down from her forehead and asked kindly, "girl, why didn't you retreat with the residents of the city? Instead, you stayed and became a militia?"

The girl quickly straightened her chest and replied clearly: "report to the colonel, I am a worker in a tractor factory. Since the enemy began to approach Stalingrad, according to the order of the superior, most of the best experts, technicians and young workers in all the factories in the city have gone to the far Ural region with the best factory equipment, We will continue to produce urgently needed war materials and military equipment for the country. The rest of the young and middle-aged workers also went to the front line. And those who are still in the factory are the very few key personnel who must be left, otherwise the factory will not be able to operate. Therefore, in this case, most of the workers, whether they are building fortifications or working in factories, can only be women, students and the elderly. "

After listening to her, I asked with concern, "Nina, are you afraid of the Germans who rush up?"

Nina shook her head vigorously and answered me firmly: "I'm not afraid. Because I'm defending my motherland, I'm not afraid in the face of these fierce aggressors."

We were just talking when we heard someone calling for nikina. She turned to look at her and then said to me sheepishly, "Comrade Colonel, will you allow me to leave? You know, my workshop director is calling me. Maybe he has set up a new defensive position for us. "

I took the initiative to reach out to him and said in a friendly way, "Comrade nikina, take good care of yourself. I hope I can still see you in this city when I beat the Germans. "

"Certainly, comrade colonel." Nina shook my hand with a smile, stepped back, raised her hand again, saluted me, turned and strode away.

When rodymzev, who had finished the defense, came back to me, I offered him: "Comrade General, I think you are still a little short of troops to defend the Soviet street. Just in a moment, one of my battalions will arrive here, and I will leave a company to help you defend. What do you think? "

When rodymzev heard that I was going to send troops to help him defend the street, he grabbed my hand and shook it vigorously. He said excitedly, "thank you very much, Colonel oshanina! As far as I know, your troops are all experienced in many battles, and their combat power is far stronger than that of ordinary troops. With their assistance, I don't think it's a big problem to guard here. "

After he let go of my hand, I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It was only ten minutes before I sent out the soldiers for help, so I gave a wry smile and said apologetically to rodimzev, "Comrade General, since there is no communication equipment here, I can only send the soldiers to run for help just now. It's only ten minutes since they set out. It will take at least half an hour for them to report back and bring the reinforcements back. "

After hearing this, rodymzev said with disapproval, "there's time, there's time. The Germans have just been beaten back by us. I don't believe they have the ability to launch a new attack on us in such a short time. "

Seeing that rodymzev's attitude towards me became more and more friendly, I took the opportunity to apologize to him for the military supplies: "in addition, comrade general, I apologize to you for our division's unauthorized transportation of most of the military supplies in the warehouse without your permission. Please forgive me!" Then I raised my hand and saluted him.

I didn't expect that he waved his hand and said carelessly, "Comrade oshanina, I didn't expect you to take this matter seriously. You are not wrong. On the contrary, I should admit that I am the one who is wrong." Then he pointed to the direction of the flour mill and said happily, "fortunately, after your troops occupied the warehouse, they carried away the military materials in time. Otherwise, if they want to be cheap, they can only set fire to all those materials."

The two of us stood on the street chatting for a while, but we didn't see the arrival of the reinforcements. I couldn't help feeling a little anxious. Seeing my restlessness, rodymzev suddenly suggested to me, "Comrade oshanina, it's not safe to stand here because your troops haven't come yet. Otherwise, let's go to the building first."

I looked at the east side of the street and said absently, "you mean to go to the Pavlov building. OK, let's go!"

Rodymzev was stunned when he heard what I said, and then said with a smile, "the name of Pavlov building is good. If Sergeant Pavlov can lead the troops to stay in the building for two weeks, I will name the building after him."

When he said this, what I thought suddenly blurted out: "no problem, don't say two weeks, even two months, I believe Sergeant Pavlov will be able to keep it."

"I didn't expect you to have so much faith in Sergeant Pavlov." Rodymzev asked with great interest, "what is your basis for judging that he can hold on to this building?"

I cried in my heart. I didn't expect that I was quick to say such an important secret. When I heard his question, I quickly covered it up and said, "it's like this, Comrade General. I knew Pavlov and his father as early as in the Moscow defense war. At that time, because of the sudden arrival of the enemy, our army did not have enough troops to organize them to rush to borojino, so we transferred the militia from some nearby factories. Sergeant Pavlov and his father were among them.

To tell you the truth, I have little hope for this untrained militia to block the enemy armed to the teeth. But in fact, they not only blocked the German and French volunteers' successive attacks, but also successfully carried out the counterattack and drove the enemy out of borojino. That is why I am confident that Sergeant Pavlov and his comrades in arms will be able to hold the building next to the square. "

Rodimzeff led me around the back of the building and into a traffic trench that was apparently new and not long after repair. As he walked down the moat to the Pavlov building, he said to me with a smile, "Comrade oshanina, I am full of confidence that they will keep this building. You see, the traffic trench we are walking in is dug out by them overnight. In this way, our reinforcements can enter the building at any time through the traffic trench to assist their defense. "

When we came to the front of the building, a soldier with a submachine gun emerged in the doorway. For the sake of safety, he did not salute us, but said aloud, "Comrade commander, Sergeant Pavlov is on the third floor."

I left the following basmanov and the guards on the first floor, and I and rodimzev walked up the broken and dangerous stairs.

When he came to the room where he had been last time, Pavlov was squatting on the ground with the two lieutenants, studying a map. When he saw his feet appear in front of him, he quickly looked up. In front of them were me and rodymzev. They jumped up from the ground and raised their hands to salute.

Rodimzev saluted the three and looked at Pavlov and asked, "Comrade sergeant, what's the situation?"

Pavlov gave me a polite smile and then replied to rodimzev: "report to general, in the attack just launched by the enemy, we destroyed four enemy tanks and one armored vehicle and killed nearly 50 German soldiers. Now, before the enemy launches a new attack, we are studying how to defend ourselves in the next step. "

"Did the research work out?" Asked rodimzev.

Pavlov nodded and said, "the three of us agreed that we should not only do passive defense in the building, but also attack when necessary to inflict heavy damage on the enemy." At this point, he turned to the next lieutenant afanasiyev, and then added: "the lieutenant thinks that we should send people to set up defenses in the bookstore next to the square. In this way, when the enemy attacks our building, the soldiers who stick in the bookstore can strike the enemy hard from the flank. When the enemy turns around to attack the bookstore, we can beat them from behind. "

After listening, rodymzeff turned and looked at me with a happy smile on his face. When he looked back at Pavlov, he said in a smooth voice, "Comrade sergeant, you have considered very carefully. But you may not know that our troops had already been stationed in the bookstore just before we came. " Pavlov listened to rodimzev's words, and his face showed an incredible expression. After a long time, he flattered rodimzev: "Sir, you are so wonderful. After studying for a long time, we came up with the idea that we should deploy troops in that place, but you have already sent troops in. " Rodimzeff looked at me and said humbly, "well, comrade sergeant, don't praise me. As a matter of fact, I came up with this deployment only after the reminder of Colonel oshanina. " Pavlov turned, raised his hand, saluted me, and said politely, "thank you, comrade colonel." I smile a little, just want to say the scene words, suddenly outside came a burst of rapid footsteps, at the same time also heard basmanov urgent roar voice: "teacher, teacher, where are you?" Hearing basmanov's cry, I frowned, raised my voice and said, "Captain, I'm here." As soon as my voice fell, busmanov came in, staggering. I didn't wait for him to speak, then I asked, "Captain, you are in a hurry. What's the matter? Are the reinforcements here?"“ Here comes a company, belonging to the first battalion of the second regiment. " After answering my question, busmanov quickly added: "with the team, there is also a signalman who said that there is something important in the division and you need to return immediately. Kirilov political commissar sent to pick up your motorcycle and parked it on the Soviet street." When I heard that kirilov had sent motorcycles to pick me up, it must be something that kirilov and akhromeyev could not deal with. It seems that I have to go back immediately, so I apologized and said to rodimzev: "sorry, comrade general, you also see that there is an emergency in the division, so I have to go back immediately. I'll give you the new company. I'll only come back. Later, I'll ask the commander to come to you and accept your next order. " Rodimzev was very reasonable. He waved his hand to me and said, "Comrade oshanina, since there is something important in your division, please go back quickly. As for the new company, let them wait on the Soviet street. I'll accept it myself later. " I nodded, raised my hand and saluted rodimzev. Then I turned around and walked out with busmanov.