Chapter 679

After leaving the Pavlov building and entering the traffic ditch, I turned my head and asked basmanov behind me: "Comrade captain, did the signalman say that something happened in the division?"

Basmanov shook his head and said blankly, "I asked the signalman, and he didn't know what happened. All he said was that the communications company commander razumeyeva called him and asked him to come to you in Soviet street. "

"Is the enemy launching a new attack on the mamayev post?" I continued, listening sideways to the high side.

"No," busmanov said to me very simply this time, "I didn't see the smoke rising in the direction of mamayev post, nor did I hear the rumble of guns. If my estimation is correct, the enemy will not attack our position at all today. "

As soon as I entered the Soviet street, I saw nearly a hundred officers and men lining up on the side of the road. I immediately guessed that this was the company that had just arrived, and strode towards them.

I went to the side of the line and asked aloud, "who is the commander?"

As I asked, a handsome officer of medium build came out of the group and walked a few steps towards me. Then he stopped and raised his hand to salute, and reported, "Comrade division commander, I am acting company commander of the third company of the first battalion of the second regiment, Second Lieutenant Xie liebolianei. I report to you that 97 members of the company have assembled and are waiting for your orders."

"Lieutenant shereblenny, I order you, from now on, you and your company will accept the guards directly. Last time I was in the group headquarters, I saw trakov use this method to promote the 284th infantry division commander, Lieutenant Colonel wachuk, who was led by his troops, directly to the top. It was because trakov used such a skill that wachuk was greatly moved. In the next battle, he commanded his troops to fight against the Germans. As a result, within three days, almost all the divisions were destroyed. Now, if I want to leave this company in such a dangerous area as Soviet street, I can only strengthen his determination by promoting his rank.

Looking at all the commanders and fighters in the queue looking at the lucky man in front of me with envious eyes, my mind suddenly flashed, then quickly walked to the front of the team, facing the commanders and fighters, said: "brothers, I promise you, as long as you can stick here until October 5, I will give each of you alive a promotion."

As soon as my voice fell, I didn't know who called "Wula" in the team. Then a few people followed, and finally all of them started to shout, and the more they yelled, the more orderly they were, and the louder they were.

As I was in a hurry to return to the division headquarters, I had to hand over the transfer of troops to Morozov. Busmanov and I, sitting in the sidecar of the motorcycle and behind the driver respectively, rushed back to the headquarters.

When I returned to the headquarters, kirilov and akhromeyev, who were sitting at the table, looked sad. Seeing me enter the door, they both stood up quickly. Kirilov said anxiously, "Comrade oshanina, thank goodness, you are back at last. You know, something's wrong, something's wrong! "

Kirilov's words startled me. On the way back, I specially observed that not only the mamayev post was not attacked by the enemy, but also the defense area of the 135th regiment was calm. What else could happen? But looking at the impatient expression on kirilov's face, he asked curiously, "what's the matter with you

Without saying a word, kirilov thrust a piece of telegram paper into my hand and said angrily, "look, the enemy suddenly launched an attack from the direction of gorodyser. At present, they have rushed outside the headquarters of the group army and are fighting with the troops defending the headquarters."

This news is really like a bolt from the blue, which makes me feel like I can't speak for a long time. It took me a long time to stabilize my mood. I was a little flustered and asked, "what's the situation with the headquarters? Did the commander, the military commissar and the chief of staff all move safely? "

Ahlomeyev sighed and replied, "if they had moved, we wouldn't have been in such a hurry. Originally, he wanted to send troops to reinforce the troops, but general Krylov denied our proposal. He said that we should concentrate on guarding the mamayev post and decide not to let the enemy occupy the high ground and get the "tactical key" to open the defensive zone of the city and the workers' residential area. Finally, he said, "they have the ability to fight back the enemy's attack."

I slapped the telegraph paper on the table and yelled, "muddleheaded, general Krylov is so muddleheaded! He didn't think about what it would mean to us if the headquarters of the group army were terminated by the enemy The more I scolded, the more angry I became. I went straight to razumeyeva and ordered her: "Comrade lieutenant, get in touch with the fifth regiment immediately. I want to talk to lieutenant commander Oleg."

I have just sent troops to reinforce the 13th division of the guards because I know the truth that my lips are dead and my teeth are cold. However, if we do not send reinforcements and allow them to be destroyed by the German army when the headquarters of the group army is under attack, what is the use of improving the defensive positions of the friendly forces around us?

Kirilov saw that I ordered razumeyeva to contact with the fifth regiment, and immediately understood what I was going to do. After coming to me quickly, kirilov asked in a low voice, "Comrade oshanina, you don't want to send the troops of the fifth regiment to carry out the reinforcement task, do you?"

I nodded and asked, "yes, is there anything wrong?"

"Well, you don't know, the fifth regiment has no troops left in the camp now."

"Where are the troops of the fifth regiment?" When I heard kirilov say this, I suddenly had an uncertain premonition, so I immediately asked, "did their troops break up into parts and go to fight guerrillas in the city?"

But kirilov shook his head and said, "No. Yesterday, we received an order from the higher authorities, saying that it is extremely arduous and arduous work to unload the present ammunition and supplies from the ship by manpower and send them from the wharf to the launching positions and the front trenches. Coupled with the frequent fighting among the various units, it is impossible to draw manpower to collect ammunition. So the Logistics Department of the group army gave me an order early this morning to help me carry ammunition. In order to be in a hurry, the fifth regiment almost went out of the dock. Assist the friendly forces to unload the ammunition and supplies of the small boats and quickly send them to the forward positions. "

When I heard the news, I was so angry that I wanted to catch the commander who gave the confused order and beat him up. Just when I was about to run away, razumeyeva timidly called me: "Sir, I'm connected with the fifth regiment."

I took a few deep breaths, and when my mood was a little more stable, I took the earphone and the transmitter in razumeyeva's hand, and tried to say to the transmitter in a calm tone: "Hello, is that commander Oleg? I'm Colonel oshanina

"Hello, comrade teacher." Oleg asked politely, "do you have any instructions?"

"How many troops are left in the regiment?"

Without thinking, Oleg replied, "report to the division commander, as well as the second and third security companies and a militia company."

Biting my back teeth, I asked, "is there no other army except these three companies?"

"No, sir." Oleg's answer was very simple. "We sent the vast majority of our officers and men to the dock on the order of the political commissar to help the friendly troops get ammunition."

"I see." With that, I just cut off contact.

I went back to the table, sat down, and began to meditate. There are only three companies left in the five regiments nearest to the headquarters of the group army. The fighting capacity of the militia company is too weak. To carry out this kind of reinforcement task will undoubtedly kill them. The remaining two guard companies are not weak, but half of them are German soldiers under gramus and Beckman. They may be honest when our army is dominant. If they go to reinforce and see that our army's group headquarters is in danger, maybe they will turn around and become the last straw to crush the camel.

"Sir, I have an idea." Akhromeyev came up to me, stopped and said cautiously, "maybe we can solve the current crisis of the headquarters."

"If you have any idea, just say it!" I glared at akhromeyev. My heart said that it's time for you to stop talking. So I patted the table and said sternly, "chief of staff, if you don't speak out, how can I know what you think? Can you relieve the crisis of the group army headquarters?"

After listening, kirilov echoed and said, "yes, comrade chief of staff, please tell me what you think. It's not that you don't know how critical the current situation of the headquarters is."

"Teacher, political commissar, I think so. The German army launched so many attacks on mamayev post. But the focus of each attack was on the northern Highlands, where we were almost ignored by the enemy. I think we are not the focus of the enemy's attack anyway. We might as well pull out the second regiment and add the tank battalion and rush to the back of the German forces in the offensive headquarters and beat them hard. I don't know what you think? "

"I agree!" At the moment, the headquarters is in danger of being eliminated. Let alone send a regiment to reinforce it, even if I were asked to fill in all the independent divisions, I would be willing to do so. So as soon as akhromeyev's words were finished, I did not hesitate to support them.

"But if we move the two regiments away at once, there will be no soldiers to defend the southern highland where we are. Once the enemy comes, we will not have the slightest strength to fight back. If the enemy is allowed to occupy this highland, the contact between the fourth regiment and the rear will be completely cut off. In two days, they will be annihilated by the enemy because they have run out of ammunition and food. " Kirilov is obviously much calmer than I am. Instead of echoing our views, he put forward his own different views.

After listening to kirilov's statement, I thought it over. It's really reasonable. I can't wait to send troops to rescue because I heard that trakov is in danger. After all, he is an unlimited potential stock. If it wasn't trekov, gurov and Krylov who were besieged, but yelimenko and Khrushchev of the headquarters of the front army, I might have selectively ignored them.

I raised my head and asked akhromeyev, "chief of staff, apart from the company sent to Soviet street, how many companies are left in the second regiment?"

Akhromeyev thought for a moment and answered me, "there should be seven companies left, but there are only two companies with full staff. The remaining companies have only 30-50 people."

After I calculated the current strength of the second regiment in my mind, I told akhromeyev: "call major Pugachev, the second regiment leader, and ask him to leave a complete company under the command of captain horushov, a battalion commander, to take charge of the defense of the highlands. The rest of the company will be mixed into three companies, and he will lead the team himself and go to the rescue headquarters with me. "

As soon as my words were uttered, kirilov and akhromeyev were immediately opposed as a whole. In particular, kirilov said with a strong voice, "no, absolutely No. Comrade o'shanina, you should know that you are the head of the first division, not the company commander or platoon leader. You have no right to give up your post and lead the troops to attack. Such things as the rescue command can be carried out by major Pugachev. If you are not sure about him, chief of staff akhromeyev can also take charge of the headquarters. Anyway, I can't let you take any more risks this time. "“ The political commissar is right. " Akhromeyev also said solemnly: "as far as the rescue headquarters is concerned, I believe I am fully competent, so you'd better stay in the headquarters, division commander." I rolled my eyes at them and ignored them. Instead, I picked up the phone from the desk and dialed major perskin of the tank battalion. When I heard his familiar voice coming from the receiver, I immediately gave a direct order: "Comrade major, I order you to immediately send someone to check the ammunition and fuel of the tank, and be ready to attack in the shortest time." Peiersjian immediately replied excitedly, "please don't worry, sir. I'll send someone to check it immediately. Our tank battalion will be ready for all battles in 15 minutes at most."“ Good I just said one word and hung up. Put down the phone, in order to prevent the two people from continuing to prevent me from leading the troops to the rescue headquarters, he put up the airs of the division commander and said, "political commissar and chief of staff, you two have been in the army for a long time. Don't you know that the orders of the superior are not allowed to be discussed? Well, don't say anything. I'll take the reinforcements. " Speaking of this, I saw that akhromeyev's mouth was open and wanted to say something. I interrupted him immediately, "chief of staff, what are you still doing? Don't you pass on my order to major Pugachev, so that they can be ready to attack."