Chapter 686

I ordered the soldiers of the guard company to play the role of correspondent, and sent one telegram after another to general guriyev. It wasn't until the afternoon that the forwarding of the telegram stopped. Just when I thought it would be over, trekov called me directly.

Hearing my voice, he couldn't wait to say, "o'shanina, I don't want to hide it from you. We are in a bad situation now. Major general Rogachev, the commander of the Volga fleet, told me that although they had used all the strength they could, they had brought supplies from the east coast at the risk of ship destruction and death. However, due to the continuous bombardment and bombing by the enemy, five of the six freighters we carried out transportation on the Volga River have been lost, and only one can be used. In this way, guriyev, who was supposed to deliver the guards at noon, waited for his subordinates to catch their breath for a while and asked, "tell me, comrade major, what's the matter with you in such a hurry?"

The major quickly straightened up, took a deep breath, and reported: "Comrade division commander, according to the reconnaissance and friendly reports, a large number of enemy infantry and tanks are gathering in the Vishneva Valley, the cemetery area of Red October Town, and the dorgi and krudo gullies. At the same time, the 14th enemy tank division and the 94th Infantry Division, which have been replenished, are coming from the southern suburbs of the city. The enemy's intentions are very clear. They are ready to launch new attacks on tractor factories and "barricade" factories. "

Guriyev reached back and said without looking back, "map."

His chief of staff ran past me, took out the folded map from his briefcase, opened it and handed it to him. Guriyev pointed to the map and asked the chief of staff, "where are we?"

The chief of staff leaned his head over to have a look, then quickly pointed to a position and said with certainty: "Mr. division, we are only about one kilometer away from the duoerji gully. This is the nearest road to the factory area."

"Chief of staff, immediately order 114 regiment to stop advancing, enter the attack position nearby, and prepare to launch an attack on Dorji gully." After knowing the position of his troops, guriyev decisively gave an order: "the 113th regiment will continue to march towards the direction of the credo gully. After destroying the enemy in the gully, it will build fortifications on the spot and actively prepare for war."

When the chief of staff went to give the order, guriyev turned to me and said apologetically, "Colonel oshanina, maybe your artillery has arrived at the credo gully, but at present, the focus of our attack is on the dorgi gully in front of us, so please transfer your troops."

"No problem. I'll do it right away." With that, I turned and headed for the motorcycle that was behind the jeep. When I got to the motorcyclist, I said to him, "Comrade soldier, I order you to go to the vicinity of the credo gully immediately, and inform major Morozov and captain busmanov, so that they can transfer the mortar company to the credo gully immediately. If they ask why, you can tell him that our attack focus is here. Go

The motorcyclist raised his hand and saluted. With a bang of gas, he drove away quickly.

The first battalion of the 113th regiment of the guards was the vanguard of the attack. More than 400 officers and men of the whole battalion formed a scattered formation, bent over with weapons, and quickly advanced to the gully filled with slag on both sides.

The German machine gun on top of the slag heap opened fire when it was seven or eight meters away from the slag heap, which was five or six meters high. At the front of the soldiers Hula to fall a large area, behind quickly lying down, lying on the ground, crackling back, dense bullets hit the top of the slag splash.

It was so easy to kill the two outermost firepower points. When soldiers rushed into the gully one after another, the German firepower points on the slag piles on both sides opened fire again. Under the attack of the enemy's intensive cross fire, our brave commanders and fighters fell one by one, but they continued to rush forward regardless.

Standing on the high ground behind me and observing the war with a telescope, I couldn't help saying to Guriev anxiously, "Comrade General, the enemy's firepower on both sides of the gully is too fierce. If we want our soldiers to continue to rush like this, we will pay a heavy price."

Although guriyev was also gnashing his teeth, he said without hesitation: "Colonel oshanina, no one can die in war. If we can't capture the gully quickly and wait for the enemy's troops to come up, we will be in danger of losing our whole army. Once our division is annihilated by the German army, do you think the militia in the factory area can be brave enough to block the fierce attack of the German armed to the teeth? "

Looking at the soldiers falling under the enemy's fire one after another, I couldn't bear it more and more, so I euphemistically said, "Comrade General, my artillery should be here soon. When they arrive and use artillery fire to suppress the enemy's firepower points, then let your troops launch an attack. I think this will quickly destroy the enemy and join the militia forces in the factory area through the gully. "

Guriyev was not a stubborn man either. After listening to what I said, he pondered a little and then gave the order to stop the attack to the chief of staff standing beside him. Rao is so. Less than half of the commanders and fighters of the first battalion who took part in the attack were left, and most of them were injured to varying degrees.

Ten minutes later, Morozov with mortar company came to the position where Guriev and I were. I immediately ordered him to set up artillery positions, and then said to Guriev, "Comrade General, my artillery will be in position soon, and your troops can attack again."

Guriyev nodded and gave an order to the chief of staff: "chief of staff, since the artillery has arrived, go to the head of the 113 regiment immediately and ask him to attack immediately. Remember, in this attack, we must send people to rush in the front, holding the flag of the guard division. " Not long after the chief of staff left, the Division launched a second attack. In the endless gunfire and shouts, more than 1000 officers and men of the 39th division of Jinwei rushed to the enemy's position in the face of the enemy's barrage of bullets. Although the leading commanders and fighters were shot and fell from time to time, the following commanders and fighters not only did not stop charging, but also speeded up charging without fear. Although the flag held high by the soldiers of the guards fell down from time to time in the hail of bullets and gunfire, it was quickly raised again by the soldiers who rushed up behind. The bright red flag was always flying in the front of the queue. The enemy, who was already at the end of a strong crossbow, showed signs of loosening in the whole defense line in the face of such a deadly attack by the guards. After setting up more than a dozen mortars, Morozov's mortars fired decisively with a little aim. Dense shells flew to the German position and exploded in the enemy's battle line. Broken limbs, broken arms and parts of weapons rose with the smoke of gunpowder. After several rounds of shooting, the terrified German soldiers lost their morale, threw down their weapons, turned around and fled back. Their escape meant that the gully was recaptured by the guards. Seeing the fleeing enemy and the powerful guards, guriyev could not help taking off his cap and raising it high above his head, cheering as if there were no one else