Chapter 687

After the 113th regiment of the guards occupied the kludo gully, apart from sending out a battalion of troops to follow the enemy's fleeing troops, the rest of them cleaned the battlefield in the gully, and were responsible for treating our wounded, clearing the bodies of both sides on the battlefield, and removing the remnants of the German army that were still hidden behind the slag.

Looking at the busy commanders and fighters in the distance, I finally put a word in my heart: "Comrade General, I want to ask why your troops are not equipped with communication equipment?"

After listening to my question, guriyev, with a long sigh, replied with a bitter smile, "Colonel oshanina, how can we have no communication equipment in such a large team? It's because I arranged for the communication company and the artillery regiment to cross the river together. At present, they are still staying on the East Bank of the Volga River, and they don't know what can cross the river. "

As I was talking, a small group of commanders and fighters were running towards us in the distance. As I saw that they were not from the direction of krudor gully, I immediately thought that it might be the commanders and fighters of the 114th regiment who were coming to report to guriyev. Thinking of this, I touched guriyev with my elbow, pointed to the commanders and fighters running towards us and said, "Comrade General, look, there are a group of commanders and fighters coming over there. However, they are not from the direction of the credo gully. It should be your subordinates who report the tense situation of the fighting to you. "

Guriyev even looked at the group of commanders and fighters with binoculars for a while, called one of the soldiers in the guard camp around him, and said, "go and have a look. Who's coming? If it's from the 114th regiment, bring him here. If you are not from the 114th regiment, ask him what he has and report to me. "

After the soldiers took orders to leave, they soon came back to us with one of the group of commanders and fighters and reported to guriyev, "Comrade division commander, this is the messenger from the 114th regiment. He said that he has important information to report to you."

The second lieutenant, who came back with the soldiers, stepped forward two steps and came up to us. He told guriyev in a loud voice: "Sir, I am the liaison officer of the 114th regiment. I have been ordered by the commander to inform you of the fighting situation of the troops in Dorje gully."

"Come on, comrade lieutenant, I'll listen carefully to the report from the front." With that, guriyev looked at the second lieutenant with an expectant expression, as if hoping to hear from him that another army had also won a great victory. However, he was soon disappointed, and the second lieutenant said with a sad face: "Comrade division commander, our regiment's attack on the duoerji gully was not smooth. Because the ditch is full of mine ash all the year round, the enemy has set up firepower points at several commanding heights. As soon as our troops launch an attack, they will shoot at every stone, every possible Tibetan bunker and every inch of potatoes in the ditch with machine guns. We launched five attacks in a row, all of which failed because of the enemy's cross fire at the commanding height. The three battalions who took up the main task almost ran out. "

After listening to the complaints of his subordinates, guriyev, who was quite dignified as a general, did not blame the other party. Instead, he nodded and turned to look at me. He asked in a deliberative tone, "Colonel oshanina, do you think you can let your artillery soldiers go to duoerji gully again to provide the necessary artillery support for the 114th regiment?"

"No problem, I'll arrange it right away!" I agreed to guriyev's request without hesitation, and immediately called basmanov, who was standing beside me, to convey my order to Morozov.

Seeing that basmanov was about to leave, guriyev immediately told the second lieutenant, "second lieutenant, follow the captain to the friendly artillery units and take them to the dorgi gully. Remember, go back and tell your commander that when attacking, we must send people to seize the commanding heights and destroy the enemy's firepower points. "

After basmanov left with the second lieutenant, Guriev said to me gratefully, "thank you, Colonel oshanina. I believe that with the support of artillery, we will be able to successfully complete the tasks assigned by the headquarters. "

Before we came to the credo gully, we met the head of the 113 regiment. This medium-sized Colonel came up to us and stood in front of us. Without salute, he reported the results to guriyev: "Comrade division commander, in the battle just now, we sacrificed 426 people, injured 127 people, eliminated 214 enemies and captured 39 people."

After listening to the Colonel's report, guriyev was stunned for a short time. Then he yelled at the other side: "Comrade Colonel, what's the matter? Why are there German prisoners?"

As soon as I said this, not to mention the commander of the 113th regiment of the guards, even I was stunned. I said that it was normal to catch a few German prisoners in the battle. Could I be so excited? I wanted to persuade guriyev that although our casualties were a little high, we were able to destroy more than 200 enemies and capture dozens of them, which is a good result.

Before I could speak, guriyev said something that surprised me: "Comrade Colonel, although your 113th regiment played well, I have to criticize you on the issue of prisoners. Do you think we have the capacity to take prisoners at present? " At this point, he deliberately stopped to give the Colonel a chance to explain. Unexpectedly, the Colonel bowed his head and was honestly accepting his criticism, so he continued, "it seems that you also understand that we have no ability to take prisoners at all. Even if these prisoners are handed over to the group army headquarters, I think they will feel headache. Since we don't have the ability to take in prisoners, what else do we want these prisoners to do? "

"What do you mean, sir?" The commander standing in front of guriyev, after his teacher finished speaking, showed a look of amazement on his face, and then cautiously asked: "to those prisoners..."

Before he finished, guriyev raised his hand and interrupted him, saying, "since you already know how to do it, what are you still doing here? Why don't you go back to carry it out as soon as possible?"

The Colonel snapped to attention and agreed loudly. Then he turned and ran towards the gully. Two minutes later, a series of dull gunshots and screams came from deep in the gully, followed by sporadic pistol shooting. I guess the commander was making up for those German soldiers who were still breathing.

Guriyev saw that I had been staring at the ditch. Maybe he was afraid that I had any idea. He quickly explained to me, "Colonel oshanina, you may think that I am cruel to do this, but now the situation is special. I have to..."

"I understand, Comrade General." Without waiting for him to finish, I took the lead and said in an understanding tone, "extraordinary measures should be taken in extraordinary times. If I were in your position, I believe I would make the same decision as you."

After listening to my statement, Guriev reached out to me and said in a friendly way, "thank you, Colonel oshanina. Thank you for your understanding. I believe that our two divisions will be able to build a deep fighting friendship in the next battle. "

Just as we were shaking hands, a soldier of the guards in helmets came in a hurry. The guard stopped him and asked him a few questions, then let him pass.

The soldier came to us, raised his hand to salute, took care of guriyev and me, and then said anxiously: "report to Mr. division commander, my reconnaissance team and I found a large number of German troops in the rear of our division, they are approaching here."

"Do the enemy have tanks and armored vehicles?" Guriyev asked nervously.

The soldier shook his head slowly: "we only found about a battalion of German troops advancing here. There were no mechanized troops behind them."

"Chief of staff, chief of staff." Guriyev turned his head and cried out, "come to me at once."

Although the chief of staff of the division left guriyev's side from time to time, he kept within our sight. Hearing guriyev's call, he immediately came to us and asked guriyev, "Sir, what's your instruction?"

"According to the Scout's report, the enemy has about a battalion of infantry coming from our rear, and immediately ordered the head of the 113th regiment to set up a defense at the entrance of the gully, ready to stop the sudden emergence of the German army."

After the chief of staff passed on the order, the head of the 113th regiment transferred the relatively complete second battalion to the gully to build simple Fortifications on the top of the slag heap.

While I was staying in a simple bunker near the mouth of the ditch with guriyev, trying to persuade guriyev to withdraw his headquarters from the ditch, another scout came to guriyev and reported to him, "Comrade division commander, there is a new situation. The German barracks stopped suddenly when they came out to zekhovsky street and bibleiski street, as if they were waiting for something in the same place? "

Guriyev's chief of staff quickly unfolded the map and spread it out in front of us. Guriyev frowned and looked at the city defense map of Stalingrad in front of him. With a blank face, he said: "it's less than two kilometers from these two streets to us. The German can come here in ten or twenty minutes at most. But they stop here for no reason. What on earth do they want to do? What's their plot? "

The Scout added, "by the way, comrade division commander, there's something I almost forgot. On the left wing of the German army, there is a group of our troops approaching us. The commanders were obviously very cautious. Although their march route was only one block away from the enemy's position, they were not found by the enemy. "

When he heard that a friendly army was approaching here, guriyev immediately looked up and asked the scout, "comrades of the soldiers, have you made clear what troops are coming?"

The Scout nodded his head and replied, "we've sent someone to inquire about it. They said they were from the independent division."

"An independent division?" Guriyev instinctively turned to look at me and asked, "Colonel oshanina, when did you send this team?"

When I heard the serial number of the scout, I was also very puzzled. The formation of the regiment had been disabled for a long time. How could it be possible to send troops to support the friendly forces without my permission? Thinking of this, I asked the scout, "Comrade soldier, how many people are there in our army?"

After thinking about it, the Scout replied positively, "according to the report from the comrades who went to discuss the news, there are more than 600 people. The leader of the group is a major, probably named Xie jerikov. He said that he is the head of a regiment and came to reinforce us on the order of the division commander."

"What the hell is going on, Colonel o'shanina?" Guriyev was completely confused by what the Scout said. He tentatively asked, "you don't want to surprise us, so you sent a troop behind us."

I sort out my thinking a little bit, and I already know what's going on in my heart. After a slight cough, I said to guriyev in a low voice, "general guriyev, if I tell you that almost all my regiments have been destroyed, and the regiment leader is not a major, but a lieutenant commander, can you understand what's going on?" Guriyev frowned at first. After thinking for a moment, his face suddenly showed a look of panic. He was surprised and said, "my God, Colonel oshanina, if you really follow what you said, then this so-called friendly Army..." "yes, Comrade General." I took his words and said in a positive tone, "this unit does not belong to my independent division at all, but is disguised by the enemy."