Chapter 692

Because of the deputy director Leonid, trakov soon learned that in his army, there was a commander named Vasili Zaitsev who, with his excellent shooting skills, killed nearly a platoon of enemies in just two days. For such a result, the well-informed trakov didn't believe it at all, so he called me to verify it.

After listening to my detailed account of Vassily's achievements, he was silent for a long time before he said: "genius, this Vassily lieutenant is a shooting genius."

"Yes, comrade commander." I answered him positively: "he is the best marksman I have ever seen. Under the current situation, he can play his special skills and let him go to every corner of the city to hunt those isolated German officers and soldiers. I believe he will achieve better results."

"That's how I think about it, o'shanina." "I'm going to gather the snipers from all the units of the group army and work together," he said carefully. In this way, even in the implementation of the task, and the German army's large forces encounter, also have the ability to protect themselves

"No, you can't use all the snipers." Trekov's words startled me. In a hurry, I forgot the superiors and inferiors, and opposed him without thinking: "with so many snipers crowded together, it's easy to become the key target of the enemy's artillery or air force. Snipers are the treasures of our troops. Their role in the battlefield is equivalent to a class or platoon of ordinary troops. Snipers like Vasili can at least support a company. "

When I said what I wanted to say in one breath, I suddenly found that I had made a slip of words. I immediately apologized to trekov: "sorry, comrade commander, I'm too excited, so..."

I didn't expect that trakov said generously: "OK, needless to say, I understand your mood. I don't blame you for my thoughtlessness. Tell me, how are you going to use these snipers? "

I quickly recalled the snipers I saw in later films and TV works, and then according to my understanding, I suggested to trikov, "Comrade commander, we can divide the snipers who go out to execute characters into two groups, and put three to five sniper groups in each sniper area. In this way, their target will not be too big. When one of the groups is attacked, the sniper group nearest to them can provide timely support to cover their smooth escape. "

After listening to this, trakov didn't deny my idea, but he didn't agree. He suddenly changed the topic and asked, "o'shanina, how can I hear that the guard company 2, which is in charge of the headquarters of your division, is a guard company with dozens of German soldiers. I remember their company commander's name seems to be gramus, who turned out to be a German captain, If you use them so confidently and boldly, don't you worry that they will turn around and take the leaders of your divisions to the enemy for credit? "

When I heard that trakov suddenly mentioned gramus and his subordinates, my heart thumped and said that no one would sue me. Did trakov come to me to ask for the blame? But I still try my best to defend them: "Comrade commander, although captain gramus is German, after such a long time of observation and test, with their usual performance, I can very definitely think that they have completely stood on the same front with us."

After I finished my presentation, trikov began to laugh. When I heard his laughter, I was at a loss. I didn't know why he was laughing, but I didn't dare to ask. I just held the microphone and waited quietly. After his laughter stopped, he said in a relaxed tone: "since you think they have completely fallen to us, don't let them stay in the fortification, it's time to send them out to carry out some tasks."

"Mission? What mission? " I asked, puzzled.

"I think we can let them carry out some tasks such as reconnaissance or sabotage. When these real Germans disguise themselves as German troops to carry out tasks behind enemy lines, they are much more advantageous than simply having our commanders and fighters disguise themselves. After all, there are certain differences between the real German soldiers and the Soviets in their manners and temperament. In addition, the words and deeds of our commanders and fighters should fully meet the requirements of the German army's formation regulations. Unless they have been trained for many years, this kind of image can not be pretended. It's better for your defectors to play the role of the German army than for our commanders and fighters to risk crossing at any time. At least when they cross the enemy's line, they must be much less suspected. "

After he finished, I asked carefully, "what should be the composition of the task force?"

Trikov thought about it and replied, "a team of ten to fifteen people, with two or three of our commanders and fighters. In order to prevent accidents, one of them must be a political worker."

"All right, comrade commander." When I heard what trakov said, I muttered to myself: if these defectors want to defecte, let alone send only two or three people to watch them, even if half of them are our own people, it is impossible to prevent them. Although I don't agree with this arrangement, I still have to flatter him and say, "the commander is considerate. I'll call captain Grimes in a moment and give him the task you've given him."

"Good. I hope your special team can fight tonight. "

After listening to the task assigned by trakov, I was about to put down the phone when I heard trakov's urgent voice: "Hello, Hello, oshanina, don't hang up. I have something else to tell you." I quickly put the receiver to my ear and politely said, "Comrade commander, I'm still here. Do you have any instructions? "

"Well, before I called you, I received a call from Comrade Khrushchev, military commissar of the front army, saying that red star's war correspondent, comrade Elia Gregorian ellenburg, had crossed the Volga river last night and entered Stalingrad city to interview the commanders and fighters of our group army. According to the itinerary reported by the military commissar, after completing the interview task in the city during the day, he will go to mamayev post to have an exclusive interview with you and kirilov. Remember, we must receive him. He is a great journalist. We must not neglect him. "

When I heard the name of ellenburg, my heart sank suddenly, and all the past events came to my heart. If he hadn't reported the massacre of German prisoners, which caused bad consequences, maybe I was still a general, following Zhukov or rokosovsky every day, and being a no dangerous deputy for them, You don't have to stay in the damned mamayev post, and you'll be in constant panic.

Trekov was a little worried when he heard that there was no voice here. He couldn't help raising his voice: "Hello, o'shanina, are you still listening?"

I quickly replied, "Comrade commander, I'm here. Please rest assured that I will receive this reporter from the red star Before trekov put down the phone, I suddenly thought of Pugachev and peresjian, who had not heard from me for several days. I quickly asked before trekov put down the phone: "Comrade commander, I want to ask how my former second commander, major Pugachev, and the tank battalion commander, major peresjian?"

My question made trakov silent for a long time. After a while, he said, "the two commanders you mentioned were very brave in the battle of the defending primary school. On the one hand, they covered the artillery observers, provided the artillery with firing parameters, and on the other hand, they fought with the enemy who was trying to recapture the school. In a short period of two days, they fought back the enemy and launched more than 30 charges. When they had only a few people left, they still stuck to the top of the school building and fought with the enemy tenaciously. "

To my ears, trakov's tone of speech was like mourning. The more I listened, the more worried I became. Finally, I couldn't help interrupting him and asked, "Comrade commander, did they both die?"

As soon as my question came out, trakov immediately asked in an inexplicable voice, "sacrifice, who said they sacrificed? Just when they were almost unable to support themselves, my reinforcements arrived in time and wiped out the enemy who besieged them. There were only seven of your subordinates, including the two commanders, and all of them were injured, so I sent them to the field hospital by the river. If there is no accident, they will be discharged in a few weeks

As soon as I put down the phone, kirilov came over and asked curiously, "Comrade oshanina, the commander said there is a war reporter coming to us. Who is it?"

Although I, ellenburg, came to the airport to see me off after I was demoted and gave me a lot of things, my resentment against him could not be eliminated. Unexpectedly, less than a year later, he will appear in front of me again. It's really a narrow road.

As for kirilov's question and akhromeyev's curious eyes, I tried to squeeze a smile on my face and said to them, "commander trakov said that it's Elia Gregorian ellenburg, a famous war correspondent from the red star, who is currently interviewing the commanders and fighters of the group army who are fighting with the enemy in the city, He will come to our division headquarters and have an exclusive interview with you and me. "

"The old comrade ellenburg!" After hearing this, akhromeyev was unexpectedly excited. He said excitedly, "I heard commander meletskov talk about him many times when I was in the front army of volhoff. The general praised him, saying that as a journalist, he had been fighting with the Red Army commanders and fighters at the forefront since the Great Patriotic War. He risked his life to cover news in the trenches, shelters or bomb shelters day and night and write news《 Many newspapers and radio stations in the Soviet Union, such as Pravda, Shimbun and red star, publish and broadcast almost every day the political articles or communication features full of fighting spirit written by Comrade ellenburg. "

"Comrade chief of staff, you may not know. Comrade ellenburg is not only an excellent journalist, but also a great writer. " Even kirilov was amused to hear the name of ellenburg.

"What novel did he write?" I asked faintly.

"The fall of Paris," have you heard of it? After the book was published, it won this year's Stalin prize. "

"Comrade political commissar, what's in the novel?" Asked akhromeyev curiously.

Kirilov's face looked surprised when he heard akhromeyev's question. He asked, "haven't you heard of this famous novel?" Seeing that akhromeyev and I both shook their heads, they began to popularize science for us. "On June 14, 1940, the German army entered Paris. Paris, once the cradle and birthplace of the great revolution, now bowed down in front of the German Communist Party. Comrade ellenburg was in Paris at that time. He was not only a witness to the tragedy of France, but also familiar with the many happy and carefree days of the French people on the eve of the war. Now he saw with his own eyes all kinds of terrible scenes after the fall of Paris. In August of that year, comrade ellenburg returned to his motherland. He first published a series of correspondences and reportages about the fall of France in newspapers and magazines, and then, in one year, he wrote this reportage style novel, which truly revealed the causes and consequences of the French national tragedy. "

"It's wonderful," akhromeyev said with emotion, "if I have a chance, I will find this book."“ Come on, comrades of the political commissar and chief of staff, don't talk about these unimportant whispers. " I was afraid that when they started talking about the common topic of ellenburg, they would not stop talking. I knocked on the table with my fingers and interrupted them. Seeing that their attention was focused on me, I said, "Comrade commander has given us an important task."“ What mission? " Akhromeyev's attention shifted from the fall of Paris, which he had never seen before, to our daily work“ Well, the commander thinks that since the former German officers and men who defected to gramus have really stood on the same front with us, we can use their identity to carry out some tasks behind the enemy. " Then I repeated to them the reasons that trakov said. After listening to my story, they both nodded thoughtfully. Kirilov said, "Comrade oshanina, let's send lieutenant gretka to set out with a small team tonight, and let Comrade safchenko, the political instructor of the first battalion of the second regiment, go with him." After listening to kirilov's words, akhromeyev frowned and reminded, "Comrade political commissar, the commander asked us to send two or three of our own commanders and fighters together in the small detachment. Is it appropriate to send only one person?" Kirilov waved his hand at him and said in an unquestionable tone, "there is nothing inappropriate, comrade chief of staff. If second lieutenant gretka wants to rebel suddenly after entering the German area, let's not talk about two or three of our own people, even if half of them are our own people. Do you think it is possible for some of them to escape from danger in the enemy's territory once they are exposed? "“ I see Ahlomeyev nodded, then pulled the phone in front of him and said to us, "I'm going to call lieutenant gretka and ask him to come to the division headquarters to accept the task."“ Wait a minute, chief of staff. " Kirilov raised his hand to stop akhromeyev's action. Seeing that we all looked at him with strange eyes, he continued to say, "first call Comrade safchenko of the second regiment, and I will tell him some precautions in private." Kirilov's words are understood by both akhromeyev and me. The so-called content of private orders is nothing more than surveiling gretka. If we find any changes in him, we will kill him without hesitation. Safchenko, who received the phone call, soon came to the headquarters. After saluting us, he was pulled aside by kirilov and told us to pay attention. Akhromeyev approached me and asked in a low voice, "do you think this is appropriate, sir? There is only one comrade safchenko. If gretka has any bad intentions, are you not afraid that he will suffer? "“ You think too much, chief of staff. " Although kirilov and akhromeyev's doubts about gramus and gretka have shaken my heart, in front of my subordinates, I still want to say a few words for these defectors: "since they have been added to our team, we should trust them and don't be suspicious. If you let them know that you doubt them all the time, it will make them cold. " Akhromeyev was flushed by what I said. After a while, he declared his position to me and said, "I see, sir. When lieutenant gretka comes later, I know what to do After kirilov's conversation with safchenko was over, ahlomeyev, with my permission, called the second company of guards, and not only informed gretka, but also gramus. It's my idea to call gramus. After all, gretka is his subordinate. If we step over him and give orders to his subordinates directly, it's easy for him to be suspicious. That's why I ordered akhromeyev to call him together and listen to how we assign tasks to his subordinates. Because of our openness, both Grimes, who stayed on the high ground, and gretka, who was going to carry out the mission, showed great cooperation. As soon as akhromeyev's words were finished, they immediately stood up from their seats and expressed their determination to us: "please rest assured that we will complete your assigned tasks."