Chapter 699

Seeing kirilov's attitude of calming things down, I quickly called veroll over and told her in public: "political commissar veroll, because of the negligence of these soldiers, let the enemy's small team mixed up in the position and caused great casualties in our army. Next, I'd like to announce what to do with them: the platoon leader will be imprisoned for five days, and each soldier will be imprisoned for three days. Go ahead

After listening to my decision, verol was stunned. Seeing that she didn't respond, I asked strangely, "political commissar verol, what are you doing here if you don't carry out my orders?"

Verol's face showed an incredible expression: "Comrade division, I did not hear wrong, just a few days in jail?"

"Of course, you heard me right. What I announced was that the platoon leader was confined for five days and the soldiers for three days." I repeated what I had just said. Seeing that veroll hadn't woken up from the shock and guessed what she was thinking, I teased her: "why, political commissar veroll, if you think the punishment of confinement is too light, you can enforce battlefield discipline on them."

Although I was only joking, I still startled verol. After several soldiers defected last time, kirilov also clamored to seriously deal with the commanders of the company where the soldiers were. As a result, they were all shot by him. So verol's face was abnormal when he heard kirilov talking about serious treatment before he arrested her men. The expression on my face froze at the moment when I heard my joke.

I suddenly found that in my own capacity, it's really not suitable for joking in public, because my words and deeds may be carried out by a single minded subordinate, so I put my face in a straight line and said seriously: "political commissar verol, what are you still doing here, don't you hear me? Hurry up and take all your men away. Find a place to lock them up. "

Verol was so happy that she agreed excitedly. She turned around and asked the soldiers to untie the militia. I went back to kirilov and reminded him, "Comrade political commissar, it's time for us to go back to the headquarters."

Kirilov looked at me and said nothing. First, he raised his hand to look at his watch, then looked up at the sky, and snorted heavily. Then he turned and walked into the headquarters.

When I entered the headquarters, I found that not only akhromeyev was there, but also mihayev and Morozov were there. Even commander Gaidar, who seldom came to my headquarters, was there. When I saw so many people in the cave, I couldn't help asking curiously, "Yo, how did you all come to me today?" Then I pointed to Gaidar and said, "why don't you stay on the high ground and command the soldiers to clean the battlefield and come to me?"

Gaidar giggled a few times and replied, "commissar Xia Ping is responsible for the affairs of the regiment. I'm here to discuss with you."

"What's the matter?" I asked curiously as I walked towards the table.

"Are you all right, sir?" Akhromeyev walked around the table to me, asked with concern, and couldn't help looking at me carefully.

I know that I'm in a mess in their eyes, but I still say, "chief of staff, don't you think I'm ok? Although I met the German people, I didn't lose anything. " Speaking of this, I suddenly thought of my pistol which was jammed at the critical moment and was thrown out as a concealed weapon by me, and then added: "but what makes me most angry is that my pistol jammed after only three shots, otherwise it will kill several more German devils."

"What, sir? What happened to you and the Germans? When and where? " Mikhail yev, Morozov and Gaidar heard that I was in danger, but they didn't care to say anything else. They all gathered around and asked with concern. Even razumeyeva and Najia, who were sitting next to the telephone, gathered around to inquire about my escape.

At this time, just listen to "pa" a loud noise, the entire headquarters suddenly quiet down. As we went along, we saw political commissar kirilov standing at the table with a red face and a palm lying flat on the table. Seeing his expression, I immediately guessed that the sound was the result of his slapping on the table. Seeing that all our attention was focused on him, he said to me angrily, "Comrade oshanina, if your pistol doesn't jam, you will continue to fight the enemy in the same place."

As soon as I nodded, before I could speak, kirilov slapped the table heavily and scolded angrily: "if your pistol doesn't jam, what we will see at this moment is not the living you, but a cold corpse lying here. I want to report to the higher authorities immediately that you don't take your own safety seriously. " Then he reached for the phone on the desk.

Akhromeyev quickly hugged him and kept winking at me. I knew in my heart that if kirilov was really allowed to sue me, maybe for my personal safety, trekov would withdraw my position as division commander of the independent division and transfer me to the headquarters of the group army as a humble combat staff officer or something. Therefore, I could only admit my mistake to kirilov with a red face: "Comrade political commissar, I'm sorry, Let you worry about me. I assure you that from now on, there will never be any more risks like this. "

As soon as I finished speaking, akhromeyev, who held kirilov in his arms, immediately helped me: "Comrade political commissar, since the teacher has realized her own mistakes, I believe she will not take risks like today any more. You'd better forgive him!"

"Yes, comrade political commissar," gedar and the three of them echoed ahlomeyev: "the chief of staff is right. The division commander will learn this lesson. Please forgive her."

Kirilov's anger subsided slightly under the persuasion of the people, but he still said to me: "Comrade oshanina, you have to promise me that from today on, no matter where you go, you will take the guards."

"Good, good, good, my political commissar." For his request, I did not hesitate to agree down, "no matter where I go, I will take a few guards. Is that all right? "

"At least one class!"

"Yes! One class is one class, I promise you all! "

Seeing that I unconditionally agreed to all his demands, kirilov's anger completely disappeared. He turned around and yelled at the two of them: "what are you running to do, and don't you go back to your work?" With such a roar from him, razumeyeva and others did not dare to stay, so they quickly turned around and ran to the phone.

We should have listened to safchenko's report next. But at the moment, there are too many people in the headquarters, and the content we want to listen to involves secrets, so we can't let too many people know. So I have to deal with Gaidar first. After I asked akhromeyev in a low voice, I learned that the reason why Morozov and mihayev appeared here at the same time was that Gaidar called them over. I asked Gaidar curiously, "Comrade commander, what's the important thing for you to call me Mikhail and Morozov?"

"Yes, sir." Gaidar then stood up and solemnly said to me, "I ask you to send the remaining anti tank artillery company to our position to help the infantry hold the high ground."

"No, No." Gaidar's request was immediately denied by me: "now there is only one anti tank artillery company left in the whole division. In the next battle, there are still many places to use them. If they are placed in your positions and wasted in the enemy's artillery fire, there will be no anti tank forces in the division."

"The teacher is right." Although kirilov had just lost his temper with me, when it came to common interests, he did not hesitate to stand on the same front with me. "I think the commanders here know how powerful the enemy artillery is. Maybe the enemy's round of shelling will be over, and all your anti tank guns on the high ground will be reimbursed. We can't be such black sheep in such a difficult time. "

After kirilov and I spoke one after another, Gaidar argued, "you misunderstood, sir and Commissar. We will not put anti tank guns in the position and let German artillery be the target. " At this point, he turned to Mikhail and said in a friendly way, "Comrade lieutenant, you are the commander of the engineering company. It's up to you to report this to the division commander and political commissar."

Mikhail yev nodded, stood up and explained to us: "Mr. division and political commissar, we have recently strengthened the fortifications on the high ground by using the rails and sleepers prepared some time ago. We built the positions of the new artillery very skillfully, all in the caves on the hillside. In this way, it is difficult for the enemy's long-range artillery to hit. When their tanks approach and fire at the foot of the mountain, our artillery hidden in the cave can quickly push the artillery into the trench to suppress fire from a commanding position. "

After listening to mikheiev's introduction, I think this arrangement is still very reasonable, but I didn't immediately express my opinion. Instead, I turned around and asked kirilov, "Comrade political commissar, what's your opinion?"

Kirilov frowned and thought for a moment, then quickly stretched his brows, nodded slowly, and said slowly, "Comrade oshanina, I think the layout of this new artillery position constructed by the engineering company is very reasonable, which can not only attack the enemy's tanks from a commanding position, but also not be easily destroyed by the enemy's long-range artillery fire. I agree to send the anti tank artillery company into the northern highland, so that the infantry holding the position can get the support of anti tank fire at any time. "

After seeing kirilov's statement, I didn't ask ahlomeyev's opinion any more. I agreed to Gaidar's request directly: "well, commander Gaidar, from now on, the anti tank artillery company of the artillery battalion will be under your command. I have only one request. The defensive forces on the hillside positions must be strengthened. I don't want the artillery of this artillery company to be robbed by the Germans. "

"Please rest assured that I will increase my strength and strengthen the protection of the artillery company. I will never let the enemy approach our artillery." Seeing that I agreed to my proposal, Gaidar immediately expressed his determination to me excitedly.

When he finished, I waved to him and said impatiently, "well, it's none of your business here. All three of you go back to your respective units and arrange for the anti tank guns to be transported to the positions of the fourth regiment as soon as possible. "

Looking at the back of Gaidar and the three of them leaving, I stood up and said to kirilov and akhromeyev, "political commissar and chief of staff, because lieutenant gretka was injured in the battle of destroying the German detachment, he was unable to come to our meeting, so instructor safchenko will report to us the reconnaissance results of their reconnaissance detachment." After that, I nodded to safchenko and said in a friendly way, "Comrade safchenko, you can speak."

Safchenko stood up, raised his hand, saluted the three of us, pointed to the map and began to explain what they had learned. As their reconnaissance time was not long, they only made clear the deployment of a few German divisions to the north of Stalingrad. After hearing safchenko finish their reconnaissance, akhromeyev said excitedly: "this is really great. As long as we have a clear understanding of the enemy's deployment, we can make targeted plans and arrangements. We will not be so black as we are now." Kirilov nodded and said with approval: "yes, although the headquarters of the group army has sent scouts many times to go deep into the enemy's rear and understand the enemy's deployment, the effect is not very good. In addition to knowing the number and general location of the German troops, it is impossible to know how many people there are in each German company, what weapons and equipment they have, and how long their ammunition and fuel can last“ Yes, "I couldn't help but take over the topic and said," in fact, the intelligence obtained by the group army command from the scouts sent by it is far less detailed than the interrogation of German prisoners. This time, the headquarters asked us to send the defected German troops to take up the reconnaissance task. It seems that this move is right. Because the scouts we sent are real Germans, they don't need to do anything. Their usual behavior is no different from those who are fighting with us. The Germans never dreamed that their comrades in arms who wear the same uniform and speak the same language would be our scouts. In this way, our scouts will inadvertently detect many things that could not be detected before. "“ Comrade division, "safchenko added when I had finished my words," at present, there are two camps in the junction between the 44th, 71st and 113th divisions of the German army. There is a battalion in each of these two camps, but neither is German. "“ It's not the German army. Which country's army is that? " Asked akhromeyev curiously. Safchenko pointed to the area close to the 44th division and said: "after our reconnaissance, there is a battalion of Italian troops here. Judging from the materials piled up in the camp, this should be the place where the German troops hoard weapons, ammunition and fuel. There are two barbed wire fences around the camp, and the minefield is in the middle of the barbed wire fence. Because we don't have special demining tools, we just watched from a distance for a while and then retreated. "“ There's another battalion? " When I heard that there was an Italian camp in the middle of the German camp, I couldn't help getting excited. It seemed that we had another chance to rob the German military supplies. So, while he was talking, I couldn't wait to cut in and asked, "are you Italian, too?" Safchenko looked up at me, shook his head slowly and replied, "no, not Italian. It's the Russians. To be exact, it's the prisoners of our army who were captured in previous battles, and it's the eastern battalion that was forcibly reorganized. " When he heard the name "dongfangying", akhromeyev could not help biting his back teeth and scolded: "traitors of the motherland, they will not escape the punishment of justice in the future."“ Comrade safchenko, you go on to say, "kirilov asked safchenko with a blank face," what do they have in their camp? Are they all kinds of military supplies? "“ No, comrade political commissar. " Safchenko shook his head again and replied briefly, "it's an artillery position."