Chapter 713

"Comrade commander," I said calmly, trying to defend myself, "I feel that with my ability, I am still fit to stay in the front line. If my superiors think that it is not suitable for me to be the division commander, I would like to be a deputy under the division commander of the independent division, or a combat staff officer beside commander trekov. "

"Come on, comrade oshanina, don't complain." Without waiting for me to speak, yelomienko impatiently interrupted me, "do you think that trekov sent you to the east bank to work in the headquarters of the front army? I tell you, that's not the case at all

What Yeliao Menko said completely confused me. Trekov asked me to bring the female soldiers of the group army to the east bank, not to let me stay in the headquarters of the front army, but for what?

Before I could think of chouyinmao, Khrushchev had already picked up a telegram from the desk, handed it to me, and said with a smile, "Comrade oshanina, read this telegram."

I took the telegram from Khrushchev with a puzzled look on my face and read: "the three new editors who have been added to your front army will arrive in two days. I hope they can send someone to receive it in time and put it into the battlefield as soon as possible. Chief of the general staff, vasilevsky

After reading the telegram, I didn't understand what was going on, so I read it again and again in silence, trying to find out the meaning of the telegram. When I read it for the fifth time, my mind suddenly opened up and everything was clear. The purpose of Khrushchev's letting me read this telegram is to let me take over the task of the army.

"Comrades commander and military commissar," I asked tentatively, "do you mean to let me take over these troops and take them across the river to Stalingrad?"

"Yes," yelimenko said positively, "I think trekov sent you to the east bank to take charge of the withdrawal of the female soldiers, and the other point may be to let you take charge of the reception of several new recruits."

After listening to yelimenko's words, I was in a low mood and became happy. This time I came to the east coast, I gained a lot. In addition to being restored to the rank of general, I also got the important task of taking over the new division. It seems that I can participate in the whole process of the battle of Stalingrad. When the campaign is over, I may get something unexpected. But I didn't know when the new troops would arrive and how long I would stay here, so I asked politely, "Comrade commander, I don't know what my task is before the new division arrives?"

Yeliaomenko thought for a moment and replied, "well, the front army is short of people in charge of communication. I plan to take some of the female communicators you brought to enrich our strength. I'll give these women back to trekov when the superior gives us new troops. You see, all right? "

"No problem, comrade commander." Anyway, this matter was generous, so I agreed without hesitation, and took the initiative to say, "do you want me to arrange this matter now?"

Ye liaomenke shook his head after hearing this and said: "the women soldiers have just arrived on the east coast. They are probably exhausted. Let them have a good night's rest first and talk about it tomorrow."

"Your arrangement is right," Khrushchev said with a smile, looking at yelimenko. "Let the women soldiers have a good night's rest, and they will be energetic at dawn. When they work, they will get twice the result with half the effort." After that, he said to me with a smile, "Comrade oshanina, I'll give you full responsibility for this matter."

In my memory, Khrushchev has not been very friendly to me. Even when I found out that the enemy plane was about to attack Stalingrad and let people warn him, he was scolded. Originally, I thought it would be a very embarrassing situation to meet him, but I didn't expect it would be so harmonious. Hearing what he said, I quickly replied with a smile, "I see. Comrade military commissar, I will handle this matter according to your instructions."

With these words, I saw Yeliao mianke casually raise his hand and look at his watch. He understood that this should be the precursor of seeing off his guests. He hurriedly put forward what he had been thinking in his heart and said to him as soon as possible: "Comrade commander, I have a request."

"Come on, what's the matter?"

I was deeply afraid that I would be interrupted, so I said in one breath: "at present, there are not enough shells and medicines in mamayev post, so I will continue to supplement them. However, the supplement of the independent division by the headquarters of the group army will be ten days later at the most. And even if we wait ten days, it's still unknown whether we can get a supplement. "

Yelimenko nodded, looked up to zaharov and said, "chief of staff, you have to find a way to solve the problem of oshaninnati. You know, mamayev post is the commanding height to the north of Stalingrad. Once it is occupied by the enemy, they can mount their guns and bombard our hero's city wantonly. This is absolutely not allowed. "

After listening to yeliaomenko's instructions, zaharov sighed and said helplessly: "Comrade commander, it's very difficult. As you know, the soldiers, weapons and supplies we got were not only supplied by the 62nd army, but also by the 64th army and the 57th army. They were defending the southern part of the city and were showing extraordinary strength in counteracting the crazy attacks of the aggressors, thus forcing Hitler's generals, Some of the regiments and divisions that should have been used to attack the city centre had to be left in front of buketovka and Reza mountains. "

"I'll give you two days," yelimenko ordered in an indisputable tone. "The independent division who sticks to mamayev post must be given the shells and medicine they need." Seeing that yelimenko's attitude was so firm, zaharov had no choice but to agree: "yes, I will try my best to fulfill the order you gave me." I came out of the headquarters alone, and was standing at the door, wondering who I should look for to inquire about the women's camp. Next to me came Yakubov's familiar voice: "Comrade Colonel, I'm here!" I looked in the direction of the sound, and saw him and a few soldiers standing at a crossroads more than ten meters away, and quickly walked past. Approaching him, he asked with a smile, "Comrade captain, could you please take me to the camp of the female soldiers?" Yakubov readily agreed: "no problem, comrade Colonel, please follow me!" Although I was holding the general's uniform in my hand, I did not correct Yakubov's mistake in addressing him. I followed him with a smile and went to the female soldier's camp. In a short time, we came to a mound. He took me to a cave and said, "Comrade Colonel, the women soldiers live here. I won't see you off. Go in yourself."“ Thank you, comrade captain After thanking him, I stepped in. Through the seven or eight meter long corridor, the field of vision suddenly becomes clear. There is about seven or eight meters of space inside, which is densely covered with double wooden beds, and the beds are full of sleeping female soldiers. While razumeyeva and tokaleva were sitting at a wooden table in the middle of the cave. Under the dim candle light on the table, I saw them dozing with their chin in their forehands. When my footsteps, two people were suddenly awakened, and then stood up one after another, they would salute me. I was afraid to disturb the sleeping women soldiers, so I quickly raised my hand to stop them. I went to the table and sat down. I asked in a low voice, "are all the women soldiers here?" Razumeyeva shook her head and replied, "we have too many people to live here, so some female soldiers and those who have just crossed the river are scattered to the other two shelters." Speaking of this, her eyes suddenly fell on the uniform I put on the table. After a short surprise, she asked in surprise: "my God, comrade division, this is the general's uniform. Are you promoted to general I nodded with a smile and answered in a low voice, "yes, I've been reinstated and become a general now." At this point, I turned to tokaleva and said, "Comrade second lieutenant, the headquarters of the front army needs some experienced communication personnel. After dawn, you can bring some skilled communication personnel to the headquarters to report." After hearing this, tokaleva was surprised. Then she grabbed my arm and asked nervously, "Captain, no, Comrade General. Let's report to the headquarters of the front army. Won't we go back to the 62nd army? " With that, her eyes turned red and tears ran down her cheeks. I quickly comforted him and said, "no, comrade lieutenant. Commander yeliomenko just said that there are not enough people in charge of communication. You will be seconded to work in the past for a period of time. When the new supplementary personnel arrive, you can go back to the 62nd army. " Although I was telling the truth, tokaleva still asked with some Distrust: "are you telling the truth?"“ Of course, of course. " I was a little sad and said to her, "of course it's true. Do you think I'll cheat you on this kind of thing?" After getting my promise, she burst into tears and said, "well, order me to take some girls with good skills to the communication room to report." The next morning, I personally took tokaleva to the headquarters of the front army, found the chief of staff zaharov, and asked him to take us to the communication room. It has to be said that tokaleva and some of them were very competent. As soon as they got to the front of the telephone, they immediately became familiar with the operation. Their proficiency was as if they had worked here for several years. As the new editor has not yet arrived, so during this period of time, I nailed in the communication room, to accompany them to work together. From the heart, their working ability is impeccable. During the whole day's work, they were praised by yelolmenko, Khrushchev and chief of staff zaharov. But in the evening, when they heard trakov's call, the girls were excited. They surrounded the transmitter of the telephone and yelled at trakov: "Comrade commander, we have come to rest. When do you want us to go back to the city?" Or: "Comrade commander, when are you going to fulfill your promise?" The communication room is a mess.