Chapter 722

In the evening, Lieutenant Colonel Gaidar called to report that the German fortifications in front of the position had been completed, and that in addition to the trenches, several civil structure fire points had been built. Perhaps in order to prevent our attack at night, the German army even laid minefields in front of the positions and drew barbed wire. As for the sporadic artillery fire "standing guard" for the German fortifications, it stopped with the completion of the German fortifications.

Akhromeyev, who answered the phone, put down the phone and said to us with a sad face: "when the enemy repairs this fortification so close to our position, they will become more arrogant. In the future, they can attack our position under the cover of aircraft, tanks and artillery in the daytime; In the evening, they can send small troops to harass us, which can make us restless. "

"Do you have any good ideas?" After akhromeyev finished, kirilov suddenly turned to look at me and asked, "Comrade division, you are always resourceful. Have you thought of a way to deal with the enemy?"

Kirilov said so, so that all eyes are focused on me. Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on me, I could only stand up with a wry smile and said to them, "the Germans dare to build fortifications in front of our positions, obviously because they have planned for a long time. The German forward position has just been established. It must be very heavily guarded. Maybe it has set up a complete set for us. If we attack rashly, we may fall into the trap they have prepared for a long time. Therefore, I think we should just wait and see what happens and send small teams to attack the enemy at night. We will not consider it for the time being. "

"Is that all right?" Akhromeyev asked in surprise: "even if we don't act, the enemy will act. Maybe they will send troops to attack and harass our positions at night."

I waved my hand and said with disapproval: "Comrade chief of staff, you don't have to worry too much about this. Since you have guessed that the enemy will come to sneak attack, as long as you take precautions in advance, then even if the enemy comes, you won't get any advantage."

"Chief of staff, did you hear what the division chief said?" Kirilov listened to my opinions and immediately told akhromeyev, "call commander Gaidar immediately and ask him to arrange the sentry duty at night. We should not only send two sentries, but also the squad with the strongest combat effectiveness."

"All right, I'll call commander Gaidar right now." Akhromeyev said that he was going to make a phone call. I quickly told him: "chief of staff, not only to commander gedar of the fourth regiment, but also to commander Oleg of the second regiment. Let them not only send out the strongest sentry, but also arrange two machine guns on duty

Akhromeyev, who was supposed to make a phone call, had a look of tears and laughter on his face when I said this. He seemed to think that I was a little too fussy to give such an order. Kirilov also said: "Comrade oshanina, now that we have the squad sentry and the patrol on the position, we should have no problem in dealing with the sneak attack by the small German troops. We don't need to deploy the machine guns on duty, do we? You know, the heavy and heavy machine guns in the division don't have much ammunition. "

"Comrade political commissar, it's better to be cautious." Although kirilov and akhromeyev both raised objections to me, I still persisted in my opinion and continued to command akhromeyev: "chief of staff, call the second and fourth regiments and ask them to arrange staff as soon as possible."

While akhromeyev was on the phone, I said to kirilov and bantailiev, "in the first few days after the establishment of the enemy's forward positions, we will certainly be on strict guard against our army's sneak attack. But when we find that our army is not moving, they will not be willing to be lonely, and may send small teams to sneak attack. I arranged for the machine gun group to be on duty so that when I found the enemy, I could suppress them in the shortest time, so as to gain precious time for our troops to enter the position and launch counterattack. "

"You have considered it very comprehensively, sir." After hearing this, Bantai leiev said with emotion: "I think your decision to arrange the machine gun on duty is very correct. We can't risk putting our position in danger because of the lack of machine gun bullets."

"What are we going to do next?" When kirilov saw that bantailiev and I agreed, he could not oppose it any more. Then he asked, "although we are helpless in the short term to the enemy's front positions, how are we going to deal with them in the future?"

"It's very simple. It's still a night attack." At this time, I was also poor in skills, so I had to work hard to move out of the old routine. "After two days, when the enemy's defense relaxed, I sent two small teams to touch up from both sides of the position and teach them a lesson."

"Sir, commander Gaidar wants to speak to you." Akhromeyev covered the microphone and said respectfully to me, "he suggested to me that a small team should be sent out at night to quietly approach the enemy's position along the river bank for reconnaissance."

"No, absolutely not." When I heard akhromeyev's suggestion, I immediately denied it without hesitation. "Tell Gaidar that the enemy's fortifications have just been repaired, and their defense must be very tight at night. Let him not take risks."

After I finished, akhromeyev still kept the posture of covering the microphone, and in a pleading tone, he said reluctantly: "Comrade division, I think Comrade Gaidar's suggestion is very good. We can send a small team to carry out reconnaissance. Even if there is something wrong, they will be able to withdraw in time even if they are so close to our position. "

"Yes, comrade oshanina." Kirilov also agreed with akhromeyev, "since lieutenant colonel gelda is so confident, we should let them have a try. Maybe we can really find out the details of the enemy and take the opportunity to teach them a lesson. If we deny his plan in this way, I'm afraid it will hurt the confidence of the commanders and fighters below. What do you say, old man? " His last sentence was directed at leiev, the next desk. Bantai leiev was caught between us in a dilemma. He looked left and right. After half a day's hesitation, he said to me tactfully, "Comrade division commander, since the political commissar and chief of staff think that we can let the following comrades have a try, you might as well agree. I also think that the detachment is not too far away from our position. Even in case of any accident, we can send troops in time to meet them out of danger. " Seeing that the three people agreed, I was left alone. I really wanted to cry without tears. After thinking for a moment, I had no choice but to nod to akhromeyev and agree with the plan put forward by gedar. Seeing that he nodded and agreed, akhromeyev quickly released his hand covering the microphone and said excitedly to the opposite side: "Hello, commander Gaidar, the teacher has agreed to your proposal. But for the sake of safety, when you send out small teams, you should also arrange sentries and two machine guns on duty on the positions, and strengthen patrols, so as to prevent the Germans from secretly touching our positions. " At nine o'clock in the evening, Gaidar called again to report to us that a reconnaissance team of five soldiers had set out. They will go down the river along the embankment and quietly approach the enemy's positions for reconnaissance and sabotage. When I heard the news, instead of cheering like kirilov and others, I sighed silently and prayed for the soldiers who went out to fight, hoping that they would return safely. Kirilov and the three of them were in high spirits at the beginning, and thought that they would have a great harvest tonight. But with the passage of time, they also slowly silent down, around the table silent smoking, eyes involuntarily staring at the phone in the middle of the table. When the telephone rang, nearly an hour later, akhromeyev grabbed the phone and said in a loud voice, "Hello, I'm akhromeyev, chief of staff. Is that commander Gaidar?" As there was no sound in the headquarters, I could clearly hear the voice coming from the receiver. Gaidar anxiously reported: "Comrade chief of staff, the enemy probably had a platoon of troops who touched our position at night, were found by the machine guns on duty, and a fierce battle broke out."“ What's the situation now? " Akhromeyev asked nervously, "has the enemy been beaten back?"“ Not yet. "“ What do you eat for? " Akhromeyev heard what he said, and he immediately slapped the table angrily and scolded: "are all your soldiers holding firesticks? They can't even deal with a platoon of Germans. I'll give you ten minutes. If you can't eliminate or beat back the enemy, you'll be sent to the military court. "“ Chief of staff, give me the phone Seeing that akhromeyev was upset with excitement, I quickly stood up, took the phone from his hand and said to gedar, "Comrade commander, report to me the details of your situation immediately."“ That's right, comrade teacher. " Gaidar was just so frightened by akhromeyev that he stuttered. "The enemy, the enemy came up from the river. As soon as he touched the high ground, he was found by the machine gun crew on duty. Our soldiers did not hesitate to open fire on the enemy, did not expect that the enemy's combat effectiveness is very strong, only two or three minutes, we destroyed the machine gun fire point, and rushed into the trench, and heard of the patrol came to have an exchange of fire. At present, both sides of the enemy and us are engaged in fierce fighting, with heavy casualties. "“ We must immediately dispatch troops to get there, and we must annihilate or drive the enemy out of our positions as soon as possible. " After hearing his decisive answer, I couldn't help asking: "by the way, what's the situation of the reconnaissance team you sent out? Has anyone come back?"“ No, sir Gaidar answered me in a low voice, and then he said, "please allow me to lead the troops to wipe out the enemy who invaded the position."“ Go ahead, comrade Gaidar, "I said solemnly with a straight face," remember, you must be fast, or you will be passive when the enemy's reinforcements come up and attack back and forth. "