Chapter 725

Oleg rushed over, grabbed the phone and said in a loud voice, "Hello, this is the observation post!" Then he stops and seems to be listening.

In the night, on the north slope of the highland ahead, countless dark red light spots could be seen. It was the enemy and US shooting at each other. From the foot of the mountain, between the light of the fire rising from time to time and the light of the smoke, we can see that there are black shadows that have been blown up. Apart from the unknown origin of the mine, it should be the grenades dropped by the commanders and fighters of the position.

Oleg called respectfully at the back: "Comrade division chief, your call is from the chief of staff."

I put down my telescope and went to pick up the microphone. Soon akhromeyev's voice came out of the receiver: "Sir, comrade, can you come back to the headquarters immediately?"

I heard his voice was steady, not like what happened, so I didn't ask what was the matter for me to go back, just said in a very casual tone: "OK, I'll go back as soon as possible." Then he hung up.

However, instead of going to the headquarters immediately, I hesitated and asked Oleg, "Comrade commander, has the fourth regiment laid mines in front of the positions recently?"

Oleg quickly shook his head hard and answered decisively, "no, sir, absolutely not. We must know that the enemy's front position is so close to the position of the fourth regiment that if there is any disturbance, the enemy will surely find it at the first time, so that they will not step foolishly into the minefield. "

"What's going on?" I pointed to the highland in the distance where the fierce battle was going on, and said in a puzzled way, "since you also said that the fourth regiment had not laid any minefields, where did the mines that were exploding in front of their positions come from?"

Oleg turned to the distant highland, frowned and thought for a while. Finally, he shook his head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, sir. I really can't think of it." Then he pointed to the phone by the wall and suggested to me, "why don't you call Colonel Gaidar and ask what's going on?"

When I was about to nod my head, it suddenly occurred to me that the telephone of the observation post was the same as that of the headquarters, and I could not communicate freely with the regiments. If you want to contact the headquarters of the fourth regiment, you must first call akhromeyev and ask him to inform Gaidar, but the other party calls. As soon as I thought that it would be so troublesome to make a phone call, I started to retreat, so I waved to Oleg and said, "don't bother. I'll go back to the headquarters first and find out what the chief of staff wants from me."

With that, I walked out of the observation post and called out, "Captain busmanov."

With my shouts, basmanov and several other soldiers came out of the darkness, quickly came to the front, and asked in a low voice: "Comrade division, do you want to go back to the headquarters?"

"Yes, let's go!" I answered briefly.

Surrounded by basmanov and the soldiers of the guard class, I went back to the headquarters smoothly. As soon as he entered the door, he unexpectedly found that Captain Mikhail yev, the company commander of the engineer, was also there. He immediately said to him excitedly, "Comrade Mikhail yev, are you back from your mission?"

"Yes, sir." Mihayev quickly turned around, faced me and replied, "I'm back after finishing my task."

As I took off my coat, I asked him, "Comrade captain, have you and your men cleared a passage through the minefield planted by the Germans on the river bank?"

Seeing that I was getting rid of my military coat, razumeyeva quickly stood up and walked to me. As soon as she took off her coat, she immediately took it and went to the wall to hang it. Then she went back to her position and sat down.

As I walked towards the wooden table, kirilov excitedly answered my question on behalf of Mikhail: "Comrade division commander, what captain Mikhail has done is better than you think."

"What a good law, comrade political commissar." Kirilov's words aroused my curiosity. As soon as I sat down, I asked impatiently, "he won't clear all the minefields that the enemy buried on the river bank, will he?"

Kirilov turned to look at bantailiev and akhromeyev. Seeing that both of them were looking at him with a smile, he shrugged his shoulders and said to me, "I think it's more appropriate for captain Mikhail to tell you this in person." Speaking of this, he suddenly raised his voice and said to mihayev, "Comrade captain, don't you come here to report to Comrade division commander in detail what you have achieved tonight."

Mikheiev heard kirilov's call, quickly stepped forward, came to me, and began to report to me the course of their action: "Comrade division, this is the situation. I took the soldiers of the mine sweeping team down to the riverbank. As the enemy kept firing flares, in order to prevent exposing the target, we moved forward little by little against the cliff of the riverbank.

Because everyone was in a state of high tension, they felt very tired after walking for about half an hour. Just as I was about to ask everyone to stop and have a rest, my feet seemed to be caught by something. I guessed that I might have encountered a mine. I rushed behind and signaled to everyone to stop. Then I listened to the sound of the enemy nearby. After listening for a long time, I couldn't hear anything except the sound of water and the sound of guns coming from the direction of the city. I then slowly bent down to check, found that I was stumbling the instep of a very thin wire. I quickly and carefully retracted my feet and looked aside along the wire. I saw a flat round mine less than one meter away

Just now I heard that mihayev's foot had tripped over a mine, and my heart could not help hanging to my throat. It was only when he said that he took back his leg without triggering the mine that he was relieved, patted his chest gently and listened to him go on.

"... I squatted down and carefully observed the mine with the help of the raised flares. I saw that on the flat round mine body, there was a one inch high cap, on which there was a small iron ring tied with several washing wires. As long as any one was touched, it would cause an earth shaking explosion.

For the sake of safety, I took out my belongings, turned to the soldiers behind me and said, "comrades, step back a little and watch my movements carefully. If I fail, you should learn from me and do mine clearance in a different way next time. "

Listening to what I said, the monitor of the minesweeping class quickly came to me and asked in a low voice: "comrade company commander, you are a commander. You can't take such risks. Let me come. I have more experience than you."

Although I have only been involved in mine clearance two or three times, I still have some experience in how to deal with mines. So I resolutely rejected the monitor and ordered him: "don't you know that the commander's orders are not allowed to be discussed? Take your men back immediately. "

The monitor saw that I had made up my mind, so he had to leave a certain distance, lying not far away and staring at me.

When I was clearing the mine, the first thing I thought of was that this iron ring connected with the trip wire must be the place where I got angry. My men had to break it. Thinking of this, I gently hold the thin wire in one hand and cut it with a vice in the other. With a bang, I cut the wire easily. After I was relieved, I cut off the remaining wires one by one. Finally, I held the mine carefully and lifted it up gently. Seeing that there was nothing involved, I held it up directly.

Seeing that I held up the mine, the engineer squad leader quickly got up and took the mine over to decompose it. After he took apart the cap, I could see clearly that it contained springs and strikers with the help of the light of the flare. "

"All right, Captain mihayev." Kirilov interrupted him at this time and urged: "don't tell me so much. Tell me directly how you deal with these mines."

"Yes Mikhail yev agreed, and then went straight to the theme: "we dug out more than 30 mines on the river bank. Let's make it difficult to deal with these mines. The foreman of the engineer suggested that we throw all these mines into the river, while another soldier suggested that we take them back

When mikheiev told the story, I always thought about the unknown land mine in front of the fourth regiment. When I heard him talking about how to deal with the land mine, my mind suddenly became clear. I just couldn't figure out what to do, and it became clear. I stopped him with words and asked, "Comrade mihayev, the mines in front of the fourth regiment are not planted by you, are they?"

Without waiting for Mikhail yev's reply, bantailiev had already raised his thumb at me and repeatedly praised me: "Comrade division, you are really very good. Just half of listening, I guessed how captain Mikhail yev dealt with the mines they dug up. It's true that they carried five or six mines on their backs and quietly came to the position of the fourth regiment at night and buried all the mines. "

"I just said that mines are not crops. If no one buried them, they would not grow from the ground itself." Having said that, I asked Mikhail with concern, "when you planted mines, did you not have any misunderstanding with friendly forces?"

"No, no," mihayev said, waving his hand. "On our return, we met a patrol of the fourth regiment. In addition to sending people to report to the position, the captain also helped us lay mines together. "

When he said that, I got up and walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and said with approval, "well done, comrade captain, you've done a great job." Speaking of this, I turned to kirilov and said, "comrades, maybe you don't know that the German troops who attacked the fourth regiment positions tonight stepped on the mines laid by Captain Mikhail. They not only exposed the target in advance, but also were blown up by their own mines."

"Comrade division commander," kirilov suggested excitedly to me, "I think we should give credit to mihayev and the soldiers of the minesweeping class and give them the honor they deserve."

I nodded and said with approval, "Comrade political commissar, you are always in charge of this aspect. Please fill in the form as soon as possible and hand it to the headquarters of the group army some time."

The result of Gaidar's battle was reported ten minutes later. In the battle tonight, our army suffered six casualties, including two deaths and one serious injury. However, they annihilated more than 70 Germans who came to sneak attack and seized a number of guns and ammunition. Seeing this result, kirilov and his family could not help but smile

I got a little enlightenment from Mikhail's report just now. I asked Mikhail: "Comrade captain, if you want to send out the minefields in front of the enemy's forward positions, is there a problem?"

Upon hearing my question, mihayev said with some embarrassment, "Comrade division commander, the minefield in front of the enemy is about one kilometer wide. If you want to eliminate it all overnight, I don't think it is possible to complete it."

"I don't have to dig out all the enemy's mines," I said to him honestly instead of hiding my true thoughts. "I just want you to dig out some of them and bury them in another place."“ Bury the mine in another place? " After repeating my words, Mikhail yev said blankly: "Sir, I don't think I understand what you mean." I really want to kick his feet when I see him like a clumsy person. But in the next plan, he and his subordinates are still required to play the leading role, so I have to patiently introduce to him: "since these mines are made by the Germans to deal with us, when we dig out these mines, we can also deal with them, so that they can taste the taste of these iron watermelons." Mikhail yev understood what I meant. He immediately brightened his eyes and said repeatedly, "Sir, comrade, I understand, I understand." Because of his loud voice, he alerted several commanders nearby. After they came, Bantai leiev asked curiously, "Comrade captain, what do you understand? Can you tell us?" Mikhail yev nodded his head desperately, and then reported to Bantai leiev, "Comrade deputy division commander, it's like this. Comrade division commander ordered me to lift up some mines in front of the enemy's forward positions, and then bury them in the enemy's only way, so that they can taste the taste of these mines made by themselves." Bantaileiev was also excited when he heard what mihayev said. He couldn't wait to say to kirilov, "Comrade political commissar, I think this method is good. In this way, the enemy will not know where we have transferred their mines."“ Yes, I also think the teacher's idea is good. " Akhromeyev said: "if the enemy still wants to attack us, these relocated mines will cause heavy casualties to them. Maybe in this way, they can only shrink in the newly built frontier fortifications and confront our army. " Kirilov was obviously calmer than the two commanders. He raised his hand to look at his watch and said to them, "Hey, comrades, don't get excited. It's not long before dawn. You don't want our engineers to dig up their mines in front of enemy positions in broad daylight, do you Hearing kirilov's criticism, bantailiev and akhromeyev looked at each other and laughed with embarrassment. Bantaileiev then said, "I'm sorry, comrade political commissar, we are too complacent and didn't pay attention to the time. Forget it. Let's wait until evening. " At this point, he turned to mihayev and said, "Comrade captain, you have been tired all night. Now go back and have a good rest. Only in this way can you have the energy to carry out new tasks in the evening." Mikhail yev agreed, raised his hand to salute me, then turned and left the headquarters. After Mikhail yev left, akhromeyev said to me in a hurry: "Sir, comrade, let's hurry up and study where we should bury those mines again." At this point, he pointed at the map with a red and blue pencil and said to himself, "I think in these places, we should first bury mines." When akhromeyev spoke, kirilov looked at his watch absently. I was worried about what he had to do, so I asked with concern, "Comrade political commissar, do you have anything else?" Kirilov nodded and said, "you three are the military commanders. It's up to you to discuss where to lay mines. I'm going to hurry up and fill out the meritorious service application forms of Mikhail and others. "“ Well, you can do it. " When I heard kirilov was going to do his part, I didn't force him to attend our small military meeting. Akhromeyev and bandeleyev talked a lot about where to lay mines. I think what they said is reasonable, so they didn't express their opinions casually. Instead, they sat quietly beside the audience. After determining the location of the mine, akhromeyev took the time to draw a map of the mine, handed it to me, and politely said, "Sir, this is my new map. Please see what needs to be improved?" After looking at it for a few minutes, I suddenly had a new idea and immediately said, "Comrade chief of staff, I think mines should also be laid under the river embankment."“ Laying mines under the river bank? " Akhromeyev didn't understand why I said this suddenly, but asked in a puzzled way: "why? You know, the enemy may not pass here. If we bury mines here, it's a waste. " I pointed to the map and said to akhromeyev and bantailiev, "deputy division chief and chief of staff, please look at the riverbank here. As we haven't passed here for several days to go to their camp, the tight guard here has been relaxed. I'm going to send a small team down the river bank to sneak into the German position and hit them hard. The purpose of laying mines on the river bank is to cover the retreat of the detachment and block the enemy. "