Chapter 731

In the case of camp Karpov, although we considered all kinds of possible situations in advance, we didn't expect that there were unexpected mistakes in the end, and the whole operation almost fell short.

At four o'clock in the morning, in order to understand the operation of the koricheng troops, I specially called Gaidar. As soon as I got through, I said, "Hey, Lieutenant gedar, where's captain kiricheng's unit?"

Gaidar confidently replied: "report to division commander, they have successfully entered the enemy's position. They are progressing smoothly and are developing in depth."

Gaidar's report stunned me: "why, Captain kiricheng, they have walkie talkie?" We should know that the enemy's front line is three kilometers away from the positions of the fourth regiment. If we want to report the results of the war in time, we can only use this kind of wireless communication equipment. But in the dead of night, the use of this kind of thing to shout, not the enemy are alarmed?

"No Gaidar understood what I was worried about and quickly explained to me: "political commissar Xia Ping worried that we would not be able to understand the situation of Keri chenglian in time, so he gave him a flashlight before they set out. Get him in attack position and signal to our regiment. If you successfully enter the enemy's position, the flashlight will flash twice, long and short, once a minute; If it goes well, flash three times, long and short, and repeat every other minute. Now, Comrade Xia Ping is lying in the trench, observing the situation in the distance with his telescope. When he receives the signal, he calls me immediately, so that when you ask, I can report the situation to you in time. "

"Your commissar is very thoughtful, Lieutenant Colonel Sergey reekov." I am very satisfied with Xia Ping's arrangement. After a sincere compliment, I put down the phone.

I raised my hand and looked at my watch. Then I asked akhromeyev, "chief of staff, where is the second battalion of the first regiment?"

Akhromeyev went to razumeyeva's side, bowed his head and said something to her. It is estimated that he wanted to contact the observation post of the second regiment on the top of the mountain to understand the position of the night attack troops.

After a while, akhromeyev came back to me and reported to me, "report to division commander, according to the observation post, one company of the second battalion has moved one kilometer in front of the enemy's position, while the other two companies are still hidden in the ruins of tanks and armored vehicles at the foot of the mountain. The commanders and fighters are waiting for further orders."

After hearing akhromeyev's report, bantailiev said solemnly: "I hope the sneak attack of the fourth regiment can succeed, so that we can seize the enemy's position with the least casualties."

Before we finished, the telephone on the desk suddenly rang out of time. When I heard the phone ring, my heart beat faster and I was worried that there would be some bad news. Seeing that we were all staring at the phone and didn't respond, akhromeyev stepped forward, picked up the phone and said in a loud voice, "Hello, I'm the chief of staff. Where are you?" After listening to a few words, he covered the microphone and reported to me, "it's lieutenant colonel Gaidar. He said that in the trench in the distance, there was a lot of gunfire and explosion. It seems that koricheng's troops were found by the enemy. He asked what to do next? "

"Tell the lieutenant commander to send two companies down the river bank and down the river to reinforce Cory Cheng's company." After that, I turned around and said to razumeyeva, "Comrade lieutenant, get in touch with captain shereblenne of the second battalion of the first regiment immediately. I want to speak to him."

When razumeyeva reported to me that she had contacted captain shereblenny, I quickly came to her, put on my earphone, pointed at the transmitter and said, "Hello, is that captain shereblenny? Our troops who attacked the enemy's position have been found by the enemy. I now order you to make your soldiers move and attack the enemy's position immediately. " When I said this, I thought of the mines kirilov had mentioned, and quickly asked: "remember, let the engineers clear the mines on the way forward first, and don't blow up their own people."

The battle to seize the position proceeded smoothly. The enemy had been dazzled by the sneak attack of kericheng company, but now suddenly a new force came up from the front, and the enemy was beaten head and tail. Their resistance ended soon after the second battalion burst into the trench. Except for a few who voluntarily raised their hands to surrender, the rest became a cold corpse.

We were all excited when the news of victory reached the headquarters through shereblenny's walkie talkie. The successful capture of the enemy's position means that the Karpov battalion can enter our defensive area by passing through this gap.

I also specially said to shereblenny on the phone, "Comrade captain, now I'll give captain kiricheng's company to your command. Remember, the task I gave you is to cover an army in German uniform and smoothly pass through your defense area and enter the mamayev post. "

After hearing this, Xie liebolianei was stunned for a moment and asked carefully, "Comrade division, how can I be sure that it is the real German or the friendly army in German uniform?"

Not to mention that we are so happy to forget about camp kalpov, we don't know many people, not to mention a little battalion commander in shereblenny, even Gaidar of the fourth regiment. At such a time, it may be counterproductive to hide from the commander on the front line, so I told him the matter in a big way.

Although shereblenny had been prepared, he was still shocked by this amazing secret. After a long silence, he hesitated and said, "Comrade division commander, do I need to send someone to contact this unit now?"

"That's for sure, comrade captain." Thinking that it was safchenko who was responsible for guiding the Karpov battalion into the same regiment as shereblenny, they probably knew each other, so they told him, "that unit is led by Comrade safchenko. You should find some soldiers who know him and go west quietly to establish contact with them and guide them through your defense area."

"I see," said shereblenny in a loud voice. "I'll send my men to meet them right away."

Not long after giving the order to Xie liebolianei, razumeyeva in front of the telephone suddenly called me and said nervously, "Comrade teacher, I have received a strange call."

Listening to her saying this, my heart can't help but thump. I can't help saying where the strange call came from. Is it safchenko? What's wrong with them? I walked up to her with uneasy mood, put on the earphone and said to the transmitter in a flustered way: "Hello, Hello, where are you?"

After a loud electric current, a familiar voice finally came: "Mr. division, it's me, safchenko."

I was overjoyed to hear the voice of safchenko: "Comrade safchenko, where are you and whose communication equipment are you using to contact me?"

Safchenko was very worried, so he spoke very fast: "Sir, I am leading the army to the Volga River with Captain Karpov. Because the situation is urgent, I have to risk using the communication equipment in the captain's camp to contact you. "

"What's the matter?" I asked in a hurry.

"Our troops had just left the camp when they were spotted by German patrols. Now there are a lot of German troops coming towards us from north and West. Although we tried hard to get rid of them, we didn't succeed. They were in hot pursuit, and they were already on fire with our broken troops. "

I was startled by the accident and asked, "does the enemy have heavy weapons?"

"Except for a few mortars and machine guns, no heavy weapons have been found yet." Safchenko asked me nervously: "Comrade teacher, what should we do next?"

"Tell captain Karpov to let their troops cover alternately and retreat eastward to the Volga River, where the German position was occupied by our army not long ago. You can enter our defense area smoothly through there. The commander holding there is captain shereblenne. You may know him. I have ordered him to send someone to contact you

"Comrade division," safchenko asked me after listening to me, "can you send someone to meet us? You should know that the officers and men of Dongfang battalion are temporarily aware that the troops are going to be pulled away. Originally, their morale is not high. I am worried that if the guard troops can not withstand the German attack, the troops may mutiny in the battlefield. "

Safchenko said so seriously, I quickly asked: "where are you now?"

"It's about two kilometers away from the fortification..." as soon as he said this, a violent explosion came from the earphone. It seems that the German mortar has hit him nearby. Thinking of this, I feel more and more nervous and ask repeatedly: "Comrade safchenko, what's the matter with you?"

"I'm fine, sir." Safchenko's voice came back from his headphones. He reported: "just now a shell exploded not far away, injuring two soldiers. But the German vanguard has defeated the guard left by Captain Karpov and is pushing towards us. The captain has deployed his guards to try to close the gap and cover the rest of the troops as they continue to move eastward. Please tell the friendly officers and men that although we are wearing German uniforms, we are wearing a white towel on our left arm to show our differences. "

The plan to let camp Karpov go anyway has been heard by heaven. If their operation fails, not only will they be wiped out by the Germans, but also the future of all the commanders around me will come to an abrupt end. If the above investigation is carried out, there are still trakov, gurov, Krylov and even Zhukov involved. It can be said that they are all involved. So now I have to come up with a practical way to rescue Karpov.

Think of here, my heart is heavy. After pondering for a moment, I said decisively to safchenko, "Comrade safchenko, please tell captain Karpov that after leaving enough cover troops, I will continue to retreat eastward with the remaining troops. I will send someone to meet you immediately."

Safchenko listened to me, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "yes!"

At the end of the call with safchenko, I ordered razumeyeva to get through to the second battalion commander, shereblenny, and told him frankly, "Comrade captain, I order you to immediately send two companies to move to the west side of your position to meet a retreating army from the West. Although they are wearing German uniforms, they are all tied with a white towel on their left arm. Let our soldiers pay attention to identification, do not misunderstand

"Yes, sir." Shereblenny replied very simply, "I will take two companies to meet them at once, and let captain kiricheng of the fourth regiment take two companies to hold the position. We must rescue the friendly forces." Although he said so, I was still not at ease, and specially told him, "Comrade captain, this mission is very special. We don't know how many troops the enemy has deployed and what kind of weapons and equipment they have, so you should stop them at all costs. After converging with them, build defensive positions on the spot. As long as this unit has not completely withdrawn from your line of defense, you cannot withdraw from the battle. Do you understand? "“ I understand In order to make me feel at ease, he made a special resolution to me: "please rest assured, sir, that no matter how much we pay, we will firmly block the enemy. As long as there is one person left in the position, the position will never be handed over to the enemy. " From what we later learned from safchenko and Karpov, we know that although Karpov battalion was less than two kilometers away from our new position at that time, was there any German blocking in the middle. However, seeing the fierce pursuers behind and the shells that had exploded in the queue from time to time, many officers with weak willpower wavered and led their subordinates to flee to the direction of the German army. They laid down their weapons early and surrendered to the German army. With the appearance of deserters, the morale of Karpov battalion became more lax, and the whole army was facing collapse. When the reception troops led by shereblenny arrived in time, Karpov, who had already aimed his pistol at his head, was relieved. However, even so, the number of people fleeing from the camp has been reduced by a third. Karpov said that when he saw the appearance of reinforcements, he was convinced of what safchenko had said. With a sudden boost of spirit, he led the troops to withdraw quickly to the East. But the troops of shereblenny didn't have time to build fortifications, so they hid in the ready-made craters and started a fierce battle with the enemy. It was only after the eastern battalion had passed that shereblenny ordered an alternate cover to retreat to the solid positions behind. However, the enemy's pursuit came quickly, and the 113th German division also sent troops from the camp. Under the cover of tanks, they came from the north. The remaining troops of shereblenny were facing the enemy. When I heard the news, I immediately called Gaidar and ordered him in a hurry: "Hello, commander, do you see the enemy tanks? I command you to immediately push the anti tank guns in the tunnel into the trenches, to provide artillery cover for captain shereblenny's troops, and to destroy all the tanks coming from the north. " At my command, the anti tank guns hidden in the tunnels of the fourth regiment were pushed into the trenches and fired at the swaggering German tanks in the distance. In the course of the situation, the two German tanks did not find any artillery fire on the ground of our army, so without the cover of infantry, they quickly rushed towards the position of the second battalion and were soon beaten into a pile of scrap iron. Far behind the tank, the infantry, seeing that their tank had been destroyed, still rushed up. As a result, he first stepped on the land mine and was blown upside down. Then he was knocked down by the dense bullets fired by currichen's troops on the position, and finally he had to withdraw in a panic. The enemy in the North was repulsed, while the German attack from the West continued. With the cover of mortar, they suppressed their artillery fire in sherebrian and approached the trench step by step. Kirilov, who heard the news, was worried. He grabbed my arm and asked nervously, "Comrade division commander, if we let the enemy rush into the trench, the second battalion will be finished. What can we do to help them?"