Chapter 737

Due to the long time for the troops to gather, I didn't leave the headquarters until 3 a.m. and took captain basmanov and a soldier from the guard platoon to the third regiment.

When approaching the third regiment, with the help of the fire in the city, I vaguely saw that there were many people standing on the roadside in front of me. As he was about to order the troops to stop, he would not move forward until he knew whether the front line was enemy or friend. Basmanov, who was driving ahead, had sent someone back to report that the head of the third regiment and several other commanders were waiting for me in front.

I quickened my pace and came to Godunov, who was waiting by the side of the road. I found that the three men standing with him were all school level commanders from the new division of Bantai leiev. At present, they are respectively the political commissar, deputy head and chief of staff of the third regiment.

After giving a salute to the saluting commanders, I asked Godunov, "Comrade major, have you arranged for the troops to take over the positions of the first regiment?"

"It's all arranged." Godunov answered me clearly: "I've transferred a battalion to be led by major vatorak, the deputy head of the regiment

Hearing his name, the short, stocky major next to Godunov quickly stepped forward, raised his hand to salute me again, and politely said, "report to Mr. commander, major vartorac, deputy head of the third infantry regiment, I'm going to lead the troops to the first regiment, waiting for your next order, please give me instructions!"

I nodded to the fighting major, and then gave him an order: "Comrade major, now that you are ready, let's go. The officers and men of the first regiment are waiting for you to take over. " Although I'm urging vatorak to start quickly, I know in my heart that even if they go later, it's OK, because one of the commanders, shijerikov, once told me on the phone that in order to make the receiving troops adapt as soon as possible, he would leave captain Beckman's company behind to work in the camp.

As soon as I exchanged a few words with Godunov, I saw that the commanders and fighters hidden in the roadside craters and the ruins of buildings had been called up by major vartorac, and they were marching towards the regiment in a neat line. I quickly told Godunov a few words, and then I took basmanov with them to catch up with the troops in front.

A few minutes later, our team arrived at the base of a regiment. Then in the distant light of the fire, I carefully looked around. Two intact buildings had collapsed into rubble. I didn't know whether they were destroyed by German artillery fire or aircraft bombing. Several buildings collapsed in half, but the windows and entrances of the intact parts were blocked by sandbags. It seems that these buildings are the new fortifications designed by mikheiev.

In the distance, we could also see the assembly of troops. Maybe we were coming. A group of people came against the March line of the third regiment. In the dim light, almost all the people I could see were people wearing big eaves hats, so I guessed that Xie jerikov and many commanders of his regiment might be there.

As soon as they got close enough that I could see them clearly, I immediately recognized them as they were. As soon as the commander came up to me, he muttered and asked, "I said, sir, which district is our regiment going to?"

I gave a wry smile at the question of chejerikov, because trekov only told me to send troops to reinforce the factory area. But the factory area is so big. Apart from the Stalingrad tractor factory, there are "Red October" factory and "barricade" factory, which cover the same area as a medium-sized city. I have no idea where the troops will be deployed after entering the city. So I can only shake my head and say to Sergeant Sergeant with regret, "Comrade commander, I don't think I can answer your question. Because the commander only asked me to bring the troops into the city, and I don't know where to deploy them. "

After hearing this, Xie jerikov said with regret: "just now many commanders have asked me where our regiment will be transferred to fight."

"Then how do you answer them, comrade shijerikov?" I asked curiously.

"I only told them that our regiment would soon start from the base and enter the city to fight with the enemy. As for where we will fight, not only I don't know, but also the division commander and political commissar. But as long as we enter the city, there will be people to guide us into the battle position. "

"The answer is correct." After praising Xie jerikov, I caught a glimpse of commander Ilya standing beside him. I said hello to him with a smile: "isn't this commander Ilya? How are you? How do you feel after a few days in a group? "

Elia quickly stopped to report to me and said, "I feel relatively good, Mr. reporter." Speaking of this, he unconsciously turned to look at xiejerikov, "not only the comrades in charge of the regiment are very friendly to me, but the soldiers below also respect me."

After hearing what Elia said, I nodded, and then told sergeant sharjkov: "Comrade commander, since the troops from the third regiment have arrived, you should seize the time to hand over your defense, and then quickly move to the city, so as to reach the designated battle position before dawn."

After receiving my order, xiejerikov immediately told Elia: "Comrade deputy commander, you are responsible for the transfer. Once the transfer is completed, immediately lead the troops to the city. "

Half an hour later, three thousand commanders and fighters of the first regiment moved to the city in groups, with the company as the unit. The commander at the front was lieutenant colonel Ilya, the deputy head of the regiment, and Sergey reekov was at the back of the regiment, serving as the guard of the whole regiment. My guard and I were in the middle of the line, with camp Karpov.

In addition to Karpov and basmanov, I was also accompanied by the commander of the battalion, Captain shereblenne. But seeing that Karpov and I seemed to have something to talk about, they fell seven or eight steps behind us as we walked, leaving us room for conversation.

I politely asked Karpov, "Comrade captain, how do the commanders and fighters feel during your time here? Have you been discriminated against by friendly forces in the army? "

Karpov quickly waved his head and answered me with a smile: "thank you for your concern, sir. To tell you the truth, when I first came here, I was also worried that our officers and soldiers would be discriminated against and excluded in the regiment. Unexpectedly, when I came here, they were very friendly to us, just like brothers, and did not suffer any unfair treatment at all. "

"What do you think of the combat effectiveness of a regiment?" I looked at the neat steps around the team, can not help but feel: "your troops come, how can also be regarded as elite?"

To his surprise, Karpov shook his head again and said, "Sir, you are not right. The combat effectiveness of the troops trained by Lt. Col. chejerikov is obviously stronger than that of other troops. " After hearing my unexpected "Oh", he specially explained to me, "for example, the army that just came to take over, no matter from the quality of the marching line or the commanders and fighters, can't be compared with the army of a regiment."

In fact, I had been aware of what Karpov said, so now I regret my decision to send a regiment to reinforce the factory area. This is the most effective unit of the independent division at present, but I personally pushed them into the fire pit. Thinking of this, I can't help slapping myself.

"Sir, why are there so many residents in the settlement?" Karpov suddenly asked me strangely, "did you know that they had not been evacuated in the war?"

Hearing this question, I couldn't help laughing bitterly. Why didn't the residents be evacuated? It wasn't because Stalin didn't believe that the German would attack Stalingrad. He was afraid that evacuation would cause unnecessary panic, so he strictly prohibited evacuation. As a result, hundreds of thousands of refugees and original residents who came to the city from all over the world were trapped in the city. They had to rely on the limited boats on the Volga River to send people away little by little.

After our team entered the burning city, the heat wave generated by the burning buildings on both sides dispersed the cold in the middle of the night. Because of the shortage of manpower, some officers and men began to take off their winter clothes. Seeing this situation, I quickly called basmanov over and said to him, "Comrade captain, go and give my order to the soldiers not to take off their clothes, or they will get cold." Basmanov agreed, stopped, called the soldiers of the guard platoon to his side, and asked them to convey my orders to the marching troops.

Seeing the dilapidated city, Karpov suddenly said in a hoarse, not like his own voice, "damn the Germans, what have they done? What have they turned our beautiful city into? "

After delivering the order, basmanov, who passed by us, heard this sentence and said: "Comrade captain, take a good look. As long as you see the crimes committed by the Germans in our city, your heart will be full of hatred."

"I can't hold my hatred even if I don't look at it." Karpov gritted his teeth and said, "my troops saw countless heinous crimes committed by them when the German army was advancing towards Stalingrad. Based on these, my heart was filled with endless hatred for them."

Karpov's words aroused my curiosity. I was about to ask what happened when the front team suddenly stopped. I turned to Karpov next to him and asked, "what's the matter? Why did the army stop?"

Karpov stood on tiptoe and looked ahead. Then he reported to me, "Comrade division, it seems that he is here to meet us. I see major Elia talking to them Speaking of this, he suddenly raised his voice a little bit. "Here we are. Comrade commander is bringing some people to us."

When I heard that our guide was coming, I called busmanov and walked on quickly. About fifty or sixty meters away, I met the people brought by lieutenant commander Elia.

An officer, armed with a submachine gun, a raincoat and a boat hat, passed lieutenant general Ilya and came to my attention. He then reported, "Hello, comrade general, I'm major gladeshev, the commander of the guard battalion of the group army command. I've come to meet you at the command of the commander."

As soon as his words came out, Elijah, who was next to him, corrected him with a smile: "Comrade major, you're wrong. It's the dead, not us. Even if you want to lead the dead, it's the German who died. "

After listening to Elijah's remarks, the young major said to me with a smile: "sorry, comrade general, I didn't express myself clearly. I have been ordered to take you to the new headquarters of the group army."

I waved my head to the troops standing next to me and asked curiously, "what about my troops?" The major replied carelessly, "Comrade General, please rest assured that my subordinates will guide them into battle positions. Now please go to the headquarters for me. Comrade commander has been waiting for you. " I waited for the next sergeikov to come up, and after introducing the commanders and fighters sent by the headquarters to him, I followed major gradshev to the new headquarters of trakov with confidence.