Chapter 744

After hearing the order from trakov, krailov, who had just finished the call, came up and asked curiously, "Comrade commander, which regiment should we call to send troops to reinforce?"

When krailov said this, not only trakov but also I was stunned. What's the matter? Krailov is not a new recruit. Doesn't he know that as long as he calls the division headquarters of the 37th division, the division's commander, ruolu Geoff, will naturally arrange to send reinforcements. Moreover, this is a telegram sent more than an hour ago. It is uncertain whether the 117th regiment of the guards will survive the German siege.

After a moment's silence, it was trekov who asked me the question I wanted to know: "Comrade chief of staff, what's the matter? Why should we step over the division level leadership and give orders directly to the regiment?"

"Well, comrade commander." Krailov spread his hands and said with a bitter smile: "after I received this telegram, I immediately contacted general roluev, but I couldn't get in touch. I sent lieutenant commander Wei yinlubu to the headquarters of the division. Only then did I know that the enemy's dive bombers bombed the headquarters of the 37th division of Jinwei at 1230 hours. The commander of the division, general ruolujaf, and members of the headquarters of other divisions were buried in the shelter. Wei yinlubu immediately organized people to rescue the buried general and his subordinates. "

On hearing this shocking news, trakov jumped up from his seat, grabbed Krylov's arm and asked nervously, "what's the matter now? Has anyone been rescued?"

Krailov shook his head and said regretfully, "not yet." Seeing the despairing expression on trikov's face, he quickly added, "but lieutenant colonel weinlub has already taken measures. He arranged to find a metal tube and insert it into the shelter to deliver air to it, so as not to be suffocated by the people trapped below."

When krailov finished speaking, trakov said thoughtfully: "judging from the current situation, the situation of the 37th division of the guards is very bad. I don't think the other regiments can send extra troops to reinforce the 117th regiment. The total strength of the 112th division, which cooperated with them, was only 600. After fighting for such a long time, it is estimated that there are not many left. Chief of staff, "heard his cry, the unknown kreilov quickly agreed. Trekov looked at him and then asked, "do we have any reserves we can use?"

"Yes, comrade commander." After krailov finished this sentence, he suddenly turned his eyes to me, and then said with some embarrassment, "there is a regiment under Comrade o'shanina, who is now waiting in the vicinity of the tractor factory. I think if you don't mind, I'm going to send them to rescue the 117th regiment. Where they are hiding, there is our radio station, and you can talk to them directly. "

"What are you hesitating about, comrade chief of staff? Connect their radio station immediately and assign the task." After looking at me, trakov gave an order to Krylov.

After krailov left, trakov said to me in a low voice, "Comrade oshanina, what's the situation now? You know as well as I do. If you can't save the 117th guards regiment, their regiment will be canceled, and the important position will be lost. So I ask you to make it clear to your subordinates when you get in touch with them later. "

After contacting the regiment, krailov turned his head and called to trikov: "Comrade commander, you have contacted the troops. Do you want to give them the task in person?" Trekov pointed to me with his hand and said, "let oshanina talk. After all, these are her subordinates."

Hearing this, I quickly went to the phone, put on my earphone, took a deep breath, and said loudly to the transmitter, "Hello, I'm oshanina. Who's calling?"

Then a familiar voice came from the earphone: "Mr. reporter, I'm a team leader. Do you have any instructions?"

"Comrade commander," I said solemnly, "the situation is like this. The regimental headquarters of the 117th regiment of the guards, who are holding fast to the tractor factory, are now under siege by the enemy, and their leader has died. I now order you to immediately draw out a battalion and, under the guidance of the guide, rush to rescue them. " Speaking of this, it suddenly occurred to me that every regiment of the guards division seems to have its own flag. If it is lost, even if the regiment's organizational system is complete, it will not be able to escape the fate of being withdrawn. So I specially told Xie jielikov: "even if the commanders and fighters in the regiment headquarters are sacrificed when you arrive, you should keep their regiment's flag at all costs, Do you understand? "

"I see, sir." "I will send the second battalion with the strongest fighting capacity to carry out this glorious and arduous task," he replied in a smooth voice

Second battalion, when I heard the name, I hesitated for a moment, and then denied his decision: "no, this kind of task can never send second battalion. You know captain Karpov's people account for half of the battalion. I don't want them to have any loss."

After a moment's silence, shijerikov said again, "well, in that case, I'll send a battalion. Their combat effectiveness is not weak, and I believe that there should be no problem in rescuing the 117th guards regiment. "

"In that case, I wish you good luck!" After that, I didn't wait for him to say anything more, so I took off the earphone and threw it to the operator together with the transmitter.

"Comrade oshanina, you are very considerate. Even if all the officers and men in the regiment headquarters are killed when the reinforcements arrive, the flag of the guards must be kept. " After praising me, trakov began to turn the topic to the second battalion. However, he obviously misunderstood my intention of not sending the second battalion to attack. Based on his judgment, he said to himself, "after Karpov's troops were incorporated into the second battalion, although the combat effectiveness of the troops has been improved, these new commanders and fighters are still very worrying politically, If they have any problems on the battlefield, it will be difficult to control the situation. "

As soon as trikov said this, major Gladyshev ran in again from the outside. Gulov, who had never said a word, raised his head and asked, "what's the matter, comrade major? Have all the buried commanders and fighters been dug out?"

Gladyshev nodded, but said bitterly: "most of them were dug out. Four were sacrificed and eleven were injured. Another captain's leg was crushed by the fallen log. The comrades tried to move the log away. At this moment, the debris fell down and heavily pressed on the captain's leg. Seeing that he was in danger, the captain begged his comrades to cut off or saw off his leg. But who has the heart to do it, so we are still trying to cure him. "

"Nonsense, it's nonsense." Gurov angrily scolded. I don't know whether he was scolding the officers and men involved in the rescue for being too stupid or the buried captain for being too confused. He said to himself, "who can have the heart to do this to his comrades?" After that, he turned to look at trikov and said resolutely, "Comrade commander, I'll go and have a look myself. I must try to rescue the captain in good condition."

Without waiting for trakov to state his position, the flustered Gladyshev persuaded gurov: "Comrade military commissar, you can't go. Outside, the enemy's cannons are still shooting and the planes are constantly bombing. It's too dangerous. "

"Go, comrade military Commissar." Instead of paying attention to gradshev, trakov said to gurov in a calm voice, "I believe you will be able to save the captain after you go."

After gurov left with Gladyshev, trakov seemed to think of something he had just neglected. He quickly asked krailov, "Comrade chief of staff, general rojmtsev of the 13th division of the guards is calling you. Is there anything important?"

"General rodimzev reported that the German army had assembled more than 20 tanks and about two battalions and launched a charge from the square on January 9 towards the defensive area of the 13th division of the guards. After a fierce battle, rodimzev and his men succeeded in fighting back the enemy's attack. "

Trikov seemed numb to the bad news. He just nodded slightly and said with a smile, "chief of staff, can you find a way to get us something to eat? I haven't eaten for a long time with Comrade oshanina."

"Ah, you haven't eaten yet?" Krailov quickly called a soldier and told him: "Comrade soldier, go to the cooking class immediately to see if you can find something to eat."

After watching the soldier trot away, trekov turned to me and said, "Comrade oshanina, keep reading those telegrams."

I quickly picked up the stack of telegrams that had just been put on the table and began to read to trikov: "the 308th infantry regiment of gudyev reported that the enemy's tanks were coming towards our position from the north, and the fighting was extremely fierce. Our artillery aimed directly at the enemy's tanks. The casualties suffered by our department mainly came from the bombing and strafing of enemy planes, so we implore the group army to contact the air force to drive away the thieves for us. "

After reading the telegram, there was no change in trekov's face, as if he had not heard it at all. But I know in my heart that it is not that he does not want the air force to support the troops we are fighting hard, but that our air force can not be deployed at all.

"Any report on artillery?" I was hesitating whether I should continue to read on, when trakov suddenly asked faintly: "don't want hogarsky's report, I want to hear the report from the artillery commanders and fighters below."

"Just a moment, comrade commander. I'll look for it. " I flurried through the telegraph in my hand, looking for what trikov was interested in. After turning over more than ten pages, I finally saw a telegram related to artillery. After briefly browsing the contents above, I immediately reported to him: "one was sent by the artillery company of the 95th infantry division in gorishne."

"Read it." Trekov said briefly.

"Lieutenant Vasili vladimirovitch vladimirovitch, commander of the third company of the artillery company of the 95th infantry division in gorishne, reported that this fine morning began with the sound of a landslide. I am the one we have never met before. Hundreds of planes were buzzing in the air, with bombs and shells exploding everywhere. Clouds of smoke and dust enveloped the sky. It's breathless. We all know that the German aggressors have launched a strong attack again. Telephone communication was soon cut off. The soldiers risked their lives at any time, went to the cannon and fired rows of shells. Because of the enemy's bombing and strafing, there were only two or three men left in each gun. Nevertheless, we have not wavered. Deputy company commander yasiko was buried in the earth and many people were deafened. Bombing and strafing continued. There was a sea of fire and dust all around. Casualties and equipment are being destroyed, but we are still shooting and shooting. "

"Very tenacious, yes, the commanders and fighters are very tenacious." After listening to this telegram, krailov said to trikov with deep feeling: "Comrade commander, if we have such commanders and fighters, the enemy will never be able to defeat us." While they were talking, the soldier who went to the cooking class to help us find food came back. Panting, he ran in and came to us. After raising his hand and saluting, he put the aluminum lunch box on the table and turned back to his post. Trekov pulled the lunch box up to him and said to himself, "this lunch box is very hot. I don't know what's in it." When he opened the lunch box and took a look inside, his eyes suddenly brightened and he exclaimed excitedly, "it's amazing. It's dumplings." Dumplings, when I heard this word, I was stunned again. Isn't this the traditional food of the Chinese dynasty? When did it spread here again? However, I saw that the dumplings that trakov handed to me were indeed dumplings, but the shape was far less beautiful than that of the Chinese dynasty. Trekov also warmly called me: "o'shanina, you are hungry. Eat quickly." I see that there are only about ten dumplings in the lunch box. I'm sorry to compete with trekov. I only twist one carefully, put it to my mouth and nibble it gently. This bite, immediately know that the original is mashed potatoes. Maybe I'm a little hungry. It tastes good. Seeing that I began to eat, trekov also twisted one. Before putting it into his mouth, he asked me curiously, "what's your filling?"“ Mashed potatoes. " I replied briefly. After taking a bite of the dumpling in his hand, trikov chuckled twice and said to me triumphantly, "my luck is better than you. My dumpling is made of mutton." Said, two swallowed, and then picked up one from the lunch box.