Chapter 773

Because we had to March about 20 kilometers in the night to reach the defensive position abandoned by our army. If we walk alone, it will take us at least four or five hours to get there. In order to speed up the March, kirilov and I discussed with them and decisively mobilized more than a dozen trucks brought by Captain Nikolay when he defected to us to let the vanguard advance by trucks. When the truck was two kilometers away from the fortification, the soldiers got off and walked. At the same time, the truck turned around to pick up the troops behind.

Originally, I planned to set out alone, but when I set out, bantaileiev resolutely joined our northward army. After several persuasions, I couldn't help but agree to go with him.

When our troops passed by the foot of the 107.5 highland, bantailiev looked at the highland in the dark and said to me with emotion: "Comrade division, I really can't see that such a small highland has become the point of contention between the enemy and us. As far as I know, at least three brigades and the same number of regiments of our army have been maimed to varying degrees in the brutal battle for this highland. "

"No, it was in the battle to capture this highland that Colonel kosga was heroically wounded."

"Oh, is it here that Colonel kosga got hurt?" My words aroused the curiosity of bandeliev. He couldn't wait to ask, "what's the matter? Anyway, it's ok now. Let's hear it. "

I understand that if I walk without saying a word, I will soon feel tired. So I just take this opportunity to introduce lieutenant colonel kosja to Mr. Bantai leiev, the Deputy teacher“ On the day of the commander's injury, the independent division just said, "no, it's not like this, comrade division commander." Terrified by my words, the second lieutenant quickly explained, "it was the battalion commander who found out the enemy's situation and asked the troops to stop advancing temporarily. At the same time, he asked me to report it to you."

"Found the Germans, see how many people there are?" When Bantai leiev heard that he had found the enemy, he got excited like a chicken. He grabbed the second lieutenant's arm and asked: "how far is it from us?"

The second lieutenant, who was caught by him, saw who was in front of him and immediately reported to him: "report, comrade deputy division commander, it was the front vanguard detachment that sent someone back to report. It said that it might be a patrol of the enemy. There are about seven or eight people. It's two or three hundred meters away from our army. At present, the vanguard detachment is monitoring the enemy."

"Comrade lieutenant," after listening to the enemy's situation, I am deeply afraid that the battalion commander will, on impulse, order to open fire on the enemy. Then we will all be exposed. So I ordered the Second Lieutenant: "Comrade second lieutenant, go back and tell your battalion commander immediately, that is to say, in the prairie in the dark, the gunshot will spread far away. When clearing up this enemy, we must not shoot, try to use a dagger to solve them, and never expose the target." Then I told busmanov: "Captain, you take a class of soldiers, go back with the second lieutenant, and report back to me after confirming that the enemy has been completely eliminated."

I didn't expect that basmanov, who had not run far away, was stopped by the person who came running face to face. The man panted and yelled to me: "teacher, make it clear. It's a misunderstanding. It's our own people in front of us."

"What's going on?" I quickly walked up to the visitor, frowned and asked, "for a while, it's the enemy, for a while, it's my own. What's the matter?"

A staff sergeant came. After taking two deep breaths, he replied, "Comrade division, it's like this. The small unit we just regarded as the enemy turned out to be our scout in German uniform. At that time, the vanguard team approached them quietly. Just as they were preparing to start, they overheard someone speaking Russian in the middle. Then they found that they were wrong... In a word, in a few seconds, they might fight with their own people. "

It turned out to be a false alarm. Although the staff sergeant said something incoherent, I also heard a cold sweat. If we really fight with each other, it would be a shame.

After the misunderstanding was cleared, our troops continued to march forward, and the scouts acted as guides in front of them.

After walking for about half an hour, I heard the roar of the car motor in front of me. As soon as I heard the voice, I knew that our truck had arrived, and the stone hanging in my heart was also put down. I said to Bantai leiev with ease, "Comrade deputy division commander, our truck is here, so we can walk a little less."

Bantai leiev didn't answer me. Instead, he stood in the same place and peeped into the distance. After looking at it for a while, he said to himself, "why don't these trucks turn on the lights?"

"Report to the deputy division commander. It's the division commander's order not to turn on the lights." Busmanov quickly explained to bantailiev: "if the car turns on the light, the enemy will find us seven or eight kilometers away. So for the sake of safety, the truck doesn't turn on the light when it's driving. "

A few minutes later, most of us got into the truck. Bantai leiev was in the cab of the first truck, and I was in the second truck.

Shortly after the vehicle started, the driver said to me with a sad face: "Sir, I have a suggestion. I don't know if I can say it or not?"

"Come on, comrade driver." I said affably.

"Can we drive with the lights on?" The driver said angrily, "I've never driven a car like this in my whole life. I'm not allowed to turn on the lights. The light is dark outside. My eyes are too painful."“ No, comrade driver. " I ordered the driver to turn off the light on such a moonless night. It was really a bit too difficult for them, but there was no way. If the light was on, the target would be exposed, so I had to aggrieve them“ Once the lights are turned on, the enemy will find us a few kilometers away. Once they attack us with artillery fire, our motorcade will be ruined. " Seeing my resolute attitude, the driver could only sigh and continued to drive. After driving for a certain distance, in order to ease the atmosphere in the cab, I took the initiative to ask, "Comrade driver, how far can we go in an hour?" After listening to this, the driver snorted and said, "it's no more than ten kilometers in an hour. It's only a little faster than the rapid march."“ That's OK. It's much faster than letting the soldiers walk. " I pretended to be relaxed and said that seeing the driver still looking unhappy, I immediately comforted him: "don't worry, comrade driver. After this battle, I'll ask you for credit in person."“ "Thank you?" Hearing this, the driver turned his head and asked excitedly, "is this true?" The driver was so distracted that the wheel ran into a pit on the side of the road, and the whole car body suddenly vibrated violently. I nearly hit the glass and had to shout to the driver, "drive carefully." After the car returned to smooth driving, I said to the driver in a positive tone: "don't worry, comrade driver, as soon as this battle is over, I will give you credit for the battle of the whole team." After driving forward for half an hour, the car in front of me stopped and the car I took also stopped. I thought something had happened and asked the driver, "Comrade driver, what's the matter?" The driver turned to me with a smile and said, "Comrade division, we are here. We sent them to the last army. But it's not far from the fortifications of our army. It's only about two kilometers away. If you walk, you can get there in about 20 minutes. " When he saw that I was late getting off the bus, he worried about what I thought. He added: "if I drive forward, the road is not easy to walk, and the sound of the motor is easy to be heard by the enemy, so I can only get off here." I nodded to the driver, said thank you, pushed the door open and jumped out of the car. At this time, commanders at all levels also came out of the cab one after another, greeting the soldiers in the carriage to get off.