Chapter 781

Next, I called out the name of shijerikov. When I saw him coming out, I ordered him cleanly: "your mission is to use the night to cover the full speed movement of kneading in the air. You must deploy the three battalions in the north, East and west of the city before 3 a.m., and make all preparations for the battle. Remember, don't disturb the Germans. We are attacking by stealth, not by force. Do you understand? "

"I understand!" Shejerikov agreed and retreated into the queue again.

"Colonel kosga!" After assigning the mission of the first regiment, I gave the combat mission to kosja: "you lead the remaining troops of the third regiment to move to the air immediately. Be sure to enter the attack starting position in the south of the city before three o'clock, and make all preparations for the battle."

After the deployment of the combat mission, I raised my hand and looked at my watch. Then I solemnly announced: "the attack will be launched at four in the morning. Remember to send small troops to sneak attack first and clear away the enemy's defense force at the entrance of the city. Only when our actions are exposed can we turn a sneak attack into a strong attack. " With that, I waved to them and said, "well, since the task is clear, you all go back to the army and set out in the shortest time."

The commanders in the room answered in unison, "yes!" Then they turned around and left the headquarters.

After the commanders left, Bantai leiev came up to me and asked, "what about us, sir? Will you stay in the camp and wait for news, or go to kongnieyi? "

"Go to empty knead according to!" Although this place name has been mentioned many times tonight, I still unconsciously turned my lips when bantaileiev mentioned this awkward place name again, "if we stay in the camp, we can't understand the situation of the front line."

With that, I went to the door and yelled out: "who is on duty outside, two people come in!"

With my shouts, the second lieutenant on duty and the other two sentinels came in, raised their hands and respectfully asked, "Sir, do you have any instructions?"

I raised my chin to the position of the radio operator, and told the second lieutenant, "second lieutenant, go and help the radio operator clean up the radio station. We are about to move."

Seeing that the second lieutenant and they helped the operator start to pick up the phones, Bantai leiev and I walked out of the headquarters and along the trench. Bantai leiev asked curiously, "Comrade division, why do you always emphasize sneak attack instead of fighting with the enemy in a dignified manner tonight?"

When I heard bantaileiev's strange question, I asked with a wry smile: "Comrade deputy division commander, what do you think is the hope of success for our army, which has no heavy weapons, to launch a rash attack on the German city? Even if the German forces were limited, they were defending. If we want to successfully capture the city in the shortest time, we need to use at least four to six times the strength of the garrison. Although our troops have met the requirements, we are short of heavy weapons. Even if we attack the city at a heavy price, we have to be prepared for hand-to-hand combat and house to house sweeping. In this way, the time we spent in seizing the city will be infinitely prolonged. If the German army who gets the news encircles us from several directions, what kind of outcome we will face, I don't know. I believe you can understand it in your heart

What I said obviously didn't persuade bandeleev. He opened his mouth and seemed to want to say something to refute me. At this moment, I saw busmanov coming from the front in a hurry and asked, "Comrade captain, what's the matter with you in such a hurry?"

Busmanov came up to me, stopped and said in a hurry, "Comrade division commander, the captured German Lieutenant Braun, also wants to participate in our operation."

"No, absolutely not." As soon as Bantai leiev heard basmanov's words, he immediately objected and said, "if he was allowed to go, he yelled when the armored car came into the city, won't you all be exposed?"

Without knowing what it was, I didn't immediately express my opinion. Instead, I asked busmanov, "Captain, why does this Lieutenant Braun suddenly say that he wants to work with you?"

"Yes, sir." Basmanov honestly reported to me: "according to the guards, there were soldiers of the reconnaissance team who heard that they had captured prisoners and went to see the scene. One of the soldiers is the German devils under captain gramus. He seems to have said something to Braun. As a result, Braun saw that we were going to take his messenger away, and offered to act as a guide for us. "

"Captain, what did the soldier say to lieutenant Braun, you know?"

Basmanov shook his head and said he didn't know. Then he said, "but I've asked my soldiers to bring the German devil to you for interrogation."

"Comrade busmanov, bring him here." I said to basmanov faintly.

Basmanov turned and waved back. Soon a soldier in a German uniform with a white towel on his arm was pushed by two soldiers of the guard company with their hands cut back. When I saw them treat the defectors like this, I could not help being anonymous. I burst out at the two soldiers and said, "what are you doing? Why are you treating your comrades like this? Let go. Let him go at once. "

Seeing that I was angry, the two soldiers released the hands of the defector in a hurry, stepped back, backed against the trench wall and did not dare to move. I went up to the soldier, gently grasped his arm and asked with concern, "Comrade soldier, are you ok?"

There was a wry smile on the soldier's face, and then he answered me in broken Russian: "I'm ok. Thank you for your concern."

Basmanov came close to me and gave me a sign: "Sir, we must try this German devil well and ask him what he said to Braun? See if there's any conspiracy in the middle. "

I was very angry because of the attitude of the soldiers towards the defected soldiers just now. Now I was calm when I heard basmanov say that. I stared at him and said seriously, "Captain basmanov, listen to me. From now on, I'll hear you call the defected soldiers German devils, and I'll withdraw your post. Do you hear me?"

"I hear you." Basmanov whispered a promise and quietly backed back.

After taking a deep breath, I tried to make my expression more natural. Then I asked the defecting soldier, "Comrade soldier, I heard you went to see the captured Lieutenant Braun just now?"

"Yes, sir." The soldier replied readily.

"I don't know what you talked about?" I put on a kind expression and began to make a confession. "Why does he suddenly want to join us tonight?"

"We heard that two German prisoners were captured in the just concluded battle, so several soldiers made an appointment to go and have a look. After hearing us, Braun suddenly asked if we were German and why we were in the Soviet army. So we told Lieutenant Braun how we were captured and how we joined the Soviet army. Finally, I would like to repeat what you said to him: when the war is over, we will be heroes of the new Germany. "

After listening to what the soldiers said, I can understand why Braun's attitude has changed so much. My feelings are all the good results brought by what I said when I rebelled against gramus. Now that the matter was clear, I readily agreed to Braun's request: "well, Captain busmanov, since it's lieutenant Braun who is willing to join us, let him join us. Remember, let him and his messenger stay in an armored vehicle alone. "

After basmanov left with his soldiers, I asked the soldiers standing in front of me kindly, "Comrade soldier, don't know what I should call you?"

"Wingle," the soldier reported with a straight, clear voice, "corporal Wingle."

I repeated the soldier's name, comforted him and said, "corporal Wingle, I remember you. Now go back to your company. The army will fight a big battle soon. I hope you can establish your own merits in the coming days. Go

Corporal Wingle saluted me, then turned and trotted away along the trench.

After the remaining soldiers of the guard company such as Bantai leiev and I had assembled, we left the camp where we had been staying for a day and headed for kongnieyi city.

At the beginning, I felt very relaxed, but the more I walked, the harder I felt. Soon after passing through the village, the terrain changed. The tall and disordered weeds and the muddy soil under my feet greatly reduced my forward speed. With difficulty, I pushed away the grass in front of me and walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

At this moment, I understood why the German mechanized troops were advancing so slowly on such a wide grassland because of the terrain. On such roads, except for infantry, trucks and armored vehicles are barely OK; If it is replaced by a tank, it is estimated that it will not travel far, and it will fall into the muddy road.

Perhaps it was to see that I was walking very hard. Bandeliev came up to me and chatted with me to divert my attention. He asked with a smile: "Sir, as far as I know, our division has the strongest siege ability. In the early days of the formation of the army, a settlement occupied by the German army was successfully captured. Can you tell me something about the city's experience in tackling tough problems? " He was deeply afraid of my privacy, and specially stressed that "although our army is still in the defensive stage, sooner or later it will turn into a counter offensive, and then capturing the enemy and occupying the city will become our primary task."

"Comrade deputy division commander, since you want to know more about the common sense of urban battle, I'll tell you what I know." I knew that he was deliberately provoking me, but nothing happened during the boring March, so I said: "I just said that the troops should be prepared for hand-to-hand combat and house to house sweeping after entering the city. When attacking the buildings occupied by the enemy, it is most effective to launch multiple simultaneous attacks on the target buildings in the adjacent buildings. Before the troops rush into the building, they should prepare hand-to-hand weapons and smoke bombs. Once they rush into the building, they must give priority to controlling the stairway, stairway and commanding height. After taking down the whole building, we should immediately deploy defense to resist the enemy's counterattack. In defense, we should pay special attention to the fact that our own supply lines and flanks should be able to withstand the German counter attack from multiple channels. " At this point, I couldn't help sighing and said with regret: "it's a pity that our division doesn't have flamethrowers, otherwise it's a sharp weapon for house to house competition. No matter how many people the enemy has in the house, as long as the fire blows in, they will all be ruined. "

Although the road is still difficult to walk, but because of walking and chatting with Bantai leiev, I diverted my attention and unconsciously came to the hillside in the south of kongnieyi city. Seeing me and Bantai leiev walking up the hill, the second lieutenant on duty immediately asked the soldiers of the guard company to guard around us. I found a position with wide vision, squatted in the waist deep grass, raised my telescope and looked into the city. Except for a few places with lights on, the rest of the city was dark. From the barricade at the south entrance of the city, one or two flares were raised from time to time to make the vicinity of the barricade as bright as day. When the flare landed, the whole area fell into darkness again“ Comrade teacher, "Bantai leiev came to me, squatted down and asked in a low voice," how much time is left to launch an attack? " At this time, a flare rose into the air. With the help of the light of the flare, I raised my hand, looked at my watch, and answered Bantai leiev: "Comrade deputy division commander, it's 3:40, and our attack still has 20 minutes to start." After saying this, I was a little embarrassed to say to myself, "I was in the headquarters, so that the commanders and fighters had to enter the offensive position before 3 am. Unexpectedly, we were nearly 40 minutes later than them." After saying this, I heard something nearby. I quickly lowered my voice and asked, "who, who is there?" As I asked, there was a rustling sound. It seemed that someone was coming to us through the grass. Just as I put my hand on the holster around my waist, I heard a familiar voice: "Sir, it's me, Sergeant Wendell, corporal Wingle." When I heard it was corporal Arsene, I immediately let go and took my hand off the holster. As soon as the other party appeared in front of me, I asked, "corporal, why are you here?" Corporal Wingle explained to me in a low voice: "report, sir, I was originally from the first company of the guard battalion. Some time ago, I was pulled out by the chief of staff to carry out reconnaissance missions behind the enemy lines. Because it has not been built yet, so I stay in the guard company temporarily. "“ Comrade corporal, "I asked politely after listening to him," Captain busmanov, have they got in? " He turned to the south of the city, nodded and replied, "I think we should get in, because there is no sign of fighting at the entrance of the city."“ Corporal, do you know where the headquarters of the commander of the third regiment, Lieutenant Colonel kosga, are? " Bantai leiev also came and asked in a low voice. It seems that Wenger is a little afraid of bantailiev. When he asks, he gets flustered. After a while, he stammered and said, "yes, yes, go on, comrade colonel. The regiment headquarters of the third regiment is located in the northeast of this hillside, about three or four hundred meters away from here. "“ Thank you, corporal I politely expressed my gratitude to him. I wanted to send him away immediately. Suddenly, I thought that there was no suitable person around me, so I decided to leave him temporarily. "The deputy division commander and I need a messenger to pass our orders to commanders in other places at the right time. Would you like to take this position?" Hearing what I said, Wingle nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice and said, "yes, yes, of course. Sir, please rest assured that I will live up to your trust. " He had just expressed his determination to me. Before I could speak, suddenly there was a faint sound of gunfire and explosion in the direction of the city. Hearing the sudden gunfire and explosion, my heart suddenly tightened, but I didn't care whether it was exposed or not. I suddenly stood up from the ground, looked at the direction of the city, and said stupidly, "Captain busmanov, they were exposed?"