Chapter 786

As for Bantai leiev's proposal, I just gave a faint smile and said nothing. I continued to hold up my telescope to watch the three troops rushing to the top of the mountain.

Seeing that I didn't reply, Bantai leiev was in a hurry. "Hello, Hello, sir, can you hear me?"

I put down my telescope, looked at him with a bitter smile, and said helplessly: "Comrade deputy division commander, I don't know what you want to hear from me? Do you really want to remove Colonel kosga and let captain Nikolay be the head of the third regiment? Have you ever thought about what will become of the three regiments with low morale and unstable morale? "

Bantai leiev obviously didn't expect me to answer him like this. He was speechless by my series of questions. While the iron was hot, I said: "Comrade deputy division commander, you may not know that when the independent division still belonged to me, I saw through the telescope that whether it was camp shereblenner who attacked the main position, or camp Nikolay and the second battalion of the third regiment who feigned to attack the East and West Mountains, they all quickly crossed the mountainside and climbed to the top of the mountain.

Seeing that the victory has been decided, I can't help but feel relieved. Originally, I wanted to talk about kosja with bandeleev again, so that he could completely dispel the idea of letting captain Nicholas take over the post of head of the third regiment. His idea is totally unrealistic, not to mention whether Nicholas can take up the post of head of the regiment. Even if he is just a short-term identity, it will arouse the vigilance of the Ministry of interior.

I just called Bantai leyev, and before I could say anything later, the guard, ruhovitzki, ran in and nervously reported to me, "Mr. division, can you come out for a moment?"

Seeing the sudden appearance of the guard soldiers, I couldn't help but be stunned. I raised my telescope and looked at the high ground in front of me. I saw that our troops were progressing very smoothly. No accident happened. What would happen to me when I was called by ruhovitzki? I put down my telescope, turned around and asked ruhovitzki curiously, "what's the matter, corporal?" Because of his good performance recently, basmanov promoted him and Mikhailov to corporal after consulting me.

The expression on johovitzki's face was a little flustered, and he said in a hurry: "Sir, comrade, can you come to the communication room? The operator received a strange call

"Received a strange call?" After listening to ruhovitzki's report, I turned to Bantai leiev and saw that he was also at a loss. Knowing that he knew nothing as well as me, I waved my head to ruhovitzki and said, "come on, corporal, let's go and see what strange call the operator received."

As early as before the attack, the commanders and fighters who were responsible for building the observation post for us built a simple communication room half buried in the ground nearby and moved the telephone in. Because the distance is not far, less than a minute, I appeared at the door of the communication room, and seriously asked the operator: "what's the matter, what kind of call have you received?"

The operator handed me the earphone without saying a word. As soon as I put it on my head, I heard a young and urgent female voice in the earphone: "Don river, Don river, I'm a red star; Don river, Don river, I'm Red Star... "

I looked down and saw that the transmitter was still on the table, so I asked the operator in a low voice, "what's going on?"

The operator also told me carefully: "Mr. reporter, I received this strange call a few minutes ago. From his call code, it should be the Scout sent by the Don front army. "

"If we respond to them, will the Ming language call leak?" I asked cautiously.

The operator nodded and replied, "yes, the Ming language calls are vulnerable to German eavesdropping. According to the regulations, we should respond to them in code language. But... "At this point, the operator shut up in embarrassment.

He was so hesitant that I was really worried. I hastened to urge him: "but what, comrade telegraph operator? Go on

With my permission, the operator went on to say, "for the sake of confidentiality, there are differences in the code words used by the various front armies. I'm afraid that the wrong code words used in the response will cause their misunderstanding."

"Since the code language is not good, then use the clear language to talk." I heard the voice of the female soldiers shouting in a hurry. It should be something urgent to report to the higher authorities, so I didn't care whether it would leak. I grabbed the transmitter on the desk and took it to my mouth.

Just about to shout, I can't help hesitating again. The other party has been calling "Don River", but what code should I use to respond to her? When I was thinking about it, Bantai leiev also came to the small communication room. He saw me standing beside the telephone in a daze with earphone and transmitter. He pulled the operator aside and asked the other party in a low voice what happened.

When he asked what was going on and turned his attention to me again, I saw that he seemed to have something to say, so I moved the transmitter away from his mouth, pulled the earphone aside, and asked in a low voice, "Comrade deputy division commander, you have all the information. Do you have any good ideas now?"

"Yes, sir." Bantai leiev said thoughtfully: "I guess you are worrying about what code to use to respond to each other? Since the other party is calling the Don river, it obviously refers to the front army of the Don river. And you can use the Volga River as the code, so that if the other side is not too stupid, they can guess that they are friendly. "

"Good idea!" I gave a thumbs up at the desk. Then I put on my headphones, moved the transmitter to my mouth again, and cried out: "Hello, red star, red star, this is Volga River. Please answer if you hear me! Red star, red star, this is Volga River. Please answer if you hear me

As soon as I called for the second time, the call in the earphone suddenly stopped. At one time, I thought it was the other party's communication equipment, but I listened carefully and found that in addition to the shooting sound of various guns and the explosion sound of grenades, there seemed to be someone whispering. I guess the other party was scared by my sudden response and was trying to figure out what was going on, so I stopped calling and waited patiently for another response.

After a while, the voice came from the earphone again, but it was no longer the female voice just now, but a man's voice: "Hello, are you a comrade of Stalingrad's front army?"

"Yes." Originally, I had to hesitate whether I should show my identity, but in order to gain the other party's trust more quickly and find out what happened, I decisively showed my identity: "I am major general oshanina, the division commander of the independent division of Stalingrad's front army. Please tell me briefly, who are you, where are you now, and what risks are you facing?"

Perhaps it was my identity that made the other side give up their doubts and honestly answered my question: "I am lieutenant trafkin, the reconnaissance platoon leader of the 99th infantry division of the 66th army of the Don river front army. We completed the reconnaissance of the air NYI city in the daytime yesterday, and successfully captured a German officer, who was detected by the enemy on the way back. We have been around for a whole day. Instead of getting rid of the enemy, we are besieged on a hillside about seven kilometers away from kongyi. There are more than 100 Germans and three armored vehicles at the foot of the hill. The soldiers of our reconnaissance platoon are fighting with the enemy tenaciously. "

Hearing the danger that the friendly forces were surrounded and annihilated at any time, I quickly asked, "where are you?"

"We are in the northwest of kongnieyi, about seven kilometers away from the city. Just now, I heard the sound of guns in the southeast highland, as if the German troops were fighting with our troops. "

As soon as travkin's words were over, I had roughly figured out where they were, so I said to him in a loud voice, "Comrade lieutenant, I know where you are. I command you to stand firm, and reinforcements will arrive soon! " Then, without waiting for travkin to say anything, I took off my earphone and threw it to the operator with the transmitter. Then I yelled at the door, "Captain basmanov!"

As I yelled, a man ran in from the outside. When I looked closely, it was not captain basmanov, but corporal ruhovitzki. Seeing my angry face, he quickly explained, "report to the division commander, the battalion commander has taken the tank troops to reinforce the third regiment, but he has not come back yet."

"And corporal Mikhailov?" Since basmanov was not in, I asked another person I knew.

Corporal zhuhovitzki still shook his head and said, "he only carries out his orders and has not come back yet."

In order to rescue lieutenant travkin as soon as possible, I did not wait for basmanov to come back, but directly ordered ruhovitzki: "corporal, you immediately go to find a platoon of soldiers, take five armored vehicles to bypass the highland in front, continue to move northwest, about three or four kilometers further, you will find a hillside by the side of the road, A small part of our team is besieged by hundreds of Germans. My mission to you is to rescue them. "

When he heard that the assignment had been finished, corporal ruhovitzki said with some embarrassment: "Comrade division, since the enemy has more than 100 people and we only have one platoon, even if there are armored vehicles to assist in the battle, it's not easy to defeat the enemy."

"Why are you so stupid!" Bantai leiev pointed to corporal ruhovitzki's nose and said, "armored vehicles can't beat the Germans, but we still have tanks. When you go, take another tank with you. Even if you encounter the enemy's armored vehicles and bombard them, I don't believe the enemy's armored vehicles can still threaten you?"

When he heard that tank support could be mobilized, corporal joowitzki got excited. He raised his hand to salute me and Bantai leiev, turned around and ran out of the communication room to carry out my orders.

Standing in the trench outside the communication room, I watched the armored vehicles full of corporal joowitzki and the rest of the guard company rush away, praying that they would arrive in time to rescue the scouts trapped on the hillside.

Bantai leiev also came to me and said with some worry, "Comrade teacher, is it time? You know, there are hundreds of enemies besieging the hillside, and there are three armored vehicles to assist in the battle. I'm just worried that the reconnaissance team will be destroyed before our reinforcements arrive. "

Originally, I was still uneasy about the fate of the reconnaissance unit, but when I heard Bantai leiev say so, my heart was steadfast. I comforted him and said, "don't worry, it will take only a few minutes for the reinforcements to start from here and get to the area where the friendly forces are trapped. I believe our soldiers will be able to hold on to the end of the enemy's siege."

As the tanks stopped on the road that the armored vehicles had to go through, corporal joowitzki only stopped for a moment when they passed there, and then two tanks followed them along the road to the northwest.

Seeing this scene, Bantai leiev said with a smile and tears, "Mr. division commander, corporal ruhovitzki is really brave. You only asked him to take one tank, but he took two tanks to leave at one time." I raised my telescope and looked at the three hills in front of me. I saw that the battle was coming to an end. That is to say, with or without artillery support, our final victory was certain. Therefore, I said with disapproval: "Comrade deputy division commander, don't worry. Anyway, those tanks can't be used for any purpose even if they are parked at the foot of the mountain. Take one more and take one more. In this way, our reinforcements will have a greater chance of winning." When the tanks and armored vehicles disappeared from our sight, I went back to the communication room, put on my headphones again, picked up the transmitter, and asked aloud, "Hello, Lieutenant travkin, this is general oshanina. What's the situation there?"“ The enemy is rushing to the hillside from all sides. My soldiers are suffering a lot of casualties. At present, there are only five people who can fight, including the wounded... "Just now, his voice suddenly stopped, and then I heard the female signalman scream. I quickly asked," Hey, hey, comrade lieutenant, what's the matter? " After a while, travkin's voice came back from the earphone. At this moment, his voice became very slow: "Comrade General, nothing's wrong. I was shot by a German sniper on my arm, and the injury was not serious. Comrade nasja, the telegraph operator, has bandaged it for me."“ Lieutenant, tell the soldiers around you to hold on and hold on firmly I was deeply afraid that before the reinforcements arrived, all the friendly reconnaissance units would be destroyed, so I said in a more emphatic tone, "I've sent reinforcements, and they'll be there in a few minutes. So I order you to stick to the last five minutes, the last five minutes! " After shouting this, I suddenly feel uncomfortable. The words I just called are clearly the lines of the villain in the film and television works. Lieutenant travkin gave a wry smile and said to me in a weak voice, "thank you, Comrade General. Thank you for your kindness. But it was too late. Besides the enemy at the foot of the mountain, I saw the reinforcements coming from the enemy. Farewell, my comrades in arms, don't forget us, remember that we sacrificed our lives to defend our motherland... "Before his last words were finished, there was an earth shaking explosion in the earphone, and then the communication between the other side was interrupted. That's it. Lt. travkin died. That's my first reaction to the explosion. Just as I was dejected by the total annihilation of the Tel avin team, a surprised voice came from the earphone: "hell, how did this German tank fire on its own people?" Just now, there was another violent explosion in the earphone. I was relieved to hear the successive explosions. I said to the transmitter with a smile: "Comrade lieutenant, you are so pessimistic. From the explosion just now, I can guess that it must be my reinforcements. You and your people stay on the hillside. Let my soldiers destroy the Germans who are besieging you. " As soon as I said this, Lieutenant travkin understood immediately. He was surprised and said, "Comrade General, those German tanks and armored vehicles in the distance are not what you call reinforcements, are they?"“ Yes, comrade lieutenant I said triumphantly, "these are the spoils we seized from kongyi. Now we will use them to teach those damned Germans a lesson." A voice of surprise came from the earphone: "Comrade lieutenant, that's great. So we don't have to die here. "“ Yes, yes, dear Nastia "Our reinforcements are coming, and it's our turn to wipe out the Germans in a moment," said lieutenant trafkin excitedly Then he opened his voice and yelled around: "comrades, our reinforcements have come up. We must hold the enemy down. We must not let them run away easily. Let these damned German devils go to hell."“ Teacher, where is the teacher? " Basmanov's loud voice suddenly came from outside. I quickly took off the earphone and returned it to the operator. I quickly walked out of the communication room and asked busmanov, "Comrade captain, you are shouting here. What can I do for you?" Busmanov quickly came to attention and reported to me in good order: "report, sir, corporal ruhovitzki said just now that you need to transfer a tank to carry out your reinforcement order. I'm worried that if there is only one tank, the artillery will not be enough during the attack, so I sent another one to him. Now I'm here to report this to you. "“ Comrade captain, you have done a good job As for basmanov's good ideas, I nodded with satisfaction and said, "it's because of your own ideas that our rescue operation is particularly smooth. I think when the rescued friendly commanders and fighters know about this, they will be grateful to you. "