Chapter 787

I went back to the communication room and asked the operator: "Comrade operator, do you have the latest news from the friendly Scout? Have they joined up with our troops? "

The operator shook his head and replied, "report to division commander, the fighting is still going on just as before, but the enemy's attack on the friendly scout has stopped, and is turning the muzzle to stop our reinforcements."

After listening to the operator, I waved my hand and said, "let the German infantry compete with our tanks to see who is more powerful."

Basmanov seemed to be very worried about the war situation over there. Listening to what I said so easily, he intentionally reminded me and said, "Comrade division, do you think we need to send more reinforcements?"

"Reinforcement? What else are we going to reinforce? " I was puzzled by basmanov's statement and asked him, "Comrade captain, do you think the infantry without anti tank weapons can cope with the two tanks and five armored vehicles we sent?"

Basmanov replied with a smirk: "that's too much to handle."

I snorted at him. Just as I wanted to teach him a lesson, Bantai leiev suddenly came up to me and said, "Comrade division, I think of one thing. I should immediately transfer the Third Battalion of a regiment as a reserve team back to the city and organize them to transfer the city's supplies out of the city."

"Get the supplies out of the city?" I was puzzled and asked, "Comrade deputy division commander, why do you suddenly say that?"

Bantaileiev pointed to the air and reminded me with a melancholy look: "Sir, I'm afraid that we have captured kongnieyi city and this highland, which has already alarmed the Germans. Do you think the Germans will give up after such a big loss? The ground forces may not be able to come for the time being, but their air force is coming. "

Bantai leiev's reminding made me sweat. He really ignored it if he didn't remind me. The Germans are not fools. The cities they occupy have been recaptured by us, and the Highlands they occupy have been taken down by us. The German army, which is comprehensively blocking the front army of the Don river, will never tolerate the existence of an enemy force that will threaten them. Therefore, either this evening or tomorrow day, they will certainly mobilize the nearby forces to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against us. Before that, the air force would be sent out to bomb us. As for the supplies in the city, they would rather destroy them than leave them to us. To understand this, I immediately told basmanov, "Comrade captain, you should take people to the Third Battalion of the first regiment and find major jerenkov. Let him immediately take the troops back to the city and transfer the supplies outside the city. Remember, priority should be given to weapons and ammunition, followed by food and medicine. As for cotton padded clothes and quilts, wait until the end. "

Busmanov hastily agreed, raised his hand to salute and then turned to leave.

When busmanov left, bantaileiev asked me again: "Comrade division, the high ground in front has been taken down. Which battalion are you going to guard? "

"Which army will hold the high ground?" After repeating Bantai leiev's question, I shrugged my shoulders and said easily, "who else can it be? Of course, it is the shereblenny battalion who has captured the main position. Even after today's battle, their battalion still has at least 500 troops. If they stick to such a high ground, their troops should be enough. As for the other two battalions, we need to transfer them all to take part in the movement. Strive to transfer the important materials in the city before the German planes arrive. "

"What about the division headquarters? Will they stay here?" Bantaileiev then asked.

"Just stay here." thinking of the German bombers who didn't know when they would appear, I rationally gave up my plan to move the headquarters back to the city. However, the reason why I stayed was not because I was worried about the enemy's bombing, but for other justifiable reasons: "we are waiting here for the friendly scouts to see what they have detected. By the way, comrade deputy division commander, don't worry about the transfer of supplies in the city. Just let xijerikov and kosja be responsible for it. "

I asked corporal Mikhailov, who had just returned to the observation post, to convey the mission of keeping the camp at the high ground. At the same time, I also ordered him to inform them to come to my observation post immediately when he saw shejerikov and kosja.

Mikhailov took several soldiers to convey the mission. I went into the communication room again and asked the busy operator, "Comrade operator, what's the situation?"

"Report to the division commander," the operator said cheerfully, "the German army has been repulsed by us. All the remaining five Scouts of the friendly army have been rescued. Corporal johowitzki is taking them back."

"Comrades of division," bantailiev urged me impatiently at the gate of the observation post while I was thinking wildly, "what are you still standing there doing? Come in and listen to the report of lieutenant trafkin."

Because of the narrow space in the observation center, the three of us could only stand and talk. First of all, I opened my mouth to show my identity again: "Lieutenant travkin, I'd like to introduce myself. I'm major general oshanina, division commander of the independent division under the 62nd group army. The reason why our troops are here is to coordinate the southward movement of the Don river front army. I want to hear what your reconnaissance team has detected. "

As soon as I finished, Bantai leiev asked politely, "Comrade lieutenant, how many people are there in this reconnaissance unit you are leading?"“ Report to Comrade colonel Although bantailiev was approachable, he straightened up to our two commanders who were much higher than him. According to the regulations, the report said: "there are 24 reconnaissance platoons in the 99th infantry division. After two days of fighting, there are still five left. The report is over."“ Let's talk about it, comrade lieutenant. "I heard that his troops were almost exhausted in just a few days. I couldn't help but get curious and ask him about the specific situation." are all your casualties today? What's more, how did your reconnaissance unit get surrounded by the enemy? "“ We have been ordered to go to gorodysea for reconnaissance. According to the judgment of the division leaders, the last battle we meet with you will be launched in this area. Therefore, it is necessary to find out the enemy's force distribution. After two days of reconnaissance, we found that the 295th German infantry division was stationed in the city, and the division commander was major general Otto kofes. His troops were deployed in the west, North and south of the city, obviously in order to prevent the defensive formation of our don front army from going south. " When travkin said this, bantailiev interrupted him and said, "Comrade lieutenant, we all know this information, and we should know it in more detail than you, otherwise our army will not be able to successfully pass through the enemy's defense line and appear outside the city."“ After completing the reconnaissance task, we immediately turned north and prepared to return to the army within two days to report the situation to the higher authorities. Fifteen kilometers south of here, we also found two camps for Romanian troops. According to the reconnaissance, they were the 1st Cavalry Division and the 20th infantry division