Chapter 788

When lieutenant travkin told me that there was a Romanian cavalry unit stationed on both sides of our march the night before yesterday, I was shocked in a cold sweat. Although there was no large-scale use of German armored forces in this wide grassland, it was the most suitable area for cavalry. Fortunately, our action was not discovered by the Romanians at the beginning, otherwise the small troops we stayed near the camp for surveillance would not be able to stop them. As long as their cavalry rush into our March, it will turn into a one-sided massacre.

I shuddered at the thought of this possibility. After a moment's silence, I seriously asked, "Comrade lieutenant, have you found out how many enemy troops there are in each of these two camps?"

Tel avin nodded and answered with full assurance: "report, comrade general, after a day's reconnaissance, we have basically made clear the situation in these two camps. The cavalry troops stationed in the south are the 12th dragon cavalry regiment of the 6th cavalry brigade of Romanian Cavalry Division 1. The regiment is composed of regiment headquarters, guard platoon, communication platoon and engineering platoon; There are four cavalry battalions, each with four platoons, 178 soldiers and 13 light machine guns; A heavy weapons battalion, including 16 60mm mortars, 12 heavy machine guns and 4 75mm field artillery. In the camp of the 20th infantry division on the north side, there was only one infantry company. Except for one heavy machine gun and four light machine guns, no other heavy weapons were found. A large number of trucks were found in their camp. "

Bantaileiev, waiting for travkin to finish, slapped each other on the shoulder and said excitedly, "Comrade lieutenant, it's amazing that you have made the enemy's situation so clear." Then he suggested to me, "Comrade division, do you think we should send an army to take off the truck camp of the Romanian army?"

"I agree," I immediately agreed to bandeleev's proposal. "As long as we get these trucks, we can transport as many empty trucks as possible back to mamayev post according to the city's supplies. At present, it is very difficult to supply supplies in the city, and the group army can not provide us with too much help, so the army can only find a way to solve the problem by itself. " At this point, I habitually raised my hand and looked at it. I said in my heart, "thank you, jerikov. Why haven't they come back yet?"? When he comes, the regiment can dispatch a battalion to carry out the task.

While I was still thinking about which battalion I should give the task to, I suddenly heard Bantai leiev ask again, "Comrade lieutenant, I'm very curious. How are you surrounded by the Germans?"

I was also interested in this question asked by Bantai leiev. I quickly looked up at trafkin and wanted to hear his answer.

Lieutenant travkin laughed with embarrassment and replied, "according to the instructions of our superiors, we can't fight with the enemy, capture the prisoners and avoid exposure when we are carrying out reconnaissance tasks behind the enemy.

For the first two days, we strictly carried out the orders of our superiors. But on the third day, there was an accident. When our team was marching in the waist deep weeds, it was accidentally found by German convoys passing on the road in the distance, so hundreds of soldiers jumped out of the car and came over from all directions.

In the process of retreat, we successfully crossed a swamp after losing two soldiers. Since the soldier who was responsible for carrying the whole platoon of grain was also one of the victims, our small army was out of grain after passing through the swamp. In order to replenish the food, we had to hide near the German hospital, attack the wounded soldiers who have just been discharged, and seize the limited food they carry

"Why did you attack the wounded?" Bantai leiev asked curiously.

Looking at bandeleev, travkin replied solemnly, "Comrade Colonel, this is a good explanation, because the wounded soldier has just come out of the hospital. Even if he is missing, it will not cause suspicion. The hospital will think that he has returned to the army, but the army still thinks that he is in hospital."

"Since the wounded soldiers of the enemy have been solved quietly by you," bantailiev asked in surprise, obviously dissatisfied with travkin's answer, "how was it discovered by the enemy?"

"Well, comrade colonel. According to the air force's reconnaissance, there seems to be at least one division of German tanks in a railway station in our reconnaissance area. We have to find out what's going on. On the way to the railway station, we found several covered trucks parked on the side of the road to rest. From their driving direction, they should be heading for the station. So I asked the Deputy platoon leader to take two soldiers with them. When the enemy didn't pay attention, we climbed on the truck and took the truck to the station for reconnaissance.

As soon as the vehicle entered the station, before it could stop, our army's plane appeared and bombarded the station. And our scouts also got out of the car, while avoiding the bombs falling from the air, while solving the enemy who found himself. When they risked their lives and rushed to the smoky station, they found that the tanks of the so-called tank division were just models made of a pile of wood. While they were moving, the three met a German officer with several soldiers. After a short battle, one soldier died, and the Deputy platoon leader and another soldier managed to escape from the station and snatch a document package from the German officer who was killed. Perhaps it was this operation that led the Germans to find that there were our reconnaissance troops in their hinterland, so they mobilized troops including the Ss to encircle and suppress us. "

"Comrade lieutenant, in the document package you seized," my focus is different from that of bandeleev. He is concerned about how they were discovered by the Germans, but what I am concerned about is the contents of the document package, "what important documents are contained?"

Hearing my question, travkin turned to look at it and replied respectfully, "it's the deployment of the 297th German infantry division and the assembly site of the 24th armored division."

Although such information is important, it is of little use to us, so I nodded and said casually, "I see. Comrade lieutenant, let's go on with your next business. "

Travkin agreed, and then went on: "we arrived the night before yesterday at the armored division assembly site mentioned in the document, which is an abandoned quarry 80 kilometers southwest of kongniai city. There, we saw hundreds of tanks just unloaded from the train, assembling. In the course of reconnaissance, our scouts captured a staff officer of the armored division and seized important documents from him. I guess it was the disappearance of the staff officer with the important documents that attracted the attention of the German army. They deployed a large number of troops to search the area where we were operating in company and platoon units.

During the transfer, we encountered a German armored vehicle. I immediately ordered my soldiers to lie down on the spot and hide in the weeds by the side of the road. The armored car stopped not far in front of us. The Germans on the car seemed to hear something, but they didn't come down to search. They just shot at our hiding place with their machine guns and submachine guns.

After a while of shooting, they saw no movement in the grass, and the armored car drove forward again. However, in the enemy's strafing, our unit lost a lot, three soldiers died, two were injured, and the radio station carried by the operator nasja was damaged. In order to report the intelligence we have detected to our superiors in a timely manner, after burying our dead comrades in arms, we turn our direction and move towards the enemy's depth. We are ready to seize a radio station from the enemy's hands when necessary and report the intelligence to the division headquarters. "

When he said this, I said with a smile, "so it is, comrade lieutenant. It seems that you soon found the radio station and got in touch with us by accident during the Ming language call. "

"After daybreak, when we passed a bridge guarded by the German army, we found a hut on the other side of the river. It seemed that the German telegraph operator was contacting the superior. At that time, I decisively ordered the soldiers to cross the river downstream and try to capture the enemy's radio station. It started very smoothly. We found a gentle River downstream, took off our clothes and headed upstream to cross the river. Of course, even the prisoner passed with us. After landing, we put on our clothes and quietly approached the small room with a radio station

When lieutenant travkin said that they had all taken off their clothes to cross the river, I couldn't help but shift my mind to Nastia. I was secretly wondering if this young woman soldier was swimming across the river naked like a male soldier. When I concentrated on it again, the story of travkin had already come to the end, "... When the Germans on the bridge heard the gunfire, they rushed over with weapons, and the machine gun at the end of the opposite bridge also turned around and shot at us. Seeing that they were found by the enemy, the soldiers jumped out of their hiding places, and their guns rang out one after another. For a time, the gunfire on both sides of the bridge kept on, and the Germans and our soldiers were knocked down by the flying bullets. The cry of despair, the wail, poured into my ears. After a while of fighting, I saw high dust in the distance. It seemed that the enemy reinforcements had arrived, so I ordered the troops to retreat.

My deputy platoon leader gave me a heavy push and yelled, "Lieutenant, you take the men out first, I'll lead the enemy away.". After shouting this sentence, the Deputy platoon leader and three soldiers rushed to catch up with the German army and fired, running in a different direction from ours.

After we succeeded in getting rid of the enemy, we found a hiding place, and I ordered nasja to report to the superior immediately. At the same time, we counted the number and found that there were only 14 people left. In a short day, 10 of our soldiers died. "

After hearing this, Bantai leiev asked with concern, "have you got in touch with your superior?"

"Comrade Colonel, I'm sorry, No." Travkin replied with a wry smile: "maybe it was the collision that caused the failure of the radio station on the way of our transfer, which made it unable to operate normally. As the position was exposed, the German search forces soon surrounded us from all directions, and we were forced to move again.

Sergeant Yegor, a squad leader, was at the top with three soldiers, while the rest of the soldiers and I followed them from a distance. When we got close to a camp a few days ago, I suddenly had a feeling of uncertainty, so I stopped and planned to send someone to call them back. At this time, a shell whistling with a sharp whistling fell in front of the middle of the team. With a loud bang, four soldiers were blown up in the fire.

"Lie down!" I roared at the soldiers and gave orders. A tank came out of the grass in the distance and appeared in my field of vision. The hateful steel giant shook off the floating soil and weeds on the body and rushed towards us. Fifty or sixty German soldiers also came out of the grass, followed behind the tanks and began to attack.

At this moment, I understand that we are trapped in the enemy's ambush circle, and immediately order us to fight and withdraw. Fortunately, the four soldiers overturned by the bomb did not all die. Although yegol and another soldier were seriously injured, they were still able to fight. With the cover of their sacrifice, we successfully got rid of the enemy.

We found that the way back was tightly blocked by the enemy, so we had to take the enemy around the area until we were surrounded by the Germans on the nearby hillside during the day. Comrade general, you know the rest. I won't repeat it here. "

I pointed to the nearby communication room and said to him, "Comrade lieutenant, there's our radio station. We should be able to get in touch with your superiors. You can go there and report the information you have detected to your superiors. "

Travkin looked at me gratefully, saluted me and bandeliev, and turned away.

Looking at the figure of travkin leaving, I can't help but think of the Romanian military camp with only one company. As long as we capture it and find a group of commanders and fighters who can drive, I am sure that most of the materials stored in kongyi will be transported back to mamayev post.

Just then, led by corporal Mikhailov, shejerikov and kosja entered the trench and were coming towards us. When I saw commander kosga coming, I was very angry. Major gordonov would command the third regiment better than him. After all, he had been away from the army for a long time. Both the commander and the soldiers below were very strange to him. It's strange that he could command the army well.

Kosja might have found my face ugly, walked up to me, saluted me with Sergey reekov, and then bowed his head and waited for my attack without saying a word.

I didn't pay any attention to him. Instead, I shook hands with shijerikov with a smile, praised him and said, "Comrade commander, good job, really good job. Your regiment is really good in today's battle. It has easily captured the enemy's position, and the casualties seem to be small

After receiving my praise, xiejerikov said with pride: "Sir, do you forget that when our regiment was still sticking to the North highland, you called us to hold a meeting. At that time, I made a statement to you, saying that the German people could not attack the positions we held, but if we attacked the positions held by the German people, even if there were two, we would win them. Well, I'm not bragging, am I

I didn't say anything about shejerikov's complacency. I just nodded with a smile. Then I said hello to captain Nicholas, who was following him. It was meant to be a feint attack by your troops. Unexpectedly, in the end, you turned the feint attack into a real attack. Without artillery cover, you won the enemy's mountain at one stroke. "

Nikolay came forward to salute me and Bantai leiev, and then said solemnly, "Sir, the soldiers were very encouraged by what you said at the funeral this morning. When the troops were suppressed by the enemy's firepower, suddenly a soldier bravely stood up and cried out: "comrades, don't forget what the division commander said, move forward, move forward!" Under the leadership of this soldier, the soldiers who had been lying on the ground also got up one after another and rushed to the enemy's position. "

After hearing what Nikolay said, I asked with great interest, "Comrade captain, where is the soldier you are talking about? I want to see him. "

Nikolay bowed his head and said with some sadness, "report to the commander that the soldier died in the battle."

Hearing that the soldier who bravely stood up at the critical moment had died, I sighed with regret, and then said, "Captain Nikolay, although the soldier has died, he has used his life and blood to protect the battalion and his honor, and has also made indelible contributions to the protection of our motherland. Not only you but also I want to thank him. All the commanders and fighters of the independent division should thank him and remember his great achievements. Please pass on my words to the officers and men of the first battalion at the right time

Because he was moved, Captain Nikolay's eyes were red. He nodded and assured me: "please don't worry, sir. I will convey what you said to the commanders and soldiers of the camp word for word."

After talking to sjerykov and Nikolay, I turned and looked at kosga standing next to me. I said angrily, "commander kosga, your troops are playing well. When you attack koneyi in the early morning, you are the troops with the least casualties. In the battle just ended, the other two battalions bravely charged up against the enemy's barrage of bullets. And your troops? It was a good performance. Hundreds of people were lying hundreds of meters away from the German position, shooting with crackles. Are you telling the Germans that you are playing feint tactics? Do you want to tell the Germans that the fake attack here will not pose a threat to you, so you'd better use your troops to other places with confidence? "

I said this in a rage, and kosga was not a fool. He should be able to recognize my dissatisfaction with him from the honorifics and a series of irony I used to him. As soon as I finished, he immediately blushed and apologized to me: "Comrade teacher, I was wrong. I promise I'll never do it again... "

"What, next time?" This attack was Bantai leiev. He pointed to kosja's nose and said, "this fool, fool, as the commander, can't even command his own troops. In the end, he had to take the guard company to charge himself. I don't think you deserve to be a regimental commander. You can be a company commander at most. "

Coaska, who was scolded by bantaileiev, was livid. Maybe at this moment, he thought that he had been demoted from commander to company commander. I saw him open his mouth, as if trying to explain, but in the end he didn't say anything. Although I have become calm after I scolded kosga, I didn't come forward to make it over when bantailiev taught him a lesson. It is estimated that he will learn this lesson only when bantailiev scolded him hard.

I coughed and said slowly, "well, commander kosga, take your troops back to the city immediately and help the Third Battalion of the first regiment to move all the goods we have captured out of the city."

Kosja didn't know if he was scolded silly by Bantai leiev. After listening to my order, he asked foolishly, "Sir, why do you want to move the baggage out of the city?"

I kicked him and said with a smile: "I think you were smart before, but now you are confused. Do you think the Germans will give up when we occupy konaiyi and seize a large number of German military materials? Even if they don't send ground troops, they will send planes to bomb. Do you want all the materials we captured to be reduced to ashes in the bombing? "

When I said this, kosga suddenly realized that he quickly agreed, saluted us, turned around and left with his men in a hurry.

Looking at kosja's departure, xiejerikov quickly asked me, "Comrade division commander, since the third regiment is going to help carry materials, what is the task of the remaining troops of our regiment?"

"The second battalion of shereblenny held fast to the high ground, and the first battalion of Captain Nikolay immediately entered the city to take part in the work of transporting materials." At this point, I raised my hand, looked at my watch, and continued, "Lieutenant Commander shijerikov, please remember that the Germans won't leave us too much time. Their planes will come back to bomb at any time. So you should give priority to transporting the seized guns, ammunition, food, medicine and other materials outside the city. As for the remaining military uniforms and quilts, you can move as much as you can. Do you understand? "

"Yes, I promise to finish the task." After shejerikov made a statement to me, he raised his hand and left quickly with Nikolay and other commanders and guards.

Seeing that chejerikov and kosja had left one after another, bandeleev said anxiously, "Comrade division, why didn't you assign the task of attacking the Romanian battalion to any of the commanders?"

I waved my hand and said with ease: "Comrade deputy division commander, it's only a small matter to attack the Romanian military camp and seize the trucks inside. Our immediate task is to seize the time to transfer materials and minimize losses. "

Bantai leiev saw that I had a clear mind and asked tentatively, "Comrade division, you don't want to dispatch a troop to carry out the task after the materials in the city have been transported, do you?" Without waiting for my answer, he began to ask himself, "when the troops have finished carrying materials, they have to March more than ten kilometers to attack the enemy's camp. If the commanders and fighters who take part in the battle are exhausted, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. In this way, our casualties in the battle will increase. "

"Comrade deputy division commander, I understand very well that the officers and men of these battalions are very tired after a long march and two successive battles." "So I didn't even think about using these battalions to attack the Romanian camp," I said lightly

"Without these battalions, where are you going to use the troops?" As soon as Bantai leiev asked this question, he suddenly realized, "Oh, I see. What you want to use is four regiments and three battalions."

"Exactly. Since last night, the Third Battalion of the fourth regiment has been staying in that camp. It is estimated that the commanders and fighters below must be unable to restrain themselves. If such a combat task is given to them, I believe they will surely achieve the desired results. "

When I said that, Bantai leiev was eager to try. After he reached out and pulled up his left and right arms, he confidently said to me, "Comrade division commander, let me command the fourth regiment and the Third Battalion."

Seeing that he took the initiative to fight, I couldn't pour cold water on him, so I had to nod and agree. However, in order to be on the safe side, I took the initiative to say: "Comrade deputy division commander, since you are going to command the fourth regiment and the third battalion to carry out combat tasks, in addition to the soldiers of the guard platoon with one platoon, take all the tanks and armored vehicles we have captured."

I didn't expect Bantai leiev to wave his hand and say, "no, No. The Romanians had only one company, and a battalion of five or six hundred of us rushed up and easily wiped them out. It's better to leave the tanks and armored vehicles behind. If the enemy comes to attack, they can be of great use. "

"Comrade deputy division commander, no way, no way." Seeing that bantaileiev did not want to take tanks and armored vehicles with him, I knew in my heart that he was not too troublesome, but worried that the German army would send heavy troops to counterattack after learning that konaiyi city and highlands were lost, and leaving tanks and armored vehicles could strengthen our heavy firepower. However, I am also worried about him. Although there is only one company for Romanians, if a light infantry without heavy weapons is allowed to attack, the battle may be stuck. If Romanian cavalry hears the news, they will be attacked from both sides. Therefore, I insist with a strong attitude: "you must take tanks and armored vehicles with you, Only in this way can we eliminate the enemy in the shortest time and seize the trucks we need. If the battle cannot be solved as soon as possible after the enemy's camp is attacked, once the nearby Romanian cavalry division and the 295th German division come to reinforce, you will be in danger. "

Seeing that I was obstinate, bantaileiev knew that I could not argue, so he had no choice but to agree to my request.