Chapter 789

Less than two hours after bantaileiev left with his troops, sporadic gunfire broke out outside the observation post. When I heard the gunfire, my first reaction was that the enemy came to attack the highlands. He quickly put up his telescope and looked towards the highland, only to find that the south slope of the highland was calm, and the officers and men in the trench were busy reinforcing the fortifications without the slightest sign of panic. What happened to the gunshot?

I went out to the observation post and wanted to call Mikhailov or ruhovitzki and ask them what happened to the gunfire outside and why they were shooting for no reason? I didn't expect that as soon as I came out of the observation post, before I could call them, I heard a strange roar in the air. After listening for a moment, I immediately understood what was coming. I quickly ran into the communication room and yelled at the operator in it, "Hello, operator, call commander xijerikov immediately. They said that the enemy plane is coming. Let them lead the troops out of the city immediately."

When I saw the operator calling for them, my heart went up to my throat. I was afraid that if I couldn't get in touch with them in a hurry, it would lead to serious losses in the air raid. But fortunately, I soon heard the voice of Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant serge

I didn't wait for the operator to speak. I grabbed the transmitter in his hand and cried out, "Lieutenant sergeant chejerikov, I order you to withdraw all the troops from kongyi immediately."

When the operator saw that I had robbed the transmitter in his hand, he took the initiative to hand over the earphone. When I took it over and looked around my head, I just heard the puzzled voice of Xie jerikov: "Comrade division commander, why should we withdraw our troops from the city? You know, we still have at least half of our supplies. We haven't had time to move them. "

"Go to hell with the rest of the supplies." I roared angrily: "the enemy's plane will come right away, and immediately withdraw you and kosga's troops to hide outside the city. If the troops suffer heavy casualties in the air raid, be careful that I remove you."

When he heard that the air raid was coming, xiejerikov also became decisive: "I understand, comrade division commander, I will immediately organize the transfer of troops." Then his voice went down, and I heard him murmur, "it's a pity that there are so many materials left."

After I left the communication room, I found a place with wide field of vision in the trench and raised my telescope to look at the city in the distance. First, a few soldiers ran out of the city and rushed to the hillside in the distance, and then more and more people came out one after another

The first and third regiments had just withdrawn from koneyi, and the German bombers were flying over the city. I looked at the position completely shrouded in the smoke with binoculars in the trench, and said, "damned Krauts, is such a small city worth bombing with so many planes?"

Thinking of the first regiment and the third regiment which had been transferred ahead of schedule, I felt very lucky. Fortunately, Sergeant Wingle had just sent the radio station of their reconnaissance unit to sergeant chejerikov on a whim. Otherwise, the troops would not be able to evacuate in such a short period of time, and they would certainly suffer heavy losses under the intensive German bombing.

The enemy planes bombarded koneyi aimlessly, and the city we just captured this morning turned into a sea of fire. In the rising fire and the sound of explosion, the buildings in the city collapsed one by one.

Shejerikov and kosja came to me along the trench, raised their hands to salute, and cried out, "report to division commander, the troops of the first and third regiments have all withdrawn from the city."

"Good, you did a good job!" After I finished this sentence, I was surprised to find that because the explosion was too loud, I couldn't hear myself, not to mention the two of them, so I called them to the observation center, where the noise was relatively small, so it was convenient for us to talk.

After entering the observation post, I asked them aloud, "are there any casualties in the army?"

They shook their heads in order and answered with one voice: "report to division commander, because your order was given in time, so the troops withdrew in time." Then kosga said with regret, "nearly half of the supplies have not been moved out and have been blown up by this damned German plane."

Although I heard that only half of the materials were destroyed, I still asked anxiously, "have weapons, ammunition, food and medicine been moved out?" When I heard that they both moved out, I waved my hand and said, "the rest of the uniforms and quilts are of little use to us. If the Germans like to blow them up, let them blow them up enough."

When I finished speaking, they unexpectedly found that Bantai leyev was not in the observation center. Xiejerikov asked with concern, "Comrade division commander, where has Colonel Bantai leyev gone?"

"According to the information provided by the friendly scout, there is a camp of Romanian troops to the east of us. There are a lot of trucks in it, and there is only one company to guard it. So Comrade deputy division commander took the troops to attack the camp."

"Comrade division commander, which unit did you send?" "The first and third battalions are carrying goods in the city, except for the second battalion of shereblenny, who is on the high ground," he asked in surprise As soon as his voice fell, kosga said, "yes, yes, my second battalion has been in the city."

Seeing that they didn't guess which army I sent, I couldn't help laughing and said with pride, "you can't imagine that I sent the fourth regiment and Third Battalion left behind in the South Camp."

"Four regiments and three battalions?" When they heard this, they seemed to remember that in this operation, in addition to the troops of the first and third regiments, the fourth regiment also sent a battalion, which is now stationed in the hillside camp ten kilometers to the south of us“ After seizing a large number of trucks, can they have enough drivers to drive them back? "

"Don't worry about that." To tell you the truth, I didn't think about the driver at all when I sent Bantai leyev to carry out the task just now. Although xiejerikov reminded me at the moment, I still pretended to be calm and said, "I believe the deputy division commander must have a way to get the truck back."

I bent over and looked outside. When I found that the enemy planes were still bombarding the burning kongyi, I told them: "you two go back to your respective troops first, let the soldiers hide well, and seize the time to have a rest. Maybe the enemy's ground troops will come soon, and there will be no time to rest at that time. "

Xiejerikov and I have been dealing with each other for the longest time. Listening to what I said, I guessed what I might have planned, so I tentatively asked, "Sir, are you going to the highland ahead?"

I nodded, confirmed his guess, and then said, "yes, comrade commander. I also went to the highlands to get familiar with the terrain, so that in the next battle, I would know how to use the terrain to fight with the enemy. "

"I'll go with you." "In any case, it's all the commanders and fighters of the regiment who stick to the high ground. I'll go and cheer up my subordinates by the way," he volunteered

When I saw Xie jierikov saying this, kosja next to him was also eager to try. Knowing that if he agreed to Xie jierikov's request, kosja would also make the same request, he waved his hand and directly declined Xie jierikov's good intention: "Lieutenant Colonel, no need. You and lieutenant colonel kosja should go back to their respective troops. As for going to the Highlands, with the soldiers of the guard company and the Scout of the friendly army, you don't have to worry about it. "

After sending them away, I went outside the shelter where they were resting and yelled at them, "Hello, Lieutenant trafkin, are you in there?"

As I called out, the curtain that was blocking the door was lifted. Lieutenant travkin, who was not wearing a hat, poked his head out from the inside and saw that it was me who called him. He quickly came to attention and politely asked, "Comrade General, do you have any instructions?"

"Lieutenant, take your operator and radio and follow me to the highlands." I gave him a short order and added, "I'll wait for you in front."

By the time travkin and nasja had packed up and arrived, Mikhail ROV and johowitzki and I had been waiting for them in the trenches for a long time. With the radio station behind her back, she saw ruhovitzki standing beside me. She immediately ran to him and looked at him with affectionate eyes.

Even a fool can see that the girl has fallen in love with ruhovitzki when she sees her crazy expression. In front of the public, zhuhovitzki was a little embarrassed by the hot eyes of Nastia. To avoid his embarrassment, I thought aloud, "Hey, corporal joowitzki, are you still a man? When you see a young girl standing in front of you with a heavy radio station on her back, shouldn't you do something? " When I said that, ruhovitzki scratched the back of his head, grinned sheepishly, and then came forward to untie the telephone on nasya's back, and carried it on his back.

I think all the people who should come are here, so I waved my head and said loudly, "since all the people are here, let's go."

When I got to the high ground and joined with shereblenny, who had come after hearing the news, I began to inspect the position under his leadership. The north slope and the south slope of the highland are really different. The south slope has only a few trenches and a few sporadic firepower points of civil structures; The north slope is obviously a fortification built by our army before the evacuation. There are not only crisscross trenches and trenches, but also reinforced concrete blockhouses in the middle of the trenches. There are several barbed wire and a wide anti tank trench at the foot of the mountain. There are minefields in the middle of the last two barbed wire fences, according to shereblenet.

Seeing such perfect fortifications, I nodded with satisfaction and said to shereblenny, "Comrade captain, the fortifications here are much more perfect than our mamayev post. As long as you rely on the existing fortifications for tenacious resistance, I believe that even if the Germans come to a regiment, they will not be able to attack. "

"Sir, please have a look!" Instead of answering me, shereblenny pointed to the foot of the mountain and said to me, "the road from the city comes round from the left side of the highland and extends to the distance. There is an earthen slope away from our highland highway 34, where friendly scouts are besieged. The road passes under the slope. "

I raised my telescope and looked in the direction of shereblenny's finger. Next to the slope, there was a black wreck of an armored car. I knew it was one of the three armored cars that had besieged them, even if I didn't ask travkin. Without looking back, I asked selebrione, "Comrade captain, even if the road passes under the earth slope, what's the problem?"

"Sir, comrade," Xie liebolianei said carefully after I finished, "can I give you a suggestion?" I put down my telescope, turned to look at him and said strangely, "if you have any ideas, please tell me." Then he raised his telescope and looked into the distance. Under the highland is a piece of grassland, because nobody takes care of it, the weeds are at least half human height. With my permission, shereblenny stepped forward and said solemnly, "Sir, I think so. We can't defend passively. We should take the initiative in the fight. " After hearing what shereblenny said, I guessed that he might have some bold plans, so I put down my telescope and asked him curiously, "Comrade captain, can you tell me more about it? What can we do to take the initiative in the battlefield in our hands?"“ In order to create favorable conditions for organizing defense and prevent German forces from concentrating their forces to attack our Highlands, I suggest that you send two powerful troops to hide on both sides of the road. One unit is composed of tanks and armored vehicles captured by us, plus an infantry company, hidden on the right side of the road; The other company, made up of infantry, was hidden on the side of the road. When the enemy's attacking forces enter our ambush circle, the hidden tanks will fire first to destroy the enemy's tanks, armored vehicles and artillery. Then the machine guns on the armored vehicles fire again to destroy the infantry in the queue. I estimate that when the enemy is suddenly attacked, a lot of infantry will flee to the slope. When they get close, our troops ambush on the slope will use their firepower to kill the enemy's infantry“ That's a good idea. Just follow your plan. But the troops on the high ground can't be used. The troops in charge of ambush should be taken charge of by other battalions. " With these words, I turned to trafkin standing behind me and said politely, "Comrade lieutenant, please let the telegraph operator get in touch with our regiment. I have important combat tasks to assign to them."