Chapter 835

Shejerikov didn't seem to notice my abnormality, but excitedly reported to me: "Comrade division commander, general rokosovsky, commander of the Don front army, and general Batov, commander of the 65th group army, are here. They are in my command post at the moment. Just a moment, Admiral rokosovsky will speak to you. "

Rokosovsky's familiar voice soon came from the earphone. He asked kindly, "Hello, dear Rita, I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing?"

Suddenly I heard rokosovsky's voice, I was so excited that I couldn't speak properly: "Hello, comrade commander of Don river front army, I'm... I'm... Very good, how are you?"

"I'm very good. Today our army of the Don front has advanced to the vicinity of kongniai city. General Batov, commander of the 65th army, and I know that your troops are stationed in the city. We are here to see you." Rokosovsky briefly introduced the reason why he went to kongnieyi, and then said: "Rita, you are really amazing. In order to ensure that the mamayev post can be used as the support point of counter attack and the most important gateway to defend Stalingrad in the future, the independent division has been holding on until the Red Army launched a comprehensive counterattack, your clever deployment and tenacious defense, All played a key role in the coming final victory. "

"Comrade commander, you flatter me." I was a little flattered by rokosovsky's praise. I said humbly, "I didn't do enough. In the defensive phase of the campaign, our independent division didn't destroy enough enemies and contain enough German forces."

"Come on, Rita, stop being modest." Rokosovsky interrupted me and said with a smile: "if you are free now, I hope you can get to konaiyi as soon as possible. I will assign you a defense task. At present, although our two troops have joined forces, the German forces in our encirclement are still very strong. It is unrealistic to eat them all at once. So you need to adjust the deployment as soon as possible, and set up defense in the dangerous terrain. Do you understand? We should set up solid defenses to prevent the German attempt to launch a counterattack. The troops can't step back until they get a new order from the superior; Also, you can't just take a step forward, understand? "

When I heard that rokosovsky used two "do you understand" in his words, I realized the seriousness of the problem and quickly agreed: "I understand, comrade commander!" After finishing this sentence, I pause for a moment, and then said: "I will arrive at kongnieyi in the shortest time to accept your order!"

"Good. I'll be waiting for you in your command post." Rokosovsky said that, he broke off contact with me.

After I put down my earphone and transmitter, I turned to kirilov, who was standing not far away, and they said, "general rokosovsky said that there was an important task to assign to us, so I had to go to konnai immediately. Comrade political commissar, you are with me; The deputy division commander and chief of staff will stay and wait for the fourth regiment to assemble before they arrive at kongnieyi. "

Listen to me, kirilov, who has always been cautious, agreed without hesitation to my proposal to start immediately.

We walked out of the headquarters and found captain Yushchenko, the company commander of the guard, outside. Yushchenko, who was chatting with several soldiers, saw us walking towards him, waved at the soldiers, sent them away, and then trotted all the way to meet them. Stand at attention in front of us and politely ask, "Sir, do you have any instructions?"

"Comrade captain, the political commissar and I will go to kongnieyi city at once. You can find two cars and take some soldiers with you to go with us."

After listening to my instructions, he then asked, "Sir, is it a jeep or a truck?"

When we recovered gorodyse two days ago, we seized several jeeps belonging to the Soviet army. That's why Yushchenko asked. After thinking about it, it's not too far from here to kongnieyi City, and the roads are almost all under the control of our army. There's no need to take too many soldiers with us, so there's no need to use trucks. So I replied, "Comrade captain, it's not too far from here to kongnieyi City, there's no need to use trucks. Go find two jeeps."

"Yes Yushchenko agreed and turned away.

As soon as Yushchenko left, busmanov, who got the news from somewhere, ran over. Seeing that kirilov and I were still standing by the side of the road, we quickly came up to us and said, "Sir, political commissar, I heard that you are going to kongyi soon. Do you need me to gather the guard company to escort you?"

Kirilov listened to him and waved his hand and said, "no, comrade major. It's not a long way from here to kongniayi, and there are our troops along the way, so we don't need too many people to go with us. "

"But, comrade political commissar, you once said," seeing that kirilov didn't intend to let him go with us, major basmanov, the commander of the guard battalion, was in a hurry. He even moved out what kirilov had said before. "You once said that as long as the division commander leaves the headquarters, no matter where he goes, at least one platoon of soldiers should follow him. But now you only have two jeeps. Isn't the number a little too small? "

"Comrade major, I said that before," kirilov did not deny what he said, "but the situation was different then. At that time, the enemy might rush to the high ground at any time, so the division commander would be in danger wherever he went. That's why I gave you such an order. But now the situation is different. The German army is surrounded by us. We are in constant panic all day. We don't attack them. They have been hiding in the trenches for entertainment. How can they send people to attack us? " At this point, he stepped forward, patted basmanov on the shoulder, and said in a friendly way, "don't worry, comrade major. How effective is captain Yushchenko's guard company? I think you are very clear. With their protection, we will be safe and sound."

As I was talking, I saw three jeeps coming towards us in the distance. Maybe Yushchenko thought it was a little less to send only two cars, so he found another jeep.

After the jeep stopped a few steps away from us, Yushchenko jumped down from the co driver's seat of the first car and came to us to report: "teacher, political commissar, the jeep is ready. You can take the one in the middle."

Kirilov and I sat down in the back seat of the second jeep and saw the driver and another heavily armed soldier sitting in front of us. As the car in front started, our driver started the engine and followed.

I asked the soldier who was sitting in the co pilot's seat curiously, "Comrade soldier, how many people have you come?"

Hearing my question, the soldier in the front row quickly turned around and said, "report to the division commander, the political commissar, the two jeeps in front and behind, including the driver, each with five people."

After listening to the number of people in the front and rear cars, I calculated in my mind that if there were five people in each car, then there would be ten commanders and fighters, plus the driver and guard of our car, then Yushchenko, they had 12 people to escort us to kongyi.

In the process of driving, I looked out of the window and saw that there was a desolation all around, and there was a vast expanse of white everywhere. Except for our military fighters occasionally flying in the air, I couldn't see a single person on the ground.

Kirilov suddenly asked, "Comrade oshanina, do you think the Don front army will launch a final attack on the German army in the near future?"

"The last attack?" Hearing the word kirilov used, I couldn't help laughing bitterly, "Comrade political commissar, it's too early to say the final attack. We must know that the enemy's strength is still very strong. Although we have surrounded them, it will take a long time to completely eliminate them. "

"I don't know how long it will be?" Kirilov asked cautiously.

"At least two months or so." As for kirilov's question, I just gave him a vague time. At the same time, I explained to him: "because the German army is surrounded by us, their ammunition, food and military supplies are interrupted. Therefore, they dare not risk launching a big counterattack. They can only stay in the positions they occupy and wait for their reinforcements."

When I said this, kirilov sneered and said in a scornful tone, "can Hitler still send Paulus reinforcements who can save him?"

Without waiting for me to speak, there was an explosion just ten meters away from us. The soil and snow near the explosion point were thrown high into the air, and then it fell down again, making our jeep roof bang bang.

The driver slammed on the brake, and kirilov and I hit the back of the front seat with great inertia.

"What's the matter?" Kirilov asked aloud.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!" The soldiers in the front row turned and yelled at us.

"Where's the enemy..." before kirilov finished, there was another earth shaking explosion around me, and then our car rolled over. My body smashed on kirilov's body. Without waiting for me to make any response, kirilov pressed on me again as the car turned over.

When the car stopped rolling, I found myself face up on kirilov again. Just want to struggle to stand up, suddenly someone grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the ceiling torn by shrapnel. After leaving the jeep, another shell exploded not far from us. I was so scared that I was ready to stand up and lay on the ground again. At the same time, I saw the soldier just sitting in the front row, squatting beside the overturned jeep, grabbing a man's arm and pulling it out. With sharp eyes, I saw that the man he was holding was kirilov. I quickly bent over and ran over, grabbed kirilov's other hand and dragged him out with the soldiers.

As soon as kirilov left the jeep, the soldiers urged us: "division commander, political commissar, get out of the jeep, maybe it will explode soon."

"But the driver is still in it." Although kirilov had just been pulled out, he soon found that there were only three of us around him. He was unwilling to leave like this. "We must save him, too."

"He has died," the soldier said with a cry, "go quickly, it will be too late if you don't go any more."

I looked around and found that the front and rear jeeps had also stopped. The soldiers used the jeeps as shelters and fired at the enemy in the distance. Seeing this, I didn't hesitate any more. I growled: "political commissar, let's leave here." Then he told the soldiers, "lead the way ahead."

Without saying a word, the soldier took us to the crater more than 20 meters away. After hiding in the crater, I can carefully observe that the enemy who attacked us came from the legitimate. Originally, seven or eight meters south of the road, there was a German tank and five or six tricycles. Needless to say, it must be this tank that shelled us.

More than a dozen German soldiers came to us in a scattered formation, but under Yushchenko's blocking, they had to lie down in the snow and shoot us. At this time, Yushchenko's AK47 has a chance to show its power. As soon as the German Army stood up and could not make two steps forward, it would fall under the precise firing of the guard soldiers.

Although our light weapons were dominant, the German tanks were not vegetarians either. Seeing that our firepower was very strong, they slowly turned the turret and fired another shot at us. The gun shell fell near the rear car and exploded. Immediately, two soldiers were overturned, and their firepower was weakened. The German tanks fired again, hitting the jeep directly, and the soldiers hiding behind the jeep flew out screaming in the explosion. Seeing that Yushchenko's firepower behind his jeep continued, I quickly patted the soldier who was hiding beside me and told him in a loud voice: "Comrade soldier, go tell captain Yushchenko not to hide behind the jeep any more. It's easy to become a target for the Germans and let them find a place to hide." The soldier nodded, jumped out of the crater, bent over and ran quickly towards Yushchenko. Just as he was only a few steps away from Yushchenko, a shell fell on his side and exploded. The soldiers were blown to pieces, limbs and arms scattered everywhere, and some fell directly on Yushchenko's side. Yushchenko may have heard something fall behind him and instinctively looked back. Seeing Yushchenko turning back, I quickly ventured out of the crater and gestured desperately to him to take people to a safe place. Yushchenko, they had just left the jeep, when the vehicle was hit by a shell and began to burn. Seeing this scene, I was lucky. If Yushchenko didn't look back just now, they would be as dangerous as the soldiers in the back car. Seeing that we stopped shooting, the German army got up from the snow and rushed towards us with weapons. When I saw the enemy coming closer and closer, I was very anxious. There were only a few of us left. The number of us was less than that of the German army. Besides, there were no heavy weapons. There was no way to take the most dangerous tank. But I didn't want to wait to die like this. I quickly put the AK47 on the edge of the crater, aimed at the direction of the German army, and pulled the trigger. For the German troops tens of meters away, the assault rifle was much better than the submachine gun. I only fired four or five bullets and hit a German soldier. The German soldier, who was charging forward, was shot. He threw his weapon in his hand, covered his chest, and after two circles, he fell into the snow“ Good fight Kirilov's voice came from my side. I turned my head and saw him lying on the edge of the crater, pulling out his pistol and pulling the trigger at the German soldiers in the distance. I don't know if it's a matter of range or kirilov's shooting is too bad. Anyway, I think he shot out all eight bullets in the gun at one go, and didn't see a German soldier fall down. Yushchenko found a hiding place and started shooting at the German again. After three men fell down in succession, the German army fell on the ground again to shoot us. And the annoying tank was still firing at us, and the shells landed near us or Yushchenko's hiding place and exploded. Just as I glared at the German tank and imagined how to kill it if I had an anti tank rifle in my hand, a violent explosion happened next to the tank. In the explosion, the turret was separated from the car body, flying more than ten meters away, and then it hit the snow heavily. I was surprised to see the snowflakes splashed by the turret. I was just thinking about how to hit it with an anti tank gun, but I didn't expect it to explode. At this moment, I suddenly heard kirilov beside me shouting excitedly: "Comrade oshanina, look, plane, our plane." I followed kirilov's finger and looked up into the sky. Sure enough, I saw a plane of our army circling in the air. It turned out that it had dropped bombs and destroyed the German tanks. After turning a circle in the air, the plane dived down again. At the same time, it used the machine gun to shoot the German soldiers lying on the snow.