Chapter 843

This inexplicable order of trakov confused lyudnikov. He asked in a confused voice: "Comrade commander, why do you want the troops to withdraw? According to my fighters, a force is attacking a German stronghold in the middle. I let the troops go out to help them. "

Trikov glanced at me standing next to him, and then said to lyudnikov, "at the moment, oshanina's independent division is attacking the German army in the middle. Under the cover of the artillery battalion of the division, their officers and men are advancing very smoothly. Maybe in another half an hour or less, they will be able to eliminate the remaining enemy in the middle and join you. "

"Comrade commander, since it is general oshanina's troops that are launching an attack, we can't stand idly by. I think my troops should act more actively to attract the attention of the German troops so that they can't concentrate on dealing with the friendly forces. Our whole division will fight side by side with the commanders and fighters of the independent division. "

Before lyudnikov had finished, trakov interrupted him: "come on, comrade Colonel, stop talking." Perhaps he felt his tone was too stiff, and then he slowed down and said, "your division has no heavy weapons now, and it's not strong enough to attack the fortification of the German army. Even if you have made a great sacrifice, it's difficult for you to attack it. Let the independent division finish the battle of seizing the middle zone alone."

Although lyudnikov accepted the order, it will take some time for the order to reach the troops. At that moment, the German army, hidden behind the buildings and the rubble, had opened fire on lyudnikov's attack team, and the soldiers in front of them were immediately injured.

In the open land, there were more than ten corpses of our soldiers lying on the ground, the rest of them lying on the ground. A light machine gun temporarily set up swept the enemy's hidden debris, making dust splash. Several German soldiers had to curl up and hide in the position where the bullets could not hit.

Seeing that the enemy's firepower was sparse, the machine gunner jumped up from the ground with the machine gun and ran forward quickly. When the dense bullets hit the ground around his body like a pot, he had already jumped into a crater, put up his machine gun again and continued to fire at the German army.

As soon as he hit half the shuttle, he was hit by a dense bullet and fell on the machine gun. Almost at the same time that the shooter of the machine gun was shot and fell down, another soldier who was suspected to be the vice shooter of the machine gun jumped into the crater. Seeing the sacrifice of the bullet in the hand of the machine gun, he quickly went forward to embrace the body and retracted into the crater.

After a while, the machine gun co shooter showed his head again, grabbed the machine gun and fired at the German army hiding behind the rubble. The machine gun clattered incessantly. The machine gun trembled violently in the assistant shooter's hand. The cartridge case burst out to the side continuously. The bullets from the muzzle of the gun beat several German bandits out of their bodies.

A barrage of bullets from the top of the building hit the co shooter. His body twisted backward, still clinging to the machine gun in his hand. When he fell back into the crater, a long string of bullets flew into the air

Seeing that the soldiers of lyudnikov division were constantly injured and killed under the intensive fire of the enemy, I was so anxious that I couldn't help them in a hurry.

I don't know whether the soldiers received lyudnikov's retreat order, or whether they felt that the German firepower was too strong to rush up with their current strength. They began to retreat under the dense firepower of the enemy. Some soldiers carry weapons and run to their own positions; Some fighters turned on two shots and ran around, running several times and stopping to shoot.

Seeing this scene, Bantai leiev was so angry that he scolded: "Damn, damn! How did we fight this battle? We didn't see how fierce the enemy's firepower was, but we let our officers and men charge the enemy's defensive positions without any cover. Didn't we let them die? "

Trikov put down his telescope, looked at him and said seriously, "Comrade Colonel, there is no victory without blood. In order to defend our great motherland, it is worth paying no matter how much."

Bantai leiev was speechless when he heard what trakov said. He could only raise his telescope and continue to watch our division's commanders and fighters fighting.

Although bantaileiev did not dare to speak, I saw the casualties of the ludnikov division and said sadly: "Comrade commander, you see, the charge launched by Colonel ludnikov has paid the cost of casualties of 40 or 50 officers and men, but not even the enemy's fortifications."

Trikov gave a wry smile and turned the topic to other directions: "o'shanina, what's your plan after you've cleared the 70th division of the guards?"

I didn't know what trakov meant when he asked, so I could only honestly answer, "I obey your orders."

I didn't expect that trakov didn't assign me a specific task. Instead, he continued to ask, "I want to hear what you really think."

To tell you the truth, my original intention was to follow rokosovsky to the end of the battle of Stalingrad. Anyway, it will not be long before the front army of Stalingrad will be under the command of his Don river front army. It is still very important to have a good relationship with the superior leaders as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, a telegram from trekov called me back from empty kneading. Judging from the current situation, the remaining troops in the city have suffered heavy casualties, and our independent division will definitely play the leading role in the next counter offensive. Instead of waiting for trakov to give me a task, I'd better show a high profile and take on some dangerous tasks.

Thinking of this, I quickly and respectfully said to him: "Comrade commander, this is my consideration. Even if Colonel lyudnikov's troops are rescued, they will not be able to achieve anything in the next battle due to their limited strength. Therefore, I think we should let them rest on the spot and let our division continue to sweep the nearby German troops. The first thing to deal with is the five German divisions still in the factory area. "

Trekov waited for me to finish with a smile on his face. He said to me with a smile, "Comrade oshanina, it's not easy for you to guess the tasks assigned to you by the group army. Tell me, what are you going to do with the five German divisions. You know, although they have suffered a lot in the fight against us, and there is little ammunition and fuel left, it is not easy to eliminate them. "

"Comrade commander, as the enemy's strength is several times that of ours, it is unwise to rush into their positions." As I thought about it, I said to trakov, "but because the air supremacy of the battlefield is in our hands, the German tanks are afraid of being bombed and dare not attack at will, which greatly reduces our attack pressure. In order to be on the safe side, I think we should take the strategy of consolidating one place after occupying one place, and push forward step by step to the enemy's depth. "

"Is it too slow to play like this?" Trikov's point of view was different from mine. After listening to me, he immediately put forward his own doubt: "if you push the enemy step by step, you can't wipe out all the German troops in the city in a month or two. If during this period Hitler sent reinforcements from the rest of the battlefield to rescue Paulus, our plan of encirclement and annihilation would be completely defeated. "

Although I knew in my heart that the battle of Stalingrad would continue for another two months due to various objective reasons, I could only keep this in my heart, but I could not tell trakov.

Just when I didn't know how to answer trekov's question, I suddenly heard Bantai leiev cheering: "great, great, our soldiers are great! Commander and division commander, come and see. Our soldiers are rushing up. They have captured three buildings and are rushing towards the last two buildings. "

Hearing the shouts of Bantai leiev, I quickly picked up my telescope and looked into the distance. Almost the whole regiment rushed up. Some of the thousands of officers and men were still rushing forward carefully around the ruins. Some of them had already rushed into the buildings that had been occupied by us to strengthen the defense of the buildings.

The officers and men of the second battalion are searching for the enemy in the newly occupied building. Many of them have been specially trained. Almost all of them are armed with the same engineering spade. As soon as they find the enemy, they quickly wave the engineering spade and rush up to kill the enemy. Although the distance is far, I can't hear the movement in the building, but when I see the blood splashing around, I can think of how strong the visual impact effect of this fighting method on the enemy is. indeed. A moment later, the only remaining enemy completely lost their courage. They threw down their weapons and ran back recklessly. There are also scared soldiers, standing directly in place, raised their hands high.

Covered with the enemy's blood, the red eyed officers and men of the second battalion did not stop. After driving the enemy out of the building, they chased after them and rushed to the next building. The German soldiers, who had been hiding behind the rubble, saw a large group of enemies coming and wanted to shoot. They were afraid of hurting their own people. They could only see our commanders and fighters rushing in front of them and had to fight a white-edged battle they did not want to fight. The two battalion's officers and soldiers waving their shovel wantonly, as long as the German troops still standing, they will immediately spit blood five times to the Yellow River.

A few minutes later, a large group of troops flooded into the last two houses. The machine guns on the German floor shot for a moment, and then there was no sound. It is estimated that the machine gun shooters inside had been killed by the officers and men we rushed in.

Trekov was stunned by what he saw. I saw him secretly wipe the sweat on his forehead. Then he turned to me and asked, "o'shanina, where did your soldiers learn this kind of fighting method? I don't think the Germans are able to fight at all. We should popularize your style of play in the whole army group, so that we can win more victories in the following street battles. "

I replied with a smile to trikov, "Comrade commander, have you forgotten that when our independent division was first established, the task we received was to recover a residential area occupied by the German army. At that time, our weapons were limited. I had no choice but to let the soldiers practice using cold weapons to fight in the enemy's house. I didn't expect that this kind of fighting method could have such a good effect in the fight against the enemy's house by house. I didn't expect that. "

The battle ended in more than 20 minutes. About 20 German soldiers, holding their hands high, were escorted out of the building by our commanders and fighters. At this time, with a long breath, trakov turned to me and said, "come on, comrade oshanina. Now that the enemy in the middle zone has been eliminated, we can go to Colonel lyudnikov."

Under the protection of the guard platoon led by Yushchenko, we passed through the area full of ruins and bodies, and walked quickly to the forward liudnikov division defense area.

When lyudnikov appeared in front of us, I could hardly recognize him if he didn't take the initiative to speak. His face was full of beard, and he looked black and thin. His short fur coat was full of mud, and he couldn't see what he was. After a few simple greetings, he turned to salute me and expressed his gratitude for our rescue. At the end of his speech, I could not wait to ask, "Comrade Colonel, I don't know where Captain Karpov I sent to you?"“ Captain Karpov? " Lyudnikov couldn't keep up with my jumping thinking. After repeating my name, he suddenly said, "Oh, comrade oshanina, do you mean the commander who brought a mixed battalion from the independent division to support me last time?"“ Yes, comrade colonel I saw lyudnikov think of Karpov and asked tentatively, "is he still alive?"“ To live, of course, to live, he doesn't die that easily Lyudnikov said, turning his head and calling a commander behind him, he told him: "second lieutenant, go and call captain Karpov from the independent division here, and say that general oshanina of the independent division wants to see him." Seeing the back of the second lieutenant leaving, I couldn't help muttering again. I said that I didn't know how many people were left in the camp I sent him last time“ Comrade oshanina, "trikov asked me in a low voice after the second lieutenant left," is this captain Karpov the commander of the eastern battalion who led the army last time? "“ Yes, comrade commander. That's him. " After answering this sentence, I explained: "last time I called you, I wanted to transfer the captain back from Colonel lyudnikov's troops, but because they were surrounded by the enemy, I had to give up this idea for the time being." After listening, trakov was silent for a long time before he said, "you've done the right thing. We'll try our best to ensure his safety."