Chapter 893

From a long distance, I saw a medal hanging on the chest of lieutenant Vassily. This is the "medal for the defense of Stalingrad" officially awarded to every commander and fighter who participated in the battle of Stalingrad a few days ago. Seeing this medal, I can't help complaining about myself. Vassily and his sniper team have made so many contributions, but I haven't even applied for a medal for them. If I were in other troops, maybe Vassily would have at least five or six medals on his chest. As soon as I get back to the headquarters later, I'll ask kirilov to report Vassily's meritorious service. It's normal for him to get a few medals based on his achievements.

When I was three or four meters away from Vasili, a sudden change occurred. A dull explosion and a tragic voice came to my ears. At the same time, my body was knocked backward by a sudden impact. When I fell to the ground solidly, the snow powder all over my body.

I saw little Vasha squatting beside me, shaking my body hard, and my mouth was shouting something, but my ears were buzzing all the time, and I couldn't hear what he was shouting. I tried to sit up. As soon as I moved, I felt intense pain coming from my chest.

"What's the matter? What's the matter? " I asked myself in my heart, was it the cold shoulder of the German? I tried to take a deep breath and found that in addition to the needling sensation in the heart, the internal organs of my whole body seemed to have been shaken and displaced.

When bandeleev's familiar face appeared in front of me, I tried to squeeze a smile on my face. As soon as I wanted to ask what happened, he was pulled aside. Then kirilov's anxious face appeared in front of me, and he repeatedly asked, "Comrade o'shanina, what's the matter with you?"

Although my tinnitus symptoms relieved a lot, I didn't understand kirilov's question until he asked me for the second time. I gave a wry smile and answered with difficulty: "Comrade political commissar, this fall has made me feel like I've shifted all my internal organs. Let me lie on the ground for a while, and I'll be fine soon. "

"No, absolutely not." Kirilov said nervously, "you can't lie here in such cold weather. You'll get frostbite." Then he turned to the back and yelled, "Hey, what are you still doing? Why don't you find a stretcher to carry the commander to the tent?"

When kirilov looked down at me again, I asked him in a low voice, "Comrade political commissar, what happened just now?"

Kirilov looked around again, then said to me with a sad face, "it was lieutenant Vassily who accidentally stepped on a German mine."

"What, Lieutenant Vassily stepped on a mine?" When I heard this news, I was shocked and broke into a cold sweat. I supported the snow with both hands and wanted to do it. But kirilov stopped me. He said anxiously to me, "Comrade oshanina, you've also been hit by some shrapnel. Don't move before the arrival of the military doctor."

When I heard kirilov say that, I quickly reached out and felt the armor armor bullet proof clothes in front of my chest. As expected, I found some metal pieces that tied my hands. If I didn't wear this kind of clothes at any time, I might have just explained here. Seeing that my injury was not serious, I immediately asked Vassili's injury: "Comrade political commissar, is Vassili seriously injured?"

Kirilov nodded, then shook his head, and finally said in embarrassment, "o'shanina, it's hard to say. He seems to have been injured by shrapnel. Some soldiers are dressing his wounds. " At this point, he could not help sighing, "even if the injury healed, it is estimated that he can no longer be a sniper, alas, what a pity!"

Just then, a stretcher was placed beside me, and then seven or eight hands reached over and lifted me onto the stretcher. When I lay on the stretcher, someone immediately lifted it up. I looked up and saw that the two people who raised my head were actually Sergei reekov and the new division commissar, Lieutenant Colonel oberstein; Then he turned to the front and saw the commander Oleg and the chief of staff of the division, major ahlomeyev. I can't help feeling warm at the sight of these division and regiment leaders acting as my temporary stretchers.

When the stretcher was carried into the tent, I immediately smelled the choking smoke inside. I don't know how many cigarettes they had just smoked inside to reach such a choking level. When they carefully put down the stretcher, they did not leave immediately, but all stood aside, patiently waiting for the arrival of the military doctor.

When I saw the headquarters at all levels standing around me, I could not help frowning. I raised my hand and called leiev to the front of the class. I told him, "Comrade division, let's not stay here. Let's go about our own business. They won't be able to help until the military doctors arrive. "

At my command, Bantai leiev stood up without saying a word and waved to the other commanders in the tent. After saluting me together, they stormed out of the tent.

When there were only kirilov, bantailiev and akhromeyev left in the tent, I called akhromeyev and said to him, "Comrade chief of staff, we should immediately arrange to send lieutenant Vasili to the group army field hospital. He is our hero. We must ensure that he can recover as soon as possible."

After akhromeyev agreed to take orders to leave, I said to kirilov: "the political commissar, Lieutenant Vassily and his sniper team not only made great contributions to the battle of defending Stalingrad, but also made great contributions to the battle of seizing kinotsgar town in Norway last night. They should immediately submit their commendation application form to the headquarters of the group army. I'll stay here and wait for the military doctor to check up. Go back to the military headquarters first. "

Bantailiev saw that akhromeyev and kirilov had left one after another. When there were only two of us left in the tent, he came up to me, leaned down and complained to me and said, "Comrade commander, you are now the head of the first army, but you can't run forward as you used to be a division commander."

"What happened to the mine that lieutenant Vassily stepped on?" As for Vassili's inexplicable stepping on the land mine, I didn't understand it all the time, so now that there are only two of us in the tent, I want to ask the truth“ If I'm not mistaken, last night's offensive troops rushed into the town from the road outside. How could there be mines left where thousands of people have stepped

"Comrade commander, please listen to my explanation." Bantailiev had an embarrassed look on his face at this time. He blushed and said to me: "the Germans may have laid a lot of mines on the road in order to block the H20 road. In last night's attack, one third of our division's casualties were caused by stepping on mines. As you know, we have just captured the enemy's town and are still cleaning up the battlefield, so it is too late to clear up the mines laid on the roads by the enemy. "

"General bantailiev," I said solemnly after listening to his explanation, "we must immediately send engineering troops to inspect the whole road, and we must take out the mines laid by the enemy, so as not to cause unnecessary casualties." With these words, it suddenly occurred to me that the tank brigade of Colonel berey came from the south. Under the crush of the tanks, the mines on the road should have been cleared almost, so I added: "as for the south side of the road, don't worry. You should concentrate on clearing the mines on the north side of the road."

As soon as the task was assigned to Bantai leiev, the curtain of the tent was lifted. Two people came in from the outside. In front of him was an ordinary soldier with a helmet. After he came in, he saluted Bantai leiev and loudly reported: "Comrade division commander, the military doctor has arrived."

Bantai leiev nodded, then stepped forward, grabbed the military doctor's hand, pulled him to my stretcher, pointed to me and said, "Comrade military doctor, our commander was injured by a mine. Please check her quickly."

The military doctor nodded and put the suitcase on the table next to him. Then he said to Bantai leiev, "Comrade division commander, please avoid for a moment. I want to give the commander a comprehensive examination."

Hearing what the military doctor said, I was afraid that bantailiev would feel embarrassed. I quickly cut off the topic: "by the way, general bantailiev, you can arrange the engineer to clear the mine now. This can't be delayed."

Bantai leiev raised his hand to salute me, then turned and walked out of the tent.

The military doctor helped me to sit up first and took off the steel armor bullet proof clothes that saved me. He looked at the thin bullet proof clothes with his hand and said with emotion: "Comrade commander, you are very lucky. You see, the positions where these fragments are inlaid are the key points of the human body. Without the protection of this layer of steel armor, you may have died gloriously. "

When I was lying on the stretcher, the military doctor examined my whole body carefully, and finally asked with concern, "Comrade commander, do you have any discomfort except for the bruises on your chest?"

"A little dizzy." I didn't feel much when I was lying on the stretcher. When the military doctor helped me sit up and take off my bullet proof clothes, I felt dizzy and slightly nauseous. At the moment, when the doctor asked, I said, "I don't know if I hit something hard when I fell to the ground."

After listening to me, the military doctor picked up the helmet that I put on the table and looked at it. Finally, he said with approval, "Comrade commander, you guessed right. Judging from the dent left on your helmet, when you were knocked down by the blast, your head hit the hard object on the ground heavily." At this point, he was silent for a moment, and then said: "according to my experience, you should have hit a stone. You feel dizzy, probably because of the violent collision, caused by concussion. I'll give you some medicine, and you'll get back to normal after a few days' rest. "

"Thank you, comrade military doctor." When I saw the military doctor taking medicine from his small suitcase, I sat up on my own and began to wear the uniform I had thrown aside. Although there is a stove in the tent, I'm still very cold. If I don't put on my clothes, I may catch a cold.

When I was dressing, I suddenly thought of lieutenant Vassily who was injured in the eye. I couldn't help asking the military doctor, "Comrade military doctor, what happened to lieutenant Vassily who stepped on the mine?"

"Lieutenant Vassily?" The military doctor was asked by my sudden question. After a while, he suddenly realized and said, "Oh, comrade commander, you are talking about the sniper." He shook his head and said with regret: "it's very bad. Even if you don't lose your eyesight, your eyesight will be seriously affected after you recover. It seems that he has no chance to be a sniper in his life. "

When I got out of the tent with the help of the military doctor, Captain Yushchenko, who was waiting outside, met me. After he raised his hand to salute, he took the initiative to review to me: "sorry, comrade commander, it's all my fault. If I had been with you, that would not have happened. " I have no doubt about what Yushchenko said. According to his habit, every time he protected me, there were soldiers from the guard company in front of me, around me. In the case of mine explosion just now, I believe there will be soldiers blocking the shrapnel flying towards me with their bodies. As for his remorse, I just laughed, went forward and patted him gently on the shoulder, comforted him and said, "Comrade captain, this is an accident. You don't have any responsibility. You don't have to blame yourself."“ Comrade commander, do you still want to go into the town? " When Yushchenko finished listening to me, he did not have any surprise expression on his face, but nervously asked: "you know, the situation in the town is very complicated. Although our troops have occupied the town for a long time, no one can guarantee that there are no remaining Germans hiding in any corner. I know Yushchenko was frightened by the situation just now. At this time, I would not insist on going to the town for inspection, so I pretended to raise my hand to look at my watch and said, "well, comrade captain, it's not too early now. Let's go back to the army headquarters first." After I agreed to return to the army headquarters, Captain Yushchenko was relieved. He turned and waved to a jeep that was not far away. The jeep came quickly and stopped steadily in front of us. Yushchenko stepped forward, opened the back door and politely said to me, "Comrade commander, please get on the bus." When I returned to the army headquarters, as soon as I entered the door, the chief of staff Vitkov rushed over, grabbed my arm and asked with concern, "Comrade commander, I heard major general Bantai leiev's report that you stepped on a mine outside the town. Are you ok now?" Then he looked me up and down to see if I was missing my arms and legs“ Don't be so nervous, chief of staff. " His reaction made me laugh. I patted him on the arm and said easily, "I'm ok. After the examination of my military doctor, I only had a slight concussion. Well, "I took out the medicine from my pocket and showed it to him," and gave me a lot of medicine. As long as you insist on taking the medicine for two days, you can return to normal. "