Chapter 912

When the troops of raiding the airport were assembling, the telephone on the desk of the headquarters suddenly rang, and I picked up the microphone“ The commander of the first regiment, Lt. Col. chejerikov, reports to you that my observation post has just called. " From the receiver came the voice of chejerikov. He thought that the person who answered the phone was Bantai leyev, so after making clear his identity, he continued to report: "Comrade division, the enemy has increased troops to their artillery positions. According to the Observatory's report, the enemy's reinforcements are composed of seven tanks and just one truck, probably one tank company and one infantry company. "

"Comrade commander," I said to him in a loud voice immediately after listening to the enemy's report, "let the soldiers prepare for all battles. Our attack on the enemy's positions will soon begin."

"Yes "I'm sorry, comrade commander. I didn't know you answered the phone..." he said in a low voice

"Come on, comrade commander, stop talking nonsense." I did not wait for him to finish, then promptly interrupted what he had to say later, and again told him to say: "hurry up and assign tasks to your soldiers."

After I put down the phone and introduced the latest information of German reinforcements to bandeleev, I gave orders to Colonel bere and lieutenant colonel kaverin who had just arrived at the headquarters: "after the assembly of the surprise troops, I will lead the troops to leave from the south of Kuban. At two o'clock in the afternoon, the artillery regiment of Colonel kaverin opened fire on the German artillery position. After hitting an ammunition base, the tank brigade should seize the good fighters that the enemy never recovered and launch an attack immediately. And you, Mr. Bantai leiev, "when I said the last sentence, my eyes turned to Bantai leiev standing on my right," let the infantry follow the back of the tank, and clear the German troops at the fastest speed. "

After I finished a series of tasks, Captain Yushchenko in German uniform came in from the outside. He raised his hand to salute me, and then reported: "Comrade commander, the troops raiding the airport have assembled and are waiting for orders outside. Please give instructions!"

I nodded, then turned to kirilov and said, "Comrade political commissar, I'm going to start now. You and Mr. Bantai leiev will be in charge of directing the battle."

Kirilov reached out and held my hands tightly, shook them hard, and said with concern, "Comrade oshanina, although I can't stop you from leading your team to attack the German airport, I still hope to see you come back safely."

"Yes, comrade political commissar." Kirilov's concerned words warmed my heart. I tried to smile on my face and said to him, "please rest assured that I will come back safely." When I let go of his hand, I turned and shook my head at Yushchenko. "Come on, comrade captain, let's go."

The troops involved in the raid, in neat formation, stood in front of tanks, armored vehicles or trucks, waiting for my review. I stood in the middle of the road, looked at the left and right can not see the end of the team, decisively waved, loudly ordered: "get on!"

After Yushchenko straightened up and agreed, he immediately began to give orders to the troops waiting for orders: "everyone, listen to my command, get on the bus!" Soon, I heard shouts around me, "get in the car! Get in the car With the release of the password, the troops who originally stood in front of the car began to board the car one after another.

Originally, Yushchenko wanted me to get into an armored car. After hesitating for a moment, I still shook my head and refused. I turned to a truck and sat in the co driver's seat I used to sit in.

After leaving the city of Kuban, our troops drove about three or four kilometers south, then turned northwest, passed through the snow covered fields, and quickly headed for the airport south of zaborosh.

The troops stopped in a forest two kilometers away from the airport, because there was a vast plain ahead. We had hundreds of people and so many tanks and armored vehicles. It would be strange if we drove towards the airport without being found by the garrison. If the fighter planes and bombers in the airport take off to bomb us in an emergency, even if we rush forward recklessly, the troops will suffer heavy casualties when we rush to the airport, and they will not be able to attack the defenders in the airport any more.

I took Yushchenko and a dozen soldiers to the edge of the forest facing the airport, found a suitable position, raised my telescope and looked at the airport. I carefully looked at the situation in the airport and found that there was only one huge aircraft parked on the airport, which should be the FW-200 large four engine aircraft that adir said. No other planes, whether reconnaissance, fighter or bomber, have been seen, and they don't know whether they are moving or going out on a mission.

Yushchenko also looked through the telescope for a long time, and then asked me in a puzzled way: "Comrade commander, it seems that the situation is not right. This airport is not as guarded as Sergeant Adil said. You see, "he said to me, pointing to the front," the sergeant said that the German army had a tank at the entrance of the airport and two fire points. But after watching for a long time, I found only two sandbag fortifications, which seemed to have two German machine guns. In addition, in front of the simple building on the north side of the airport, there are two black cars and five trucks with awning. It seems that there are big people at the airport now. "

Seeing that the defense of the airport was empty, and it was obvious that some important people were staying in the airport, I decisively ordered Yushchenko: "Comrade captain, I will give you the task of attacking the airport. You immediately lead a company to attack the enemy's airfield with tanks and armored vehicles. " The reason why I didn't let the troops take trucks to charge behind the tanks was that I found that the road ahead was in poor condition, so it was impossible for the infantry to take cars to accompany the attack, and they had to take tanks to carry out cooperative operations.

"Yes Yushchenko agreed, and turned to gather the offensive troops.

Before long, five tanks full of infantry roared out of the forest and headed for the distant airport, followed by a dozen armored vehicles carrying infantry.

Although the defense of the airport was empty, the remaining garrison was particularly vigilant. Seeing the tanks and armored vehicles rushing out of the forest, they immediately knew that the airport would be attacked by the enemy. Almost when they opened fire at two fire points at the entrance of the airport, the sentry also issued an enemy attack alarm, because I saw that groups of soldiers were rushing out of the buildings on the north side, In turn, we entered the fortifications facing the direction of our attack.

Soon, a mortar shell landed near the assault tank and exploded. From time to time, some soldiers fell from the tank. They didn't know whether they were hit by shrapnel or machine gun bullets.

As our tanks and armored vehicles got closer and closer to the airport, I saw a group of tall and well-known officers running out of the building with cars parked at the door, and a short man in an army coat running towards the plane. Seeing a big fish appear, I immediately got excited. Holding a telescope, I carefully looked at the group of people who were running for their lives, and looked to see whether the big man among them was a general or a marshal.

When the group of people ran to the plane and boarded the plane one by one along the small stairs, I finally saw the little man's "true face of Lushan Mountain". It was Hitler! When I saw Hitler scramble onto his special plane with the help of his subordinates, my hand trembled and almost dropped the telescope to the ground.

I was afraid that I would be dazzled, so I rubbed my eyes hard and raised my telescope again to look at the cabin door of the plane. At this time, the man who looked like Hitler had disappeared, and another SS officer in general's uniform was climbing the stairs.

Seeing the SS officers and men facing the enemy around the plane, the last doubt in my heart immediately disappeared. Since we can get so many SS officers and men to protect us, and we have a senior SS officer to accompany us, it is undoubtedly Hitler himself. If we can catch them, we will become world famous immediately.

Thinking of this, I turned to a guard soldier next to me and yelled, "Hey, soldier comrade, you go to find a truck right away, and then with lieutenant gretka, let's go to the airport."

"But, comrade commander." When the soldier heard my order, he still stayed where he was. He said to me in embarrassment, "there is still a fierce battle going on at the airport. It's too dangerous now, isn't it?"

"Asshole!" I was afraid that because of the soldier's hesitation, the chance to capture Hitler would be missed in vain, so I yelled at him: "don't you see Hitler on that plane? If we rush over and catch him, we'll win the battle. "

"Yes! Comrade commander. " When I heard that Hitler was on the plane, the soldiers suddenly got excited like chicken blood. With a promise, they turned and ran away to convey my order.

As soon as the soldier left, I suddenly thought that there were so many troops in the forest. Instead of letting them stay here and be frozen, I would let them charge immediately. As long as we put these hundreds of people into battle, we can get rid of the garrison at the airport in the shortest time. So I called another soldier and asked him to inform the company commanders of each company and immediately lead the troops to attack the airport.

As all the soldiers around me knew that Hitler was in the airport two kilometers away, the soldiers accepted my order very readily, and then ran to the place where the truck was parked at the speed of 100 meters.

While waiting for the truck to arrive, I raised my telescope again and looked at the airport in the distance where the battle was going on. At the moment, the cabin door of the plane was closed, the propeller on the wing was spinning rapidly, and the plane was sliding forward slowly. Seeing this scene, my heart was raised to my throat, and I cried wildly in my heart: it's over. Hitler is going to run away. What should I do?

If I had artillery around me at the moment, I would let them cover the runway and the location of the aircraft. But at the moment, I have only a group of guards with AK47. It's OK for them to deal with the German infantry. It's impossible to shoot down Hitler's plane with assault rifles at such a distance.

When I was very anxious, our tanks stopped, lined up less than 100 meters away from the trench outside the airport, and fired neatly into the airport.

Seeing the smoke and fire rising in the airport made me even more anxious. I was deeply afraid that the tank man would accidentally blow up the plane, so we would only get Hitler's charred body. However, my worry is obviously superfluous. Apart from the tank artillery shells falling on the enemy's trenches or fire points exploding, the rest of the shells hit the open runway.

When I saw this situation, I was relieved to say that Captain Yushchenko's reaction was very fast. As long as the runway was damaged, the German plane would not be able to take off. When our troops rushed up, we could catch turtles in a jar. Before the infantry launched a full-scale attack, I called all the company commanders in front of me and said to them in a loud voice, "comrades, I have good news for you: Hitler, the chief leader of the bandits, is on the plane in front of us. We can catch him as long as we rush over. If you want to build immortal meritorious service, then, immediately lead your troops and bravely rush up. "“ Wula I don't know who took the lead in yelling, and then all the people around me yelled. The echoes reverberated in the forest, and the snow fell from the branches above. When I sat in the co pilot's seat of the truck, followed by hundreds of soldiers shouting "Wula", who were as excited as chicken blood, and headed for the airport, the plane had to stop because the runway was full of craters and could not take off. Seeing that they could not escape, the people on the plane got off the plane one after another. A large group of people surrounded Hitler and wanted to run back to the building. Before they ran far away, a shell landed near them and exploded. When the smoke dispersed, I saw almost all the people lying on the ground, several people rolling on the ground, it seems that they were hit by shrapnel. Although the defenders in the airport are at a disadvantage compared with us, perhaps because Hitler is here, all the soldiers are very stubborn. Even if it is shot down, as long as the gas is not cut off, it will ring the grenade and our soldiers will die together. Seeing this scene, I felt to myself that the combat effectiveness of these SS forces is really strong. If their strength and weapons are equal, my troops are definitely not their opponents. However, it is useless for them to be tenacious. After all, there is a big difference in the strength between the two sides. First, several firepower points were destroyed by tank fire, and then several gaps were opened in the barbed wire of the airport. Our soldiers flooded in from these gaps.