Chapter 931

When I heard that, I really wanted to give an order to bandeleev immediately, asking him to draw a company from the guard camp of the division to protect the command post of the first regiment. But just as I was about to open my mouth, I closed my mouth in time. Long before the battle began, I handed over the battle command in the city to bantailiev. Since he did not send reinforcements to xiejerikov now, he must have more far-reaching consideration. I can't interfere in his command casually.

The fighting outside the regiment headquarters did not last long. Although the German soldiers have high quality and strong combat effectiveness, it also depends on who they are compared with. If they are compared with our ordinary commanders and fighters, they will not have any problem fighting one company at a time. But when I met the soldiers of my well-equipped and powerful special guard company, they were no match at all.

In less than ten minutes, Yushchenko walked back into the headquarters with his assault rifle, raised his hand and reported to me, "Comrade commander, we have annihilated all the enemies who came here. A total of 39 German soldiers were killed. Five of us were killed and 21 were injured. Three of them belonged to the first regiment. "

"Good." After I finished this sentence, I thought that since the German army was attacking the position of the first regiment, it must be ready to move in the direction of the fourth regiment. I want to rush to the defense area of the fourth regiment immediately to see how their defense deployment is going? Thinking of this, I told Yushchenko: "Comrade captain, you take a squad with me to the fourth regiment position, and the rest of the soldiers will stay here, temporarily responsible for the security work of the first regiment command post."

"Comrade commander!" When they heard my arrangement, they both called out. After they finished shouting, they closed their mouths together. After looking at each other, xiejerikov coughed softly and said to me, "Comrade commander, your safety is very important. You'd better take all the soldiers to the fourth regiment together! As for the security work here, I can draw some people from the staff and logistics to form a guard platoon. Captain, they, "shejerikov said to me in a low voice when he said this," they are all the "imperial guards" sent to you by Comrade Stalin. "

When I heard this word, I shivered. Yushchenko, who had traveled all the way from Moscow to Stalingrad, became my special guard. I never thought why Stalin sent them. After listening to Xie jielikov's words, I realized in my heart that they were actually the "Royal Guards"! In the past, he loaned them to trikov to take charge of the security work of the headquarters of the group army. Now that they are the guards of a regiment command post, the rank of chejerikov is too low. Even if I insisted that they stay, shijerikov did not dare to use them. Since this is the case, I will not impose difficulties on others. I have to say with regret, "Comrade commander, since this is the case, I can only trouble you to set up a temporary guard platoon from the logistics and staff to protect your regiment headquarters."

After leaving the command post of the first regiment, under the guidance of Yushchenko, I went to the defense area of the fourth regiment along a passage still under the control of the new third regiment. On the way, Yushchenko complained to me in a low voice: "Comrade commander, some Germans have already rushed into the city. Although the road we are taking is relatively safe, who doesn't know if any Germans will suddenly come out and attack us. In my opinion, we'd better go back to the army headquarters first. Anyway, you can learn the specific situation there. "

"Comrade captain," I can't say anything serious about the commander of the guard battalion who protects my own safety. I can only say euphemistically, "although I can get the information from the subordinates at any time in the military headquarters, it's not true after all. The reason why I went to the defense area of the fourth regiment was to find out if there were any loopholes in their defense, so that the German army would not break through their defense line as soon as the pontoon was repaired and several tanks rushed into the city. "

When I said that, Yushchenko shut up and quietly led the way for me. At the same time, he looked warily at the windows of the buildings on both sides of the road, fearing that a German would suddenly shoot a bunch of bullets at us.

I clenched my assault rifle and looked left and right as I walked forward. From the window of the roadside building, you can see the garrison moving inside. Some of the officers and men standing at the window raised their hands to salute us when they saw us passing by.

After walking for about half an hour, I came to the defense area of the fourth regiment. Behind the barricade and the firing point, I saw the figures of the commanders and fighters. Seeing this scene, Yushchenko said in surprise: "Comrade commander, look, the fourth regiment has deployed so many defensive forces in the direction of facing the city."

I took a look at Yushchenko, nodded and said, "Colonel gedar was famous for his good defense when he was an independent division. It's normal for him to deploy his defense forces like this."

As we were talking, three commanders and soldiers came out of the barricade in front of us, looked at us, and then trotted all the way. They stopped five or six meters away from me. One of the officers raised his hand to salute me and reported: "Comrade commander, Captain Ke Licheng, commander of the first company of the fourth regiment, has reported to you that the first company is carrying out a defensive task. Please give us instructions!"

I also a gift, light said: "please continue, comrade captain." Then he stepped forward, reached out to him and said, "Hello, comrade captain. I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon."

He quickly took my hand in both hands and politely said, "Hello, comrade commander, welcome to our fourth regiment to inspect defense. Please follow me. I'll take you to the regiment headquarters We followed captain kiricheng, went down to the traffic ditch by the side of the road, and walked along the half deep ditch. While walking, I said with emotion: "Captain, are there many traffic trenches in your defense area?" Corichen, who was walking in front of me, turned to me and said, "Comrade commander, there are such traffic trenches in every street. The commander said, "dig more trenches like this. Once the German army rushes into the city, we can not only use them as trenches, but also block the German tanks. This is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone."“ Did the commanders and fighters of your regiment dig so many traffic trenches themselves? " I think that there are almost ten streets in the fourth regiment's defense area. If they are allowed to dig every street, it will be a lot of work“ No, "currichen shook his head and replied," at least less than half of the traffic trenches were dug by ourselves, and the other half, I don't know whether it was the Germans or our own people who dug them before they left the city. " When we came to a stone building and saw several sentries standing at the door and two machine gun fire points piled up with sandbags, I knew that I had come to the command post of the fourth regiment. Although it is three or four blocks away from the river, the sound of gunfire and cold explosions from the river can still be heard clearly. Corichen asked us to wait for a moment in the same place, while he climbed out of the traffic ditch and quickly ran to the sentry standing guard and said a few words to each other. After listening to him, the sentry looked at us for a while, then turned and walked into the command post. After just a few minutes, Gaidar's familiar figure appeared at the gate of the command post, and he was followed by his deputy, political commissar Xia Ping. After saluting them, he pointed to our direction and said something to them. After listening to the captain's report, they turned their eyes together. As soon as they saw where we were, they immediately welcomed us with a smile. They came up to us and raised their hands to salute me. Then Gaidar asked with a smile, "Comrade commander, why did you suddenly come to me?"“ What's the situation by the river? " I did not return the gift, but asked directly, "has the enemy's pontoon been repaired?"“ Not yet. " After he said this, Gaidar made a gesture of invitation to me and said, "Comrade commander, it's not a place to talk outside. Let's go back to the command post." I didn't object to his proposal. I just nodded silently and signaled him to lead the way. As I passed by Captain kiricheng, I reached out to him again and politely said, "thank you, Captain kiricheng! Thank you for bringing us to the regiment headquarters. "“ Comrade commander, "my thanks made captain kiricheng feel a little embarrassed. He took my hand in his hands and shook it vigorously." this is what I should do. " As soon as I walked into the command post, the busy scene of shejerikov appeared in front of me again. However, once the door of the room inside Gaidar command post was closed, the noise was immediately blocked outside. I sat at the table, staring at the map on the table, and said to them, "tell me about the situation. What happened to the enemy on the other side of the river?" They stood straight in front of me. When they heard my question, Gaidar stepped forward and said to me in a loud voice, "Comrade commander, please allow me to report to you!"“ Go ahead, comrade commander. " Looking at the map marked with red and blue pencil in front of me, I said faintly: "tell me the specific situation. I'm listening."“ The German infantry, under the cover of artillery fire, made four attacks on our riverside positions Gaidar clearly replied: "but under the tenacious resistance of our regiment's officers and men, their attack was beaten back."“ How many enemies have you wiped out, and how many casualties have you suffered? " I knew in my heart that it was wishful thinking for the German army to rush over from the ice without the cover of tanks. Let alone having a clear view of the ice, there was no shelter. Even the speed of charging would be too slippery to mention. I ask this question because I want to know how Gaidar, who is good at defending, is doing in today's battle?