Chapter 947

When it was dark, the troops of bantailiev and gurdyev had just set out, and the faint sound of explosion and gunfire came from the north of the city. When I heard the news from outside, my first reaction was: did the German pursuers enter the encirclement of chief of staff Vitkov? But shouldn't the fighting be carried out in the southeast? Why are the gunshots and explosions coming from the Northeast?

I listened to what was going on outside for a while and was thinking about sending Pugachev to find out where the fighting was going. I didn't expect to wait for my name to be Pugachev, but it was suddenly quiet outside.

"Commissar, deputy commander," I asked, looking at kirilov and Romanov, "did you hear the gunfire and explosion outside?"

"Yes, comrade commander." Romanov took the lead in answering: "judging from the sound of gunfire, it should be our standard weapons shooting, only a few sporadic German weapons shooting, and our army also used mortars."

"Is it chief Vitkov's forces, fighting with the German forces that are catching up?" Kirilov asked tentatively after Romanov finished.

"I don't think so." I answered kirilov in a positive tone: "if it was the exchange of fire between Colonel wittkov and the catching up German troops, the fighting would be much more fierce. It would never end so soon."

Romanov said to himself, "where did the fighting take place?"

"We'll find out, comrade deputy commander." When I had finished, I called out to the outside, "major Pugachev, major Pugachev."

As soon as my voice fell, I heard the sentry at the door shouting for me: "major Pugachev, the commander is looking for you."

With the help of the sentry, Pugachev quickly ran into my headquarters and stood in front of me, waiting for my orders.

"Major, did you hear the gunfire and explosion just now?" Seeing that Pugachev nodded in affirmation, I went on to say, "go and find out where the fighting happened. Report to me as soon as you have any news. "

"Yes Pugachev agreed and quickly ran back to the next telecommunication room.

As soon as Pugachev left, wittkov's telegram came, in which he wrote briefly: "there are about two battalions of German troops following our troops into the plain which has not yet completely thawed. The fourth regiment of the 22nd division of the guards has set up an ambush circle under the command of commander Gaidar. The newly replenished ammunition has been distributed to the front-line combat forces, and we are confident that we will defeat or even wipe out the enemy in the shortest possible time after the battle begins. "

After reading the telegram I gave him, kirilov turned to the telegraph operator and said, "Comrade telegraph operator, please call back the chief of staff and say that we wish him victory."

When the operator was sitting by and beeping, Pugachev came in with a smile on his face. He came to the three of us, stood still and reported to me, "Comrade commander, the situation is clear. The reconnaissance company led by the former captain travkin exchanged fire with a transport convoy of the enemy. "

"What's the matter, where's the enemy?" When I heard Pugachev say that there was an exchange of fire between the reconnaissance battalion and the German transport convoy, I immediately became nervous and asked, "what's the situation like now? Did the enemy escape or were we annihilated?"

"Report to the commander," Pugachev still said with a smile, "the German transport fleet has been completely annihilated by us, and 43 German officers and soldiers have been killed except 11 captured. Except for the five trucks that we destroyed, the rest of the nine trucks were captured by our army. "

"Be more specific, comrade major." Romanov may have thought that Pugachev was vague, and he specially said something.

"Yes, comrade deputy commander." When Pugachev heard Romanov asking himself, he turned slightly to Romanov and said, "according to captain travkin, when they were going out to survey the terrain, they suddenly heard the sound of the motor of the car. At first, when they thought it was a friendly movement, their motorcade climbed to the nearby hills to check.

On the hillside, the captain found that on the road at the foot of the mountain, there were nine covered trucks in long lines, one by one speeding along the road from north to south. When he found the enemy coming, he immediately ordered the accompanying mortars to intercept.

Unable to figure out how many enemies there were in the car, the mortars didn't even use the base, so they fired directly. The shell fell on the road and exploded, and a group of gray black smoke rose in the middle of the motorcade. The truck in the front was hit by a mortar shell. After the fire broke out, it drove forward for a certain distance before stopping. Then there was a violent explosion.

Later, when the car saw that the road ahead was blocked, it turned around and tried to run back. However, our mortars did not fire them. They fired at the trucks behind them, destroyed the last two trucks and completely blocked the road, leaving the enemy trapped in the middle with no way back.

Then travkin led the infantry around him to charge. There were few enemies in the convoy. We saw our soldiers rush down the hillside and fight back in a hurry. As our soldiers rush up, it won't be long before the battle is over. "

"What are the casualties of our army?" After listening to the results of the war, it seems to be a habit for me to ask directly about the casualties of our army“ One of our soldiers died and 17 were injured, but none of them were seriously injured, which did not affect their participation in the next combat mission. "“ Captain travkin, have they interrogated the prisoners? " Kirilov added: "have you figured out where this enemy is coming from?" Pugachev nodded and said: "it is clear from the interrogation that these enemies are transporting goods from Dnepropetrovsk. They said that there are some troops on the front line, and they only have enough food for one day tomorrow. Tomorrow there will be a convoy of 50 trucks coming to kafbas to carry the food they need Hearing what Pugachev said, Romanov said in surprise: "great, it's really great. At present, the German army is short of food. As long as we firmly control kafbas and cut off the German supply line, the morale and morale of their army will suffer a heavy blow. At that time, the hope of the friendly army to win will be greatly increased. " Kirilov also agreed with Romanov's point of view. He even suggested to me, "Comrade oshanina, do you think we should send an army to set up ambushes on both sides of the road to the north of the city to destroy the German convoy?"