Chapter 967

I made the decision to leave the seriously wounded and those who would be disabled, which was also a last resort, because in a few days, our troops would be transferred. The presence of a large number of wounded will certainly slow down the movement of the troops, so that we can hardly stand out from the siege of the German army.

Back at the 308th division headquarters, there were only Romanov and a few staff officers, as well as a few signalmen, and razumeyeva was also among them. Seeing my return, Romanov immediately asked with concern, "Comrade commander, have everything been done?"

I nodded and replied, "yes, the wounded are back, and the body of general haridonov has been replaced. I've specially let the soldiers who know the general recognize it. It's really the general himself. At present, I've arranged for someone to store the coffin in the church. If we want to move, we'll find a suitable place to bury him first. "

"How are the wounded?" Romanov then asked, "if the troops are to be transferred urgently, the presence of so many wounded people will not affect our marching speed."

"I'm sorry, comrade deputy commander." As for his question, I can only answer with regret: "among the 200 wounded, one third of them are the seriously wounded who are not able to move and the disabled. I have ordered captain Yushchenko to temporarily resettle the wounded to the residents' homes after treatment, except those who must stay in the medical rescue. So we can have someone to take care of them when we leave. "

When Romanov heard my arrangement, he was stunned and then asked in surprise, "Comrade commander, if you leave these wounded people in the city, what will be their fate if the Germans come? We have just rescued them today. Can we retreat them into the fire like this? "

"No way, comrade deputy commander." I spread my hands, shrugged my shoulders and said helplessly, "do you think I don't want to take them? But now that we are behind the enemy lines, no one knows what kind of bad situation we will encounter in the future. They still have hope to live. If they follow us, most of the seriously injured will die because of lack of medical care and good treatment environment... "

Before I finished, razumeyeva, who was busy at one side, suddenly came up to me and handed me a telegram, saying: "Comrade commander, it's a telegram from the headquarters of the front army."

In the telegram from the headquarters of the front army, when I heard that from razumeyeva, I couldn't help but be stunned. My heart said that watujing would send me a telegram at this time. What would happen? Thinking of this, I took the telegram to my eyes and read it carefully.

It read: "according to the German intelligence intercepted by the intelligence forces of the front army, general Ike, the division commander of the German" skull division ", died due to a plane fault when he visited the Kharkov front line on February 26. A grand funeral will be held for him soon. Your ministry reported that Ike was captured alive in the early stage. Why did he still visit the front line of Kharkov? I hope major general o'shanina will call back immediately after receiving the telegram to explain the situation to the headquarters. "

When I saw the telegram, I handed it to Romanov and began to think about how to reply to the headquarters. After reading the telegram, the somber looking Romanov put it on the table, raised his head and asked, "Comrade commander, how do you plan to reply to your superiors?" Although there was no change in his expression, the worry in his eyes could not be covered up.

"How else to report?" I shrugged my shoulders and said slowly, "naturally, I will explain the actual situation to the commander of the front army. Even if we don't report the exchange with the German army, our superiors will know it through other channels. Instead of waiting for us to fall into passivity at that time, we'd better take the initiative and report it to them truthfully. "

After hearing what I said, the expression on Romanov's face suddenly became firm. He straightened up and said to me, "Comrade commander, as the deputy commander of the 79th infantry army, I ask you to sign my name in the telegraph. Even if the superior wants to blame me, I should share the responsibility with you. "

Romanov's words made my nose ache and tears almost burst out of my eyes. Although kirilov has said that many times, after all, he has been working with me for a long time. He knows me very well and knows that my decisions have their own reasons. However, Romanov, a veteran general who has known me for a few days, can give me such trust and is willing to advance and retreat with me. How can I not be moved.

Then he turned to razumeyeva and said, "Comrade lieutenant, please record the message. The German SS general Ike, captured by our headquarters of the front army, was killed on the night of February 26 because he was seriously injured. After getting this information, the German army sent out personnel to exchange information with our army. As the enemy offered to exchange the body of general haridonov, who died in our army, and 200 wounded people who were captured by our side for the body of Ike, we accepted the other party's terms and exchanged them. "

Listening to Romanov's telegram, I couldn't help but insert a sentence: "Lieutenant razumeyeva, I am responsible for adding the unchanged exchange ceremony at the back." Seeing that she had finished recording the order, I took the message from her hand and signed my name at the back. Then Romanov also signed his name at the back of the message.

After the telegram was sent out, Romanov and I sat at the conference table, and no one spoke. Everyone was anxiously waiting for vatukin's reply, waiting for him to pronounce his fate. Perhaps seeing my nervous expression, Romanov also kindly put forward to me: "Comrade commander, if the superior blames me, you can push this matter to my head, that is to say, I have agreed to deal with the German army without asking for your instructions."“ Mischief, comrade deputy commander, is this not mischief? " His words touched my heart a little, but on the surface, I still put on the appearance of blaming him: "I am the head of an army. I will bear all the responsibilities." When I said this, my heart opened a small abacus, thinking that the situation was wrong. I asked razumeyeva to send a telegram to Zhukov and report what happened to him. Maybe he will not only be innocent, but also be meritorious after knowing the actual situation. Just thinking about this, I suddenly saw razumeyeva jump up from her seat, then trot all the way to me with a smile and handed me a telegram. From the expression of razumeyeva, I know this time I must have saved the day. I immediately received the telegram and couldn't wait to read it. There was only one word on it: "I know!"