Chapter 1135

My plan to return to the headquarters had to be postponed because of this emergency.

While waiting for the soldiers to deliver the survivors, I had a discussion with tavartkiraze about the defense of position 1.

Position 1 is composed of seven highlands not far apart. As the distance between the Highlands is less than one or two kilometers, they can provide mortar fire support to each other when they are attacked by the German army in any direction. This is why position 2 and position 3 are lost, but position 1 is still standing.

The whole front of the defense was defended by Lukin's 309 regiment, equipped with a company of the 101st tank brigade and a cannon battalion. Because of the existence of artillery battalions and tank companies, the German offensive troops suffered a lot, losing at least 30 tanks and about a battalion of infantry in front of their positions.

The division headquarters of tavartkilaze is located behind the Lukin regiment, and the troops directly under the division are responsible for the defense. The highlands on the left and right sides are guarded by 308 regiments and 310 regiments respectively. At the same time, they are also equipped with artillery regiments. As long as their positions are not lost, the division headquarters will be as stable as Mount Tai.

After discussion, I decided to ask Col. berey to deploy another tank battalion in position 1, so that the division's defense force could be strengthened, and even in the event of German armored assault, the new tanks of the tank battalion could destroy them.

As we were talking, there was a sound of footwork at the door. Then a little, hunched old lady, with the help of a soldier, entered the house. She stood at the door and stopped for a moment. After looking at all the people in the room, she broke away from the soldiers who helped her and quickly came to me. She grabbed my hand and said in a tearful voice, "general, people in our village have died miserably. You must keep it for them." Then he held my arm and began to cry.

I looked at the poor old man in front of me, patted her on the back, comforted her and said, "old man, don't worry, we will ask the German to pay back this blood debt." Then I helped her to sit down and told the soldiers who sent her to pour tea.

After the old lady had a sip of hot tea, she became more stable. Before we asked her, she said, "I'm a villager in torodov village. I have three sons and one daughter. Now I'm in the Red Army and fighting with the Germans. Last week, I received a death notice saying that my eldest son died in the fight to defend his motherland. "

Hearing the old lady say that she sent all the children to the army, we can't help but respect her. Tavartkilaze asked with concern, "old man, why didn't you move to the city before the Germans called? I think you can get preferential treatment in your military status. "

The old lady waved her hand and said, "I'm old and I don't want to mess about any more. I believe you will soon be able to defeat the German devils, so you stay in the village. "

"What about the German slaughtering the village?" Tavartkiraze asked curiously.

"That's a long story." The old lady took another drink of water with her teacup and said slowly, "two days ago, a group of Germans rushed into the village and searched door to door to see if there were guerrillas hiding in the village. After searching for a long time, they did not find their so-called guerrillas, so they robbed everyone of their food and poultry. At first, everyone thought that the Germans would be ok if they left after robbing. Who knows they stormed into the village at noon today and drove all the people to the sun field. Without saying a word, he fired machine guns and killed all the people. " At this point, the old lady could not help but feel dejected.

"How did you escape?" tavartkiraze asked casually

"I was growing cabbage in the forest when the Germans rushed into the village."; The old lady lifted the Cape of her shawl, wiped her tears and said, "when I heard the gunfire in the village, I rushed back to the village in a hurry. Seeing that all the people in the village had been turned out to the sun by the Germans, I hid behind the woodpile at the edge of the village to see what was going on. Who knows, before long, the Germans used machine guns to shoot unarmed villagers. After a while, more than 100 people in our village fell into a pool of blood. "

When I heard this, I stood up, put my hands on the old lady's shoulders and comforted her again, saying, "old man, don't be sad. We will pay back this blood debt to the German sooner or later."

Hearing my statement, the old lady wiped away the tears from her wrinkled face with the Cape of her shawl. She raised her head and asked me, "Comrade commander, how long will I have to wait to see the moment when these German robbers are punished?"

"Fast, fast." Although I knew in my heart that as long as I survived the first week, the German army would turn offensive to defensive, I could not tell anyone about it at the moment. I could only reply vaguely, "before the end of this month, I believe we can drive the Germans away from here."

"Old man," she said with a smile as she looked at me suspiciously, "she is our commander. You can believe what she said."

I heard that I was a general. The old lady suddenly made an amazing move. She hugged my waist, knelt down on her knees and said in tears, "general, on behalf of the dead villagers in our village, thank you!"

I was startled by the old lady's behavior. As I helped her up, I said, "old man, you can rest assured that I will keep my word." Then he called the soldiers who escorted her here, "take the old man down to rest."

After the old lady left, tawalter killazer said in a suspicious tone: "Comrade commander, do you decide that what the old lady said is true? You know, although the Germans and we are fighting very hard, I seldom hear about the massacre of civilians. "

"Comrade General, you are too ignorant." As for tavartkilaze's query, I said without hesitation: "I have seen civilians slaughtered by the Germans more than once, especially the Germans defeated by us today. They are not ordinary Germans. They are the notorious SS and have no humanity."

When I said this, I suddenly remembered an important thing and quickly changed the topic: "by the way, comrade general, there is something I almost forgot to ask you. Last night, the 100 tank brigade of the 10th tank army suffered heavy casualties because of the German sneak attack? "

"Yes, it is." Tavartkilaze continued: "at present, the remaining tanks of the tank brigade have joined their main forces. Due to poor fighting, the 10th tank army has now moved to the west side of the bergorod Kursk road."

When I heard that the 10th tank army had moved to the west side of the road, I knew that I could hardly count on them before the great counterattack began. Thinking of the impending tank war in Prokhorovka, I can't wait to rush back to the headquarters and make corresponding deployment.

When tavartkilaze escorted me to the door, he enthusiastically said, "Comrade commander, it's a little too dangerous for you to go back like this, or I'll send a tank to escort you?"

When I heard him say that, my eyebrows could not help raising, and my mind immediately came up with the shape of squatting on the tank. It didn't matter when the rank was low. Now it's easy to be the target of German snipers in this uniform. I don't want to die in the dark. Thinking of this, I repeatedly waved my hand and refused to say: "no, comrade general, sitting on the tank car, the target is too big, it is easy to become the target of snipers, or it is safe to sit in a jeep."

I didn't expect that after hearing this, tawalter killazer laughed. He patiently explained to me, "Comrade commander, since the tank escorts you back, how can you sit on the body of the tank. If you want to sit in a tank, not to mention the German snipers, even if you meet the enemy's small troops, our tanks can easily cope with it. "

Although I pretended that I didn't care at all, I was afraid of death. If I met a small German army on my way back, I would really die young. Therefore, with a little thought, I readily agreed to tavartkilaze's proposal.

We went to the foot of the mountain and saw my jeep parked next to a new tank. Seeing our arrival, a short tank soldier immediately ran up to him and reported to him in a loud voice: "Comrade General, tank sergeant roschukin reports to you. I have been ordered to accept the task. Please give instructions!"

When I saw the man, I couldn't help laughing. It turned out that the tank driver was no one else. It was the Russian version of Hua Mulan that I saw some time ago. If she escorted me, I would be more confident.

Tavartkilaze raised his hand and returned a salute. He said to him with a smile, "Comrade staff sergeant, I have given you an arduous task." Then he pointed to me, "you escort the commander back to the headquarters. I ask you to ensure her life safety. Is there a problem? "

Roschugin looked at me and replied loudly, "no problem. Please rest assured that I will send the commander back to the headquarters of the group army safely. "

I can see from the dialogue between them that tavartkilaze said that he wanted to send tanks to escort me, which was not a temporary intention, but an early arrangement. I nodded to him with a smile to thank him for his arrangement. Then he said to ruschujin, "chief, let's go."

I climbed up the tank and slid through the open roof into the tank. As soon as I got in, the sour smell in the car almost suffocated me. But since I came in, I couldn't afford to climb out again, so I had to bear the stench in the car and sat in the corner.

Roschugin got into the tank and sat in the driver's seat next to me. Before she started the tank, I asked her, "I'm sitting in the tank. Isn't one of the tankers out of position?"

"Comrade commander, don't worry." "My lookout was injured in today's battle, so I just got a seat out," ruschukin replied

After the tank started, I was in the deafening noise. I asked her in a loud voice, "chief, what's the result of this period? How many German tanks have been destroyed?"

"One tank and two armored vehicles were destroyed yesterday." Roschukin also replied loudly: "in today's battle, although it hit a German Tiger tank, it was a pity that it failed to penetrate its front armor, and finally let it escape."

Although roschukin's record is not brilliant, I think it is very good. You know, in the real history, in the battle of Kursk, the tank battle loss ratio of the Soviet army and the German army is generally three to one, or even four to one. Nowadays, due to the emergence of new tanks, the Soviet army has a great advantage in the tank duel.

As it was not dark, I could see the situation outside from the lookout hole. There are bare hillsides hit by gunfire everywhere. The roads are full of craters large and small. The wreckage of tanks burned black can be seen everywhere on the roadside. This shows how fierce the fighting is today. Roschukin, who was driving the tank, suddenly turned to me and said, "Comrade commander, it's too dangerous for you to be a jeep every time you come out. What should I do if I encounter a German on the road? " As for her worries, I replied with a smile, "I'm all working in my own defense zone. How could I happen to meet a German?" As soon as the words were heard, someone in front of him suddenly cried out: "there are German armored vehicles at three o'clock!" I looked at the man's position and saw a German armored car parked by the side of the road with many soldiers on it. Seeing the appearance of the German army, I instinctively put my hand on my waist, ready to pull out my pistol at any time to shoot. Just then, roschugin began to give orders to her subordinates: "load the shells, aim at the car body and fight!" The loader loaded the gun with a shell in his arms, and then called out, "it's finished!" Roschugin yelled, "shoot!" At her command, the car exploded like a huge firecracker, which made my ears buzzing. Then I heard roschukin cheering, "great, hit the target!" I saw the smoke and fire from the armored car, and the officers and soldiers on the car jumped down and ran for their lives. At this moment, he heard roschukin's order loudly: "use submachine gun to kill all the German infantry!" Without saying a word, her subordinates put their assault rifles on the shooting holes and started shooting at the running German troops outside. Two unlucky soldiers were hit by bullets after running a short distance. After turning around a few times, they fell to the ground askew. The other clever soldiers escaped by chance by hiding in the nearby crater. After the battle ended without danger, the tank went on. I don't know how long after that, just when I was about to lose patience, roschukin finally turned to me and said, "Comrade commander, here we are!"