Although not long ago, I was still worried that rosschujina's identity would be exposed. But at the moment, after reading the telegram whose identity had been identified, her mood became relaxed. So I handed the telegram to kirilov and asked for his advice: "Comrade military commissar, you and the deputy commander have a look at this telegram and then talk about your views."
Kirilov, who was drinking water, received the telegram with his empty hand with a puzzled look on his face. I just wanted to remind him that it's better to put down the tea cup before reading the telegram. Unexpectedly, he had finished reading the contents of the telegram quickly and sprayed all the water in his mouth on the table. He put the teacup on the table, even the water in front of him could not wipe it. Holding the telegram in both hands, he quickly scanned it again, and then murmured, "what's the matter? It's ridiculous!"
"What's the matter, comrade military Commissar." Asked Danilov curiously, taking the telegram from kirilov's hand. After only one look, his mouth became O-shaped, and he didn't close it for a long time. After a long time, he stammered and asked: "Comrade commander, what's the matter with... In the end? Why does a male tank hand become a girl
"What's so strange." While I asked akhromeyev to clean the water stains on the table, I said to Danilov: "I think this girl wants to join our team, but the person in charge of the recruitment site does not agree, so she has to do this, disguised as a man and became a tank driver."
"Cheating, it's cheating." Feeling cheated, Danilov said with some old shame: "this is a crime. It's unforgivable. We should punish such people severely."
"Severe punishment?! Comrade deputy commander, how can we punish him severely? " I didn't expect Danilov to react so strongly in the case of roschugina. As soon as he finished, I immediately rebutted him impolitely and said, "will we send our heroine to the military court for trial?"
Danilov was stunned by what I said. After a moment, he sighed and said, "Comrade commander, you are right. Although sergeant roschukin is a woman disguised as a man, she has made great achievements in the battle not long ago. If it wasn't for her and her tank men's tenacious fighting, maybe the 51st division of the close guard has not recovered its lost position up to now. "
"Comrade military commissar, how do you think about this matter?" In my opinion, kirilov was silent all the time. It seemed that he was thinking about how to deal with this difficult matter, so he took the initiative to ask him, "if you have any ideas, please let us have a discussion."
Kirilov looked up at me, then at some of Danilov beside him. Then he said slowly, "it's true that sergeant roschugin disguised herself as a man. But according to my understanding, she made a lot of contributions after joining the army. Especially in the battle of attacking and cooperating with the 51st guard division to recover the position, if it wasn't for her witty and tenacious use of tank guns and machine guns to bombard and strafe the enemy and make them fall into chaos, it is estimated that at the moment we are still having a headache about whether the 51st guard division should defend or withdraw. "
"Comrade military commissar, what's your opinion?" Danilov asked as soon as he finished.
"What's your opinion on this, Rita?" Kirilov didn't answer his question, but put the contradiction on me“ You are the commander. No matter what our opinions are, you are still the one who made the final decision
Originally, I asked kirilov to talk about his own views in the hope that with his calm character, he could come up with a compromise that everyone could accept. I didn't expect that he would put the problem on me now. Seeing that everyone's eyes are focused on me, I know that I can't avoid it, so I can only say: "since everyone has expressed their views, let me say something. Rose trugina... "
As soon as I said this, akhromeyev reminded me in a low voice: "Comrade commander, it's roschujin, not roschujinna."
I turned to smile at ahlomeyev and said, "major, you should know that roschukin is a man's name. A girl's real name is not a man's name, right? So I think it might be more accurate to call her rosschujina. " After that, I went on to talk about my own consideration: "at present, in our defense area, the troops are fighting tenaciously with the Communist aggressors. In order to boost their morale and strengthen their confidence in winning, I think we should immediately report the deeds of roschujinna to the whole group army. "
After listening to my proposal, kirilov frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement and said, "I also agree to report the story of roschujinna within the scope of the group army, and call on all the officers and men to learn from her and fight with the Communists tenaciously."
When Danilov saw that kirilov and I agreed, he looked at bezikov and asked, "Comrade chief of staff, what's your opinion?"
Bezikov looked at me, and then replied very simply: "I have exactly the same opinion as the commander and the military Commissar. We should promote the deeds of roschujinna in the whole regiment, so as to boost the morale of our army."
Seeing that our opinions were unified, Danilov had no choice but to nod his head and say helplessly: "since everyone agrees not to punish roschugina and to promote her deeds in the whole regiment, then I have no different opinions." At this point, he turned to akhromeyev, pointed to him and said, "Comrade major, please call general tavartkiraze and let him know our decision."
After Danilov finished, bezikov also urged akhromeyev: "major, hurry up and make a phone call. I think general tavartkiraze is anxiously waiting by the phone at the moment to know what we are doing with it. Otherwise, he will not have a phone call, but he will send a telegram. Maybe he is afraid of being scolded. If you call him earlier, he will feel at ease. "
On hearing what bezikov said, akhromeyev replied with a smile, "I understand. Comrade chief of staff, I'll call general tavartkiraze right now to let him know what to do with this matter."
After dealing with rosschujina, we shifted our energy to the current war. After reading the war report in his hand, bzikov said to me solemnly: "Comrade commander, judging from the current situation, our second line of defense will soon be attacked by the enemy. Do you want to send our reserve team up?"
After staring at the map for a long time, I felt that what bezikov said was very reasonable. It seemed that the reserve team in my hand could not be retained. So I had to sigh in secret and command bezikov: "chief of staff, call Colonel Xie Liujin, the commander of the 89th division, and ask him to come to me."
While waiting for the arrival of Colonel seleucin, kirilov suddenly said to me, "Rita, should I report to the higher authorities about roschugina?" He was deeply afraid that I didn't pay attention to this matter, and specially explained, "if we don't report to our superiors, once the investigation is carried out, not only rose chujina will be punished, but also the personnel who recruited her at the beginning will be involved."
Although kirilov's words were euphemistic, I understood them. What he meant was that the way we dealt with roschugina was a risky behavior. If we don't report to our superiors, and if the superiors blame us for the trouble in the future, not only roschugina and the people who recruited her will be punished, but also several of us. Thinking of this, I nodded to him and replied, "comrades of the military commissar, since this is the case, then you are solely responsible for reporting to the higher authorities."
Tall and thin, Xie Liujin walked into the headquarters and came to us. He raised his hand and saluted us. He reported: "Captain Xie Liujin, commander of the 89th division of Jinwei, has been ordered to come here. I'm waiting for your orders. Please give me instructions!"
"Comrade Colonel," Danilov asked with a smile, "I want to ask, how is your division equipped?"
Facing Danilov, Xie Liujin said, "report to deputy commander, half of our division's officers and men are equipped with bobosha submachine guns, as well as a large number of heavy and light machine guns and mortars. Their firepower output is much stronger than that of ordinary troops."
"Comrade Colonel, we have an important task for you." I called him to the table, pointed to the map and said to him, "originally, I wanted to treat your division as a reserve team and wait until the counterattack time to fight. But now it seems that my plan will fail. You see, about five kilometers behind the second line of defense, there is a forest and hills. The task of your division is to enter this area overnight and prepare for all battles. "
For my arrangement, Xie Liujin's face showed a puzzled expression. After I finished, he immediately asked, "Comrade commander, I don't know what's the use of putting our division here?"
"Well, once our second line of defense is broken through, it's your division's task," I clapped two times on the map with my palm and said firmly, "that is to rush up immediately and close the gap."
After hearing this, Xie Liujin frowned and thought about it, and asked, "Comrade commander, the anti tank force of our division is very weak. If the enemy who breaks through the defense line is armored forces, then we may pay a heavy price to rush forward. "
Danilov was not happy to hear scheliujin emphasize the objective reason. After coughing, he said to scheliujin discontentedly: "please remember, Colonel, orders from the superior can only be executed, and bargaining is not allowed."
Kirilov saw Xie Liujin's expression of embarrassment and quickly came out to make a round: "OK, comrade deputy commander, I believe Xie Liujin will successfully complete the task we gave him. Don't worry, Colonel scheliujin. Although your anti tank forces are still very weak, we will have a steady stream of artillery and armored troops in the near future. Can't your troops block the gap opened by the enemy in this situation? "
After listening to kirilov's words, Xie Liujin straightened up and assured him: "please rest assured, comrades of the military Commissar. Even if there is only one person left in the 89th division of our guards, we will never let the enemy pass in front of us."
Before sherekin left, akhromeyev came in with a telegram. I saw his sad face and thought it was still rosschujina's business, so I said angrily, "major, if there is nothing important, don't disturb us for the moment."
"Comrades commander," akhromeyev came to me, handed me the telegram in his hand, and said, "from the war report we just received, we know that the German army originally rushed to the tank troops of Prokhorovka and suddenly turned around to the oboyan area. After defeating the Third Battalion of our new regiment, we went deep into the defense area of the mechanized Third Army. " Akhromeyev's news startled me in a cold sweat again, and I asked in a hurry, "are there any troops in front of the enemy?" I would like to say that since the German armored forces can easily defeat the new regiment, how long can the friendly forces last before the unstoppable German armored forces“ The mechanized Third Army and the tank tenth army are fighting tenaciously with the German armored forces in this area. " After pointing out the battle area on the map, akhromeyev raised his head and said to me, "I think general katukov should have obtained relevant information. Maybe his reinforcements are on the way."“ Where is the 67th division of Jinwei? " I saw that the position of akhromeyev's finger should not be far away from the army of shejerikov, so I quickly asked, "if they are allowed to attack from the flank, can they disrupt the German offensive deployment?"“ It's very difficult, comrade commander. " Akhromeyev said with a sad face: "although from the map, the 67th division of the close guard is less than five kilometers away from the fighting area, it's hard to say what kind of fighting capacity they can have left when they have to walk such a long distance in the forest."“ Commander, what shall we do? " It was said that the 67th division of the close guard could not provide help for the friendly forces. The chief of staff, bezikov, was in a hurry. "We don't have any troops that can be mobilized nearby. Can we just watch the German armored forces break through the defense depth of the friendly forces?"“ Chief of staff, you are too pessimistic. " After bzikov finished, Danilov said slowly, "we can ask the headquarters of the front army for help and ask them to send out air force to bomb the attacking German armored forces. In this way, the defense pressure of the friendly forces will be greatly reduced."