Chapter 1168

When Xie Liujin and I were waiting for bielei to arrive in the division headquarters, he poured me a cup of tea and then called out to me: "Comrade commander, although our division has not been established for a long time, you can't favor one over the other in terms of equipment."

I took the hot tea and was about to drink it. Hearing what he said, I quickly put down the cup and asked curiously, "Comrade Colonel, what equipment do you say favors one over the other? I didn't understand?"

"Comrade commander," he said, sitting opposite me, deliberately prolonging the tone and looking aggrieved, "I will not talk about the fact that other divisions are equipped with a large number of assault rifles. I heard that they are also equipped with a new type of anti tank weapon, which is better than the anti tank rifles we use now. It is said that they can easily kill the enemy's tanks within 200 meters. "

I did not deny his statement, but nodded and said with certainty: "yes, the 51st, 52nd and 67th divisions of the guards deployed in the first line of defense are equipped with a large number of assault rifles and anti tank rocket launchers. The reason why these new weapons are assigned to them is that they... "

Before I finished speaking, Xie Liujin interrupted me and said with understanding, "Comrade commander, you don't have to say it. I understand everything. They are in the first line against the main German force, while we are in the reserves. If it were me, I would equip all these limited new weapons to the front-line forces. "

Xie Liujin's high attitude relieved me, so I took a sip of tea and said slowly, "don't worry, comrade colonel. There will be anti tank rocket launchers, assault rifles and new weapons equipped by other units in your division. "

"Great, that's great." Xie Liujin stood up from his seat, straightened his waist, and assured me, "Comrade commander, as long as our division is equipped with new weapons, its combat effectiveness will be improved in a straight line, and then you can use our division as the main force."

"Comrade Colonel, isn't your division the main force now?" When I said this, I couldn't help thinking of the cruel and bloody battle I saw, and my heart became heavy: "today I saw the German army attacking your position so fiercely. I was really worried that your position would be broken through, but fortunately you finally held it."

"Comrade commander, yes, we did not let the enemy break through our position." Xie Liujin analyzed today's battle to me. "First, we made preparations for defense in time, built fortifications and laid out minefields; Second, the commanders and fighters showed great composure. Although there were many new recruits, none of them wavered or stepped back; Third, our tank units appeared in a very timely manner. They destroyed the German armored forces and made the infantry in the offensive positions no longer have the courage to fight... "

Before Xie Liujin finished, several people came into the door. I recognized bzikov and basmanov who followed him, but I didn't know the chubby lieutenant commander with a smile standing beside them.

Bielei stepped forward, straightened up and reported to me, "Comrade commander, Captain bielei, commander of tank unit, report to you. My tank unit and I are waiting for your orders. Please give us instructions!"

I met him, took his hand excitedly, and said excitedly, "Hello, comrade Colonel! Your tank unit is so timely. If it's a little later, maybe the enemy will break through the position. "

Bielei grinned and replied, "Comrade commander, this is what I should do."

"Tell me, comrade Colonel," I asked curiously, "did you come to support after you got the information in advance that the enemy would attack the position of the 89th division?" When I said this, I turned my eyes to the next Xie Liujin, trying to find out if he had informed Colonel berey in advance.

Unexpectedly, Xie Liujin shook his head and replied, "no, comrade commander, I have no idea that the colonel is working in this area. How can I contact him. Maybe he got the information from other sources? "

Seeing that I turned my inquiring eyes on myself, bielei quickly explained, "Comrade commander, no one informed me, and I didn't get any information in advance. When we went out to search for the German transport convoy, we suddenly found that there was smoke and fierce gunfire. I guessed that there must have been a fierce exchange of fire between our army and the enemy, so I led the troops to come and have a look. " At this point, he shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands on both sides. "I didn't expect that under the wrong circumstances, he helped the comrades of the 89th division of Jinwei out of the encirclement."

"Don't stand, Colonel. Please sit down." After sitting down, Xie Liujin pointed to the commander who was still standing beside him and said to me, "Comrade commander, I'd like to introduce you. This is lieutenant commander yeermohin, the political commissar of the division. He just returned to the teacher two days ago. You should not have seen him

After listening to Xie Liujin's introduction, I quickly stood up from my seat and shook hands with the political commissar. After everyone sat down again, I said with a smile: "since the change of military rank, it is impossible to tell who is a military cadre and who is a political cadre from the uniform."

"Comrade commander, isn't that good?" Yeermoxin said to me with a smile: "you know, our political workers are not only able to play tricks and do some political agitation work to the soldiers. When necessary, we should also take up arms and fight like ordinary soldiers." Although I have always had no good feelings for political work cadres, these words of yeermohin made me list them as worthy of communication.

After yelmohin finished, Xie Liujin looked at me and asked, "Comrade commander, what is the next task of our division?"“ Of course, it is here to reinforce the position and prepare for continued defense. " I was deeply afraid that sherekin didn't pay attention to this matter, and specially stressed: "the order I received was to establish a solid defense here and resolutely block the northward way of the 32nd German infantry division. Although we have wiped out many enemies today, there is only one regiment at best, and their main force is still behind us. So the next battle, for you, may be more cruel. "“ Don't worry, comrade commander. " Xie Liujin stood up and vowed: "as long as we have one more person, we will firmly hold the position." After that, he asked with some embarrassment, "Comrade commander, I want to ask, when can our troops turn to the counter offensive?" As soon as his words came out, everyone's eyes in the room focused on me. I waved and said, "don't worry. When it's time to counterattack, it's time to counterattack. The task of your division now is to resolutely block the 332nd division which is going north. When the fifth group army of close guard tanks stationed in prohorovka has defeated the German armored forces, our counter offensive will begin. " Xie Liujin turned around and said to yermoxin with a gentle smile, "Comrade political commissar, I will give you full responsibility for the political propaganda of the commanders and fighters. Let every soldier understand the significance of our persistence here. Even if we make all sacrifices, we can never let one enemy pass, because the fate of the whole campaign may be in our hands. Do you understand the whole campaign, my political commissar? "“ Yes, sir Yeermohin replied excitedly: "I will let every commander know." I waited for the two men to finish, and then said: "Col. sherekin, in order to strengthen your defense, I decided to assign Col. berey's tank unit to you." At this point, I turned to berey and said to him with a smile, "Comrade Colonel, from today on, the task of harassing the German traffic line will be suspended. The task of the tank unit is to stay here, cooperate with the 89th guard to consolidate the defense, and resolutely cut off the road of the German army to the north. " Berey got up from his seat and replied loudly: "please rest assured, commander. I will fully cooperate with Col. Xie Liujin's defense and never let an enemy pass through here!"