Chapter 1306

After I reported the news of the capture of Zhitomir to vatukin, he also looked very happy, even said: "great, this is really great. Comrade oshanina, I would like to extend my congratulations to you on the victory of the flag of the sixth group of guards in liberating hitomir, which has been occupied by the German army for two years, with resolute and decisive offensive action. I will immediately report to the supreme command the whole great victory you have won. "

As soon as watujing finished speaking, I immediately asked, "Comrade General, now that Zhitomir has been liberated, what is the next combat task of our group army?"

After a moment's silence, vatukin replied, "the Germans will certainly not be reconciled to the defeat they suffered. They will certainly gather their superior forces to carry out a counter offensive against Zhitomir. What you have to do is to consolidate the city defense and prepare for the German attack. "

Just as I was about to hang up the phone, I heard a call from watujing, and then asked, "Comrade oshanina, do you have any news about the detachment?"

"No, Comrade General." I answered bitterly: "although our operator is constantly calling the team, there is no reply. They've been out of touch with us for more than six days, and it's probably more or less bad. "

After listening to my reply, vatukin sighed and said, "even if they have an accident, we should try every means to find their bodies and bury them well after we liberate Lutsk in the future."

"Don't worry, senior general." After he finished, I assured him, "don't wait for the liberation of Lutsk. As long as the troops get close to the crash site, I will send people to search for it. We will never let our soldiers die in the wilderness."

"Well, that's good." Vatukin finally added two words: "by the way, your headquarters should stay in the base. Don't rush to korostwev. What's more, you just need to concentrate on guarding Zhitomir. As for the German forces of fativ, I will send new troops to deal with them. "

After I put down the phone, I said to tavartkilaze standing next to me, "Comrade commander, in order to command the troops, I suggest that you transfer the headquarters to the city of Zhitomir as soon as possible, and let the commanders and fighters rush to repair the fortifications to cope with the possible counterattack launched by the German army."

Tavartkilaze nodded and then asked, "Comrade commander, we went to Zhitomir. Who will defend korostrov? With the 77th division alone, I'm afraid they are a little too weak. "

"In the forest to the north of the city, aren't there two tank brigades and a cavalry division under the command of general berey?" I pointed to the map on the table, and said to ta kiraz, "you can order the tank brigade to stay in the forest, and transfer the cavalry division to take charge of the city's defense."

I went back to the base from the front line. As soon as I entered the headquarters, I saw a happy looking akhromeyev greet me. At the same time, I said excitedly, "good news, comrade commander, great news."

I thought what he said was that we had captured Zhitomir, so he said with disapproval: "it is perfectly normal that the main force of the German army is held in different directions by our friendly forces, and the number of defenders in the city is limited, so they can't block our attack."

Akhromeyev waved his hands in a hurry and said, "no, comrade commander, I'm not talking about the victory of Zhitomir, but another more important thing."

"Something more important?" I looked at some gaffe akhromeyev and asked strangely, "what else is more important than our victory in Zhitomir?"

"Look, Rita. This is the telegram we just received." Kirilov, who was sitting at the table, waved to me and said, "when you finish reading these telegrams, you will understand why everyone is so happy."

I took a close look at all the people in the room and saw that their faces were filled with irrepressible joy. Then I walked quickly to kirilov, took the thick stack of telegrams from his hand and scanned them carefully.

When I see the above content clearly, I can't help but be overjoyed. I didn't expect that this telegram was from travkin, who had been missing for several days. He said in detail in the telegram: after the plane was shot, the members of the reconnaissance team jumped the umbrella in time, but the airborne backpack with radio station, military uniform, weapons and various forged documents crashed with the plane.

In order to get back in touch with us as soon as possible, trafkin and his team searched the forest for two days before they found the wreckage of the plane. However, all the things in the backpack had been burned down and could not be used any more. In all kinds of helpless circumstances, travkin had to take the team on foot toward the direction of Lutsk.

They went through all kinds of hardships and finally got out of the forest. Then they attacked a sentry near the forest and killed three German soldiers in it before they were supplied with weapons and food. After a half day's rest in the post, the exhausted team continued along the road to Lutsk.

This time, they were lucky. Not long after they left, they met a guerrilla group active in this area. Although the guerrillas carried radio stations, they were unable to use them due to exhausted batteries. Later, with the help of a local who sympathized with the guerrillas, the badly needed battery was finally fixed.

At the back of the message, travkin said that he would sneak into Lutsk, disguised as a German, with gretka and heritage experts, to see if he could find the amber room. I put the telegram on the table and said with emotion, "no wonder we can't get in touch with major trafkin. It turns out that there is something wrong with the radio." Chisgakov, who had never said anything, interrupted: "major travkin is really good. He has the ability to sneak into Lutsk even though he has lost all his radio stations, weapons, military uniforms and forged documents. It's really not easy."“ I hope they can gain something when they enter Lutsk this time. " Kirilov still had the amber room in mind, so he said anxiously, "if the Germans transport the amber room ahead of time, it will not be so easy to find it in the future."“ Comrade military commissar, "apart from me, kirilov is the one who knows the most about travkin's mission. Therefore, I specially asked him," can we get in touch with the major now? " Kirilov shook his head and said, "not now. As the hidden place of the detachment was near the city, they did not dare to send messages during the day in order to prevent being found by the enemy. I don't think we'll be able to get further information from the unit until the evening at the earliest. "