Chapter 1585

Hearing the news of the successful landing of the troops, I couldn't help but feel ecstatic. I quickly walked to the signalman on duty and reached out to him. The signalman quickly handed me the microphone. I put the receiver to my ear, took a deep breath, and tried to ask in a smooth voice, "Hello, general Ralph, this is oshanina."

"Hello, comrade deputy commander." Hearing that I was speaking, Ralph's voice became hoarse with excitement: "I have the honor to report to you that the airborne troops under the command of major monakov have successfully landed behind enemy lines. At the moment, they are moving those important materials off the plane."

I used to ask, "are there any losses in our troops?"

As soon as my voice fell, there was no sound in the receiver. It took a while for Ralph to say, "in the process of landing, a glider crashed because it hit the canopy at the edge of the forest. Of the 20 soldiers on board, seven were injured and 13 died. "

"What, a glider crashed?" When I heard the news, my heart sank. My heart said that it was over. I thought that our transport plane's landing behind the enemy's lines might have been unconscious. But now there is a plane crash, which is enough to disturb the enemy nearby. Therefore, after thinking for a moment, I told reirov: "Comrade commander, send a message to major monakov immediately, and let him transfer the materials to the nearby forest. At the same time, I sent guard posts around to avoid being attacked by the enemy. Let him act immediately and quickly, understand? "

"I see, comrade deputy commander." From my tone, Ralph also realized the seriousness of the problem and quickly assured me, "I'll send a message to major monakov immediately and convey your order to him."

After I put down the phone, trikov asked, "what's the matter, Rita?"

"A glider crashed in the process of landing. 13 of the soldiers on board were killed, and the other 7 were wounded to varying degrees. " I said to trikov with a worried face: "I am worried that the news of the plane crash will disturb the nearby Germans. I have ordered major monakov to transfer the unloaded materials to the forest. At the same time, I have sent guard posts around to watch the Germans who may appear at any time."

"Don't worry, Rita." After finding out what I was worried about, trikov comforted me and said, "as far as I know, major monakov is an excellent commander. He is fully capable of handling any emergency." At this point, he deliberately stopped for a moment, and when my mood was slightly stabilized, he said carefully, "do you think we should report this good news to marshal rokosovsky to make him happy?"

"Well, general trakov, you're quite right. It's true that the marshal should be informed of the good news immediately." As for trekov's advice, I'm following suit. I told the signalman sitting on one side: "connect me with the headquarters of the front army, and find marshal rokosovsky."

According to my experience, as long as the war is going on, even late at night, rokosovsky will stay in his headquarters. Sure enough, after the phone was connected, his voice came out of the receiver: "Hello, is that Rita? What's the situation there? Have our troops completed the airborne mission behind the enemy lines? "

"Yes, comrade marshal." I waited for rokosovsky to finish, and then I answered positively, "most of our troops have successfully landed at the designated place."

"That's really good news." Rokosovsky was just happy for a moment when he suddenly realized that there was something else in my report and asked, "are there any casualties in the army?"

"A glider crashed when it landed because it hit a tree crown in the forest." With a heavy heart, I replied, "of the 20 soldiers on the plane, 13 died on the spot, and the other seven were wounded."

"So it is." Rokosovsky said to me lightly, "Rita, only a dozen soldiers have been sacrificed, which is much better than what we expected. At least when our transport plane passed through the German defense area, it was not intercepted by anti-aircraft fire, and it also completed the required landing task. Next, it's up to them to look for fighters to destroy the damn Kaminsky brigade. "

After I finished reporting to rokosovsky, I held the receiver and thought about it. Then I called Ralph. I told him once again, "comrades in chief, keep in touch with the troops behind the enemy lines and report any new information to me at any time."

"Don't worry, as soon as the major has a telegram back, I'll tell you..." when he said this, there was no voice in the receiver.

I thought there was something wrong with the line, so I quickly raised my voice and yelled at the microphone: "Hello ~! Hello! Comrade commander, are you still there? Hello

"Comrade deputy commander, I'm still here." As soon as I yelled a few times, Ralph's voice came out of the receiver again.

"Why don't you speak?" I asked a little displeased.

"Excuse me, comrade deputy commander." "My operator is receiving a telegram. It seems it's from major monakov," he said apologetically After a moment of silence in the receiver, his excited voice rang again, "yes, it's the major's telegram. He said that so far, no trace of the Germans has been found at the guard posts. After hiding the surplus materials, he has taken his troops to Warsaw. And the transport planes are taking off one after another, ready to return to the base. "

From Ralph's report, all the actions are going very smoothly, which reassures both trekov and me. Trikov raised his hand, looked at his watch, and said with concern, "Rita, it's getting late. Go and have a rest first. If there's a fight after dawn, I can't sleep even if I want to. " Just sitting on the March bed beside the wall, ready to lie down and have a rest, I suddenly heard a faint rumble from the distance. I immediately frowned and listened carefully to the direction of the sound“ What do you hear, Rita? " Trekov asked curiously when he saw my expression“ General trakov, listen I pointed to the direction of the sound and said softly, "there seems to be the sound of guns over there."“ The sound of guns. Where are the guns Said trekov, walking towards the door. He stood at the door listening for a while and muttered, "what the hell." Then he went back to the room, went to the table with the map, picked up the phone on the table, dialed a number and said, "I'm trakov. Get close to general grazoev, commander of the Fourth Army of the guards." The phone soon got through. Trakov asked angrily, "general grazoev, can you explain to me what happened to the gunfire you heard there?" I had a certain distance from trakov, and could not hear the conversation between him and general grazoev. But from his more and more serious face, I knew that something important must have happened. I quickly got up and walked up to him, and asked in a low voice, "general trakov, what's the matter?" Trakov put his hand over the microphone and said anxiously: "according to the report of commander grazoev, the German air defense firepower is firing. It should be intercepting the transport plane we are returning." When he had finished, he moved his hand away and asked, "is there any loss of our transport?"“ What, can't you see? " The other side's reply angered trakov. He raised his voice and said, "send people to observe immediately, and get enough people ready. Once our plane is shot down by the enemy, you need to rescue the parachuting pilot as soon as possible. Do you understand?" When the transport plane returned, it was intercepted by German anti-aircraft artillery, which really surprised me. But at this time, it's still not bright, so we can't observe the situation in the night sky at all. And the loss of the transport aircraft formation, only after they return, we can obtain further information. Considering that I was not familiar with the air force commander and it was not appropriate to call him rashly, I had to call rokosovsky. After hearing the bad news, he kept silent for a long time, and finally said, "well, Rita, I'll contact the air force as soon as possible and ask them to report the loss of the transport fleet in time. And your task is to send people to search, and make sure to find the pilot who parachuted and the wreckage of the plane that was shot down. " Half an hour later, the loss of the air force was transferred to us through rokosovsky. During the operation, five Air Force transport planes and six gliders were shot down, and the whereabouts of 11 pilots were unknown. After I got the exact casualty figures of the air force, I immediately said to trakov, "general trakov, the casualties of the air force have been counted. At present, 11 pilots of them are missing. I think they jumped when the plane was shot down. Although it is still dark, we need to send search forces as soon as possible to find the whereabouts of these pilots. "“ That's the defense area of the Fourth Army of the guards, "said trakov, without expression." I immediately gave major general grazoev an order to send his men along the river to search for the whereabouts of the missing pilots“ It's not enough to send out the Fourth Army of the guards. " I thought that there were more than 2000 people left in the 39th division of the guards on the East Bank of the visva River, and some pilots might have landed in their area, so I suggested to trakov, "let the 39th division of the guards stay on the east bank join the search force, so that we can find the missing pilots in the shortest time."“ You're right. In order to find the missing pilot as soon as possible, we need to mobilize as many people as possible. I'll call Ralph right now and ask him to arrange his staff to cooperate with our search work. "