Chapter 1594

Half an hour later, we held an interim meeting at the headquarters of trakov to discuss how to rebuild the pontoon as soon as possible so as to continue to deliver supplies and soldiers to the other side.

The appearance of lyubanski surprised all of us. He didn't wear a military cap, his forehead was wrapped in thick bandages, and his right hand was hanging in front of his chest.

Seeing his tragedy, I immediately asked, "Comrade Colonel, how can you do this?"

He grinned at me, then pretended to reply easily: "when the enemy plane bombed, I happened to take a few soldiers to inspect the West Bank. A shell landed near me and exploded, which knocked me unconscious. When I woke up, I saw the health staff dressing my wound." At this point, his expression suddenly became serious, "however, those soldiers were sacrificed."

After calling lyubanski to sit down, trakov asked Vladimirov, "chief of staff, why hasn't Colonel prokopovich arrived yet?"

"Report to Comrade commander, I have informed him that he should be on his way now."

When Colonel prokopovich appeared, all of us focused on him and looked at him up and down. After all, the air defense regiment deployed near the ferry was the unit that suffered the most serious losses in the bombing. We were deeply afraid that prokopovich would also be injured like lyubanski. However, how to observe, there is no sign that he was injured. Maybe when the enemy planes bombed, he was not near the pontoon at all.

After the meeting, trakov first asked prokopovich, "Comrade Colonel, what happened to the air defense regiment deployed at the ferry? Can we continue to take on the task of defending the pontoon? "

"Comrade General," prokopovich immediately stood up when he heard the question from trakov and said with a stern expression, "it may disappoint you. In today's battle, 21 anti-aircraft guns of my air defense regiment were damaged, and more than half of the troops were injured and killed, including almost all the commanders at all levels. Only by transferring another air defense regiment can we shoulder the task of protecting the transport line. "

Without waiting for trakov to speak, lyubanski broke in and said, "Comrade General, I need to remind you that due to the serious loss of our bridge building equipment in today's air raid, we may not be able to build a new floating bridge on the river in a short time."

"No bridge in the short term?" Trekov frowned and asked, "Comrade Colonel, when will you be able to build a new pontoon over the visva river?"

Liubansky shrugged his shoulders and said rather reluctantly, "it depends on the speed of replenishment."

It's hard to make a living without rice. Since the engineering brigade doesn't have enough equipment to build bridges, and the supplies provided by our superiors can't be in place at once, the matter of rebuilding the floating bridge can only be settled here.

At the end of the meeting, trakov said to me with a sad face, "Rita, what should we do? If the pontoon is blown up and there are not enough ships, let alone transport the soldiers and technical equipment to the other side, even the supply of troops at the landing site will soon become a problem. "

"Today, more than 100 trucks have crossed the pontoon?" I comforted trakov and said, "these supplies are enough to sustain the troops on the landing site for a period of time,..."

Before I had finished, the chief scout, Colonel Gelman, rushed in. He came to trakov, handed over some papers, and said with great emotion, "Comrade commander, this is a telegram from major monakov."

"The telegram from monakov," trekov casually took the telegram from Gelman. As he was about to say something, he was shocked. He immediately looked up at the other party and asked nervously, "what did you just say, the telegram from monakov?"

"Yes, comrade commander." Gelman nodded and said with a smile, "the major has successfully completed the task of destroying the Kaminsky brigade."

When I heard this, I couldn't hold my breath and asked, "Comrade Colonel, have the Kaminsky brigade been destroyed by monakov? What's the matter? In the latest report, didn't they turn to the north of Warsaw? "

"Well, comrade deputy commander." Gelman was also a man with a good eye. Seeing that trakov was looking down at the telegram, and anxious to know the specific situation, I took the initiative to introduce myself: "major monakov, they went to a camp in the northwest of Warsaw and unexpectedly found a group of people wearing German uniforms here. In order not to engage in unnecessary fighting with these Germans, the major ordered the troops to stay in the nearby forest for a while, and then enter the village after the enemy left.

As a result, when it was dark, there was no sign that the army was leaving. So the major sent his men to carry out reconnaissance. Only then did he find that many of the troops staying in the village were still wearing our army's uniform. They arrested a prisoner for interrogation and knew that this was a battalion of Kaminsky brigade. After receiving the report from the scouts, major monakov began to think about how to deal with the enemy. This is the enemy's rear area, even if our army is more powerful than the enemy. But once the battle starts and cannot be ended in a short time, there is a risk of falling into the encirclement of the German army. "

When I heard this, I couldn't help interrupting and asking, "how did major monakov destroy the Kaminsky brigade?"

"It's a coincidence that major monakov was going to attack the village himself when he saw a German car passing by outside the forest. They pretended to be members of the Kaminsky brigade, stopped the car by taking the lane and arrested an officer and two soldiers. After interrogation, we know that they are going to send a letter to Kaminski in the village. " "Major monakov searched the officer's briefcase and found two documents in it. One is the warrant to transfer the Kaminsky brigade out of Warsaw, and the other is the warrant to arrest Kaminsky. "“ What, the arrest warrant for Kaminski? " Gelman's story was a bit too strange for me to hear. I was puzzled and asked, "why arrest Kaminski when the German wanted to transfer his troops out of Warsaw?"“ That's right, "Gelman explained to me." according to the result of major monakov's interrogation of the Germans, it was because the Kaminsky brigade robbed civilians and killed innocent people indiscriminately near Warsaw. It was already an outrage. The poles, who were ready to surrender to the German army, suddenly showed great fighting power like chicken blood. At the same time, they executed a large number of captured German officers and soldiers in revenge for the malice of Kaminsky brigade. It was under such circumstances that general Bach of the SS made the decision to get rid of Kaminski. " When Gelman said this, I quickly raised my hand to stop him, and then according to my guess, I said, "Comrade Colonel, will major monakov send out German messengers to the headquarters to detain Kaminsky, and at the same time disarm the officers and men of Kaminsky brigade?"“ Yes, comrade deputy commander, your guess is absolutely correct. " When Gelman listened to me, he looked surprised. "It's true." At the same time, trikov finished reading all the telegrams. He put them on the table, looked up at me and said, "Rita, major monakov asked us in the telegram what to do with the captured officers and soldiers of the Kaminsky brigade."“ Comrade general, "after hearing this question from trakov, I answered without hesitation," when the major accepted the task, I did not tell him that all the officers and men of the Kaminsky brigade were traitors to our motherland and committed unforgivable crimes on our territory. Once they were captured and executed, we would never accept their surrender. " "But after all, there are more than 300 prisoners who have laid down their weapons. Do you really want to kill them all?" Gelman asked“ Comrade Colonel, let me tell you something Before I restated my point of view, trakov said: "after the 70th army captured Brest fort, two regimental officers went to the fort to check the battle traces of the garrison in that year. As a result, they were killed by several soldiers of Kaminsky brigade. After hearing the gunfire, the soldiers quickly captured these soldiers. Although the commanders who came along claimed that they would take the prisoners to the military court to receive the due trial, our soldiers ignored their commanders and directly killed all the prisoners with bayonets. If we let go of these hundreds of prisoners and bring them back here, what do you think our soldiers will do? Will they be sent to the prison camp, or will they all be shot on the spot? " To this question of trekov, Gelman hesitated for a long time before answering: "Comrade commander, I think our soldiers will make their own decisions and kill all these prisoners."“ Colonel, since you know that even if you bring the prisoners back, they will be killed by our soldiers, why do you have to do more? " Trekov waved his hand to Gelman and said, "you should immediately send a telegram to major monakov and ask them to get rid of Kaminsky and the captives, and then lead the troops back as soon as possible."“ Comrade commander, the order from the higher authorities is to destroy the Kaminsky brigade. " Gelman carefully reminded trakov: "now that only more than 300 people have been eliminated, what should we do with the remaining more than 1000 enemies?"“ Why are you so stupid. " Trakov looked at Gelman standing in a daze in front of him, and said angrily: "since the Germans want to arrest Kaminsky, they just don't think his dog has any use value. As long as he dies, I don't think the Germans will allow this army to continue to exist. It is entirely possible to demobilize the remaining soldiers, or separate them into other forces. "“ I understand, comrade commander. I understand all this. " When Gelman found out what trakov meant, he immediately said, "I'm going to send a telegram to the major and ask him to lead the troops back as soon as possible."