Chapter 80

The troops left the road and continued on to the northeast of wolokramsk.

Because of the existence of the supplies, the wounded and the prisoners, the advance speed of the whole team was much slower than that before the battle. A company led by felstov and Lukin, 200 meters apart from the big army, walked in the front of the whole army. They searched forward in class.

The more you go to the northeast, the more gunfire comes from the front. Pavlov and I were standing on a small hill, observing the place where the gun was fired. From the telescope, we could see the gunsmoke billowing in front of us, the flames rising in the air, and we could clearly hear a few sporadic explosions accompanied by the big flames rising from time to time.

"Pavlov, where is the battle ahead?" I put down my telescope and asked the camp commissar standing next to me. Hearing my question, he held up the German made telescope he had just captured, looked carefully at the place where the fierce fighting took place for a while, and then answered me in a positive tone: "Comrade commander, from the direction, it's the bus station of wolokramsk."

"Oh I said thoughtfully: "when I contacted general rokosovsky the night before yesterday, he once mentioned that the German army occupied the bus station of wolokramsk at that time, and division commander Panfilov was organizing troops to fight back, trying to drive the German army out of the station. It has been two days, and I don't know whether our army is attacking the station or the German army is attacking the station? "

"No matter who owns the station now, as long as the gunfire doesn't stop, it means our people are still fighting." Pavlov put down his telescope and said to me calmly, "we should go and help them."

"Well, instructor Pavlov, go and gather the company commanders together, and I'll assign them combat tasks."

"Yes Pavlov agreed, then turned and ran down the hill. After two steps, he stopped and said to me, "Comrade commander, you can't let me stay behind and listen to the guns this time."

I gave him a wry smile and said, "no problem. I will let you fight this time."

With little effort, dozens of platoon leaders ran up the hill from all directions, stopped in front of me and lined up in two rows. Felstov, who was standing at the front of the line, stepped forward, saluted and then reported to me in a loud voice: "Comrade commander, all the commanders have assembled. Please give us your instructions!"

I waited for felstov to return to the team before I went to the front of the line with my hands back. I coughed first, then pointed to the place where the gunfire was intensive, and asked them frankly, "you see, the front is wolokramsk bus station. Our army is fighting fiercely with the bandits. What should we do?"

Even the platoon leaders looked at me and didn't speak. I was very dissatisfied with everyone's performance, because the scene I imagined didn't appear: I thought that we had a beautiful ambush only a few hours ago, so these commanders should all take part in the war, and their emotions were extremely high. It's inevitable that they would fight for the leader. I looked around again and saw that their expressions were still the same and they were still looking at me without saying a word. Then I realized that they were used to obeying. What the superiors said was what they said. Even if they were wrong, they would not discount them. There are always differences between the eastern and Western cultures, but I still use the Oriental way of thinking to think about problems. No wonder there is such an embarrassing situation.

Since no one expressed their opinions, I arranged the tasks according to my ideas. I announced a series of tasks to them without expression. First, I named a few familiar names: "felstov, Pavlov, Lukin, sapochuk, issayev!"

"Here it is The five answered neatly, then took a step forward at the same time.

"The first company, the second company and the artillery company under your leadership will follow me to the bus station for reinforcement."

"Yes Five of them returned to the line.

"Lesdayev!"

"Here it is

"You lead the third company and escort the baggage and the wounded back to the line of defense of the 316 division."

Hearing my command, his face showed a very unhappy look. He complained to me: "Comrade commander, we were in the back of the ambush just now. After listening to the gunfire for a long time, the soldiers had a lot of emotions. Now it's not easy to expect war again. As a result, you can see that... In this case, the comrades will not be able to turn their minds around. "

Hearing this, I couldn't help laughing bitterly. My heart said that you are the one who can't change his mind. If you jump out earlier and say this, I will arrange you to take part in the battle. It's too late to talk about it at this time, but I still have to patiently explain to him: "Comrade resdayev, you should know that because of the existence of the wounded and prisoners, It's slowed our march down a lot. If we go on at the current speed, it is estimated that by the time we get to the station, the battle will be over, and our reinforcement will be meaningless. Do you understand? "

"Absolutely, comrade commander." He gave me a reluctant answer.

"However, since the comrades of the third company want to take part in this battle, I will certainly achieve their wishes." The infantry company is made up of four or four formations. It has four platoons under its jurisdiction. Each platoon has four classes and the company has 180 people. After the battle just now, the first and second companies have been reduced to varying degrees. If they want to launch an attack, they need to be replenished. Now only the third company is fully loaded, so I plan to transfer staff from them. That's why I have such a saying.

"Really?" When I heard this, there was an expression of surprise on his face“ Yes, in the ambush just now, there were casualties in the first and second companies to varying degrees, so I decided to take a squad from each platoon of the third company and add it to the first and second companies. "“ But... "Leisdayev still wanted to explain, but I interrupted him impolitely:" I promised you to let the soldiers of the third company take part in the battle, but I didn't break my promise. " My heart said that I only agreed to let the soldiers of the third company take part in the battle, but I didn't say that I also wanted you to take part in the battle“ Yes He saluted me and retreated disappointedly to the middle of the line. The three companies were soon assembled, leaving behind the soldiers who had been drawn out, and the rest of them set out with resdayev for the Northeast defense area. When leisdayev led the troops to pass under my hill, he stopped alone, saluted me solemnly, and put down his raised hand after a long time. As I watched the company go away, the voice of aguminte suddenly rang around me. My platoon leader said to me, "Comrade commander, you should follow them away!"“ Why? " I asked, puzzled“ Because you are a woman! You also know that this battle is very dangerous. Maybe all of us will die. We have no right to let our future mother accompany us to take risks! " His words moved me, at least he cared about me. But I still said in a calm tone: "there is no distinction between men and women on the battlefield. We are all soldiers." After a pause, he asked, "are the troops assembled?"“ Well, all the additional soldiers have entered the company. I've come to ask you to give instructions. "“ There are no instructions. Get ready to go. "