Chapter 167

Originally parked in the middle of the road jeep, do not know when has stopped at the edge of the forest. Slightly trembling body, indicating that the engine has not been off, ready to start at any time.

A few steps away from the jeep, grissa pushed open the door of the co driver's cab, poked his head out from the inside and asked me anxiously, "when are we going back to the Division Department, sir? If you don't go, it will be dark. "

I opened the door, got into the car, sat in my seat, turned to grissa and said, "we have other things to do. We won't go back to the division for the time being." Then he yelled at Ramis, who was still walking slowly in the snow: "Comrade lieutenant, get in the car quickly. We'll wait for captain starcha in the car."

Ramis waved his hand and said, "no, I'll wait for them outside." Then he took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it with a match, and began to puff with his back against the hood.

By the time Ramis finished smoking, Captain starcha had come out of the trench with his team. Seeing them coming, I quickly pushed the door open, jumped into the snow and asked the captain loudly, "Comrade captain, how can we get to peshki village?"

"Comrade lieutenant," the captain replied, "we have no means of transportation. We can only walk there."

"Oh," I said, "how far is it from here to the village?"

Hearing my question, the captain turned around and whispered a few words to a soldier nearby. Then he answered me, "if you take the road, it's about four kilometers. We can get through the forest, so we can save about half the distance

After listening to what he said, I looked at the size of the team. Although there were not many people, there were about 20 people. Then I looked back at the car and thought that the car could not hold so many people. So I told the driver, "grissa, I won't go back to the Division for the time being. You can drive the car first."

"This... This..." grissa said with some embarrassment, "Sir, I have been ordered to take you back to the division headquarters safely. If you don't go back with me, I don't know how to explain to the political commissar when I see him. "

"Don't worry," I said to him as soon as I saw his uneasy appearance, "go back and tell the political commissar that I have more important things to do, and go back when I've finished, so that he doesn't have to worry." Speaking of this, I stopped for a moment, pointed to Ramis beside me and continued: "as for safety, there should be no danger if lieutenant Ramis is around to protect me. Just let the commissar rest assured."

"But..." grissa wanted to say something else, but Ramis interrupted him, "but what, you'd better listen to the teacher's order and drive back to the division immediately. I am responsible for the safety of the teachers. " As he said this, he seemed to wink at grissa.

Seeing this little action of Ramis, I just wanted to ask the truth. Captain starcha, who was standing nearby, said, "Comrade commander, the collar on your coat is too conspicuous. You'd better put this dress on the outside." Then he handed over a white camouflage suit.

I looked down, but no, I was still wearing the clothes that I went to see Stalin. Not only the clothes were new, but the red collar was also very eye-catching. When I got to the battlefield, I would be the target of German snipers. So I hurriedly took over the clothes and put them on the outside of my coat.

When he was buttoning his clothes, grissa said to me, "Sir, I'll go back to the division first. Please pay more attention to safety." After saluting me, I closed the door and started the jeep to drive along the right road to the division headquarters.

When all the buttons were buttoned up, the jeep had disappeared from my sight. Then I suddenly remembered that I had left the submachine gun in the car and forgot to take it down. I couldn't help but say "ah". Captain starcha asked me curiously, "Comrade commander, what's the matter? Did you leave something in the car? "

"Yes, yes!" I nodded my head as hard as I could, and answered with embarrassment, "I left my submachine gun in the car."

With a smile, the captain took a submachine gun from the soldier next to him, handed it over and said, "please use this one." Seeing that I took the gun, he specially introduced: "this is the Popov submachine gun of the latest armed forces. It has large ammunition capacity, fast firing speed and fierce firepower, which is very suitable for close combat."

Without saying a word, I put the gun on my shoulder and said to myself, "it's useless. I've been using it since the new product came out. I know better than you about the performance of the weapon. Of course, these words are just in my mind. It's impossible to say them. I waved my head at him and said, "Comrade captain, it's getting late. Let's go!"

"Let's go!" At the captain's command, the team set out. I specially looked at the soldiers' equipment and found that almost all of them were equipped with identical Popov submachine guns. Two soldiers at the end of the team dragged a sled with several long wooden boxes on it. I didn't know what new weapons were in it.

After crossing the forest road and entering the forest on the other side, the captain began to allocate manpower. Two soldiers were arranged in front of him to explore the road. A sergeant and five soldiers were following 200 meters behind the detachment to take on the guard task.

As the team walked through the forest, no one spoke but the crunching of boots on the snow.

Just as I was walking, there was a lot of gunfire in front of me. Captain starcha raised his right hand high, motioned the troops to stop, and then listened to where the sound was coming from. There was a rush of footsteps in front of me. I looked up and saw that there was a soldier exploring the way in front of me. Panting for breath, he ran to the front of the line, raised his hand and saluted, breathlessly reporting: "Comrade commander, there is a battle ahead."“ I know there's a fight ahead, "Ramis said before Captain starcha could speak." but what I want to know is where the fight is going“ Maybe it's the direction of the village, "the Scout replied in an uncertain tone." another soldier has gone to the place where the gun was fired. I came back specially to report. " Captain starcha waved to the back, and the messenger with the walkie talkie on his back immediately ran over. The captain took off the earphone and microphone from the machine and began to shout: "parachute, parachute, I'm a glider, I'm a glider, please answer if you hear me." Just after the call, the headset immediately sent a response voice: "glider, I'm a parachute." The captain glanced at me and then asked, "what happened in the village? Why are the guns so loud?"*** The bandits have entered the village“ What? " Hearing this, I grabbed the microphone in the captain's hand and asked aloud, "where are the troops in the village? What about our tanks? " Hearing my voice, the other party was obviously stunned for a moment, and then hesitated to reply: "just now I saw a large army and a dozen tanks leaving from the east of the village. According to the report of our soldiers, there was only one squad left on the position in the north of the village. It is estimated that the bandits broke through the defense line before they attacked the village."“ Why not report in time? " I immediately thought of my dream. I was worried that rokosovsky would be in danger, so I was very impolite. In the face of my questioning, the other side was silent. The captain took the microphone from my hand and said to his subordinates, "you should organize troops to defend immediately. You must block the enemy's infantry. I will bring people to support you immediately. Do you understand? "“ I see! " The other side agreed very readily. After hanging up the earphone, the captain yelled to the team, "we're going to stop the enemy's tanks. Take out the things in the box quickly." As soon as the sled puller threw the rope in his hand, he came forward and lifted the lid of the wooden box and took out a long cylindrical Dongdong. I knew what it was only after a glance, and Ramis asked curiously: "what is it? Mortars are not like mortars, chimneys are not like chimneys..." "this is a new weapon that American allies help us with. It's specially used to fight tanks. It's called bazooka!" The captain gave Ramis a simple explanation, and then began to give orders: "all at my command: target, pesky village, run forward!"