Chapter 223

Less than an hour after buniachenko left, there was a rumble of artillery from the north. As I heard more and more muffled noises, my heart went up to my throat. If buniachenko's tanks didn't enter the designated position, it would be too unlikely that lieutenant colonel chernukov's infantry would hold the position.

I'm worried. The political commissar in the headquarters with me is even more worried. He urged the busy signalmen in the corner: "well, haven't you got in touch with lieutenant colonel chernukov or Colonel bunyachenko?"

A communications officer raised his head and said, "Comrade political commissar, I have sent someone to check the line. It is estimated that I will be able to get in touch with commander chernukov soon. As for Mr. buniachenko, "he explained with some embarrassment," it is estimated that only through the walkie talkie can we get in touch with his car radio station. "

I went over and told the officer, "if you still can't get in touch, send someone to the front line immediately, and be sure to feed back the situation of the front line in time..."

When I was just halfway through, a signalman next to me suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "report, comrade division commander, that's the connection with commander chernukov."

I grabbed the phone and said to the microphone, "I'm o'shanina. Please report the situation on your side."

"Report, sir," Lieutenant Commander chernukov almost roared, but the explosion in the background still made me unable to hear what he was saying. I asked him to repeat it several times before I could barely understand what was going on. It turned out that he set his headquarters in an isolated building on the edge of the city, which was only a few hundred meters away from the trench. He could clearly see the situation of the front through the telescope. The German army is carrying out heavy shelling on our army. At the moment, the front line has been surrounded by smoke and fire. The casualties are not clear for the moment.

I said to keep in touch and report the latest war situation at any time, and then I ended my contact with him. After leaving the phone, I looked at the commissar and said, "the enemy is shelling our army's new line of defense. According to this analysis, the enemy is planning to launch an attack on Taiyangshan city from the north."

At this time, the messenger who was in charge of contacting the tank division was calling me: "Comrade division commander, contact with division commander bunyachenko."

I quickly walked over and took the microphone and earphone from him. As soon as I heard someone speaking from the opposite side, I immediately opened my mouth to show my identity: "am I oshanina, comrade buniachenko?"

"It's me, sir." "Our division has entered the designated position and all the troops have been deployed. I can see that the enemy is shelling our forward position," buniachenko said carelessly

"Don't do anything now, Mr. bunyachenko. Let the troops be careful not to be found by the enemy. When they begin to attack our front line, you will attack from the side. " After that, he wanted to hang up directly. Suddenly, he thought of a key thing he had almost forgotten. He asked, "how far is your hidden forest from the battlefield? If the tank doesn't turn off, it won't be discovered by the German army, will it

"Comrade division, please rest assured that our troops are hiding in the forest in the East, about two kilometers away from the battlefield. The enemy can't hear the roar of tanks and motors. Besides, it's too cold now. If the engine is turned off, it will take a while for the engine to start again before it can attack. This will delay things. "

"This is not a problem." although I'm a layman to tanks, it doesn't prevent me from talking about my own views. "In order to ensure that the troops are not found when they are hiding, even if the tank motor is off, it doesn't matter. When you restart the warm-up, you can let the anti tank gun fire first. When they finish firing a base number of shells, your tanks will be almost warmed up. At this time, they will attack to destroy the remaining tanks. "

"Comrade Colonel," a strange voice suddenly came from the earphone, "the enemy's shelling has stopped. It seems that their attack will begin soon."

"I see. Keep watching." Bunyachenko ordered the other side and said to me again, "report to Mr. division commander, now that the enemy's shelling has stopped, it is estimated that they will attack soon. Please make the defensive forces ready for battle."

"All right." With that, I stopped communicating with him, and then I told the messenger, "get me commander chernukov." As soon as I got on the phone, I said immediately, "Comrade commander, what's the situation over there?"

"Report to Mr. commander," commander chernukov was still roaring loudly, but because there was no interference from the explosion of shells, his voice made my ears buzzing. I quickly moved the microphone away. "As soon as the enemy's shelling was over, I had contacted the commander in the position and was counting the number of casualties."

"OK, organize the defense quickly, and I'll send someone to reinforce you as soon as possible."

Put down the phone, I took the tea cup from the political commissar and took a drink. Then I told the signalman again, "connect me with general rokosovsky, commander of the group army."

As soon as I got through the phone, I immediately reported to him, "Comrade commander, the German army is attacking sun mountain city from the north. The current strength of our army is effective, but the strength of counterattack is insufficient. I hope the commander can help to urge Comrade Zhukov so that the troops he promised can be replenished to us as soon as possible. "

"I see." Rokosovsky answered faintly and hung up.

Maybe my phone calls were too frequent. After hanging up this time, the messenger asked me, "Comrade division commander, whose phone do you want to connect this time?"

"Get me major Kuleshov, commander of the second battalion of the 1075 regiment."

"Yes." The signalman agreed and quickly contacted Kuleshov with his walkie talkie.

I picked up the receiver and asked aloud, "major Kuleshov, where is your army now?"

"Report to Mr. division commander, the troops have arrived in the north of the city. For the sake of safety, I have evacuated all the soldiers to nearby buildings. When we are needed in the front, I will transfer the troops up."

"You did a good job." After listening to his deployment, I thought he was very comprehensive, so I praised him: "let the troops continue to hide and wait for my order."

After the call, the political commissar and I went back to the table and sat down to tell him about the current situation of the enemy and ourselves. Because I think buniachenko will play an unexpected role, and there is no need to worry about the outcome of the battle. So after a brief introduction, we began to discuss with the political commissar the next battle plan.

Half an hour later, the battle was as I expected. Under the cover of seventeen tanks, the German infantry attacked our position. Because the soldiers in the front defense were very tenacious, the battle soon fell into a stalemate. At this time, buniachenko's troops made a decisive attack from the flank and caught the enemy by surprise. It not only turned all German tanks into burning scrap iron in front of the positions, but also captured hundreds of prisoners.

However, our army suffered a lot of casualties in this battle. Because of the poor fortifications, almost all the troops responsible for the defense task were wiped out. So I had to change my plan temporarily, take them down to rest, and replace them with major Kuleshov's second battalion ahead of time.

Nothing happened overnight.

At ten o'clock the next morning, the German artillery bombardment of our positions began again. This time, they learned to be smart. Apart from shelling infantry defensive positions, they did not even let go of the forest on the east side. Fortunately, after yesterday's attack, buniachenko transferred all his troops to the forest on the west side, otherwise he might suffer heavy losses in this shelling.

Ten minutes after the German artillery bombardment, they launched another attack on our position. However, it was strange that only 20 tanks were on the attack mission, and there were no infantry to follow.

When I heard the news, I was sitting in a chair beside the table, suffering from the damned abdominal pain. I rubbed my abdomen gently with one hand to relieve the unbearable pain. The other hand was holding a towel, which was used to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead from time to time. While I was suffering from pain, I was thinking about this strange German attack. You know, tanks without infantry, even if they break through our defense line, they can't occupy it. What's the point of doing this?

Standing in front of the walkie talkie, I was commanded by political commissar yegorov, who first ordered major Kuleshov to hold his position, and then contacted buniachenko. I heard the political commissar say to the microphone, "Comrade Colonel, since the enemy has no infantry, when they enter the range, you will first order the anti tank guns to fire, and then the tanks to attack, so as to quickly smash the enemy's attack."

I picked up the hot tea on the table and sipped it gently. I suddenly had a bad feeling in my heart that something was going to happen, but I couldn't figure it out for a moment.

At this time, the commissar came up to me with an excited look on his face and said with pride, "Rita, I have good news for you. Just now, Colonel buniachenko's anti tank artillery battalion opened fire and destroyed three enemy tanks at one stroke. The remaining tanks turned around and fled when the situation was not good. By this time, the colonel had led his troops to catch up with them. "

"What? Catch up? " I put the teacup on the table, stood up abruptly, walked back and forth to the table with my hands on my back, and said to myself, "no, no, the enemy's behavior today is too abnormal. First of all, when attacking, there were only tanks without infantry. Now, how long has the battle been going on before they lost a few tanks and ran away? There must be a conspiracy. "

When the commissar heard what I said, he said with some disapproval, "Rita, you think too much. The enemy was overpowered by our momentum, so he ran away

Ignoring the commissar, I went directly to the walkie talkie and told the messenger, "get me Colonel bunyachenko as soon as possible."

As soon as I got through, I was not polite. I immediately ordered buniachenko to come straight to the point and say, "Comrade Colonel, I order you to stop the pursuit immediately and lead your tanks back to the hidden forest."

"Sir, why? If we know that the enemy is running away, we can wipe them out. "

"Time is pressing. I have no time to explain to you. I will lead the troops back immediately! This is my order. Carry it out immediately. "

"In five minutes, just five minutes, comrade division." His sincere voice came from the earphone: "I can kill all these German tanks in a moment."

I almost wavered when I heard him say that, but from my understanding of the Germans, they are not so vulnerable. There must be some conspiracy waiting for us. So he said without mercy, "Comrade Colonel, I order you again to withdraw the troops immediately. This order can't be changed."

Before buniachenko spoke, a familiar voice burst into the channel: "report to Comrade Colonel, the enemy's tanks are running too fast, we can't hit them."“ Come back quickly. "I recognized that the soldier who was talking was yesterday. After listening to his report, I was more sure that the enemy must have a plot waiting for us. So I gave a strong command again:" Comrade Colonel, withdraw the troops immediately! "“ Yes Buniachenko reluctantly agreed and gave orders to his subordinates: "all of them, stop moving forward and prepare to turn around and return to the hiding place."“ Comrade Colonel, no, there are a lot of German tanks in front of us. "“ Report to the Colonel that there are about 15 German tanks on the left. "“ Report to the colonel, German tanks are also found on the right side, with more than 20 tanks. "..." Originally, I was relieved to hear buniachenko promise to return, but a series of sounds from the earphone made me dumbfounded. I didn't expect that my premonition was right. I was really trapped by the German army. So I yelled at the microphone: "Comrade buniachenko, withdraw immediately, withdraw quickly, withdraw quickly!"