Chapter 358

At the entrance of the division headquarters, there were four soldiers with submachine guns and helmets, and a second lieutenant with a big cornice hat. They walked up and down in front of them. When they saw a school level officer coming to the headquarters, they immediately saluted and politely invited each other into the headquarters.

Before I got to the door, the second lieutenant had seen me and trotted all the way to me. He stood at attention and saluted me. He reported, "Comrade division commander, the second lieutenant on duty, Peskov, has reported to you that all the commanders of the meeting have arrived and are waiting for you. Come in, please Finish saying, the body side, made a please posture with the hand.

I nodded, speechless, and followed the lieutenant to the headquarters.

When I stepped into the threshold, I saw that the room was full of people. On both sides of the table were school level commanders, and on the back against the wall, most of them were captain level commanders, probably battalion commanders and so on.

Seeing me enter the door, Captain boroda hurried to meet me, led me to the center and sat down. He also sat down on my left side. Then he came close to my ear and said in a low voice, "major oshanina, everyone is here. Can we have a meeting?"

With my entrance, the commanders who were whispering and talking to each other were quiet, and they all looked at me. I nodded to boroda and said, "now that we are all here, let's have a meeting."

Boroda stood up and said loudly to the commanders in the room, "please be quiet. We are having a meeting now. First of all, I would like to ask you to confirm the identity of major o'shanina and me He took out a folded paper from his pocket, opened it and handed it to a nearby lieutenant commander. Then he said, "this is an order signed by general meletzkov, commander of the front army. Major oshanina was appointed as" in September 1941, after I was discharged from the hospital, I went to prkovo Highland to be the platoon leader of an anti-aircraft machine gun platoon. In battle, because of his outstanding performance, general Zhukov, the new commander of the front army, was directly promoted to lieutenant. "

"From September last year to now, I've been promoted from lieutenant to major, which is really fast." Just now, the commander suddenly put in a word, and his strange tone immediately caused a burst of laughter from other commanders.

I looked at him discontentedly, and regardless of the buzzing voice that began to ring in the room, I said to myself, "after the start of the Moscow defense war, I went to Moscow with general Zhukov. After Comrade Zhukov became the commander of the Western Front Army, I became his liaison officer, who was specially responsible for the headquarters and everyone was attracted by my legendary resume. They all watched me attentively and listened to me continue to tell their story: "before the great counter offensive under Moscow city began, I was appointed chief of staff of the newly formed 20th army, He was also promoted to major general by Comrade Stalin. " Those who have heard of my experience in the past, when they learned that I was awarded the rank of major general by Stalin, took a cold breath. At this point, I deliberately pause to observe the reaction of the people present. As a result, there was no accident. It was another collective air conditioning. The effect of this is also immediate, the original disdain, dissatisfaction and even hostility expressions have disappeared, replaced by the awe of me.

"I don't want to repeat what happened in the war report. Perhaps many of you here are curious to find out why I am a major, not a major general. " Seeing the commanders in the room nodding, I solved the mystery for them: "I was demoted from major general to major because I killed a group of demobilized Germans in the village of petrichevo. Commander comrades, do you know what kind of German I killed? "

"Who are these Krauts?" the lieutenant commander asked

Now I think of the Germans who are not as good as animals. I still hate them. I gritted my teeth and said, "we caught a heroine named Zhuoya and hanged her after torture. Her body was hanged on the gallows in the village for two months. In this way, the bandits did not let her go and cut her body to pieces with knives. After I captured these Krauts, I saw Zhuoya's tragedy, and for a moment I couldn't help ordering that all the prisoners be killed. "

"Pa!" There was a clear slap on the table. Captain boroda stood up with his eyes full of fire and said in a loud voice, "well done, you can't spare these two legged animals. If it's me, I'll kill them all. " Judging from his excited expression, nine times out of ten he has encountered a similar situation.

I gestured to him to sit down and said, "because of this capture killing, I was demoted to major, but I don't regret the decision I made at that time. Comrade captain is right. We can't be polite to such two legged animals. We can kill as many as we can At this point, I specially added, "when Comrade Stalin understood the real reason why I killed the captured soldiers, he directly gave an order to the commanders and fighters of the Western Front Army: all the officers and soldiers who captured the 332nd regiment of the German army should be shot on the spot, and we will not accept their surrender." As soon as I spoke, the room burst into thunderous applause. I smile and look at the commanders clapping in front of me. I know that they are not clapping for me, but for Stalin's loud order. But I have achieved some of my goals, at least they no longer exclude me.

As soon as the applause stopped, I said, "next, let's ask the acting chief of staff, Captain boroda, to introduce his resume to you." Then I sat down. When boroda introduced himself to you, the commanders in the room were silent. Maybe after listening to what I said just now, they knew that the person who can be a division commander is absolutely not an ordinary person, so their attitude changed like this. When Captain boroda finished, it was my turn to speak. I took out the letter that lieutenant commander samoirov wrote to ulanova, and let you pass it around again. When the letter came back to me, I raised the letter in my hand and said with a heartache: "comrades, when I saw this love letter, I felt very angry. A division commander does not think about how to command troops to fight, but how to seduce young and beautiful female soldiers. I also heard that women soldiers serving in the 378th infantry division, whether they were tank soldiers, signalmen, cookers, typists or health workers, could not escape the harassment of their superiors. Comrades in command, think about it carefully. Seeing such a commander, the soldiers will doubt their belief. Can such a unit win a battle? The commanders are addicted to wine and sex, but let the soldiers to bleed and die. Can the soldiers work for such commanders? " After listening to what I said, many commanders here lowered their heads in shame. I think these people have had a bad record of harassing female subordinates. But at present, it's an extraordinary period, and the command force can't do without these old people. Therefore, my criticism to them is that the thunder is small: "let's forget what happened in the past. From today on, as long as I'm still the division commander, I won't be allowed to harass female subordinates again. Are you clear? " When I asked the last sentence, I raised my voice“ I hear you The people in the room answered in different ways“ But, comrade teacher. " The lieutenant commander asked, "we are all normal men and have normal needs. How can we solve this problem?"“ What's your name? Comrade commander. " I looked at him and asked coldly. He stood up abruptly, straightened up and said, "my name is shailov, chief of the 1134th regiment I raised my hand and pressed it down, motioned him to sit down and said, "I just ask you not to harass the female soldiers in the division. You should know that they are all your sisters. Your responsibility is to care for them, not bully them. If you want to find a woman, "I hesitated for a moment, but I still said what I had in mind:" there are also women soldiers in Germany. After you are captured, how to deal with them is not your has the final say. When we call Berlin in the future, countless German beauties will not be at your disposal. "“ Comrade division, we are still discussing how to resist the German attack, but you told us to fight to Berlin. " I put my elbows on the table, crossed my fingers under my chin, looked at him and said coldly, "commander sholoff, do you think we can't beat the Germans? I'd like to remind you that this is a defeatist argument. With this, I can send you to the military court. " Sholoff's face turned pale with fear, and the sweat on his forehead kept flowing down. He took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat while explaining: "Sir, you misunderstood me. I didn't mean that. I have no doubt that we can beat the Germans. I... "I saw that sholov was soft to me, and I stopped talking to him. I turned to captain boroda and said," Comrade deputy chief of staff, have you received any combat orders from the headquarters and need to convey them to the commanders? " Boroda said to me in a low voice, "Comrade division, I have a problem with you. How can you let them deal with the captured German women soldiers at will? It will make them make mistakes. " I said with disapproval, "let's talk about it alone some time. You should first convey the orders of your superiors." Boroda nodded, stood up, took out a folded document from his pocket, opened it and said in a loud voice, "comrades commander, please keep quiet. Now I'm going to convey the command of the front army to you."