Chapter 374

With the gunfire, several prisoners fell to the ground.

Vaskov, who was in charge of the prisoners, roared, rushed over, grabbed the light machine gun from the soldier, and kicked him to the ground. As soon as vaskov raised his fist at the soldier, I saw that things were going to be worse. I quickly stood between the two and said to vaskov in a loud voice, "Lieutenant vaskov, calm down. This soldier may have been angry with these puppet soldiers, so he rushed to shoot them for a moment."

Seeing vaskov withdraw his fist indignantly, I turned to pull up the fallen soldier and said to him in a low voice, "Comrade soldier, you are so impulsive. You know what? Originally, our rescue operation tonight has been successfully completed. It is because of your unauthorized shooting that many variables have been added. The gunfire may disturb the German troops stationed nearby. If they catch up, it is uncertain whether our slow-moving army will be able to get out of danger. "

The soldier blushed and bowed his head to admit his mistake: "sorry, comrade commander, I think they killed a lot of our comrades in arms, so I couldn't help it just now."

"All right!" I interrupted the words behind him, urging him: "don't say, I can understand your mood, quickly keep up with the front line, don't fall behind." Then he said to vaskov, "Comrade lieutenant, you take your platoon to the back as a guard to cover the retreat of the troops towards the village."

At this time, Captain bulda came to me and asked me anxiously, "Comrade division, the gunfire may have alerted the Germans nearby. Maybe they will come around soon. What shall we do?"

I pointed to the large army moving slowly in front of me and said to bulda, "Comrade captain, take the first and third platoons to cover the evacuation of the rescued soldiers. The second platoon of vaskov and I will act as guards in the back to cover your safe evacuation." The captain promised, and was about to turn around and leave. I stopped him and specially told him, "send someone to contact captain Gusev opposite the swamp at once, and let them be ready to meet us."

Bulda ran to urge the rescued soldiers to speed up the March, but with little effect. We should know that before they were captured, because of continuous fighting and insufficient food, they had already become extremely weak. In addition, there were many wounded among them, and the speed of the whole army's march was even slower than that of a snail.

Seeing the sluggish troops, vaskov sighed and said, "if only these soldiers could replenish their strength and have a good rest. At their present marching speed, the Germans can catch up with them even if they come for a walk. "

I also looked at the troops in the distance again, shook my head and said, "it's a pity that there is no time for them to rest now. The first thing to consider is how to let them escape to our defense area safely." Seeing that the soldiers in the second row were hiding in the surrounding bushes, they put their guns in front of them and immediately asked vaskov, "Feijia, have your scouts come back? The first thing we need to know is where the Germans will come from. "

Vaskov looked around, shook his head and said, "it's not long since the scouts were sent out. They didn't come back so soon. Because of the sudden firing of the gun, no one was sent in advance to spy on the enemy in the vicinity. " When he said this, there was a bitter helplessness on his face.

I had to smile bitterly and say: "it's not your fault. No one would have thought that the soldier would be so impulsive. No matter where the Germans will come from, they will certainly send people here to check the situation of the prisoners of war. We will stay here. If they are few, we will destroy them; If there are too many of them, we will withdraw while fighting, and we must cover the safe withdrawal of large troops. "

We lay on the ground for nearly ten minutes. When the transferred troops were completely out of sight, two soldiers came panting towards our hiding place, running and shouting in a low voice: "Comrade lieutenant, comrade lieutenant."

Vaskov stood up from his hiding place, met him, and asked from a distance, "have you seen the Germans?"

The Scout put his hand on his back, gasped, and reported to vaskov, "Comrade lieutenant, there is a German camp in the West. The gunshot just now startled them. Now there is probably a company moving towards us."

Because the voice of the scout was very loud, I could hear what he said clearly even though he was a few meters away. A sergeant lying next to me, after listening to the report of the scout, was pale and trembling, and said to me: "Comrade division, there are hundreds of Germans in a company, and we are only over 30. The military strength is too wide. We'd better withdraw before the Germans find us."

"Shut up, you coward." Vaskov was coming back to report the enemy situation to me. When he heard what the sergeant said, he immediately scolded fiercely: "have you ever thought that if we retreat without authorization, the Germans will easily catch up with the slow troops. Do you think those soldiers who can't even walk steadily can resist these fierce pursuers?"

When vaskov finished his scolding, I said with some worry: "we are too far behind the German troops. If we fight hard, even if we all die, we will not be able to block the pursuit behind us." After thinking about it, I went on to say, "how about this? You take two classes to catch up with the big troops in front, and I take one class to lead the enemy in the opposite direction."

With that, I stared at vaskov, waiting to see his reaction. To tell you the truth, vaskov is the best person for the task from the bottom of my heart, the task of luring the enemy. However, at this critical moment of life and death, there are some scenes that I have to say, so that I can play an important role.

Sure enough, my words angered vaskov. His face rose and he choked his neck and said angrily, "Comrade teacher, what you said is wrong. Don't say you are a teacher, even if you are an ordinary soldier, as long as we men are not dead, you can't let a woman risk for us. "

Vaskov's words immediately resonated with the soldiers around him. They said in unison: "the platoon leader is right. We must not let our division commander take risks for us."

Even the sergeant, who was a little flustered just now, stood up and expressed his determination to me: "Comrade division commander, let me take my class to lead the enemy away. You and the platoon leader, take the other two classes and withdraw from the army."

"Don't argue," vaskov stopped everyone from arguing. He said firmly, "I've decided that I'll take one class to lead the enemy away. The division commander and the other two classes will withdraw first." Seeing that there seemed to be someone else who wanted to say something, he opened his eyes and said in an indisputable tone, "this is an order. Carry it out."

I took vaskov's hand and said to him with concern, "Feijia, please. Remember, come back alive. "

Vaskov let go of my hand, raised his submachine gun high in his hand, and called to the soldiers nearby: "class one, follow me." After shouting, he took the lead to run to the west, and then a dozen soldiers came out from behind the bushes and ran behind them.

After they left, I took the remaining two squads south to catch up with the transferred troops.

After a short advance in the jungle, there was a fierce gunshot. I stopped and looked at the place where the gun was fired. Although I couldn't see anything, I prayed silently for vaskov in my heart: Feijia, I hope you are lucky and can come back safely.

We soon caught up with the big troops in front of us. Seeing that I was catching up with a lot of soldiers, bulda asked curiously, "Comrade division, how can you catch up so quickly? What about Lieutenant vaskov? "

I looked at the sluggish army, frowned and said to bulda, "vaskov has led the German pursuers in the opposite direction. Comrade captain, you ask the soldiers of the guard company to help these comrades who have just been rescued, and let them speed up, or we will all be finished when the Germans catch up. "

Bulda promised to go and tell his men to carry out my orders. The soldiers of the guard company came forward, some of them carried the disabled on their backs, and those who didn't carried the wounded arm in arm to prevent them from falling down when they walked fast. As a result, the whole army moved a little faster.

It's nothing to march in the jungle, but with the help of the soldiers of the guard company, many exhausted prisoners of war were swallowed up by the swamp. When we passed through the swamp and joined the second company, Burda's tears fell down. He had more than ten soldiers carrying the wounded, and they sank together in the boundless swamp.

At the same time, I ordered Gusev to make the second company ready to fight, put mortars and heavy machine guns on the edge of the swamp, and be ready to meet them at any time.

We had been waiting for three or four hours. In the jungle opposite the swamp, the sound of gunfire changed from dense to sparse. At first, we could hear the sound of our army's bobosha submachine guns and rifles. Later, the sound of gunfire was almost inaudible. Captain chumak sighed and said, "listen, the gunfire of our army is out of hearing. Maybe vaskov died."

"Shut up Perhaps seeing that my face was livid, Gusev was afraid that I would get angry, so he quickly began to scold chumark: "Comrade captain, as long as the gunfire has not stopped, it proves that our soldiers are still fighting, and they still have hope to emerge from the enemy's encirclement."

Just then, suddenly someone cried out, "look, someone is running out of the woods."

I quickly raised my telescope and looked across the swamp. Vaskov was alone, running a few steps with a submachine gun, then turning around and shooting back. After a few steps, he threw away his submachine gun and quickly came to us. I carefully looked at the woods again. I saw no other soldiers except vaskov. Maybe they all died.

When vaskov got to the middle of the swamp, the Germans who came out of the jungle also began to enter the swamp and chased him from a distance. While chasing and shooting, the bullet hit around vaskov, splashing small streams of water.

"Captain chumark, what are you doing?" Without waiting for me to speak, Gusev, who was quick to make a decision, gave an order to chumak: "machine guns and mortars should be fired immediately to wipe out the catching up Germans in the swamp."

"Boom!" With a loud noise, a mortar shell fell in the middle of the enemy's line and exploded, setting off a huge column of water. Several Germans around fell into the water.

"Machine gun fire!" With chumark's order, the heavy machine gun shooter pulled the trigger hard, and the dense bullets flew like raindrops to the enemy in the swamp. As the enemy at the front fell one by one, the German army set up machine guns on the shore and fired wildly at us to protect the soldiers behind. Every time a new enemy enters the swamp, the mortar shells will fall into their line and explode. After five or six consecutive blasts, the enemy behind will honestly stay on the shore and dare not continue to rush forward. As soon as vaskov had a few steps to go ashore, a machine gun bullet hit him in the back. With a splash of blood on his back, he snorted, leaned forward, and then fell into the mud“ Vaskov Seeing vaskov injured in front of me, I couldn't help shouting. Two soldiers bent over and ran past me, jumped into the mud, set up vaskov and dragged him back. Vaskov was placed in front of us, and Gusev cut his uniform with a dagger. When I saw the bleeding wound on his back, I felt sad“ Fortunately, it's just skin injury, not bone Gushev took a first-aid kit from other soldiers and bandaged him while saying“ Comrade division commander, "said vaskov with his head down difficultly," has the big army transferred safely? " Although I knew he couldn't see it, I nodded and said, "Comrade lieutenant, don't worry, the rescued soldiers have now returned to the village. You and your soldiers are good. You have gained precious time for the transfer of the large forces. "“ Well, comrade teacher. " After bandaging the wound, Gusev said, "Comrade Lieutenant should be sent to the medical station immediately, where doctors and health workers can take better care of him." I raised my telescope to look at the Germans across the swamp again, and found that they had given up the plan to enter the swamp to pursue us after being hit by our firepower, and were carefully retreating into the jungle. Seeing the enemy retreating, my heart relaxed, and I turned around and told Gusev, "the Germans are retreating. It seems that we are afraid of them. Captain Gusev, take your men and equipment, and we'll go