Chapter 462

I didn't expect that it was captain Lukin who led the search. Hearing kokunov's cry, he came quickly with several soldiers.

Seeing me lying on the ground, he was obviously surprised. He came to me in a hurry, squatted down, and asked with concern, "Comrade commander, how are you? Are you not hurt?"

I sat up with my elbow, tried to squeeze a smile on my face, and weakly answered him, "I'm ok. I've just swam from the river and I'm a little tired. I'll have a rest for a while. By the way, comrade captain, has the ship of the seventh company carrying Slaven safely landed? "

Lukin nodded hard and replied, "here we are. Slaven's seventh company has landed safely. I saw that your ferry was sunk by the enemy plane. I was worried about your safety, so I took several soldiers to search along the river

Lu Jin's concern for me was beyond expression. I nodded and wanted to say a few words, but I couldn't speak. I just felt that my nose was sour and tears were about to burst out of my eyes. Just then, a voice of kokunov rang out: "Comrade captain, have you seen the people from the Political Department of the 62nd army?"

Lu Jin Leng for a moment: "the Political Department of the 62nd army?" Then he suddenly realized and said, "Oh, first-class instructor, are you talking about a group of political workers led by the political commissar of the regiment?"

Kokunov nodded and said, "yes, comrade captain. The regiment level political commissar leading the team is Comrade kirilov, the new director of the Political Department of the group army. "

Lu Jin said: "the regimental political commissar was on the shore. When the first-class instructor who was with the seventh company got off the ship, they moved eastward collectively." Seeing that kokunov raised his legs and wanted to go, he quickly added: "they took a bus more than half an hour ago. I guess you can't catch up."

Seeing that kokunov was in a dilemma, I suddenly had an idea that the former commander and political commissar were killed in an air raid by the river. Now I act as the commander, but the post of political commissar is still vacant. From the performance of kokunov on the ship just now, it is more than enough to hold this post, so I took the initiative to put forward to him: "don't worry, comrade kokunov, Since the political commissars of the regiment have left, you can't catch up with them now. It happens that I still lack a political commissar here. Why don't you stay in my regiment for the time being and act as my deputy? "

After listening to this, kokunov hesitated and said, "Comrade commander, this may not be appropriate. You know, I'm just a level one instructor. According to the level, I can only serve as the political deputy battalion commander in the battalion at most. "

I waved my hand and said carelessly, "Comrade kokunov, don't worry. I can report this to the higher authorities. You know, although I am now the commander of the 64th group army and the adjutant of general korpakchi, commander of the 62nd group army, I believe that no matter which commander I am, I will not refuse to let you, an excellent political worker, serve as the political commissar of the 678th infantry regiment. "

Kokunov listened to me and did not show any affectation. He only pondered for a moment and agreed: "well, comrade commander, I'll stay in your regiment first. When I have a chance, I'll report back to the 62nd army."

Seeing that kokunov agreed to stay, Lu Jin said to one side: "Comrade commander, comrade political commissar, the river is not safe. The enemy plane can't tell when it will come again. Let's go back to the regiment first." Then he reached out to help me.

I stood up with his help and tried to walk a few steps. Although my legs were still a little weak, if I walked slowly, the problem was not big. After a few steps, I turned around and saw that the sailor who saved me was still standing in the same place, so I yelled at him: "Hey, I said sailor, what are you still doing there? Come quickly and come with us

The sailor grinned and trotted after him.

In the process of returning to the station, I asked Lu Jin in a low voice: "Comrade captain, how many soldiers in the guard platoon and engineer platoon have landed safely?"

Lu Jin replied with a dejected look: "because after your ferry was sunk, the enemy planes kept diving and shooting at the survivors, so in the end, only seven soldiers succeeded in landing on the left bank."

Although I was psychologically prepared for such a result, when I heard what Lu Jin said, I still felt a little uncomfortable. There were only a few people left in the two rows of 70 or 80.

Our regiment is stationed in an unknown small village by the Dayton river. The village is not big and has only dozens of families. Perhaps because the village was too small, it was ignored by the enemy's air force. Although it was only two or three kilometers away from the river, there was no sign of being attacked by enemy planes.

However, because the village is close to the main road leading to Stalingrad, the wooden walls on both sides of the village road are covered with all kinds of propaganda slogans: "comrades! If you don't stop the enemy in Stalingrad, the enemy will break into your home and destroy your hometown! "

"We must destroy the enemy in Stalingrad!"

"Commanders and fighters, the motherland will never forget your contributions!"

"Mother motherland will not let your relatives live in dire straits!"

The regiment headquarters is located in a wooden house in the village. Far away, I saw a group of people standing outside the door. Seeing that we were coming back, those people immediately welcomed us. Captain Slaven, who was crossing the river with me just now, was no one else.

Slaven and the group of commanders came up to me, stopped, and then raised their hands in order to salute. Then Slaven said excitedly on behalf of everyone: "Hello! Comrade commander, it's great to see you come back safely. " I raised my hand for a change of salute, then extended my hand to Slaven and asked with concern, "Comrade captain, what's the situation of your seventh company? Are there any casualties when crossing the river?" Slaven shook his head and replied, "Comrade commander of the report, as the enemy plane only attacked the ferry you were on, but ignored us, there were no casualties in the process of crossing the river." When I shook hands with the second battalion commander beside Slaven, I also asked him, "second battalion commander, how was your situation when you crossed the river? Did the commanders and soldiers cross the river safely?" The commander of the second battalion nodded his head and said, "Comrade commander, our second battalion crossed the river with Captain Lu Jin. Because the enemy planes had not been dispatched at that time, we did not encounter any danger in the process of crossing the river." After shaking hands with the commanders on the scene one by one, I put my body aside, pointed to kokunov and introduced to you, "comrades commanders, I'd like to introduce you. This is Comrade kokunov, a first-class instructor from Moscow. Now he is the acting political commissar of our regiment."