Chapter 464

As soon as the car started up, I saw in the rearview mirror that trikov leaned back and began to shut his eyes. The car was silent. The driver's eyes were fixed on the front and he was driving with all his attention.

After looking at the scenery outside the window for a while, I couldn't help but ask the driver in a low voice curiously, "Comrade sergeant, how long will it take me to get to Stalingrad?"

The driver shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "it's hard to say, comrade commander. It depends on whether the road conditions are good or not and whether we will be bombed by enemy planes. If everything goes well, we should be able to get to Stalingrad in five hours. "

"Comrade oshanina." Trekov said suddenly.

I quickly turned back and saw that trakov was still recuperating with his eyes closed and his back against the chair. I was wondering if I had heard it wrong. He called me again: "Comrade o'shanina."

I quickly agreed: "Comrade commander, I'm here. Do you have any instructions?"

Trekov still did not open his eyes, said to himself: "maybe you are very strange, you stay well in the front-line forces, why I will let you transfer the command of the regiment to the deputy, and let you go to Stalingrad with me."

I can't guess why trikov did this, so I have to shake my head. Just after two shakes, I suddenly remembered that trekov closed his eyes and couldn't see me shake my head. He said honestly: "Comrade commander, I really can't think of it."

"When general Zhukov called me yesterday, he specifically mentioned you."

"General Zhukov!" Hearing this familiar name, I was a little excited. "What did he say about me?"

"Zhukov said that you were brave in battle and showed great bravery on the battlefield. And you can think of things that others can't think of. But according to his observation, he found that you still have a lot of dissatisfaction

When I heard that from trakov, my heart beat faster. I was very concerned about my impression in Zhukov's eyes, so I asked nervously, "I don't know what the senior general said about my unsatisfactory performance?"

Trekov opened his eyes, looked at me and said, "he said that you are lacking in ability, lack of overall view, and are not suitable for the position of top leader. Let you be a company commander, battalion commander or even commander in chief, you are competent. But when you are a commander of a division or even higher level, your lack of ability will be exposed. "

When I heard what Chukov said, my heart was cold. I didn't expect that after working hard for a long time, Zhukov still got a comment on my lack of ability and overall situation.

When I was depressed, trakov continued: "Comrade Zhukov analyzed that the scale of this campaign will not be small, and it will last for a long time. In such a long time of battle, it is entirely possible to cultivate an incompetent commander into an excellent commander in our army. In order to train you, comrade Zhukov specially asked you to work in headquarters at all levels. I hope that when you work in these places, you can learn useful things from senior commanders and accumulate necessary experience for you to take up higher positions in the future. "

What I heard from trakov was a hint that I would have a chance of promotion through this battle. Listen to him say so, originally the mood of haze suddenly become clear.

"Do you understand?" Seeing my hesitation, trekov asked, staring at me.

I hastened to straighten my chest and answered aloud, "I understand, comrade commander."

Trekov nodded with satisfaction and said, "good, just understand. Make good use of the opportunity that this campaign brings you. I believe that in the near future, you will become general oshanina from commander oshanina. "

Trekov's words are so clear that if I don't understand them, I'll have a bad IQ. However, I can't help but feel excited when he said that. During the Moscow defense war, I was promoted directly from lieutenant commander to major general. This time, the war has just begun. I was already a lieutenant commander, so I'm not far away from the general.

After a while, I asked trekov curiously, "Comrade commander, what's the situation on the other side of the river?"

"All day yesterday and this morning, our group army's fighting operations were mainly concentrated on the right wing, namely, the greater osinovka, yelitsky and upper chilskaya areas. The enemy tried to break through the battle formations of our 229th and 112th divisions from this area, and then made a surprise attack to the northeast, around the rear of the 62nd group army, surrounded the friendly forces, and approached the Don River ferries in the areas of Rogowski and Karachi.

Yesterday, I had been at the observation post in a highland north of the reichikovsky railway crossing, maintaining direct contact with the 229th and 112th division commanders, as well as with other units through the group command.

The battle is in a stalemate, with each side winning or losing. The forces of the 51st German army, strengthened by tanks, attacked our defensive positions. Yesterday, nearly 100 tanks attacked the ground defense of the 112th division, while our army only had 10 tanks sticking to its position. However, the 112th division not only repulsed the enemy's heavy attack, but also launched counter attacks several times. "

It turned out that the enemy's focus of attack yesterday was directed at the 112th and 229th divisions of our regiment's right wing. Therefore, the attack on our regiment's defensive area would have been less thunderous and less heavy rain. If it had not been for the heavy losses caused by the enemy's artillery bombardment in the later stage, we would have almost won the battle yesterday.

"What are you thinking, o'shanina?" Trekov's voice made me wake up in my meditation. I only felt hot on my face for a moment. Then I turned away from the topic and said, "Comrade commander, the group army in combat condition suddenly retreated the day before yesterday. Have you found out the specific reason?" As soon as I finished speaking, I found that I had said something wrong. I was a subordinate of trakov, but I was questioning him in the tone of a superior. I was in a cold sweat. Fortunately, trakov didn't care about this. He patiently explained to me, "the reason has been found out. At that time, I was at the observation post of lower chilskaya, while I was staying at the headquarters of the group army in irimian chilsky, where Novikov, the chief of staff, and Abramov, the military commissar and division political commissar, saw the enemy's fierce offensive, Fearing that the fighting troops would be encircled, without asking me for instructions, he issued a radio order to the 214th infantry division, the two marine brigades and the 137th tank brigade to retreat to the left bank of the Don river. It was when I returned to the headquarters of the group army last night that I learned of this situation. " At this point, he couldn't help a long sigh. I understand the reason why he sighed. Because of this order, thousands of officers and men crowded to the river dun. After crossing the river, they were heavily attacked by enemy planes and suffered heavy casualties. General korpakchi, commander of the 62nd group army, was aware of this situation. For a time, he thought that trakov's troops had been defeated by the enemy. He personally took captain shamikov and I to trakov's observation post to learn about the situation. As a result, I was seconded to the 64th group army to temporarily act as the head of the 678th group army. Seeing his loss, I immediately flattered him and said, "Comrade commander, as far as I know, although the enemy broke through the first line of defense of our group army in many areas, under your command, the commanders and fighters of the group army showed great bravery. They fought bravely with the enemy and blocked the way to the chil River and the Don river. Judging from the current situation, the danger of the enemy directly attacking Stalingrad from the lower kirskaya area has been eliminated. " Trekov nodded and asked me, "commander oshanina, did your regiment cross the river well? How many people are still in the army? " After a moment's silence, I replied, "report to the commander, our regiment was heavily shelled by enemy artillery before it withdrew to build a new fortification by the river, with more than half of the casualties. When crossing the river this morning, the second battalion and the seventh company passed the Don River smoothly, but the ferry I was on sank because of the enemy's bombing and strafing. The guard platoon, engineer platoon and sailors on the ferry used to be more than 100 people. In the end, only about 10 people successfully boarded the left bank of the Don river. " After listening to me, trikov looked me up and down, nodded and said, "Comrade oshanina, the ferry was sunk. You can still get out of danger. I have to say, you are so lucky."