Chapter 527

Gaidar and I are about to leave for the front line. Both the independent division and the fourth regiment need to be temporarily in charge. My eyes swept over the three commanders one by one. Captain shejerikov was the most suitable candidate, but he was absent-minded and obviously out of shape; The second commander Oleg is only a captain. He may not be able to manage the whole independent division. Since the leaders of the two regiments are not suitable, we can only choose the remaining three leaders, Captain kosga.

I used to cough to attract everyone's attention. After everyone's eyes were focused on me, he said straightforwardly, "comrades, Captain Gaidar and I are going to the front. During the period of my absence, all the affairs of the independent division were in the charge of the third commander, Captain kosga. Do you understand? "

When I asked this question, Captain Oleg was surprised that the temporary person in charge appointed by me, not chejerikov, but kosja. He looked at the captain in surprise, frowned slightly, stood up and replied loudly, "I understand!"

Cosga obviously did not expect that such a good thing would fall on him. After a moment of surprise, he jumped up from his seat and raised his voice to reply, "I understand!" Then he showed his heart to me with a low attitude, "Comrade teacher, don't worry, I will seriously complete the task you gave me."

Their voices startled dejected Xie jerikov. He woke up from the state of absence, stood up in a panic, and replied with a kind of learning: "I understand!"

I looked at chejerikov discontentedly, turned around and told kosja, "Comrade captain, during the period when I am away, you are responsible for the training of the troops, and you should carry out the training subjects according to the resolution made at the last meeting. At the same time, you need to deploy a group of trusted soldiers, organize more patrol teams, and patrol around the camp continuously. One is to prevent the enemy from sneaking attacks, and the other is to prevent the emergence of real deserters. "

"How long are you going to leave this time, sir?" kosga asked with concern

I shook my head and replied, "well, I can't say it well. Maybe half a day, maybe one day, it depends on the situation of our reconnaissance. Anyway, during my absence, you are fully responsible for everything of the independent division. "

"Yes, please rest assured, sir. I promise that I will successfully complete all the tasks you have given me."

I nodded to him and Oleg, and without looking at shejerikov, I told Gaidar to leave the headquarters.

When we got to the edge of the forest, jeeps and trucks were still waiting for us. When I saw the guard class sitting motionless on the truck, I couldn't help feeling a trace of dissatisfaction with Willa: the guard class is sent to protect my safety, you're good, I went to the headquarters to fight back and forth, you and the soldiers of the guard class are still sitting in the car.

However, because I was in a hurry, I didn't care about Willa and walked straight to the jeep. Gaidar's reaction was not slow. He took the lead to open the door for me. When I got on the bus, he closed the door, opened the front passenger's door and went in directly.

Seeing Gaidar close the door, I reached out and patted the driver on the shoulder and said softly, "Comrade driver, let's drive."

The jeep sped towards the orlovka area. Although there were many checkpoints on the road, the jeep I took was the car of trakov, and the officers and men at the checkpoint knew it well. As soon as we saw our car, we didn't check it at all. Instead, we moved the barrier to let it go.

I can't remember clearly. After passing several checkpoints, Gaidar, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly turned back and said to me, "Sir, there is something I don't know whether I should tell you."

Listen to him say so, my eyebrows can't help picking up, the heart said, is this the time, you still want to retreat? But in front of trakov's driver, I was not easy to attack. I could only say vaguely, "if there's anything, just say it."

Gaidar looked at the driver warily, with an expression of desire to talk and stop. I waved my hand and said with disapproval, "Comrade captain, the driver is a very reliable person. If there is anything, just say it. He won't let it out."

Hearing that I had said this, Gaidar said without any scruples: "in fact, just now in the headquarters, I think you have seen captain chejerikov's abnormal expression. Otherwise, you will not let captain kosja be in charge of commanding the army. You know, there is still a big gap between the two people's abilities."

"Why did he suddenly appear this abnormal performance?" I am also very curious about shijerikov's gaffe and eager to know the real answer.

"You have mentioned about the Ministry of interior's supervision team, which may have frightened him."

"The overseers of the Ministry of the interior!" The driver couldn't help but cut in when he heard the captain say, "what's so terrible about them?"

"Yes, comrade captain. You know, although the governor Corps is subordinate to the Ministry of interior, they only shoot at cowards who are fleeing on the battlefield, and they will not casually kill people. " Although I am disgusted with the supervisors of the Ministry of interior, I still want to evaluate them from a neutral point of view in public.

Although there were only three of us in the car, Gaidar looked around with vigilance, then lowered his voice and said, "a few days after captain chejerikov was put in the punishment camp, a group of personnel from the Ministry of internal affairs came to take all the people from the captain's barracks to the open space to shoot them with machine guns in the name of eliminating the vulnerable elements. More than a dozen people were killed on the spot and the same number injured. And the captain, because the person standing in front of him was hit by the bullet, and his body turned around in the same place, then he bumped into him and knocked him to the ground. In this way, he escaped the fate of being hit by the bullet. Originally, he thought that he would die. Unexpectedly, the Gunners of the interior department saw that the machine guns had knocked down all the people. After that, there were no survivors, so they packed up their weapons and left. Only then did the captain get away with one life. "

It's the first time I've heard about the experience of captain shejerikov, but I still asked Gaidar cautiously, "Comrade captain, who did you listen to about shejerikov?"

"Listen to who says what." Gaidar said angrily, "I saw all this with my own eyes. Originally, after the execution of captain xiejerikov and his people in the barracks, it was our turn. Fortunately, the officers in charge of the punishment camp came out to negotiate with the personnel of the Ministry of interior, saying that they could send us to the front line and let us use our own blood and lives to clean up the crimes committed against our motherland. In this case, the staff of the Ministry of interior left the camp reluctantly. "

When Gaidar finished speaking, I quickly straightened out and said to him, "Comrade captain, what you said just now, don't mention it to anyone in the future, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble." Then I turned around and told the driver, "Comrade driver, don't tell others what you just heard, or you will be in trouble."

The person who can become a trakov driver is usually not an ordinary person, and this smart driver is no exception. Hearing what I told him, he pretended to be confused and said, "Comrade commander, I've been busy driving. I didn't hear a word of what you were saying just now."

When I heard the driver say that, I didn't finish. I just smile at his back. And Gaidar said the secret of captain shejerikov, also kept silent, the whole car fell into a silence.

A few minutes later, the speed began to slow down. The driver turned around and asked me, "Comrade commander, it's almost time for the headquarters of the guard division. Where should I park my car?"

I looked out of the window and saw that it was only seven or eight meters away from the concealment department where the headquarters was located. I patted the driver on the shoulder and said, "Comrade driver, you can stop anywhere you like. We can walk the rest of the way. "

The driver readily agreed to stop the jeep at the side of the road. Then he turned back and said to me, "Comrade commander, you can get off."

When I pushed the door open and got off, I specially said to the driver, "thank you, comrade driver!"

In accordance with the regulations, the driver answered: "serve the Soviet Union!"

I went out of the car and looked back at the truck not far behind. I thought to myself whether I should go over and give orders to Vera or they would sit on the truck again. Just as he was hesitating, Gaidar had already passed me and strode towards the truck. At the same time, he issued a loud command: "guard class, all of you get out of the car!"

I looked at Gaidar's back, nodded with satisfaction, then turned and walked towards the division headquarters with my submachine gun.

Just walked more than ten meters, suddenly a man rushed out from the stab. I stepped back, put the submachine gun in my hand, and warily asked, "who?"

The man stopped, stood in the same place and asked in a low voice, "is it lieutenant commander o'shanina?"

When I heard that the other party was speaking Russian and also called out my name, I lowered my gun and replied, "yes, I'm oshanina. Who are you? " When I ask questions, my finger is still on the trigger. If anything is wrong, I just lift the muzzle of the gun, and I can shoot the bullets out of the gun in the shortest time.

The other side still said in a low voice: "Comrade commander, it's me. Don't shoot. I have something to tell you Then, without waiting for my response, he came to me.

When the man came five or six steps away from me, I could finally see his face. When I saw his face clearly, I could not help but be surprised. Isn't this the arrogant and arrogant captain of the internal affairs department in the headquarters just now? What will he do to me at this late hour, and what will he do to me? Thinking of this, I quietly raised the muzzle of the submachine gun by an inch.

Unexpectedly, the captain came up to me and stood at attention. At the same time, he raised his hand to salute me and said, "Comrade commander, please forgive me. I'm sorry for what happened tonight. But it's my duty. I can't help doing some things. " After that, without waiting for me to speak, he turned and left without hesitation.

Looking at his back, I was at a loss. What happened? Why did the arrogant captain come to me to apologize? Just as I couldn't figure it out, Gaidar's voice rang out in my ear: "Sir, who was that man just now?"

I gave a wry smile and said, "who else can it be? He is a captain of the internal affairs department's supervision team. The Scout of our division was arrested by his deserters. "

"What? It's him Said Gaidar, reaching to his waist to draw the gun.

"What are you going to do?" As soon as his gun was pulled out, I found him. I grabbed him by the wrist and stopped him severely. I looked at the captain far away and said to Gaidar in a low voice, "don't make a fool of yourself. Put the gun away."

He angrily put the gun back in the holster, and said reluctantly, "did my soldiers die in vain?"

"If you shoot, your soldiers will really die in vain!" I said coldly, then waved my head at him and said, "the guard team is standing by. You go to the division headquarters for me."

When I walked into the headquarters, I saw that in addition to trikov and lyudnikov, I unexpectedly found that political commissar jitov was also there. I quickly came forward to salute him and said with a smile, "Hello, comrade political commissar, long time no see. Are you ok?"

Jitov also saluted, stretched out his hands, grasped my hand tightly, shook it hard and said: "Hello, comrade oshanina, I haven't seen you for such a long time, I miss you very much!"

I was chatting with Titov when trikov, who was sitting next to me, suddenly asked, "o'shanina, who is this? Is it the new engineer? "

"Yes, comrade commander." I quickly released jitov's hand and went to Gaidar's side. Although trakov had seen him before, as a general with a lot of skills, it is estimated that he had forgotten this captain. So I specially introduced him to him and said, "this is captain Gaidar, the head of the fourth regiment. He is also a senior architectural engineer, so I brought him back."

Trekov got up, went to Gaidar, took his hand, shook it hard, and said, "Comrade captain, you probably know what happened from Lt. o'shanina. To tell you the truth, I don't have much hope that the engineer can be recovered, so the burden of continuing reconnaissance will fall on you. "

Gaidar straightened his back and answered trekov in a loud voice: "please rest assured, comrade commander. I promise to finish the task."

When trakov finished, I asked lyudnikov with concern, "Comrade Colonel, how long will it take if the search team is withdrawn and the scouts are called together?"

Lyudnikov raised his hand, looked at his watch and replied, "it will take at least two hours. It can't be any faster. You know, the search team is too small to be equipped with necessary communication equipment. If you want to recruit them back, I can only send someone to inform them. "

"No, not at all!" "Two hours is too long. It will be bright before the reconnaissance troops get close to the residential area," he said. Then they will be found by the enemy's sentinels and killed one by one like shooting at a target. "

At this time, Titov stepped forward and asked for instructions from trikov, saying, "Comrade deputy commander, since it takes too long to recover the original reconnaissance unit, we might as well rebuild a new one."

"New reconnaissance unit?" I have to say that commissar jitov's proposal is very attractive. It not only makes me excited, but also trekov is considering whether it should be done. Wei Yi pondered, he asked jitov with a serious expression: "Comrade political commissar, who do you think this reconnaissance team should be composed of?"

Hearing that, Titov immediately volunteered to say, "I'm familiar with the terrain near the settlement. I'll be the leader of the reconnaissance team. In order not to expose the target, the number of such reconnaissance units should not be too large. As for the players, I think so. This engineer is one. I'll take two more guards. "

"No way!" The first one who jumped out against him was division commander lyudnikov. He said with a strong voice: "Comrade political commissar, your combat post is in the division headquarters. You are not going to be a scout near the enemy's position."

Trakov looked back at the emotional lyudnikov, did not respond to him, but asked me: "oshanina, how do you think about it?"

I don't know why jitov suddenly had this idea of coming out in person. I can only say cautiously, "let's listen to what the political commissar of jitov said."

Trikov nodded approvingly and said to Titov, "tell me, comrade Commissar. If you have good reasons, I personally approve you to be the captain of this reconnaissance unit. "

"Comrade deputy commander..." lyudnikov didn't expect that trakov would say that. As soon as he began to say a few words, he was interrupted by a wave from trakov. He looked at jitov and asked, "Comrade political commissar, please tell me your reasons. We are all waiting to hear."

Jitov extended his hand to the side and said, "everybody, please come here." Then he led the way to the map on the wall. When we all stood beside him, he pointed to the map with a stick and said, "to the west of this residential area, there are a large number of forests. Our reconnaissance team can sneak in here at night to spy on the enemy's defensive positions at a short distance."

"How far is the forest from the residential area, comrade political commissar?" Gaidar boldly asked, but instead of criticizing him, they turned their eyes to jitov, waiting for his answer.

"It's less than 400 meters away." Titov confidently said: "due to the large forest area, if the reconnaissance unit lurks here for reconnaissance, it may be very small to be found by the enemy."

Hearing that there is a large area of forest less than 400 meters away from the residential area, I can't help but feel excited and want to see the terrain myself. Only when I have mastered the first-hand information, I will be more confident when I command the battle in a few days.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help saying, "since the terrain is conducive to the concealment of the reconnaissance team, I agree that political commissar jitov will lead the team to carry out the reconnaissance mission." Speaking of this, I deliberately pause for a moment, and when everyone's attention is focused on me, I announce with astonishment: "I will join this reconnaissance team, and join commissar jitov in the reconnaissance mission."