Chapter 581

Although I know in my heart that it is no doubt to let verol's and Oleg's troops stay and stick to the station of abganerovo, as shumilov ordered, to let them die. However, according to the regulations of the Soviet army, the orders of the higher authorities are not allowed to be discussed, so I can only reply with a stiff head: "yes, comrade commander, I follow your orders."

"Good, good. Colonel o'shanina, I knew you were an excellent commander who took the whole situation into consideration With these two words, shumilov terminated his communication with me.

When there was no sound in the earphone, I had an impulse to smash the telephone. In my heart, I secretly scolded myself for what I had done to report the victory to shumilov so early. I should wait for the troops to withdraw before reporting to him. In this way, even if he wants me to keep the troops, I can use the reason that the troops are on the March and I can't get in touch with them for the time being.

Maybe the expression on my face was unnatural after I put down my earphone. After carefully observing my words and expressions, Xie jerikov asked cautiously, "what do you say, sir

I glared at him and said: "what else can I say? He said that Oleg and verol's troops would not withdraw from the station for the time being and would continue to stay there to hold on."

As soon as my words came out, not only shijerikov was shocked, but also Pugachev, kosja and Gaidar, who were sitting beside him, were shocked. We are lucky to succeed in sneak attack, but if we really stay and stick to it, we will become the target of German attack. Can two battalions without training and heavy weapons resist the successive attacks of German army? After a long time, Xie jerikov tentatively said: "Comrade division commander, would you please report to the commander again that it is in the rear of the German army, and our troops are all light, not equipped with heavy weapons, which can not stop the German armored forces."

"Are you and I able to discuss the orders of the superior?" After I yelled at him, I sat down at the table, raised my hand and said, "give me a cigarette."

As soon as the words came to an end, several cigarette boxes were handed to me at the same time. I took a cigarette out of the cigarette box of "St. Petersburg people". As soon as it was in my mouth, someone lit a match for me. When I looked up, it turned out to be shejerikov. Thinking of his bad attitude towards him just now, he gave him an apologetic smile and said, "Comrade xijerikov, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been angry with you just now."

Seeing that I offered to apologize to him, xiejerikov seemed a little at a loss. He said in a panic: "Sir, you are right. The orders of the superior are not allowed to be discussed..."

Before he finished, I interrupted him and said to myself, "you're right. If Oleg and verol's troops stay and stick to it, the only thing that will wait for them is the annihilation of the whole army."

"Then what should we do? Can we just watch them destroyed by the Germans?" Said chejerikov, somewhat unconvinced.

I snorted noncommittally. I didn't speak. I just took a mouthful of my cigarette. I didn't expect that Lao maozi's cigarette was so dry that I coughed violently. I was so angry that I threw my cigarette on the ground and ground it with my toes.

I stood up, looked around at several regimental commanders around me, and said faintly, "I'll tell Oleg and verol the news first, so that they can have a psychological preparation."

"Is that suitable, sir?" Asked shijerikov, difficultly.

"There's nothing inappropriate," I said decisively. "Sooner or later, they will be given the order to stay. It's the same thing to say sooner or later." Then I told razumeyeva, who had been looking at me: "Lieutenant, call commander Oleg or commissar verol immediately. I have orders for them."

When I heard Oleg's voice coming from the earphone, I was thinking about how to give him the order to stick to the station. He had already preemptively reported: "report, sir, I have important information to report to you."

I am a Leng, in such a short period of time, what happened? Although he was a little confused, he could not hear the slightest tension and confusion from his tone, so he instinctively asked, "tell me, what happened to you?"

"Not long after I finished talking with you just now, the phone rang in the duty room of the station. At that time, comrade verol and I were interrogating the prisoners. We were startled to hear the telephone ring. While I was still thinking about answering the phone, verol had already pulled out his pistol and forced the captured captain Grimes to answer it. The call was from gramus' superior. He asked what happened to the sound of gunfire and explosion that just came from the station? Whether they have been attacked by our army, whether they need reinforcement, etc.

The captain with a pistol on his forehead didn't dare to answer casually, so he had to cover the microphone and look at verol helplessly. Verol called mihayev as an interpreter, and then asked Grimes to report to his superiors that the station had been attacked by a small group of guerrillas. Now the guerrillas have been beaten away and no reinforcements are needed.

Just when the captain was ready to put down the phone, his superior suddenly told him that an arms train would arrive at the station within half an hour and stop at the station until dawn. He was asked to prepare for the train and ensure the arrangement of the train. "

When I heard that the German army was about to deliver a truck of ammunition, I immediately became interested and asked, "what's verol's plan?" The reason why I asked about verol's plan is that, from the current situation, although both of them are commanding a battalion, Oleg seems to have followed verol's lead.

Sure enough, I then heard Oleg say: "political commissar verol said that since the German army has an arms train coming, we will postpone the transfer, pretend to be the German army and stick to the station to cut off the arms train. As for all the weapons seized, except the part that could be transported back to the independent division, all the rest were buried in the ground. She wanted to see if the Germans, who could not be supplied with ammunition, could launch such a fierce offensive against our positions after dawn. "

"Well done, comrade Oleg." After I praised him, I thought that I had to order them to stay on the mission, but at the moment verol was obviously more suitable to accept the order than him, so I told him: "let verol talk to me, I have something important to tell her."

Oleg agreed, and soon I heard verol's voice in the earphone: "Hello, Rita, do you have any instructions?"

Instead of giving the command's instructions, I first asked her, "what are you going to do with that ammunition train?"

"It's very simple," verol said lightly, "when the train comes in, I'll take it as a name to ensure the arms, drive out all the German escorts on the train, and then kill them all when they're not prepared. As for the seized arms, I intend to bury the rest of them except for those returned, so that they can be transferred later. "

As for her plan, I thought it was pretty good, so I didn't give any guidance. Just after she finished, I went on to say solemnly, "Comrade veroll, I have another thing to tell you. I hope you can be psychologically prepared."

"What's the matter, Rita, just tell me." Verol said calmly.

"I have just reported our division's capture of the station of abganerovo to the headquarters of the group army. The commander was very happy to learn that the station had been recaptured, but he immediately gave an order... "

"Shall we stay at the station?" Before I finished speaking, verol asked first. It seems that she is not a political cadre who has gained a reputation. From my words, we can judge the intention of the higher leaders.

"Yes, verol." I answered with a little pain that although I have known verol for a short time, I think she is a very easy-going political worker. If it is not for her low military rank, I plan to appoint her as my division political commissar after consulting the higher authorities. Therefore, I can't bear to let her stay in the bus station and sacrifice in vain“ The commander said that before the station was lost, our troops had been there for seven days. He hoped that you could keep it there as long as possible. In this way, the Germans who had worries about their future would not dare to concentrate all their forces and launch a full-scale attack on the defense line of our group army. "

Verol's reaction was completely unexpected to me. After listening to it, she said with a smile: "don't worry, sir. Although I want to leave the station, I won't command the troops to fight with the Germans. I want to consider taking this station as a stronghold to harass the German camp and make them restless."

I recognized from her words that she seemed to have other plans, so I asked curiously, "verol, tell me, do you have any good plans?"

"Yes, sir." Verol gave me a positive answer and began to speak slowly about her plan. After listening to this, I suddenly realized that it was brilliant. Why can't I come up with such a good plan?

At the end of the call with verol, I immediately called the artillery battalion commander yegonovic. As soon as I heard his rough voice, I said impolitely, "Hey, comrade captain, this is not the time for you to flirt with my monitor. Come to my headquarters immediately. I have important combat tasks for you. " When I was about to put down the microphone, I suddenly remembered something and quickly added, "by the way, I don't have enough people here. When you come here, I'll bring my monitor of the guard with me

"What?! Comrade division, "when I said that, yegonovich was very anxious. He retorted," didn't you assign corporal Willa to our artillery battalion? Why do you want her back at this time? "

"Stop talking nonsense and carry out the orders." With that, I didn't give him another chance to refute and hung up directly.

When I put down the phone and heard the conversation between me and yegonovych, I couldn't help but ask curiously, "Comrade division commander, your guard monitor corporal Willa, has been transferred to the artillery camp for almost a week. Why do you suddenly want to transfer her back?"

I looked at him and said, "don't you think it's more convenient for me to keep a female guard around than all the male guards?"

Listen to me, it's not easy for Xie jerikov to say anything more, so he has to nod repeatedly.

The artillery camp is not close to me, at least five kilometers away, but if there are vehicles to walk, this distance is nothing. Yegonovic showed up in my headquarters less than 10 minutes after answering the phone.

Seeing a group of commanders in the headquarters, yegonovic was obviously stunned for a moment, and then asked curiously, "what's the matter? Why do the commanders stay in the headquarters so late? "

But no one answered him, only I waved to him and let him come to me. When he came to me and was about to raise his hand to salute, I stopped him with a gesture and asked, "Comrade captain, how many shells do you have in your artillery battalion?"

"Not much to say, not much to say." I didn't expect that yegonovic told me the tongue twister: "if the artillery preparation before the attack, the existing shells must be insufficient; But if it is to provide artillery support for the garrison, it is barely enough

I didn't care about his rap, but pointed to the map and asked him, "Comrade captain, I'll give you the assignment of the artillery battalion. After dawn, there will be a German ammunition train, which will transport ammunition to their front-line troops along the railway leading to Stalingrad from the southwest of our division's defense area. Now I want to ask you, are you sure you can kill this ammunition train with as few shells as possible? "

Yegonovic fixed his eyes on the map on the table, stretched out his hand to measure the distance, and then answered positively, "Comrade division, I am sure I will hit the target after five volleys of each gun."

"No, five shells are too many. Eight guns need forty shells. You know, the artillery battalion may not be able to get logistic supplies for a long time. Without shells, it will not be able to provide the necessary artillery support for the infantry. "

"Four, how about four?"

"No, it's too much. Two shots at most."

"Ah?" After listening to me, yegonovic almost hit his chin on the ground. He thought for a moment, stretched out three fingers and continued to bargain with me. "Let's have three shots. It's the minimum. It can't be less."

"No, I said two I said firmly.

Hearing what I said, yegonovich was so anxious that he almost jumped up. He said excitedly, "do you know the speed of the train, sir? It's impossible to hit this moving target with fewer shells. If we want to solve the battle with two rounds, unless the train stops at the same place and let us be the targets, it's almost the same. "

"Comrade captain," I replied with a smile, "you are right at last. This time, you really let that train stop on the track and let you be targets. How about, do you have the confidence to destroy the enemy's train with two rounds each? "

After listening to what I said, there was an incredible expression on yegonovic's face. In order to make sure that he was not dreaming, he pinched his arm severely. After taking a cold breath in pain, he tentatively asked: "the German train stops on the track, let's be the target? Sir, are you kidding? "

When he said that, I lowered my face and said seriously, "why, comrade captain, do you think I'm joking?"

After looking me up and down, he shook his head and said in an uncertain tone, "it doesn't look like you're joking with me, but..."

Without waiting for him to finish, I interrupted him and said in a sarcastic tone, "why, comrade captain, are you not sure? It doesn't matter. If you can't do it, just speak up and I'll arrange for captain Morozov to carry out this glorious task. "

"Who says I can't do it!" When he saw that his ability was questioned by me, he stamped his feet in the same place. He said in a loud voice, "Comrade division, you don't have to go to captain Morozov. I promise you, if you want to kill the German train, you can't use two shells per gun. "When he said that, he hesitated for a moment, and then said fiercely," one gun, I only need one gun to kill the German train. "

I nodded with satisfaction at yegonovic's statement, and then told him, "then go back to the artillery barracks and get ready. Remember, send out the artillery observers first, and let them provide you with the prepared firing data. "

"Don't worry about that, sir." "I'm not the first day to be an artillery commander. As soon as I get back to the army, I'll send out the observers and let them provide accurate targets for the Gunners," said the eager yegonovich

"It's beautiful. I don't know the final result. I'll wait and see." When I finished, I waved to him and said, "hurry up and get ready. Your camp is not close to where the German train stops."

Yegonovic raised his hand to salute and turned to leave. He had already stepped up the steps and was ready to go out. Suddenly he stopped and turned to me and said, "yes, sir, I almost forgot. I've brought Vera back. Captain busmanov, the commander of the guard battalion, is with her

I nodded and said, "I see. Go and help you."

After yegonovic left, several commanders gathered around and asked curiously, "Comrade division commander, didn't you just say that you want to seize the German arms train? Why do you want the artillery to destroy it again? What's the matter?"

Seeing that everyone was curious, I went back to my seat and asked them to sit down. After seeing several people take their seats one after another, I began to solve the mystery for them: "comrades, this is what happened. When political commissar verol heard that the superior had asked them to stay at the station, he came up with a bold plan

"What's the plan?" Pugachev asked curiously.

Before Pugachev continued to ask, Gaidar began to stop him: "shut up, Captain Pugachev. Don't interrupt. Listen to the teacher."

Seeing that there was no one to speak, I continued: "verol said that the enemy had not found their station occupied by us so far. The first step she imagined was to let our soldiers impersonate the German army and control the whole station. Let's imagine, if the German troops pass the station, if they see that all the people on guard and patrol outside are wearing German uniforms and speak fluent German, and the people coming and going in the station are also their own people, will they doubt that the station has been occupied by our army?

In addition, soon a military train full of ammunition entered the station. Verol's plan was to kill all the German escorts and seize the whole vehicle's ammunition. Then, they will organize people to unload half of the ammunition from the car. After finishing the unloading task, a special person will drive the train, which is only half loaded, to a place far away from the station after dawn, waiting for our army's artillery to destroy it.

The purpose of doing so is very simple, that is, since the German arms are destroyed, the enemy on the front line will not be replenished, and at the same time, our troops who have occupied the station will not be exposed. "

"Sir, may I ask you a question?" As soon as I finished, the curious Pugachev asked again.

I nodded at him and said, "yes, you can ask."

"Why use artillery to destroy military lines? Isn't it easier to use explosives directly?"

After listening to Pugachev's question, the other three leaders nodded. Obviously, they had the same opinion. Several of them turned to look at me and waited for me to give the answer.

I waved my hand, stood up and said, "I have also considered using explosives to destroy the train, but if I do this, the Germans will suspect that there are guerrillas nearby, and maybe they will transfer the garrison of the nearest station to carry out the search task. In this way, our plan to stick to the station will fail. If the train is destroyed by artillery fire, the situation will be different. The Germans will think that the train destroyed by our army will not send troops to search nearby. "

"The teacher has a point." After I finished, the first one who stood up and agreed with me was a group leader, Sergey rykov.

I looked at him with satisfaction, and then said, "well, it's settled to stick to the station. Next, I'd like to announce that during my absence from the division headquarters, Lieutenant Colonel chejerikov will act as division commander

"What do you say, comrade teacher?" As soon as I had finished, sjerykov was surprised and asked, "are you going to leave the division headquarters? Where are you going? "

Although only shijerikov asked, all the people looked at me with concern.

After glancing at everyone present, I solemnly announced to them, "since the commander of the group army has given the order to hold the station, we must carry it out to the letter. But neither Oleg nor veroll have commanded so many troops at the same time. I'm afraid they will make mistakes, so I have to go to the station to see for myself. "

After listening to me, everyone got into a mess. The first speaker was Xie jerikov. He said anxiously, "Sir, you can't go. It's too dangerous to go from here to the station and pass through the German defense area."

"Yes, sir." Gaidar continued, "you are the head of a division. You can't take any risks."

Even razumeyeva, who is not qualified to make a statement, bravely said to me, "Comrade division commander, the communication with the station is smooth now. It's the same with you commanding the troops through the radio."

Everyone's concern for me is beyond words, which makes my heart feel warm. But I'm determined that no matter what they say, I won't change my decision. I raised my hands and pressed them down. When everyone was quiet, I said, "I know in my heart that you are worried about my safety. Here, I would like to thank you." With that, I raised my hand to salute the commanders here. A few people Leng for a while, also raise a hand to return a gift to me in succession.

I went on: "I decided to take twenty soldiers, disguised as German soldiers, to go through the German lines, to the station and join them at verol." Speaking of this, I said to razumeyeva, who is farthest away from me, "Lieutenant, you go out and call captain basmanov in."

Razumeyeva quickly called basmanov in. The captain came up to me, straightened up and asked respectfully, "Sir, do you have any instructions?"

I took a look at the commander of the guard battalion who stood upright in front of me, and said to him, "Comrade captain, you should now find 20 German uniforms and 18 strong soldiers. Remember, it's better to know German."

Although basmanov did not understand the reason why I told him to do so, he agreed very readily, turned and ran out of the headquarters. After the commander of the guard battalion left, xiejerikov began to persuade me again: "Sir, please think about it again. You are the head of a division. You can't take risks easily. I'd better go for you. " I patted sergeikov on the shoulder and said friendly, "thank you, Lieutenant sergeant sergeikov. Don't worry. I've been through more dangerous situations than this. Every time I'm safe, I believe I can come back smoothly this time. " Seeing that I had already said this, I would not change my mind if I knew what to say, so I had no choice but to say, "well, sir, since you said so. I can only say good luck to you Busmanov came back with a pile of German uniforms in his hand. Looking at his sad face, I asked strangely, "what's the matter, comrade captain, why are you so unhappy?" He threw his military uniform on the table, picked up one and said to me angrily: "Sir, comrade, you see, the rest of these military uniforms are bullet holes and bloodstains. If we want to wear them out, we will be seen through by the Germans." I can tell from his words that he already knows what we are going to do. When he came in just now, I only asked him to look for his uniform, but I didn't say what to do. Obviously, when razumeyeva went to look for him, she had already said what she should have said. I took his uniform and said, "Captain busmanov, what are you afraid of with blood and bullet holes? Anyway, we are going to pretend to be wounded soldiers of the German army this time. If you have these words, it will be more true."