Chapter 724

I've been pissed off for days. It was not only because the enemy, after building fortifications in front of the positions, harassed the positions of the fourth regiment every so often that the officers and men of the fourth regiment were so annoyed. And since the enemy fortification man listened to his proficient Russian, I was more convinced that he was from Karpov, so I nodded and replied with a smile, "yes, I'm oshanina. Who are you and what kind of letter are you here to send me

The soldier raised his hand to salute me and said, "Hello, comrade division. My name is kalingin. I'm a messenger from captain Karpov

"Where's the letter?" I asked, holding out my hand to him. "Show me what captain Karpov wrote?"

"I'm sorry, sir." Kalingin said politely, "Captain Karpov is afraid of an accident on the way, so he just asked me to take a message for you."

"Does the captain have anything to say to me?" I asked faintly.

Kalingin nodded and then said, "we moved to the fortification not far from the 107.5 highland some time ago. We wanted to get in touch with you and quickly leave the German defense area to get close to you. However, before we established contact with you, the Germans were transferred to the back to guard against the two Italian companies and returned to the original defense area, which greatly restricted our freedom. The 113th German division also built a temporary fortification three kilometers north of the mamayev post, cutting off our road to the highlands. "

"Can you safely withdraw from the German garrison now?" Kirilov asked nervously.

"I don't think it can be done, comrade political commissar." Kalingin laughed at kirilov and explained: "at present, the task of our battalion is to stick to the junction between the 113th division and the 71st division, so as to prevent the two divisions from being separated in a possible soviet counterattack. On the left side of our battalion are two companies of the 113th German division; On the right is a battalion of the 71st division. As soon as we move, we will immediately attract the enemy's attention. We are short of heavy weapons, but we can't find a way out of the German army. "

When kalingin finished, all the people did not speak, but turned their eyes on me, waiting for me to make up my mind. With a wry smile, I said to kalingin regretfully, "kalingin, please go back and tell captain Karpov that since you are now the joint of the two German defense forces, it is not possible for you to take part in the war in the short term, so I suggest you continue to maintain the status quo for the time being. We'll send someone to tell you when to take action when we can clear the road that you can pass safely. "

When I heard this kind of ambiguous and nutritious words, kalinkin's face was disappointed. From his look, I can see that he must be regretting that he should not have done this trip. He has gained nothing but to say that we have plans to give them up. In order to prevent him from bringing this mistake back to the East camp and causing adverse consequences, I hastily added: "at the same time, please tell captain Karpov that I will personally visit him in the barracks in two or three days to discuss how to get you out of trouble." With that, I waved to him and said, "it's OK, kalinkin. You can go back safely."

After listening to my last few words, kalingin showed a trace of joy on his face. After saluting me, he walked out accompanied by basmanov.

When we sat back at the table, I stood up with my hand on the table and said, "comrades, I feel that the reconnaissance of the German front positions in front of the mamayev post must be carried out immediately. It is best to send experienced scouts to the enemy's positions in these two days."

"But what about the mines in front of the enemy positions?" Kirilov asked anxiously, "we don't have many experienced scouts. If we step on the land mines and get a few more casualties, we can't supplement them in a short time."

"Comrade political commissar, you don't have to worry about that." When I was talking to kalingin, I suddenly had a detailed plan in my mind, so I stopped kirilov with words in time. "It's just a few mines. We can't deal with him."

Kirilov asked in surprise, "ah, comrade oshanina, have you figured out how to deal with the enemy's mines?" At this point, the expression on his face became relaxed. "According to the reports from the scouts sent out on these two occasions, the enemy was densely covered with mines on the river bank, and there was no place for them to lay their feet. Since then, the enemy has been playing flares against the river, exposing our reconnaissance team to strong light. "

I waved my hand and said with a leisurely smile, "Comrade political commissar, don't we still have an engineering company? If we talk about digging mines, they are experts. Maybe they can bring those mines back for us to use. "

"I agree with the teacher." After making his statement, akhromeyev immediately asked me for instructions: "do you need to call the engineer company commander and let him come to the headquarters to receive the task?"

"Yes," I immediately agreed. At the same time, I told akhromeyev, "before Mikhail comes, let his deputy screen out the engineers who know the technology of mine clearance."

Mihayev seems to have been waiting for my call, the phone down less than two minutes, he has been running into the headquarters panting. When he came to me, he raised his hand to salute and said in a loud voice: "Comrade division commander, Captain mihayev, the company commander of the engineer, has come to report to you and is waiting for your instructions. Please issue new combat orders."

"Very good," I praised Mikhail's high spirited mental state, and then said to him, "Comrade captain, I order you to select engineers who know mine clearance technology. How are you doing?" I ask this question because most of the officers and men in the engineering company are half-way monks. When it comes to building houses, repairing fortifications, and even erecting floating bridges, they have a complete set of techniques. But when it comes to mine clearance, it is estimated that they will be a bit embarrassed. That's why I ask this question.

I didn't expect Mikhail yev to answer me with a clear mind and said, "Mr. report, there's no need to screen so much trouble. There are only seven people in the company who know the technology of mine clearance. I've already organized a mine clearance class for them. However, because we are all defending passively, they have not been able to be of any use. They can only dig trenches and tunnels every day just like ordinary engineers. They have long been subdued. I'm so happy to know that you're going to send them on a mission. "

Since Mikhail yev had been ready for a long time, I saved a lot of things, so I told him directly: "Captain Mikhail yev, that's right. I'm going to send your people to take advantage of the night to get up the mines laid by the enemy and open up a safe passage for the Scout team."

"Please rest assured, sir." Mikhail yev confidently said: "I personally take them to ensure that before dawn, the enemy laid mines on the river embankment will be discharged."

I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It was already eleven o'clock, so I nodded and told him, "in this case, you should go back and take your people to action immediately."

"Yes Mikhail yev agreed, turned and left quickly.

"Comrade o'shanina, what do you think?" Looking at mikhaev's departure, bantailiev suddenly asked curiously, "what are you going to do after our scouts have finished their reconnaissance of the enemy?"

"Yes, comrade deputy division commander." I replied politely, "as long as the mines on the river bank are cleared, our scouts can sneak into the enemy's position. After finding out the situation of their defense, we can send two or three companies to enter the German positions along the river in batches, and destroy the German troops who are staying here. "

"How sure are you?" Bantaileiev asked cautiously.

"Less than 30 percent." I sighed and added, "and it will not be possible to carry out this plan until Mikhail yev's engineering company has successfully cleared the mines laid by the enemy on the river bank."

In a short period of time, there is no report on the demining situation of mihayev's engineering company. Therefore, in the following time, we are all discussing how to deal with Karpov's troops to extricate themselves from the difficulties of Germany.

Time went by minute by minute, until four o'clock in the morning, the phone on the desk seemed to be broken, and never rang. I couldn't sit still in the headquarters, so I stood up and said to kirilov, "Comrade political commissar, I don't trust Mikhail. I want to go to the observation post on the hillside."

Kirilov did not object, but first said to akhromeyev: "chief of staff, call the second Chief of staff Oleg, saying that the division chief will go to the observation post and let him arrange for the guard." Then he turned to busmanov, who was sitting on the bench by the door, and said, "Captain, take a class and protect the division commander to the observation post on the hillside."

Seeing that kirilov had arranged everything properly, I gave kirilov a grateful smile. I went to the wall, took off my military coat, put on my belt, and then put on the submachine gun. Then I went out.

Although I wore a lot of clothes, when I got outside, I was still sneezed by the fierce cold wind. Busmanov, who had been waiting outside with the guard soldiers, came to me and asked with concern: "Comrade division, you have a cold, or don't go to the observation post?"

"No way," I said obstinately, waving my hand to him. "I'm not at ease until I see Mikhail and they come back safely. Don't stand here, captain. Take your soldiers and follow me With that, I raised my leg and walked forward. Behind him came basmanov's voice of shouting orders, and then a neat sound of footsteps followed.

But when I came to the observation center on the mountainside, Oleg had been waiting there with seven or eight soldiers. Seeing me in the past, he quickly guided me into the observation post, and then he let the soldiers spread out and hide around to take charge of the guard work.

I raised my telescope and looked to the river. It was dark and I couldn't see anything clearly. The Germans didn't know how to do it. They kept playing flares like they didn't spend money. Now they can't see any of them.

Oleg stood beside me and said in a low voice, "Comrade division, the enemy is very strange tonight. Before one o'clock in the morning, they kept firing flares, but now they have none. It's really strange."

As soon as his voice fell, there was a flash of fire in the distance, followed by a loud bang. In the fire and smoke rising at the foot of the mountain in the North highland, I saw several figures fall down. At that time, my heart thumped and said that it was Mikhail. Did they step on the mine.

Who knows, when you look carefully, there are a lot of dark shadows around the fire that has not been extinguished. It seems that they are bending over and rushing towards the hillside. At this time, there was another loud bang, and several shadows were blown away in the light of the fire. Then the machine guns on the hillside rattled and began to fire at the shadows at the foot of the mountain.

"It turned out that the Germans came to attack the positions of the fourth regiment in the dark again." Seeing this scene, Oleg was relieved. "Every time the enemy sneaked from both sides of the highland, they didn't take advantage of it. Tonight, they sneaked from the front instead. Strange, I remember that the minefields of the fourth regiment had been cleared under the bombardment of the enemy. Where did these mines come from? " I thought that even if the German artillery fire was more fierce, there would be two or three mines left in the minefield. However, the German army who attacked by stealth had bad luck and just stepped on it. But one after another explosions, let me change my mind, even if there are residual mines, it is impossible to bury so dense. In just two minutes since the first explosion, at least seven or eight mines have been exploded, and more than 20 German soldiers have fallen in the explosion. Just as I was puzzled, the telephone rang in the observation center.