Chapter 783

On the way to the square, busmanov continued to tell me about their fighting experience in the city. I did not interrupt him, but listened to his report patiently.

After waiting for half an hour, basmanov saw a tricycle coming along the street towards the square. He immediately ordered the officers and men of the guard company to prepare for the battle.

After the motorcycle entered the square, it stopped not far from the tent. As soon as the car stopped, a German officer in a cornice hat came down from the sidecar. The officer looked around and saw that there were fewer soldiers guarding the baggage. He frowned and cried out, "come on, come on!"

Hearing his cry, busmanov quickly grabbed the pistol in his hand and met him with a German fighter. Coming to the officer, basmanov saw that the other side was a captain from the rank on his epaulet.

Seeing someone appeared in front of him, the captain asked angrily, "what's the matter? Why are there so few soldiers guarding the baggage? Where are the rest of them? Are they sleeping in the tent?"

As the officer spoke quickly and quickly, basmanov didn't understand him at all. He just winked at the soldier next to him and put the pistol under the officer's chin. The soldier also darted to the motorcycle and pointed the submachine gun at the German soldier who was still sitting on the motorcycle.

The German officer was put a gun to his chin. Even a fool knew that he was standing in front of the enemy. He wanted to shout, but when he saw the soldier's sneering face, he closed his mouth.

Busmanov took the two men into the empty tent, ready to deal with them here. Just as they were about to start, two people came in from the outside. Basmanov looked back and saw that one of his soldiers was Mikhailov, while the other was lieutenant Braun who led us to the city.

Seeing Braun here at this time, basmanov asked Mikhailov discontentedly, "Mikhailov, what did you bring this German here for?"

Mikhail ROV saw basmanov angry, had to explain: "Lieutenant Braun just saw you caught the officer who just came back, he said there is something important to tell you, let me bring him to you."

Basmanov was not good at getting angry with his subordinates in front of the German, so he had to wave his head at the German fighter and said with a displeased face: "ask him, what's the matter?"

The soldier came up to Braun, whispered a few words to him, then turned to basmanov and reported, "Lieutenant Braun said that this is his friend, Captain Peller, commander of the 9th company. Before he became a soldier, he was just a worker, not a * *. Please don't kill him. "

Braun saw that the soldier had finished his translation, seized basmanov's hand, and kept on talking in German, as if he had been pleading for his friend. The latter impatiently broke his hand and told the soldier, "you tell him that if this captain Peller is honest and obedient, I can not kill him. If he wants to run away or give information to the patrols who pass by, I will not forgive him

Although the soldier did not have time to translate, Braun obviously understood basmanov's words and said thank you in Russian. Then he came to captain Peller's side and murmured in a low voice. Maybe he was giving notice.

When I heard basmanov say this, I interrupted him and asked directly, "Comrade captain, there is something I want to ask you. As far as I know, there are soldiers in the guard company who know how to drive armored vehicles, but no one who knows how to operate tanks. Judging from the guns that have just decided the victory or defeat, those who can hit the enemy's barricades impartially are at least old tank soldiers with many years of rich experience. Can you tell me what's going on? "

Basmanov replied with a smile: "a teacher is a teacher. You can see the key problem at a glance. You're right. The soldiers driving the tanks are not from the guard company, but from a regiment and a battalion. "

"One regiment, one battalion?" After repeating the serial number that basmanov said, I immediately thought of Captain Nikolay's troops and asked curiously, "Captain basmanov, if I don't understand it wrong, you mean that after captain Nikolay's troops join you, you will select some soldiers who can drive tanks from his battalion, Specially driving the tank to the south gate to help fight? "

"Where is captain Nikolay?" I remember that in the battle plan, a regiment and a battalion were responsible for the attack in the north of the city, and the sound of gunfire and explosion coming from the city came from their attack area. So now basmanov mentioned Nikolay's troops, so I asked straightforwardly, "how many casualties are there in the first battalion?"

As for my question, basmanov pondered for a moment, then hesitated to reply: "Comrade division, as far as I know, when a battalion sent a small unit to sneak into the city to clean up the enemy patrol, it was noticed by the enemy and then exchanged fire. Seeing that the action had been noticed by the enemy, Captain Nikolay decisively ordered the troops to launch a strong attack, broke through the German defense in the north, rushed into the city, and rushed along the street to the square to meet us. In the course of their fighting, German tanks and armored forces also ran out of their resting places in an attempt to drive their own chariots to counter our attack. But we killed all these German soldiers who came in rashly.

Captain Nikolay brought the battalion to join me. When he heard the fierce fighting in the south of the city, he offered to support the third regiment which was attacking the city. When he saw the tanks and armored vehicles parked in the square, he immediately ordered his subordinates to select the soldiers who had been tank soldiers from the camp, drive the German tanks and go south along the street for reinforcement. "

As we were approaching the square, we saw a group of people coming in front of us. With the help of the fire in the distance, I saw that Nikolay and his group of colleagues were coming, and quickly stepped forward. As soon as I saw Nikolay's face, without waiting for him to salute me, I took him by the hand and said in a friendly way, "Comrade captain, your troops are playing well. They broke through the enemy's defense so quickly and rushed into the city. If you didn't decisively send out the soldiers who have been tank soldiers and drive the tanks to reinforce the third regiment in time, I think lieutenant colonel kosga's troops will pay a greater price if they want to seize the barricade. "

After shaking hands with Nikolay, I went to shake hands with the deputy battalion commander, Captain kostrov, and the company commanders. Bantai leiev and kosja, who were behind me, also shook hands with Nikolay. When kosja and Nikolay shake hands, the former grabs the latter's hand and shakes it vigorously, expressing his sincere thanks to him.

After I shook hands with all the commanders, I saw kosga still holding Nikolay's hand and saying something. I coughed heavily. When everyone's attention was focused on me, I said in an official voice: "comrades commander, although the battle is over, maybe there are still Germans who have escaped the net here. Are we a group of commanders standing here to target the Germans? "

After hearing what I said, busmanov first came back to himself and said, "Comrade division, there is a German battalion near here. Let's go there."

We followed busmanov into a two-story building and came to a large, beautifully decorated room. Although the room has been sorted out, there are still signs of fighting. On one side of the big wooden table in the middle of the room, there are many grenade fragments and rows of bullet holes. There was a map lying on the table, a corner of which was burned off, and there was still a pool of blood on the ground that had not dried up.

But I didn't care so much. I went straight to a chair at the table and sat down. At the same time, I asked the class, leiev, kosja and Nikolay, who followed me to sit down. He also told busmanov: "Comrade captain, when you go outside to arrange the security forces, if you see lieutenant colonel chejerikov, call him and his battalion commanders in by the way."

After basmanov left, I asked Nikolay, who was sitting opposite me with concern, "Comrade captain, in today's battle, are there any casualties in your battalion?"

Nikolay nodded and reported that after the sneak attack was exposed, the troops took a strong attack. After the attack, during the process of marching along the street towards the central square, they were repeatedly attacked by cold guns hidden in the buildings on both sides. The casualties of the whole battalion were large, and almost every class had soldiers who died or were injured. In particular, he played the hardest in a row, with more than half of the casualties.

Nikolay was reporting to me the casualties of the troops and the results of the war. A group of people came crashing in outside the door. I looked up and saw that it was Xie jerikov and his battalion commander. I immediately called him: "Comrade commander, you are here." After seeing them all sit down one after another, I went on to say this time, "Lieutenant Commander xijerikov, report to me the casualties and the deployment of your regiment."

Xiejerikov quickly stood up and replied, "report, sir, our regiment's defense is divided according to the areas occupied by the battalions. Captain Nikolay's battalion was responsible for the defense of the north of the city; The second battalion of captain shereblenny was responsible for the defense of the west of the city; Major jelenkov's third battalion is responsible for the defense of the east of the city. As for the casualties, "he said, after looking at his subordinates, he continued," because time is too short to make statistics. In my opinion, let the battalion commanders report to you in person. "

Shejerikov pointed to major terenkov, the third battalion commander, and motioned him to stand up and report to me. Then he sat down. After standing up, jerenkov solemnly reported to me: "although the German defense force in the east of the city is not very strong, because the commanders and fighters in the battalion come from different forces, their cooperation needs to be strengthened. Therefore, in the course of the attack, the casualties of the troops were also relatively large, and the casualties of the whole battalion were close to that of a company. "

When I heard that the number of casualties of the Third Battalion had reached one company, my heart sank. This was the strengthening company. After such a small battle, there were more than 200 casualties. I raised my hand and pressed it down. I motioned major terenkov to sit down. Then I turned around and asked shereblenny, who was still sitting there, "Comrade captain, how are your casualties in the second battalion?"

Captain shereblenny quickly stood up and reported respectfully, "report to division commander, our battalion has lost 21 casualties in the battle tonight, including 7 casualties and 152 prisoners."

After listening to his report, I thought I had heard wrong, so I asked him to repeat what he had just said. Now, before I could speak, bandeleyev said, "Captain shereblenner, if you don't lie, this is really amazing. You should know that although the casualties of the 1st and 3rd battalions are not small, the total results they have achieved are not as many as your battalions. It's just incredible. "

"Comrade deputy division commander," I saw that Bantai leiev was suspicious of the results of the war reported by shereblenny, and quickly came out to help the latter, saying: "Comrade captain has been there since the establishment of the independent division. The reason why he only paid a small amount of casualties when he achieved such results may be related to the unique tactical characteristics of the independent division."“ Unique tactical characteristics? " Bantaileiev was a little surprised to hear me say that. He asked curiously, "I don't know what's the difference between the tactics of other troops." I wanted to sum up the experience and lessons of this battle after the battle was over. Since Bantai leiev started the conversation, I would follow his meaning: "although I didn't take part in the battle of the second battalion, I can also guess that when they entered the city and marched on the streets, they were not surrounded by large troops, but divided into several groups, Keep close to the wall and move forward alternately. At the same time, there is a combat team based on the class, which goes into the building and cleans up the remnant enemy inside. " At this point, I turned to shereblenny and asked, "am I right, comrade captain?" When Xie liebolianei heard my question, his face turned red with excitement. He nodded his head vigorously and said, "Comrade teacher, you are absolutely right. That's exactly what you said." Shejerikov also stood up and expressed his views: "the reason why the 1st battalion and 3rd Battalion suffered a large number of casualties in the battle may be related to the old tactics they used before. In this regard, I have an unshirkable responsibility. In the next battle, I will promote the unique tactics of the independent division in the whole regiment as soon as possible, and strive to achieve the greatest results with the least casualties. " When xiejerikov finished expressing his attitude, bantaileiev looked at kosga and said seriously, "commander kosga, tell us about your regiment." Cosga didn't expect bandeleev to name himself. He stood up red with shame and murmured, "in today's battle, I made the mistake of belittling the enemy and advancing rashly. We thought that our forces were several times more than the enemy's, but the few enemies in the barricade, hundreds of us rushed up and even trampled them to death. The result... "What's the result?" Bantaileiev may have seen that the third regiment suffered heavy casualties and was stimulated, so he fought against kosga reluctantly: "as a result, you ordered the troops to rush forward under the dense barrage of enemy bullets without firepower cover? If captain busmanov hadn't brought tanks to support you in time, I think you'd run out of five or six hundred men in the second battalion of the third regiment and couldn't rush into the city. "“ All right, all right. Comrade deputy division commander. " I am deeply afraid that if I go on, Bantai leiev will make kosga even worse, so I came out in time to make peace. "I believe that after the small-scale battle just now, commander kosga has realized his shortcomings in the ability to command the army. In the next days, he will certainly improve his ability through learning and practice." As soon as I learned about the casualties and the deployment of the troops, basmanov came in from the outside, leaned down and reported to me, "Comrade division commander, the remains of our soldiers and the bodies of the German army have been collected, and the wounded of both sides have been treated. What should we do next?" Instead of expressing my opinion immediately, I asked, "how many prisoners have been captured in this battle?" Basmanov was stunned by my question. For a long time, he said uncertainly, "maybe more than 100 prisoners have been captured, most of them are officers." After knowing the approximate number of prisoners, I gave an order to basmanov without hesitation: "Comrade captain, you should take people to take these prisoners out of the city immediately and get out of the city from the south of the city..." "Comrade division commander," before I finished, Bantai leiev suddenly interrupted and asked, "don't you want the captain to take these prisoners out of the city and shoot them?" He also kindly reminded me, "after all, there are more than 100 prisoners. If you kill them all, it is estimated that someone will make trouble for you in the future." I didn't mean to shoot the prisoner at all. Bantai leiev misunderstood me. So I introduced him with a smile and said, "Comrade deputy division commander, where do you want to go? I don't mean to shoot them when I say to take them out of the city." Speaking of this, I saw the suspicious expression on the faces of all the commanders, and went on to say: "we have sacrificed so many commanders and fighters, and killed more than 100 or 200 German soldiers, so many bodies have to be buried!"?! I want captain busmanov to take these German prisoners out of the city, so that they can dig a pit to bury the bodies. After a long march and soldiers, our soldiers are exhausted, so we don't need to trouble them with this kind of physical work. "“ So it is. " All the commanders listened to me and suddenly realized.