Chapter 1453

Sasha was silent for a moment, and then said to me, "general oshanina, after the German occupation of Ukraine, the young people in our village and several nearby villages, because they were not willing to submit to the German comrades, quietly set up an underground resistance organization. Since we had no weapons, we had to stick leaflets in villages and towns and destroy German telephone lines. By the way, last October, we also took advantage of the night to raise our national flag on the building near the German headquarters

"That's good. That's good." I don't know if bukov was fascinated by the young girl in front of him, or for some other reason. Before the other party finished speaking, he began to echo: "to raise the national flag near the enemy's headquarters is to tell the enemy that we have not given in and are still fighting bravely to defend our motherland."

In addition to the three of us, there are three crew members in the armored vehicle: the commander, the driver and the shooter. They saw clearly that a young girl was in the car with us. They were silent and became active immediately. The conductor told the driver, "Hey, brother, give this girl a box of" second battlefield. "

"The second battlefield?" After repeating the strange name, bukov asked the conductor curiously, "what are you talking about, Sergeant?"

Although I knew the origin of the name of "the second battlefield", I laughed but did not speak. I just looked up at the conductor to see how he planned to explain to bukov.

The conductor coughed softly, then looked at Sasha and said, "it's the canned stewed meat that the Americans gave us. We all call it" the second battlefield. "

After hearing this, bukov couldn't help smiling. He rushed to the conductor and said, "chief, don't dally. Get your canned stewed meat quickly. Our young girl must be hungry."

When the shooter delivered the unsealed can of stewed meat, bukov also handed the bottle to Sasha again, but it was rejected. The conductor also took out a piece of black bread, cut it into thick pieces, handed it to Sasha, and said with concern, "girl, I think you must be hungry. Eat more."

Sasha took the canned bread and stewed meat and ate it with relish. It seemed that she was really hungry. In a short time, she ate half a can of stewed meat and seven or eight pieces of bread. I saw that she had almost eaten. Then she asked, "Sasha, it seems that you haven't finished what you just said. You said that you have something important to find me, because it is related to the lives of more than a dozen people."

"Yes, general oshanina." After swallowing the bread in her mouth, Sasha looked up at me and said, "a few days ago, one of our members was caught by the German when he was posting a flyer. He couldn't stand the torture, so he confessed to our organization, and then the Germans started to arrest people door to door. I happened to go to a relative's house, and the German people didn't catch me. "

From what she said, I vaguely felt that she might have something to do with the arrest of these companions when she came to the road to stop the car. Then I asked, "how did you think of coming to us?"

"I heard on the radio that the Germans had lost the battle and were about to start a massive retreat." Sasha looked at me and said excitedly: "I thought our troops would come soon, but after waiting for several days, most of the Germans in the village withdrew, but you haven't come yet. I heard from a villager today that the Germans will shoot all the arrested partners early tomorrow morning, so I went out all night to find our own troops. I'm glad I met you, otherwise I don't know what to do

"Where is the village?" I've heard that most of the Germans have withdrawn. I believe there won't be too many left. Maybe I just need to send a platoon to solve this enemy. But before giving an order, I need to find out the enemy's strength and position“ How many Germans are left

"The village is just west of the road, about five miles from here." Sasha told me carefully: "there are still six Germans left in the village. They keep all the people they have caught in the barn of the village."

"Is there a German sentry at the entrance of the village?" Bukov interrupted.

Sasha shook her head and said, "no, in order to prevent our people from escaping, they all stay in the barn to guard."

After listening to Sasha's introduction, bukov turned to me and said, "Comrade commander, as long as you give me a platoon of troops, I can rescue these arrested comrades."

"Is there a road to the village?" Thinking that five Russian miles is about six kilometers away, if you walk, it will take at least half an hour, so I specially explained to Sasha: "if you can pass through vehicles, we can rescue your companion from the enemy's clutches as soon as possible."

Sasha nodded and replied, "yes, a little further, there's a fork in the road to our village. It's cold now. It's freezing everywhere. It's OK for trucks to drive by. "

It is said that there is a road leading to the village, so I feel much more at ease. It can save time and energy to let the soldiers go by car. Thinking of this, I told the commander: "sergeant, please contact other armored vehicles and ask their commander to come to me."

"OK," the conductor promised. Without seeing the phone in his car, our armored car slowly stopped by the side of the road. As soon as the car stopped, the conductor turned to me and said, "Comrade commander, the conductor will come right away."

As soon as his voice dropped, I heard someone outside hitting the door with his fist. Hearing this voice, the conductor said with a smile, "Comrade commander, he's here." With that, he reached up and opened the door.

As expected, there was a sergeant in tank uniform standing outside the car. Seeing that the door was opened, he looked into the car. After seeing me clearly, he quickly raised his hand to salute and respectfully said, "Comrade commander, please call me here. Do you have any instructions?"

I didn't see the conductor use the radio in the car at all, but the conductor outside the car took the initiative to find it. Although I was very curious about this matter, saving people is like fighting a fire. At this time, I didn't care to ask him how he knew I called him, so I told him frankly, "chief, you and the major are going to perform a special task. The major will tell you the specific situation later on the way."

I turned to bukov and said, "Comrade major, you take a platoon and an armored car. Sasha will be the guide to go to the village to destroy the Germans and rescue all the arrested young people."

After they left, I asked the conductor curiously, "sergeant, I don't understand. You don't use the radio. Why does the conductor in the car behind know I'm calling him?"

The conductor gave me a smile, and then explained, "Comrade commander, there are many ways to contact us, one of which is the way to signal by light. I just need to flash the small light behind the armored car twice, and the conductor will know that you have something to tell him."

"So it is," said the conductor, which surprised me. I always thought that Lao maozi was an old-fashioned and tough man. I didn't expect that they could come up with such an ingenious way to communicate. It made me look at them with new eyes.

I waited in the car for almost an hour, and bukov, who was on the mission, finally came back. Regardless of the chilling air he brought in, I couldn't wait to ask, "Comrade major, what's the situation? Have all our people been rescued?"

"Yes, comrade commander." Bukov said excitedly: "they are all saved. The Germans never dreamed that we would suddenly rush into the village, and all but one was watching over the arrested young people, and the rest were sleeping. Even God didn't come, we all killed him. "

When I heard him speak so easily, I knew that he must not have suffered any loss in the operation just now. So I asked casually, "do we have any casualties?"

"No," bukov said, shaking his head, "I was worried that the armored car would expose the target and let the commander stay one kilometer away from the village. I told him that if he heard the fierce gunfire or explosion in the village, he would come to provide us with fire support. Unexpectedly, in addition to killing the soldier who didn't sleep, after firing a gun, the rest of the soldiers saw us rush in, and there was no resistance at all, so they raised their hands and surrendered to us. "

Seeing that Sasha didn't come back with him, I couldn't help asking curiously, "where is Sasha?"

"She stayed in the village." Bukov replied with a smile: "I gave her and her partners all the Germans I caught. She said that she would take good care of these prisoners. As soon as the day dawned, she would let others look for our troops nearby, and then give them to them. "

As we are going to tomir, it will be inconvenient to take a few prisoners with us, because I have no objection to his disposal. I just told the conductor, "drive, comrade conductor, we've been here long enough."

Our team arrived in Zhitomir around 8 a.m. The garrison outside the city saw a convoy, which was neither small nor large in scale, driving towards them. They thought it was a sneak attack by the German army, and they immediately prepared for the war. But the misunderstanding was soon cleared up, and they lifted the battle alert. A colonel also sent someone to guide our convoy to the headquarters of the front army where Zhukov stayed.

A second lieutenant on duty at the gate of the headquarters saw me coming down from the armored car and coming towards him. He quickly led me up to salute me and asked politely“ Comrade general, what can I do for you? "

"I'm oshanina, commander of the sixth group army of the guards," I said politely to the second lieutenant. "I came at Marshal Zhukov's order. May I see him now, please? "

"No problem, no problem," the second lieutenant said with a smile after hearing my identity. "General o'shanina, marshal is in the room next to the conference room on the second floor. I'll take you there."

It's easy for me to find the wrong direction when I arrive at a new strange place. Now that someone wants to be my guide, I can't help it. So I gave him a smile and said politely, "Lieutenant, please lead the way ahead."

Under the guidance of the second lieutenant, I came to the second floor. After walking along the long corridor for a while, I saw a desk outside the door. This seems to be a common practice in the army. I can usually guess the rank of the people in the room from the rank of the officer on duty at the door.

Sitting at the door at the moment was a colonel. He saw me coming towards his position under the guidance of the second lieutenant. He quickly stood up, raised his hand and saluted me. He asked first, "is that general o'shanina?"

"Yes, it's me." Hearing the Colonel's question, I hastened to walk up to him. After stopping, I said, "I came at the order of Marshal Zhukov."“ General o'shanina, marshal has been waiting for you. " The colonel said to me respectfully, "he was just asking if you have arrived. Please go in." After thanking the second lieutenant for guiding me, I tapped on the door twice. Without waiting for an answer, I pushed the door open and went in. Zhukov's office is about 20 square meters. There is a huge military map on the wall, which is placed on a long wooden table in the middle of the room. It is full of all kinds of papers, which should be war reports and other documents from various troops. Without waiting for me to speak, Zhukov, who was looking at the map with his back to me, asked“ Can I help you? "“ Report to marshal, "I know Zhukov mistook me for the Colonel on duty at the gate. He quickly stepped forward two steps and said aloud," lieutenant general oshanina, commander of the sixth group army of the guards, reports to you that I have been ordered to come from moziri and wait for your orders. Please give me instructions! " Zhukov heard my voice, turned and grinned at me, then asked, "Why are you so late?"“ Marshal, you know the distance is too far, "I shrugged when I heard his question, and said with some helplessness," because general rokosovsky arranged two tanks to escort me, our marching speed was affected. "“ So it is. " Zhukov asked me to sit down, while defending for rokosovsky: "I think rokosovsky did it for your safety. You should know that Comrade watujing didn't bring enough guards when he went out, so an accident happened."“ Is general vatukin seriously injured? " When Zhukov finished, I asked tentatively“ The injury is not light. He has been shot in the leg and abdomen. I don't think he can command the army in a few months Zhukov looked and continued: "according to the order of the supreme command, during the period when he is unable to command the army, I will temporarily take over the position of commander of the front army."