Sergeant Stephen and six German soldiers, under the cover of fences and houses, approached the headquarters in the direction of the command, never dreaming that their every move had long been under the watchful eye of the cavalry of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info saw that they were all in range, and the deputy company commander in charge of the command immediately shouted at the machine gunner: "Shoot!" With that, he took the lead in firing a shot at a German soldier, knocking him to the ground.

The sound of gunfire was an order, and the two machine guns next to the deputy company commander suddenly burst into fire, and the German soldiers, who were shrouded in the fire net, did not even have time to react, and fell to the ground like an electric shock in the dense rain of bullets.

And Lieutenant Mark heard the gunshots and secretly shouted: "It's not good, it's a plan, the Russians have an ambush." Just as he reached for his pistol, the door of a house next to the trail that had been closed opened with a bang, and a dozen fighters rushed out, pointing their guns at Mark and Roffle.

Seeing more than a dozen black holes pointed at him, Mark couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said that if he came out tonight, he was carrying a submachine gun instead of a pistol, maybe he could still have a fight. But at this moment, he can only obediently tie his hands and arrest him.

The dense gunfire alarmed the sleeping fighters in the village. The organic spirit warrior listened for a moment, and then shouted loudly: "The gunfire is coming from the headquarters, something must have happened, let's go and see." In this way, countless fighters flocked to the location of the headquarters from all directions, even the Soviet soldiers who were brought out of the encirclement by Lieutenant Mark.

In the moonlight, a few fighters clearly saw that the person who was surrounded by the fighters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was actually the commander who rushed out of the German encirclement with him, and hurriedly shouted at the fighters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were holding guns: "Comrade, are you mistaken, they are their own people." ”

"You can't make a mistake!" Gosha squeezed into the crowd and shouted at the commanders and fighters gathered around, "They are Germans in disguise and trying to attack our headquarters, except for these two people, the rest have been wiped out by us." ”

Hearing Gosha say this, the soldiers who originally wanted to defend Lieutenant Mark obediently closed their mouths. Gosha walked up to Mark and Roffle and said to them with great majesty, "Put down your weapons. ”

Hearing Gosha say this, Roffle hurriedly threw away the submachine gun in his hand, and then raised his hands high above his head. Seeing that Roffle was so obedient, Gosha nodded in satisfaction, then stared at Mark and asked, "Captain Gurrell, or whatever, but I don't care about any of that." Now I order you to lay down your arms and surrender. ”

Mark waited for Gosha to finish, but instead of putting down his weapon, he slowly raised the gun in his hand. The Ministry of Internal Affairs soldier next to him was about to shoot, but Gosha raised his hand to stop him, he felt that Mark would not be trapped and fighting, and there must be some other purpose in raising the gun. Moments later, he saw Mark aim his gun at his temple.

Seeing this, Gosha sighed softly and asked, "Would you rather die than surrender?" ”

"Captain," Mark smiled bitterly at Gosha, and continued, "I am a German officer, and I will never surrender to you." After saying that, he pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Just as Lieutenant Mark fell to the ground, Rokossovsky and Lobachev squeezed into the crowd and came to Gosha's side and asked, "Captain, will the Germans solve it?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Commander." Hearing Rokossovsky ask herself, Gosha quickly straightened up and replied: "There are nine Germans in total, eight killed and one captured alive." ”

Rokossovsky glanced at Roffl, who was holding his hands high, and then ordered Gosha: "Comrade Captain, you go and interrogate to see if he has any accomplices." ”

"Yes!" Gosha agreed, immediately asked his men to take Roffle away, and then began to coax the commanders and fighters who were watching the excitement around: "Okay, comrades, don't gather here, go back to rest, disperse." ”

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After Rokossovsky and Lobachev returned to the headquarters, Malinin immediately greeted him and asked: "Commander, military commissar, how is the situation?" Have all the Germans who came to sneak attack been killed? ”

"Yes, it's all settled." Rokossovsky replied briefly: "Eight people have been killed, one has been taken alive, and I have already let Captain Gosha interrogate the prisoners." ”

As soon as Malinin waited for Rokossovsky to finish speaking, he immediately asked: "Comrade commander, do you need to report this matter to the front command?" ”

Rokossovsky glanced at Malinin with a strange gaze and said lightly: "There is no need for this. ”

"Do you need me to interrogate the captives?" Seeing that his first proposal was rejected by Rokossovsky, Malinin made a second proposal.

"You don't need to go to interrogate the captives, Guosha They are professionals, and they are estimated to be able to ask for useful information from the captives' mouths." Now that the German detachment of the sneak attack on the headquarters has been resolved, Rokossovsky did not want to be distracted in this matter, so he diverted the topic and said: "By the way, did the winter horseshoes of the four cavalry divisions be sent to us by the superiors?" ”

Ma Lining shook his head and replied: "Not yet, judging from the current transportation situation, it will take about a week to ship it to us at the earliest." ”

"No, a week is too long, we must ask our superiors to send us the horseshoe in the next day or two." Rokossovsky was deeply afraid that Malinin would not care about this matter, and specially emphasized to him: "These four cavalry divisions are the only reserves in our hands, and if we do not change the horseshoe in time, their role in this frozen land will be greatly reduced." ”

"I'll call the Chief of Staff of the Front, General Sokolovsky, later," Malinin replied, nodding, "and beg him to send us the horseshoe we need as soon as possible." ”

"Does the reconnaissance team have any up-to-date information?" Rokossovsky then asked.

"Captain Igor sent a telegram ten minutes ago," Malinin picked up a piece of paper on the table and handed it to Rokossovsky, reporting: "The Germans have added another infantry division in the Volokolamsk direction, it seems that they want to take the city as soon as possible and rush to Moscow along the road. ”

"We will not let their plot succeed," Rokossovsky said through gritting his back teeth: "Immediately call General Dovatow and ask him to transfer the 53rd Cavalry Division to the Volokolamsk area, ready to attack the flanks of the German army, to relieve Panfilov of some defensive pressure on them." ”

"But, Comrade Commander," Malinin heard Rokossovsky say this, and immediately reminded him: "If the 53rd Cavalry Division is transferred, then the defense of the Cavalry Corps will be weakened. ”

"Comrade Chief of Staff, I ask you to pay attention." Rokossovsky said to Malinin with a serious expression: "In such a large-scale defensive battle, we cannot use our forces evenly, but we must use the main forces in key defensive areas. Judging from the information we have so far, Volokolamsk, which is defended by the 316th Infantry Division, will be the focus of the German offensive in the next period, so we must find a way to concentrate as many forces as possible in this area. ”

"Comrade commander, since you have judged that Volokolamsk is the focus of the German offensive." As soon as Rokossovsky finished speaking, Kazakov, who was sitting on the side, stood up and said: "I think it is necessary for us to deploy the artillery of the army group in this area one after another. ”

"I agreed to deploy the main artillery forces of the army group to the Volokolamsk region." In the face of Kazakov's initiative, Rokossovsky nodded and said: "However, in order to achieve better results, I propose to separate the various artillery pieces." Cannons, howitzers, and rocket artillery, for example, should be deployed far from the battlefield; Anti-tank guns, on the other hand, should be deployed behind the first line of defense, so that they can fire directly at enemy tanks. ”

Kazakov quickly wrote down what Rokossovsky said in his notebook, then raised his head and said: "Okay, comrade commander, about the deployment of artillery in the Volokolamsk region, I will do it immediately. ”

"Colonel Orel." The movement of cavalry and artillery was in charge of Malinin and Kazakov, and Rokossovsky turned his attention to the chief of the armored tank corps of the army group, Colonel Orel, and asked: "How many tanks and armored vehicles can we have to station in the Volokolamsk region?" ”

"Comrade commander," Orel, who has always played the role of soy sauce, heard Rokossovsky's question, and quickly stood up and replied: "Our army group has the 4th, 27th and 58th tank brigades, of which the 58th tank brigade is not worthy of the name, they do not have a single tank except for a dozen armored vehicles. And Colonel Katukov's 4th Tank Brigade, there are only 27 tanks left that can be used at present; The 27th Tank Brigade of Lieutenant Colonel Lemizov had a slightly larger number of tanks, 51 units, but they were all old tanks, and the number of T-34s was very small. ”

As soon as Rokossovsky finished speaking, he ordered: "Colonel, immediately call the two brigade commanders, Katukov and Lemizov, and ask them to transfer their troops to the Volokolamsk region and start a battle formation there. ”

"Yes!" Orel said yes and sat down again.

Rokossovsky thought about it and felt that everything that should be explained was done, so he waved his hand at everyone and ordered: "There is nothing to do, after everyone has passed on the order, go back to rest." ”

When several commanders began to call their subordinates, Rokossovsky felt the need to talk to Panfilov so that he could have a good idea of the current situation, so he picked up the high-frequency phone on the table and dialed the headquarters of the 316th Division. When he heard a voice coming from the earpiece, he asked aloud: "Hey, is it General Panfilov?" I'm Rokossovsky. ”

"Hello, Comrade Commander." Panfilov asked slowly: "Do you have any instructions?" ”

"Comrade General, I have just received information from the reconnaissance group that the enemy has added another infantry division to your front." Rokossovsky said with some concern: "In this way, the pressure on your defense will increase. ”

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Without waiting for Rokossovsky to finish speaking, Panfilov said with a smile: "Our Kazakh fighters are all good, not to mention that the frontal enemy has increased by one division, that is, he has increased ten divisions, and we are confident that we will repel him." ”

Although Panfilov was full of confidence in holding on to Volokolamsk, Rokossovsky was still not at ease, and he reminded the other party: "General Panfilov, I believe that your troops have suffered a lot of attrition after this period of fighting, right?" If the Germans intensify their attacks, I fear that your lines will be broken through by the enemy. ”

After being silent for a moment, Panfilov still said in a confident tone: "Comrade commander, please rest assured that as long as there is still one commander alive in our division, we will never let the enemy pass through our line of defense. ”

"The geographical location of Volokolamsk is too important, and we must resolutely defend him." Seeing that Panfilov had put on a posture of vowing to live and die with the position, Rokossovsky hurriedly added: "In order to reduce the defensive pressure of your division, the command of the army group, after studying and discussing, has decided to transfer the 53rd Cavalry Division of Colonel Melnik, the 4th Tank Brigade of Colonel Katukov, the 27th Tank Brigade of Lieutenant Colonel Lemizov, and the main force of the artillery of the army group to your area in order to reduce the defensive pressure on you. ”

"Great, that's great." When Panfilov heard that Rokossovsky had given himself such strength, he was immediately ecstatic, and he said excitedly: "With the support of these friendly forces, I believe that no matter how fierce the German offensive is, we will be able to resolutely block them." ”

As soon as Rokossovsky put down the phone here, Malinin rushed over with excitement and excitedly shouted: "Comrade commander, good news, great news." ”

"What's the good news?" Rokossovsky looked at Malinin and asked curiously: "Did the winter horseshoe given to us by the superior deliver?" ”

"No, it's not a horseshoe thing." Ma Linin shook his head and said emotionally: "The superiors sent us a reserve, an infantry division. ”

"Chief of Staff, don't get excited." Rokossovsky raised his hand and patted Malinin on the shoulder, and said to him amiably: "Don't be in a hurry, speak slowly, what kind of infantry division." ”

Malinin took a few deep breaths, and then continued: "Sokolovsky, chief of staff of the Front, said that the 78th Infantry Division under the command of Colonel Beloborodov was sent to us by our superiors, and this is an elite unit with rich combat experience, which has just been transferred from Siberia. (To be continued.) )