The news that the Germans had captured the village of Trokovo and hanged Ensign Feltov, the only survivor of the position, was soon reported to General Panfilov by Soviet scouts. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After putting down the phone, Panfilov punched the table hard, startling Egorov, who was sitting at the table. The latter cautiously asked: "Comrade division commander, what happened to make you so angry?" ”

Panfilov looked at his commissar and said: "I have just received a report from the scouts that the enemy launched eight attacks on the village of Trokovo, and finally occupied the position only after almost all the commanders and fighters of our army were killed. The engineer platoon commander, Second Lieutenant Feltov, was captured by the Germans while seriously wounded and hanged at the entrance to the village. ”

"These damn German brutes." After Yegorov scolded viciously, he tentatively asked Panfilov: "Comrade division commander, are we going to report this matter to the command?" ”

"That's right, it should be reported." Panfilov nodded and said: "Since yesterday we began to publicize the deeds of Panfilov 28 warriors, it has greatly encouraged the officers and men of our division, and all the commanders and fighters are heroically killing the enemy. For example, the commanders and fighters who held the village of Trokovo fought to the last man and did not abandon their positions without authorization. ”

After receiving a call from Egorov, Rokossovsky thought for a moment and replied: "Comrade Egorov, I can report the heroic deeds of Ensign Feltov, and in addition to this, report the names of all the commanders and fighters who died on the positions, and we will award them with honors." ”

If it is not easy to obtain a medal when the war first broke out, but as the war deepens, in order to boost morale and increase the sense of honor of commanders and fighters, the conditions for obtaining medals have become easier and easier. When Yegorov called Rokossovsky, he thought that if he could apply for commendations for half of the martyrs, it would be a very good result, but he did not expect Rokossovsky to be so generous, and immediately announced that he would award military merit medals to all the martyrs who sacrificed their lives, and he immediately said gratefully: "Thank you, thank you, Comrade Commander, I think that the rest of the commanders and fighters in the division will be encouraged by this news and will show more tenacity in the next battle." ”

When Rokossovsky was about to hang up the phone, Lobachev stopped him, took the phone from his hand, and said into the microphone: "Hey, Comrade Egorov, I am Military Commissar Lobachev, I have one more good news for you. Because of the outstanding performance of your division in the defense of Moscow, the Supreme High Command has decided to award your division the Order of the Red Banner, which means that from today you can add the word 'Order of the Red Banner' to the number of your troops. ”

"Really, Comrade Military Commissar?" The good news that Lobachev said made Yegorov very excited, and he was deeply afraid that he had heard it wrong, and he deliberately asked: "Did the Supreme Command really award our division the Order of the Red Banner?" ”

"Is this still fake?" Lobachev pretended to be angry and said: "If you don't want it, then I will ask my superiors to reassign them to other troops." ”

"Don't don't, Comrade Military Commissar," hearing Lobachev say this, although Yegorov knew that the other party was joking, he still didn't dare to take it lightly, and hurriedly said: "We really can't ask for such an honor that our superiors can award us......

When Rokossovsky listened to the conversation between Lobachev and Yegorov, it suddenly occurred to him that in the history he knew, there were three main aspects about the 316th Guards Division: first, the majestic words shouted by Crochkov, who was sticking to the concession station, before his sacrifice; The second is the battle in the village of Trokovo, where the mortally wounded Ferstov was captured and hanged by the Germans for his bravery and perseverance; The third is that on the day of receiving the title of Guards Division, the division commander Panfilov died in battle.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly took the phone from Lobachev's hand again, and asked into the microphone: "Political Commissar Yegorov, where is your division headquarters located now?" "Since the Soviet line of defense was being compressed by the Germans little by little to the northeast, Panfilov's division command was constantly changing positions.

Yegorov did not know why Rokossovsky asked this, but nevertheless answered truthfully: "Comrade commander, in the village of Gusenevo." I just moved here last night. ”

Rokossovsky quickly found the inconspicuous village on the map and was surprised to find that it was less than two kilometers away from the most intense part of the fighting. Thinking that Panfilov would die in this village, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and wanted to order Panfilov and them to move immediately. However, when I thought about it, I hastily ordered him to transfer the new command not long after the establishment of the new command headquarters, which would inevitably cause the division to lose its unified command in a short period of time. After hesitating for a moment, he asked Yegorov: "Comrade Yegorov, how many guard forces are there in your division command?" ”

"Due to the large losses of troops at the front, almost all the guard battalions were sent to the front." Yegorov paused for a moment when he said this, and after mentally calculating the existing strength, he replied: "At present, the division command, excluding the staff officers, still has almost one guard platoon. ”

"Comrade Egorov, listen to me." Rokossovsky stared at the map and said in his heart that there was only one guard platoon, and if the German tanks broke through the defense line and rushed directly to the division headquarters, this amount of strength would not be enough to stuff the enemy's teeth, so he specifically advised: "This guard platoon is not allowed to be transferred at will without my permission, and their only task is to protect the safety of your division headquarters." Do you understand? ”

"Understood, Comrade Commander." Although Yegorov was confused about Rokossovsky's request, he was accustomed to obedience, and instinctively replied: "Until your approval, no one in this guard platoon can be transferred out without authorization, and can only stay here to protect the security of the division headquarters." ”

Yegorov agreed to Rokossovsky's order, and after listening to his paraphrase, Panfilov did not disagree. It was agreed that this only guard platoon would be left behind to protect the security of the divisional command.

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However, the plan could not catch up with the change, and at noon the next day, the position of the 1073rd Regiment in front of the division headquarters was broken through by the Germans. Panfilov, who received a call for help from the regiment commander, decisively gave an order to the deputy division commander, Major General Leviakin: "Comrade Leviakin, at present the defense zone of the 1073rd regiment has been broken through by the enemy, and their forces are limited and they cannot repel the enemy. I now order you to immediately lead the platoon of guards to reinforce them. ”

"No, comrade division commander, no." Hearing Panfilov's order from Leviakin, Yegorov hurriedly came out to stop him and reminded: "Don't forget, Comrade Commander said that no one can transfer this guard platoon without his permission. ”

"I am the division commander, and I have the final say in everything in the division." Panfilov ignored Yegorov's persuasion, but said categorically: "If the positions of the 1073rd Regiment cannot stand it, we will not be safe here." In order to prevent Yegorov from making a small report to Rokossovsky, he decisively ordered, "Comrade commissar, you should also be with Comrade Levyakin." ”

Egorov wanted to secretly call Rokossovsky and tell him what was happening here. Seeing that Panfilov ordered himself to take the guards to the front line at this moment, he had to reluctantly agree: "Okay, comrade division commander, since you say so, then I will obey your orders." ”

Shortly after Yegorov and Leviagin left with the guard platoon, five or six German three-wheeled motorcycles bypassed the line of defense of the 1073rd Regiment and rushed directly to the position where the Panfilov command was located.

A staff officer spotted the motorcycle coming towards the command headquarters and hurriedly rushed into the command headquarters of Panfilov and shouted: "Comrade division commander, the enemy is rushing towards us. With that, he turned around and ran out of the headquarters, ready to gather his men to stop the enemy who was rushing at him.

When Panfilov heard that the enemy was coming, he also picked up a submachine gun and rushed out with a few staff officers, looking for a place to hide, ready to open fire as soon as the Germans came into range.

The enemy's motorcycles quickly rushed to the front, and although one of the vehicles in front of them overturned under the heavy fire of the Soviet troops, the German soldiers in the rear vehicles immediately jumped down and used the motorcycles as cover to return fire.

Although it was calculated or not, almost all of the Soviet troops were staff officers with little combat experience, and they suffered heavy casualties under the intensive blows of the German army. Panfilov saw one of the staff officers next to him lying in a pool of blood and reached out to pull him to safety, only to be spotted by the Germans, who aimed several submachine guns at him and fired at the same time.

Moments later, Panfilov, who had been hit by a dozen bullets, fell to the snow, and the blood from the wound immediately stained the surrounding snow. (To be continued.) )