The cavalry commander was quickly taken back to the observation post by Starley, a middle-aged major with a slightly old face and two large beards. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that the political commissar of the regiment who was going to see him was actually a woman who was not only young but also very beautiful.

The cavalry major looked the woman in civilian clothes in front of him without any rank indications on the collar badge up and down, and then asked tentatively: "Are you the supreme commander of the Huiling Station?" ”

"That's right, Comrade Major." Borisova smiled and replied: "I am Borisova, the political commissar of the Jewish Mission, and I am also the supreme commander of the Legion here. ”

The major hurriedly raised his hand and saluted Borisova, and reported dryly: "Comrade political commissar of the regiment, Major Boris, commander of the 50th Cavalry Division, reports to you, I am waiting for your orders, please instruct!" ”

"Hello, Major Boris." Borisova shook the other party's hand and said amicably: "Thank you for bringing troops to support us in time, so that we can so easily crush the enemy's offensive." ”

While shaking hands with Borisova, Boris said modestly: "Comrade political commissar of the regiment, you are too polite. We are all revolutionary comrades, and when we see that you are in danger, how can we not save you from death? ”

"By the way, Comrade Major." After beckoning Boris to sit down, Borisova asked curiously: "How did you appear on the battlefield so coincidentally?" Were you guys stationed nearby? ”

"No, Comrade Political Commissar of the regiment." Boris pointed with his hand on the map and said: "We were ordered to drive here, just in the vicinity of your defense area. I heard the gunfire here so hard that I sent scouts to reconnoitre. When I learned that it was the Germans who were attacking the Huirangsho, I decisively ordered my troops to charge from the German flank. ”

Borisova remembered that she had just seen in the telescope that many cavalry soldiers were wounded by German bullets or grenades while charging, and asked with concern: "Are there many casualties in your cavalry battalion?" ”

Boris thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "It's not too big, I just counted it, 28 people were killed and 43 were wounded, and in an offensive battle, such casualties are almost negligible." After speaking, he raised his hand and looked at his watch, and then asked politely, "Comrade Political Commissar of the regiment, is there anything else you need our help with?" If not, I'll continue the march with my troops. ”

"Not for the time being, Comrade Major." When Borisova saw that Boris had already stood up, she also stood up, and said as best she could: "But you have just joined the battle, so you must rest for a while, even if you let the soldiers eat something and drink hot tea." ”

"There is no time, Comrade Political Commissar of the regiment." Boris stretched out his hand to Borisova as he spoke, and said politely: "We will meet later." ”

"There will be a meeting later," Borisova hurriedly shook the other party's hand, "good luck to you!" ”

As soon as the cavalry battalion was gone, Rokossovsky's phone came again, and he anxiously asked: "Comrade Borisova, how is the situation, was the German attack repulsed?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Commander." Borisova said with some pride: "The attack will destroy all the German troops except for one tank." We killed 133 of the enemy, took 62 prisoners, destroyed four tanks, captured fifteen trucks, guns ...

Hearing these data reported by Borisova, Rokossovsky couldn't help but be surprised: "Comrade Borisova, I really didn't expect that you could not only solve the battle in such a short time, but also achieve such great results, it is really not simple. ”

"Comrade commander, in fact, with our strength, it is not a simple matter to achieve such a result." Instead of taking Major Boris for herself, Borisova took the initiative to report to Rokossovsky: "Before the counterattack, we were supported by a cavalry battalion. It is because of them joining the battle that we can so easily solve the point of attack that will let the enemy go. ”

"Cavalry battalion?" When Rokossovsky heard Borisova say this, he couldn't help frowning, and said in his heart that there were no cavalry units in the formation of the army group, and where did this cavalry come from? With this question, he asked: "Comrade Borisova, have you ever asked the commander of this cavalry battalion where they came from. ”

"Comrade Commander, they didn't come out of nowhere." Borisova said with a smile: "They are from the 50th Cavalry Division, and in the process of carrying out their mission, they happened to pass by the meeting place, and when they saw that the enemy was attacking us, they took the initiative to attack from the enemy's flank and taught the enemy a hard lesson......

Before Borisova could finish speaking, someone outside suddenly shouted hoarsely: "Air raid, air raid siren, everyone hide, hurry up and hide!" ”

Hearing the shout, Borisova hurriedly glanced outside through the observation port, only to see the shadows of three enemy planes in the air, flying in the direction of the headquarters. She hurriedly said into the microphone: "Comrade commander, now that an enemy plane is flying towards the Huilet Station, I will go to command the troops to hide, and I will contact you later." After speaking, without waiting for Rokossovsky to react, he hung up the phone directly.

Borisova hurriedly shook the phone of the air defense position, and as soon as she heard Vaskov's voice, she immediately said loudly: "Comrade sergeant, there are three enemy planes flying towards the concession station, so that your anti-aircraft machine gun platoon is ready to open fire, and they must not be allowed to bomb the surrender station with impunity." ”

Before she could hang up, the enemy planes began to drop bombs. The first few bombs fell among the soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield, and the few fighters who couldn't dodge were immediately blown to pieces. Then the three enemy planes repeatedly dived and strafed the trucks that had just been captured and had not had time to drive away, and as the bombs were dropped one after another, the trucks that had been gathered together were quickly destroyed and began to burn.

Seeing the burning truck in the distance and the billowing smoke rising, Borisova couldn't help but smash her fist on the wall in frustration, and secretly cursed herself for not moving the truck in time, and as a result, it was placed on the open ground and became the target of enemy bombardment.

Starley, who was standing next to her, didn't think so, he thought that the trucks would blow up when they blew up, but fortunately, the tank troops withdrew back to the hidden forest as soon as the battle was over, otherwise they would have become the target of enemy bombing at this moment. If the tank company had been lost in the bombing, the next battle would not have been as easy as it was today.

After blowing up all the trucks on the ground, the enemy planes circled in the air a few times, then flapped their wings and flew away, seemingly showing no interest in the city.

"What's going on?" Looking at the enemy planes flying away, Borisova couldn't help but be stunned: "Did the Germans' planes fly over and bomb these trucks?" ”

When Starley saw the enemy plane flying away, he said disapprovingly: "It doesn't matter if it's here to bomb or something, as long as it doesn't bomb our willinghouse." At this point, he turned his head to look at Borisova and suggested to her, "Should we hurry up and clean up the battlefield, in addition to collecting the weapons that we can use, we should also carry all the wounded down as soon as possible." ”

"Well, Comrade Lieutenant, do as you say." Immediately after receiving the order, Starley left the observation post and went to the battlefield with a group of fighters to collect weapons and treat the wounded.

Seeing that the battlefield was almost cleaned, German planes appeared in the sky again. When Starley heard the roar of the aircraft engines, he knew that the enemy's air force was moving again, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers around him to quickly take advantage of the surrounding terrain to hide.

This time, there were four enemy planes in the air, and when they dived, they did not drop bombs or strafe them, but only dropped thick paper bags. The two anti-aircraft machine guns deployed behind the buildings of the Willinghouse did not hesitate to open fire, regardless of whether the German planes dropped bombs or paper packets, as soon as they found them within their range.

The four enemy planes swooped several times, and after dropping numerous packets of paper on the camp and nearby villages, as well as on the Jewish Regiment's defensive positions, they turned around and flew away in the direction they came.

Seeing that the enemy plane had flown away, Borisova was about to order someone to go out and pick up two paper bags to see what was inside. At this time, Starey hurriedly walked in from outside, put a thick paper bag on the table, and said to Borisova: "Comrade commissar of the regiment, look, the Germans have thrown something down. ”

Seeing that Starey was about to open the paper bag, Borisova hurriedly walked to the table, trying to see what was inside at the first time. But when Starley opened the bag and saw its contents clearly, she screamed in the middle of the night and took several steps backwards in quick succession, not stopping until her back hit the wall of the observation post.

In the spread out paper bag, in addition to a bunch of different species of beetles, there was also a fat mouse, although none of them were living creatures, but it scared Borisova, who was afraid of these things, into her soul. She pointed to the disgusting pile on the table and said with a shudder: "Lieutenant Starley, are these things dropped on the German planes?" ”

"yes, it's pretty much all of that." Starley nodded and said, "I don't understand, what's the use of the Germans throwing these things down?" ”

Frightened by rats and beetles, Borisova's mind went blank, and it took a long time for her to think that she should immediately report the matter to her superiors. So she asked Starley to take the paper bag away and quickly called Rokossovsky. As soon as she heard Rokossovsky's voice, she said in a panic: "Comrade commander, something is wrong. ”

"What's wrong?" Hearing that Borisova's voice was full of fear, Rokossovsky hurriedly asked nervously: "Will it cause heavy losses in the bombing of enemy planes?" Since Borisova has not reported to him since she hung up the phone, his train of thought is still stuck at the moment when he was attacked by the airstrike.

"No, Comrade Commander." Borisova tried to stabilize her emotions, but her voice changed out of fear, "The first bombardment of the enemy, after blowing up those trucks that we had captured, flew away. It didn't take long for the enemy to carry out a second air strike, and this time instead of bombs, they dropped ... Rather..."

"And what?" Hearing that Borisova did not say something important for a long time, Rokossovsky couldn't help but anxiously ask: "Comrade Borisova, don't be in a hurry, what exactly was dropped by the enemy plane, you slowly explain it to me!" ”

"They... They... Cast a lot of thick... Thick paper pack..."Borisova couldn't help but feel a burst of hair at the thought of the disgusting insect and mouse carcasses in the paper bag, but she still tried to control her emotions and reported to Rokossovsky: "Inside... What's inside... It's rats and insects..."

"What, the thick paper bag dropped by the enemy is filled with rats and insects?" When Rokossovsky heard Borisova's report, he couldn't believe his ears and hurriedly asked: "Comrade Borisova, is what you said true?" ”

"That's right, Comrade Commander." Borisova replied: "The paper bag with rats and insects, which was just placed on my desk, will not be mistaken." ”

Rats, insects, hearing that the thick paper bag dropped by the enemy was actually filled with these things, the first thought that popped into Rokossovsky's mind was, did the enemy change his tactics and prepare to use biological weapons to destroy the Soviet army? But it shouldn't be, in my memory, during the entire Great Patriotic War, the Germans did not even use poison gas, how could they use biological weapons?

But not afraid of 10,000, just in case, in order to find out what was going on, he immediately ordered Borisova in a stern tone: "Comrade Borisova, I order you now." Immediately ask all the warriors to collect all the thick paper packets thrown by the enemy, and then sprinkle lime and pour gasoline on them all and burn them all. By the way, send someone to bring a few packets to the headquarters, and I will send someone to analyze and find out if there is any harm in these things thrown by the Germans. ”

As soon as Rokossovsky put down the phone, Lobachev asked curiously: "Comrade commander, your face is so ugly, what happened, what did Comrade Borisova say on the phone?" ”

Rokossovsky turned his head to look at Lobachev and said with a serious expression: "Comrade Military Commissar, just now Borisova reported that the enemy's planes have dropped a lot of thick paper packets in the Consulate, which are filled with dead rats and various insects. ”

After Lobachev listened, his expression also became serious, he looked left and right, and then asked with a frown: "Comrade commander, do you mean that the Germans used biological weapons against us?" ”

"I've asked Borisova to send a few packs of samples, and there's something in them that we don't know about." Rokossovsky said: "It will be clear only when it is sent to Moscow for testing." (To be continued.) )