In addition to the tank units hidden on both sides of the road, the anti-tank artillery battalion in the tractor factory area also opened fire on the German tanks in the chaotic mass of the street, regardless of the enemy's heavy artillery fire.

The remaining tanks, blocked in the streets due to the confusion, became targets for fire from our tankmen and anti-tank artillerymen. More and more tanks were hit by bullets and caught fire, and the enemy tankers panicked out of the smoke-emitting bodies and ran in the direction they came. The infantrymen who had left the vehicle ahead of time to accompany the tank, when trying to bypass the tank, were hit by the shrapnel from the falling shells or the ammunition that exploded in the body, and in a short time, a corpse fell near the German tank.

A few tanks that had narrowly escaped the blow finally managed to turn their heads in the streets full of burning tank wreckage, and slammed into the direction they had come from at full speed. Some of the soldiers who were close were immediately knocked down by the tank and crushed under the tracks because they couldn't dodge, and the soldiers behind hurriedly flashed to the side of the road to make way for the frenzied tanks.

The tanks fled to the rear of the assault queue and joined up with the armored vehicles and trucks parked behind before coming to a halt. And the infantry, having lost the cover of the tanks, carefully bypassed the burning tanks, bent over and carefully marched along the street. Less than a hundred meters away, a ball of fire suddenly rose among the spearhead soldiers who were walking in the front, and several soldiers fell to the ground in the smoke of gunpowder, and it seemed that they had stepped on a mine.

The soldiers who followed behind saw the soldiers in front of them stepping on the mines, and quickly fell to the ground. After a while, a few brave soldiers got up and trembled to the rescue of their fallen comrades. The German infantry who walked in front because of the mines in the streets. I had to stop moving forward. But the soldiers behind couldn't see it. Or a steady stream of bypassing those burning tanks and rushing towards the front.

Looking at the more and more German soldiers gathering in the streets, I couldn't help but look in the direction of the tractor factory gate, and saw that the distance between the two places was more than 800 meters, and even if all the firing points hidden under the tanks in front of the factory gate were fired, they could only knock down a few soldiers, and the rest of the people would hide in the ruins on the left and right of the street because of their vigilance, and the next battle would not be easy to fight. Come to think of it. I couldn't help but admire Krylov a little more, he probably thought that after the enemy's tanks were repulsed, the infantry would be trapped by the mines planted by our troops, and when the enemy gathered in the streets, he would cover this section with rocket artillery on the east bank of the Volga, so that he could inflict heavy casualties on the enemy.

As soon as I thought of the planned artillery coverage of the enemy, the characteristic whistling of rockets was heard in the sky, and then dozens of rockets with long flame tails rushed headlong into the dense streets of the German army. The place that had just been crowded with people turned into a sea of fire in an instant. The flames rose seven or eight meters high, from east to west. A wall of fire was formed. The blast threw the wreckage of the German tank and soldiers high into the air and slammed them to the ground. It's just that when it was thrown up, it was the wreckage of the tank and the soldiers, and when it fell, it became a broken scrap metal parts and stumps.

When the smoke cleared, I looked around the street, and there was hardly any living creature in sight, except for the tanks and armoured vehicles parked at the west entrance of the German army, and the middle and east exits. The wreckage of the destroyed tanks was now almost all reduced to scattered parts, and around the dense craters of various sizes, the mutilated corpses of the German army were lying around.

Seeing that a salvo of our army's rocket artillery achieved such a great result, Chuikov couldn't help grinning. He touched me with his elbow and said excitedly, "Oshanina, do you see that?" One salvo of our artillery almost killed thousands of German troops. If I do this two more times, this German infantry division will be completely crippled by me. ”

I was about to say a few words when I heard someone downstairs shouting at me. I followed the sound to the broken staircase, leaned down and looked down, and seeing that it was my guard battalion commander Basmanov, I quickly asked: "Comrade Captain, is there something wrong?" ”

Basmanov raised his head and shouted at me: "Comrade division commander, the military commissar of the army group has something to ask you and Comrade Commander to go back immediately." ”

When I turned my head and tried to relay Basmanov's words to Chuikov, I found that he was standing not far from me, and it was obvious that he had heard what Basmanov had said. "Hell, what's going to be in a hurry at this time." Chuikov muttered, and after raising the telescope and looking into the distance, he said to me a little unwillingly: "Let's go, let's go back to the headquarters to see, what happened?" ”

Seeing that Chuikov and I were going downstairs, several guards who were guarding downstairs hurriedly ran over and helped us down the broken stairs to the ground with difficulty.

As soon as we walked into the headquarters, Chuikov couldn't wait to shout at Gurov, who was sitting at the table: "Hey, I said, Comrade Military Commissar, is there something important that you are in such a hurry to call me back?" ”

While stuffing a telegram into Chuikov's hand, Gurov asked curiously: "Comrade commander, I just heard a lot of movement from outside, was it the German troops attacking the tractor factory who were intercepted by our artillery fire?" ”

Chuikov took the telegram in front of him, nodded his head while looking at it, and said: "When the enemy's tank unit advanced to the area where Colonel Bere was ambushed, it was hit by our tanks and anti-tank guns in the factory area, and immediately fell into chaos. And the infantry, who had lost the cover of the tanks, were blocked by the minefields we had arranged, and as they gathered more and more, our rocket artillery regiment fired a salvo that wiped out thousands of Germans in the streets at once. At this, he paused suddenly, and after a moment he said in surprise: "What, Commander Yeremenko is coming to the city?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Commander." When Gurov learned of the results of our army, a little smile appeared on his face, and when he heard Chuikov's question, his expression suddenly became stern, and he said: "Yes, I don't know what General Yeremenko thinks, the situation in the city is so dangerous, he, as the commander of the front, does not stay on the east bank to command the troops. But they have to go to the city and have an adventure. ”

"Comrade Military Commissar. There's going to be a way to stop him. Chuikov said with a stern expression: "There is a pot of porridge everywhere in the city. There are many points that have been repeatedly contested by both the enemy and the enemy. Maybe a minute ago it was in the hands of our troops, and a minute later it was captured by the enemy. We cannot allow Comrade Yeremenko to venture into the city, as the supreme commander of the Front, he has no right to leave his command post. ”

Gurov sighed and said regretfully: "It's late, Comrade Commander. After receiving the telegram, I sent a telegram back to the headquarters of the front army, giving a brief description of the situation in the city. I implore General Yeremenko to cancel the trip. The telegram to me was sent back by Comrade Khrushchev, Military Commissar of the Front, who said that General Yeremenko had already set off after sending the telegram. In addition to inspecting our defensive positions, he also came to listen to a report on our battle situation in the past two days. ”

"We have to find a way to stop him, for the sake of his safety, we must not let him come to our headquarters." When Chuikov said this, after looking around, he asked curiously: "What about Ludev and how many divisional commanders they have?" ”

As soon as I walked in the door, I felt that there was a difference between the command and when we went out. But when I patronized and listened to Chuikov and Gurov, I didn't notice the original crowded headquarters at all. At the moment, only a few newspaper operators and Gurov remained.

"The fighters dug several new shelters not far away, and Chief of Staff Krylov took their respective new command posts there." After briefly explaining the reasons for the small number of people in the command, Gurov turned the topic to Yeremenko: "Comrade commander, do you have any good way to prevent General Yeremenko from coming to our headquarters?" ”

"There is a way." When Chuikov said this, he suddenly turned his head and said to me: "Comrade Oshanina, this matter will be left to you." ”

"Give it to me?" Hearing Chuikov say this, I asked in a bit of a panic: "Comrade commander, what should I do to prevent Commander Yeremenko from coming here?" ”

"It's simple." Chuikov had already made up his mind about how to deal with Yeremenko, so he said to me in a calm tone: "On behalf of the leaders of our group army, you went to the dock to pick up Commander Yeremenko. After receiving the man, you take him to your division headquarters. As for the report, anyway, you have been staying in the headquarters for the past two days, and you are no stranger to the battle situation. With that, he walked over to the table, picked up a stack of papers on the table, looked through it, and handed it to me, "This is a detailed battle report, you can read it to Commander Yeremenko in your headquarters." ”

The two days I spent in Chuikov's headquarters were the two days and two nights I was most afraid of since I arrived at Stalingrad, and now I finally have a good opportunity to leave this ghost place, and I naturally will not waste it, so I hurriedly agreed: "Please rest assured, Comrade Commander, I promise to complete the task." After speaking, he stretched out his hands to take the battle report handed over by Chuikov, and carefully put it into his briefcase.

Chuikov waited for me to put Wen Jiàn in his briefcase, and then asked with concern: "Comrade Oshanina, the road from here to the dock is not very safe, do you need me to send a few soldiers to escort you there?" ”

"No need, Comrade Commander." I thought of the Basmanov I had just called us, and seeing that he was unharmed except for the dirty clothes on his body, it was estimated that there were still a few people left in the guard platoon I brought, which was enough to protect my safety on the road, so I politely refused Chuikov's kindness: "Now the battle here is fierce, and every soldier is precious, so there is no need to transfer manpower from important posts in order to protect my safety." "But in order to reassure him and Gurov, I still explained the reason," my guard battalion commander, Captain Basmanov, was outside, and with him to protect me, the safety of the road could basically be guaranteed. ”

"Since that's the case, then you should hurry up and go." After Chuikov said this, he couldn't help but tell with concern: "But you must pay attention to your own safety, don't have any accidents." ”

I nodded, raised my hand and gave him and Gurov a military salute, then turned and stepped up the steps and walked out of the headquarters. Basmanov squatted in a traffic trench not far from the headquarters, and when he saw me coming out of the headquarters, he immediately greeted me and asked nervously: "Comrade division commander, where are we going next?" ”

"Go to the docks." I said simply.

"What, to the docks?" Basmanov asked in confusion: "What are we going to the dock for at this time?" ”

I turned my head to look at the soldiers walking around the neighborhood, and did not want to give away the orders of our trip casually, so I turned my face and said to Basmanov: "Comrade Captain, don't you know the rules of secrecy? Can a subordinate commander casually ask a superior commander what task he wants to perform? Seeing that he lowered his head in shame, I asked in a slow tone, "How many people are left in the guard platoon, let them go with me." ”

"Six," Basmanov hastened to reply, "and including me, there are six people left." If you don't think you have enough manpower, I'll go to Major Gladshev and borrow a few more. ”

"No, no," I quickly waved my hand to stop him, and then commanded, "Take your warrior and come with me!" (To be continued......)

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