Seeing that the two commanders who escaped and were captured were escorted out by four fighters, I thought that soon there would be two crisp gunshots outside, and then a soldier would come in as is common in the movie, and report to Chuikov: "Comrade commander, it has been executed!" ”

Unexpectedly, I listened with my ears sideways for a long time, and I did not hear the sound of gunfire from outside, nor did I see the soldiers who came in to report the news, but saw that Chuikov had already called Krylov and Weiinrub to the table, and I hurriedly took two steps forward and came to the table, just in time to hear Chuikov dictating to Krylov's report to the highest headquarters.

Hearing that Chuikov wrote a report to the highest base camp, I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, didn't he just shoot two division-level officers, and report it to the front army headquarters, so that he could report to the base camp? However, on second thought, the 92nd Brigade was a reinforcement sent to Stalingrad by the Supreme Command, but not long after arriving in the city, the supreme commander of the unit was ordered to be shot by Chuikov, and it was indeed necessary to give an explanation to the base camp.

After figuring out this link, I also calmed down and listened to Chuikov's oral report: "...... The commander of the 92nd Infantry Brigade, Tanasov, and the political commissar Andreyev, after the fascist German army launched an attack on our army, became panicked and had no command, and without the permission of their superiors, they left their command positions without authorization, shamefully abandoned the troops who trusted him, and caused the commanders and fighters of the brigade from the Baltic Fleet to suffer huge losses. Thus, Tanasolov and Andreyev reneged on the oath of their servicemen, tarnished the lofty title of commander of the Red Army, and forgot their duty to the Motherland. Between their panic and cowardice. and desertion from combat positions. inflicted losses on the unit. According to Order No. 227 of the High Command, the two have been stripped of their military rank and sentenced to execution, and the sentence has now been executed. Commander of the 62nd Army Chuikov. On the evening of September 13, 1942. ”

After dictating the report, Chuikov specially instructed Krylov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, after reporting this report to the headquarters and high command of the front army, it will be forwarded to the commanders of the units under the group army." And warn everyone that in the next hard battle. Whoever violates the military oath, forgets his duty to the Fatherland, tarnishes the noble title of a soldier of the Red Army, shows cowardice and panic, leaves his combat post without permission, and surrenders to the enemy without a fight, will be punished with the most severe and merciless punishment by military law. After speaking, he waved his hand and said weakly: "Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff, you go and send a report." ”

When Krylov got up to deliver the report, Chuikov leaned back and closed his eyes against the back of his chair. Wei Yinlubu hurriedly stepped forward and leaned over and said to him with concern: "Comrade commander, you haven't rested for several days. Let's go inside and sleep for a while. ”

Chuikov waved his hand, rejecting his kindness. In a weak voice, he said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, it's okay, I'll be fine in a while." ”

That's when I realized why Chuikov looked sluggish, and it turned out that he hadn't rested for several days. Originally, I wanted to persuade me, but seeing that Lieutenant Colonel Wei Yinlubu had just hit a wall, I didn't bother myself anymore.

After a while, Krylov walked back, stood beside Chuikov and reported to him: "Commander, the telegram has been sent. ”

Hearing Krylov say that he had finished sending the telegram, Chuikov opened his eyes, struggled to his feet, put his hands on the edge of the wooden table, and said to us: "Come and see, after these two days of fighting, Comrade Rodimtsev's 13th Guards Division has lost more than half. I have just ordered Colonel Vachuk, the commander of the 284th Infantry Division, to lead his troops, but to take over the attack of the 13th Guards Division on the station and the specialist building. The 42nd Guards Regiment, which was withdrawn, was to be transferred to the 107.5 heights and took over the defense from the 3rd Regiment of the Independent Division. ”

Hearing that Chuikov had sent troops to take over the defense of the 107.5 heights again, I couldn't help but sigh secretly, no matter how many troops I sent to hold the high ground, I would have to send my troops to plug the gap in the end. But now that there are people to take over, I can free up more troops to strengthen the defense in the direction of Mamayev Height, which is exactly what I wanted.

"And what to do with the troops of the 92nd Infantry Brigade? When I went to the desert island to bring them back to Tanasolov, I found that there were at least seven or eight hundred men, but they were all army infantry, and there were no sailors. ”

After hearing this, Chuikov thought for a moment, and then ordered: "These infantry and the remaining troops on the 107.5 heights are all incorporated into the 39th Regiment of Colonel Yelin, and after the reorganization is completed, this regiment will be transferred to the vicinity of the headquarters to serve as a garrison." ”

After arranging the fate of the remaining commanders and fighters of the 92nd Brigade, Chuikov assigned several tasks to Krylov and Weinrub. When he had finished this qiē, Chuikov sat down again, and just as I was about to say goodbye to him, he suddenly looked up at me and asked, "Comrade Oshanina, which two regiments are you holding the Mamayev Heights?" ”

"Report to the commander, it is the 1st regiment of Lieutenant Colonel Sederikov, and the 2nd regiment of Captain Pugachev."

"Why is the second regiment commander still with the rank of captain?" Krylov muttered beside him.

Hearing Krylov's question, I hurriedly turned around and respectfully reported to Krylov before Chuikov asked a new question: "Comrade Chief of Staff, as you know, I am only a colonel, and I only have the right to promote my subordinates to the rank of captain, so although Comrade Pugachev holds the post of commander of the Second Regiment, he can only hang the rank of captain with grievances. ”

"A regimental commander is just the rank of captain, what does this look like, promote him to major." After listening to my words, Chuikov promoted Pugachev to the rank without thinking, and after looking at me, he added: "Are there any other regimental commanders who are lieutenant officers?" ”

I hurriedly nodded and replied: "Yes, Comrade Commander, since the commander of the third regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Kosgaard, was wounded, I promoted an acting regimental commander from the regiment, who is also currently with the rank of captain. You see? ”

"Also promoted to the rank of major. By the way, I remember that your division also has artillery battalions and tank battalions, and I believe that the military commanders of these units will not have too high ranks, and they will all be promoted to majors. ”

Hearing that Chuikov had generously promoted a group of my subordinates to the ranks, I saluted him excitedly. Loudly said: "Comrade Commander." Thank you! ”

Chuikov shook his head at me and said, "Don't be too busy thanking me yet. I have something to ask you. At this point, he paused for a moment, and then said in a puzzled tone, "On the 107.5 heights on the west side of Mamayev Gang, I successively sent the Tank Corps, the 39th Guards Regiment, the 42nd Infantry Brigade, and the 92nd Infantry Brigade to defend, but it didn't take long for these troops to withdraw because of heavy losses. But the Mamayev Gang guarded by your division. As far as I know, the offensive pressure is no worse than that of the 107.5 heights, but not only have you repeatedly repelled enemy attacks, but the casualties of the troops themselves are not large. The sequence of battles discharged from the stationing in the Mamayev Gang has not changed until now, what is going on? ”

"Comrade Commander, it's actually quite simple. Because the 1st and 2nd regiments built numerous fortifications on the Mamayev post. The trenches, bomb shelters, bomb shelters, hiding holes, and tunnels built by the soldiers can not only hide troops, but also heavy howitzers and tanks. ”

After listening to Chuikov. He didn't speak, just tapped his fingers on the table. After a long time, he nodded slowly and said thoughtfully: "I see, I understand." ”

Krylov took over his words and said: "Comrade commander, the independent division was able to repeatedly repel the enemy's fierce attacks despite the bombardment of enemy aircraft and artillery, relying on the fortifications they had built. At this, he sighed and said regretfully, "Alas, if we had built fortifications like the Independence Division earlier, the weapons and ammunition prepared for the 13th Guards Division would not have been lost in the bombardment of enemy aircraft." ”

After Chuikov nodded, he turned his head to look at Krylov and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, take down orders." After seeing Krylov pick up the pen and paper, Chuikov asked again, "How many combat orders should this be from the army group?" ”

"It's Order No. 162, Comrade Commander."

After nodding again, Chuikov began to announce the new order: "The 62nd will casually command post Combat Order No. 162 today:

In recent days, there have been times when the enemy has blown up the ammunition that we have exposed in the area of the Volga bank ferry in the units of the army group, and at the same time there has been a shortage of ammunition in other places.

Due to the fierce fighting and the difficulties in the delivery of weapons and ammunition, the command of the group army demanded that commanders at all levels cherish every bullet, shell, and grenade.

In order to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents, the commander of the army group ordered:

1. Immediately store ammunition, fuel and food from the area of the dock to the ferry and unloading on the banks of the Volga in a shelter prepared in advance, not close to 500 meters from the shore.

2. Before September 17, 42, all units were to dig trenches, bunkers and pits for concealment of ammunition, fuel and food in every defensive position and wharf (ferry) area, and disperse the ammunition, fuel and food into small piles for storage.

3. The director of the engineering corps of the group army sent 50 sappers with shovels to dig a pit in the ferry area where the group army is located (the Red October Ferry).

4. The excavation of wall pits and trenches in the area of the ferries on the east bank of the Volga was carried out in accordance with the instructions of the head of logistics of the group army.

5. All persons who fail to take protective measures against the above-mentioned materiel, i.e. those who still leave ammunition, fuel and food exposed, shall be brought immediately before a military tribunal.

6. The chief of logistics, the chief of artillery, the chief of the armored corps, the chief of the fuel department, the commanders of the corps, the division commanders, and the brigade commanders of the armies should strictly inspect the implementation of the orders and personally report the results of the inspections to the commander of the group army before September 18, 42.

Signed: Lieutenant General Chuikov, commander of the army group command

Chief of Staff of the Command, Major General Krylov. ”

Seeing Krylov walking towards the operator with a new order, I couldn't help but feel that Chuikov was really a man who did things vigorously, and I only said a few words about the advantages of fortifications in battle, and he immediately issued a similar order.

At this point, my mission to the headquarters of the group army has been completed, so I took the initiative to say to Chuikov: "Comrade commander, there is nothing for me here, can I leave?" ”

Chuikov thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you go back first." Something. I'll get back to you. ”

I raised my hand and saluted Chuikov. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he was stopped by Krylov, who had just returned: "Hey, Colonel Oshanina, don't hurry up, I still have something to ask you." ”

Hearing Krylov call me, I had to stop, obediently turn around, and wait for the order of the chief of staff of the army group.

Seeing Krylov keep me again. Chuikov asked curiously: "Chief of Staff, you let Comrade Oshanina stay, is there anything else to explain?" ”

Krylov hurriedly explained to Chuikov: "Comrade commander, it's like this. During the day, Comrade Oshanina sent more than 20 squads and 20 snipers into the city and fought an urban guerrilla war with the Germans. I received a report from Kirillov, the head of the political department of the army group, that is, the political commissar of the independent division, that they had killed more than 400 enemies, while our army had only 10 killed. "Speaking of which. Krylov's affection became excited, "Commander." The battle loss ratio was 1:40, and the enemy lost forty men, while our army suffered only one casualty. ”

When Chuikov heard Krylov say this, his eyes lit up, he stood up suddenly, stared at me and asked in a tone of disbelief: "Comrade Oshanina, is this true?" ”

I nodded embarrassedly and replied in the affirmative: "Yes, Comrade Commander." When you ordered me to lead my troops to reinforce the 92nd Brigade in the afternoon, you reported to you, have you forgotten? ”

As soon as I finished speaking, Chuikov slapped himself on the forehead and said with annoyance: "Yes, yes, Colonel Oshanina, I am a little impressed when you say this. But I was also dizzy, and before you could finish speaking, I interrupted your report, blame me, blame me, blame me. ”

After talking to me, he turned to Krylov and said: "I really did not expect that the results of guerrilla warfare in this city would be so great, more than one of our brigades or even a division of the enemy that we destroyed in battle. ”

After hearing this, Krylov just smiled and nodded, and then asked me: "Comrade Oshanina, I want to hear if you have any new ideas for the next battle?" ”

I thought about it for a moment and said with some hesitation: "There are two plans. ”

"Oh, there are two plans, let's hear about it!" Hearing that I had new ideas, not only Krylov, but even Chuikov became excited, urging me one after another: "Hurry up and talk about it." ”

"The first plan was to hope that the commander could draw a large number of sharpshooters from the subordinate units of the army group, train them as snipers, and then distribute them to all corners of the city to hunt down German soldiers. Although the results of each sniper will not be too large, but the number of our snipers is large, and perhaps the results they have achieved are greater than the results we can achieve by launching a large-scale counterattack. ”

After carefully writing down what I had said, Chuikov asked without raising his head: "This plan is good, I think it can be carried out immediately." And what about the other one? ”

"There's another plan." I was just about to move on to the second plan, when I suddenly thought of Kirillov's expression when he heard my plan, and I couldn't help but hesitate.

Seeing that I didn't speak for a long time, Chuikov and Krylov took their attention away from the current notebook, looked up at me, and after looking at each other, Krylov asked puzzledly: "Say, Comrade Oshanina, why didn't you say it?" Your first plan was very good, and I'm sure the second plan will be even better! ”

"Say, Comrade Oshanina," Chuikov echoed, "they are all old acquaintances, say whatever comes to mind, don't have any scruples, even if you say something wrong, we won't blame you." ”

As soon as Chuikov's words came out, I knew that it was difficult to ride a tiger, so I had to grit my teeth, point to the location of the Mamayev Gang on the map, and say to them: "My second plan is to 'replace the army with water', that is, to blow up the embankment five or six hundred meters in front of the Mamayev Gang, so that the Volga River will overflow, and the area of hundreds of square kilometers will be turned into an impassable swamp. ”

With that, I hurriedly took two steps back, straightening up at the same time, ready to withstand the stormy wrath of Chuikov and Krylov.

Unexpectedly, after two or three minutes, the two of them were still leaning over the table, concentrating on studying the map, and even Lieutenant Colonel Wei Yinlubu, who had been playing soy sauce next to him, leaned over to see what the two were looking at.

After a long while, Chuikov straightened up and asked me with an expressionless face: "Colonel Oshanina, this so-called 'water instead of soldiers' plan is the second plan you are talking about?" ”

"Yes." Hearing Chuikov's inquiry, I hurriedly replied: "Once a large area of floodplains is formed in the steppe north of Mamayev Gang, then the German armored forces will not be able to attack the north of our city as unscrupulously as they are now, so that our defensive pressure will be reduced, and at the same time, we can draw out surplus troops to reinforce other dangerous areas." ”

Instead of commenting on my earth-shattering plan, Chuikov turned his head and asked Krylov, who was still looking at the map: "What do you think, Comrade Chief of Staff?" ”

Krylov looked at the map for a while before he straightened up and said: "Comrade commander, the section chosen by Colonel Oshanina has a gentle current, and even if the embankment is blown up, it will be difficult to achieve the effect she said. ”

After listening to Krylov's statement, Chuikov nodded approvingly and said: "To be honest, this plan sounds tempting, but it is not so easy to implement, and the embankment that is tens of meters thick alone cannot be exploded without a dozen or twenty tons of explosives." (To be continued......)

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